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Lady Wearing a Large White Cap

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Sir Grenville Temple

Sir Grenville Temple

John Trumbull
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society

Gilbert Van Cortlandt

John Ramage
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Esther Gerrish Carpenter

Esther Gerrish Carpenter

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum
Edmund Jenings

Edmund Jenings

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1776
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Arthur St Clair

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1782
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
Silhouette Machine

Silhouette Machine

Rudolph Schellenburg
Print
c. 1783
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of William Greenbaum

Abraham Brinckerhoff

William Dunlap
Painting
c. 1780

John Leake

John Wollaston
Painting
c. 1770-80
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

Unidentified Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Noble Wimberly Jones

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1781
Owner: Telfair Museums

William Murray

John Singleton Copley
Drawing
c. 1782
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College

Unidentified Boy

John Mare
Painting
c. 1770-80
Owner: Newark Museum
John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Medal
c. 1779
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Rachel Moore Allston Flagg

Rachel Moore Allston Flagg

Henry Benbridge
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Judge Joseph Prentis of Williamsburg

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Private collection

Unidentified Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Old Sturbridge Village

William Dangerfield

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Captain Charles Shepheard

Henry Benbridge
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum

Andrew Maverick

Edward Savage
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

Anna Gorham

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Portrait of a Revolutionary Officer

Henry Benbridge
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unidentified Man

Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Artrepreneur

Unidentified Man

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: Private collection

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