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The Founding Fathers Cup and Saucer

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
1840-75
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
William Gannaway Brownlow

William Gannaway Brownlow

Mathew Brady Studio
Photograph
mid 19th century
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Friedrich Carl Gröger

Henry Gerhard Fette
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck

Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck

John Vanderlyn
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Rutgers University
Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchase funded by the photography acquisitions endowment established by the Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation

William Plumer

Adna Tenney
Painting
c. 1840-70
Owner: State of New Hampshire

Boy with a Dog

Charles Christian Nahl
Painting
1845-78
Owner: de Young Museum
Benjamin Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Liberty Hall Museum
Gideon Johnson Pillow

Gideon Johnson Pillow

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: James K. Polk Memorial Association

Matthew Thornton

Adna Tenney
Painting
c. 1840-70
Owner: State of New Hampshire

Mrs. William Morris Hunt

William Morris Hunt
Drawing
1844-1879
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Herbert A. Claiborne

James Westhall Ford
Painting
c. 1840-50

Rebecca Porter Conner

Jared Bradley Flagg
Painting
c. 1843-70
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society

Unidentified Native American

Seth Eastman
Painting
c. 1840-70
Owner: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Portrait of Major David E. A. Strong

Portrait of Major David E. A. Strong

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830s
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum

Mary Stewart Taber Schell

Henry Peters Gray
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Sisseton Chief

Seth Eastman
Drawing
c. 1840-70
Owner: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Henry W. Slocum

Henry W. Slocum

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Charles Old

James Westhall Ford
Painting
1840-50
Owner: Valentine Museum

David Camden De Leon

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
1848
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Stanley B. Burns, MD & The Burns Archive
Franklin Buchanan

Franklin Buchanan

Sarah Miriam Peale
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Louis Capellino
Martin J. Crawford

Martin J. Crawford

Edward Ludlow Mooney
Painting
c. 1845-50
Owner: Augusta Crawford Burgard

Ashbel Smith

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-70
Owner: Harry Ransom Center

Mrs. Easton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850-70
Owner: Private collection

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