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Portrait of a Young Girl with Dog

Justus Engelhardt Kuhn
Painting
c. 1715
Owner: Christie's New York

Mrs. Pierre Bacot

Henrietta Dering Johnston
Drawing
c. 1708-10
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. John Pitts

John Smibert
Painting
1735
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts

Woman of Tyng Family

John Smibert
Painting
1729
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Jacob Ten Broeck

Nehemiah Partridge
Painting
c. 1720
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

Rachel Longfield Lawrence

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1725
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Hannah Gardiner McSparran

John Smibert
Painting
1729?
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Sara Gansevoort

Sara Gansevoort

Nehemiah Partridge
Painting
1720
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

Rachel Hooper Cabell

School of Godfrey Kneller
Painting
early 18th century
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Elizabeth Van Brugh

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1730
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Portrait of a Woman, called Maria Taylor Byrd

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1700-25
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Lynde

Pollard Limner
Painting
c. 1730
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Margaret Howarden Livingston

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1720-30
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Lady Wearing Pearl Neclace

Pieter Vanderlyn
Painting
c. 1720
Owner: Chrysler Museum of Art

Dorothy Quincy

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1730-40
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society

Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport)

John Smibert
Painting
c. 1730
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Unidentified Woman

J. Cooper
Painting
c. 1718
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Anna Cruger

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1725-30
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

Unidentified Woman and Children

J. Cooper
Painting
c. 1714-1718
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Maria Van Alen Van Alstyne

Schuyler Limner
Painting
1721
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Elihu Yale

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1700-25
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Unidentified Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1729
Owner: Private Collection

Benedict Leonard Calvert

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1720
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

De Peyster Girl With a Lamb

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1730-1735
Owner: New-York Historical Society

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