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Painting of cattle drinking at a pool beneath shaded trees, with a sunlit clearing and pasture beyond.

A Quiet Nook

William M. Hart, 1880

Painting of mounted riders in feathered headdresses chasing a herd of bison across an open grassland at dusk.

Comanche Indians Chasing Buffalo

George Catlin, 1840

Seated allegorical figure of Justice holding scales, framed by lions, laurel, and a gold roundel with braided border.

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Painted portrait of a man in a patterned turban, red face paint and striped cheek markings, hand on chest, cloudy background.

Pah-te-cóo-saw, Straight Man, Semicivilized

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a hilltop cathedral with a dome and bell tower above red-roofed buildings, framed by trees and clouds.

Cathedral at le Puy

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Watercolor of an ornate arched window with geometric lattice screens and tiled floor in a sunlit Islamic-style interior.

A Window in the Hall of Justice

Herbert W. Faulkner, 1900

Watercolor of Mount Vesuvius with a smoke plume above the Bay of Naples, sailboats on violet water in front.

Mt. Vesuvius from the Bay of Naples

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Painting of a young woman in a gold dress and dark veil holding a strand of beads against a dark background.

Fedalma

George Fuller, 1880

Painting of three women gathered at a pool under dark trees, one in a red skirt bending toward the water.

The Drinking Pool (three women at water)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor seascape of waves breaking on a pale sandy shore with a distant headland under a grey-blue sky.

Criccieth, N. Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Painting of rose-breasted grosbeaks and a brown-streaked bird on an evergreen branch with red berries, against a cloudy sky.

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, 1800

Painting of a man driving a blue cart with oxen to a pool, with farmhouses and golden autumn trees behind.

The Drinking Pool (man in cart with oxen at pool)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of an ornate palace vestibule with an open carved door, sunlit windows, gilded decoration and a patterned marble flo

Vestibule Corner ''Schleissheim," Prince Regent Luitpold's Palace

Herman Hartwich, 1880

Portrait of a man with red face paint, red feathered headdress, silver earrings and necklaces, and a dark fur garment.

Shón-ka-ki-he-ga, Horse Chief, Grand Pawnee Head Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated bronze Buddha and a vase of yellow and white flowers before a busy, colorful scene of figures.

Bronze Buddha

Henry Golden Dearth, 1910

La-wáh-he-coots-la-sháw-no, Brave Chief, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Comanche riders with a white flag approaching across a green plain, with tipis and mountains in the distance.

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a misty mountain valley with lavender peaks, rocky moorland in the foreground, and white clouds.

From above Pont-y-Pant

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of the Acropolis in Athens above olive trees and dry grass under a blue sky.

General View of the Acropolis at Sunset

Henry Bacon, 1910

Painting of a sunlit room with two gilt armchairs, oval tapestry panels on the walls, and an open paneled door.

Untitled (Interior View)

Walter Gay, 1930

Two purple grackles perched on a corn stalk beside an ear of corn, painted on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1780

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with wavy brown hair in a green velvet jacket, set in a gilt frame within an open velv

Henry Du Pré Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1840

Painting of a woman in a black dress with a white ruffled collar against a dark background.

A Lady in Black

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark suit and cravat, holding a key, with papers on a table.

Joseph Henry

Walter Ingalls, 1800

Painting of willow trees, a pond and ducks on a sunlit spring meadow with distant houses under a pale sky.

Hackensack, New Jersey, Fisher's Pond

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Painting of a seated woman with red hair and closed eyes, holding a dark vase, in soft green and cream tones.

Woman with Vase

Edmond François Aman-Jean, 1930

Small gilt-framed portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a gray background.

Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Painting of classical garden statues on pedestals lining a sunlit tree-shaded path, rendered in loose painterly brushwork.

Carrefour at the End of the Tapis Vert, Versailles

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against an olive background, in a beaded frame.

Mr. John Corlis

Edward Greene Malbone, 1790

Watercolor of tall yucca plants in a pale desert landscape with purple mountains on the distant horizon.

Yuccaland--Chihuahua, Mexico

William Henry Holmes, 1930