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Painting of a seated woman, an elderly bearded man holding a sleeping child, in a dim olive-toned room.

Waiting for the Doctor

Robert Lee MacCameron, 1910

Study for a mosaic showing a bearded seated figure with a book and pen in a gold roundel, labeled Legislation.

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Legislation"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with light hair in a black coat, cream waistcoat, and floral cravat, in a gold frame.

John Vaughan (or Uriah)

Christopher Greiner, 1860

Mrs. Abraham Van Santvoort of New York

Ezra Ames, 1800

Watercolor of a half-timbered courtyard with red tiled roofs, two stone statues, and climbing flowering vines.

The Smaller Courtyard, Hotel Guilleaume le Conquerant, Dives, France

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Oil landscape of a river valley with grazing sheep and cattle, a farmhouse on a hillside, and hazy mountains under a cloudy s

Valley Pasture

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of an old church at dusk beside tall slender trees, with a setting sun and a reflecting pond in golden tones.

An Old Church at Montreuil

Henry Golden Dearth, 1900

Watercolor of a volcanic peak with smoke clouds rising above a dark blue sea under a pale sky.

Mt. Pico, Azores Islands

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Painting of rolling green hills with three clustered trees under a pale, cloudy sky.

The Three Trees

W. L. Lathrop, 1930

Watercolor of a sunlit flat-topped mesa above green scrub and red desert under a cloudy blue sky.

The Enchanted Mesa

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Painting of a child with red-brown hair and a blue ribbon, head turned toward viewer, against a dark brown background.

Child in Browns

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlett Gregory)

George Catlin, 1820

Watercolor of a snow-capped mountain above blue layered hills under a pastel morning sky with pink clouds.

Alto from Reggio, Morning

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Half-length portrait of a woman with red face paint, beaded blue shoulder ornaments and folded hands against a cloudy sky.

Wife of Two Crows

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated woman with a cigarette and playing cards on a brown table, with a dark background and a still life.

Girl with Cards

Lucius Kutchin, 1930

Painting of a rural village with a white church, grazing cattle, figures on a path, and rolling hills under cloudy sky.

Village Scene near Albany, New York

James McDougal Hart, 1850

Four hooded figures in brown cloaks huddle together on a barren rise under a pale, hazy sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1930

Watercolor of a sunny beach beside blue sea, with a red umbrella, seated figure, walkers and a hilly coastal town.

On the Beach below the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Watercolor of yellow shrubland and sagebrush before a snow-capped mountain range under a cloudy blue sky.

Long's Peak, Colorado, 1874

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Watercolor of a green hill at sunset with small figures on the crest and children in the foreground under layered clouds.

On the Sunset Hill, 1926

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Portrait of a woman with red face paint, layered shell and bead necklaces, and a feathered fan, against a pale background.

A'h-tee-wát-o-mee, a Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of Laon Cathedral's towers and roofs above a stone wall and garden, under a pale cloudy sky.

Laon Cathedral, France

Cass Gilbert, 1910

Loose painting of a seated Madonna in red and blue with a rabbit, an infant, and a standing woman before a dusky landscape.

After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Autumn landscape with a glowing sun over a river, colorful trees on both banks, distant mountains, and two figures on the sho

Indian Summer

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1880

Painting of an Indigenous chief and family on a riverbank, with feathered headdress, painted robes, and a canoe on the water.

Du-cór-re-a, Chief of the Tribe, and His Family

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a rider chasing running bison on a horse across grassland, with another rider and rolling hills in the distance.

Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, leaning trees and shrubs under a hazy yellow sky.

Neutakonkanut

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in the foreground with sailboats and figures on a hazy seaside beach.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1930

Painting of grizzly bears attacking riders on horseback on a green hillside, with a white horse and spears under a cloudy sky

Grizzly Bears Attacking Indians on Horseback

George Catlin, 1830

Improvisation

Childe Hassam, 1890