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Men in period dress and naval uniforms shake hands over a table in a formal room with green panels and a chandelier.

The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814

Sir Amédée Forestier, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a dark-haired man in black cravat, with reverse showing a woven hair braid in gold frame.

Henry Smith

Thomas E. Barratt, 1850

Watercolor of rough green-blue seas with whitecaps and a distant steamship under a grey overcast sky.

On the Steamer Bremen, off Nova Scotia, 1880

William Henry Holmes, 1880

Watercolor of a haymaking scene with haystacks, a horse-drawn wagon, workers in a golden field, and a pale cloudy sky.

(Haymaking Scene)

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Portrait miniature of a bearded man in dark jacket and bow tie, shown with the gilt case reverse.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Peregrine F. Cooper, 1840

Hazy yellow landscape with bare trees, a small moon, and a figure in red beside a hedge at dusk.

October Breezes

Albert P. Lucas, 1900

Night view of a park pond reflecting lit city hotel towers, with bare trees and street lamps in the foreground.

Central Park and the Plaza

William A. Coffin, 1910

Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montague

the younger Bernard Lens, 1720

Watercolor of a sunset over dark trees, with an orange sun and golden clouds in a blue sky.

Sunset, Oxford

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair in a dark blue dress against green; gold frame shown beside it.

Mrs. Peter Van Dyke

Margaret Maclay Bogardus, 1830

Dark painting of several ships with tall masts silhouetted at dusk under streaked pink and pale clouds.

Ships in Moonlight

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Five studies of bear heads in brown paint on a pale background, showing different angles of grizzly bears.

Portraits of Two Grizzly Bears, From Life

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a Welsh harbor village with cottages, moored boats and violet reflections on tidal water.

Porth Dinlleyn, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Loose painted landscape of rolling plains under a sky fading from blue to pink, with clouds along the horizon.

Landscape Background

George Catlin, 1840

Watercolor of a two-tiered stone aqueduct with rounded arches crossing a river, surrounded by green trees and shrubs.

Aqueduct

Loose impressionist painting of a harbor with masts and red sails, and a crowd of figures on the quay under a pale sky.

Harbor Scene with Fishing Boats

George Elmer Browne, 1910

Watercolor of a river between misty hills under a pale cloudy sky, with rippling blue and green water in the foreground.

Noon above Newburgh

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of mounted riders in feathered headdresses chasing a herd of bison across an open grassland at dusk.

Comanche Indians Chasing Buffalo

George Catlin, 1840

Seated allegorical figure of Justice holding scales, framed by lions, laurel, and a gold roundel with braided border.

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor of Mount Vesuvius with a smoke plume above the Bay of Naples, sailboats on violet water in front.

Mt. Vesuvius from the Bay of Naples

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Watercolor seascape of waves breaking on a pale sandy shore with a distant headland under a grey-blue sky.

Criccieth, N. Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Painting of a man driving a blue cart with oxen to a pool, with farmhouses and golden autumn trees behind.

The Drinking Pool (man in cart with oxen at pool)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of Comanche riders with a white flag approaching across a green plain, with tipis and mountains in the distance.

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a misty mountain valley with lavender peaks, rocky moorland in the foreground, and white clouds.

From above Pont-y-Pant

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of the Acropolis in Athens above olive trees and dry grass under a blue sky.

General View of the Acropolis at Sunset

Henry Bacon, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with wavy brown hair in a green velvet jacket, set in a gilt frame within an open velv

Henry Du Pré Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1840

Painting of willow trees, a pond and ducks on a sunlit spring meadow with distant houses under a pale sky.

Hackensack, New Jersey, Fisher's Pond

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Watercolor of tall yucca plants in a pale desert landscape with purple mountains on the distant horizon.

Yuccaland--Chihuahua, Mexico

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Painted interior with a carved fireplace, a seated woman at a table by a stained glass window, and a standing man in red.

Interior

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Painting of a river winding through prairie with distant bluffs, and three figures around a campfire on the grassy foreground

Prairie Bluffs at Sunrise, near the Mouth of the Yellowstone River

George Catlin, 1830