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Painting of an Arikara village of earth-covered lodges on a river bank, with rolling green hills and streaked clouds above.

Arikara Village of Earth-Covered lodges, 1600 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor landscape of a dirt road through a meadow with wildflowers and dark trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape Sketch

De Lancey Gill, 1930

Watercolor of a Mexican village of white houses with red roofs below a dark mountain and tall cypress trees.

In Mexico

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Watercolor of a stone château with a round tower, arched gateways and a church spire behind a grassy field.

Chateau de l'Houblouniere

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Painting of a winding dirt road through green rolling hills under a cloudy sky, with small houses on the distant ridge.

Plymouth Hills

John W. Beatty, 1900

Painting of two horses and a child on a sandy beach at dusk, with figures gathering seaweed near the water.

The Seaweed Gatherers

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Painting of an ochre clay bluff above a green river with gravel shore, trees, and a small distant white building under cloudy

Cabane's Trading House, 930 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and green coat, with engraved reverse reading ancestor of Theodore Rooseve

Peter De Vaux

Henry Benbridge

Painting of two harnessed oxen and a young boy in a golden field beside a haystack.

Sketch for The Harvesters

Herman Hartwich, 1900

Watercolor of a two-arched stone bridge over a rocky river, framed by trees, with a small figure on the bridge.

Old Bridge near Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a man sleeping on his side with his head on his arm, wearing a white shirt on rumpled white sheets.

Portrait Study

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Etching of a nude male figure crouched beside a rough stone block, with fine crosshatched shading and a shadowed background.

The Beginning

Rodney Thomson, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and yellow waistcoat, shown open in a red case.

Dr. John Binsse

Louis Francis de Paul Binsse, 1830

Painting of the white paddle steamer S.A. Stevens on a river, with flags flying and wooded hills behind.

Sarah A. Stevens

James Bard, 1870

Painting of a seated crowned woman with fruit and three nude children on a grassy lawn beside a classical column.

Plenty

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Framed 1850 portrait of a woman with dark curls in a blue velvet shawl and lace collar, seated by a flower vase; reverse show

Mrs. James Reid Lambdin (Mary O'Hara Cochran)

James Reid Lambdin, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, in a gilt-edged wooden frame, with the back showing a label.

Ebenezer Martin

Henry Inman, 1830

Watercolor of a cottage on a green island beside a wooden pier, with sailboats and tidal flats under a pale sky.

Untitled - Charles Russell Loomis, 1920

Charles Russell Loomis, 1920

Painting of a winding river past green rolling hills, a rock tower on a ridge, and two small figures on the bank.

The Tower, 1100 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Oil study of a white drapery strip stretched diagonally over a textured earth-toned ground, with a brown oval beneath.

Study for Drapery of "Pursuit of the Ideal"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Painting of green river bluffs with two white wolves in the foreground and a winding river below a pale sky.

River Bluffs with White Wolves in the Foreground, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Four painted dancers in fringed costumes and feathered headdresses perform a ceremonial dance on open grassland.

Four Dancers

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of golden fields rising toward dark trees and distant rolling hills under a hazy, grey-brown sky.

Lengthening Shadows

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Miniature portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, displayed in an open red velvet case.

George Washington

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1840

Pioneers, horsemen and covered wagons cross a rocky western landscape at sunset, with snowy mountains and a figure pointing o

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1861

Painting of Niagara Falls with green water cascading over a curved crest and mist rising above a blue-green pool.

Niagara Falls

George Inness, 1885

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

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

Oil painting of a Paris garden path with a statue on a pedestal, palm and autumn trees, and a distant tall building.

Garden of the Tuileries, Paris

Minerva J. Chapman, 1858

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess