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Painting of figures gathered on a wooden inn porch, with an old man seated at center and children playing nearby.

Discussion at the Continental Arms

Frederick William Billing, 1861

Oil portrait of a smiling blond boy in a brown jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy

Charles T. Webber, 1860

Oil portrait of a curly-haired girl in a white dress with red ribbons, holding a red flower beside a basket of blooms.

One of the Adams Children

Miss Adams, 1820

Woman in ochre dress seated barefoot by a pool in a dark cave, with men approaching from a sunlit opening at left.

(Scene from Don Quixote)

John Ritto Penniman, 1810

Portrait of a white-haired man in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes, holding a sword before a sunset landscape.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1835

Portrait of an elderly woman with folded arms in a light blouse, painted in loose brushwork against a pale background.

Anna Washington Derry by Laura Wheeler Waring

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927

Painting of two boys in blue overalls seated on a wooden chair before a weathered fence, one in a straw hat.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Painting of an elderly man in a pale blanket before an adobe pueblo, with figures in a plaza and lavender mountains behind.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Ira D. Gerald Cassidy, 1920

Portrait of a man with red skin, blue face paint, feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and a hand drum.

Tóh-to-wah-kón-da-pee, Blue Medicine, a Medicine Man of the Ting-ta-to-ah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair and a red shawl against a teal background, in a velvet case.

Self-Portrait

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Painting of a standing Native American man with feathered headdress, face paint, yellow blanket and tomahawk before a green l

No-ak-chóo-she-kaw, He Who Breaks the Bushes

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of a reclining sea nymph fountain statue beside a reflecting pool, with a palace and garden at sunset.

Parterre du Nord, Fontaine des Sirenes

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Oval portrait of a man in a black bicorne hat and grey military greatcoat, with a pale mountain background.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Portrait of a woman with long blond hair in a purple dress and lace collar against a red background.

Natalie Barney

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Untitled - Carolus-Duran, 1900

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1776

Watercolor of a steaming geyser pool with yellow mineral terraces, pine trees at right, and misty mountains under a pale sky.

Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1873

Watercolor of Mammoth Hot Springs with white terraces, a blue pool, rising steam, and a mountain under a soft sky.

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1872

A.C.B.

Alice Pike Barney, 1887

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, wearing a cream blouse and black bow tie against an olive background.

Agnes

Alice Pike Barney, 1903

Pastel nude of a woman with short dark hair standing before a gold floral screen with roses and branches.

Nude against Screen

Alice Pike Barney, 1911

Oil portrait of a fair-haired man with a waxed mustache in a red shirt, against a gold background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

The Dimple

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

Oil portrait of a bearded man with blue eyes, wearing a dark suit, white collar and blue tie, against a dark background.

Doctor R.

Alice Pike Barney, 1895

Oval miniature portrait of a mustached man in a fur-collared coat and tie, in an ornate gold frame with an eagle top.

President William Howard Taft

Alyn Williams, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with feathered headdress, beaded necklace and quiver of arrows, in a carved wooden frame.

Indian Man with Quiver

Alexander Davis Cooper, 1886

Handwritten poem Religion on aged paper with two blue birds on an evergreen branch painted in the upper right corner.

To Miss Wheaton; Religion

Elizabeth W. Capron, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark curly hair, black cravat and dark coat, in a gilt frame and leather case.

Isaac F. Tyson

John Wood Dodge, 1835

Watercolor of medieval fortified walls and conical-roofed towers of Carcassonne rising above a grassy slope.

Battlements of Carcassonne, France

Cass Gilbert, 1913

Watercolor of a striped medieval bell tower with arcaded openings and a red conical roof, framed by rooftops under a pale sky

Cathedral Tower, Pistoia, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman and white dog at an arched stone doorway with a relief above.

Doorway in Anla(?)

Cass Gilbert, 1859

Watercolor of a Gothic church with a tall spire, figures and market stalls in the foreground, under a blue sky.

A Market Day (Church of St. Jacques, Ghent, Belgium)

Cass Gilbert, 1897

Watercolor of a stone church portal with a rounded arch, carved capitals, and a wooden door with iron scrollwork.

Portal of Church of Nervy St. Sepulchre

Cass Gilbert, 1880

Watercolor of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, with a red brick tower and domes reflected in calm lagoon water.

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Watercolor of fluted Doric columns and an entablature of a classical temple under a violet sky, with grass below.

Temple of Neptune, Paestum

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Painting of a seated nude woman with long hair beneath blossoming branches, set against a dark green garden background.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1878

Full-length painting of a nude woman with flowing red hair standing barefoot in a sunlit autumn meadow beneath trees.

Indian Summer

Kenyon Cox, 1887

Painting of a seated woman with red hair holding a dark vase with silver handles, in soft green and cream tones.

Woman with Vase

Edmond Aman-Jean, 1857

Profile of a Woman's Head

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a young newsboy in a flat cap and red neckerchief, holding a folded newspaper against a gray background.

Newspaper Boy

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1901

Lady in White (No. 1)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Painting of a seated woman playing a stringed instrument beside a standing woman in a red dress, near a sunlit window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Seated woman in a pale gown in a muted green interior, with a vase on a table and a framed picture on the wall.

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1907

Half-length portrait of a woman in a pale dress, head turned, hand resting on her chest, against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Alma

Thomas Dewing, 1895

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

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Oval portrait of a young girl with long dark hair threading red thread, eyes lowered, against a dark green background.

Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1869

Full-length portrait of a standing man in dark formal dress with a red sash, beside a table of documents and a carved lion ch

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1841

Seated portrait of a man with white hair and mustache in a dark suit, hands clasped, before a paneled wall and books.

Sir Robert Laird Borden

Joseph DeCamp, 1920

Oil portrait of a standing officer in khaki uniform with a Sam Browne belt and medal ribbons against a dark background.

Sir General Arthur William Currie

Joseph DeCamp, 1920

Watercolor of a ruined round stone tower in a desert with mesas, with two figures tending a cooking fire in the foreground.

Ancient Stone Round Tower

William Henry Holmes, 1875

Painting of Anasazi-style cliff dwellings on a sandstone canyon wall, with a small climbing figure at lower right.

Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1875

Watercolor of two women washing laundry at a river's edge, one bending over a basin beside clay pots, under green trees.

A Mexican Laundry

William Henry Holmes, 1895

Watercolor of eroded sandstone cliffs with cliff dwellings and a seated man in a hat on a ledge at right.

Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1878

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a fur-collared coat and white bow tie against a red background.

Albert Clifford Barney

Ottilie Roederstein, 1900

Painted portrait of an elderly bald man with white hair holding a pipe, wearing a dark jacket against a dark blue background.

Old Man with Pipe

Ottilie Roederstein, 1859

Elderly woman in pink dress arranging yellow tulips in a blue and white vase beside a chair and delft tiles.

Arranging the Tulips

Gari Melchers, 1928

Painting of a haloed figure rising into a blue sky while robed followers kneel and gaze upward in an arched frame.

The Ascension

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Painting of Christ on the cross with two angels, a dove above, and two kneeling mourners below against a blue sky.

Crucifixion

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Painting of a woman in a white dress with her hand on the mane of a lion in a sunlit grassy meadow.

Supremacy

Frederick Stuart Church, 1887

Painting of a young woman with a basket and a greyhound standing in a meadow of white wildflowers.

Young Girl and Dog

Edward Percy Moran, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit writing at a desk before a wall map and bookshelf.

Lloyd George

Douglas Volk, 1919

Painting of a woman in a black cloak on a Venetian walkway, with gondolas and a red-sailed boat on the canal behind her.

Along the Riva

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1880

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890