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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set before a pale landscape.

Robert Macomb

Edward Greene Malbone, ca. 1806

Portrait of a man in a gray wig and blue coat beside a carved chair, with red drapery behind him.

Jeremiah Platt

John Mare, 1767

Young woman in a floral dress reads by a window beside a glowing hearth in a rustic cottage interior.

A Cosey Corner

Frank Millet, 1884

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat holding a cane, standing before a tree with a river landscape at dusk.

Henry Clay

Theodore Sidney Moise, 1843

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat against a red wall with star and vine pattern, by Morse.

De Witt Clinton

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1826

Oval 1852 painting of an elderly seated man with a cane and three children beside a marble table with a bust.

Great-Grand-Father's Tale of the Revolution - A Portrait of Reverend Zachariah Greene

William Sidney Mount, 1852

Men in period coats and hats gather around a plucked goose on a table in a rustic barn interior.

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)

William Sidney Mount, 1837

Portrait of a seated man in a dark blue coat with a pen, beside a book titled Stuart's Athens and an architectural view.

John Haviland

John Neagle, 1828

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue military coat with red facings and a silver epaulette, in a gilt frame.

General Henry Knox

Charles Willson Peale, 1778

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a blue coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1777

Portrait of a woman in a yellow silk gown with lace cuffs, pearl necklace and floral hair ornament, against a dark background

Margaret Strachan (Mrs. Thomas Harwood)

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1771

Oil portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet with a young girl in pink, seated together against a dark background.

Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis

Charles Willson Peale, 1777-80

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with upswept dark hair, white feather, lavender dress, in an ornate gold frame.

Mrs. Charles Willson Peale (Rachel Brewer)

Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1790

Seated man in tan coat beside red drapery and books, with a sailing ship on water visible through a window.

Samuel Mifflin

Charles Willson Peale, 1777-80

Seated man in brown coat with powdered hair beside red chair, with sea, sailboats and lighthouse visible through window.

Thomas Willing

Charles Willson Peale, 1782

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a brown coat and green waistcoat against a dark green background.

Richard Thomas III

James Peale, 1796

Full-length portrait of a man in blue military coat and yellow waistcoat beside a cannon, flag, and distant ships.

George Washington

James Peale, ca. 1782

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a blue headscarf and ruffled white collar, set in a gold frame.

Mrs. Jonathan Pinkney, Jr. (Elizabeth Munroe)

James Peale, 1798

Oval portrait of a white-haired man in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes, against a pale cloudy background.

George Washington

Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1846

Oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a black coat and white cravat against a pale background.

The Marquis de Lafayette

Rembrandt Peale, 1825

Oval portrait of an older woman in a lace cap and red shawl, with a landscape and sky behind her.

Martha Washington

Rembrandt Peale, ca. 1850

Bearded man in pale robes sits barefoot blowing a pipe at a brazier beside silver beads and small tools.

The Arab Jeweler

Charles Sprague Pearce, ca. 1882

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a white wig and blue coat with white cravat, in a gold frame.

Stephen Hooper

Henry Pelham, 1773

Two men talk in a barn beside a barrel and pumpkins, with a horse looking out from a stall behind them.

Talking It Over

Enoch Wood Perry, 1872

Men seated on a porch behind a railing, one reading The True American newspaper, with green shutters on the wall behind.

The True American

Enoch Wood Perry, ca. 1874

Double portrait of an elderly man in a white wig and a boy in a green jacket beside a table with a rolled paper.

Cadwallader Colden and His Grandson Warren De Lancey

Matthew Pratt, ca. 1772

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray hair, blue coat, gold trim and white cravat, in a gold beaded frame.

George Henry Remsen

William Verstille, ca. 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray powdered hair in a dark blue coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Gulian Ludlow

John Ramage, ca. 1790

Grayscale painting of a birchbark canoe on a river with three figures, a rock and forest behind them.

Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer

Frederic Remington, 1889

Two standing men on a columned porch with seated women and children, with dogs and a lawn landscape beyond.

Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War)

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1859