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Seated man in a white robe with red stripes, feathered headdress and red face paint, against a hazy landscape.

L'har-e-tar-rúshe, Ill-natured Man, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted riders racing across a grassy plain while feathered spectators watch near a flagpole under a cloudy sky.

Horseracing on a Course Behind the Mandan Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of rolling hills at sunset with a tipi and campfire smoke among trees at lower right.

Indians Encamping at Sunset, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a seated man and standing woman in a dark rural landscape under a grey stormy sky.

Repose

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Dark silhouetted tree under a glowing yellow and green sunset sky, with a dirt road and two small figures below.

River Landscape at Sunset

David Johnson, 1890

South Side of Buffalo Island, Showing Buffalo Berries in the Foreground

South Side of Buffalo Island, Showing Buffalo Berries in the Foreground

George Catlin, 1830

View of the Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum

View of the Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum

George Loring Brown, 1860

Oil landscape of a fisherman by a still pool, a waterfall, trees, and distant snowy mountains under a dramatic sky.

Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Composition, Italian Scenery

Composition, Italian Scenery

George Loring Brown, 1840

Blackbird's Grave, a Back View, Prairies Enameled with Flowers

Blackbird's Grave, a Back View, Prairies Enameled with Flowers

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a stormy grey coastline with a bare tree, a red-roofed house, and two sailboats on calm water.

Landscape near Newport, R. I.

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a figure in a bear-fur headdress and fringed robe holding a spear and red shield against a hazy background.

Medicine Man, Performing His Mysteries over a Dying Man

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two cows grazing on a path through a dark forest, with a standing figure near a sunlit clearing.

Untitled (cows on path in forest)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a Hopi dwelling interior with women grinding corn, a child at a window, and a man smoking in a doorway.

Interior of a Hopi Dwelling

William H. Jackson

Painting of nude figures in a violent struggle on a grassy plain, with bloodied bodies scattered in the background.

Mandan Scalping an Enemy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two bearded men in robes seated in a dim interior, one gesturing, beside a window with a green landscape.

Visit of Nicodemus to Christ

John La Farge, 1880

Portrait of a man in a feathered patterned headband and fur chest ornament, holding a studded shield.

I-an-be-w'ah-dick, Male Caribou, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Two hunters on snowshoes chase bison across a snowy plain beneath a pale winter sky, with frosted trees behind.

Assiniboine Indians Pursuing Buffalo on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of grassy dunes under a cloudy sky, with a wooden fence, small houses, and a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Standing man in fur robe holds a red-streamered spear against a cloudy blue sky and green plain.

Shoo-de-gá-cha, The Smoke, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Hazy pastel landscape of a misty river, young trees with yellow and red foliage, and rolling hills beyond.

Misty May Morn

John Henry Twachtman, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white silk gown with lace cuffs, resting her arm on a ledge before a tree and sky.

Portrait of Lucy Parry, Wife of Admiral Parry

John Wollaston, 1740

Still life painting of a straw hat, scarves, flowers in a green vase, and a crystal candelabra on a reflective table.

Furbelows

Albert Sterner, 1940

Impressionist painting of a waterfall pouring over a purple rock cliff, with misty turquoise and lavender tones.

Niagara Falls

John Henry Twachtman, 1890

Oil portrait of an older man with spectacles and a mustache, in a dark suit, against a deep red background.

Ralph Cross Johnson

Ernest Moore, 1900

Painting of a woman riding a white donkey on a sandy path through a meadow of white and blue wildflowers.

The Flight into Egypt

George Hitchcock, 1890

Painting of a bay horse with white socks standing beside a stone trough before a stone wall, under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Lexington

Thomas J. Scott, 1850

Muted evening landscape of tidal flats and reflective water channels beneath a glowing cloudy sky, with a dark embankment at

Evening on the Thames

Homer Dodge Martin, 1870

Impressionist landscape of a white church steeple behind dense green shrubs and sunlit fields under a pale sky.

Old Church at Giverny

Theodore Robinson, 1890

Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880