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Joseph Washington Anderson

Joseph Washington Anderson

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

Thomas N. Burwell

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
1840-69
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

Joshua Reed Giddings

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1845-64
Owner: Ohio Historical Society

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

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

Mary Inman

Daniel Huntington
Painting
c. 1846-54
Owner: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Mrs. John Catron

Washington Bogart Cooper
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Tennessee State Museum

Mrs. Robert Lowry

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: William B. Waterman

Casimir Pulaski

Henry Dmochowski Saunders
Sculpture
c. 1846-63
Owner: Moravian Historical Society

James Buchanan

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

Nathaniel Poyntz

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Jim Gergat

John Ellis Wool

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

James Buchanan

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

General Zachary Taylor

Josiah Jones
Sculpture
c. 1848- 1855
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boy in Uniform

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Gartman Girl

Unidentified Artist
Painting
before 1860
Owner: Mr. & Mrs. George R. Brown

Young Girl, in Oval Vignette

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

Anne Sarrel Woolfolk Morris

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-60

John McLean

Paul Akers
Sculpture
c. 1840-60
Owner: Supreme Court of the United States

Woman in White Cap with Broad Ribbons

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

Woman in Bonnet

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

Eliza Colvocoresses

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850-60
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum

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