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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Pearl Of Grief by Mary Peale 1855 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peale, Mary | |
 | Pegasus Departing by Albert Pinkham Ryder by 1901 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Ryder, Albert Pinkham | |
 | People Near Boat by Edward M. Bannister 1893 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bannister, Edward M. |  Scholars have suggested that the bearded man in this painting might be a self-portrait. Edward Bannister rarely included African American subjects in his paintings, focusing instead on pastoral landscape scenes, which brought him greater success in the art market. |
 | Perdita by Elsie Motz Lowdon 1915 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Lowdon, Elsie Motz | This miniature was also exhibited under the titles Repose and White on White. It was exhibited in Dallas at the Texas State Fair in 1915, at the National Academy of Design in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was also reproduced in an article in Vanity Fair describing the revival of miniature painting in America. |
 | Perry Transferring His Flag to the Niagara by Daniel Huntington late 19th century Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Huntington, Daniel | |
 | Peter Boylston Adams by John Singleton Copley ca. 1765-1770 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Copley, John Singleton | This miniature is thought to show Peter Boylston Adams, who was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts, in 1738. Peter was the brother of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and a captain in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Crosby in 1768, and this miniature may have been painted to commemorate their wedding. |
 | Peter De Vaux by Henry Benbridge watercolor on ivory Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Benbridge, Henry | On the back of this locket are inscribed the words: “Peter De Vaux---Ancestor of Theodore Roosevelt.” The president’s forebears included James De Veaux (1710-1785) and Andre De Veaux (died1754), and this gentleman may have been a relation of theirs. In this miniature he is shown wearing a high neckband with a frilly extension known as a jabot. |
 | Peter Van Dyke by Margaret Bogardus ca. 1835 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bogardus, Margaret | These portraits were painted while Margaret Maclay Bogardus was in New York. We do not know much about Peter Van Dyke and his wife, previously known as Susan Ann (Hickson) Lansing, but his name suggests he was a descendant of the earliest Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, now New York. |
 | Playground Pleasures by Jerome Myers 1926 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Myers, Jerome | |
 | Pleasant Pastures by Edward M. Bannister 1887 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bannister, Edward M. |
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