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Oil portrait of a blond man with an upturned mustache, wearing a red shirt against an olive and brown background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, fringed shirt and red blanket, against a blue cloudy sky.

Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white headwrap and cravat, wearing a dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Painting of a woman in a white hide dress with a girl at her side, tipis and a child with a bow behind them.

Assiniboin Woman and Child

George Catlin, 1830

A Choctaw Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark bobbed hair, head bowed, wearing a brown top over a white collar.

Study Head of a Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of hanging dead ducks, a game bag, hunting horn and letter on a weathered green wooden door.

Cabin Door Still Life

Richard La Barre Goodwin, 1910

Young man in dark coat writing at a cluttered table of books, with plaster statues and an easel in a dim studio interior.

Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein

John Frankenstein, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, head bowed, against a dark background.

St. Luke

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil portrait of a smiling girl with curly hair wearing a large black hat and white ruffled blouse against a dark background.

Laura at Seven

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man with long dark hair in a fringed, beaded hide shirt against a cloudy sky.

Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a brick house with a red roof beside a calm river, framed by trees and reflected in the water.

Edge of a Stream

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Eé-shah-kó-nee, Bow and Quiver, First Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Loose painting of white and red poppies among green foliage in a garden, with dark trees behind.

Poppies

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Half-length portrait of a man in a red turban, face paint, dark coat and fringed sash against a muted sky.

Bód-a-sin, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a woman with long dark wavy hair, beaded necklaces, and a fringed garment with metal discs.

Tchón-su-móns-ka, Sand Bar, Wife of the Trader François Chardon

George Catlin, 1830

Laura at Fifteen

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

The Fur Coat

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Oil portrait of a man in a red feathered headdress, face paint, shell necklace and yellow shirt, holding a pipe.

No-way-ke-sug-ga

Alexander Davis Cooper, 1840

Two women at night: a sleeping woman beside a crescent moon, and a standing woman holding a glowing star under a starry sky.

Night and Her Daughter Sleep

Mary L. Macomber, 1900

Wa-ho-béck-ee, a Handsome Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, mustache and eyeglasses in a dark suit against a teal and cream background.

Portrait of H. Siddons Mowbray

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1910

Painting of a red-roofed villa framed by tall cypress trees and dense garden shrubs behind a stone wall, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled - Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a seated ballerina in a pale tutu and pink slippers, set against a dark interior background.

Ballerine

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Three arched panels stacked vertically showing a hunter with a dog, a herder with a cow, and a farmer with a sickle and sheav

The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated older woman with feathered grey hair, pearls, fur wrap and patterned shawl against a dark background

Mrs. Cass Gilbert

Arthur Stockdale Cope, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit holding a rolled document, with a quill, books, and a domed building in the windo

Portrait of Freeman Cary

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850