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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Senator Revels by Theodor Kaufmann ca. 1870 Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca, NY | Kaufmann, Theodor |  Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Because he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S. Congress as well. |
 | View of the Hudson Valley by Asher Brown Durand 1857. Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca, NY | Durand, Asher Brown |
- Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
