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Maria Carter Hall Wormeley Caldwell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1807-20
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Mary Clinton

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-20
Owner: Huguenot Historical Society

Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow

Silhouette
early 19th century
Owner: Longfellow National Historic Site

Elias Hicks

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-20
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
James Scott

James Scott

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1810-20
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Charles Bird King
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Bushrod Washington

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1802-29
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Peter Oliver

Peter Oliver

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1805-20
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Nicolas Brewer

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1810-20
Owner: Private Collection
Oliver Sturges

Oliver Sturges

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Margaret Gilchrist

A Rare Pair of Portraits of a Young Girl and her Brother

John Brewster
Painting
c. 1810-15
Owner: Christie's New York

Portrait of an Officer

Abraham Gulielmus Dominy Tuthill
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Ann Callender Irvine

Ann Callender Irvine

Bass Otis
Painting
c. 1804-23
Owner: Private collection

L. B. Walker

Edward Miles
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jonathan Tucker

William Bache
Silhouette
c. 1805-20
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Portrait of a Gentleman

Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Rosenbach Museum & Library

Mrs. William Mills

William King
Silhouette
c. 1800-20
Owner: The Bostonian Society - Old State House

Hannah Rhea Caldwell Smith

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1805-20
Owner: Newark Museum
Colonel Elias Earle

Colonel Elias Earle

John Trumbull
Painting
c. 1805-1821
Owner: Baylis R. Earle Owner: Miriam Mays Earle Owner: Thornwell Earle

Portrait of a Man

John Vanderlyn
Painting
c. 1820
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts

Thomas Seymour

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-29
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Belle Ensey

Martha Ann Honeywell
Silhouette
c. 1805-20
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Portrait of a Young Girl

Portrait of a Young Girl

John Brewster
Painting
c. 1808-21
Owner: Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
Paul Cartwright Gibbs

Paul Cartwright Gibbs

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private Collection

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