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Painting of a colonial leader in a tricorn hat pointing across a river valley as settlers with children and a ship gather.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

Francis Luis Mora

Painting of a man in a cap behind a bar counter lined with bottles and glasses, with a mirror, shelves and a wooden door.

M. Baudy Behind his Desk at the Hotel Baudy

John Leslie Breck, 1880

Painting of white and pink roses in a dark blue ceramic vase against a soft brown-grey background.

Roses

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Three men in braided hair and beaded dress tend a small fire of sweet grass inside a tent, one holding an eagle feather.

Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony

Joseph Henry Sharp, 1920

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ at the center of a long table and twelve apostles around him against a blue backgroun

The Last Supper

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn among rolling hills and trees, with a winding dirt road in the foreground.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1934

Man in waistcoat smoking a clay pipe, feet on a porch railing, with sunlit trees and hills behind him.

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Francis Blackwell Mayer, 1858

Oil painting of a white-sailed schooner in a harbor with rowboats, a lighthouse, and grey overcast sky.

Harbor Scene

Robert Salmon, 1840

Watercolor of an ivy-covered stone castle with a gravel path crossing a sunlit lawn and tall green trees.

Compton Castle, Devonshire, England

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Loose painting of pale poplar trees, a small figure in blue, and a turquoise sky over a sandy open landscape.

Scene of Algiers

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of yellow sunflowers and pink roses in a blue-and-white vase on a round table with a patterned cloth.

Flowers

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil painting of a turquoise sea bay framed by grassy cliffs and distant headlands under a pale sky.

Cornish Headlands

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1898

Dark stable scene with a glowing white horse, a red-clad figure bending toward chickens, and lantern light at left.

In the Stable

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Painting of a winding river valley with grazing cattle, a dirt road, rolling hills and trees in warm golden light.

Landscape

Thaddeus Welch, 1900

Painting of a studio interior with a white table, vase of flowers, easel, and chair in bold angular colors.

Interior

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing framed by trees, with grass, scattered rocks and a patch of blue sky.

Elf Ground

George Inness, 1860

Painting of a snowy hillside with a lit farmhouse, bare trees and dark evergreens under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

Gardner Symons, 1930

Painting of a child at the water's edge on a sandy beach with striped huts, a red-sailed boat, and pale buildings.

Low Tide (recto of 1929.6.79B)

John Noble, 1920

Impressionist painting of a wide river with boats, a distant city shoreline, and rocky cliffs under a pale sky.

Hudson River

Van Dearing Perrine, 1915

Dark mountain silhouette under a golden dusk sky with a crescent moon, clouds, and small lights in the valley below.

Sunset, Mount McIntyre

James Henry Moser, 1900

Painting of a snowy winter river tumbling over rocky rapids, with evergreen and bare trees along the banks.

The Rapids

W. Elmer Schofield, 1910

Painting of a winding path through a green meadow toward a distant village, with a cluster of trees on the right under a clou

The Path to the Village

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Dark landscape with a cliff and cross, a rider by a river, a large tree on the right, and distant hilltop buildings.

White Monk

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Painting of a seated woman beading a moccasin beside an adobe wall, with finished moccasins, a pottery jar, and hanging feath

A Moccasin Maker

Carl Moon, 1940

Oil landscape of a golden meadow, a cluster of autumn trees, and blue-grey mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape

Painting of a tall rock standing in rippling sea water beside dark cliffs, with sunlight glinting on the waves.

The Enchanted Pool

William Ritschel, 1920

Woman sorting corn kernels in a basin while a girl holds corn ears beside an adobe wall and clay pot.

Drying Corn

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of waves breaking on rocky coastline with people on the cliff and a sailboat on the horizon under blue sky.

Castle Rock, Nahant

William Stanley Haseltine, 1860

Sepia-toned painting of a city square with pedestrians, tall poles, stone buildings, and a classical colonnade at right.

La Madeleine at Dawn

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of rocky coastal headlands with turquoise sea waves breaking against cliffs under a pale sky.

Monhegan Headlands

William S. Robinson, 1910