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Elisha Chase

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

William Bentley

James Frothingham
Painting
c. 1818-50
Owner: American Antiquarian Society

Noah Webster

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1810-50
Owner: New Haven Museum
Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1810-50
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Paul Beck, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1810-50
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
John Adams

John Adams

J. B. A. Binon
Sculpture
1818-50
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection

Washington Irving

Charles Robert Leslie
Painting
before 1859
Owner: Private collection

William Strickland

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1817-57
Owner: Franklin Institute Science Museum

Matthias Bruen

John Frazee
Sculpture
early 19th century
Owner: New Jersey Historical Society

John Mayne Greer

Joseph Jackson
Painting
before 1850
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art

Sarah Emlen Physick Randolph

Silhouette
c. 1810-50
Owner: Hill-Physick-Keith House, Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks

Billy Dowd

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1810-50
Owner: Madison (CT) Historical Society
Jane Hopkins Blossom

Jane Hopkins Blossom

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th-mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Child in a Landscape (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Charles Robert Leslie
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary M. Horniblow Norcom

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1810-50
Owner: North Carolina Museum of History

Ashbel Green

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-52
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Isaac Parker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1815-50
Owner: Harvard Law School

Deborah Thomas

John Bruff
Silhouette
c. 1810-50
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Rebecca Graves Dowd

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1810-50
Owner: Madison (CT) Historical Society

Sarah Allen Peckman

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1810-50
Owner: Newport Historical Society

Unknown Lieutenant

Aimee Thibault
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Naval Historical Center
Unidentified Child

Unidentified Child

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Albion and Lynne Fenderson

General Andrew Jackson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1819
Owner: Private collection

Mr. Kean as Richard III

George Clint
Painting
early-mid 19th century
Owner: Museum of the City of New York, Theatre Collection

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