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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Cornelius Tiebout
Print
c. 1800
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Alexander MacWhorter

Alexander MacWhorter

Isaac Todd
Silhouette
c. 1803-07
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marvin Sadik

Benjamin Chase

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1805-15
Owner: Beverly Historical Society and Museum

Samuel Copp

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1810-20
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Archibald Robertson

Archibald Robertson
Painting
c. 1805
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Benjamin Williams Crowninshield

John Christian Rauschner
Sculpture
c. 1810
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum
Samuel Larkin

Samuel Larkin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: California Department of Parks and Recreation
Charles Willson Peale

Charles Willson Peale

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1807
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Painting
c. 1810-16
Owner: National Academy of Design

George Holam Richards

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1806
Owner: New London County Historical Society
Henry Knox

Henry Knox

J. I. Milersk
Painting
1804
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1794-1800
Owner: Carnegie Museum of Art

John Adams

John Trumbull
Painting
1790-1800
Owner: The White House

Joseph Allen Smith ?

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Drawing
1801
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Thomas Waters Griffith

Caleb Boyle
Painting
c. 1810-15
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Daniel Wadsworth

Joseph Steward
Silhouette
c. 1806
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Uriah Hendricks

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1805-15
Owner: The Jewish Museum

William Robertson

Edward Miles
Painting
c. 1807
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art

Dr. Robert Pringle, Jr.

Henry Benbridge
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum

William McLellan, Sr.

John Brewster
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Maine Historical Society
John Strong Adams

John Strong Adams

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1805
Owner: Private Collection

Stephen Bulkeley

Ralph Earl
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Richard Peters

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-25
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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