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Oil portrait of a woman with pulled-back hair, white collar and orange blouse against a warm brown background.

Cecilia Beaux Self-Portrait

Cecilia Beaux, 1880

Oval oil portrait of a man with wire-rimmed glasses, dark cravat and white collar against a dark brown background.

Daniel Huntington

Henry Inman, 1840

Half-length oil portrait of a young man in a black jacket, yellow waistcoat and purple cravat against a dark brown background

George Henry Durrie Self-Portrait

George Henry Durrie, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, blue eyes, black coat and white cravat against a muted background.

Gilbert Stuart

Anson Dickinson, 1820

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval-style uniform with gold epaulettes and a high collar, against a cloudy sky.

William Bainbridge

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Seated woman in green shawl and black bonnet holds an open book and white flower beneath a leafy tree.

Julia Ward Howe

John Elliott, 1930

Seated older man in a black robe holding a paper, painted against a red drapery.

Salmon P. Chase

James Reid Lambdin, 1850

Painting of a bearded man in a dark suit beside an eagle on a flagpole, with the Capitol dome and a money sack behind him.

Hayes Platform of Sound Money

Oval miniature portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a reddish-brown background.

Joel Barlow

William Dunlap, 1800

Full-length painting of a man in a red cloak and grey doublet holding a sword in a stone doorway.

Edwin Booth

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on an open book against a brown background.

John Summerfield

William Jewett, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated with folded arms against red drapery.

John Stevens

John Stevens, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white suit seated in a wicker chair, holding a paper and pen.

Edward Maynard

George Willoughby Maynard, 1880

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept hair in a dark off-shoulder dress, gazing to the side against a dark background.

Charlotte Cushman

Charlotte Saunders Cushman, 1830

Oil portrait of a bald, bearded older man in a dark suit writing at a carved wooden desk beside a row of books.

William Temple Hornaday

George Rufus Boynton

Seated man with a rifle and spaniel dog in a wooded landscape at sunset, painted in 1830.

John James Audubon

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, set in a copper-toned frame.

Charles Brockden Brown

William Dunlap, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat before red drapery, by John Wesley Jarvis, 1820.

John Jacob Astor

John Wesley Jarvis, 1820

Portrait of a bearded naval officer in dark uniform with gold epaulettes, sword at his side, before a stormy sea and sky.

Samuel Francis Du Pont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Full-length portrait of a man in a fur cape and fur cap holding a sabre, standing in tall grass under a grey sky.

Francis Davis Millet

George Willoughby Maynard, 1870

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, white pleated shirt and black bow tie against an olive background.

Gen. Benjamin Helm Bristow

Philip Oskar Jenkins, 1861

Oval oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat against a dark background.

William Cullen Bryant

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black with lace collar and sheer shawl, with a river landscape visible through a window.

Jane Cocking Glover

Pietro Bonanni, 1820

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair and blue eyes in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Thomas Sully, 1850

Oil portrait of a man with a full auburn beard and dark coat against a brown background, by George Fuller, 1860.

John Quincy Adams Ward

George Fuller, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with silver hair in a black coat and white cravat, holding a scroll, with a column behind him.

John Middleton Clayton

David Acheson Woodward, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white moustache in a grey academic gown against a brown background.

Richard Alexander Penrose

Julian Russell Story, 1910

Oil portrait of a bearded man with reddish hair in a brown jacket and cravat against a dark background.

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Louise Fitzpatrick

Oil portrait of a man with round spectacles and a mustache, holding a cigar, against a dark green background.

Frank Duveneck Self-Portrait

Frank Duveneck, 1880

Full-length portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress and beaded fringed regalia, holding a long staff.

Minimic

James Wells Champney, 1880

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white shirt, seated in a chair against a brown background.

Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest, 1830

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

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