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George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private Collection

George Washington

Pierre Jean David d'Angers
Sculpture
n.d.a.
Owner: Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Bird King
Painting
before 1859
Owner: Private Collection
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1800-50
Owner: Private collection
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1800-50
Owner: Private collection

Samuel King

Unidentified Artist
Painting
before 1856
Owner: Private collection

Portrait of Bishop William White

Henry Inman
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: American Bible Society

Horace Harding

Chester Harding
Painting
Early- mid 19th century
Owner: Private Collection

George Frederick Sheaff

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1800-51

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-30
Owner: Methodist Elder Care Services

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1800-50
Owner: Private collection

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1800-50
Owner: UNLOCATED
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-50
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis in memory of Annie Burr Jennings (1856-1939) and Annie Burr Lewis (1902-1959)
Joseph Bradford

Joseph Bradford

Cephas Thompson
Painting
1800-50
Samuel or John Wells

Samuel or John Wells

Thomas Badger
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: Private collection

Joseph S. Smith

Anies
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Tahcolaquoit

Tahcolaquoit

Charles Bird King
Drawing
19th century
Owner: Mr. and Mrs. Bayard LeRoy King

C Henry Muller

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: Moravian Historical Society

Israel Peyton Thompson

Peale Museum Philadelphia
Silhouette
c. 1802-50
Owner: John Frazer, Jr.

Ann Miller Brinton

Peale Museum Philadelphia
Silhouette
c. 1802-50
Owner: Chester County Historical Society

George Read

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1800-50
Owner: Historical Society of Delaware
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Peale's Museum Silhouette
Silhouette
c. 1802-50

Senora de San Juan de los Lagos

Calligraphic Santero
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor

Alfred Moore Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private collection

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