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John Page

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

Charles Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan and Child, Welthea Ann Morgan

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: New Britain Museum of American Art

Portrait of a Man in Red

Sherman Limner
Painting
c. 1785/1790
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Lucretia Woodbridge and Nathaniel Shaw Woodbridge

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1780
Owner: New London County Historical Society

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

John Singleton Copley
Drawing
1782-83
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Smallwood

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1781-82
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

John Macpherson

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1787-92
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Captain John Gassoway

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Jacob De Leon

John Ramage
Painting
1789
Owner: American Jewish Historical Society

William Bradford, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1785-1885
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

John Wilkes Kittera

Robert Fulton
Painting
c. 1785-86
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1789?
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christopher Marshall

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1785
Owner: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum

John Fothergill

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1781
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Study for the Death of Major Peirson

John Singleton Copley
Drawing
1782-83
Owner: Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery

James Blakeslee Reynolds

Reuben Moulthrop
Painting
c. 1788
Owner: American Folk Art Museum

Mr. Ward

Henry Benbridge
Painting
1780
Owner: United Missouri Bank of Kansas City

William Gilliland

Ralph Earl
Painting
1789
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Alexander Contee Hanson, Sr.

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1776
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Departure of La Fayette, April 20, 1777

Hubert Robert
Painting
c. 1777
Owner: Gabrielle de Beaumont

Studies for "Death of Major Peirson" - Battle scene with nude figure

John Singleton Copley
Drawing
1782-84
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mary Dutcher Seabrook

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Charles James Fox

Benjamin West
Painting
c. 1785-95
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Col. Benjamin Tallmadge

John Ramage
Painting
1783
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum

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    • Multiple Portraits  17
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    • Wedgwood and Sons  17
    • Williams, William Joseph  16
    • Sansom, Joseph  15
    • Norman, John  14
    • Beardsley Limner  13
    • Chandler, Winthrop  13
    • Ellis, B. B.  13
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    • Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis  13
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    • Unidentified Boy  7
    • Warren, Joseph  7
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    • 1850s  12
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    • 1950s  2
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    • Paintings  2050
    • Miniatures  523
    • Exterior views  221
    • Sculpture  185
    • Drawings  176
    • Prints  165
    • Silhouettes  66
    • Medals  25
    • Maps  16
    • Decorative arts  9
    • Sheet music  7
    • Books  3
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