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George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1800-97
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Medal
c. 1800-95
Owner: The Bostonian Society - Old State House

Jedediah Elderkin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-90
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Georgetown University

Lola Montez

Josef Heigel
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Frost
Painting
19th century

Portrait of Washington at Trenton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Cowan's Historic Americana Auctions

William Loring Andrews

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
19th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Primitive Portrait of a Boy

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century

Horatio Gates

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: UNLOCATED

Heinrich Helmuth

Bass Otis
Painting
19th century
Owner: Private collection

Portrait of a Man of the Arnold Family

John James Trumbull Arnold
Painting
19th century
Portrait of Mr. John Nicholson

Portrait of Mr. John Nicholson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

Miniature, Portrait of Napoleon

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: North Carolina Museum of Art

Edward Preble

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1805-92
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
General Jonathan Chase

General Jonathan Chase

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Private Collection

David Shaw

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-92
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

Edward Harvey Delafield

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

William Paterson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-94
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

A Gentlemen of the Pruyn Family

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Tredwell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Portrait of Julia Bryant Howland

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century

Elbridge Gerry Alleged

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Private collection

Boy with a Dog

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century

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    • United States. Army  19
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    • Washington, George  14
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    • Franklin, Benjamin  3
    • Houdon, Jean-Antoine  3
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    • Unidentified Boy  2
    • Walpole, Thomas  2
    • Andrews, William Loring  1
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    • Bishop, Eleanor Sweetser  1
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    • Choris, Louis  1
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    • Cordero, Juan  1
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    • Dolph, Joseph Norton  1
    • Duncan, Joseph  1
    • Elderkin, Jedediah  1
    • Gates, Horatio  1
    • Gerry, Elbridge  1
    • Griffiths, Ann  1
    • Grimes, James Wilson  1
    • Harding, Chester  1
    • Heigel, Josef  1
    • Helmuth, Heinrich  1
    • Henry, Patrick  1
    • Hewes, Joseph  1
    • Howland, Julia Bryant  1
    • Hubard, William James  1
    • Jackson, James  1
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    • Kamehameha I  1
    • Kennedy, John Pendleton  1
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    • Lanier Family  1
    • Madison, Dolley Dandridge Payne Todd  1
    • McCormick, William  1
    • Montez, Lola  1
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    • Napoleon I  1
    • Nast, Thomas  1
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    • Paintings  57
    • Miniatures  9
    • Sculpture  7
    • Drawings  5
    • Exterior views  3
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