Art in the White House

The White House's art collection, sometimes also called the White House Collection or Pride of the American Nation,^[1] has grown over time from donations from descendants of the Founding Fathers to commissions by established artists.^[2] It comprises paintings, sculptures, and other art forms.^[3] At times, the collection grows from a president's specific request, such as when Ronald Reagan began collecting the work of naval artist Tom Freeman in 1986, a tradition that continued through the Obama years.^[4]

The White House's Art collection was established by an Act of Congress in 1961 and grew extensively during the Kennedy Administration.^[5] It now includes more than 65,000 objects if individual items are catalogued.^[6] As of 2021, there are more than 500 pieces on view under the care of the White House Curator and the White House Historical Association,^[7] and these are often complemented by those on loan from museums.^[8][6][9]

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  Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1796
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  Portrait of Martha Washington by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1878
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  Portrait of John Adams by John Trumbull, c. 1792−1793
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  Portrait of Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1810–1815
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  Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
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  Portrait of James Madison by John Vanderlyn, 1816
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  Portrait of Dolley Madison by Gilbert Stuart, 1804
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  Portrait of James Monroe by Samuel F. B. Morse, 1819
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  Portrait of John Quincy Adams by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1858
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  Portrait of Louisa Adams by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821−1826
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  Portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, c. 1835
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  Portrait of Martin Van Buren by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1858
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  Portrait of William Henry Harrison by James Reid Lambdin, 1835
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  Portrait of Anna Harrison by Unknown, c. 1820
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  Portrait of John Tyler by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1864
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  Portrait of Julia Tyler by Francesco Anelli, c. 1846−1848
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  Portrait of James Knox Polk by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1858
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  Portrait of Sarah Polk by George Dury, 1883
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  Portrait of Zachary Taylor by Joseph H. Bush, 1848
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  Portrait of Millard Fillmore by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1857
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  Portrait of Franklin Pierce by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1858
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  Portrait of James Buchanan by John Henry Brown, 1851
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  Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1869
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  Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln by Katherine Helm, 1925
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  Portrait of Andrew Johnson by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1880
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  Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant by Henry Ulke, 1875
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  Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes by Daniel Huntington, 1884
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  Portrait of Lucy Webb Hayes by Daniel Huntington, 1881
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  Portrait of James A. Garfield by Calvin Curtis, 1881
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  Portrait of Chester A. Arthur by Daniel Huntington, 1885
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  Portrait of Grover Cleveland by Jonathan Eastman Johnson, 1891
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  Portrait of Frances Folsom Cleveland by Anders Zorn, 1899
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  Portrait of Benjamin Harrison by Jonathan Eastman Johnson, 1895
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  Portrait of Caroline Harrison by Daniel Huntington, 1894
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  Portrait of William McKinley by Harriet Anderson Stubbs Murphy, 1902
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  Portrait of Ida McKinley by Emily Drayton Taylor, 1899
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  Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent, 1902
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  Portrait of Edith Roosevelt by Théobald Chartran, 1902
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  Portrait of William Howard Taft by Anders Zorn, 1911
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  Portrait of Helen Taft by Bror Kronstrand, 1910
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  Portrait of Woodrow Wilson by Frank Graham Cootes, 1936
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  Portrait of Edith Wilson by Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1916
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  Portrait of Warren G. Harding by Edmund Hodgson Smart, 1923
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  Portrait of Florence Kling Harding by Philip de László, 1921
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  Portrait of Calvin Coolidge by Charles S. Hopkinson, 1932
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  Portrait of Grace Goodhue Coolidge by Howard Chandler Christy, 1924
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  Portrait of Herbert Hoover by Elmer Wesley Greene, 1956
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  Portrait of Lou Henry Hoover by Richard Marsden Brown, 1950
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  Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Frank O. Salisbury, 1947
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  Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt by Douglas Chandor, 1949
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  Portrait of Harry S. Truman by Martha Greta Kempton, 1947
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  Portrait of Elizabeth Truman by Martha Greta Kempton, 1967
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  Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower by James Anthony Wills, 1967
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  Portrait of Mamie Doud Eisenhower by Thomas Edgar Stephens, 1959
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  Portrait of John F. Kennedy by Aaron Shikler, 1970
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  Portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy by Aaron Shikler, 1970
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  Portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson by Elizabeth Shoumatoff, 1968
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  Portrait of Lady Bird Johnson by Elizabeth Shoumatoff, 1968
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  Portrait of Richard Nixon by James Anthony Wills, 1984
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  Portrait of Pat Nixon by Henriette Wyeth, 1978
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  Portrait of Betty Ford by Felix de Cossio, 1977
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  Portrait of Rosalynn Carter by George Augusta, 1984
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  Portrait of Nancy Reagan by Aaron Shikler, 1987

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  Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Wilson, 1759
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  Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by David Martin, 1767
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  General Washington, Commander of the Continental Army by Charles Willson Peale, 1776
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  Benjamin Franklin by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1777
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  Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Gainsborough Dupont, c. 1785
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  Thomas Jefferson by John Trumbull, 1788
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  James Hoban by John Christian Rauschner, c. 1800
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  Anna Payne Cutts by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1804
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  Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1804
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  George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1805
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  Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, c. 1805
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  Andrew Jackson by John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1817
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  Lucy Payne Washington Todd by Matthew Harris Jouett, c. 1817-1820
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  Thomas Jefferson by Matthew Harris Jouett, c. 1817-1827
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  Colonel William Drayton by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1818
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  John Quincy Adams by Gilbert Stuart, 1818
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  Monchousia (White Plume), Kansa by Charles Bird King, c. 1822
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  Shaumonekusse (Prairie Wolf), Oto by Charles Bird King, c. 1822
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  Hayne Hudjihini (Eagle of Delight), Oto by Charles Bird King, c. 1822
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  Petalesharro (Generous Chief), Pawnee by Charles Bird King, c. 1822
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  Sharitahrish (Wicked Chief), Pawnee by Charles Bird King, c. 1822
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  George Washington by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1823
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  John Marshall by John Wesley Jarvis, 1825
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  John James Audubon by John Syme, 1826
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  Martin Van Buren by Francis Alexander, c. 1830-1840
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  Emily Donelson by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1830
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  Fanny Kemble by Thomas Sully, 1834
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  Andrew Jackson by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, c. 1840
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  John Tyler by James Reid Lambdin, 1841
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  Portrait of Angelica Singleton Van Buren by Henry Inman, 1842
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  Daniel Webster by George Peter Alexander Healy, mid 19th-century
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  George Washington by Ernst Fischer, c. 1850-1852
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  James Buchanan by John Henry Brown, 1851
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  Abraham Lincoln by William F. Cogswell, 1869
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  Ulysses S. Grant by Unknown, late 19th-century
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  George Washington by Luis Cadena, 1877
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  John Adams by Edgar Parker, 1878
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  William Henry Harrison by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1879
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  Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison by Adolphe Yvon, c. 1880
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  Ulysses S. Grant by Thomas Le Clear, c. 1881
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  Thomas Jefferson by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1884
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  The Blue Vase by Robert Lewis Reid, c. 1890-1910
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  Woman Standing With an Oar by Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1891
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  Ruth (Portrait of Ruth Harding) by Thomas Eakins, 1903
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  Young Mother and Two Children by Mary Cassatt, 1908
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  Rough Rider by Tadeusz Styka, c. 1909
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  Theodore Roosevelt by Fülöp László, 1910
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  Woodrow Wilson by Stephen Seymour Thomas, 1913
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  Abraham Lincoln by George Henry Story, c. 1915
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  Gypsy Girl with Flowers by Robert Henri, 1915
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  Woodrow Wilson by William Orpen, 1919
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  Dwight D. Eisenhower by Thomas E. Stephens, 1960
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  Franklin D. Roosevelt by Elizabeth Shoumatoff, 1966

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  The President's House by George Munger, between c. 1814 and c. 1815
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  City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard by George Cooke, 1833
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  Fairmount Waterworks - Philadelphia by Nicolino Calyo, c. 1834
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  Niagara Falls From the Canadian Side by Victor de Grailly, c. 1845
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  Eastport and Passamaquoddy Bay by Victor de Grailly, c. 1845
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  The Indian's Vespers by A. B. Durand, 1847
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  Rutland Falls, Vermont by Frederic Edwin Church, 1848
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  West Point Near Garrisons by Robert Havell, Jr., 1850
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  Capitol, Washington by Unknown, c. 1850-1860
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  View of Lake George by Andrew Andrews, c. 1850−1860
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  Niagara Falls by John Frederick Kensett, c. 1852−1854
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  Going to Church by George Henry Durrie, 1853
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  Jones Inn, Winter by George Henry Durrie, 1853
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  Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon by William Matthew Prior, c. 1853
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  Pastoral Landscape by Alvan Fisher, 1854
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  A Mountain Glimpse by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1854
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  View of the City of Washington from the Virginia Shore by William MacLeod, 1856
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  Lake Among the Hills (Lake Mohonk) by William Hart, 1858
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  Farmyard in Winter by George Henry Durrie, 1858
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  Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Ferdinand Richardt, c. 1858-1863
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  Railway Station by Lefevre Cranstone, 1860
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  Hudson River Scene by Shepard Alonzo Mount, 1861
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  Washington, D.C. by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1863
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  The Rainbow in the Berkshire Hills by George Inness, 1869
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  Cannonading on the Potomac by Alfred W. Thompson, c. 1869
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  Deer by a Lake by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870
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  Rocky Mountain Landscape by Albert Bierstadt, 1870
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  Nocturne by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, c. 1870−1877
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  Crossing the River Platte by Worthington Whittredge, c. 1871
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  A Day at the Seashore by William Hahn, c. 1872-1878
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  Old Ferryboat at McCall's Ferry by Herman Herzog, c. 1875-1880
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  Paysage avec clocher (Landscape with Bell Tower) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1875^[a]
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  Maisons flottantes sur un fleuve (Houses Floating on a River) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1875-1877^[a]
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  Autumn Landscape on the Hudson River by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1876
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  In the White Mountains, New Hampshire by William Louis Sonntag, 1876
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  Castle Rock, Nahant, Massachusetts by Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1877
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  Storm Clouds by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1880
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  Old Faithful by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1881
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  The Mellow Autumn Time by Jasper Francis Cropsey, c. 1884-1897
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  Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City by Henry Ossawa Tanner, c. 1885
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  Hameau à Payennet près de Gardanne (Hamlet at Payennet, near Gardanne) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1886-1890^[a]
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  New York Harbor and Battery by Andrew Melrose, c. 1887
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  Maison au bord de la Marne (House on the Marne) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1888-1894^[a]
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  Nevada Falls, Yosemite by Thomas Hill, 1889
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  Vernal Falls, Yosemite by Thomas Hill, 1889
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  Sitka Bay, Alaska by Theodore J. Richardson, 1889
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  Alaskan Landscape by Theodore J. Richardson, 1889
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  Landscape with Houses by Unknown, c. 1890
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  Sous-bois (Underwood) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1890-1892^[a]
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  Florida Sunrise by Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1895
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  Woodland Pool by George Inness, 1891
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  The Farm Landing by Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1892
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  The Three Tetons by Thomas Moran, 1895
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  Yosemite, Bridal Veil Falls by Thomas Hill, 1895
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  Under the Palisades, in October by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1895
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  View of Pennsylvania Avenue From the Treasury Building Looking Toward the Capitol by Walter Paris, 1895
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  Surf at Prout's Neck by Winslow Homer, c. 1895
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  Revere Beach by Maurice Prendergast, c. 1896-1897
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  A Stroll by the Capitol by Walter Paris, 1897
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  Matinée sur la Seine, le beau temps (Morning on the Seine, good weather) by Claude Monet, 1897
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  A Glimpse of Lake Champlain by Alexander Helwig Wyant, late 19th century
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  Wild Flowers by E. Folsom, late 19th century - early 20th century
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  Sunny Hills, California by Thaddeus Welch, late 19th century - early 20th century
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  Thatcher's Island off Rockport, Massachusetts by Worthington Whittredge, early 20th century
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  Fording the Horse Herd by Charles Marion Russell, 1900
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  Shinnecock Hills, Long Island by William Merritt Chase, 1900
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  Seascape by Childe Hassam, 1900
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  Captain Bickford's Float by John Henry Twachtman, 1900
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  Boy Resting in the Woods by Unknown, c. 1900
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  Porch of the Maidens at the Erechtheum by Stanford White, c. 1900
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  Street Scene in Winter (Snowstorm, New York) by Childe Hassam, 1901
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  Colonial Cottage, Cos Cob by Childe Hassam, 1902
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  The Capitol at Night by Colin Campbell Cooper, 1902
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  The Red Mill, by Ernest Lawson by Ernest Lawson, c. 1904
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  Maisons sur la colline, Provence (Houses on the Hill) by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904-1906^[a]
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  Hall's Quarry by Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr., 1906
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  Barn in Winter by N.C. Wyeth, c. 1907
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  Rough Sea at Bailey's Island, Maine by Frederick Judd Waugh, 1909
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  Cliffs of Green River, Wyoming by Thomas Moran, c. 1909-1910
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  Golden Gate, Lands End by Theodore Wores, c. 1911-1912
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  Lands End Looking Towards the Golden Gate by Theodore Wores, c. 1911-1912
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  Point Lobos, Monterey, California by Thomas Moran, 1912
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  Princeton Landscape by Ellen Axson Wilson, c. 1913
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  Telegraph Hill - San Francisco by Childe Hassam, 1914
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  May Breezes by Robert Spencer, 1914
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  Gloucester Dock by Henry Hobart Nichols, 1915
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  Clove Pond by William James Glackens, c. 1916
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  Pavilion at Gloucester by William James Glackens, 1919
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  Three Children by George Bellows, 1919
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  Brooklyn Bridge, Winter by Guy C. Wiggins, c. 1920-1930
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  East River, New York by Guy C. Wiggins, c. 1920-1930
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  Carl Schurz Park by William James Glackens, c. 1922
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  Spring in the Valley by Willard Metcalf, c. 1924
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  September Evening, Mount McKinley, Alaska by Sydney Laurence, 1925
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  Kimberly Crest, Redlands, California by Colin Campbell Cooper, c. 1929

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  Landing of the Pilgrims by Michele Felice Cornè, between c. 1805 and c. 1807
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  The First Naval Action in the War of 1812 by William John Huggins, 1816
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  Three-Masted British Barque by Henry Moses, c. 1820-1840
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  Mouth of the Delaware by Thomas Birch, 1828
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  Three-Master American Barque by William James Bennett, c. 1830-1840
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  View of the Harbor of Hong Kong by Unknown, c. 1847-1856
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  View of the Harbor at Canton by Unknown, c. 1847-1856
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  Laying of the Atlantic Cable by Unknown, c. 1850
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  View of Hong Kong by Unknown, c. 1853
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  View of Macao by Unknown, c. 1853
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  Boston Harbor by Fitz Hugh Lane, 1854
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  Sailing off the Coast by Martin Johnson Heade, 1869
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  Three-Masted American Barque Samar by Unknown, 1875-1890
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  Welcome by Carl Calusd, c. 1900-1909
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  The Presidential Yacht Mayflower by Alfred Addy, c. 1902-1929
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  Boston Harbor by Maurice Prendergast, c. 1907-1910
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  U.S.S. Galena by Antonio Jacobsen, 1909
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  U.S.S. Constitution by Gordon Grant, 1926

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  Fruit in a Chinese Export Basket by James Peale, 1822
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  Grapes and Apples by James Peale, c. 1825-1831
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  Still Life With Fruit by Severin Roesen, 1850
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  Still Life With Fruit, Goblet, and Canary (Nature's Bounty) by Severin Roesen, 1851
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  Floral Still Life with Nest of Eggs by Severin Roesen, c. 1851−1852
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  Still Life with Fruit by Rubens Peale, c. 1862
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  Still Life With Quince, Apples, and Pears by Paul Cézanne, c. 1885-1887^[a]
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  The Cincinnati Enquirer by William Michael Harnett, 1888
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  Still Life With Skull by Paul Cézanne, c. 1900^[a]
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  Red Roses and Green Leaves by Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1903
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  Bouquet with Ferns by William James Glackens, c. 1920-1925

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  To the Genius of Franklin by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1778
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  George Washington Triumphantly Entering Boston by Unknown, c. 1834
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  Emigrant Scene by William Henry Powell, 1837
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  A Hartford Family by Unknown, c. 1840-1850
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  Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground by George Caleb Bingham, 1847
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  George Washington Accepts the Surrender of British General Cornwallis by Jean Zuber et Cie, c. 1850
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  Boys Crabbing by William Ranney, 1855
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  Waiting for the Hour by William Tolman Carlton, 1863
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  The Republican Court in the Days of Lincoln by Peter Frederick Rothermel, c. 1867
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  The Peacemakers by George P.A. Healy, 1868
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  Liberty by Constantino Brumidi, 1869
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  Union by Constantino Brumidi, 1869
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  The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, c. 1873
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  Hands Up! -- The Capture of Finnigan by Frederic Remington, 1888
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  Flowering Dogwood by Caroline Harrison, c. 1889-1892
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  Butterfly by Albert Bierstadt, January 20, 1893
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  Signing of the Peace Protocol Between Spain and the United States, August 12, 1898 by Théobald Chartran, 1899
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  The Mosquito Net by John Singer Sargent, 1912
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  The Clock Room, Quai d'Orsay by Fülöp László, 1928

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  Giuliano de' Medici by Unknown, c. 1524-1534
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  Lorenzo de' Medici by Unknown, c. 1524-1534
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  Benjamin Franklin by Giovan Battista Nini, 1777
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  George Washington by Unknown, c. 1790
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  George Washington by Giuseppe Ceracchi, c. 1790-1794
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  Joel Barlow by Jean Antoine Houdon, c. 1804
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  Benjamin Franklin by the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres, c. 1810
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  Amerigo Vespucci by Giuseppe Ceracchi, c. 1815
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  Christopher Columbus by Giuseppe Ceracchi, c. 1815
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  George Washington by Enoch Wood, 1818
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  Benjamin Franklin by Unknown, c. 1820
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  George Washington by Unknown, c. 1830-1850
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  Martin Van Buren by Hiram Powers, 1840
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  Daniel Webster by Unknown, Mid 19th-century
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  Henry Clay by Joel T. Hart, c. 1850-1860
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  Patrick Henry by Miskey Warner, c. 1860
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  John Bright by John Warrington Wood, 1864
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  The Buffalo Hunt by Theodore Baur, c. 1882-1886
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  Female with Cupid by Unknown, c. 1870
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  Diane De Gabies by Unknown, c. 1870
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  Classical Male and Female by Unknown, c. 1870
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  Classical Male Figure by Unknown, c. 1870
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  Angler by Sylvain Kinsburger, Late 19th-century
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  Abraham Lincoln by Charles Henry Niehaus, Late 19th-century
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  Benjamin Harrison by Charles Henry Niehaus, Late 19th-century
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  Neighboring Pews by John Rogers, 1883
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  Nathan Hale by Frederick William MacMonnies, c. 1890
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  The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington, c. 1903
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  Horatio Nelson by Unknown, 1905
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  George Washington by the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres, 1905
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  Benjamin Franklin by the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres, 1905
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  Abraham Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum, 1908
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  Descending Night by Adolph Alexander Weinman, c. 1915-1923
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  Rising Day by Adolph Alexander Weinman, c. 1915-1923
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  Our Vanishing Wildlife by Alexander Pope Jr., c. 1915-1924
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  Appeal to the Great Spirit by Cyrus E. Dallin, c. 1916
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  Coming Through the Rye by Frederic Remington, 1918
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  Paolo Romano (Jennewein) by Carl Paul Jennewein, 1918
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  Women and Cherubs by the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres, 1920
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  Fortunata by Andrew O'Connor, c. 1923
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  George Washington by Gyula Julius Bezeredi, 1923
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  Louis Kossuth by Gyula Julius Bezeredi, 1923
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  Gardener by Sylvia Shaw Judson, 1929
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  Timmy (Tiny Tim) by Laura Gardin Fraser, 1929

• Committee for the Preservation of the White House
• United States Capitol art
  • List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex
• White House Acquisition Trust

Notes

Sources

• The White House Collection