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Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat before a red drape and a dim landscape.

James Fenimore Cooper

Charles Loring Elliott, 1860

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, turned to the left against a muted background.

Henry Larcom Abbot

Nahum Ball Onthank, 1861

Painting of an elderly man in a black gown holding a palette and brush, seated before a warm, loosely painted background.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Self-Portrait

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1930

Painting of an elderly seated man in a red robe gesturing to two young men beside an easel in an artist's studio.

Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin

Frank William Wilkin, 1810

Oil portrait of a man in a felt hat and blue jacket smoking a pipe, with a green bottle in a warm interior.

Arvid Frederick Nyholm Self-Portrait

Arvid Frederick Nyholm, 1920

Full-length oil portrait of a man with a mustache in a dark suit and cream waistcoat, beside a red curtain and open book.

Boies Penrose

John St. Helier Lander, 1920

Bust-length oil portrait of a man with reddish hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark coat and white frilled cravat against a bro

Unidentified Man

William Wirt, 1800

Oil portrait of a standing bald man in a dark coat beside a drafting table with brass dividers and a model boat.

John Ericsson

Arvid Frederick Nyholm, 1910

Oil painting of a bearded man in fur-trimmed coat writing at a desk in a lamplit wooden cabin, with a sleeping companion behi

Elisha Kent Kane

Thomas Hicks, 1850

Portrait of a young man with dark curly hair, white lace collar and brown coat, gazing upward against a dark background.

John Howard Payne

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, seated before a brown background.

Louis McLane

Charles Bird King, 1810

Oil portrait of a painter in buckskin holding a palette, with two Native American figures and a tipi behind him.

George Catlin

William Fisk, 1840

Oil portrait of a uniformed military officer holding white gloves and a sword against a dark olive background.

George Brinton McClellan

Julian Scott, 1880

Oil portrait of a young violinist in a dark jacket and white collar playing violin against a dark green background.

Yehudi Menuhin

Mark S. Joffe, 1930

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat before a red background.

James Johnson

Matthew Harris Jouett, 1810

Full-length portrait of a man in a red coat and lace cuffs, hand resting on leather books beside a marble table and green dra

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

John Hesselius, 1770

Seated elderly man in dark suit and white cravat in red chair before red drapery, painted 1820.

John Marshall

William James Hubard, 1820

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with gold buttons, turned to the left against a brown background.

William Starke Rosecrans

Samuel Woodson Price, 1861

Painting of a mounted officer in blue uniform raising a sabre on a galloping black horse across a smoky battlefield.

Philip Henry Sheridan

Thomas Buchanan Read, 1861

Oval oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark waistcoat, white cravat and open brown greatcoat, turned left against a grey background.

Marquis De Lafayette

Ary Scheffer, 1820

Oval portrait of a young man with dark curled hair, wearing a green coat and white cravat against a dark red drapery.

Benjamin West

James Smith, 1770

Oil portrait of a seated bearded man in a black suit with a green upholstered chair and red drapery behind him.

William Henry Aspinwall

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Oval portrait of a man in a blue coat and gray wig against a dark background, within a gold frame.

Thomas Hancock

John Singleton Copley, 1750

Full-length 1840 portrait of a standing man in a black cloak beside a red chair, table, and column.

Henry Clay

Chester Harding, 1840

Oil portrait of an older bald, bearded man in pince-nez and dark coat against a red background with gilded ornament.

John Brooks Henderson

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly man with gray hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Robert Richford Roberts

John Neagle, 1830

Elizabeth Linn Brown

William Dunlap, 1800

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, standing before red drapery with papers and books at his side.

DeWitt Clinton

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a black coat and white collar, set in an oval frame against a dark backgroun

John Jordan Crittenden

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

William Morris Hunt

Charles Monginot, 1840

Seated woman in a black dress holding a yellow flower, in front of green drapery, with a floral cushion on a parquet floor.

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Maximilien Colin, 1890

Portrait of a seated woman in a brown dress, lace cap and blue ribbons, resting her arm on a table.

Anne Catharine Hoof Green

Charles Willson Peale, 1760

Portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a book.

John Marshall

James Reid Lambdin, 1830

Painted portrait of a man in a fur parka and aviator goggles beside a white dog on icy shore with snowy mountains.

Richard Evelyn Byrd

Richard B. Adam, 1920

Oil portrait of a man in powdered wig and navy uniform with gold epaulette against a dark brown background.

Samuel Smith

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oval portrait of a woman with reddish hair in a pink dress with red trim, glancing over her shoulder against a dark landscape

Mary Henderson

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark olive background, with a red chair at left.

Luman Reed

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black suit and cravat, turned to the right against a dark oval background.

John Cabell Breckinridge

Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, 1861

Painting of an elderly bearded man in brown costume gesturing upward in a forest clearing with a lake beyond.

Mr. Hackett, in the Character of Rip Van Winkle

Henry Inman, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a black dress, white collar and striped red bow, against a brown background.

Charlotte Cushman

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1850

Oval portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair, chin resting on her hand, against a warm brown background.

Lady Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon

Franz von Lenbach, 1900

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man in a gray military coat with gold collar against a brown background.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, 1861

Oil portrait of an older man in a white wig and dark coat before shelves of law books and red drapery.

Thomas McKean

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Oil portrait of a young man with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark jacket, white collar, and black cravat.

Montgomery Blair

Gregory Stapko, 1840

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black hat and dark dress with white collar against a cloudy sky.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Sir William Boxall, 1850

Oil portrait of an older man with curled white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background with red drape.

Samuel Chase

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of a man with grey hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned to the left against a brown background.

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair in a gold frame, wearing a burgundy dress with lace collar.

Varina Howell Davis

John Wood Dodge, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against a brown background.

Col. Lewis Morris, IV

Col. Lewis Morris IV, 1800

Oil portrait of a clergyman in a black gown and white bands holding an open book, with bookshelves behind him.

Samuel Seabury

Ralph Earl, 1780

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair, white cravat and dark jacket, gazing toward the viewer against a dark backgr

William Page Self-Portrait

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1830

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache holding a palette and brushes, against a dark green background.

Frederick William MacMonnies Self-Portrait

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1900

Oval oil portrait of a balding man with blue eyes in a dark coat and black cravat against a dark background.

Henry Clay

John Neagle, 1840

William Pitt Fessenden

Constantino Brumidi, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

Lyman Beecher

James Henry Beard, 1840

Oil portrait of a bald older man with mustache, beard and round glasses, in a brown suit, against a dark olive background.

John Philip Sousa

Harry Franklin Waltman, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with gold spectacles, dark coat and black cravat, in a red velvet case.

Joseph Moody

Miniature portrait of a man with blue eyes and reddish hair in a black coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame.

Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, 1830

Oval oil portrait of an older woman in a white turban and red shawl against a dark brown background.

Dolley Madison

William S. Elwell, 1840

Oval oil portrait of a man with a mustache and goatee in a black jacket and white cravat against a brown background.

Carl Wimar Self-Portrait

Carl Wimar, 1850

Portrait of a man in a red turban, silver gorget and blue fur-trimmed coat, winking, against a muted landscape.

Tenskwatawa

Henry Inman, 1830

Seated woman in lavender dress and cream shawl on a terrace with gothic arches and a harbor view at dusk.

Margaret Fuller

Thomas Hicks, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Stephen Van Rensselaer III

John Wesley Jarvis, 1820