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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Painting of a winged angel holding a glowing light above a sleeping veiled woman beside a dark forest.

Mercy's Dream

Daniel Huntington, 1858

Oval portrait of a young woman in black with a white lace collar and feathered hat, against a sunset landscape.

Mary Inman

Daniel Huntington, 1844

Monochrome portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and dark fur-trimmed cloak, seated against a dark background.

Mrs. Luman Reed

Charles C. Ingham, ca. 1835

Mrs. David Cadwallader Colden

Charles C. Ingham, 1830

Painting of a young woman with long hair reading a large open book in a dark wooded setting, wearing a white blouse.

Study in a Wood

Daniel Huntington, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and black cravat before an arched brown backdrop with red drapery.

A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family

Henry Inman, ca. 1838-40

Half-length portrait of a balding older man with side whiskers, in a dark coat and white collar, against black.

Martin Van Buren

Henry Inman, ca. 1837-38

Oil portrait of a man in a brown cloak and white shirt against a dark background, by Henry Inman, 1826-27.

William Charles Macready as William Tell

Henry Inman, 1826-27

Half-length portrait of a man with dark hair in a green coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a green book.

Alexander Anderson

John Wesley Jarvis, 1815

Half-length portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Augustus Washington Clason

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1820

Black-and-white portrait of an older woman in a large dark bonnet and cloak, against a cloudy sky background.

Mrs. William Thomas

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1813

Oval portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair in a white dress, with a red chair and trees behind her.

Mrs. Adrian Baucker Holmes

Charles Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1850

Black and white portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a cane, with a landscape behind him.

Robert Dickey

John Wesley Jarvis, 1807-10

Loose monochrome sketch of a bearded man with tousled hair, head and shoulders, gazing sideways.

A Fisherman

Eastman Johnson

Two bearded men in dark suits talk in a dim, richly furnished interior with an upholstered chair and patterned rug.

The Funding Bill

Eastman Johnson, 1881

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat with gold buttons and white ruffled cuffs, holding a folded letter.

Jacob Hurd

William Johnston, ca. 1762

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and powdered wig holding a document, with a quill pen beside him on a desk.

Samuel Gardiner

William Johnston, 1763

Portrait of a woman in a brown dress with pearls and a white ribbon, holding a pink rose, with an iris beside her.

Mrs. Samuel Gardiner

William Johnston, 1763

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

John Grimes

Matthew Harris Jouett, ca. 1824

Black-and-white image of a bearded man in a dark suit and silk cravat, leaning on a ledge against a gray background.

Charles Henry Augustus Carter

Nicholas Biddle Kittell, ca. 1845

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair against a dark background, painted by Thomas Le Clear.

William Cullen Bryant

Thomas Le Clear, 1876 (?)

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with reddish-brown hair in a dark coat and plaid waistcoat, against a dark background

Henry Inman

Jacob Hart Lazarus, ca. 1837-40

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and green cravat against a brown background, by Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1877.

Joseph W. Drexel

Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1877

Grayscale portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark suit with an open book and draped curtain behind him.

William Popham

George Linen, ca. 1845

Bust-length oil portrait of a man with red hair and beard in a dark coat, turned left against an olive background.

John Quincy Adams Ward

Henry Augustus Loop, 1863

Portrait of a man in a teal coat and ruffled white shirt, with quill pens and an ink well on a desk.

Job Perit

Reuben Moulthrop, 1790

Portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar, gold necklace and teal shawl, resting her arm on a stone ledge.

Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, ca. 1820

Black and white view of a sailboat with three crew on rough sea, a second boat and buoy in the hazy distance.

Marine

Edward Moran, ca. 1871

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress, lace shawl, and tall white bonnet, holding a miniature on a black cord.

Sally Sanford Perit

Reuben Moulthrop, 1790

Oil portrait of an older woman in a black dress and frilled white bonnet, with a red curtain and landscape window behind her.

Catherine Brooks Hall

Shepard Alonzo Mount, ca. 1830