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Jack-o-pa (The Six)

Charles Bird King, 1820

Painting of a young girl in a white headscarf and red shawl holding a woven basket by a stormy seashore.

Girl with Basket

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headwrap and fringed hide cape holding a bow, against a hazy landscape.

Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Sketch of a domed bell tower above red rooftops and dark trees under a pastel sunset sky.

St. Isidor, Rome

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a dark shawl holding a sleeping baby, with a clay pitcher on a white cloth below.

Mother and Sleeping Baby

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Three standing men in feathered headdresses, beaded necklaces and red draped garments, one holding a hatchet, against a pale

Wa-másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, gazing toward the viewer against a dark background.

James Buchanan

Jacob Eichholtz, 1830

Oil portrait of a woman with light eyes wearing a dark plum head wrap with striped trim against a shadowy background.

Laura in Arabian Costume

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a man in ball-player dress holding two lacrosse sticks, with red leggings and a white feathered ornament.

Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player's Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a laurel-crowned classical statue on a pedestal facing a sunset and stormy sky with a distant chariot.

L' Empereur

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a dark tree over a meadow of wildflowers, with a white farmhouse and small figures under a stormy sky.

September Afternoon

George Inness, 1880

Seated Pawnee warrior in feathered headdress, red body paint and hide robe, holding bow and arrows, painted by George Catlin.

La-dóo-ke-a, Buffalo Bull, a Grand Pawnee Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Lady in White (No. 1)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Painting of a dark-haired woman with downcast eyes and a low blue neckline against a pale background.

Dreaming Girl

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Standing man in fringed tunic and feathered red headband holding a walking stick, painted against a pale landscape background

Ee-tów-o-kaum, Both Sides of the River, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman with long auburn hair in a green dress against an orange background, with loose brushwork.

Natalie Barney

Polish Olga Boznanska, 1900

Painting of a narrow industrial street with a large red cylindrical tank, pipes, smokestacks and tall ochre buildings under g

Industry

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Painting of a seated man in feathered headdress and fringed leggings smoking a pipe, wrapped in a fur robe.

Nóm-ba-mon-nee, Double Walker, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Ton-had-dle

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1890

Painting of a blonde woman and a child seated beside a white doe in a shaded forest by a stream.

St. Genevieve of Brabant in the Forest

George Frederick Bensell, 1860

Pa-ris-ka-roó-pa, Two Crows, the Younger

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a cream dress and green sash, holding pink flowers, against a warm neutral background.

New England Hostess

Gerard Barry, 1950

Oil portrait of a seated person with gray hair, black jacket and white shirt, chin resting on hand, against a dark background

Marie Huet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with red face paint, beaded necklaces and a brass collar, against a green-blue

Say-say-gon, Hail Storm, War Chief

George Catlin, 1840

Poe-shom-ee

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Painting of a woman in a pink robe beside a bronze statue at a sunlit garden fountain with irises and roses.

Stepping in the Fountain

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with long black hair, bone collar, shell discs, and red body paint against a soft sky.

Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young woman in green with a white veil, holding a brush at an easel, with a bell tower and ruins behind her.

Italy

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of a woman in a red gown gazing upward, hand resting on sheet music beside a harp in dim light.

A Song

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a standing man with a bow and feathered shield, with tipi dwellings and a river behind him.

E'e-a-chín-che-a, Red Thunder, Son of Black Moccasin

George Catlin, 1830