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Mr. Nelson as a Boy

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
n.d.a.
Owner: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

John Ellis Wool

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

New Fire

George Catlin
Painting
1834-72

Memorial Portrait of Rufas Newhall

Clarissa Peters Russell
Painting
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jonathan Belcher

Adna Tenney
Painting
c. 1830-70
Owner: State of New Hampshire

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sioux Indians

John Frederick Kensett
Drawing
1836-72
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

William Brattle

William Stoodley Gookin
Painting
c. 1837-72
Owner: Woodman Museum
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
1831-70
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago
Edmon Shepherd Conner

Edmon Shepherd Conner

Thomas Sully
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: The Players

Benjamin Franklin Hastings

William Smith Jewett
Painting
c. 1835-73
Owner: California Department of Parks and Recreation

Henry Alexander Wise

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

Jonathan Dickinson

Edward Ludlow Mooney
Painting
c. 1830-72
Owner: Princeton University

Nathaniel Barnwell Heyward

Charles Fraser
Painting
1839
Owner: Gibbes Museum of Art
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum

Joshua Reynolds

George Southward
Painting
c. 1830-70
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Ambrose White

Samuel Bell Waugh
Painting
c. 1838-73
Owner: Insurance Company of North America
George Washington

George Washington

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
c. 1830-70
Owner: Slater Memorial Museum

Edward Everett

Joseph Alexander Ames
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: New-York Historical Society

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Samuel Henry Early

Samuel Henry Early

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

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watson Van Benthuysen II and Thomas Van Benthuysen

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

George Wheelock Pomeroy

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1835-70
Owner: Private Collection

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