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Charles Henry Cummings

Alvan Clark
Painting
c. 1851
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Thomas Hart Benton

Mathew Brady Studio
Photograph
c. 1845
Owner: Library of Congress

George Henry Calvert

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
1842
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum
James Kent

James Kent

Shobal Vail Clevenger
Sculpture
1840
Owner: New-York Historical Society

John James Audubon

John Woodhouse Audubon
Painting
1843
Owner: American Museum of Natural History
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Silhouette
1844
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis

General Francis Marion In His Swamp Encampment Inviting A British Officer To Dinner

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Mary Derby

Mary Derby

Peter Marsh
Painting
1840
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Nathan Welby Fiske

Albert Gallatin Hoit
Painting
1835-45
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
The National Plumbeotype Gallery - George Bancroft

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - George Bancroft

John Plumbe
Print
1847
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, the First President

George H. Lovett
Medal
1840-94
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Sculpture
c. 1843-63
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Karl Friedrich Lessing

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Painting
c. 1840-59
Owner: Kunsthalle

John Wakefield Francis

James A. Bogle
Painting
c. 1845-1850
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Eastman Johnson
Drawing
c. 1846
Owner: Longfellow National Historic Site
John Tyler

John Tyler

Charles Fenderich
Print
1841
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Library of Congress

Washington Irving

Daniel Huntington
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Redwood Library & Athenaeum

Ebenezer K. Alden

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1835-45
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College

Self-Portrait

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

Lola Montez

A. Rens
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Harvard University Theatre Collection

Gilbert Stuart

Charles Cushing Wright
Medal
1848
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum
Edwin S. White

Edwin S. White

Frederick R. Spencer
Painting
c. 1848
Owner: National Academy of Design
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Painting
c. 1835-45
Owner: Private collection

Sidney Smith Lyons

John Cranch
Painting
c. 1840-41
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

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