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Pen and ink sketch of an abstract figure with curving forms rising from a bowl, drawn on a ring-bound notebook page.

Drawing - William Sommer

Folk painting of fishermen in rowboats, sailing ships, whales and birds over a dark, churning blue sea.

The Marblehead Fishermen 2015.56.3 1

John Orne Johnson Frost

Woman and Child, Showing How the Heads of Children are Flattened

Fish roasting on a wooden rack above a log fire, with smoke rising and more fish hanging to the right.

The Broyling of Their Fish over the Flame of Fier

Spencer Nichols

Oil portrait of a young child in a red polka-dot dress and white lace collar, seated in a chair holding a cane.

Samuel Warren Holland, Aged Two Years

Milton W. Hopkins

Painting of a woman cradling a child in a doorway beside a standing man and a donkey, with a glowing angel behind, in green t

Departure into Egypt (At the Inn)

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Painted full-length figure of a man with body paint, feathered headdress, and bow, standing against a pale background.

A Herowan or Great Lord of Virginia

Spencer Nichols

Loose, feathery painting of a slender tree beside a sunlit path among green foliage and a pale sky.

(Landscape)

Oil portrait of a young boy with short dark hair, white collar and dark jacket, against a golden brushy background.

Head of a Negro Boy

Alice Pike Barney

Full-length painting of a standing man with arms crossed, wearing beaded necklace and fringed skirt, against a pale backgroun

A Chiefe Herowan

Spencer Nichols

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Painting of a half-nude bearded man on straw, gesturing as three figures including a woman in red speak with him.

Job and His Comforters

Painting of a stilted wooden platform with thatched roof, rows of wrapped bundles, a seated figure, and a campfire below.

The Tomb of Their Herowans of Chiefe Personages

Spencer Nichols

Watercolor portrait of a young woman with dark bangs, face softly modeled against muted brown and violet washes.

Mary

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Painted album cover showing a bearded man in a turban and red trousers holding a rifle, standing before a green landscape.

Turkish Soldier (Painted Album Cover)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of men dancing in a ring around carved posts, with embracing figures at the center and feathered headdresses.

Their Dances Which They Use at Their High Feasts

Spencer Nichols

Painting of a Native American camp with many tipis, mounted riders and horses crossing the foreground, and a flat-topped mesa

Blackfoot Camp Scene

Edwin Willard Deming

Watercolor of Adalia's fortified walls, towers and harbor with sailboats on calm blue water.

Adalia, Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Muted brown painting of a village with dome-roofed houses, a central fire, dancing figures inside a post circle, and trees.

The Town of Secota

Spencer Nichols

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near industrial buildings, rail cars, and a multi-arched bridge over a river in winter.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge by Edgar Nye

Painting of a standing man in beaded regalia with feathered headdress, holding a rifle beside a large tree in a forest.

White Man in Chippewa Costume

George Loren Prince Sr.

Painting of an adult woman with facial markings and a gourd, beside a young girl in a beaded necklace holding a small doll.

A Chiefe Herowan's Wife of Pomeoc and Daughter

Spencer Nichols

Watercolor of a rocky hillside with blue and green trees and yellow shrubs under a pale sky.

Point Lobos Ernest Haskell

Painting of a colonial leader in a tricorn hat pointing across a river valley as settlers with children and a ship gather.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

Francis Luis Mora

Full-length painting of a standing man with patterned body markings, drawing a bow with an arrow, against a pale background.

A Chiefe of Florida

Spencer Nichols

Dark stable scene with a glowing white horse, a red-clad figure bending toward chickens, and lantern light at left.

In the Stable

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Painting of sunlit jagged mountain peaks above clouds and dark pine trees under a teal sky.

Switzerland--Near Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painted view of a palisaded village with arched dwellings around a central fire, with figures gathered in the open plaza.

The Town of Pomeiock

Spencer Nichols

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Damaged painting of a young woman in a red floral gown and green headdress before a hilly landscape.

Head of a Young Woman

Domenico Ghirlandaio