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Duke of Wellington Looking at a Bust of Washington

Charles Robert Leslie
Painting
early 19th-late 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Portrait of Henry S. Mount

William Sidney Mount
Drawing
1824-68
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Charles Bulfinch

Charles Bulfinch

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

Ira Aldridge

Gian-Pietro Calvi
Sculpture
c. 1825-67
Owner: New York Public Library

Self Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Portrait of Henry S. Mount

William Sidney Mount
Drawing
1824-68
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Joseph Pilmore

John B. Neagle
Painting
c. 1821-65
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Woman to left (Mrs. S. Taylor)

William James Hubard
Silhouette
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dr. William H. Stockwell

Charles Loring Elliott
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Portland Art Museum

Amelia White Peabody

Chester Harding
Painting
c. 1820-60
Owner: Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts

Raising the Wind: Girl blowing Soap Bubbles

William Sidney Mount
Drawing
1827-68
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
George Cadwalader

George Cadwalader

Thomas Sully
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private Collection
Portrait of Major David E. A. Strong

Portrait of Major David E. A. Strong

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830s
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum

Sarah Morris Wistar

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-60
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Boy to left

William James Hubard
Silhouette
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1824-60
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Gideon Granger, 2nd

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

John Clifford Pemberton

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1825-35
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Unidentified Man

Shepard Alonzo Mount
Drawing
mid 19th century
Owner: New-York Historical Society

John Smith Preston

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830
Owner: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center

Mary Lanham Mitchell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-1860
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Man to Left

William James Hubard
Silhouette
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

John William Livingston

Francesco Anelli
Painting
c. 1825-69
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

Unidentified Man

Henry Walton
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Joan R. Brownstein / American Folk Paintings

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