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James Lenox

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1815-20
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Edwin Forrest

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

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
after 1796
Owner: Private Collection
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1818
Owner: American Philosophical Society

Benjamin Ferris

Bass Otis
Painting
c. 1831
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830

Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830

George Catlin
Painting
1829-30
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Edward S. Cannon

Edward S. Cannon

William Allen Wall
Painting
1828
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum

Eliphalet Nott

Ezra Ames
Painting
c. 1820-25
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art
Horace Holley

Horace Holley

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl
Painting
c. 1815-25
Owner: Tennessee State Museum

James Henry Hackett as Rip Van Winkle

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1831
Owner: James H. Ricau
William Wirt

William Wirt

Albert Newsam
Print
c. 1831-33
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
James Peale

James Peale

James Peale
Painting
c. 1810-15
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

Benjamin Foster

W. O. Cole
Painting
c. 1828
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Abby Mason Brown

Abby Mason Brown
Painting
1820
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society

Michael Shepard

William Lewis
Painting
1829
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

John Brown Copp

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-1820
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Bass Otis
Painting
c. 1816
Owner: Colonial Williamsburg

Sylvester Goff

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1831
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

John Trumbull

Robert Ball Hughes
Sculpture
c. 1834
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1820
Owner: The White House

Mr. James McMurtrie

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1832
Owner: Fran Buck-Carpenter

John Henri Isaac Browere

Sculpture
c. 1825
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Dr. Benjamin Winslow Dudley

Samuel Lovett Waldo
Painting
c. 1830
Owner: Historic Deerfield

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