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John Dickinson

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: State of Delaware, Bureau of Museums and Historic Sites

Roger Sherman

William Verstille
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Brooklyn Historical Society
George Walton

George Walton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Private collection
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Henry White

Henry White

John Singleton Copley
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Museum of the City of New York
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1779
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Le Général Washington

Noël Le Mire
Print
c. 1780
Owner: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

William Messervy

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Richard Henry Lee

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

Isaac Carleton

John Ramage
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: New-York Historical Society
George Washington

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Private collection
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Victor Dupin
Print
c. 1778
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1777
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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

Washington and his Generals at Yorktown

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Nicholas Cochin
Drawing
c. 1777
Owner: Yale University, Franklin Collection

Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller

Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts

George Clymer

John Ramage
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of Samuel Fraunces

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum

William Temple Franklin

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
c. 1783
Owner: American Philosophical Society

Robert Burton

John Ramage
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Lewes Historical Society
Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1783
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

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    • Pollard, Robert  25
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