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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1787-1837
Owner: Franklin Institute Science Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1780-1830
Owner: Winterthur Museum
John Jay

John Jay

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: American Philosophical Society
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: American Philosophical Society
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1787-1837
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Self Portrait Ezra Ames

Ezra Ames
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College

Unidentified Woman

Mather Brown
Drawing
c. 1780-1831
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

Half-Length Figure Sketch

Mather Brown
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joseph Shippen

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Declaration of Independence

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1786-1837
Owner: U.S. Department of State

Benjamin West

Painting
c. 1785-1831
Owner: Brown University

John Penn, Grandson of William Penn

John Hoppner
Painting
late 18th-mid 19th century

William Harris Crawford

Painting
late 18th-mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Samuel Goodwin Sr.

John Hazlitt
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

Charles Peale Polk
Painting
before 1831
Owner: Private Collection
Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton

Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton

John Trumbull
Painting
c. 1787-1831
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Unidentified Woman

Mather Brown
Painting
c. 1780-1831
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

Unidentified Gentleman

Archibald Robertson
Painting
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure in Eastern Costume

Mather Brown
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jane Galloway Shippen

Jane Galloway Shippen

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-1830
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sarah Franks and her Brother

George Fetter
Painting
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: Private Collection

Gideon Granger

Ezra Ames
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

Unidentified Man

Ezra Ames
Painting
after 1786
Owner: Private collection

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