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American Paintings and Sculpture Highlights

The collection of American paintings, miniatures, and sculpture offers a teaching resource unparalleled in any university museum and is considered among the greatest public collections of American art in the nation.

Comfort Starr Mygatt (1763–1823) and Lucy Mygatt (1794–1885)
Mrs. Isaac Smith (née Elizabeth Storer, 1726–1786)
Isaac Smith (1719–1787)
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne
Lady Jean
American Interior
The Greek Slave
John Biglin in a Single Scull
Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras
A Game of Croquet
Old Mill (The Morning Bell)
Mrs. Hezekiah Beardsley (née Elizabeth Davis, 1748/49–1790)