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Unidentified Boy in Dark Suit

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
c. 1850
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman in Hat Reading

Homer Dodge Martin
Drawing
13 Sep 1859
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Seven Men in a Studio

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1850-60
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Young Man in White Apron

John M. Falconer
Painting
probably 1851
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Note in Red: The Siesta

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
1884 or before
Owner: Terra Foundation for American Art

Two Girls in Identical Dresses

Jeremiah Gurney
Photograph
c. 1857
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man in a Sheraton Chair

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
c. 1850
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Grieving Man in Striped Pants

Ann A. McCollock Woodbury
Painting
early 1850s
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Isabel Lachaise in Egyptian Garb

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
mid 19th-mid 20th century
Owner: Lachaise Foundation

Leutze Children in Swabian Costume

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Painting
1855
Owner: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Louisiana Gentlewoman in Black Bonnet

Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Louisiana State University Museum of Art

Man in a Blue Uniform

Richard Morell Staigg
Painting
c. 1850
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Girl in a Green Dress

Samuel Miller
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: New York State Historical Association

Boy in a Rocking Chair

Samuel Miller
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: New York State Historical Association
Woman in a Blue Dress

Woman in a Blue Dress

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1831-51
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

An Artist in His Studio

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
c. 1856
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Grieving Man in Striped Pants

Ann A. McCollock Woodbury
Painting
early 1850s
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Artist in his Studio

The Artist in his Studio

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1864
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

In Memory of Henry Clay

Charles Cushing Wright
Sculpture
after 1852
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elderly Man in Profile, Looking Down

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1850-60
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Girl in Yellow with Red Doll

Erastus Salisbury Field
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: New York State Historical Association

Standing Man in Cap and Coat

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Drawing
May 12 1852
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Woman in White Cap and Gloves

Rufus P. Anson
Photograph
1850s
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man Seated in a Hitchcock Chair

Sanford Robinson Gifford
Drawing
December 12 1854
Owner: National Gallery of Art

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    • Paintings  6519
    • Photographs  1388
    • Drawings  868
    • Sculpture  619
    • Miniatures  567
    • Exterior views  490
    • Prints  472
    • Silhouettes  114
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