American Folk Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds 564 American Folk Art works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1760 to 1945. The collection is led by James Peale, Thomas Seir Cummings and William P. Chappel.
Mrs. Noah Smith and Her Children
The Constitution and the Guerriere
Emma Homan
Lake George and the Village of Caldwell
James Badger
Conversation Piece
Mrs. Mayer and Daughter
Watson Van Benthuysen II and Thomas Van Benthuysen
Molly Wales Fobes
Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott)
The Starbird Children
Paul Joseph Revere
Beauty Revealed
Mrs. Cephas Thompson (Olivia Leonard)
Sally Sanford Perit
Mrs. A. Otis
Self portrait
Mrs. Joseph Cooper (Mary Justice)
Mrs. William Gordon Ver Planck and Her Son Samuel Hopkins Ver Planck
The Family of John Q. Aymar
Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman (Rebekah Biddle)
Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)
Summer Flowers
The Falls of Niagara
Trappers
Mrs. Jacob Gerard Koch (Jane Griffith)
Mary R. Whitlock
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Jonathan Pinkney, Jr. (Elizabeth Munroe)
Portrait of a Lady
Memorial painting
Mrs. Thomas Brewster Coolidge
Hot Corn Seller
Firemen's Washing Day
Dr. Francis Kinloch Huger
Peaceable Kingdom
Black Hawk
John Haviland
Mrs. Daniel Strobel Jr. (Anna Church)
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Warren Rogers (Julie Francoise Gabrielle d'Anterroches)
Lobster Fishermen
Portrait of a Boy
Mrs. John Adams Conant
Militia Drilling
Bull's Head Tavern
Mrs. Teakes
Portrait of a Lady
Charles Henry Hall
Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland
Alice Goudry
Strawberry Pedlar
Portrait of a Lady
Still Life with Cake
Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co
Janet Halleck Drake
Washington's Triumphal Entry into New York
Portrait of a Little Girl Picking Grapes
The Children of Nathan Starr
Mrs. Anstis Stone
Philip Slade
The Greek Lovers
Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks
The Alling Children
Portrait of Three Boys
House Raising
Mrs. Thomas Larcombe (Anna Smith)
From My Studio Window
Mrs. George Burroughs (Mary Fullerton)
Corn Husking
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
Fly Market
Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot
Mary House
View of the Battery, New York
Self-Portrait
Edward Livingston
Still Life: Peaches, Apple, and Pear
Mrs. John Montgomery (Sarah Diemer)
The Williamson Family
Mrs. Oswald John Cammann (Catherine Navarre Macomb)
Portrait of a Lady
Henry Inman
Edward Kellogg
Portrait of the Artist
Infant Funeral Procession
Portrait of a Boy
Catherine Brooks Hall
Mrs. James Lowndes (Catherine Osborn)
Nathaniel Pearce
Self-portrait
William Young
Robert Dickey
Jasper Ely Cropsey
Charles Goldsborough
John Neagle
Daniel Webster
Gulian Verplanck
William Burrows
Theophylact Bache
Wall Street, Half Past Two, October 13, 1857
Edward S. Dodge
Story of Golden Locks
James Fowle Baldwin
The North Dutch Church, Fulton and William Streets, New York
Landscape
Mrs. Manigault Heyward (Susan Hayne Simmons)
Benjamin Chew Wilcocks
Pater Patriae
Tea Party
General Andrew Jackson
Thomas Macdonough
Portrait of a Young Woman
Portrait of a Lady
Stephen Salisbury
The Garbage Cart
Susan Poinsett
Henry Clay
Self-portrait
Joel Roberts Poinsett
The Plantation
Eliza Hall
Bélizaire and the Frey Children
Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (Cornelia Paterson)
Self Portrait
Daniel Webster
Mary Inman
Martha Stewart Wilson
Gouverneur Morris
Self-portrait
John Ludlow Morton
Liberty
Mrs. Richard Peters (Abigail Willing)
Stephen Van Rensselaer
De Witt Clinton
Catherine Augusta Wilmerding
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York
John Payne Todd
Self-portrait
Mrs. Robert Dickey (Anne Brown)
John Grimes
Self Portrait
Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (Cornelia Paterson)
Mrs. Nicholas Fish (Elizabeth Stuyvesant)
Portrait of a Lady and Child
Self Portrait
Mrs. Marinus Willett and Her Son Marinus, Jr.
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.
Dr. Valentine Mott
George Bethune
Mrs. Robert Watts (Matilda Ridley)
Charles Floyd
Robert Gilmor Sr.
The Haunted House
Mrs. Robert Macomb (Mary Cornell Pell )
Mrs. James G. Almy (Myra Eliot)
Robert Macomb
Berg's Ship Yard
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Portrait of an Officer
Anne Catherine Ward and John Ward
Samuel Baldwin Ludlow
Martin Van Buren
Still Life: Peaches and Grapes
Portrait of a Lady
Anthony Bleecker
General George Eliott
James G. Almy
Mr. Boardman
Leete Farm, West Claremont, New Hampshire
John Langdon Sullivan
Frederick Gore King
Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. David Cadwallader Colden
Aunt Rhoda
Young Husband: First Marketing
Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)
The Claremont
Mrs. George Ingersoll (Martha Goldthwaite)
Spring
The Pride of the Village
Hudson's Bay Lemming
Robert Dugan
Panel of George Washington
The Children of Homer Ramsdell, Esq.
Jacob Gerard Koch
Daughter of William Page (Probably Mary Page)
The American Star (George Washington)
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
Victorian Interior II
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
The Third Avenue Railroad Depot
Stephen Danforth Hassam
George Washington
Edward Blake Parkman
Portrait of George Washington
A Bit of War History: The Recruit
George Washington
Kate Roselie Dodge
The Death of the First Born
The Flower Girl
Portrait of a Girl
General Winfield Scott
Baby with Rattle and Dog
A Bit of War History: The Contraband
George Washington
Chimney Sweeps
Mrs. John A. Brown (Grace Brown)
Portrait of a Gentleman
The Daughters of Daniel T. MacFarlan
Portrait of a Lady
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
General Andrew Jackson
The Lamp Lighter
The Studio
The Baker's Wagon
Portrait of a Gentleman
Henry Larcom Abbot
The Knapp Children
Portrait of a Lady
William Smallwood
Augustus Washington Clason
George Washington
View of the Bay and City of New York from Weehawken
Speakeasy
Mrs. John Nightingale (Martha Washington Greene)
John Pickering
Still Life: Balsam Apple and Vegetables
Washington Allston
Portrait of a Boy
The Wages of War
Tableau of Indian Faces
The Reverend John Brodhead Romeyn
Jean Pierre Barre
Christopher Colles
John Henry Remsen
Mrs. Annie C. Hyde
Portrait of a Gentleman
Powell Macrae
Dr. Samuel A. Bemis
Benjamin West (fragment from a portrait)
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady
Benjamin Daniel Greene
City Watchman
Benson John Lossing
Mrs. Williams
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
The Antiquary
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Gentleman
Alexander Anderson
Warren Rogers
Philip Van Cortlandt
Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Mr. Fitzgerald
Alice Cushman
Portrait of a Lady
Lazarus M. Goldsmith
Colonel James Elliott McPherson
Portrait of a Lady
Charles Leland
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Baby
Tragedy of the Sea
Portrait of a Gentleman
John Wood Dodge
Mrs. George Henry Loring (Amalia Heredia)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mrs. Luman Reed
Portrait of a Gentleman
Uncle Charles
Mrs. George P. Burne
Portrait of a Lady
Job Perit
Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)
Edward Coverly
George Henry Loring
Mrs. John Sevier, Jr. (Rebecca Richards)
A. L. Clements
Dr. Henry Nicolls Kitchin
Old Pat, the Independent Beggar
Hannah P. Moore
Mr. Hagner
Portrait of a Boy
John Inman
Rudolphus Bogert
Henry La Tourette de Groot
Cyrus Mansfield
George Catlin
Portrait of a Lady (Possibly of the Buloid Family)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Thomas Storm
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mrs. Thomas Sully (Sarah Annis)
Mrs. A. L. Clements (Mary Louisa Wells)
Sharp Delany
Humphry Howland
Portrait of a Gentleman
Charles A. Macy
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
John Henry Adam
William Henry Tallmadge
Portrait of a Child
Mrs. William Wortley Worsley (Rebecca Smith)
Mr. Cook
Portrait of a Gentleman
Sarah Ann Beck
J. W. Gale
Egyptian Scene (possibly Moses and Zipporah)
Mrs. Samuel Russell (Frances Ann Osborne )
Daniel Strobel, Jr.
William Boerum
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Sarah Cornell Clarkson (Mrs. William Richmond)
Martin Van Buren
Mrs. John Wood Dodge (Mary Louise Dodge)
William Popham
Portrait of a Gentleman
Lover's Eyes
William Edward Wilmerding
Adaline Peters Brown
Jonathan Pinkney, Jr.
Portrait of a Gentleman
Pryor Smallwood
Gentleman of the Hale Family
Gustavus Adolphus Rollins
Portrait of a Lady
Brock Livingston Delaplaine
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Powell MacRae
Mrs. Fox
Gorham L. Freeman
Eunice Harriet Brigham
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Edward Ranstead Jones
Portrait of a Gentleman
Peter Gilman Odlin
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Lady
The Bracelet
James O. Owens
Charles Henry Augustus Carter
Mrs. Warren Rogers
Mrs. Francis Stanton Blake
Levinus Clarkson
Miss Foote
Portrait of a Lady
A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family
Nancy Kellogg
Robert Stuart
James Smith Livingston
Portrait of a Man
Bishop William White
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mary Ann Garrits
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mr. Clark of Chester, New York
Mary Kellogg
George Wood
Clarissa Storrs
Mercy's Dream
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Francis Lucas Waddell
The Thomas Hunt and the America
Beulah Elmy Twining (Mrs. Torbert)
Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family
Levi Hale Willard
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Baby
Sarah Annis Sully (Mrs. Thomas Sully)
L. P. Church
Portrait of a Gentleman
John Quincy Adams
Samuel Humes
Mrs. William Thomas
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of Delight
Portrait of a Lady
Henry L. Taylor
Mrs. John Biddle (Eliza Falconer Bradish)
Mrs. Joseph White (Elizabeth Stone)
Eye of Maria Miles Heyward
Benjamin Kintzing
Mrs. Ethan Stone (Abigail Maria Storrs)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Isaac O'Brien L. McPherson
Rufus Morse Newhall
Mrs. John Cox (Mrs. Thankful Harris Gore)
Mrs. William Loring Andrews
Francis Depau
George Weaver
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Tobacco Sign
Portrait of a Gentleman
David Clarkson
Henry Clay
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Lady
Henry Peters Gray
Portrait of a Gentleman
Captain John Lovejoy
Rip Van Winkle
James Stuart
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mrs. James Bleecker (Sarah Bache)
Woman with a Muff
Mr. McKinley
Portrait of a Lady
Lieutenant Colonel Elias Parker
Portrait of a Gentleman
Richard Thomas III
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
George Washington
Elizabeth Freeman Duran
Portrait of a Gentleman
Maria Margaretta Oswald
Portrait of a Gentleman
Jubal Anderson Early
Maurice Levy
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mrs. McKinley
Mrs. Edward Kellogg
Mrs. James Merrill Cook
Moses Cox
Frederick Kuhl
Mary Elizabeth Snow
Portrait of a Gentleman
Curtis Clay
Portrait of a Gentleman
Moses Pond
Portrait of a Lady
Sarah Louisa Jenkins
Ida Cushman
Ebenezer Slocum Burling
Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Gentleman
Joseph Barrell, Jr. (1765-1801)
William Jonas Keen
Portrait of a Lady
William Loughton Smith
Basin Street
Edward Parkman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Victorian Interior I
Mrs. Adrian Baucker Holmes
Portrait of a Gentleman
Miss Bruce
Henry G. Stebbins
Samuel Low
Banquet in Silence
Portrait of a Child
Benjamin Moore McVickar
Mrs. Samuel Vaughan
Mr. Pierce
Portrait of a Gentleman
Rev. Christopher Edwards Gadsden
Augustus Vallette Van Horne, Jr.
Mrs. Daniel Parkman (Mary George McDonough)
James Bogert, Jr.
Reverend William Lupton Johnson
William Udall
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of a Gentleman
Anthony Wayne Robinson
Portrait of a Gentleman
Rebecca Wetherill
Mrs. Albert Bridges (Eliza Kimball )
Daniel Webster
Mrs. Henry Scudder Plat (Maria Frisbie)
Mrs. Christopher Grant Perry (Frances Sargeant)
Benjamin West
Stephen Thorn
Benjamin Lincoln
Mrs. Thomas Dillard (Matilda Kuhl)
Memorial to Jane Amanda Fenn
The U. S. Ship Franklin, with a View of the Bay of New York
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Alvan Clark (Maria Pease)
Joseph Stevens Buckminster Thacher
John Walsh
John Adams Conant
Portrait of a Gentleman
Mrs. Jean Pierre Barre
Johannis Van Kouwenhoven
New York from the Harbor Showing the Battery and Castle Garden
Ocean Life
Collect Pond, New York City
A Ferry Scene on the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry, near Havre de Grace
Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery
Miss Emeline Parker of Lowell, Massachusetts
Canton Waterfront (The Hongs at Canton)
Joanna de Silva
Heart's Ease
Marine
United States Military Academy at West Point, Looking North
James Merrill Cook
American Eagle on Red Scroll
Bay and Harbor from near Fort Castle William
Door Knob
A Bit of War History: The Veteran
Memorial to Peter Philip Walter
Ellen Vanderpoel McCoy
Exhibition of Indian Tribal Ceremonies at the Olympic Theater, Philadelphia
Hector Taking Leave of His Family
The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia
Union Park, New York
New York from the Heights near Brooklyn
Cherry Laurel (Mock Orange) Bough
Tree
The Young Fisherman
United States and Macedonian
Hope
Fight Between the U.S. Frigate President and H.B.M. Endymion, January 15, 1814
Perry's Victory
The Abraham Pixler Family
Shop and Warehouse of Duncan Phyfe, 168–172 Fulton Street, New York City
View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City
View on the Hudson River (Copy after Engraving by Weld and S. Springsguth in Weld, Travels Through the States of North America, 1807)
Cypress Bough
A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
Village Scene with Dutch Colonial Figures (from Hosack Album)
Indian Figure in Profile
Lady Seated in a Boston Rocker
At the Waterfall
View of New York from Hoboken
View of the Capitol
The Whiskey Rebellion
Screen: "Porcupines" and "Nightmare"
Gabriel V. Ludlow
The Falls of Niagara (Copy after an Engraving in The Port Folio Magazine, March 1810)
Yellow Roses
Travel by Stagecoach Near Trenton, New Jersey
A Woodland Scene (The Sun Reflecting on the Dew, a Garden Scene: Echo, Pennsylvania, A Place belonging to Mr. D. Bavarage, 1808)
Interior of a Lottery
Fourth of July in Centre Square, Philadelphia
May Thy Voyage Be Prosperous
Chancel of Trinity Chapel, New York
The Packet "Mohawk of Albany" Passing the Palisades
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Otis and Child
The Ship "Macon"
A Brittany Beadle—Sketch from Nature
Vechte House at Gowannus, Brooklyn, New York
Black Sawyers Working in front of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Indian Antiquities (Copy after Engraving in American Medical and Philosophical Register, 1812)