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Oval miniature portrait of a mustached man in a fur-collared coat and tie, in an ornate gold frame with an eagle top.

President William Howard Taft

Alyn Williams, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with feathered headdress, beaded necklace and quiver of arrows, in a carved wooden frame.

Indian Man with Quiver

Alexander Davis Cooper, 1886

Handwritten poem Religion on aged paper with two blue birds on an evergreen branch painted in the upper right corner.

To Miss Wheaton; Religion

Elizabeth W. Capron, 1830

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

Isaac F. Tyson

John Wood Dodge, 1835

Watercolor of medieval fortified walls and conical-roofed towers of Carcassonne rising above a grassy slope.

Battlements of Carcassonne, France

Cass Gilbert, 1913

Watercolor of a striped medieval bell tower with arcaded openings and a red conical roof, framed by rooftops under a pale sky

Cathedral Tower, Pistoia, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman and white dog at an arched stone doorway with a relief above.

Doorway in Anla(?)

Cass Gilbert, 1859

Watercolor of a Gothic church with a tall spire, figures and market stalls in the foreground, under a blue sky.

A Market Day (Church of St. Jacques, Ghent, Belgium)

Cass Gilbert, 1897

Watercolor of a stone church portal with a rounded arch, carved capitals, and a wooden door with iron scrollwork.

Portal of Church of Nervy St. Sepulchre

Cass Gilbert, 1880

Watercolor of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, with a red brick tower and domes reflected in calm lagoon water.

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Watercolor of fluted Doric columns and an entablature of a classical temple under a violet sky, with grass below.

Temple of Neptune, Paestum

Cass Gilbert, 1898

Painting of a seated nude woman with long hair beneath blossoming branches, set against a dark green garden background.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1878

Full-length painting of a nude woman with flowing red hair standing barefoot in a sunlit autumn meadow beneath trees.

Indian Summer

Kenyon Cox, 1887

Painting of a seated woman with red hair holding a dark vase with silver handles, in soft green and cream tones.

Woman with Vase

Edmond Aman-Jean, 1857

Profile of a Woman's Head

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a young newsboy in a flat cap and red neckerchief, holding a folded newspaper against a gray background.

Newspaper Boy

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1901

Lady in White (No. 1)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Painting of a seated woman playing a stringed instrument beside a standing woman in a red dress, near a sunlit window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Seated woman in a pale gown in a muted green interior, with a vase on a table and a framed picture on the wall.

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1907

Half-length portrait of a woman in a pale dress, head turned, hand resting on her chest, against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Alma

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a warm brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Oval portrait of a young girl with long dark hair threading red thread, eyes lowered, against a dark green background.

Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven

Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1869

Full-length portrait of a standing man in dark formal dress with a red sash, beside a table of documents and a carved lion ch

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1841

Seated portrait of a man with white hair and mustache in a dark suit, hands clasped, before a paneled wall and books.

Sir Robert Laird Borden

Joseph DeCamp, 1920

Oil portrait of a standing officer in khaki uniform with a Sam Browne belt and medal ribbons against a dark background.

Sir General Arthur William Currie

Joseph DeCamp, 1920

Watercolor of a ruined round stone tower in a desert with mesas, with two figures tending a cooking fire in the foreground.

Ancient Stone Round Tower

William Henry Holmes, 1875

Painting of Anasazi-style cliff dwellings on a sandstone canyon wall, with a small climbing figure at lower right.

Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1875

Watercolor of two women washing laundry at a river's edge, one bending over a basin beside clay pots, under green trees.

A Mexican Laundry

William Henry Holmes, 1895

Watercolor of eroded sandstone cliffs with cliff dwellings and a seated man in a hat on a ledge at right.

Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1878