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Painting of a Mandan village cemetery: a circle of skulls, feathered poles and bison skulls on a green plain before earthlodg

Back View of Mandan Village, Showing the Cemetery

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two boats pulled up on a sandy beach beside a red shed, pier and calm sea under a pale sky.

Beach Scene

William Glackens, 1920

Painting of a herdsman with a team of oxen in a green pastoral landscape with trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Herdsmen with Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a crowd of feathered men dancing on open grassland, raising shields, lances, and tomahawks under a pale sky.

Scalp Dance, Mouth of the Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Oil painting of rocky outcrops, pine trees and a valley with distant mountains under a pale sky.

Western Landscape

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Small painting of dark hills and a rock beside a stream under a warm, cloudy sky at dusk.

Untitled (mountainous landscape with rock and stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of two hunters on snowshoes chasing bison through deep snow, with a herd and snowy hills in the background.

Buffalo Chase in Snowdrifts, Indians Pursuing on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1830

Night scene of a crowd of refugees with bundles and children passing a burning cottage, lit by orange flames.

The Refugees

Painting of cattle grazing in a meadow beside a stream, with a dark tree cluster and cloudy sky under soft light.

Bright Scene of Cattle near Stream

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a crowded ball game on a grassy field with men in red loincloths and rolling green hills behind.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Down

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a kneeling woman holding a paper fan over a baby on the floor beside a latticed window.

Japanese Lullaby

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of bare trees, a stone wall and farm buildings on a hazy hillside under a pale turquoise sky.

An Abandoned Farm

Ernest Lawson, 1900

Oil landscape of a valley with mountains, a winding stream, a still lake, and a large tree on the left under a warm sky.

Scottish Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of Sac and Fox men dancing in a line with feathered headdresses while drummers sit at the right.

Slave Dance, Sac and Fox

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a man carrying an oar along a sandy path between shrubs, with driftwood in the foreground and a pale sky.

Fisherman by Water

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a sunlit Tuscan farmhouse with a tower, arched gateway, and rolling hills under a golden sky.

A Tuscan Farm

Edward Bruce, 1920

Painting of a paddle steamer named Yellow Stone on a river, with a red brick city skyline along the far bank under clouds.

St. Louis from the River Below

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a moody landscape with a rock, grassy field, a steepled building by trees, a lake, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rock in foreground and roof with steeple, lake in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a farmhouse among trees at dusk, with a large yellow sun setting on the horizon under a hazy sky.

The Harvest Moon

Charles Melville Dewey, 1900

Group portrait of five elegantly dressed figures on a garden terrace before a classical building, with trees and cloudy sky.

The Field Family in a Garden

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Impressionist landscape of tall trees, budding spring foliage, a wooded hill and a reflective pond under a pale blue sky.

Spring, Navesink Highlands

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a sunlit wooded path with tall trees, a dirt road, grassy slope, and small figures in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Oil painting of a snowy winter landscape with bare trees, a small red house, and a dark stream under a pale sky.

Late Afternoon

George M. Bruestle, 1900

Painting of a grizzly bear's head and clawed forepaws in grass with small wildflowers, teeth bared.

Weapons and Physiognomy of the Grizzly Bear

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of dark rocky cliffs with breaking white waves under a stormy sky, with sailboats on the distant horizon.

Ocean Cliffs

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a hilltop village with white houses, terraced green fields, olive trees, and a blue sea at left.

Hill with White Houses

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of canoes with raised sail cloths on a river, tipis and figures on the reddish bank at left under a cloudy sky.

Sac and Fox Sailing in Canoes

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wooded landscape with pine trees and a small woman in red standing among wildflowers beside a path.

Untitled (landscape with trees and woman)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Autumn harvest scene with men loading pumpkins onto an ox cart, corn shocks, a seated woman, and distant hills.

October

John Whetten Ehninger, 1860

Painting of a winding river through green rolling bluffs, with a small figure standing on a hilltop in the foreground.

River Bluffs, 1320 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830