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Painting of a red stagecoach on a dirt road beside a white cottage with poplar trees, hills and clouds behind.

Landscape with Stagecoach

Henry Boese, 1850

Painting of green and red aurora over icy hills and a two-masted ship on frozen water at night.

Aurora Borealis

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painting of two women in a misty green meadow beneath a band of trees, one seated in blue and one standing in a dark dress.

The Hermit Thrush

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Woman with a hoe tending cabbages in a rural garden beside a fence and whitewashed buildings, painted in loose brushwork.

Novembre, Etaples

Walter Gay, 1880

Painting of a dim interior: an older woman in black with lace collar faces several Black women in headscarves beside a brick

A Visit from the Old Mistress

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil painting of a snowy farmstead with a red house, barn, horse-drawn sleigh, figures and dogs under a dark winter sky.

Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

George Henry Durrie, 1850

Three women in long dresses stand on a dusky green lawn under a crescent moon, painted in soft tonal brushwork.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Landscape painting of ruined classical columns in foreground overlooking a bay with sailboats and a mountain under a cloudy s

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painted rural homestead with poplars, a pond, laundry on a picket fence, and women working in a field under a cloudy sky.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1850

Autumn lake scene with wooded hills, a steamboat and sailboat, and figures on a rocky ledge in the foreground.

Greenwood Lake

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Painting of granite cliffs above pine trees reflected in a calm river in a valley.

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Still life painting of white and pink roses in a glass vase on a ceramic dish, with fallen petals on a stone ledge.

Roses

John Ferguson Weir, 1890

Painting of rocky desert mountains, a stone hut, a lone cypress, and two robed men resting in the foreground.

The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1880

Geometric painting of a red macaw and a white bird among bold blue, green, and black shapes with floral patterns.

The Thundershower

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Seated man in red fez and white fustanella costume beside a hookah, with a sword and a distant hilltop view.

Portrait of John B. Carmac, in Greek Evzone Costume

Walter Gould, 1850

Oil painting of a tall waterfall between forested cliffs, with a river in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a snow-capped volcano rising above dark slopes and rounded white clouds against a deep blue sky.

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of a figure with a basket fishing a rapid river among boulders and yellow shrubs, with pebbles in the foreground.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1920

Painting of a river flowing through a valley between tall granite cliffs with pine trees and a hazy distant range.

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Interior scene by a fireplace: a man sorting corn, a woman in a yellow apron, and a man reading a map of valuable lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1850

Painting of two women in a grassy meadow with a flower basket, and a line of women holding hands in the distance.

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Oil landscape of a white columned house on a hill surrounded by trees, with a fence and small figure in the foreground.

Mount Healthy, Ohio

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of a rainbow arching over a misty canyon with sunlit rock pinnacles, a distant waterfall, and a lone pine.

Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Hazy painting of Niagara Falls with mist, a rosy smoky sky, a distant smokestack, and small figures in the foreground.

Niagara

George Inness, 1880

Misty river valley with rocky cliff, leaning pine, distant mountains and small figures on a ledge at right.

Along the Hudson

John Frederick Kensett, 1850

Painting of a café interior with seated figures on a stone platform, a standing man in white robes, and a sunlit arched doorw

Cafe at Biskra, Algeria

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, 1880

Painting of a radiating sun over angular red mountains and a small fountain in a blue pool, in bold flat shapes.

Yliaster (Paracelsus)

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of a woman carrying grain across a dusky pasture with grazing cattle, trees, a haystack, and a setting sun.

Sundown

George Inness, 1880

Sunset painting of a moored sailboat on a tidal shore, a rowboat on calm water, and a child on the beach.

By the Seaside, New Jersey Shore

Francis A. Silva, 1880

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat and reddish trees reflected in the water.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Painting of a white country house on a grassy hill with a family walking on a path beneath tall trees.

Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq.

Thomas Birch, 1810

Painting of three nude women and a clothed woman in a pastoral field at dusk, with a shepherd and dog in the distance.

An Eclogue

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Woman seated from behind at a spinet in a room with floral patterned walls, a small mirror, and a vase of flowers.

The Spinet

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painting of a dense garden of pink and white roses and white carnations among dark green leaves.

Garden in May

Maria Oakey Dewing, 1890

Man in waistcoat smoking a pipe, legs up on a porch railing, with sunlit trees beyond.

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1850

Painting of Sierra Nevada peaks, waterfalls and a lake with deer and ducks under sunlit storm clouds.

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1860

Painting of a Mandan village of domed earth lodges with figures, horses, tall ceremonial poles, and green hills beyond.

Bird's-eye View of the Mandan Village, 1800 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Two mourners beside a painted Egyptian sarcophagus with a gold face in a hieroglyph-decorated room.

Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1870

Painting of a rocky coastline with breaking waves, sailboats on the distant sea, and a cloudy sky.

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870

Painting of two seated men, dogs, and a family outside a rustic cabin doorway with a cabbage and fishing net nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1880

Painted valley with wooded mountains, cattle grazing, and three figures resting on rocks in the foreground.

Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York

Asher Brown Durand, 1840

Painting of cows grazing in a green meadow under trees, with a woman on a path and distant snowy mountains.

Driving Home the Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a snowy village with a horse-drawn cart, two figures exchanging an item, a dog, and snow-covered cottages under d

Village Scene

George Overbury "Pop" Hart, 1930

Painting of a seated woman in blue skirt on a wooden chair beside a sunlit garden with flowers and a figure behind.

Woman Seated in a Garden

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a river with tall trees, wooded hills, and a pale yellow sky.

Three Girls and River

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Painting of dark trees above a meadow with two grazing cows, under a cloudy sky with hills and water in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees and two cows in meadow)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of Plains men in feathered headdresses gathered around a spread buffalo hide and upright staff on open grassland.

Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of stacked lumber under a white tarp beside a white picket gate, with scattered boards on a paved road.

Dutton Lumber Yard

Thomas Weeks Barrett, 1940

Painting of a wooded landscape with cows wading in a stream beside a wooden bridge, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Brown ink drawing of three seated allegorical women, Justice with scales at center, a warrior with sword and shield left, and

Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, "Institute of Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Figures in feathered headdresses gather on sand near red boulders and a dune, one playing a drum, under a blue sky.

Sioux Worshiping at the Red Boulders

George Catlin, 1830

Loose brushwork painting of a rocky hillside beside calm water with distant hills under a warm, hazy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a sunlit field with haystacks, trees and distant hills under a pale sky with pink clouds.

The Hill Field

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1910

Painting of rough surf, two gulls, a small sailboat, and sunlit cliffs under a pale sky, in a gold-edged frame.

Two Gulls and Cliffs

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Painting of several cows grazing in an open pasture with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a dying bison lying on grass, blood running from its mouth and flank, with an arrow in its side.

Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow

George Catlin, 1830

Painted sketch of a seated robed woman holding balanced scales, flanked by lions and winged staffs, within a decorative borde

Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Painting of a man guiding two red oxen pulling a log-laden cart in a sunlit forest clearing, with a boy carrying an axe.

Untitled (boy and man with oxen)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a woman in a top hat on a chestnut horse and a man in a bowler hat on a dark horse on a wooded path.

Figures on Horseback

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of hunters on snowshoes lancing bison across a snowy plain under a grey winter sky, by George Catlin.

Sioux Indians on Snowshoes Lancing Buffalo

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of dark trees silhouetted against a glowing yellow and rose sky, with still water in the foreground.

Sunrise

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Candlelit tavern scene with smoking men, a woman pouring from a tankard, and a waiter with a tray at a wooden table.

Dutch Tavern Scene

Johann Mongles Culverhouse, 1840

Buffalo herd and two elk grazing on a sunlit prairie with wildflowers, hills and trees under a cloudy sky.

Elk and Buffalo Grazing among Prairie Flowers, Texas

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of cows grazing near a pond, with a farmhouse, a row of trees, and a figure on a path under cloudy sky.

Untitled (man with cows grazing near pond with house and trees in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a brown-sailed boat on dark water at sunset, with distant ships and a glowing orange sky.

Boston Harbor

Charles Manger, 1860

Painting of women gleaning potatoes in a turned field, with a horse-drawn cart and pale horses under a golden hazy sky.

Potato Gleaners

Herman Hartwich, 1920

Dusky river landscape at sunset with a moored rowboat, a man holding a pole, and a silhouetted cottage across the water.

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near bank with man walking)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a dome-shaped grass-thatched lodge with seated figures, a mounted rider, and a wooded hillside at dusk.

Wichita Lodge, Thatched with Prairie Grass

George Catlin, 1830

Dim painted interior of a rustic smithy with a glowing forge, hanging tools, pots, and a small window.

Interior of a Smithy

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of five cows grazing in tall grass near trees, a wooden fence, and a barn under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (five cows in pasture)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Colorful painting of a crowded feast day procession past adobe buildings and a church beneath green mountains.

Feast Day: San Juan Pueblo

William Penhallow Henderson, 1920

Small oil sketch of a fiery sunset with glowing clouds above dark hills and silhouetted trees.

Untitled - Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Oil painting of cows grazing in a meadow below wooded hills under a pale blue sky.

Untitled (landscape with cows grazing, hills)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a rustic stable interior with a wicker basket, metal pail on a stump, hanging cloths, and a view outdoors.

Interior of a Stable

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of Hidatsa dancers in feathered headdresses circling a tipi frame hung with green corn, with squash on the ground.

Green Corn Dance, Hidatsa

George Catlin, 1830

Five cows graze in a grassy pasture beside a large tree, with a red farmhouse in the background under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (five cows in pasture, rooftop in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of the steam tug May McWilliams under smoke and flags, moving through choppy green sea under a cloudy sky.

The Ocean-Going Tug "May McWilliams"

Antonio Jacobsen, 1890

Painting of figures carrying bundles and canoes along a grassy riverbank beside a waterfall under a cloudy sky.

Ojibwa Portaging Around the Falls of St. Anthony

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman walking a path past grazing sheep and birch trees under a dark, stormy evening sky.

Woman Walking down Path

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of bison drinking and wading in a blue pool beneath golden hills and a teal sky.

Buffalo Scene

Emil W. Lenders, 1920

Painting of a feathered man on a domed earth lodge in a village, with a crowd below and a cloudy sky.

Rainmaking among the Mandan

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a brick farmhouse beside an autumn field with yellowing trees under a pale, overcast sky.

Grey Day

Walter Granville-Smith, 1910

Natalie and Missal

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a white painted hide tepee on green grass, with a seated figure, a wolf, and a shield on a tripod.

Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a rocky mountain hillside with mining buildings, a tall tower and evergreen trees under a cloudy sky.

Gold Mining, Cripple Creek

Ernest Lawson, 1920

Oil painting of rocky California cliffs with white surf breaking on dark rocks under a warm, pale sky.

California Cliffs

Paul Dougherty, 1940

Painting of women playing a ball game on a grassy prairie with spectators, a river, and rolling hills behind them.

Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of thatched houses beside a winding path and fields under a muted, warm sky, with a bare tree at right.

Landscape with Houses

Winckworth Allan Gay

Painting of a riverbank with a moored rowboat, a man carrying an oar, rocks, and autumn trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, boat moored near stream, man walking in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a calm river with green bluffs, pale cliffs, and a small structure on a hilltop under a pink-grey sky.

Dubuque's Grave, Upper Mississippi

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a festive village procession with a horseman, trumpeter, flag bearer and children beside a large tree and h

Triumph of Stoffel Brinkerhoff, on His Return from His Conquests in the East

John Gadsby Chapman, 1830

Painting of a decorated paint horse beside tipis and seated figures in a sunlit plains camp, with a dog and distant horses.

Indians in Camp at 101 Ranch

Emil W. Lenders, 1920

Painting of men in feathered headdresses dancing with clubs and staffs while drummers kneel at the left.

Braves' Dance, Ojibwa

George Catlin, 1830

Monkeys in period clothing act out a runaway wedding scene in a parlor with bookshelves and a grandfather clock.

The Runaway Match

William Holbrook Beard, 1870

Painting of a man resting under a rock overhang above a river valley with sailboats and distant mountains.

Scene on the Hudson (Rip Van Winkle)

James Hamilton, 1840

Painting of thatched fishing shacks on a sandy beach with draped nets, a boat, and an overcast sky.

Fishing Shacks

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880