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   Portrait, Painting, North America
Works of Art (85)
A Mother's Pearls (Portraits of the Artist's Children), 1841, Thomas Seir Cummings (American), Watercolor on ivory (28.148.1) 
 
Abigail Willing, ca. 1795, Walter Robertson (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (68.222.13) 
 
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Théodore Duret, 1883, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American), Oil on canvas (13.20) 
 
Baby with Rattle and Dog, 1842, Mrs. Moses B. Russell (American), Watercolor and gouache on ivory (1999.6) 
 
Benjamin Kintzing, Benjamin Trott (American), Watercolor on ivory (56.72) 
 
Captain John Gell, 1785, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (2000.450) 
 
Catherina Elmendorf, 1752, American, Oil on canvas (2006.418)  
 
Colonel Richard Thomas, 1796, James Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (31.118) 
 
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (49.12) 
 
DeWitt Clinton, 1826, Samuel F. B. Morse (American), Oil on canvas (09.18)< 
 
Edward and Sarah Rutter, ca. 1805, Joshua Johnson (American), Oil on canvas (65.254.3) 
 
Edward Livingston, ca. 1827, Anson Dickinson (American), Watercolor on ivory (38.41) 
 
Elijah Boardman, 1789, Ralph Earl (American), Oil on canvas (1979.395) 
 
Elizabeth Ann Timothy (Mrs. William Williamson), ca. 1775–85, Henry Benbridge (American), Watercolor on ivory (26.286) 
 
Francis Brinley, 1729, John Smibert (Scottish), American, Oil on canvas (62.79.1) 
 
George Henry Remsen, ca. 1790, William Verstille (American), Watercolor on ivory (68.222.10) 
 
George Washington, 1795, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.160) 
 
George Washington, 1796, John Ramage (Irish), American, Watercolor on ivory (24.109.93) 
 
George Washington, ca. 1777, Charles Willson Peale (American), Watercolor on ivory (83.2.122) 
 
George Washington, ca. 1779–81, Charles Willson Peale (American), Oil on canvas (97.33) 
 
Gertrude Stein, 1906, Pablo Picasso (Spanish), Oil on canvas (47.106),  
 
Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family, ca. 1848, Erastus Salisbury Field (American), Oil on canvas (63.201.4) 
 
Horatio Gates, ca. 1793–94, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (1977.243) 
 
Idle Hours, 1888, Julian Alden Weir (American), Oil on canvas (88.7) 
 
In the Generalife, 1912, John Singer Sargent (American), Watercolor, wax crayon, and graphite on white wove paper (15.142.8) 
 
James Bogert, Jr., ca. 1835, Henry Inman (American), Watercolor on ivory (44.68.1) 
 
James Monroe, ca. 1820–22, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (29.89) 
 
Jeremiah Lee, ca. 1769, John Singleton Copley (American), Watercolor on ivory (39.174) 
 
John and Louisa Stock, 1845, Joseph Whiting Stock (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.19) 
 
John Biglin in a Single Scull, ca. 1873, Thomas Eakins (American), Watercolor on off-white wove paper (24.108) 
 
Josef de Jaudenes y Nebot, 1794, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.75) 
 
Joseph Anthony, Jr., ca. 1795–98, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (05.40.1) 
 
Joseph Griffiths, ca. 1794, Edward Savage (American) Watercolor on ivory (1985.141.8) 
 
Joseph Sherburne, ca. 1767–70, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (23.143) 
 
Kate Roselie Dodge, 1854, John Wood Dodge (American), Watercolor on ivory (1988.280) 
 
Lady at the Tea Table, 1883–85, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (23.101) 
 
Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt), 1882, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (32.154) 
 
Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles, 1798, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (1970.262) 
 
Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, 1880, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (65.184) 
 
Man with Red Drapery, after 1900, John Singer Sargent (American), Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper (50.130.73) 
 
Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes, 1794, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.76) 
 
Michael Angelo and Emma Clara Peale, ca. 1826, Rembrandt Peale (American,), Oil on canvas (2000.151) 
 
Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (43.86.4) 
 
Moses Gill, ca. 1759, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil and gold leaf on copper (2006.1)  
 
Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror), ca. 1889, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (29.100.47) 
 
Mother and Son, 1840, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (14.126.5) 
 
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, 1897, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (38.104) 
 
Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer), 1765, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (08.1b) 
 
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, 1892, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (1998.365) 
 
Mrs. Jacob Motte, ca. 1755, Jeremiah Theus (American), Watercolor on ivory (1997.340) 
 
Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (15.128) 
 
Mrs. John Winthrop, 1773, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (31.109) 
 
Mrs. Joseph Anthony, Jr., ca. 1795–98, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (05.40.2) 
 
Mrs. William Beekman Ver Planck and Her Son William Beekman Ver Planck, ca. 1825–30, Attributed to Anne Hall (American), Watercolor on ivory (67.263) 
 
Osage Warrior, 1805–7, Charles Balthazar J. F. Saint-Mémin (American), Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper (54.82) 
 
Portrait of a Gentleman and His Daughter, 1800–1825, Francois M. Guyol de Guiran (French, active in America), Watercolor on ivory and painted paper (2001.95) 
 
Portrait of a German Officer, 1914, Marsden Hartley (American), Oil on canvas (49.70.42) 
 
Portrait of an Artist, ca. 1786, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (26.16) 
 
Portrait of Ralph Dusenberry, 1924, Arthur Dove (American), Oil, folding wooden ruler, wood, and printed paper pasted on canvas (49.70.36) 
 
Portrait of the Artist, 1821, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (94.23.3) 
 
Portrait of the Artist, 1878, Mary Cassatt (American), Gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper (1975.319.1) 
 
Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (14.126.1) 
 
Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (L.1993.45) 
 
Rosa Bonheur, 1898, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (American), Oil on canvas (22.222) 
 
Self-Portrait, ca. 1810, Joseph Wood (American), Watercolor on ivory (1993.283) 
 
Signora Gomez d'Arza, 1901–2, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (27.220) 
 
Stephen Hooper, 1773, Henry Pelham (American), Watercolor on ivory (25.98) 
 
Susan Hayne Simmons (Mrs. Manigault Heyward), ca. 1813, Robert Fulton (American), Watercolor on ivory (14.135) 
 
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836–37, Samuel F. B. Morse (American), Oil on canvas (45.62.1) 
 
The Alling Children, ca. 1839, Oliver Tarbell Eddy (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.21) 
 
The American School, 1765, Matthew Pratt (American), Oil on canvas (97.29.3) 
 
The Artist's Family, Pierre Henri (American, born France), Watercolor on ivory (2000.25) 
 
The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog, ca. 1884–89, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (23.139) 
 
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (34.92) 
 
The Chess Players, 1876, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on wood (81.14) 
 
The Cup of Tea, ca. 1879, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (22.16.17) 
 
The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928, Charles Demuth (American), Oil on cardboard (49.59.1) 
 
The Knapp Children, ca. 1833–34, Samuel Lovett Waldo (American); William Jewett (American), Oil on canvas (59.114) 
 
The Raymond Children, ca. 1838, Robert Peckham (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.27) 
 
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, 1900, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (17.172) 
 
The Williamson Family, ca. 1841–42, John Mix Stanley (American), Oil on canvas (1976.338) 
 
The Writing Master, 1882, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (17.173) 
 
Thomas Jefferson, 1788, John Trumbull (American), Oil on mahogany (24.19.1) 
 
Young Mother Sewing, 1900, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (29.100.48) 
 
Thematic Essays (16)