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Double portrait of two young boys in blue jackets with white ruffled collars against a brown background.

The Congdon Brothers

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a seated woman in spectacles, gold necklace and dark blue dress against a brown background with red drapery.

Lady Wearing Spectacles

Unknown artist, c. 1840

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace bonnet, holding a red book beside a patterned table.

Catherine A. May

Ammi Phillips, c. 1830

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and lace cap against a green background, with painted inscription.

Eliza R. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a red book against green.

John G. Read

Royall Brewster Smith, 1833

Two girls in matching blue dresses, one holding a red book and one holding cherries, against a dark background.

Sisters in Blue

Sturtevant J. Hamblin, c. 1840

Portrait of a seated woman in a white floral gown with blue bodice, holding a flowering sprig against a brown background.

Susanna Truax

Unknown artist, c. 1740

Naive painting of a village with red-coated soldiers marching past a stone-walled graveyard, a pond, and white houses.

View of Concord

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a white wig and red coat against a dark brown background.

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Half-length portrait of an older man with powdered white hair, dark coat and white cravat before a dark green background.

James Madison

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair in a black coat and white cravat against a soft blue and mauve background.

James Monroe

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1817

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, black coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Painting of a wooded landscape with travelers resting on a sandy path beneath large trees and a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with Travelers

Adam Pynacker, late 1640s

Painting of a crowded cobbled town square with a well, church tower, castle on a hill, and costumed townspeople.

The Marketplace in Bergen op Zoom

Abel Grimmer, probably 1590 and 1597

Half-length oil portrait of a woman in a wide yellow-ribboned hat and white ruffled dress resting her arms on a ledge.

Lady Cunliffe

John Hoppner, 1781/1782

Expressive painting of two nude women, one standing with her back turned and one seated, in bold yellow, orange and green.

Two Nudes [obverse]

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1907

Painting of a seated woman in a white hat and dress with a green sash, resting her hand on a wicker chair against a dark gree

Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey)

George Bellows, 1914

Loose painting of women in a theatre box with a green feathered fan and a red flower in one woman's hair.

The Loge

Edgar Degas, c. 1883

Oil portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, holding a shepherd's crook, in a blue dress against a cloudy landscape.

Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis)

John Singleton Copley, c. 1764

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, against red drapery.

Samuel Alleyne Otis

Gilbert Stuart, 1811/1813

Two-masted schooner anchored on calm water at dusk, pink glow on the horizon, with a second ship and distant hills.

Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay

Fitz Henry Lane, 1863

Painting of a courtroom with two seated men, a standing official, and a woman in green holding a paper on a bench.

The Petition

Jean-Louis Forain, 1906

Oval portrait of a man with long dark hair in a white collared shirt and orange-red cloak, hand resting on his chest.

Possibly William Metcalf

The Pollard Limner, c. 1730

Loose oil sketch of a soldier carrying a limp figure as a woman follows, with smoke and fire behind them.

The Requisition

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1919

Family portrait of two adults and two children in front of red drapery, painted in 1846 in an American folk style.

The Gage Family

Unknown artist, 1846

Family group portrait of a seated man, a seated woman, two girls in white dresses, and a boy in a green jacket.

Family Group

Joshua Johnson, c. 1800

Portrait of a young woman in a green dress holding a fan, seated before an arched window with trees and a vase of flowers.

Young Lady with a Fan

The Gansevoort Limner, 1737

Painting of a Bucks County farm with a white house, gardens, barns, cattle, horses, and two men in the foreground.

Bucks County Farm Outside Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Unknown artist, c. 1890

Painting of the paddle steamship Erie on choppy green seas, with twin smokestacks, flags, and passengers on deck.

Steamship "Erie"

Unknown artist, probably 1837

Naive painting of a 19th-century racetrack with carriages, a finish stand flying an American flag, and spectators.

The Finish

Unknown artist, c. 1860

Still life painting of sliced watermelon wedges with black seeds arranged on a white plate on a table.

Watermelon on a Plate

Unknown artist, mid 19th century

Folk painting of a seated woman in a dark dress and a standing boy beside a table with tea service in a green room.

Interior Scene

Unknown artist, c. 1840