| Preview | Description | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Madame Edouard Pailleron by John Singer Sargent 1879 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Sargent, John Singer | 
This is
Sargent's first full length portrait. Notice the change of focus of the grass
around her face compared to the trees and stone railing of the Madame
Pailleron's parents country estate at Ronjoux, Chambéry, Savoy in the
south of France where this was painted.
In 1880
Sargent showed this painting along with the subject painting... |
 | Mount Corcoran by Albert Bierstadt 1877. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Bierstadt, Albert | Description: View looking across a blue-green river with mountains on the opposite shore shrouded in low-hanging clouds. In the foreground a black bear lumbers toward the water's edge. In the sky above the sun breaks through the clouds, highlighting a snow-capped Mount Corcoran in the distance. |
 | The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt 1888. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Bierstadt, Albert | Description: Arid western landscape with an Indian on horseback about to thrust a spear into a buffalo charging at him from the side. To the left another buffalo eyes the scene as other Indians on horseback ride in from the right. In the foreground groups of dead bufflo lie on the ground, with the skeletal remains of others scattered around them. In... |
 | The Edge of the Forest by Asher Brown Durand 1871 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Durand, Asher Brown | Description: Landscape with a view toward a mountain on the distant horizon, seen through a break in a dense grove of trees. |
 | The House of Representatives by Samuel F.B. Morse 1822 - 1823 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Morse, Samuel F.B. | Before achieving fame as the inventor of the electromagnetic telegraph and the Morse code in the 1840s, Samuel F. B. Morse was best known as a major painter and as president of the National Academy of Design in New York City. His stock-in-trade as an artist was romantic portraiture. But he also painted two extraordinary subject pictures, The Gallery... |
 | An English Cod by William Merritt Chase 1904 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Chase, William Merritt | Description: Still life depicting a filleted cod fish draped across a ceramic plate, with two small fish resting nearby on the tabletop. In the background there is metal bucket. |
 | Lady with a Mask by Thomas Wilmer Dewing ca. 1907. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | Description: Interior scene depicting a seated female figure holding an Asian mask in her right hand. In the background there is a long narrow tapestry hanging on the wall. |
 | Tornado by Thomas Cole 1835. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Cole, Thomas | |
 | The Departure by Thomas Cole 1837. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Cole, Thomas | Description: View of figures on horseback riding through the ruins of a town, with a sunset in the distance. |
 | The Return by Thomas Cole 1837. Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | Cole, Thomas |
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