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Small painting of a tall brick lighthouse and gabled house on dunes, with sailboats on a sandy shore under a hazy sky.

Fire Island Lighthouse

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of a riverfront town with women and a baby carriage on rocky shore, boats on water, and a church spire behind.

The Other Shore

Robert Spencer, 1920

Oil landscape of a valley with wooded hills, farm buildings, crop rows and a winding dirt road under cloudy sky.

Landscape

n.d R. G. Wilson, 1900

Painting of a young woman in white embracing a chained older man seated against a stone wall in a dark prison.

The Roman Daughter

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Full-length oil painting of a standing bare-chested man with a staff, bead necklace and loincloth, on a dry hillside with hut

Kaffir Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a woman in a blue gown with four children in a wooded landscape, one arranging a bouquet of roses.

Mrs. Hawkins and Family

William Beechey, 1810

Oil portrait of three children on a stone terrace with a white rabbit, under a dramatic sky with a distant castle.

Portrait of the Downer Children

Peter Frederick Rothermel, 1850

Painting of a woman in a white dress seated in a wooden chair on a sunlit porch beside a garden.

Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife)

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Oil painting of three children by a wooden gate on a dirt path, with a stormy sky and a white farmhouse in the distance.

Children in a Storm

Thomas Le Clear, 1830

Winter hillside with bare trees, patches of snow and a partly frozen stream beneath a pale blue sky with clouds.

Snow in the Foothills

Willard L. Metcalf, 1920

Officer holding an American flag in a rowboat of sailors approaching the ship Niagara amid smoke and warships.

Perry Transferring His Flag to the Niagara

Daniel Huntington, 1910

Painting of a sunlit village street with cottages, orange roofs, and a church tower under a pale sky.

Rue de Village

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of an older Black woman in a white blouse with folded hands and a gold ring, painted lettering behind her.

Anna Washington Derry

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1920

Oil portrait of a man with red feathered headdress, silver nose ornament and earrings, wearing a teal ruffled shirt.

Kish-Kallo-Wa (Family Algonquian-Tribe Shawnee)

Henry Inman, 1830

Daughter in a Rocker

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of pedestrians on a misty city street beside a columned building and bare winter trees.

La Madeleine no. IV

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Hazy beige painting of an open plaza with tall columns, a stone balustrade, a central statue and faint figures.

Place de la Concorde no. V

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman with pinned brown hair, pearl ornaments, a red flower, and a dark collar against a dark background.

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi-Cattaneo

Flemish Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1620

Seated woman in a red dress with gold bracelets, against a green background, in a painted portrait.

Portrait of a Lady

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1940

Watercolor of pink bergamot flowers and green leaves on thin stems against a cream background.

Bergamot (or Bee Baum)

Austa Densmore Sturdevant

Painting of elegantly dressed figures with parasols strolling beneath trees beside a lake in summer.

Summer, New England

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Painting of a woman in a pale dress touching a tree trunk in a shaded forest beside a stream.

Mrs. Lloyd

Joshua Reynolds, 1700

Painting of a young woman in a green shawl and blue dress standing on a ladder beside a sunlit adobe pueblo wall.

Hopi Stairway

Carl Moon, 1940

Full-length oil portrait of a standing Japanese man with a katana, in a black haori and orange hakama, beside a dirt path and

Japanese Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a seated Samoan woman with a leaf headpiece, flower lei, shell necklace and woven fan on a mat.

Samoan Woman

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of palm trees by a tidal creek, a grounded sailing ship on the shore, and figures under a cloudy sky.

Fort George Island, Florida

Thomas Moran, 1870

Painting of a colorful garden with a pergola, dark trees with orange canopies, and a curved path under a blue sky.

Décor Slav

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a rocky Maine coast with grassy ledges, a small white sailboat on calm water, and a pale sky.

Maine Coast

William E. Norton, 1870

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace bonnet, seated before a tree and a distant landscape.

Sarah Sommer Sims

Robert Street, 1830

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and dark coat against a brown background with a bare tree.

Portrait of Wyatt Eaton

J. Alden Weir, 1870