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Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family

Erastus Salisbury Field
Painting
c. 1848
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jane Breathitt Sappington

George Caleb Bingham
Painting
c. 1844-45
Owner: Mrs. Joshua Motter Hall

Evelina Matilda Prosser Tabb

William James Hubard
Painting
c. 1835-50
Unidentified Sea Captain

Unidentified Sea Captain

Prior-Hamblin School
Painting
c. 1835-45
Owner: American Folk Art Museum
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

George Linen
Drawing
c. 1835-44
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Sally Adler with heartfelt gratitude to Emma Joy Linen Dana, George L. Linen’s great-granddaughter, and her four devoted sons, Richard, John, Andrew, and Gordon
Christopher Folkes

Christopher Folkes

George Markham
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Private collection

Emily Astor Ward

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
c. 1835-55
Owner: Aldrich Collection ("Rokeby")

Simon Meilleur

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1835-45
Owner: Private collection

Joseph Vance

Laura C. Birge
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Ohio Statehouse

Ephraim Niles Byram

Orlando Hand Bears
Painting
early 19th-mid 19th century

Unidentified Man

James Edward Freeman
Painting
c. 1830-50
Owner: Tweed Museum of Art
Unidentified Boy

Unidentified Boy

George Linen
Drawing
c. 1835-44
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Sally Adler with heartfelt gratitude to Emma Joy Linen Dana, George L. Linen’s great-granddaughter, and her four devoted sons, Richard, John, Andrew, and Gordon

Elizabeth Geib Wallis

Charles Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1840-1845
Owner: New-York Historical Society
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Print
c. 1840-45
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Fred W. Hicks, III

Joseph Ritner

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1837-55
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Barrell

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1830-50
Owner: Historic New England
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

George Linen
Drawing
c. 1835-44
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Sally Adler with heartfelt gratitude to Emma Joy Linen Dana, George L. Linen’s great-granddaughter, and her four devoted sons, Richard, John, Andrew, and Gordon

Samuel Bisphom

Robert Cornelius
Photograph
c. 1840
Owner: William B. Becker

A.D. Anderson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840's
Owner: Private collection

Jacob Lanius

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: State Historical Society of Missouri

Joseph Simon Cohen

Painting
c. 1830-50
Owner: Congregation Mikveh Israel

Elizabeth Anne Honewell Bartow

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1835-1845
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Young Reindeer

James Otto Lewis
Painting
c. 1830-58
Owner: Chicago History Museum
John Randolph

John Randolph

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1830-50
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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