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Ver Planck Van Antwerp

John L. Harding
Painting
1836
Owner: Private Collection

Thomas Fenwick Drayton

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1835-43
Owner: Museum of the Confederacy

Robert and Elizabeth Gilchrist

George Cooke
Painting
1836
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830

Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830

George Catlin
Painting
1829-30
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

William Edward West
Painting
1838
Owner: Washington & Lee University
J. D. Edwards

J. D. Edwards

J. B. Harrison
Painting
1833
Owner: Beverly Historical Society and Museum

Joseph Warren Revere

Jared Bradley Flagg
Painting
c. 1837
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Charles Wynn Thurston

Charles Wynn Thurston

John Beale Bordley
Painting
c. 1843
Owner: Julia Booker Howard

Nelson Appleton Miles

Vinnie Ream Hoxie
Sculpture
mid 19th-early 20th century
Owner: U.S. Army Military History Institute

Franklin Buchanan

Joseph Wood
Painting
c. 1825
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Henry Larcom Abbot

Washington Blanchard
Painting
1835
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
David Glasgow Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut

William Swain
Painting
1838
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum of American History; gift of the Estate of Loyall Farragut to the United States National Museum, 1917

John Ellis Wool

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-45
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

Henry Alexander Wise

Sarah Miriam Peale
Painting
c. 1830-35
Owner: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Nathaniel Barnwell Heyward

Charles Fraser
Painting
1839
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
Samuel Henry Early

Samuel Henry Early

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
1830-1975
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Watson Van Benthuysen II and Thomas Van Benthuysen

Aramenta Dianthe Vail
Painting
c. 1837
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Family of Mrs. John Augustine Washington of Mount Vernon

John Gadsby Chapman
Painting
c. 1835
Owner: George Washington Masonic Memorial

Joseph Hooker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: U.S. Army Military History Institute
Benjamin Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Liberty Hall Museum
Gideon Johnson Pillow

Gideon Johnson Pillow

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: James K. Polk Memorial Association
Franklin Buchanan

Franklin Buchanan

Sarah Miriam Peale
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Louis Capellino
David Dixon Porter

David Dixon Porter

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
c. 1841
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Albert Sidney Johnston

Thomas B. Welch
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

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