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Perez Forbes

Perez Forbes

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-1800
Owner: Brown University
John Jay

John Jay

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
begun 1784; completed by 1818
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
David Sproat

David Sproat

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1788
Owner: New York Public Library

Sir William Hershel

James Sharples
Painting
1780-1811
Owner: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
George Washington

George Washington

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

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1780-90
Owner: Walker Art Center

Benjamin* Thompson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-90
Owner: New Hampshire Historical Society

Matthew Clarkson

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1794
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eleanor Parke Custis

Robert Edge Pine
Painting
1785
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

William Russell, Sr.

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-90
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum
George Washington

George Washington

Valentine Green
Print
1781
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton

Bremond
Sculpture
1783-1883
Owner: Charleston City Hall
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1787-1837
Owner: Franklin Institute Science Museum

Thomas Sumter

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1780
Owner: Columbia Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

M. S. Powel
Silhouette
c. 1785-95
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1788-1889
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

William Godwin

James Sharples
Painting
1780-1811
Owner: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Pamela Dwight Sedgwick and daughter Catharine

Joseph Steward
Painting
c. 1792
Owner: Private Collection

Elkanah Watson

John Singleton Copley
Painting
1782
Owner: Princeton University
George Washington

George Washington

Joseph Wright
Painting
c. 1789-90
Owner: Museum of Connecticut History

John Trumbull

John Trumbull
Painting
c. 1791
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
George Washington

George Washington

Joseph Wright
Painting
1784
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

John Norman
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Thomas Jefferson

John Trumbull
Painting
1788
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    • Washington, George  219
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    • Franklin, Benjamin  106
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    • Houdon, Jean-Antoine  90
    • United States. Navy  83
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    • Brown, Mather  43
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    • Lafayette  35
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    • Multiple Portraits  17
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    • Williams, William Joseph  16
    • Sansom, Joseph  15
    • Norman, John  14
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    • Unidentified Boy  7
    • Warren, Joseph  7
    • Way, Mary  7
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    • 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
    • Mirrors  3
    • Artists' materials  2
    • Documents  2
    • Jewelry  1
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