The 29 American paintings in this group include a portrait by Gilbert Stuart, a Hudson River valley scene by William Louis Sonntag, an intimate scene of a boating party by Albert Bierstadt, a very fine oil sketch by Sanford Robinson Gifford, and an impressionist-inspired landscape by Walter Griffin. Paintings by Ralph Albert Blakelock and John Henry Twachtman represent the tonalist approach to landscape. The Shawl by Charles Sprague Pearce is an excellent example of an American working in Paris, while Diana by Kenyon Cox represents the academic tradition of working from the nude.

Nineteen paintings are French. Most notable among these are Orpheus Greeting the Dawn by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The Artist's Studio by Auguste-Xavier Leprince, and Étretat by Eugène Boudin. Benjamin Leader, Daniel Maclise, and John Linnel represent British Victorian painting. In addition, there are 17 paintings by Italian, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Russian and Swiss artists. Of the latter group, a harbor view by Johan Christian Dahl, The Strike of the Blacksmiths by Theodor Esser, and The Fall of Novgorod by Klaudii Vasilievich Lebedev are especially notable.

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