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Watercolor of a field of white and pink blossoms under a pale blue sky, with thin tree trunks and green shrubs.

Field of Blossoms

William Henry Holmes, 1927

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

Muted night landscape with a large spreading oak, a pale moon, and two cloaked figures walking on the plain.

Abraham's Oak

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1905

Watercolor of a country road beside a red brick thatched cottage with green shutters and tall trees, signed Cass Gilbert 1931

A Road in Dorset

Cass Gilbert, 1931

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

Full-length portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and red cloak beside a column, with a sunset landscape behind.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1836

Jack-o-pa (The Six)

Charles Bird King, 1827

Painting of seated figures holding red rattles in a ring around a campfire, with smoke rising into a pale sky.

Their Manner of Praying with Their Rattles about the Fire

Spencer Nichols, 1950

Painting of a misty valley with a river, rocky cascades, tall trees, and rounded mountains under a warm sky.

Scottish Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1871

Painting of Osage warriors dancing with spears and shields while a woman holds a child under a stormy sky.

Osage Scalp Dance

John Mix Stanley, 1845

Woman with Red Hair

Albert Herter, 1890

Painting of a tall waterfall between forested cliffs, with a river and rocks in the foreground under a warm cloudy sky.

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1864

Horsemen in conical hats gallop across grassland chasing deer, with a mountain and sunset sky behind them.

Six Horsemen Chasing Deer

Raden Saleh, 1860

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

Woman with Red Hair

Albert Herter, 1894

Watercolor of a green hill at sunset with small figures of children and adults and a pastel cloudy sky.

On the Sunset Hill, 1926

William Henry Holmes, 1926

Painting of a woman in an orange fur-trimmed cloak standing in a decorated interior with curtains, piano, and sofa.

Woman in Interior

n.d Dana Smith, 1900

Panoramic oil landscape of a valley with layered hills, rocky outcrop, storm clouds and a small village beneath trees.

Valley of Cuernavaca

Thomas Moran, 1903

Watercolor of a rocky mountain gorge with a stream, green hillsides, and two small figures on a boulder.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1923

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

Painting of a shirtless miner in a hard hat operating a pneumatic drill against a rocky tunnel wall.

Gold Is Where You Find It

Tyrone Comfort, 1934

Painting of a calm curving bay with sandy shore, driftwood, distant hills and a village with a church steeple.

San Francisco Bay

Albert Bierstadt, 1871

Two seated figures reach toward a bowl of food on a woven mat, one wearing a feathered headdress, against a pale background.

Theire Sitting at Meate

Spencer Nichols

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 the snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano with smoke rising, above a green valley with a white hacienda in the lower right

Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church, 1855

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

Painting of water carriers with buckets walking along a Venetian quay beside a stone balustrade, with boys, a fishing net, an

Water Carriers, Venice

Frank Duveneck, 1884

Painting of luminous angels above blue hills, with shepherds gathered by a small fire at the lower right at night.

Angels Appearing before the Shepherds

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painting of a marsh meadow at sunset with glowing red clouds, haystacks, a tree at left, and a small figure in the distance.

Jersey Meadows at Sunset

Martin Johnson Heade, 1860

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