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Watercolor of a colonial-style post office with dormer windows and chimneys, a bare tree at left, and a horse cart on a dirt

Williamsburg Post Office

Dwight Williams, 1890

Hazy beige painting of Notre Dame cathedral's towers and spire with small walking figures in a pale square.

Notre Dame in Winter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose watercolor of a seated woman with dark hair in a blue dress, surrounded by bold abstract blue, orange and yellow shapes

Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor study of two green caterpillars camouflaged among pine needles on a branch.

Pine-Tuft Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Geometric abstract painting of circles, triangles and curved bands in red, pink, orange, blue and green.

Area Broken by Perpendiculars

Joseph Schillinger, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white hair in a green coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame, with the reverse show

Member of the Mayfield Family

George Place, 1800

Hazy painting of a Paris-style street with classical columns, bare trees, pedestrians, carriages, and a tram in soft beige to

Place de la Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a coastal town with a yellow hilltop building, small boats on calm water, and misty mountains behind.

Sitka from the Islands, Showing Russian Castle, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a fortified wall and round tower above rocky cliffs, with a sailing ship on calm water below.

Temple of Mercury

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Nude woman floating along a glowing rainbow above clouds and a distant sea, painted in soft warm tones.

The Spirit of the Rainbow

Henry Mosler, 1910

Painting of a tall church tower in warm golden light, with small figures in a city square below.

Eglise Saint Merry

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of leafless winter trees reflected in a still creek, with a fallen log in the foreground.

Rock Creek, Winter

Edgar Nye, 1920

Painting of a dark, damaged wooden boat with a broken mast floating on pale reflective water under a hazy sky.

The Wreck

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Loose painting of a woman in a pale robe beside pale animals in a warm, ochre-lit interior room.

Study for the Annunciation

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Watercolor of a crowded seaside holiday with women in parasols and hats, riders on horses, and a blue sea under clouds.

Holiday in New England

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of canoes on a shore with drying blankets, wooden buildings, figures and evergreen trees in the background.

Drying Blankets over Canoes

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Painting of the Great Sphinx and two pyramids in desert haze, with camels, travelers and guards in the foreground.

The Sphinx

George E. Raum, 1890

Watercolor of a village street with brick walls, a church spire, a barn, and a white goat grazing in the foreground.

Rue du Puits Sale, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor landscape of tall pine trees on a sandy bank, sheep grazing, two walkers on a path, and distant hills.

Landscape

Sr John Varley, 1830

Double portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet and a man in a grey coat drawing with a pen at a green table.

Portrait of the Artist and His Wife

William Leslie, 1800

Watercolor of a cemetery with tombstones, a large tree, and wooden houses with red tiled roofs under a cloudy sky.

Cemetery in Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a village of brick houses beside trees, with two figures walking a path across a green field.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a winged figure reaching toward light beside a cloaked figure pointing to a glowing portal, framed by flames.

Love and Death

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Painting of two masted sailing ships at anchor in a hazy harbor with pale waterfront buildings behind them.

Ships at Anchor, Cherbourg no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a row of trees with dappled green and violet foliage, small figures beneath, and a low building behind.

Trees

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of a village shore with salmon drying on racks, a woman in a purple skirt, a boat, and a clapboard house.

Salmon Drying, Indian Village, Alaska

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a red wooden warehouse on pilings above a tidal shore, with small houses and a church steeple nearby.

The Old Warehouse, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curls, black dress and gold necklace, in a gold frame and blue velvet case.

Mrs. Roberts

Mrs. Roberts, 1800

Night scene of sheep resting by a fence and cottage under a glowing full moon and dark trees.

Sheepyard, Moonlight

Horatio Walker, 1900

Watercolor of a row of wooden houses and canoes along a rocky shore, with people on the beach under a cloudy sky.

The Ranch Native Village, Sitka, 1884

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880