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Painting of a hillside village with white houses and dark roofs among green, ochre and teal rolling hills under a grey sky.

Quebec

Preston Dickinson, 1925

Painting of the Porte Saint-Denis arch in Paris with pedestrians, bare trees and a street lamp in warm earth tones.

Porte St. Denis

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Seated woman in a white dress and wide hat leans against a tree in a forest, holding a white parasol.

Sophie Hunter Colston

William Robinson Leigh, 1896

Oil portrait of a man with coiled hair, beaded earrings, shell necklace and a decorated fringed garment against a cloudy sky.

Ha-wón-je-tah, One Horn, Head Chief of the Miniconjou Tribe

George Catlin, 1832

Painting of a lattice iron footbridge over a river with pedestrians, a seated figure and a boat in the foreground.

Pont des Arts

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of rocky sea cliffs with breaking waves, sailboats on the distant ocean, and a cloudy sky.

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1878

Painting of yellow chrysanthemums in a blue and white vase on a wooden table with draped cloth and a chair.

Still Life with Flowers

Russell Cheney, 1881

Painting of cows drinking at a stone fountain with a shepherd and seated woman under trees at dusk.

Small Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1800

Painting of a beach with a rowboat on the sand, calm sea, distant boats, and a large cloudy sky.

The South Strand

Emil Carlsen, 2013

Painted portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, red face paint, and beaded shirt, holding a decorated pipe.

Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe

George Catlin, 1832

Painting of a dirt road through a field toward autumn trees and a distant farmhouse under a pale sky.

Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Portrait of a bearded man in dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes, leaning on rocks before a stormy sea and sky.

Samuel Francis Du Pont

Daniel Huntington, 1867

Two children in white dresses with pink sashes stand beside a potted white lily plant under a dusky sky.

The Davis Children (Eliza Cheever Davis and John Derby Davis)

Edward Savage, 1795

Painting of a red sun low over dark sea and cliffs beneath heavy grey clouds, with small boats on the horizon.

Sunrise over Fishing Waters--Maine

William E. Norton, 1880

Painting of misty sandstone pinnacles and a canyon stream with a bird soaring above, by Thomas Moran, 1892.

Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1892

Watercolor of a wooden house, clothesline, and a family with children and chickens in a fenced yard beside a blue inlet.

(Landscape)

Ann Brockman, 1943

Painting of a shuttered cottage with a veranda framed by tall trees, with wildflowers and birds in soft evening light.

Kalorama Cottage

John Ferguson Weir, 1860

Abstract watercolor of dark blue and green waves breaking into white foam above a tan sandy shore.

The Sea, Maine

John Marin, 1921

Still life of split watermelon, a whole melon, morning glory blossoms and vines on a table against a dark background.

Melons and Morning Glories

Raphaelle Peale, 1813

Full-length painting of a bearded man in a red fez and dark coat standing before a city with domes, minarets and pyramids.

Modern Egyptian

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Still life painting of grapes, watermelon, peaches, plums and a pineapple arranged on stone ledges against a dark background.

Untitled - Everhart Kuhn, 1825

Everhart Kuhn, 1825

Night painting of sheep resting in a moonlit sheepyard beside a fence, shed and large silhouetted tree under a glowing moon.

Sheepyard, Moonlight

Horatio Walker, 1906

Painting of autumn trees and rocks beside a calm stream under a cloudy sky, with distant figures across the water.

Trees along Stream in Fall

William Trost Richards, 1860

Ballerinas in white tutus dance on a stage while audience members in dark dress watch from a theater box.

The White Ballet

Everett Shinn, 1904

Painted study of a robed bearded figure on a hillside gesturing toward misty mountains, with a glowing light at left.

Study for Moses and the Burning Bush

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1902

Landscape painting of a ruined castle on a hill, a river with two figures on rocks, a wooden bridge, and red-roofed cottages.

Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

Watercolor of a tall Italian bell tower with red brick base, stone upper stages, a bell, and birds in a cloudy sky.

Bell Tower, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1933

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

Painted portrait of a woman with long neck and pulled-back hair against a deep blue background, wearing a green garment.

Portrait of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

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