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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Walt Whitman by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1875 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | |
 | Walter Shirlaw by Frank Duveneck ca. 1873 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Duveneck, Frank | |
 | Washington And His Family by Christian Schussele 1865 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Schussele, Christian | |
 | Washington Sea Eagle by John James Audubon ca. 1836-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Audubon, John James | |
 | Water Carriers, Venice by Frank Duveneck 1884 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Duveneck, Frank | |
 | Water Lilies by Walter Shirlaw before 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Shirlaw, Walter | |
 | Water Lily in Sunlight by John La Farge ca. 1883 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | La Farge, John | |
 | Waterfall on Mont-Morency by Robert Scott Duncanson 1864 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Duncanson, Robert Scott | |
 | We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian) by Lilly Martin Spencer 1869 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Spencer, Lilly Martin |  Mrs. Fithian stands before a mirror, admiring the tokens that others have given in praise of her beauty. She wears lace and pearls, and a blue gown that has just been taken from its box. But like the rose in her hand with its falling petals, her beauty will fade, and with it, all the pleasures the world can provide. The extinguished lamps, which... |
 | Western Landscape by John Frederick Kensett 1870 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Kensett, John Frederick |
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