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Woman in red dress gestures toward a caged parrot on a tiled terrace, with Persian text beneath the painted scene.

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Tara 1, c. 1560

Monochrome still life of open books, manuscripts, a quill, a globe, a world map and a lute on a patterned table.

Still Life

Hugo Charlemont, 1883

Bearded officer in military coat and cape pointing forward, with soldiers, an American flag and a cannon on snowy ground.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1861

Grayscale reproduction of a tavern scene with two wrestlers facing off while spectators, children and seated men watch.

The Wrestler's Challenge

Mihály Munkácsy, 1875

Miniature painting of a woman on a platform and two men near a doorway, with a sword, under striped domed pavilions.

A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband wh…

Gujarati, c. 1560

Hand-colored lithograph of a man's head on a green terrapin body wearing a masonic apron, kneeling on a shore.

Masonic Terrapin

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a woman in white pouring liquid toward a coiled dragon as an armored warrior watches in a dark cave.

"The Columbiad" -- The Rape of the Golden Fleece

Abraham Raimbach, 1800

Lithograph portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform with a sword on a steamboat deck, river and steamers behind him.

William D. Porter

William David Porter, 1860

Miniature painting of courtly figures and swordsmen above Persian text, from a Tuti-nama manuscript page.

The prince sent back to the place of execution for the sixth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Suraju, c. 1560

Painting of women, a nude figure, children and heaps of sea treasures like coral and shells against gold and dark foliage.

Treasures of the Sea

Hans Makart, c. 1870-75

Diana and her Nymphs

Diana and her Nymphs

Gerard Hoet I, 1663-1733

Hand-colored print of a standing Ojibwe chief in feathered headdress, fringed blanket, and beaded leggings, holding a pipe.

Okee-makee-quid

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored engraving of a tree-lined Philadelphia street with brick houses, a carriage, and people in period dress.

View in Third Street from Spruce

William Russell Birch, 1800

Hand-colored illustration of a colorful bird with a woman's head in a yellow bonnet, perched on a stalk with a hatbox.

Milliner Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Robbers Attacking Travellers

Robbers Attacking Travellers

Johann Baptist Kirner, 1836

Engraving of a winged figure of Cruelty on a cloud above a prison ship, with hands reaching from the hold below.

"The Columbiad" -- Cruelty Presiding Over the Prison Ship

James Neagle, 1800

Engraved portrait of a balding man with curly hair and neckerchief, arms folded on a ledge, with leaves and mountains behind.

John James Audubon

Unknown artist, 1840

Hand-colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with striped awnings and columns.

Patent Office

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Moses and the Burning Bush

Moses and the Burning Bush

Lieven Mehus, 1645-1691

Hand-colored lithograph of a hummingbird with a bearded man's head, perched among willow branches and flower spikes.

Humming Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Caricature of two men with large heads on winged cherub bodies leaning on a ledge, with small comic figures in clouds above.

Robson & Crane

Stuart Robson, 1880

Painting of cattle resting on a green alpine hillside with pink shrubs and a snow-capped mountain behind them.

Cattle at Rest on a Hillside in the Alps

Rosa Bonheur, 1885

Engraving of a nude statue with a mirror in a colonnade, while robed figures discard helmets and weapons before it.

"The Columbiad" -- The Final Resignation of Prejudices

Miniature painting of a man picking oranges for a woman beside a parrot cage, with onlookers and Persian text above.

The king plucks fruit from the Tree of Life with his own hands and feeds it to a lady, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a P…

Suraju, c. 1560

Christiana Charlotta Louisa, Princess of Brunswick and Lüneburg

Christiana Charlotta Louisa, Princess of Brunswick and Lüneburg

Ludolf Lafontaine, 1754

Hand-colored print of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington with columns, carriage and pedestrians.

U.S. Patent Office

Edward Sachse & Co

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside white military tents and an American flag.

Elmer Ellsworth

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Black-and-white lithograph of a uniformed officer on a rearing black horse before a wooded landscape with a flag.

Michael Corcoran

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1861

Lithograph of a mounted officer in uniform raising his hat on a black horse, with soldiers marching in the background.

L. S. Rosseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau, 1860

Lithograph of a bearded officer in uniform raising a sword on a rearing horse, on grassy ground.

John Alexander McClernand

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1860

John Marshall

E. B. & E. C. Kellogg

Lithograph of Benjamin F. Butler in military uniform beside a grey horse, with troops, a flag and ships behind him.

Benjamin F. Butler

Ehrgott & Forbriger, 1861