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George Washington

George Washington

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1820-50
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Edwin Forrest as a Young Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1824-50
Owner: Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors (closed)

Dr. John Warren

Horatio Greenough
Sculpture
early 19th-mid 19th century
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection

Thomas Gilpin II

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1820-50
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

George Washington

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1823-50
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

Benjamin Franklin

David Rent Etter
Painting
c. 1825-50
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

David Rittenhouse

John Rush
Sculpture
c. 1820-50
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Anthony Bleecker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1825-1850
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Edwin Forrest

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1825-50
Owner: Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors (closed)

Richard Wistar

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-59
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Gilbert Stuart

Jane Stuart
Painting
c. 1825-57
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society

William Norris, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1825-50
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

William Ellery Channing

Henry Cheever Pratt
Painting
early-mid 19th century
Owner: Brown University

Clement Lord

Peale's Museum Silhouette
Silhouette
c. 1820-50
Owner: Brick Store Museum

Ashburnum Family

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-45
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Charles Calvert

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1820-50
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Miranda

Painting
early-mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection
Humble

Humble

John B. Neagle
Painting
c. 1820-50
Owner: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Lady with a Letter

Leopold Paul Unger
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust Views of Two Young Women (Recto)

Seth Wells Cheney
Drawing
c. 1830-50
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Mrs. William J. Potter, Jr.

Mrs. William J. Potter, Jr.

Hubbard Latham Fordham
Painting
1822?
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society

Ashburnum Family

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-45
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Reade Macon Washington

Reade Macon Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1825-50
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Charles Fraser
Painting
c. 1820-50
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

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