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Painting of two huddled children beside a rabbit, with pink roses climbing a dark rock above them on a golden ground.

Panel for a Screen: Children Frightened by a Rabbit

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1870

Loose painted study of robed figures, one kneeling in the foreground, against a yellow wall.

Study, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Oil painting of pink, white and yellow roses in a dark green vase, with fallen petals on a dark surface.

Roses

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Painting of a hillside with tall trees, autumn foliage, and a pale low sun over a greenish sky.

Hillside Landscape

Edward S. Siebert, 1900

Loose oil painting of a pale country road curving through an ochre field toward dark green trees under a grey sky.

Country Road in France

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Oil painting of a man in embroidered costume and red cap beside ruined stone pillars, with a classical temple on a hill behin

Russian Man--St. Petersburg

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Woman in a turquoise gown holding a round mirror beside a folding screen with a crane and blossoms.

The Mirror

Robert Reid, 1910

Oil portrait of a young man in a powdered wig, dark coat, red cravat and lace jabot, resting his hand on books.

John Swanwick

Matthew Pratt, 1800

Two Navajo girls beside a stone wall, with sheep grazing, a dwelling, and sagebrush in an open desert landscape.

Navajo Sisters

Carl Moon, 1940

Snowy frontier shooting match with rifle-armed men, onlookers, a woman in a yellow cloak, and evergreens against hills.

Scenes from the Pioneers by Cooper, Deerslayer at the Shooting Match

William Walcutt, 1850

Painting of a yellow church with a red roof and cross beside a tall dark cedar tree and a yellow path.

Church with Cedar Tree on Left

Carl Newman, 1930

Painting of a speaker in a red coat addressing a seated crowd of Native American men beneath large trees, 1860.

The Trial of Red Jacket

John Mix Stanley, 1860

Oval portrait of two young girls in white dresses, one holding a pink rose, with a soft landscape behind them.

The Artist's Children

John Wood, 1840

Full-length painting of a standing man with a spear and cowhide shield on a rocky hillside under a cloudy sky.

Zulu Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark jacket and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Portrait male, 1810

Painting of a woman reading a book beside a reclining young girl in a white dress, against a dark interior.

Mother and Child (Lady Shannon and Kitty)

James Jebusa Shannon, 1910

Painting of two women baking bread at a domed adobe oven in a sunlit courtyard beneath hanging red chilies.

Women Baking Bread

Carl Moon, 1940

Half-length portrait of a woman with a gold bead necklace in a black dress, seated beside a window with a red curtain.

Woman with Gold Necklace

n.d Prior-Hamblen School, 1850

Painting of a pink roseate spoonbill wading among green marsh grasses under a pink sky, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

Roseate Spoonbill, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Haloed figure in red robe walks ahead of a group of followers along a stone wall path, head bowed.

Going Down to Gethsemane

Furth Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, 1890

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark suit holding an artist's palette and brushes beside a carved wooden cabinet.

J. J. Shannon, R. A.

Orlando Rouland, 1910

Oil landscape of a calm river through green marshland with trees and a cloudy sky, by Edward Gay, 1900.

The River, Sound Beach, Connecticut

Edward Gay, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated man with curly red hair, brown coat, white cravat and hand on chest, against a brown background.

Thomas Davis

James Alexander Simpson, 1810

Large 1860 painting of a formal group in period dress gathered on a lawn near a brick gateway and white obelisks under trees.

Visit of the Prince of Wales, President Buchanan, and Dignitaries to the Tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, October…

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1860

Painting of sheep grazing in a sunlit meadow under large shade trees, with a haystack in the distance.

Noon in the Orchard

Worthington Whittredge, 1900

Oil portrait of a woman with brown hair pulled up, head turned slightly, against a pale grey background.

Portrait of a Lady

Gilbert Stuart, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman in a white ruff collar and lace cap, wearing a dark dress against a black background.

Portrait of a Lady

Paulus Moreelse, 1630

Painting of a young man in hat and vest seated on rocks beside a stream, with a rough wooded landscape behind him.

The Young Mechanic

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1830

Painting of a hunter in a yellow coat with a shotgun and two dogs standing among fallen logs and trees in a sunlit forest.

Hunter and Dogs

J. Alden Weir, 1910

Oil portrait of a woman with braided hair, beaded earrings and necklaces, in an orange dress with a white fur wrap.

Little Eagle, "Wad-ben-de-ba"

Charles Bird King, 1820