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George Gibbs III

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

Bishop Richard Allen and Sarah Allen

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: Private collection
Flora

Flora

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1796
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; owned jointly with the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative

James McPherson

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
c. 1801
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1803
Owner: The White House

Thomas Russell

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: Unknown Owner
John Rodgers

John Rodgers

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Self Portrait with Spectacles

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1804
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Thomas Tickell Hewson

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
c. 1800
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

John Funck

John Funck
Painting
c. 1795-1805
Owner: Lancaster County Historical Society

James Maxwell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Shelburne Museum
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1797
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Nathan Smith

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

Isaiah Thomas

Gerritt Schipper
Painting
c. 1804
Owner: American Antiquarian Society

Abraham Varick

John Christian Rauschner
Sculpture
c. 1800
Owner: New-York Historical Society

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Henry Tibbets

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1795-1805
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: Gary Hendershott
William Thornton

William Thornton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Drawing
1799-1804
Owner: American Colonization Society

John Hodgkinson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Harvard University Theatre Collection
George Washington

George Washington

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1796-1809
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Cornelius Tiebout
Print
c. 1800
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington

George Washington

John Scoles
Print
c. 1801
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Aaron Levy

Robert Edge Pine
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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    • Exterior views  52
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    • Books  4
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