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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Walter Shirlaw by Frank Duveneck ca. 1873 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Duveneck, Frank | |
 | Walt Whitman by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1875 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | |
 | Walpi Pueblo by Eanger Irving Couse 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Couse, Eanger Irving |  Eanger Irving Couse painted this scene one year after his first trip to Taos. Like other eastern artists, he was especially struck by the intense light and stark contrasts of northern New Mexico. Couse painted Walpi Pueblo as a quick sketch, capturing the sudden, lonely chill that accompanies the clouds at higher elevations. |
 | Waiting For The Doctor by Robert Lee MacCameron 1910 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | MacCameron, Robert Lee | |
 | Vulture and Its Prey by Robert Scott Duncanson 1844 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Duncanson, Robert Scott | |
 | Visit Of The Prince Of Wales, President Buchanan, And Dignitaries To The Tomb Of Washington At Mount Vernon, October 1860 by Thomas Prichard Rossiter 1861 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Rossiter, Thomas Prichard | |
 | Visit of Nicodemus to Christ by John La Farge 1880 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | La Farge, John | |
 | Virgin Enthroned by Abbott Handerson Thayer 1891 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Thayer, Abbott Handerson | |
 | Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island by George Wesley Bellows 1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bellows, George Wesley | |
 | Village Scene near Albany, New York by James McDougal Hart 1850 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Hart, James McDougal | This image shows a small town to the west of James M. Hart’s home in Albany, New York. He preferred to paint intimate views of country life, rather than dramatic vistas of the wilderness, to show that man and nature could coexist in peace. In Village Scene, the comforting view of farm life, with its children, grazing cows, and picturesque... |
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