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Seated man in red blanket and feathered headdress holding a beaded shield, painted against a pale landscape.

Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Woman with a hoe tending cabbages in a rural garden beside a fence and whitewashed buildings, painted in loose brushwork.

Novembre, Etaples

Walter Gay, 1880

Seated woman in a pale gown holding a necklace, beside a green vase in a muted green-toned interior.

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painting of Corinthian column ruins by a bay, with a smoking volcano, sailboats, and two figures in the foreground.

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of a dim interior: an older woman in black with lace collar faces several Black women in headscarves beside a brick

A Visit from the Old Mistress

Winslow Homer, 1870

Wife of The Six

George Catlin, 1830

Meach-o-shín-gaw, Little White Bear, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in black dress and white lace cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her, painted portrait.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1810

Oil painting of a snowy farmstead with a red house, barn, horse-drawn sleigh, figures and dogs under a dark winter sky.

Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

George Henry Durrie, 1850

Three women in long dresses stand on a dusky green lawn under a crescent moon, painted in soft tonal brushwork.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Landscape painting of ruined classical columns in foreground overlooking a bay with sailboats and a mountain under a cloudy s

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Full-length painting of a standing man in feathered headdress holding a spear, with shield and tomahawk, before a lodge.

A-wun-ne-wa-be, Bird of Thunder

George Catlin, 1840

Trompe l'oeil still life of letters, envelopes, newspaper and a portrait photo pinned under a red cord lattice on wood.

Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn

John Frederick Peto, 1880

Painted rural homestead with poplars, a pond, laundry on a picket fence, and women working in a field under a cloudy sky.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1850

Bearded saint in brown robe holding a crucifix, with a palm frond, book, and star halo against a cloudy sky.

San Juan Nepomuceno

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of tall birch trees in a sunlit forest glen with a fallen log and mossy rocks on the floor.

Woodland Glen

Asher Brown Durand, 1850

Autumn lake scene with wooded hills, a steamboat and sailboat, and figures on a rocky ledge in the foreground.

Greenwood Lake

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Painting of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed robe holding a decorated lance, with a green landscape behind.

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a mauve dress leaning toward a young girl in white as they look at an open book together.

An Interlude

William Sergeant Kendall, 1900

Painting of granite cliffs above pine trees reflected in a calm river in a valley.

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Still life painting of white and pink roses in a glass vase on a ceramic dish, with fallen petals on a stone ledge.

Roses

John Ferguson Weir, 1890

Painting of rocky desert mountains, a stone hut, a lone cypress, and two robed men resting in the foreground.

The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1880

Oil self-portrait of a seated man in a striped sweater, with a carved mask and orange chair behind him.

Self-Portrait

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Geometric painting of a red macaw and a white bird among bold blue, green, and black shapes with floral patterns.

The Thundershower

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Seated man in red blanket with feathered spear, beaded moccasins and feather headband against a pale ochre background.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Seated man in red fez and white fustanella costume beside a hookah, with a sword and a distant hilltop view.

Portrait of John B. Carmac, in Greek Evzone Costume

Walter Gould, 1850

Oil painting of a tall waterfall between forested cliffs, with a river in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a seated woman with long dark hair, red face paint, and layered blue and white bead necklaces.

Kah-béck-a, The Twin, Wife of Bloody Hand

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a snow-capped volcano rising above dark slopes and rounded white clouds against a deep blue sky.

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of two women in a sunlit interior, one seated playing a mandolin, the other standing in a rose dress by a window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a figure with a basket fishing a rapid river among boulders and yellow shrubs, with pebbles in the foreground.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1920

Painting of a river flowing through a valley between tall granite cliffs with pine trees and a hazy distant range.

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of a fisher woman with a net and basket on a dune, holding a child in a red top under a windy grey sky.

Fisher Girl of Picardy

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Interior scene by a fireplace: a man sorting corn, a woman in a yellow apron, and a man reading a map of valuable lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1850

Painting of two women in a grassy meadow with a flower basket, and a line of women holding hands in the distance.

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a young winged angel with white wings and a white gown against a pale blue background, gazing forward.

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painting of a standing man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and two feathered fans against a pale prairie sky.

Mah-tó-he-ha, Old Bear, a Medicine Man

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman with braided hair, red face paint, and layered beaded necklaces against a soft cloudy sky.

Tís-se-wóo-na-tís, She Who Bathes Her Knees, Wife of the Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in green dress and white lace bonnet beside a round table, with a river landscape painting behind her.

Mrs. Richard Alsop

Ralph Earl, 1790

Oil landscape of a white columned house on a hill surrounded by trees, with a fence and small figure in the foreground.

Mount Healthy, Ohio

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of a rainbow arching over a misty canyon with sunlit rock pinnacles, a distant waterfall, and a lone pine.

Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Hazy painting of Niagara Falls with mist, a rosy smoky sky, a distant smokestack, and small figures in the foreground.

Niagara

George Inness, 1880

Misty river valley with rocky cliff, leaning pine, distant mountains and small figures on a ledge at right.

Along the Hudson

John Frederick Kensett, 1850

Painting of a café interior with seated figures on a stone platform, a standing man in white robes, and a sunlit arched doorw

Cafe at Biskra, Algeria

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, 1880

Painting of a radiating sun over angular red mountains and a small fountain in a blue pool, in bold flat shapes.

Yliaster (Paracelsus)

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Pale winter landscape of a snowy slope curving toward faint bare trees and fence posts under a misty lavender sky.

Round Hill Road

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a woman carrying grain across a dusky pasture with grazing cattle, trees, a haystack, and a setting sun.

Sundown

George Inness, 1880

Sunset painting of a moored sailboat on a tidal shore, a rowboat on calm water, and a child on the beach.

By the Seaside, New Jersey Shore

Francis A. Silva, 1880

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat and reddish trees reflected in the water.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Painting of a brown sea eagle on a rocky cliff overlooking choppy sea and a distant sailing ship under a blue sky.

Washington Sea Eagle

John James Audubon, 1830

Painting of a white country house on a grassy hill with a family walking on a path beneath tall trees.

Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq.

Thomas Birch, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black puff-sleeved dress resting on a red patterned cushion in an ornate interior.

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman)

John Singer Sargent, 1890

Oval portrait of a woman in a gray dress, white lace cap and black bead necklace with a gold pendant, against dark background

Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain)

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Portrait of a young woman in a beaded white dress and pink star-embroidered robe, standing before dome-shaped lodges.

Pshán-shaw, Sweet-scented Grass, Twelve-year-old Daughter of Bloody Hand

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a hawk-like bird swooping over a dead small bird on a tree stump under a dark, stormy sky.

Vulture and Its Prey

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of three nude women and a clothed woman in a pastoral field at dusk, with a shepherd and dog in the distance.

An Eclogue

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Portrait of a young man in a white frilled shirt and dark coat, seated before a dusk landscape with a glowing horizon.

Daniel La Motte

Thomas Sully, 1810

Woman seated from behind at a spinet in a room with floral patterned walls, a small mirror, and a vase of flowers.

The Spinet

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Half-length portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, beaded collar and fringed buckskin shirt against a mu

Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dense garden of pink and white roses and white carnations among dark green leaves.

Garden in May

Maria Oakey Dewing, 1890

Painting of a woman in white robes flanked by two children against dark foliage and a teal sky.

My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Portrait of a man with half-red face paint, feather headdress, layered bead necklaces and fur garment against a pale sky.

Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Man in waistcoat smoking a pipe, legs up on a porch railing, with sunlit trees beyond.

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1850

Seated man with red face paint and red feathered headdress holding a pipe and arrow, in a sketched landscape.

No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830