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William Shippen, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
late 18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
Moses Brown

Moses Brown

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1775-1800
Owner: Custom House Maritime Museum of Newburyport
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1777-1805
Owner: Library Company of Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
c. 1778-1802
Owner: Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1776-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1777-1800
Owner: American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1775-1800
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Samuel Stanhope Smith

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1775-1800
Owner: Princeton University

Nathanael Greene

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1770-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste Nini
Sculpture
1776-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
1770-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
1770-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benjamin Rush

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
late 18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

Richard Harrison

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Hugh Witt

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1776-1801
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt

William Dandridge Peck

John Ramage
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Maria Cosway

Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Louis Genatossio
Deborah Read Franklin

Deborah Read Franklin

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: UNLOCATED

Battle of La Hogue

Benjamin West
Painting
1778, retouched 1806
Owner: Yale Center for British Art

Alexander Gibson

John Vanderlyn
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Charles Frank Morgan
Unknown Lady (II)

Unknown Lady (II)

Henry Benbridge
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Private collection

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1775-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady with a Pearl Necklace

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1770-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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