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Canal boats on the North River (now referred to as the Hudson River) in New York, illustration by William L. Stone and Cadwallader D. Colden, issued in 1825 to be presented to the Mayor of New York City to celebrate the completion of the...

DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), US politician and naturalist, oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt Peale, 1823. Clinton served in several political roles, including Mayor of New York City and Governor of New York. As the latter, he presided over...

A map of Erie Canal c. 1840. The canal, constructed between 1817 and 1825, stretches 363 miles (584 km) from the Hudson River at Albany, New York, to Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York.

A 1912 oil-on-canvas portrait by Juan Gris (1887-1927) of the painter Pablo Picasso. Gris here uses a Cubist approach to show Picasso from multiple perspectives, breaking up the standard portrait and reassembling the pieces to create an abstract...

A 1624 oil-on-canvas portrait by Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666) of an unknown man. The painting is widely known as "The Laughing Cavalier" because of his suggestion of a smile. Hals was known for capturing his subjects with a relaxed pose and...

A 1964 portrait by Andy Warhol (1928-87) of the US actress and singer Marilyn Monroe (1926-62). The portrait was part of a series using variations of colour. Warhol, explaining the idea of creating variations, said: “The more you look at...

A modern, commercialized Kokopelli figure. Image by Booyabazooka, 2010. This is actually a figure of a kachina flute player which, according to the lore of the Pueblo peoples, is not Kokopelli.

Kokopelli petroglyph in New Mexico, USA, photograph by Carptrash, 2009. Most likely depicting another kachina spirit figure of the Pueblo peoples who has come to be identified with Kokopelli.

Kokopelli and Kokopelli Mana as depicted by the Hopi or Two Hopi Kachinas: Kookopölö, left, and his female counterpart Kokopölmana, right, from Hopi Katcinas Drawn by Native Artists, by Jesse Walter Fewkes, 1903.

Portrait of James Monroe as Secretary of State in 1816, the year he was elected president of the US. Oil on canvas portrait by John Vanderlyn, 1816. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.