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Watercolor of a camp with wagon and figures beneath wind-bent trees on a flat green field under cloudy sky.

A Gypsy Camp

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Oil sketch of a snow-covered lodge under a glowing moon in a blue winter night sky.

Anniversary Lodge--Jan. 19, 1894, Effect of Moon...

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1894

Painting of an expedition sledge and dog team crossing icy Arctic terrain under a glowing orange sunset.

The Eighth of March--Island Ice, Greenland, 1894, Peary and Party near 6 p.m

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Watercolor landscape of green trees and a meadow, with a pink church spire and a peach-colored sky with clouds.

Untitled - A. H. O. Rolle, 1900

A. H. O. Rolle, 1900

Loose painting of a blue iceberg on green sea beside cliffs glowing orange under a stormy grey sky.

Sunrise Glow on the Cliffs, Bowdoin Bay

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Oil painting of blue icebergs on grey Arctic water with snowy mountains and a pale yellow horizon under cloudy sky.

South Point, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, October 2, 1893

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with grey hair in a black coat and white cravat, displayed in a red case.

Judge Thomas Waties

Charles Fraser, 1820

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

Three soldiers in helmets leap through tangled barbed wire above a muddy trench in a 1919 watercolor.

Dance of Death

Claggett Wilson, 1919

Three nude women in a landscape by a lake, two seated at left and one standing at right, with rolling hills behind.

Nudes in Landscape

Arnold Friedman, 1882

Watercolor of a seated man in blue tending a pale nude figure with outstretched arms, bandaged, beside a grey crate.

Underground Dressing Station

Claggett Wilson, 1919

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 a Gothic cathedral with a tall spire and clock tower behind bare winter trees, in muted blue and gray tones.

Antwerp Cathedral

Cass Gilbert, 1899

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 calm lagoon with red-sailed boats, dark mooring posts, gulls, and a distant city skyline under a pale sky.

The Lagoon, Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1898

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 sailboats with red and yellow sails on a calm lagoon, with warm reflections in the water and a pale horizon.

Sailboats (Venice)

Cass Gilbert, 1898

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

Watercolor of a white water lily with yellow center floating among green lily pads, with its reflection on dark water.

Water Lily in Sunlight

John La Farge, 1883

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

Painting of cattle standing in water beneath dark trees, with a green hill and luminous sky in the background.

Landscape with Trees and Cattle, (painting)

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1897

Robed figures gather beneath a large tree in muted teal and ochre tones, with a kneeling figure in pale blue on the ground.

He Healed the Sick, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Dim interior with a seated man at a table lit by a glow, a woman in red standing beside him, and arched niches on the wall.

And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1898

Watercolor of a wide sea under overcast sky, with a dark smoke plume rising from a distant ship on the horizon.

Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1894

Profile of a Woman's Head

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Loose painted study of a boy seen from behind in a sunlit green garden beneath a tree, with blossoming shrubs.

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1892

Loose oil landscape of rust-red hills, dark trees on both sides, and a pale grey sky with a winding path.

Untitled - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a damaged wooden boat with a broken mast on calm pale green water, with a distant boat under a hazy sky.

The Wreck

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a steamboat with smokestacks, rowboats and sailboats on a river beneath storm clouds and mountains.

Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Colman, 1866

Painting of a waterfall spilling into a rocky pool, with wooded cliffs and three small figures on the shore.

Mountain Pool

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of a young woman in a white blouse arranging her long dark hair against dark green foliage.

Girl Arranging Her Hair

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1918

Winter landscape with a snowy hill, bare trees, evergreens, a winding stream, and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Snow in the Foothills

Willard Metcalf, 1920

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

Painting of large oak trees over a grassy field with grazing cows, a rowboat on a pond, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Oak Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1876

Autumn landscape of a calm lake with steamboat, sailboat, golden hills and small figures on a rocky ledge.

Greenwood Lake

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1875

Three women in long dresses stand on a misty green lawn at dusk, with a pale moon and a flowerpot nearby.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1892

Circular watercolor of three draped female figures floating among clouds in a pale golden sky, one holding a small blue bird.

Dawn

Thomas Dewing, 1892

Lady in White (No. 1)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Lady in White (No. 2)

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

Two women in long dresses stand in a misty summer meadow, one casting a fishing line over a river.

Summer

Thomas Dewing, 1890

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

Painting of a shadowy café interior with columns, robed men, and a seated woman in pink beside an arched doorway to a sunlit

Cafe at Biskra, Algeria

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1884

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

Watercolor of a sailboat on a bay with trees, a picket fence and distant hills under a pale sky.

Inlet with Sailboat, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1913

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 brown rolling hills with pale winding channels and dark tree clusters on a ridge under a cloudy sky.

Deserted Bed of a Glacier

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a meadow of pink joe pie weed flowers in front of a dark wooded tree line under a cloudy sky.

Field of Joe Pie Weeds (Pride of the Meadow)

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Hazy watercolor landscape of a late-summer meadow with yellow grasses, tall trees, rolling hills and a pink sky.

Field of Varicolored Grasses in Late Summer (In the Virginia Hills)

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a harvested field with rounded wheat shocks, green trees and poplars under a pale cloudy sky.

Field of Wheat Shock

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a great curved arch of folded rock strata on a hillside, framed by dark trees under a pale cloudy sky.

Folded Strata, a Great Geological Arch, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1874

Watercolor of a coastal path lined with palm trees, two figures walking, blue mountains and water in the distance.

In Jamaica

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a haymaking scene with haystacks, two horses with a cart, workers in a golden field, and a pale sky.

(Haymaking Scene)

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of pink mesa cliffs rising over a brown plain beneath a lavender sky, with small buildings at left.

In the Cliff House Country

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Watercolor of a flat Dutch landscape with a windmill, women carrying baskets on a path, and a cloudy sky.

In Holland

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor landscape of a hillside with a bare tree, small walking figures, and misty autumn trees in warm tones.

Landscape

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of yellow shrubs and sagebrush on a plain below a snowy mountain range under a blue, cloudy sky.

Long's Peak, Colorado, 1874

William Henry Holmes, 1874

Watercolor of rolling green fields and tree clusters beneath a lavender cloudy sky, with distant hills on the horizon.

The Maryland Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Watercolor of golden wheat field with haystacks, tree line and farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Maryland Wheat Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1846

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

Misty rural landscape with a barn and outbuilding among bare trees and grassy slopes, in soft muted tones.

My Old Mill, Holmescroft, near Rockville

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of waves crashing on a rocky California coast with a pink sea stack and two figures on the sand.

On the Coast of California

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Loose oil sketch of a sunlit path under an arching tree, with a shaded hillside, pink wildflowers and a distant meadow.

Original sketch of "The Wanderlusters' Rest"

William Henry Holmes, 1915

Watercolor landscape of green fields and trees under a cloudy sky, with two small figures walking a path.

Over the Maryland Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a rocky stream with sunlit boulders, rippling water, and green shrubs on the far bank.

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Loose watercolor landscape with trees, a distant hill, and a pale meadow under a purple and grey cloudy sky.

Playing with the Colours

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a shaded wooded hillside with a dirt path, two small figures near a pond, and a cloudy sky.

The Shaded Walk

William Henry Holmes, 1927

Watercolor of moored sailing barges with canvas awnings on a calm river, with marshland and trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled - William Henry Holmes, 1846

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a loaded sailing barge with rust-colored sails on calm green water under a hazy sky.

Venetian Freight Boats

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Painting of figures resting beneath a large tree on a sunny grassy slope above a stream and rolling fields.

The Wanderlusters' Rest

William Henry Holmes, 1915

Watercolor landscape of two windmills on a hill above green meadows and trees under a cloudy sky.

Windmills

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Watercolor of a desert plain with tall yucca plants and violet mountains under a pale peach sky.

Yuccaland--Chihuahua, Mexico

William Henry Holmes, 1846

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

Circular painting of an apotheosis scene with seated figures in radiant clouds, surrounded by winged allegorical figures, in

Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building

Constantino Brumidi, 1859

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

Watercolor of a village with church spires and trees beneath a pastel sky, with a distant band of water on the horizon.

Sketch of a Village

Albert Lebourg, 1849

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 mourners lowering Christ's body from a cross, with two angels holding palm fronds above, on a gold ground.

Descent from the Cross

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Painting of a winged angel offering a chalice to a kneeling haloed figure in white, beneath a red cross and night sky.

Gethsemane

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915