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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Painting of a river lined with tall poplars, a hillside on the left, and a distant village with a church spire under cloudy s

View on the Seine: Harp of the Winds

Homer Dodge Martin, 1893-95

Sunlit dirt street of old brick houses with an ox cart, pedestrians, a barber pole, and water visible in the distance.

Old Annapolis, Francis Street

Francis Blackwell Mayer, 1876

Autumn landscape with bare trees, a stream, and small figures of people and children under a cloudy sky.

Saturday Afternoon

Jervis McEntee, 1875

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

Painting of a clapboard farmhouse beside a bare tree under a stormy sky, with a split-rail fence and figures near the door.

Long Island Farmhouses

William Sidney Mount, 1862-63

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

Trompe-l'oeil painting of letters, a newspaper, a book, and a portrait photo pinned under red cords on a wood board.

Office Board

John Frederick Peto, 1885

Trompe l'oeil still life of pinned letters, a child's portrait, a newspaper, a blue book and cards on a brown board.

Old Souvenirs

John Frederick Peto, ca. 1881-1901

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