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Turkish Girl of Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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