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Painting of a stormy sea with breaking waves, dark cliffs, and an overturned reddish boat with a figure in the surf.

Lord Ullin's Daughter

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Painting of a potted cineraria with violet-edged white flowers on a lace doily before a window with blue curtains.

Cineraria

Josephine L. Reichmann, 1933

Painting of a sunlit village street with cottages, orange roofs, and a church tower under a pale sky.

Rue de Village

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a young boy in a yellow jacket reaching toward a tree branch in a dark wooded setting, with a bird above.

Bird Nesting

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Painting of creamy white magnolia blossoms and buds among dark green and brown leaves against a grey background.

Magnolia Blossoms

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a church tower and spire above a city square with pedestrians and a tram, in warm ochre tones.

St. Germain des Pres no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Woman in white dress and straw hat seated on sunlit rocks overlooking turquoise sea with breaking waves.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1910

Watercolor sketch of two pink flowers with yellow star centers and green seed pods on thin stems, on cream paper.

"My First Painting"

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1860

Sunlit riverside scene with a moored sailboat, tall masts, and a small figure standing on the sandy bank.

Bateau de Peche

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Small oval-lit portrait of a man in a powdered white wig, black coat and white cravat, in a gilded frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Trumbull, 1790

Watercolor of a spotted frog in yellow and green, surrounded by radiating red and brown brushstrokes on a green wash.

Frog

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1910

Hazy painting of a pale plaza with a tall obelisk, classical buildings, a carriage and small figures in coats and hats.

Place de la Concorde no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of Paris rooftops and chimneys with a red tree and yellow-green foliage in the foreground.

Landscape, Paris

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Loose oil study of a Madonna and child with saints, a nude figure, kneeling attendants and an angel in a landscape.

After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Miniature portrait of a young man with red-brown hair in a dark blue coat and white cravat, against a pale background.

Charles Francis Adams

Anson Dickinson, 1820

Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York

Ezra Ames, 1800

Miniature portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding a doll with a pink ribbon, in an oval gilt frame.

Little Girl with Doll

John Carlin, 1850

Small framed portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet, blue dress and red shawl, before a brown curtain.

Mrs. Putnam Catlin (Mary "Polly" Sutton)

George Catlin, 1820

Watercolor of a calm lagoon with red-sailed boats, mooring posts, seagulls, and a distant city skyline under a pale sky.

The Lagoon, Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Sketch with a ship's bow, a sleeping man on grass, and pencil figures leading a horse, with handwritten notes.

St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Ink drawing of a street with a trolley car, a large house among trees, a utility pole, and a swirling sky.

Untitled (#14)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Study for Portrait of Mrs. Atherton Curtis

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing ship on choppy sea under a pale sky, with handwritten 'malta - in sight' lower right.

Malta (Ship)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair and a beard, holding an open book, drawn on lilac paper.

Benjamin Rush Spencer

Lilly Martin Spencer, 1840

Graphite sketch of a woman in a draped veil and headscarf, head turned slightly, with a pensive expression, on tan paper.

Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Watercolor and pencil seascape of a stormy sea with a sailboat, dark headlands on the horizon, and a rocky shore in the foreg

Sea, Coming Storm, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and blue eyes on a brown paper ground.

Laura Attentive

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pen and ink caricature of two laughing men in bowler hats seated at a dinner table with wine glasses and a carafe.

Untitled - Ralph Barton

Pencil sketch of robed women and men gathered at night, with a handwritten caption reading Athene girls at Thebes, moonlight.

...Girls at Thebes--Moonlight

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal sketch of a crouching nude figure with yellow chalk highlights on grey paper.

Crouching Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930