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Monkeys in period clothing act out a runaway wedding scene in a parlor with bookshelves and a grandfather clock.

The Runaway Match

William Holbrook Beard, 1870

Painting of a man resting under a rock overhang above a river valley with sailboats and distant mountains.

Scene on the Hudson (Rip Van Winkle)

James Hamilton, 1840

Painting of a dark-haired woman with downcast eyes and a low blue neckline against a pale background.

Dreaming Girl

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Painted portrait of a woman with red face paint, braids, beaded jewelry and fur-trimmed dress, holding a carved staff.

Chin-cha-pee, Fire Bug That Creeps, Wife of Pigeon's Egg Head

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of thatched fishing shacks on a sandy beach with draped nets, a boat, and an overcast sky.

Fishing Shacks

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of riders on horseback near a green hill with a ring of bison skulls under an orange sunset sky.

Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man in a hat walking with two brown oxen across a green field under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (man with two oxen)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a standing warrior with a feathered shield, bow, arrows and spear against a pale landscape.

His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman with long auburn hair in a green dress against an orange background, with loose brushwork.

Natalie Barney

Polish Olga Boznanska, 1900

Study for a lunette mural with a winged figure, a cherub, seated and standing draped women, and a classical garden under blue

Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, "The Sources of Wealth"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a narrow industrial street with a large red cylindrical tank, pipes, smokestacks and tall ochre buildings under g

Industry

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Painting of a man in a straw hat reclining on grass beside a stream under willow trees, with a distant red-roofed building.

Man Reclining beside a Stream

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Ton-had-dle

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1890

Painting of a blonde woman and a child seated beside a white doe in a shaded forest by a stream.

St. Genevieve of Brabant in the Forest

George Frederick Bensell, 1860

Dim landscape with a shepherd and flock of sheep on a path below wind-bent trees under a heavy cloudy sky.

Untitled (shepherd with sheep)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a cream dress and green sash, holding pink flowers, against a warm neutral background.

New England Hostess

Gerard Barry, 1950

Oil portrait of a seated person with gray hair, black jacket and white shirt, chin resting on hand, against a dark background

Marie Huet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Poe-shom-ee

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Painting of a large red barn with a dark roof on rolling golden hills under a cloudy sky, with a road in the foreground.

Bluemont Farm

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of a bright red lobster outlined in black on a solid black background, with initials and date in the lower right.

(Lobster on Black Background)

Marsden Hartley, 1940

Painting of a woman in a pink robe beside a bronze statue at a sunlit garden fountain with irises and roses.

Stepping in the Fountain

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1910

Portrait of a young woman in green with a white veil, holding a brush at an easel, with a bell tower and ruins behind her.

Italy

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of Mandan men playing a ring and pole game on a plain, with spectators in feathered headdresses watching.

Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a grassy coastal plain with rocks and trees sloping toward a blue ocean under a cloudy sky.

Near the Ocean

Robert Swain Gifford, 1870

Panoramic painting of Niagara Falls with white cascades, a turbulent river, evergreen trees and a pink sky.

Niagara Falls

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of a woman in a red gown gazing upward, hand resting on sheet music beside a harp in dim light.

A Song

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a woman in a headscarf resting her hand on a dark cow in a grassy meadow under a golden sky.

Untitled (woman walking with cow)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a dark field under a turbulent blue-gray sky with a bright break of light among clouds.

After the Shower

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Seated man in red headdress with white feather, blue jacket, white blanket and red leggings, beside a rock under a pale sky.

Mick-e-no-páh, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dirt path through a grassy meadow beside dark trees, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Untitled (landscape with road near stream and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820