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Aaron Burr

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1836
Owner: Princeton University

Henry Clay

Joel Tanner Hart
Sculpture
c. 1835-1840
Owner: New-York Historical Society

James Shields

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1845-55
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

John Quincy Adams

Edward Dalton Marchant
Painting
1840
Owner: Adams National Historical Park

DeWitt Clinton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

John Quincy Adams

William Henry Brown
Print
c. 1844
Owner: UNLOCATED

Richard Mentor Johnson

John B. Neagle
Painting
c. 1843
Owner: UNLOCATED

Henry Clay

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
1841
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Henry Clay

Savinien Edme Dubourjal
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henry Clay

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1849
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Henry Harrison

Moritz Furst
Medal
after 1816
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henry Clay

John Alexander McDougall
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Charles Fremont

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

John Quincy Adams

George Peter Alexander Healy
Painting
c. 1848
Owner: Private collection

General John C. Frémont

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

Harrison Gray Otis

John A. Greenough
Sculpture
1849
Owner: Historic New England

James Polk Inaugural Medal

John Gadsby Chapman
Medal
1845
Owner: Private collection

Col. Burr

Ellen Wallace Sharples
Drawing
1790-1849
Owner: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

James Buchanan

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

John Quincy Adams

Edward Dalton Marchant
Painting
1843
Owner: U.S. Embassy, London

Henry Clay

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1846-48
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Jame K. Polk with his Wife Sarah Childress Polk

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1846-48
Owner: James K. Polk Memorial Association

La Salle Erecting a Cross and Taking Possession of the Land. March 25, 1682

George Catlin
Painting
1847/1848
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Silas Wright

James A. Whitehorne
Painting
1849
Owner: Public Design Commission of the City of New York

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    • Miniatures  1305
    • Photographs  584
    • Exterior views  559
    • Silhouettes  552
    • Drawings  539
    • Sculpture  457
    • Prints  450
    • Medals  32
    • Sheet music  28
    • Decorative arts  24
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