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Painting of a bare-chested man in a feathered headdress and loincloth, leaping with arms raised against a pale background.

The Conjurer or the Flyer

Spencer Nichols

Woman with Red Hair

Albert Herter, 1894

Painting of a woman with dark hair and a white collar, turned to the side against a dark green background.

Head of a Woman in Jerusalem

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of figures in a canoe and wading men spearing fish in shallow water beside a stake fence, with birds overhead.

The Manner of Their Fishing

Spencer Nichols

Watercolor of the medieval Pont Valentré tower in Cahors with a red roof, a stone arch and small figures on the bridge.

Pont Valentre, Cahors

Cass Gilbert, 1926

Seated man in a red blanket holding a feathered lance, wearing beaded moccasins and a red feather in his hair.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

E. Irving Couse, 1909

Painting of a standing older man with hair tied back, wearing a fringed draped garment against a pale brushed background.

An Aged Man in His Winter Garments

Spencer Nichols

Painting of a woman cradling a child in a doorway beside a standing man and a donkey, with a glowing angel behind, in green t

Departure into Egypt (At the Inn)

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Woman in a blue gown looks into a hand mirror beside a folding screen with a white crane and flowering landscape.

The Mirror

Robert Lewis Reid, 1910

Standing woman with facial and body markings, headband and fringed skirt, arms folded, against a pale background.

The Wyfe of an Herowan of Secotan

Spencer Nichols

Painting of San Juan Nepomuceno holding a crucifix, with a palm frond, five stars, a book, and a blue-draped table.

San Juan Nepomuceno

José Campeche, 1798

Painting of a bird of prey with spread wings perched on a tree stump above a dead blue bird, under a stormy sky.

Vulture and Its Prey

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1844

Woman with Red Hair

Albert Herter, 1890

Painting of a seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dimly lit interior room.

Portrait of a Lady

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Painting of a winged woman in white robes seated on a dark stone inscribed VAEA, against a dark background.

Stevenson Memorial

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Full-length painting of a standing woman with facial and body tattoos, wearing a fringed skirt and bead necklace.

One of the Wyves of Wyngyne

Spencer Nichols, 1950

Painted portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and fringed hide shirt with beaded decoration against a m

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

George Catlin, 1832

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in black formal dress with a quill, books, and a window view of a building.

Portrait of Freeman Cary

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1856

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a red embroidered tunic and black cloak against a dark background.

Self-Portrait in Costume of Hamlet

Albert Herter, 1900

Dark portrait of a bearded man's head turned to the side, lit warmly against a near-black background.

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1872

Watercolor of a white bell tower above red roof tiles, with green vines and a red window in a narrow alley under blue sky.

Bell Tower, Hotel San Dominico (Old Monastery, Taormina, Sicily)

Cass Gilbert, 1933

Full-length painting of a tattooed woman in a fringed skirt holding a bowl and food against a pale background.

A Chief's Wife of Florida

Spencer Nichols

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue satin gown with lace, holding a rose beside a table with pearls and a jewelry box.

We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian)

Lilly Martin Spencer, 1869

Seated woman in a pale lace gown, pearls and feathered headdress, with a patterned shawl, before a dark background and column

Mrs. Cass Gilbert

Arthur Stockdale Cope, 1926

Painting of a waterfall plunging into a canyon with a river below, framed by rock cliffs and pine forest under a cloudy sky.

View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Grafton Tyler Brown, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat beside red drapery, with a window view of the sea and sky behind him.

Robert Hooper

John Singleton Copley, 1770

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat, seated in a red upholstered chair.

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, 1826

Oil self-portrait of an older man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1810

Painted portrait of a seated woman in a green dress with lace collar, holding a red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1834

Painting of a young woman in a white gown and floral shawl with flowers in her hair, standing between two trees in a green la

Summer

Frank Weston Benson, 1890