| Preview | Description
  | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Anne Hume Shippen by Benjamin Trott ca. 1796 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Trott, Benjamin |  Benjamin Trott's portrait of Anne Hume "Nancy" Shippen is a rare example, because he painted very few women early in his career. The sitter was regarded by her numerous admirers as "sweet to look upon, and sweeter yet to hold." To please her parents, Shippen broke off an engagement with the man she loved in order to marry Colonel Henry Beekman... |
 | Antelope Shooting, Decoyed Up by George Catlin 1832-1833 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Catlin, George | |
 | Antonio Concha, Old Man of Taos by Ira Diamond Gerald Cassidy 1924 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Cassidy, Ira Diamond Gerald | |
 | Approaching Storm by Edward M. Bannister 1886 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bannister, Edward M. | This windy scene of a lone figure struggling in the face of a storm would have held special meaning for nineteenth-century viewers, who believed that their nation's landscape was infused with God's presence. In 1886, the year he painted Approaching Storm, Edward Mitchell Bannister wrote an essay titled "The Artist and His Critics," in which he argued... |
 | Arcade of the Grand Trianon, Versailles by James Carroll Beckwith 1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Beckwith, James Carroll | |
 | Archery of the Mandan by George Catlin 1835-1837 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Catlin, George | |
 | Arikara Village of Earth-Covered lodges, 1600 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin 1832 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Catlin, George | |
 | Arizona Night by George Elbert Burr after 1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Burr, George Elbert | |
 | Arranging the Tulips by Gari Melchers before 1928 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Melchers, Gari | |
 | Assiniboin Woman and Child by George Catlin 1832 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Catlin, George |
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