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Portrait of a bare-chested man with red face paint, feather earrings, and a round chest pendant against a grey background.

Wa-sáw-me-saw, Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair and a white collar against a dark brown background, gazing toward the viewer.

M. Du Wollant

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, dark suit, white collar and striped tie against a pale background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Painting of Native men in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and rattles, with a drummer on the left, on a pale sandy

Beggar's Dance, Mouth of Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Painted dancers with feathered headdresses and shields perform a crouched dance on open ground beside seated drummers.

Dance to the Medicine Bag of the Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Mounted hunters chase bison across green rolling hills under a pink cloudy sky in a painting by George Catlin.

Buffalo Chase, Bull Protecting a Cow and Calf

George Catlin, 1830

Nude man with face in hands stands beside a reclining figure on a red cloth in a dimly lit room.

The Mourning Brave

Edwin Willard Deming, 1890

Painting of a lone man carrying a tool along a grassy path beside rocks and tall trees under a gathering storm sky.

Approaching Storm

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with dark hair, white garment, dark shawl and silver disc pendant on a red cord.

Shin-gós-se-moon, Big Sail, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearls, in a silver silk gown with blue and gold drapery against a dark backgrou

Madame Tulp

Cornelius Johnson, 1660

Full-length portrait of a cardinal in red cape and biretta and black robes, with a gold cross, before an arched window.

Cardinal Mercier

Cecilia Beaux, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair and hair pins, wearing a patterned brown wrap against a warm brown background.

Laura at Sixteen

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a wrecked boat with seaweed on a sandy beach, dunes and the sea beyond under a cloudy sky.

Cape Cod, Beach

Herman Hartwich, 1890

A.C.B.

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Painting of a full moon over a moonlit harbor with boat masts, a pale wharf building, and wooden pilings reflected in the wat

Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil sketch of a long wooden pier stretching into calm water beside a wooded shore under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with pier)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Oil landscape of a lake with sunlit mountains, a figure by the shore, leafy trees and grazing cattle under a cloudy sky.

Loch Long

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Oil painting of a man in a greatcoat resting by a tree in snow, with a running dog and wooden fence nearby.

The Woodchopper

George Loring Brown, 1830

Sketch layout of nine reclining Muse figures and a central Hermes and Apollo scene for a library decoration.

Sketches for the Decoration of a Private Library "A"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Loose painting of city rooftops, chimneys and a green overgrown yard seen from above, in muted reds, greys and greens.

Rooftops

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Woman in white dress stands among red and pink poppies and hollyhocks in a garden overlooking the sea with a sailboat.

In the Garden (Celia Thaxter in Her Garden)

Childe Hassam, 1890

Painting of a young boy with braided dark hair in a red patterned garment, gazing sideways against a warm ochre background.

Indian Boy (Joe Archelita)

Harriet Blackstone, 1910

The Dimple

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Three standing Sioux men in fringed hide robes and feathers, painted in watercolor within an oval frame against a pale sky.

Little Bear, Steep Wind, The Dog; Three Distinguished Warriors of the Sioux Tribe

George Catlin, 1860

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a dark jacket and white cravat against red.

Richard H. Kern

Edward Meyer Kern, 1850

Painting of a white-sailed ship and a small sloop in rough green seas under clouds, with a distant coastline.

Whaler off the Vineyard--Outward Bound

William Bradford, 1850

Painting of a winding river past wooded islands and green rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

View from Floyd's Grave, 1300 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Oil still life of two haddock fish on a table, one resting on a blue-rimmed plate against a dark background.

Haddock

Emil Carlsen, 1880

Painting of the Virgin Mary steadying the infant Christ as he reaches toward a white lamb against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Bernardino Luini, 1530

Oil portrait of a Native American man in a feathered headdress, green beaded garment and red shawl against a grey background.

One-star

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900