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Oil portrait of a man in a black coat, green waistcoat and white cravat against a dark background, by George Healy.

William C. Preston

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Folk painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in blue habit holding the Christ Child and a white lily before red curtains.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Eighteenth-Century Novice, 1770

Woman in a veil holds an oil lamp while seated on a bed in a dark, moonlit interior.

Mary

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Portrait of a man with long dark hair, red face paint, feathered ornament, beaded necklace and fringed decorated shirt agains

H'co-a-h'co-a-h'cotes-min, No Horns on His Head, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young girl in a white cap, brown bodice with red lacing, and red bow against a dark background.

Young Moravian Girl

John Valentine Haidt, 1750

Seated woman in white bonnet and patterned gold gown beside a window with river landscape, painted 1790.

Mrs. Joseph Wright

Ralph Earl, 1790

Painting of a feathered Indigenous man beside a man in a top hat and dark coat holding a parasol and fan.

Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated nude woman with long auburn hair beneath flowering branches, with a pale drape over her lap.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1870

Loose painting of a calm pond with green trees on the left, a distant town on the far shore, and a pale sky.

Dublin Pond, New Hampshire

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Oil portrait of a man in a cream suit seated in a chair, holding a sleeping orange cat, beside a window.

Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)

Cecilia Beaux, 1890

Oval wreath of mixed flowers, daisies and berries painted against a pale grey background with Greek inscription below.

Wreath of Flowers

John La Farge, 1860

Portrait of a man with feathered headdress, red face paint, and beaded shirt holding a decorated pipe, against a pale sky.

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

George Catlin, 1830

Nude woman holding a glass sphere while a child reaches up to it on a terrace above a dusky mountain landscape.

Illusions

Henry Brown Fuller, 1900

Portrait of a woman in a dark green dress with a lace collar, holding a small red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1830

Portrait of a Native American man with a red feather headdress, silver earrings, fur robe and claw necklace.

Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a standing man in a red embroidered coat holding a hat, with a desk and ships visible through a window.

Don José Mas Ferrer

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of a winged figure supporting a flower-crowned woman beside a water edge under a crescent moon.

The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1910

Painted portrait of a standing warrior holding a feathered war club, wearing a fur robe, red headdress and beaded jewelry.

Om-pah-tón-ga, Big Elk, a Famous Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Woman in grey dress holding a glass vase with a pink flower beside a sunlit window and a white pitcher.

June

John White Alexander, 1910

Painting of a dark fishing boat tossed by rough blue waves, with small figures aboard and bright light on the horizon.

Fishermen at Sea

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in beaded bodice, layered necklaces, patterned shawl and red leggings, with a landsc

Wife of Kee-o-kúk

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph tend the infant Jesus on straw while three angels float in clouds above.

La Natividad

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

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

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painted portrait of a seated man in a blue fringed jacket, red zigzag sash and feathered headdress, against a muted backgroun

Há-tchoo-túc-knee, Snapping Turtle, a Half-breed

George Catlin, 1830

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

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

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

Two young men in feathered headdresses and red leggings, one playing a flute and one holding a painted staff, on grassland.

Two Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

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

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

Oil portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered black headband, bone necklace and a long pipe across his lap.

Háw-che-ke-súg-ga, He Who Kills the Osages, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830