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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

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

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

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

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

Wife of The Six

George Catlin, 1830

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watercolor of a startled boy with a satchel and slate hurrying past a stone wall at night, with a bat and crescent moon overh

Taking the Shortcut

W. H. Norton, 1860

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Painted wooden panel of the Virgin of Guadalupe with clasped hands, crown, red robe and radiating halo, 1830.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Pedro Antonio Fresquís, 1830

Muted harbor painting with sailing ships anchored beyond a long pier, figures on the quay, and brown hills under a pale sky.

Valparaiso Harbor

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

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

Painted wooden panel of St. Anthony in brown habit holding the Christ Child, both with halos, on a worn ochre ground.

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

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 seated woman in green robes flanked by two children before an ornate panel and hazy landscape.

Virgin Enthroned

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and white cravat beside a wooden pedestal with a small sculpture.

Gaetano Trentanova

Filippo Costaggini, 1890

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