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Painting of rounded green grassy bluffs beside a wide pale river under a soft pink-tinged sky.

Beautiful Grassy Bluffs, 110 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Loosely painted portrait of an elderly man's head turned left, with pale face against a dark brown background.

Head of an Old Man

Frank Duveneck, 1870

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, red drapery and a coral necklace on a lavender background.

Mrs. George Washington Rodgers (Ann Perry)

Anson Dickinson, 1810

Night painting of a flaming oil well with a tall fire column, glowing red trees, workers and tents, and a full moon.

Burning Oil Well at Night, near Rouseville, Pennsylvania

James Hamilton, 1860

Men in period dress and naval uniforms shake hands over a table in a formal room with green panels and a chandelier.

The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814

Sir Amédée Forestier, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a dark-haired man in black cravat, with reverse showing a woven hair braid in gold frame.

Henry Smith

Thomas E. Barratt, 1850

Watercolor of rough green-blue seas with whitecaps and a distant steamship under a grey overcast sky.

On the Steamer Bremen, off Nova Scotia, 1880

William Henry Holmes, 1880

Loose painted portrait of a partially nude woman with dark hair, head bowed, against a green and yellow background.

In Sunlight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a sunlit monastery courtyard in Amalfi with pointed arches, columns, whitewashed walls and a lavender sky.

Courtyard, Capucine Monastery, Amalfi

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Oil portrait of a young man in feathered headdress, face paint and fur robe, holding a bow and arrows.

Ud-je-jock, Pelican, a Boy

George Catlin, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and headband, hand raised to her cheek, beside a book on a table.

Mrs. Joshua Johnson

Charles Bird King, 1800

Watercolor of a haymaking scene with haystacks, a horse-drawn wagon, workers in a golden field, and a pale cloudy sky.

(Haymaking Scene)

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Portrait miniature of a bearded man in dark jacket and bow tie, shown with the gilt case reverse.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Peregrine F. Cooper, 1840

Hazy yellow landscape with bare trees, a small moon, and a figure in red beside a hedge at dusk.

October Breezes

Albert P. Lucas, 1900

Night view of a park pond reflecting lit city hotel towers, with bare trees and street lamps in the foreground.

Central Park and the Plaza

William A. Coffin, 1910

Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montague

the younger Bernard Lens, 1720

Watercolor of a sunset over dark trees, with an orange sun and golden clouds in a blue sky.

Sunset, Oxford

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a man with spectacles, black coat and raised hand, in an embossed brown metal frame.

James Barnett Dodson

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair in a dark blue dress against green; gold frame shown beside it.

Mrs. Peter Van Dyke

Margaret Maclay Bogardus, 1830

Dark painting of several ships with tall masts silhouetted at dusk under streaked pink and pale clouds.

Ships in Moonlight

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Five studies of bear heads in brown paint on a pale background, showing different angles of grizzly bears.

Portraits of Two Grizzly Bears, From Life

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil study of a Madonna and child with saints, a nude figure, kneeling attendants and an angel in a landscape.

After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Watercolor of a Welsh harbor village with cottages, moored boats and violet reflections on tidal water.

Porth Dinlleyn, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a man with brown hair and dark jacket, white cravat, in an ornate gold frame.

William Lippincott

Daniel Dickinson, 1820

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

Church Tower, Marldon

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Loose painted landscape of rolling plains under a sky fading from blue to pink, with clouds along the horizon.

Landscape Background

George Catlin, 1840

Seated man in red leggings and feathered headdress holding a feathered lance, painted by George Catlin in 1830.

O'n-daig, The Crow, a Dandy

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a two-tiered stone aqueduct with rounded arches crossing a river, surrounded by green trees and shrubs.

Aqueduct

Loose impressionist painting of a harbor with masts and red sails, and a crowd of figures on the quay under a pale sky.

Harbor Scene with Fishing Boats

George Elmer Browne, 1910

Watercolor of a river between misty hills under a pale cloudy sky, with rippling blue and green water in the foreground.

Noon above Newburgh

Childe Hassam, 1910