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  • Woman with Two Children and Dog; Standing Figure (from Sketchbook)

    Woman with Two Children and Dog; Standing Figure (from Sketchbook)

    Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783–1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 53.182.62 verso

  • Man Standing, Cigarette in Mouth (from Sketchbook)

    Man Standing, Cigarette in Mouth (from Sketchbook)

    James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)

    Date: 1854–55
    Accession Number: 1970.121.21

  • The Garbage Cart

    The Garbage Cart

    William P. Chappel (American, 1800?–1880)

    Date: 1870s
    Accession Number: 54.90.507

  • Charles F. McKim

    Charles F. McKim

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: 1878
    Accession Number: 24.20

  • Joseph Barrell Jr.

    Joseph Barrell Jr.

    William Verstille (1757–1803)

    Date: ca. 1790 (recto); ca. 1801 (verso)
    Accession Number: 2006.235.266

  • Tea Leaves

    Tea Leaves

    William McGregor Paxton (American, Baltimore, Maryland 1869–1941 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1909
    Accession Number: 10.64.8

  • Snow Scene

    Snow Scene

    Bruce Crane (American, New York 1857–1937 Bronxville, New York)

    Accession Number: 68.40

  • Samuel Verplanck

    Samuel Verplanck

    John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)

    Date: 1771
    Accession Number: 39.173

  • Sailing at Moonlight, Samoa

    Sailing at Moonlight, Samoa

    Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, Newark, New Jersey 1864–1941 New York)

    Accession Number: 64.27.12

  • Hampton Denman

    Hampton Denman

    Attributed to John Alexander McDougall (1810/11–1894)

    Accession Number: 2006.235.219

  • Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album)

    Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album)

    Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, Rossville, New York 1823–1900 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)

    Date: 1847
    Accession Number: 1970.9.1

  • Coin, 10 Centavos

    Coin, 10 Centavos

    Date: 1885
    Accession Number: 16.74.40

  • Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait of a Lady

    Henry Inman (American, Utica, New York 1801–1846 New York)

    Date: ca. 1825
    Accession Number: 1996.562

  • Portrait of a Gentleman

    Portrait of a Gentleman

    Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey)

    Date: ca. 1835
    Accession Number: 43.39

  • Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait of a Lady

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 25.178.6

  • Portrait of a Lady

    Portrait of a Lady

    Theodora W. Thayer (1868–1905)

    Date: ca. 1898
    Accession Number: 57.90.1

  • Bear Cub Grooming

    Bear Cub Grooming

    Paul Wayland Bartlett (American, New Haven, Connecticut 1865–1925 Paris)

    Date: 1887
    Accession Number: 2006.166

  • Mitsu Yoshida

    Mitsu Yoshida

    Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt (1876–1962)

    Date: ca. 1932
    Accession Number: 54.129

  • The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)

    The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)

    Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.)

    Date: 1859
    Accession Number: 26.216.32

  • John David Wolfe

    John David Wolfe

    Daniel Huntington (American, New York 1816–1906 New York)

    Date: 1871
    Accession Number: 87.15.78

  • Woman with Two Children and Dog; Standing Figure (from Sketchbook)
    Woman with Two Children and Dog; Standing Figure (from Sketchbook)

    Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783–1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

    Date: 1810–20
    Accession Number: 53.182.62 verso

  • Man Standing, Cigarette in Mouth (from Sketchbook)
    Man Standing, Cigarette in Mouth (from Sketchbook)

    James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)

    Date: 1854–55
    Accession Number: 1970.121.21

  • The Garbage Cart
    The Garbage Cart

    William P. Chappel (American, 1800?–1880)

    Date: 1870s
    Accession Number: 54.90.507

  • Charles F. McKim
    Charles F. McKim

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)

    Date: 1878
    Accession Number: 24.20

  • Joseph Barrell Jr.
    Joseph Barrell Jr.

    William Verstille (1757–1803)

    Date: ca. 1790 (recto); ca. 1801 (verso)
    Accession Number: 2006.235.266

  • Tea Leaves
    Tea Leaves

    William McGregor Paxton (American, Baltimore, Maryland 1869–1941 Boston, Massachusetts)

    Date: 1909
    Accession Number: 10.64.8

  • Snow Scene
    Snow Scene

    Bruce Crane (American, New York 1857–1937 Bronxville, New York)

    Accession Number: 68.40

  • Samuel Verplanck
    Samuel Verplanck

    John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)

    Date: 1771
    Accession Number: 39.173

  • Sailing at Moonlight, Samoa
    Sailing at Moonlight, Samoa

    Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, Newark, New Jersey 1864–1941 New York)

    Accession Number: 64.27.12

  • Hampton Denman
    Hampton Denman

    Attributed to John Alexander McDougall (1810/11–1894)

    Accession Number: 2006.235.219

  • Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album)
    Landscape with Tree and a Village in the Distance (from Cropsey Album)

    Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, Rossville, New York 1823–1900 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)

    Date: 1847
    Accession Number: 1970.9.1

  • Coin, 10 Centavos
    Coin, 10 Centavos

    Date: 1885
    Accession Number: 16.74.40

  • Portrait of a Lady
    Portrait of a Lady

    Henry Inman (American, Utica, New York 1801–1846 New York)

    Date: ca. 1825
    Accession Number: 1996.562

  • Portrait of a Gentleman
    Portrait of a Gentleman

    Thomas Seir Cummings (American (born England), Bath 1804–1894 Hackensack, New Jersey)

    Date: ca. 1835
    Accession Number: 43.39

  • Portrait of a Lady
    Portrait of a Lady

    Date: 19th century
    Accession Number: 25.178.6

  • Portrait of a Lady
    Portrait of a Lady

    Theodora W. Thayer (1868–1905)

    Date: ca. 1898
    Accession Number: 57.90.1

  • Bear Cub Grooming
    Bear Cub Grooming

    Paul Wayland Bartlett (American, New Haven, Connecticut 1865–1925 Paris)

    Date: 1887
    Accession Number: 2006.166

  • Mitsu Yoshida
    Mitsu Yoshida

    Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt (1876–1962)

    Date: ca. 1932
    Accession Number: 54.129

  • The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)
    The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)

    Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.)

    Date: 1859
    Accession Number: 26.216.32

  • John David Wolfe
    John David Wolfe

    Daniel Huntington (American, New York 1816–1906 New York)

    Date: 1871
    Accession Number: 87.15.78

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