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William Shippen, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

Olive Abbott

Olive Abbott
Silhouette
1750-1800
Owner: Erie County Historical Society

John Jones

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

George Washington on a White Charger

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid-late 18th century
Owner: de Young Museum
George Washington

George Washington

R. A. Wood
Sculpture
c. 1755-1800
Owner: Chicago History Museum

James Glen Possibly

Painting
18th century
Owner: Private collection
D. Jose de Braganca, Principe do Brasil

D. Jose de Braganca, Principe do Brasil

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid-late18th century
Owner: Museu Histórico Nacional

Unidentified Man

Peale's Museum Silhouette
Silhouette
c. 1750-1800
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

William B. Hare

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
William Beverley

William Beverley

John Hesselius
Painting
late 18th Century
Owner: Private collection

Robert Hanson Harrison

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 18th-18th century
Owner: Private collection

Lieutenant Governor William Phillips

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
before 1804
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
late 18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1750-1800
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Abigail Smith Adams

Abigail Smith Adams

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1750-1800
Owner: U.S. Department of State
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Carle Van Loo
Painting
c. 1750-1800
Owner: Morris Museum

Sir William Penn

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1750-1800
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Alexander Hamilton

Walter Robertson
Painting
before 1802
Owner: Private collection

John Redman

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
late 18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine

James Craik

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
18th century
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
Robert Johnston

Robert Johnston

Painting
c. 1755?
Owner: Clement Ellis Conger

Doña Maria Guadalupe Sanvia y Aguilar

Emanuel López
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: The Vázquez Noris Family

Unidentified Man

Peale's Museum Silhouette
Silhouette
c. 1750-1800
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Rebecca Blake Izard

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1750-1800
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art

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