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Ellis Lewis

John Henry Brown
Painting
c. 1865-70
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Lawrence Sullivan Ross

Elisabet Ney
Sculpture
1902
Owner: Elisabet Ney Museum
Charles Alzamora

Charles Alzamora

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1870
Owner: Arizona Historical Society
Signing of the Peace Protocol

Signing of the Peace Protocol

Frances Benjamin Johnston
Photograph
August 12, 1898
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Painting
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Charles Sumner

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1864-74
Owner: Brown University

Robert Edward Lee

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: Arkansas History Commission
John Jacob Astor III

John Jacob Astor III

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
George M. Cayce

George M. Cayce

John P. Walker
Painting
1897
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Ver Planck Van Antwerp

John L. Harding
Painting
1836
Owner: Private Collection

Carl Schurz

Daniel Huntington
Drawing
May 1899
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
DeWitt C. Littlejohn

DeWitt C. Littlejohn

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Clara Louise Kellogg

Clara Louise Kellogg

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

George Hewitt Cushman

George Hewitt Cushman
Painting
c. 1860-70
Owner: Museum of the City of New York
Gustavus W. Smith

Gustavus W. Smith

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Thomas Satterwhite Noble

Thomas Satterwhite Noble

Thomas Satterwhite Noble
Painting
c. 1867
Owner: National Academy of Design
Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
David Knox

David Knox

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Edward Johnson

Edward Johnson

John P. Walker
Painting
1909
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Richard Delafield

Henry Peters Gray
Painting
c. 1870-75
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
Rush C. Hawkins

Rush C. Hawkins

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

William Bradford

William Holbrook Beard
Painting
c. 1874
Owner: National Academy of Design
Charles D. D. Hodge

Charles D. D. Hodge

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Russell Alexander Alger

Carlo Romanelli
Sculpture
1909
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts

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