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Benjamin Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Liberty Hall Museum

Seated Woman in Mourning Dress and Bonnet

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Trusten Polk

Painting
1840-60
Owner: State Historical Society of Missouri

Peter Fritz

O. S. Freeland
Painting
c. 1840-55
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Doctor Benjamin Bruno Poellnitz

Doctor Benjamin Bruno Poellnitz

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1844
Owner: Private collection

Portrait of a Woman in Nine Oval Views

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mr. Pinckney

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-60

John Ballantine

George Caleb Bingham
Painting
c. 1845-55
Owner: Springfield Art Museum

Joseph Ricketson, Sr.

Louisa Ricketson
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum

Woman in Profile, Looking Right, in Oval Vignette

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Untitled (Portrait of a Man)

Albert Sands Southworth
Photograph
c. 1850s
Owner: de Young Museum
Eliza Grant Symonds

Eliza Grant Symonds

James Harvey Young
Painting
c. 1850-60
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Solon Bordland

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
mid 19th century
Owner: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Older Woman in Bonnet, Frontal View

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dr. Henry Sansom

Charles Frederick Weigandt
Painting
c. 1850-60
Owner: Christ Church

Seated Woman with Ringlets and Fan

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Angeline Wildey Dixon

Jefferson Gauntt
Painting
1840-1860
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

John B. Elwood

Colby Kimble
Painting
c. 1845-60
Owner: City of Rochester, City Hall
Portrait of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Portrait of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Painting
c. 1848-60s
Owner: Cosmos Club

Clarissa Hall Jerome

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1840s-50s
Owner: UNLOCATED

Judah Philip Benjamin alleged

Isidore Jean Baptiste Magues
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Elizabeth Strong

Asa Weston Twitchell
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art
Mrs. William Coats Allen (Allaville Slaughter)

Mrs. William Coats Allen (Allaville Slaughter)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850s
Owner: Private collection

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