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Grey Day

by Walter Granville Smith

1919
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 44 1/4 in. (92.0 x 112.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Smith, Walter Granville 
Mountain Landscape (1)

by William Louis Sonntag

1854
oil on canvas
51 1/4 x 41 1/8 in. (130.1 x 104.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Sonntag, William Louis 
Benjamin Rush Spencer

by Lilly Martin Spencer

1848-1852
pencil on paper
sheet: 19 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (48.9 x 39.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Spencer, Lilly Martin 
We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian)

by Lilly Martin Spencer

1869
oil on canvas
72 x 53 3/4 in. (182.9 x 136.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Spencer, Lilly Martinnotes
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
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.3 x 18.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Staigg, Richard Morrellnotes
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
watercolor and pencil on paper
9 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.1 x 18.0 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Staigg, Richard Morrellnotes
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
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 26 3/4 in. (86.8 x 67.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Stanley, John Mix 
Black Knife, An Apache Warrior

by John Mix Stanley

1846
oil on canvas
42 1/2 x 52 in. (107.8 x 132.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Stanley, John Mix 
Buffalo Hunt On The Southwestern Prairies

by John Mix Stanley

1845
oil on canvas
40 1/2 x 60 3/4 in. (102.9 x 154.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Stanley, John Mix 
Emeline Willet

by John Mix Stanley

ca. 1853
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (86.7 x 68.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Stanley, John Mix 
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