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Oil portrait of a young woman with a grey veil and coin headpiece, gazing downward against an ochre background.

Head of an Arab Girl

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white ribbon headband, and lace dress against blue.

Portrait of a Young Lady

William Verstille, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl with curly dark hair in a blue dress with gold buttons and white ruffled collar.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Mary Jane Simes, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with brown hair and a pale ruff collar against a dark background, after van Dyck.

Head of a Gentleman after van Dyck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Portrait of a Lady

James Sanford Ellsworth, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled grey hair, white headband, white gown and blue bodice, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family

Lawrence Sully, 1790

Portrait of Jahangir

Miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a gold oval frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

P. E. Stroëhling, 1800

Painted self-portrait of a man with a mustache, face half lit against a dark background, wearing a blue collar and jacket.

Self-Portrait

James Henry Moser, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curled hair and a pale collar against a muted olive background.

Head of a Young Woman

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey hair in a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Jean B. Sel, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white ruffled dress, set in a gold mount and green case.

Portrait of a Lady

Pamelia Hill, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black coat and cravat, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Fraser, 1820

Miniature portrait of a young woman with ringlets in a teal dress, lace collar, pearls and a red shawl, holding flowers.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas S. Officer, 1850

Oil portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a red cloak with gold trim, black vest and white shirt, against a grey backgrou

Portrait of Alexandre Dumas

William Henry Powell, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a maroon coat and white cravat against a blue background, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1800

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Sanford Ellsworth, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, black coat, white cravat, and pink sash, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials J. B.

Benjamin Trott, 1790

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

Portrait of Nathaniel Searle

Nathaniel Searle, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, in a gilt frame on black.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Nathaniel Rogers, 1820

Painting of a young man with dark tousled hair, warm ochre face and green-edged collar against a dark textured background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Joseph Stella, 1910

Painting of a woman holding up a gold-framed portrait of a man, standing among flowering plants on a green background.

Lady with a Portrait of Jahangir

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe against a dark brown background, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit with a white cuff, set against a dark background.

Portrait of William E. Norton

William Penhallow Henderson, 1900

Head of a Young Girl

Lucia Fairchild Fuller, 1900

Loosely painted portrait of an elderly man's head turned left, with pale face against a dark brown background.

Head of an Old Man

Frank Duveneck, 1870

Oil portrait of a smiling woman with curly hair against a dark background, painted in loose brushstrokes.

Head of the Artist

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oval oil portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and fichu, holding a gold watch chain, against red drapery.

Portrait of Mrs. Robert Kermit

James Earl, 1790