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Painting of a shaded village street with carriages at a country store, a woman with a parasol, chickens, and a church steeple

The Country Store

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of a stone windmill under a stormy sky with a rainbow, with a horse cart and two men near its door.

Old Hook Mill, Easthampton

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of Jonah tossed in stormy waves beside a whale, under a glowing cloud with a radiant figure above.

Jonah

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a dim parlor with a parrot, lace curtains, and a framed oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1920

Painting of a yellow mission church with bell tower and cross, surrounded by eucalyptus trees and a robed figure on a path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a large Hereford bull grazing on a prairie with a small bird on its back and clouds overhead.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Painting of Pompeii ruins with Corinthian columns and Mount Vesuvius rising behind a bay under a blue sky.

Vesuvius and Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Watercolor of a flat-topped mesa on a sunlit plateau under soft clouds, with birds flying overhead.

In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Watercolor of a cemetery with leaning tombstones, timber houses with red roofs, a reclining figure, and a tree under cloudy s

Cemetery in Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Four hooded figures in draped brown cloaks stand huddled together on barren ground beneath a pale sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1931

Still life painting of a stoneware jug, painted fan, roses, teacup and open book on a white tablecloth against a dark backgro

Still Life with Fan and Roses

Thomas Hovenden, 1874

Painting of a crowded market outside walled city gates, with a hilltop town, minaret, palm trees and robed figures.

Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangiers, Morocco

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1873

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in front of a hazy beach scene with sailboats and walking figures.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1909

Watercolor of a canyon with a crowd of small figures on a ledge beneath a dark, sweeping sky and rising smoke.

A Cliff Dweller's Ceremony, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1924

Pen-and-ink sketch of earthworks and fields at Yorktown with an inset map of the York River and troop positions.

Present Appearance of British Entrenchment, Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil drawing of ruined stone fort walls and arches among rubble and grass, with a small site plan in the corner.

Ticonderoga

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Painting of a church interior with a yellow altar, rows of candles, a central cross, red curtains and blue-and-yellow painted

Church Interior

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, with a sailing ship, a steamboat, and people on a path.

The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England

n.d Olivia C. Starring, 1880

Painting of a green river valley with trees, pink wildflowers, a red-roofed farm and distant mountains under clouds.

Housatonic Valley

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Painting of a canyon with a waterfall and river, pale cliffs, pine trees and clouds under a bright sky.

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Watercolor of a pale carved wolf figure with open jaws atop a log structure, with trees and hills in the background.

Indian Grave. Wolf Totem over Medicine Man Grave, Wrangell

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a figure in a striped white top reading an orange book on a colorful sofa.

Child on Sofa

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of Osage warriors in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and axes, while a woman in white holds a child under

Osage Scalp Dance

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Hazy painting of Notre Dame cathedral behind a plaza with small pedestrians and bare trees in warm light.

Notre Dame no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a hillside cornfield in autumn tones, with a small tree group at left and birds flying across a pale sky.

The Cornfield

Henry Ward Ranger, 1900

Watercolor of a village shoreline with totem poles, wooden houses, canoes, and a figure carrying a load under a cloudy sky.

View of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1884

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Miniature portrait of a man with curly hair and spectacles in a blue coat, set in an open red velvet case.

Rubens Peale

Anna Claypoole Peale, 1820

Watercolor of wooded hills and a tall tree above a green grassy field under a cloudy sky.

Highlands, N.C.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1880

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara and necklace, in a blue gown, in a gilded frame inside a red case

Dama rubia de la familia Canals

Canals, 1830

Hazy meadow with bare trees, a small farm building at right, a puddle in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

Indian Summer

John Francis Murphy, 1900