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John Banister

Robert Feke
Painting
1748
Owner: Toledo Museum of Art

John Mercer

John Hesselius
Painting
c. 1750
William Pepperrell

William Pepperrell

John Smibert
Painting
1746
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Robert Morris, Sr.

John Hesselius
Painting
c. 1742
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Richard Penn

Joseph Highmore
Painting
c. 1744
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Samuel Brailsford

Samuel Brailsford

Jeremiah Theus
Painting
c. 1750
Owner: Mrs. Brailsford T. Nightingale

Frederick Philipse

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1750
Owner: Colby College Museum of Art

Gershom Flagg, IV

Robert Feke
Painting
c. 1741
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Ralph V. Wormeley

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1750
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1750-1923
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Edward Holyoke

Edward Holyoke

Unidentified Artist
Print
1749
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Stephen Greenleaf

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1749-67
Owner: Historic Deerfield

Joseph Turner

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1752
Owner: Chester County Historical Society

Charles Apthorpe

Robert Feke
Painting
1748
Owner: Cleveland Museum of Art

John Gidley, Jr.

Robert Feke
Painting
1741-44
Owner: Newport Historical Society

Landon Carter

Charles Bridges
Painting
mid 18th century
Owner: Rev. T. Dabney Wellford Owner: R. Carter Wellford

Philip Wilkinson

John Smibert
Painting
c. 1740-50
Owner: Redwood Library & Athenaeum

John Ellery

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1735-40
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
William Walton

William Walton

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1750
Owner: New-York Historical Society

John Bolling, Jr.

Gustavus Hesselius
Painting
1735-40
Owner: College of William & Mary

James Bowdoin

Joseph Badger
Painting
c. 1747
Owner: Bowdoin College
John Penn

John Penn

Joseph Highmore
Painting
1744
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Charles Chambers

John Smibert
Painting
1743
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

John Rowe

Robert Feke
Painting
1748-50
Owner: Gilcrease Museum

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