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John Buchanan Floyd

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-50
Owner: Private collection
David Dixon Porter

David Dixon Porter

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
c. 1841
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

General John Ellis Wool

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
1845-61
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Col. William T. Minter of the County of Dallas and His Lady Susan Bell

Col. William T. Minter of the County of Dallas and His Lady Susan Bell

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1845
Owner: Private collection
Joseph Washington Anderson

Joseph Washington Anderson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Thomas William Sweeny

Leonardo Barbieri
Painting
1848?
Owner: San Diego Historical Society

George Cadwalader

Oliver S. Frazer
Painting
1847?
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Cassandra Morrison Shanks Patton Anderson, Mary Anderson, and Joseph Washington Anderson

Cassandra Morrison Shanks Patton Anderson, Mary Anderson, and Joseph Washington Anderson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1838
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

David English Henderson
Painting
mid 19th-late 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Child with Straw Hat

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1846-73
Owner: National Gallery of Art

John Ellis Wool

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
c. 1841
Owner: Rensselaer County Historical Society

Portrait of a Young Man

Eastman Johnson
Drawing
1840-70
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Richard P. Wheeler

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: U.S. Army Military History Institute

John Charles Fremont

George Peter Alexander Healy
Painting
1835-45
Owner: Union League Club of Chicago

Girl in Pink Sack

William Morris Hunt
Painting
mid-late 19th century
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

General George Leonard Barnes

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

General John C. Frémont

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1845-1850
Owner: Oakland Museum Association

David Scott Blair

William M. Hart
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Young Woman

William Morris Hunt
Painting
c. 1845-70
Owner: Brooklyn Museum

John Steele

James Henry Beard
Painting
c. 1840-75

Dennis Dozier Ferebee

Lewis Towson Voigt
Painting
c. 1850

Jesse A. Gove

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: U.S. Army Military History Institute

Paul Joseph Revere

Margaret Maclay Bogardus
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas J.

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

Anna Claypoole Peale
Painting
c. 1843
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

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