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Henry B. Folger

Willard
Painting
c. 1845-60
Owner: Nantucket Historical Association

Ethan A. Greenwood

Thomas Ball
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Worcester Art Museum
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

George Peter Alexander Healy
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: Washington & Lee University
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
1844-60
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

George Washington

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1850-1860
Owner: New-York Historical Society

John Benson Lossing

Photograph
c. 1852
Owner: University of Maryland
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

Peter Kohlbeck
Painting
c. 1850-1860
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Armistead Lindsay Long

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1845-91
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Epes Sargent

Samuel Stillman Osgood
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection

Robert H. Glass

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-60
Owner: Savings Bank Of New London
Alfred Robinson

Alfred Robinson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: California Department of Parks and Recreation
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

John Pope
Painting
c. 1840-61
Owner: City of Boston

Calvin Ellis Stowe

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
c. 1852-58
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

William J. Stone

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
c. 1840-65
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Washington Allston

Richard Morell Staigg
Painting
c. 1841-62
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest

Junius Brutus Stearns
Painting
1840-60
Owner: de Young Museum

Sarah Terry Jefferies and Nathaniel Jefferies

Elizabeth Calvert
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Jane Raymond Metcalfe Weathers
Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs

Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs

William Garl Browne Jr.
Painting
1847
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Jenny Lind

Ingen Uppgift
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: National Museum, Stockholm

Emma Harrison Balfour and Louise Balfour

Joseph Henry Bush
Painting
c. 1850-55
Owner: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Jenny Lind

Adolf Theer
Painting
c. 1840-60
Owner: National Museum, Stockholm

Thomas Mellon

Imitator of Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1843-60
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

George Peter Alexander Healy
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Louisiana State Museum

Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick

George Peter Alexander Healy
Painting
c. 1844-63
Owner: Saint Charles Seminary

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