Art
The National Museum of American History is not an art museum. But works of art fill its collections and testify to the vital place of art in everyday American life. The ceramics collections hold hundreds of examples of American and European art glass and pottery. Fashion sketches, illustrations, and prints are part of the costume collections. Donations from ethnic and cultural communities include many homemade religious ornaments, paintings, and figures. The Harry T Peters "America on Stone" collection alone comprises some 1,700 color prints of scenes from the 1800s. The National Quilt Collection is art on fabric. And the tools of artists and artisans are part of the Museum's collections, too, in the form of printing plates, woodblock tools, photographic equipment, and potters' stamps, kilns, and wheels.
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Camille Corot
- Location
- Currently not on view
- depicted (sitter)
- Corot, Camille-Jean-Baptiste
- ID Number
- 1983.0838.0067
- accession number
- 1983.0838
- catalog number
- 1983.0838.67
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of Pope Innocent the Tenth
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting attributed to Velasquez, once in the Cabinet at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Sent to the Hermitage Palace in 1779; sold to Andrew Mellon in 1930; since 1937 in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, as circle of Velazquez. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet: “Taken out for Cinc. Exhibition,” the Graphic Arts section of the Smithsonian’s exhibition at the Cincinnati Exposition of 1888.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1774
- artist attribution
- Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
- engraver
- Green, Valentine
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.62
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.62
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Catherine II Empress of Russia
- Description
- Frontispiece in George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol.1.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1787
- depicted (sitter)
- Catherine the Great
- original artist
- Roslin, Alexander
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- Boydell, Josiah
- engraver
- Watson, Caroline
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.01
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of Anne Lee, Marchioness of Wharton
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting by Peter Lely once in the Common Parlour at Houghton. Not included in the sale to Catherine II of Russia, although engraved for the volume of prints. Present location unknown. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Anne Lee (1659-1685), first wife of Thomas, Baron Wharton, was an accomplished poet who used the pseudonym Urania.
- date made
- 1776
- engraver
- Earlom, Richard
- original artist
- Lely, Peter
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- delineator
- Boydell, Josiah
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.64
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.64
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap with a shawl about his shoulders
- Description
- Trimmed inside plate mark. "Rembrandt " lightly etched at upper left. Ref. NHD 210, state I?; Hind 157, Bartsch 26, Biorklund-Barnard 38-1.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.39
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.39
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of a young man
- Description
- Engraving after painting by Frans Hals once in the Common Parlour at Houghton. Sent to the Hermitage Palace; sold to Andrew Mellon in 1930 and now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Once considered a self-portrait of the Dutch artist; sitter not identified.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1777
- original artist
- Hals, Frans
- engraver
- Michel, Jean Baptiste
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.70
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.70
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Gustave Courbet
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Lemercier & Cie
- ID Number
- 1983.0838.0056
- accession number
- 1983.0838
- catalog number
- 1983.0838.56
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Woman in an Armchair
- Description
- Mezzotint after painting once in the Gallery at Houghton. Formerly attributed to Peter Paul Rubens. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, attributed to Cornelis de Vos. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1778
- artist attribution
- Rubens, Peter Paul
- engraver
- Watson, James
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- artist attribution
- Vos, Cornelis de
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.80
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.80
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of an Old Woman
- Description
- Mezzotint after original painting by Rembrandt once in the Common Parlour at Houghton. Now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, with descriptive title, Portrait of an Old Woman. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet indicates print was taken out for Cincinnati Exhibition, 1888.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1777
- engraver
- Earlom, Richard
- original artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.65
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.65
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of Abraham van der Doort
- Description
- Mezzotint from original painting by William Dobson once in the Cabinet at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, with corrected title as Portrait of Abraham van der Doort. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet: “Taken out for framing '94.” SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed on lower left inside plate mark.
- [Abraham van der Doort, died 1640, Surveyor of the King's Pictures]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1776
- engraver
- Green, Valentine
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- original artist
- Dobson, William
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.61
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.61
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of a man
- Description
- Engraving after painting by Salvator Rosa once in the Common Parlour at Houghton. Now in State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Print tipped onto sheet bound in George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Captioned by Boydell as a Captain of Bandits; now identified as a male portrait but considered possibly a self-portrait of Rosa.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1777
- original artist
- Rosa, Salvator
- engraver
- Michel, Jean Baptiste
- delineator
- Farington, George
- publisher
- Boydell, John
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.02.71
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.02.71
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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The Painter
- Description
- Trimmed inside plate mark. Reversed copy of a [self-]portrait of the artist Willem Drost, a pupil of Rembrandt. From Recueil Basan, published ca 1790. Once attributed to Rembrandt. Ref. Biorklund-Barnard Reject 62.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- n.d.
- artist attribution
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- etcher
- Drost, Willem
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.41
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.41
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Igor Stravinsky
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- depicted (sitter)
- Stravinsky, Igor
- maker
- Newman, Arnold
- ID Number
- PG.69.233.14
- catalog number
- 69.233.14
- accession number
- 288722
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Enlarged Contact Sheet of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
- Description
- Jacqueline Kennedy once remarked that, President Kennedy was more comfortable speaking to thousands of people than sitting in front of a camera. Throughout the twelve frames of the contact sheet, one can see Jacqueline's efforts to try to get her husband to relax a little.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1961-01-03
- depicted
- Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier
- Kennedy, John F.
- photographer
- Avedon, Richard
- maker
- Avedon, Richard
- ID Number
- PG.67.102.064
- accession number
- 270571
- catalog number
- 67.102.64
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Picasso
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- depicted (sitter)
- Picasso, Pablo Ruiz
- maker
- Lartigue, Jacques Henri
- ID Number
- 1986.1028.02
- accession number
- 1986.1028
- catalog number
- 1986.1028.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Bust of Young Woman
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca. 1850
- date made
- c. 1830-1850
- associated date
- 1830 - 1850
- ID Number
- 1983.0150.02
- accession number
- 1983.0150
- catalog number
- 1983.0150.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Rembrandt in cap, open mouthed
- Description
- Trimmed inside plate mark. Copy in same direction by unknown artist after Rembrandt. "Rembrandt fecit" etched at lower left. See NHD 69; Hind 32; Biorklund-Barnard 30-Q.This copy has larger eyes and other differences.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- n.d.
- original artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- ID Number
- 1978.0534.37
- accession number
- 1978.0534
- catalog number
- 1978.0534.37
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of Teresia Phillips
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1748
- original artist
- Highmore, Joseph
- graphic artist
- Faber, John
- ID Number
- GA.14333
- accession number
- 94830
- catalog number
- 14333
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Mrs. Philip Nicklin (Juliana Chew)
- Description (Brief)
- See also 14126. Printed beneath the image, left: "Gilbert Stuart Pinx."; right, "S J Ferris Sc"; "Mrs. Philip Nicklin (Juliana Chew), from the original in the possession of her granddaughter Mrs. Charlotte Dallas Murrell Philadelphia". In pencil at bottom right: "3". Print has letterpress overlay; it may have been published in American Art Review. In pencil at bottom left: "A.l. print"; right: "$2.50".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- last quarter of 1800s
- graphic artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- original artist
- Stuart, Gilbert
- ID Number
- GA.14526.01
- catalog number
- 14526.01
- accession number
- 94830
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema
- Description
- Paul Rajon etched the portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) during one of his annual six-month visits to England. Rajon first visited England in 1873 to execute a commission. He etched some original portraits, but most of his prints reproduced paintings by contemporary artists and old masters for publications. Alma-Tadema, a Dutch-born painter of neoclassical pictures, enjoyed a considerable success on the Continent and decided to move to London where his work was enthusiastically appreciated from the 1860s to 1890s. This print was intended not only for the European market but also for the United States, and it carries a U.S. copyright line. Rajon etched Alma-Tadema’s paintings as well as his portrait.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1883
- graphic artist
- Rajon, Paul-Adolphe
- publisher
- Knoedler & Co.
- British and Foreign Artists' Association
- ID Number
- GA.14592
- catalog number
- 14592
- accession number
- 94830
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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