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Nahum Mitchell

Nahum Mitchell

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1806
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Samuel Denman

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Judge Cheves

Judge Cheves

Charles Fraser
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art

George Washington

Augustus Lenci
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Private Collection

Alexander Hamilton

Edward Savage
Painting
Before 1804
Owner: Private Collection

Thomas Amory

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1807

George Washington

Ellen Wallace Sharples
Painting
1786

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull
Painting
1806
Owner: UNLOCATED

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1796-1803
John Tayloe III

John Tayloe III

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1806
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Louis Barney

Louis Barney

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1804
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
George Jefferson, Jr.

George Jefferson, Jr.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1808
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Thomas Lowndes

Thomas Lowndes

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1805
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Captain John Bradley

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1800-25
Owner: New Haven Museum

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1776-1801
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt
Joseph Bryan

Joseph Bryan

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1805
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Self-Portrait William Dunlap

William Dunlap
Painting
c. 1805
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Andrew Robertson
Painting
c. 1810
Owner: Private collection

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century

Robert Fulton

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1803

Edward Martin

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
December 1802-June 1803
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

James Stuart

Joseph Wood
Painting
1805
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington Is My Name

Unidentified Artist
Painting
First quarter 19th century
Owner: National Gallery of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1807-68
Owner: Principia College

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    • Bache, William  1886
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    • Washington, George  462
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    • 2000s  4
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    • Paintings  4941
    • Silhouettes  2490
    • Miniatures  1520
    • Prints  694
    • Drawings  333
    • Sculpture  274
    • Exterior views  240
    • Decorative arts  37
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