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Girl in Pink

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1830-55
Owner: American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor

James B. Ricaud

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-1850
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

John Wallis

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

Elizabeth Sibley Johnston Gilpin

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

MacClintock Young

Charles Bird King
Painting
c. 1840-45
Owner: Katharyn S. Knizer

Ann Elizabeth Holladay Poindexter

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1830-53
Owner: Lelia Downs Clark Wynn

Jane Anderson

Alexander Anderson
Painting
c. 1840-1845
Owner: New-York Historical Society

George Washington Stanley

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-54
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Nasheakusk

Robert Matthew Sully
Painting
c. 1835-55
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

William Northrup

Painting
c. 1830-50
Owner: Private collection

Clarissa Pierson Davies

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840s
Owner: Cincinnati Historical Society
Harriet L. Duncan Twiggs

Harriet L. Duncan Twiggs

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1835-45
Owner: Marian Fleming
Robert Hazlehurst, Jr.

Robert Hazlehurst, Jr.

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Picking Flowers

Samuel Miller
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: New York State Historical Association

Portrait of a Young Girl

Charles Edward Wagstaff
Painting
c. 1835-55
Owner: Brooklyn Museum

Gerard Troost

William E. Winner
Painting
c. 1830-50
Owner: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Pocahontas

Pocahontas

Robert Matthew Sully
Painting
c. 1830-55
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Jesse Fahnestock

Master Hankes
Silhouette
c. 1830-50
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Nancy Spaulding Coolidge

Deacon Robert Peckham
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Forbush Memorial Library

A. C. Ayers

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Mr. & Mrs. George G. Collins

Haanan Knight ?

Joseph Greenleaf Cole
Painting
c. 1830-58
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Study for "The Landing of Columbus on San Salvador, October 12, 1492": Roderigo Sanchez of Segovia

John Vanderlyn
Drawing
c. 1840-43
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Curly Haired Child Holding a Riding Whip

Sturtevant J. Hamblin
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Northeast Auctions

Patience Jenne Jenney

William W. Kennedy
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum

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