MFA Images: American HistoryExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/1039477/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAbraham LincolnModeled in 1916, cast in 1987Daniel Chester French1988.28541769/internal/media/dispatcher/774771/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAdmiral Porter's Gunboats Passing the Red River Dam, Louisiana1864James Madison Alden59.927174025/internal/media/dispatcher/738093/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAlexander Hamilton1806John Trumbull94.16731047/internal/media/dispatcher/1028805/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAndrew Jacksonmid-19th centuryGabriel Miesse2006.1297317098/internal/media/dispatcher/774705/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAttack at Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, July 18631863Unidentified artist, American, 19th century60.1083258927/internal/media/dispatcher/1044192/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Battle of Bunker Hillabout 1776–77Winthrop Chandler1982.28134496/internal/media/dispatcher/1110771/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CA Battle Scene from Knickerbocker's History of New York1838John Quidor48.46833214/internal/media/dispatcher/987007/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Blanket Signal1909Frederic Remington1993.55435583/internal/media/dispatcher/768593/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CBlue Coats in Bivouac on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee1863Unidentified artist, American, 19th century55.802158083/internal/media/dispatcher/978116/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CBombardment of Forts Hatteras & Clark, By The U.S. Fleet1861Francis Garland62.111267633/internal/media/dispatcher/783335/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Boston Massacre1770Paul Revere, Jr.67.1165171062/internal/media/dispatcher/1028763/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775after 1815–before 1831John Trumbull1977.85334260/internal/media/dispatcher/605572/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CDeparture of the 7th Regiment, N.Y.S.M., April 19, 18611861George Hayward51.2785157914/internal/media/dispatcher/852101/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Drummer Boyabout 1862William Morris Hunt66.105533985/internal/media/dispatcher/1115967/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CEmblem of Sargis Lodge1880sCharles Sidney Raleigh69.136234069/internal/media/dispatcher/765824/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CEngagement Between the "Constitution" and the "Guerrière"1813Thomas Birch1978.15934269/internal/media/dispatcher/605514/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CEntrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment (Colored) into Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 18651865Thomas Nast59.940157839/internal/media/dispatcher/978115/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CFort Hatteras Just Before the Surrender1861Theodor Kaufmann55.858158286/internal/media/dispatcher/899971/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeneral Francis Marion Inviting A British Officer to Share His Meal or The Swamp Foxabout 1810John Blake White1971.15534106/internal/media/dispatcher/1012918/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washington1810Gilbert Stuart29.78832340/internal/media/dispatcher/857380/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washingtonafter 1824Rembrandt Peale30.47432377/internal/media/dispatcher/1539004/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washingtonafter 1805Gilbert Stuart42.54332853/internal/media/dispatcher/891787/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washington1796Gilbert Stuart1980.134341/internal/media/dispatcher/1028804/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washingtonmid-19th centuryGabriel Miesse2006.1296317097/internal/media/dispatcher/1028810/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGeorge Washington in British Regular uniform and two Officers1825–50Henry Warren2006.1303473296/internal/media/dispatcher/979940/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CGrant's First Attack at VicksburgMay 19, 1863Unidentified artist, American, 19th century61.362259084/internal/media/dispatcher/987005/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Great Good Man1942Marsden Hartley1990.37635046/internal/media/dispatcher/672408/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CHead of Washingtonabout 1795–98Charles Willson Peale74.2930874/internal/media/dispatcher/782556/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CHudson Bay Trading Post on Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana Territory1865–67Peter Peterson Tofft53.2464158491/internal/media/dispatcher/799728/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CAn Incident of the Revolution1831Jacob Eichholtz47.114933026/internal/media/dispatcher/970863/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CIndians near Fort Laramieabout 1859Albert Bierstadt48.41133165/internal/media/dispatcher/678975/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CJohn Adamsafter 1783John Singleton Copley23.18032006/internal/media/dispatcher/1163998/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CJohn Hancock1765John Singleton CopleyL-R 30.76d30882/internal/media/dispatcher/738092/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CJohn Quincy Adams1796John Singleton Copley17.107731586/internal/media/dispatcher/1115886/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Landing of William Pennabout 1850Thomas Birch47.117933052/internal/media/dispatcher/835030/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CLife-mask of George Washington1741–1828Jean-Antoine Houdon88.65555190/internal/media/dispatcher/686540/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CLincoln Crushing the Dragon of Rebellion1862David Gilmour Blythe48.41333167/internal/media/dispatcher/774984/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CLincoln Reading the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinetabout 1862–63Alonzo Chappel57.326168901/internal/media/dispatcher/691576/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CLt. Huntington Frothingham Wolcott1867William Morris Hunt67.7633992/internal/media/dispatcher/790184/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CMartha Washington (Martha Dandridge Custis)1796Gilbert Stuart1980.234342/internal/media/dispatcher/1029520/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CThe Passage of the Delaware1819Thomas Sully03.107931231/internal/media/dispatcher/1028760/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CPat Lyon at the Forge1826–27John Neagle1975.80634216/internal/media/dispatcher/1626094/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CPaul Revere1768John Singleton Copley30.78132401/internal/media/dispatcher/885995/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CPaul Revere1813Gilbert Stuart30.78232402/internal/media/dispatcher/1216572/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CPlaying Old Soldier1863Winslow Homer43.12932873/internal/media/dispatcher/972391/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CPresident Abraham Lincolndated 19092005.1149473563/internal/media/dispatcher/1028809/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CRed Coat Shooting a Colonial1825–50Henry Warren2006.1302473295/internal/media/dispatcher/780002/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CScalp dance of the Dacotahs1850Seth Eastman52.1609157883/internal/media/dispatcher/976196/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CSergeant William Russell, 5th Battalion, Royal Artiller1856Robert Howlett1992.513265591/internal/media/dispatcher/1679633/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CSheridan's Ride1871Thomas Buchanan Read1983.59434593/internal/media/dispatcher/783105/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CSnake Indian Pursuing a Crow Horse Thiefabout 1860Alfred Jacob Miller58.11494923/internal/media/dispatcher/782553/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CSt. Ignatius Mission, Montana Territory1865–67Peter Peterson Tofft53.2466158498/internal/media/dispatcher/1028807/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CTriumphal Entry of General George Washingtonabout 1870Michael Angelo Wageman2006.1301473294/internal/media/dispatcher/1718547/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CUS Army Cavalry Regiment with Horses Standing on Giant Cedararound 1900Unidentified artist, American, 19th century2002.811398615/internal/media/dispatcher/1396467/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CWar Ground1863Alfred Jacob Miller48.45433200/internal/media/dispatcher/1028808/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CWashington Entering Trentonabout 1870Michael Angelo Wageman2006.1300473293/internal/media/dispatcher/759083/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=5F538F140ABA925AD6C8424CF6C16F9CWinter, Richmond, Indiana1859–60Lefevre James Cranstone51.2517157776