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The Wye near Ross

by George Elbert Burr

1899
watercolor and pencil on paper
sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (14.0 x 22.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Burr, George Elbert 
Emery Bemis

by Constantino Brumidi

1852
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
35 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (90.3 x 72.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Susan Pickering Bemis

by Constantino Brumidi

ca. 1852
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
35 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (90.5 x 72.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brumidi, Constantino 
Harbor Scene with Fishing Boats

by George Elmer Browne

ca. 1910
Oil on wood
10 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (26.5 x 35.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Browne, George Elmer 
Souvenir of a Pleasant Dinner

by George Elmer Browne

November 16, 1923
Pencil on paper
sheet: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Browne, George Elmer 
Sardine Fleet

by George Elmer Browne

Drypoint on paper
plate: 10 1/8 x 12 in. (25.7 x 30.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Browne, George Elmer 
The Wain Team

by George Elmer Browne

ca. 1909
Oil on canvas
53 1/2 x 63 5/8 in. (135.9 x 161.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Browne, George Elmer 
Harriet Lane Johnston

by John Henry Brown

1878
watercolor on ivory
4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brown, John Henrynotes
Harriet Lane Johnston (1830-1903) was President James Buchanans niece and ward, and served as hostess of the White House during Buchanans administration. Orphaned at age eleven, she was raised by her uncle, but came into her own as a strong presence in the White House. In 1903 she earned the affectionate nickname First Lady of the National Collection...
James Buchanan

by John Henry Brown

ca. 1865
watercolor on ivory
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14.0 x 10.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brown, John Henrynotes
John Henry Brown chose to paint this miniature from a daguerreotype he made of United States president James Buchanan (1791-1868), and took great satisfaction in the likeness. James Buchanan Henry, the presidents nephew and ward, later wrote a biography of his uncle, commenting that The best likeness of him is a miniature portrait on ivory, by Brown...
Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.

by John Henry Brown

1848
watercolor on ivory
image: sight 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Brown, John Henrynotes
We know nothing about this woman, who appears here in a simple dress of sheer fabric, with a small locket at her throat. The locket may contain a miniature, as artists during the nineteenth century often showed their sitters wearing a token similar to the one being painted.
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