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Oval portrait of a woman in a gray dress, white lace cap and black bead necklace with a gold pendant, against dark background

Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain)

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Seated woman in black dress and white lace cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her, painted portrait.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, white puffed-sleeve dress, and yellow fringed shawl against brown.

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black hat and coat, smiling, with a mug and bottle on a table.

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)

Clara Taggart MacChesney, 1900

Painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pale dress and hand on her chest against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Oil portrait of a white-bearded man seated at a desk with a quill, a skull, an inkwell and a bound book.

Portrait of Elliot Coues

J. Edward Barclay, 1890

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Portrait of Fidelia Bridges

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1890

Painting of a woman with curly hair holding a palette and brush, wearing a draped lilac robe against a soft background.

Self Portrait in Painting Robe

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Claflin

William Morris Hunt, 1870

Painted self-portrait of an older man with white hair, glasses and mustache against a red brushstroked background.

Self-Portrait

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1920

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black judicial robe holding a red book, with bookshelves behind him.

Portrait of Harlan Stone

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1940

Painting of a woman with curly dark hair in a white blouse and black bow tie, holding a painter's palette and brushes.

Self-Portrait with Palette

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a woman in a white bonnet, lace ruffled collar and dark dress with a white shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Zedekiah Belknap, 1800

Painting of a nude woman with raised arms seated on rocks beside a waterfall, with a bare tree and cloudy sky.

Portrait of Rose Marie

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Portrait of Mrs. Eastman Johnson

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, dark suit, white collar and striped tie against a pale background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Oil portrait of a woman in a plumed brown hat and fur collar, painted in loose brushstrokes against a dark background.

Portrait of Mrs. John Gellatly

Eleanor Greatorex, 1890

Painting of a tall saguaro cactus and a desert path with a figure carrying a bowl, plus a circular portrait of an older man i

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geronimo

Henry H. Cross, 1900

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

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

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

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

Portrait of a Girl

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

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

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

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

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

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

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a blue dress and red shoes, holding cherries beside a rose bush with a yellow butterf

Portrait of Adelia Ellender

Joshua Johnson, 1800