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Fine Arts Museum: Teachers' Guide to American Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide focuses on twenty-four paintings from the impressive collection of American art housed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The earliest work, a portrait of the children of a Puritan family, dates from 1670. The last piece...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Portrait Miniatures of Eighteenth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on American portrait miniature paintings of the eighteenth century.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Stuart: Landsdowne Portrait [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of Gilbert Stuart's famous standing portrait of George Washington known as the "Landsdowne Portrait."
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Copley: Paul Revere [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of Copley's famous portrait of Paul Revere.