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Dark, textured painting of a forest with a glowing yellow-green opening in the canopy above a reflective pool.

Moonrise

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1910

Frontal portrait of a Yuma woman with dark hair, painted face markings and a red blanket, against a muted gray-olive backgrou

Ne-i-so-meh

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a red feathered headdress, face paint, beaded necklaces, and a red armband, holding a pipe.

Wée-ke-rú-law, He Who Exchanges

George Catlin, 1830

Study for Mural for Appellate Court Building, New York; "Statute Law", Helmet for Figure of "Force"

Study for Mural for Appellate Court Building, New York; "Statute Law", Helmet for Figure of "Force"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Two Guns White Calf

Benjamin H. Frayser, 1950

Painting of a smiling woman in a cream dress leaning toward a monkey beside a hat, under a leafy arbor.

Woman in Arbor with Monkey

Claudio Castelucho, 1920

Painting of dancers in feathered headdresses and bear costumes performing a stooped group dance on a pale ground.

Bear Dance, Preparing for a Bear Hunt

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman with auburn hair and a blue bow, wearing a teal dress with puffed sleeves against green.

Suzette

Albert P. Lucas, 1890

Painting of white and yellow roses with dark green leaves and buds against a muted olive background.

Roses--Fancy Still Life, Still Life with Roses

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of a rustic wooden room with a green tiled stove, bench, table, and a view through a doorway to a window.

Interior of a House

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Hester Marian Wait Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Hester Marian Wait Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Half-length portrait of a young woman with curled hair, pearls and a gold dress, set in a dark carved frame.

Viscountess Frances Hatton

Mary Beale, 1630

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, a black bow tie and a cream blouse against a dark background.

Agnes

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a round stone tower above a harbor quay with sailboats in the foreground under a stormy grey sky.

La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy

Carroll Beckwith, 1870

Painting of a red-painted rider in feathered headdress on a black horse with handprints, against a pale cloudy sky.

Kee-o-kúk, The Watchful Fox, Chief of the Tribe, on Horseback

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a man holding a carved staff, wrapped in a red blanket, with beaded necklaces and blue armbands.

On-sáw-kie, The Sauk, in the Act of Praying

George Catlin, 1830

Seated men in feathered headdresses gather around a campfire beside trees, with open water and pale sky behind them.

Sioux Indian Council, Chiefs in Profound Deliberation

George Catlin, 1830

Two young women in fringed dresses stand before a painted tipi with children and dogs, on an open plain.

Two Comanche Girls

George Catlin, 1830

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn beside a curving dirt road, with rolling wooded hills under a pale sky.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of a crowded 19th-century courtroom with lawyers, seated men, spectators on benches and a small dog on the floor.

Missouri Courtroom

William Josiah Brickey, 1850

Painting of a rocky shoreline with a wooded bluff, a red-roofed house, and sailboats on water under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (shoreline with sailboats and roof)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, white dress, red shawl and folded arms against a dark background.

Portrait of Fidelia Marshall

Charles C. Ingham, 1840

Painting of sheep grazing in a wooded clearing with boulders, under a sky with sunlight breaking through clouds over hills.

Landscape with Sheep

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with a red feathered headdress, beaded headband, bone necklaces and fur robe against a cloudy sky.

Neu-mon-ya, Walking Rain, War Chief

George Catlin, 1840

Che-ke-ah-pe-kee

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Half-length portrait of a man with a feather headdress, shell necklace, and beaded fringed clothing against a yellow sky.

Ka-pés-ka-da, Shell Man, an Oglala Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a woman in a black hat with a pale feather plume, against a dark background.

White Paradise

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Hazy seascape of sailing boats and a rowboat with figures on calm water under a glowing sun.

Marine Study

Franklin Dullin Briscoe, 1900

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white dress with a white and brown dog, before a dark tree and landscape at sunset.

Miss Agnes Murray

William Beechey, 1830

Painting of a river with a stone bridge and a hilltop medieval palace with towers, reflected in golden light.

The Palace of the Popes and Pont d'Avignon

Carroll Beckwith, 1910