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![]() | Grey Day by Walter Granville Smith 1919 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Smith, Walter Granville | |
![]() | Mountain Landscape (1) by William Louis Sonntag 1854 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Sonntag, William Louis | |
![]() | Benjamin Rush Spencer by Lilly Martin Spencer 1848-1852 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Spencer, Lilly Martin | |
![]() | 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... |
![]() | Francis Schroeder by Richard Morrell Staigg ca. 1849 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Staigg, Richard Morrell | ![]() Francis Schroeder served as the U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway from 1849 to 1857. The portraits of Francis and his wife, Caroline Schroeder, were passed down through the Schroeder family, and were at one point owned by Sara Franklin Schroeder, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. |
![]() | Mrs. Francis Schroeder (Caroline Seaton) by Richard Morrell Staigg ca. 1849 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Staigg, Richard Morrell | ![]() Caroline Seaton Schroeder was the daughter of William Seaton, the owner of the newspaper the National Intelligencer, mayor of Washington, D.C., and a regent of the Smithsonian. The pencil outline of Mrs. Schroeders dress makes her portrait appear unfinished, as the lower portion of her dress is without color. Richard Morell Staigg used a similar... |
![]() | Berniah Willet by John Mix Stanley ca. 1853 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Stanley, John Mix | |
![]() | Black Knife, An Apache Warrior by John Mix Stanley 1846 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Stanley, John Mix | |
![]() | Buffalo Hunt On The Southwestern Prairies by John Mix Stanley 1845 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Stanley, John Mix | |
![]() | Emeline Willet by John Mix Stanley ca. 1853 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Stanley, John Mix |
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