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Painted portrait of a man with long hair, feathers in his headband, and a fringed buckskin shirt against a tan background.

Wúk-mi-ser, Corn, a Miniconjou Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison herd on a green prairie with two hunters in wolf-skin disguises crawling in the foreground under a cloudy

Buffalo Hunt under the Wolf-skin Mask

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a sunlit rocky mountain cliff above a grassy slope with yellow wildflowers and a winding path under blue sky.

Ta-wa-que-nah, or the Rocky Mountain, Near the Comanche Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a large tree beside a lake at dusk, with seated figures on the shore and a rowboat on the water.

Landscape with Family by Lake

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Oil portrait of a seated man in a blue blanket, red headband and red sash, against a pale sky background.

Cól-lee, a Band Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with a feathered headwrap, silver earrings, a tomahawk and a pipe against a pale sky.

Wáh-pe-say, The White

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil study of a haloed, bearded Christ figure with open arms in a red robe, set before a green landscape and cloudy sky.

Study for "Christ"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a standing man in a feathered headdress and painted robe holding a lance, with tipis and hills behind him.

Ee-áh-sá-pa, Black Rock, a Two Kettle Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a tall saguaro cactus and a desert path with a figure carrying a bowl, plus a circular portrait of an older man i

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geronimo

Henry H. Cross, 1900

Watercolor of a wooded hillside, a wooden bridge over water, thatched buildings and small figures along the bank.

Landscape with Bridge

Winckworth Allan Gay

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shell jewelry and white robe against a cloudy sky.

U'sh-ee-kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of birch bark canoes racing on a river past a wooded shore, with paddlers and crowded spectator canoes.

Canoe Race Near Sault Ste. Marie

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated man in a blue patterned coat, feathered headdress and red blanket, holding a pipe, against a pale backgr

Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of hunters on snowshoes chasing a bison herd across a snowy valley under a pale winter sky.

Buffalo Chase in Winter, Indians on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1830

Children and a dog on a rock ledge watch a small balloon drift under a storm sky beside a tall cliff.

The Lost Balloon

William Holbrook Beard, 1880

Painting of a young newsboy in a cap and red neckerchief holding a folded newspaper, with a hand on his hip.

Newspaper Boy

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a winding river through green prairie with rounded hills, trees in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas

George Catlin, 1830

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly dark hair, mustache, and dark jacket against a deep brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Painting of two nude nymphs resting by a pond in a dark green wooded landscape with a tan cliff and teal sky.

Nymphs Sleeping

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Painting of a sunlit dry coastline with a deep blue sea, a rocky headland, scrubby bushes, and a small white building.

Shore with Blue Sea

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of mounted warriors with lances galloping across grassland past trees under a cloudy sky.

Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses

George Catlin, 1830

Painted scene of a Choctaw ball-play dance with dancers in red loincloths on a grassy field, rolling hills behind.

Ball-play Dance, Choctaw

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a family beside a tipi on open prairie, alarmed by a distant line of fire and smoke with riders galloping nearby.

Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of three standing Fox Indian figures in ornamented dress, one holding a bow and arrows, against a blue and green bac

Three Fox Indians

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged angel in a flowing white robe, gazing upward against a soft blue and cream background.

The Angel

William Baxter Closson, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a yellow dress holding a child with a feather in its hair, against a soft landscape.

Wáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young woman in a white ruffled dress with a red ribbon in her hair, seated against a dark background.

Girl in White

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Full-length portrait of a Pawnee man in feathered headdress and painted robe, holding a tomahawk against a pale background.

Le-sháw-loo-láh-le-hoo, Big Elk, Chief of the Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in white gown with feathered headpiece playing a gilded harp, red drapery and river landscape behind her.

Mrs. John Quincy Adams

Charles Bird King, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with long dark hair, red face paint and zigzag markings, holding a comb and wearing arm bands.

Tcha-dés-sa-ko-máh-pee, Bear's Child

George Catlin, 1830