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Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and white cravat beside a wooden pedestal with a small sculpture.

Gaetano Trentanova

Filippo Costaggini, 1890

Half-length portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, beaded collar and fringed buckskin shirt against a mu

Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young girl with a pearl headband and gold necklace, hands folded, against a dark background.

Young Girl

Gerrit Willemsz Horst, 1610

Oil portrait of a standing naval officer in a dark cape and gold cuff braid, hands resting on a sword hilt, against a stormy

Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty

Cecilia Beaux, 1920

Portrait of a man with half-red face paint, feather headdress, layered bead necklaces and fur garment against a pale sky.

Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Impressionist painting of a seated young girl in a white bonnet and blue dress, bathed in warm sunlight outdoors.

Peasant Girl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, white puffed-sleeve dress, and yellow fringed shawl against brown.

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Seated man with red face paint and red feathered headdress holding a pipe and arrow, in a sketched landscape.

No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil portrait of a young man with dark hair and white collar, painted in expressive strokes on a pale background.

Young Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black hat and coat, smiling, with a mug and bottle on a table.

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)

Clara Taggart MacChesney, 1900

We-chúsh-ta-dóo-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a young child in a red dress with white collar, seated in a chair holding a whip, dark background.

Samuel Warren Holland, Aged Two Years

M. W. Hopkins, 1800

Oil portrait of a bare-chested man with a black neckband and brass crescent pendant, wrapped in a white blanket, against dark

Co-sne-boin

Charles Bird King, 1820

Portrait of a young boy with red face paint, feathered headdress, silver earrings and a pale fur robe, against a muted backgr

Aú-nah-kwet-to-hau-páy-o, One Sitting in the Clouds, a Boy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a muddy road curving past a lit cottage under tall dark trees, with two small figures walking under a glowing dus

Twilight after the Rain

Norwood MacGilvary, 1900

Painting of a quiet pond with reflections, two ducks, green plants in the foreground, and a weathered post at right.

Margin of a Moat

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of a standing man in feathered regalia holding a feathered lance and a round painted shield against a pale backgroun

Pash-ee-pa-hó, Little Stabbing Chief, a Venerable Sauk Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pale dress and hand on her chest against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Impressionist painting of a sunlit Florida park with palm trees, pink flowering shrubs, and a bright open path.

A Florida Park

Joseph C. Claghorn, 1930

Portrait of a man with red and green face paint, feathered headdress, bone necklace and fur robe against a pale sky.

No-ho-mun-ya, One Who Gives No Attention

George Catlin, 1840

Oil portrait of a white-bearded man seated at a desk with a quill, a skull, an inkwell and a bound book.

Portrait of Elliot Coues

J. Edward Barclay, 1890

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

Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, 1860

Painting of a standing man in fringed leather dress and feathered headdress, holding a decorated lance, with a bird perched o

Pa-rís-ka-róo-pa, Two Crows, a Band Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Dream Book

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, holding folded papers against a brown background.

Joshua Tevis

Jacob Eichholtz, 1820

Oil portrait of a young woman with long dark hair, beaded necklaces, and a fringed hide dress with blue trim.

Sha-kó-ka, Mint, a Pretty Girl

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young man in a red military tunic with a sash, holding a plumed hat and sword against a dark background.

The Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)

John Watson Gordon, 1860

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a pink gown holding a translucent fan, standing before a paneled door and yellow wal

Louise Howland King (Mrs. Kenyon Cox)

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Shin-ga-wás-sa, Handsome Bird

George Catlin, 1830

Nude male figure with arms raised high against a dark background, lit dramatically, in a crucifixion-like pose.

Crucifixion

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red coat and blue waistcoat, leaning on a stone ledge before a cloudy sky.

Thomas Hopkinson

Robert Feke, 1740

Full-length portrait of a young boy in fringed buckskin, holding a bow, with a red feather headdress on open prairie.

Me-sóu-wahk, Deer's Hair, Favorite Son of Kee-o-kúk

George Catlin, 1830

Jack-o-pa (The Six)

Charles Bird King, 1820

Painting of a young girl in a white headscarf and red shawl holding a woven basket by a stormy seashore.

Girl with Basket

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headwrap and fringed hide cape holding a bow, against a hazy landscape.

Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Sketch of a domed bell tower above red rooftops and dark trees under a pastel sunset sky.

St. Isidor, Rome

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a dark shawl holding a sleeping baby, with a clay pitcher on a white cloth below.

Mother and Sleeping Baby

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Three standing men in feathered headdresses, beaded necklaces and red draped garments, one holding a hatchet, against a pale

Wa-másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, gazing toward the viewer against a dark background.

James Buchanan

Jacob Eichholtz, 1830

Oil portrait of a woman with light eyes wearing a dark plum head wrap with striped trim against a shadowy background.

Laura in Arabian Costume

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a man in ball-player dress holding two lacrosse sticks, with red leggings and a white feathered ornament.

Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player's Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a laurel-crowned classical statue on a pedestal facing a sunset and stormy sky with a distant chariot.

L' Empereur

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a dark tree over a meadow of wildflowers, with a white farmhouse and small figures under a stormy sky.

September Afternoon

George Inness, 1880

Seated Pawnee warrior in feathered headdress, red body paint and hide robe, holding bow and arrows, painted by George Catlin.

La-dóo-ke-a, Buffalo Bull, a Grand Pawnee Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Lady in White (No. 1)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Painting of a dark-haired woman with downcast eyes and a low blue neckline against a pale background.

Dreaming Girl

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Standing man in fringed tunic and feathered red headband holding a walking stick, painted against a pale landscape background

Ee-tów-o-kaum, Both Sides of the River, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman with long auburn hair in a green dress against an orange background, with loose brushwork.

Natalie Barney

Polish Olga Boznanska, 1900

Painting of a narrow industrial street with a large red cylindrical tank, pipes, smokestacks and tall ochre buildings under g

Industry

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Painting of a seated man in feathered headdress and fringed leggings smoking a pipe, wrapped in a fur robe.

Nóm-ba-mon-nee, Double Walker, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Ton-had-dle

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1890

Painting of a blonde woman and a child seated beside a white doe in a shaded forest by a stream.

St. Genevieve of Brabant in the Forest

George Frederick Bensell, 1860

Pa-ris-ka-roó-pa, Two Crows, the Younger

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a cream dress and green sash, holding pink flowers, against a warm neutral background.

New England Hostess

Gerard Barry, 1950

Oil portrait of a seated person with gray hair, black jacket and white shirt, chin resting on hand, against a dark background

Marie Huet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with red face paint, beaded necklaces and a brass collar, against a green-blue

Say-say-gon, Hail Storm, War Chief

George Catlin, 1840

Poe-shom-ee

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Painting of a woman in a pink robe beside a bronze statue at a sunlit garden fountain with irises and roses.

Stepping in the Fountain

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with long black hair, bone collar, shell discs, and red body paint against a soft sky.

Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young woman in green with a white veil, holding a brush at an easel, with a bell tower and ruins behind her.

Italy

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of a woman in a red gown gazing upward, hand resting on sheet music beside a harp in dim light.

A Song

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a standing man with a bow and feathered shield, with tipi dwellings and a river behind him.

E'e-a-chín-che-a, Red Thunder, Son of Black Moccasin

George Catlin, 1830

Dark portrait of a grinning boy in a green cap with a cigarette in his mouth, against a black background.

New Year's Shooter

George Luks, 1910

Full-length painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a satin gown seated in a carved wooden armchair against a brown backgro

Evalina Palmer Sicilianos

Alice Pike Barney, 1910