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Jorge Farragut

William Swain
Painting
early-mid 19th century
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Caleb P. Smith

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1825-40
Owner: New Hampshire Historical Society

Lawrence Taylor

James Sanford Ellsworth
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: New Milford Historical Society

Self-Portrait

Louisa Catherine Strobel
Painting
c. 1830
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Davis

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1825-40
Owner: Harvard Law School

Anne Hall

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1820-40
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Joseph M. White

Horatio Greenough
Sculpture
c. 1834-1835
Owner: New-York Historical Society

James Harvey Lyon

David R. Barker
Painting
c. 1830-1835
Owner: New-York Historical Society

John Montgomery Preston

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830
Owner: Private Collection

Laban Morey Wheaton

Eunice Makepeace Towle
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Wheaton College
John Armstrong

John Armstrong

Bass Otis
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Aldrich Collection ("Rokeby")

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-40
Owner: Private collection

William Coit

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Private Collection

John Moss

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1825-45
Owner: American Jewish Historical Society

Luman Reed

John Frazee
Sculpture
c. 1830-1835
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Louis McLane

John F. Francis
Painting
1825-40
Owner: University of Delaware

Edwin Forrest, Young as Shakespeare

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors (closed)
William F. Johnson

William F. Johnson

David Claypoole Johnston
Print
c. 1830-37
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Seth Russell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-40
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Red Jacket

Red Jacket

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1825-46
Owner: UNLOCATED

James William Wallack

V. M.
Drawing
c. 1820-40
Owner: Harvard University Theatre Collection

Roswell Butler Ward

Thomas Cole
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Gideon Folger

James S. Hathaway
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Nantucket Historical Association

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