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Watercolor of cut-leaf fleabane with white daisy-like flowers, yellow centers, buds and feathery green leaves on a cream back

Cut-Leaf Fleabane (Erigeron compositus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval portrait of a man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set within a pale stone-like frame.

Retrato de caballero

José Campeche, 1800

Portrait of a woman in a brown embroidered kimono beside a cream vase of white flowers against a dark background.

Brown Kimono (Portrait of Kathryn Beta la Forque)

Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1900

Painting of a classical landscape with an arched aqueduct, waterfall, stone tower, fishermen, and a rowboat on a river.

Classical Landscape

John Ritto Penniman, 1820

Turkish Girl of Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Loose painted sketch of a boy with a satchel beside a tree in a sunlit green garden with white blossoms.

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a pink turban and white dress before a garden with a tree and stone urn.

Dama desconocida con turbante rosa (Lady with Pink Turban)

Francisco Estanislao Goyena y O'Daly, 1820

Wos-cóm-mun, Busy Man, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a standing woman in fringed dress holding a baby wrapped in a red sun-decorated blanket, on grassy plain.

Tsee-moúnt, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her Robe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a light dress playing guitar in a sunlit room by an open window with white curtains.

Summer

Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes, 1900

Oval portrait of a woman with dark hair, gold earrings, and a white ruffled collar against a brown background.

Isabel O'Daly

José Campeche, 1800

Painting of figures gathered on a wooden inn porch, with an old man seated at center and children playing nearby.

Discussion at the Continental Arms

Frederick William Billing, 1861

Oil portrait of a smiling blond boy in a brown jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy

Charles T. Webber, 1860

Oil portrait of a curly-haired girl in a white dress with red ribbons, holding a red flower beside a basket of blooms.

One of the Adams Children

Miss Adams, 1820

Woman in ochre dress seated barefoot by a pool in a dark cave, with men approaching from a sunlit opening at left.

(Scene from Don Quixote)

John Ritto Penniman, 1810

Portrait of a white-haired man in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes, holding a sword before a sunset landscape.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1835

Portrait of an elderly woman with folded arms in a light blouse, painted in loose brushwork against a pale background.

Anna Washington Derry by Laura Wheeler Waring

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927

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

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

Painting of two boys in blue overalls seated on a wooden chair before a weathered fence, one in a straw hat.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Painting of an elderly man in a pale blanket before an adobe pueblo, with figures in a plaza and lavender mountains behind.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Ira D. Gerald Cassidy, 1920

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

Portrait of a man with red skin, blue face paint, feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and a hand drum.

Tóh-to-wah-kón-da-pee, Blue Medicine, a Medicine Man of the Ting-ta-to-ah Band

George Catlin, 1830

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

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair and a red shawl against a teal background, in a velvet case.

Self-Portrait

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Painting of a green savannah with a small pond, palmetto plants, and tall pine trees framing the view under a pale sky.

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a standing Native American man with feathered headdress, face paint, yellow blanket and tomahawk before a green l

No-ak-chóo-she-kaw, He Who Breaks the Bushes

George Catlin, 1820

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

Painting of a reclining sea nymph fountain statue beside a reflecting pool, with a palace and garden at sunset.

Parterre du Nord, Fontaine des Sirenes

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

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

Oval portrait of a man in a black bicorne hat and grey military greatcoat, with a pale mountain background.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Loose brushwork painting of a rocky shore with green grass, white surf, deep blue sea, and a dark evergreen at right.

Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island

George Bellows, 1913

Portrait of a woman with long blond hair in a purple dress and lace collar against a red background.

Natalie Barney

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Untitled - Carolus-Duran, 1900

Carolus-Duran, 1900

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

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1776

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with dark boulders, tide pools, and choppy blue sea beyond green trees.

Appledore No. 2

Childe Hassam, 1912

Painting of a river waterfront at sunset with tall-masted ships, brick buildings, and glowing clouds above the water.

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, 1901

Painting of red and gold sandstone cliffs under stormy skies, with mounted riders beside a river in the foreground.

Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1882

Watercolor of a steaming geyser pool with yellow mineral terraces, pine trees at right, and misty mountains under a pale sky.

Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1873

Watercolor of Mammoth Hot Springs with white terraces, a blue pool, rising steam, and a mountain under a soft sky.

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1872

Watercolor of a canyon with eroded rock spires and storm rain under a dark sky, with boulders in the foreground.

Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap (God Land), Cañon of the Colorado. Utah Ter

Thomas Moran, 1873

A.C.B.

Alice Pike Barney, 1887

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, wearing a cream blouse and black bow tie against an olive background.

Agnes

Alice Pike Barney, 1903

Pastel nude of a woman with short dark hair standing before a gold floral screen with roses and branches.

Nude against Screen

Alice Pike Barney, 1911

Oil portrait of a fair-haired man with a waxed mustache in a red shirt, against a gold background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

Blonde Studio Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

The Dimple

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

Oil portrait of a bearded man with blue eyes, wearing a dark suit, white collar and blue tie, against a dark background.

Doctor R.

Alice Pike Barney, 1895

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair in a red shawl against a dark brown background, gazing sideways.

Gipsy

Alice Pike Barney, 1857

Mural study of a western town street with a post office, saloon, groceries, blacksmith, two riders, and a woman.

Western Town (mural study, Helper, Utah Post Office)

Jenne Chavaz Magafan

Painting of a green meadow beside a calm creek, with a white domed capitol building visible beyond the trees.

Mouth of James Creek

De Lancey Gill, 1859

Painting of a sunlit adobe village on a dry ridge under billowing clouds, with distant dark hills on the left.

Laguna, New Mexico

Albert Lorey Groll, 1912

Painting of thatched cottages, cows and willows beside a river, with a distant windmill under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Windmill

E. Landseer Harris, 1850

Loose oil painting of a white iceberg on teal water with snowy hills and a yellow sunlit break in the clouds.

Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, October 20, 1893

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Painting of dark blue Arctic water with white ice floes and icebergs beneath a grey sky, with a dark coastline on the horizon

Littleton Island

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Painting of women in gowns in an oared boat at sea, with armed men, a red banner, and sailing ships behind.

Brides of Venice

Jozef Van Lerius, 1871

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

Oval miniature portrait of a mustached man in a fur-collared coat and tie, in an ornate gold frame with an eagle top.

President William Howard Taft

Alyn Williams, 1910