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Battle of New Orleans

Battle of New Orleans

Joseph Yeager
Print
1817
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Edward the Black Prince Receiving John, King of France ... The Battle of Portiers

Benjamin West
Drawing
1788
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Jonathan Spilsbury
Print
c. 1765
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton

Elizabeth Emmet
Painting
c. 1815
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Edward Savage
Print
1793
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Benjamin West

Benjamin West
Painting
1819
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self Portrait

Benjamin West
Painting
1793
Owner: The Brook
Benjamin West and Family

Benjamin West and Family

George & Johan Facius
Print
1779
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Benjamin West and Elizabeth Shewell West

Benjamin West
Painting
1806
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Benjamin West

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1758-59
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Robert Fulton

Elizabeth Emmet
Painting
1815?
Owner: American Antiquarian Society

Fishing Party or Group of Anglers at Harleyford Thames

Joseph Farington
Painting
1792-95
Owner: Victoria Art Gallery

Penn's Treaty With Indians

Edward Hicks
Painting
1840-45
Owner: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
Benjamin West and Family

Benjamin West and Family

D. P. Pariset
Print
1781
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Benjamin West

Sir Thomas Lawrence
Painting
c. 1820-21
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Benjamin West

Henry Bone
Painting
1801
Owner: National Gallery of Ireland

Charles Willson Peale

Adrian Lamb
Painting
1975
Owner: Maryland State Art Collection

Benjamin West

Sir Thomas Lawrence
Painting
c. 1810-20
Owner: Dartmouth College

Isaac Jones

Joseph Badger
Painting
c. 1756
Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Benjamin West
Painting
1783
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Benjamin West

Washington Allston
Painting
1814
Owner: Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Charlotte Sophia

Charlotte Sophia

Benjamin West
Painting
1777
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Benjamin West

Edward F. Peticolas
Drawing
c. 1816
Owner: Valentine Museum

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