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Painting of a seated man in a blue patterned coat, feathered headdress and red blanket, holding a pipe, against a pale backgr

Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Children and a dog on a rock ledge watch a small balloon drift under a storm sky beside a tall cliff.

The Lost Balloon

William Holbrook Beard, 1880

Painting of a young newsboy in a cap and red neckerchief holding a folded newspaper, with a hand on his hip.

Newspaper Boy

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly dark hair, mustache, and dark jacket against a deep brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Painting of three standing Fox Indian figures in ornamented dress, one holding a bow and arrows, against a blue and green bac

Three Fox Indians

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged angel in a flowing white robe, gazing upward against a soft blue and cream background.

The Angel

William Baxter Closson, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a yellow dress holding a child with a feather in its hair, against a soft landscape.

Wáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young woman in a white ruffled dress with a red ribbon in her hair, seated against a dark background.

Girl in White

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Full-length portrait of a Pawnee man in feathered headdress and painted robe, holding a tomahawk against a pale background.

Le-sháw-loo-láh-le-hoo, Big Elk, Chief of the Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in white gown with feathered headpiece playing a gilded harp, red drapery and river landscape behind her.

Mrs. John Quincy Adams

Charles Bird King, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with long dark hair, red face paint and zigzag markings, holding a comb and wearing arm bands.

Tcha-dés-sa-ko-máh-pee, Bear's Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman with long black hair, red face paint, beaded necklace, and a pale draped garment.

Shé-de-ah, Wild Sage, a Wichita Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man holding a tomahawk, wearing a pink blanket, fur mantle and silver arm band against a pale sky.

Ah'-sho-cole, Rotten Foot, a Noted Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a smiling young woman with long dark hair, beaded necklaces, and a white fringed dress against a pale sky

Kay-a-gís-gis, a Young Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Alma

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Nude woman with dark hair seen from behind, reflected in a tall mirror on a door in a room with a rug.

Morning Light

George Luks, 1920

Oil self-portrait of a young man in a straw hat turning toward the viewer, set against a sunlit green garden trellis.

Self-Portrait at Montigny

Will Hicock Low, 1870

Painting of a woman in a black hat and pale blouse with a long chain, standing before a green diamond lattice background.

The Chatelaine

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of nude figures on a cliff beside a large pine tree, with a river valley and distant hills below.

On the Cliffs

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Painting of a standing man in a feathered headdress, painted robe with a sun motif, and beaded leggings against a pale sky.

Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Pah-shee-náu-shaw, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young woman with dark hair holding a shiny brass kettle against a dark background.

The Brass Kettle

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Full-length oil portrait of a standing Navajo man in a patterned woven blanket, silver jewelry, floral trousers and boots.

Tlo-be-nel-ly

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1910

Two women in blue jackets and white aprons sit on a wooden cart beside a brick wall, one embracing the other.

Désirs

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a blue garment and red headband, holding a bundle of arrows, by George Catlin, 1830.

Ni-có-man, The Answer, Second Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a small cross, against a golden ba

Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1860

Painting of a nude woman with dark hair, head tilted, arm raised, set against a loosely brushed green background.

In Shadow

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Portrait of a man with red and black painted face and body, wearing a metal neck ring and armbands, against a cloudy sky.

I-o-wáy, One of Black Hawk's Principal Warriors

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a floral dress leaning on a chair back against a muted background, with loose brushwork.

Spanish Senorita

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Loose pastel portrait of a woman in a flowing green dress and floral headdress against a hatched ochre background.

Ruth St. Denis

Alice Pike Barney, 1910