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Watercolor of a flat-topped mesa on a sunlit plateau under soft clouds, with birds flying overhead.

In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman in white with blue and brown garment trim against a beige background.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Watercolor of a stone church tower with crenellations and pinnacles above a churchyard, with rooftops and green hills behind.

Church Tower, Marldon

Cass Gilbert, 1924

Two girls arranging roses and garlands on a yellow-draped table beside a vase and basket, against a dark background.

Girls and Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1855

Watercolor of a cemetery with leaning tombstones, timber houses with red roofs, a reclining figure, and a tree under cloudy s

Cemetery in Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Four hooded figures in draped brown cloaks stand huddled together on barren ground beneath a pale sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1931

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, brown coat and white cravat, set in an oval against a dark background.

A Member of the Livingston Family

John Smibert, 1740

Two purple grackles perched on corn stalks, one brown and one iridescent blue-black, painted in watercolor on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1785

Still life painting of a dark glass bottle beside a yellow-red apple on a green surface against a brown background.

Still Life--Apples and Bottle

William Henry Holmes, 1846

Still life painting of a stoneware jug, painted fan, roses, teacup and open book on a white tablecloth against a dark backgro

Still Life with Fan and Roses

Thomas Hovenden, 1874

Painting of a crowded market outside walled city gates, with a hilltop town, minaret, palm trees and robed figures.

Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangiers, Morocco

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1873

Painting of an elderly man in a white blanket before an adobe pueblo and blue-pink mountains, with figures in a sunlit plaza.

Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in front of a hazy beach scene with sailboats and walking figures.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1909

Oil painting of an elderly woman with gray hair and shell necklace before sunlit adobe pueblo buildings and a blue sky.

Old Man of Zuni, High Priest (Cacique)

Gerald Cassidy, 1924

Watercolor of a canyon with a crowd of small figures on a ledge beneath a dark, sweeping sky and rising smoke.

A Cliff Dweller's Ceremony, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1924

Painting of a woman and child at a stone fountain while a bearded man with a cane watches from a doorway.

At the Water Trough

J. Alden Weir, 1876

Painting of yellow, white and pink chrysanthemums in terracotta pots, with a butterfly and trailing vine against a pale backg

Autumn Sunshine

George Cochran Lambdin, 1880

Black ink sketch of women in an arched interior, one nude figure raising her arms to arrange her long hair.

Girl Arranging Hair

Pen-and-ink sketch of earthworks and fields at Yorktown with an inset map of the York River and troop positions.

Present Appearance of British Entrenchment, Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal sketch of a nude woman with raised arm standing before a mirror, with loose smudged shading.

Female Nude before Mirror

Pencil drawing of ruined stone fort walls and arches among rubble and grass, with a small site plan in the corner.

Ticonderoga

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Painting of a church interior with a yellow altar, rows of candles, a central cross, red curtains and blue-and-yellow painted

Church Interior

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Sepia architectural drawing of a tall gothic tower rising above a spired exposition building with arched windows.

Proposed-Perspective Elevation for an Art Exposition Building, and Tower 600 feet in height, representing New England…

n.d R. M. Chalmers, 1870

Ink sketch of two nude women in an interior, one seated on a bench with a curtain and chair nearby.

Sitting Female Nude

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace shawl beside a blue curtain and window, in a gilded frame.

Louisa Catherine Adams Clement

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Watercolor of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, with a sailing ship, a steamboat, and people on a path.

The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England

n.d Olivia C. Starring, 1880

Boy in Peasant Costume

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1900

Painting of a green river valley with trees, pink wildflowers, a red-roofed farm and distant mountains under clouds.

Housatonic Valley

Frank von der Lancken, 1900