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Oil portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white floral lace collar, black bow and red shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Catlin, 1820

Oil portrait of a young girl with long hair in a white dress, holding a small white cross against her chest.

Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Oil portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, tilted head, white lace blouse and green bodice against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edward Harrison May, 1860

Oil portrait of a young blond boy with bangs and a white collar against a dark background.

Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Son

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dim interior with a chair, flowers and lantern.

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, with a gold medal, beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah Wyman Whitman, 1870

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with grey powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

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

Portrait of a Gentleman

n.d James M. Pearce, 1800

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

Portrait of a Lady

P. E. Stroëhling, 1800

Portrait of a Lady

James Sanford Ellsworth, 1850

Small oval-lit portrait of a man in a powdered white wig, black coat and white cravat, in a gilded frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Trumbull, 1790

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

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

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

Double portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet and a man in a grey coat drawing with a pen at a green table.

Portrait of the Artist and His Wife

William Leslie, 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

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