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Seated man in a red blanket holding a feathered lance, wearing beaded moccasins and a red feather in his hair.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

E. Irving Couse, 1909

Half-circle oil sketch of arid mountains with snow peaks, red-ochre tones, and animals grazing by water.

Untitled (sketch for mural in Eastern Oregon)

C. S. Price, 1940

Watercolor of a canyon with eroded rock spires and storm rain under a dark sky, with boulders in the foreground.

Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap (God Land), Cañon of the Colorado. Utah Ter

Thomas Moran, 1873

Painting of a Native American camp with many tipis, mounted riders and horses crossing the foreground, and a flat-topped mesa

Blackfoot Camp Scene

Edwin Willard Deming

Decorative mural study of ocean liners, a warship, and sailing boats before a stylized city skyline with airships overhead.

Shipping (mural study)

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Painting of a seated nude woman with long hair beneath blossoming branches, set against a dark green garden background.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1878

Painting of eroded hills and ravines under a pale sky, with blue mountains in the distance and a small figure in the foregrou

Volterra

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Painting of a marsh meadow at sunset with glowing red clouds, haystacks, a tree at left, and a small figure in the distance.

Jersey Meadows at Sunset

Martin Johnson Heade, 1860

Full-length painting of a nude woman with flowing red hair standing barefoot in a sunlit autumn meadow beneath trees.

Indian Summer

Kenyon Cox, 1887

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 flock of white geese with spread wings flying diagonally against a dark green and black background.

Flock of Geese

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Painting of the Last Supper: Christ at center of a long table with twelve apostles in colorful robes and gold halos.

The Last Supper

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1915

Mural study of a western town street with a post office, saloon, groceries, blacksmith, two riders, and a woman.

Western Town (mural study, Helper, Utah Post Office)

Jenne Chavaz Magafan

Painting of a dirt road through a field toward autumn trees and a distant farmhouse under a pale sky.

Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

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

Painting of dark blue Arctic water with white ice floes and icebergs beneath a grey sky, with a dark coastline on the horizon

Littleton Island

Frank Wilbert Stokes, 1893

Large 1860 painting of a formal group in period dress gathered on a lawn near a brick gateway and white obelisks under trees.

Visit of the Prince of Wales, President Buchanan, and Dignitaries to the Tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, October…

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1860

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a black hat with pink flowers and dark coat, leaning on a carved pedestal.

My Daughter Gladys

Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1910

Crowded baroque banquet under classical arches, with reclining women, servants, armed men on a staircase, and smoke rising.

The Banquet of Cleopatra

Sebastiano Mazzoni, 1660

Painting of four figures walking under a golden sun, carrying fruit, flowers and a scythe, with a decorative gold border.

The Four Seasons

William Clarke Rice, 1920

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a white suit holding a cigarette, beside a gilded chair and straw hat.

John Gellatly

Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1930

Painting of pale sand dunes with green beach grass and shrubs under a cloudy sky, extending to a distant horizon.

Nantucket Sand Dune

C. Morgan McIlhenney, 1890

Sunlit ochre villa with a square tower, red roofs, palm tree and trees in front, under a pale blue sky.

Villa Malta, Rome

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870

Painting of a seated nude woman with long auburn hair beneath flowering branches, with a pale drape over her lap.

The Golden Age

John La Farge, 1870

Painting of a winged figure supporting a flower-crowned woman beside a water edge under a crescent moon.

The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1910

Seated man in red blanket with feathered spear, beaded moccasins and feather headband against a pale ochre background.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Brown ink drawing of three seated allegorical women, Justice with scales at center, a warrior with sword and shield left, and

Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, "Institute of Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Panoramic painting of Niagara Falls with white cascades, a turbulent river, evergreen trees and a pink sky.

Niagara Falls

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of a sunset landscape with pink clouds, dark hills, two cows on a ridge, and a lone tree at right.

Romantic Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

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

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress and feathered hat, holding a riding crop, against a dark background.

Anita Ready for a Ride

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a hazy river valley seen from a hillside with autumn trees, a winding river, and distant mountains under a pale s

Kanawha River Valley

Samuel Colman, 1880

Study for a lunette mural with a winged figure, a cherub, seated and standing draped women, and a classical garden under blue

Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, "The Sources of Wealth"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil still life of two haddock fish on a table, one resting on a blue-rimmed plate against a dark background.

Haddock

Emil Carlsen, 1880

Small oil painting of a river at sunset with a red sun, dark trees, rocks, and two figures by a campfire.

Indians at Campfire--Moon Rising

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1820

Painting of a nude woman with long red hair standing barefoot in a sunlit autumn meadow beneath trees.

Indian Summer

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Full-length portrait of a woman in a pale blue gown with gold sash against a dark background, painted in loose brushwork.

Portrait of Dorothy Wagstaff

Robert Henri, 1910

Painting of a columned doorway with gold mosaic arches, worn steps and an open dark wooden door.

Doorway (San Marco, Venice)

José Villegas Cordero, 1890

Oil study of two allegorical female figures in pink and gold drapery flanking a WELCOME cartouche on teal.

Study for Mural at Hotel Manhattan, "Peace and Plenty"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Night seascape with a glowing full moon over calm water, silhouetted fishermen and a boat on the shore below.

Night

John P. S. Neligh, 1930

Painting of a man in a blue coat pointing across a river to settlers, a woman, children and a sailing ship on a hillside.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

F. Luis Mora, 1700

Painting of the Ashokan Reservoir with stone gatehouses, an arched bridge over water, and brown hills under a cloudy sky.

Ashokan Reservoir

Charles Rosen, 1933

Painting of golden reeds in still marsh water with a wooded hill and pale sky beyond.

Hill and Marshland

Watercolor of a flat green plain with a flock of white animals, distant bluish mountains and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky

Plains of Carthage

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

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

Dusky city street with tall buildings, a glowing street lamp, a horse cart, pedestrians, and a yellow twilight sky with one s

Fifty-Seventh Street

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

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

Painting of two horses and a child on a sandy beach at dusk, with figures gathering seaweed near the water.

The Seaweed Gatherers

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Watercolor of a cottage on a green island beside a wooden pier, with sailboats and tidal flats under a pale sky.

Untitled - Charles Russell Loomis, 1920

Charles Russell Loomis, 1920

Painting of golden fields rising toward dark trees and distant rolling hills under a hazy, grey-brown sky.

Lengthening Shadows

Kenyon Cox, 1880

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

Pencil sketch of rocky sea cliffs and headlands along a horizon, with handwritten place labels beneath.

Nanfio

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of several nude female figures on a rocky shore beside a small sailboat on the sea.

Group of Female Nudes

Grey wash landscape of a tall rock tower rising above a valley at dusk, with cliffs, trees and small buildings below.

The Devil's Tower from Johnstons

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a conical volcano with a billowing smoke plume drifting sideways over layered mountain ridges.

Etna

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of an angular, fragmented figure built from geometric planes and dark hatched shading.

Abstract

Pen drawing of a white lion pulling a chained carriage with a bearded archer, with the words 'Why not learn to write?'

Why not learn to write?

n.d J. C. Saterlee, 1860

Pencil and yellow wash sketch of a conical mountain island with rocky cliffs and trees along a coastline.

Island near Adalia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor study of a seated allegorical woman in gold above two miners working with tools, framed by laurel and scrollwork,

Mining (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Sepia drawing of the bronze Minute Man statue with musket and plow on a stone pedestal, trees and water at right.

The Minute Man Monument

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a lakeshore with ruined stone buildings on a rise and rolling hills in the distance.

Tiberias from the Baths

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor frieze of dancing figures with garlands, panpipes and a lyre in a garden procession, by Louis Schaettle, 1910.

(Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil drawing of a reclining female nude in angular cubist style, overlaid with a grid of lines.

Female Nude, Reclining

Pencil sketch of a distant skyline and coastline above water, labeled 'Alexandria, first sight' and 'Aboukir Bay'.

Alexandria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor study of allegorical figures with sailors, anchor and oar, framed by laurels and labeled NAVIGATION.

Navigation (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Oxen

Christoph Voll, 1930

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of badlands buttes with trees and water in the foreground, with handwritten color notes above.

Bad Lands near Boise, N.P.R.R. (No. Pacific Railroad)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a red-roofed farmhouse with green shutters, flowering shrubs and rolling hills behind it.

Farm near Albi

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a pyramid-shaped mound on a flat horizon with trees, a small boat, and water below.

Pyramid

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of trees, a small building and mountains near Sion, dated March 1894.

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white swimsuit with short curled hair and red lips.

Web - artiste

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and distant mountains with shrubs in the foreground, inscribed with a view from Tabor.

Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of old stone towers rising above trees, with a handwritten caption reading Old Towers, Laufenbe

(Sketchbook) Old Towers, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Woman in a yellow gown with a serpent and birdcage, above a reclining nude figure, against a dark swirling background.

Babylon

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of an ancient stone gateway with rounded arches and masonry walls, labeled Ancient East Gate, Damascus.

Ancient East, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a riverside town with a church with twin towers above rows of houses.

(Sketchbook) Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen drawing of a mustached cowboy in a wide hat smoking a cigarette, hand on his gun belt, in chaps and spurs.

Cowboy Smoking

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a village with a church spire in a valley below mountains.

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wagon wheel, with dark trees in the background.

Horse and Wagon

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage in open fields with a walking figure and a grazing cow under clouds.

Poigny

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of village houses, a stone tower, and mountain ridges on a sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) At Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of an adobe village under a canvas awning, with purple mountains and a blue twilight sky behind.

Scene Design for One Act Play by William Vaughn Moody

William Penhallow Henderson

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair reading a book at a slanted wooden table.

Schoolgirl

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a flat rural landscape with a tall poplar and farm buildings.

(Sketchbook) Near Roche

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of three arm studies with clenched fists on cream paper, by Solon H. Borglum, 1890.

Three Arm Studies

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with a flower wreath playing reed pipes beside a torch, with a dog at her feet.

Pagan Dancer

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a castle corner with two conical towers, trees, and a hillside beyond.

(Sketchbook) Corner of Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a rounded hill with scattered shrubs and low ridges on either side under an empty sky.

Mt. Tabor, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a sailboat on a calm lake with distant mountains and rippling reflections.

(Sketchbook) (From Ouchy)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor study of a seated golden-robed woman above two fishermen hauling a net, framed with garlands and a FISHERY plaque.

Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower among trees and mountains, with handwritten colour notes, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a pink rose bud, a purple violet, and fern fronds on a pale background.

Pink Rose with Violet

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870