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Miniature portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, displayed in an open red velvet case.

George Washington

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1840

Oval portrait of a man in a black bicorne hat and grey military greatcoat, with a pale mountain background.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Pioneers, horsemen and covered wagons cross a rocky western landscape at sunset, with snowy mountains and a figure pointing o

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1861

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1776

Pastel nude of a woman with short dark hair standing before a gold floral screen with roses and branches.

Nude against Screen

Alice Pike Barney, 1911

Painting of Niagara Falls with green water cascading over a curved crest and mist rising above a blue-green pool.

Niagara Falls

George Inness, 1885

Watercolor of a white water lily with yellow center floating among green lily pads, with its reflection on dark water.

Water Lily in Sunlight

John La Farge, 1883

Robed figures gather beneath a large tree in muted teal and ochre tones, with a kneeling figure in pale blue on the ground.

He Healed the Sick, by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Three women in long dresses stand on a misty green lawn at dusk, with a pale moon and a flowerpot nearby.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1892

Painting of a seated woman playing a stringed instrument beside a standing woman in a red dress, near a sunlit window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1895

Circular painting of an apotheosis scene with seated figures in radiant clouds, surrounded by winged allegorical figures, in

Study for the Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building

Constantino Brumidi, 1859

Oil painting of a Paris garden path with a statue on a pedestal, palm and autumn trees, and a distant tall building.

Garden of the Tuileries, Paris

Minerva J. Chapman, 1858

Painting of women in flowing gowns dancing in a spring meadow beside a blossoming tree, with a flute player behind them.

Spring Dance

Arthur Frank Mathews, 1917

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Brown ink sketch of an oasis with palm trees, a large tree, shrubs, and robed figures walking along a path.

Untitled (North African Oasis)

Thomas Handforth, 1920

Hand-colored botanical drawing of purple-leaved cineraria with magenta daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on beige

Purple-leaved Cineraria, A Native of the Canary Isles

Frances Jauncey Ketchum

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Ink and pink-tinted sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arms raised and hands behind her head.

Seated Nude

Ink line drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised, signed Nadelman in the lower right corner.

Standing Female Nude

Elie Nadelman, 1900

Watercolor of a cottage fireplace with glowing embers and two andirons, framed by a dark chimney breast and pale mantel.

Untitled (Cottage Fireplace)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Study for Disciple Kneeling at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs and peaks, labeled as the Israelite encampment near Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a standing monk in a long hooded robe, head raised, hands clasped at the waist, on tan paper.

Untitled (Study of a Standing Monk)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Angular charcoal drawing of two female figures in a fragmented geometric interior setting.

Two Figures

Pencil sketch of a small wooden cabin with a chimney beside leafy trees and a dirt road in the foreground.

Early Home

Henry Farrer, 1900

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with closed eyes holding a mandolin on a rocky base.

Nude Figure with Mandolin

Laurent-Honoré Marqueste, 1920

Chalk drawing of a turbaned bearded man drinking from a cup, with grapevines and a poem text block above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul of the Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of Malta's stone fortifications, a cannon in the foreground, and boats in a harbor beyond the walls.

Fortifications at Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of allegorical harvest figures with a wreath, cornucopia of grapes, sheaves of grain and workers in a lunett

Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Drawing of a bearded man and two women under grapevines beside a carved wine jug tomb, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Tomb

Elihu Vedder, 1880