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Edwin Booth

Edward J. Kuntze
Sculpture
mid 19th century

Family of Mrs. John Augustine Washington of Mount Vernon

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

Uzal Knapp

Charles Winfield Tice
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: Carl Closs
Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass

Robert Seldon Duncanson
Painting
19th century
Owner: State of Michigan, Department of Management and Budget

Girl

William Harrison Scarborough
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
Joseph Brant

Joseph Brant

Paul Kane
Painting
1830-71
Owner: Royal Ontario Museum

Ebenezer Slocum Burling

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

Osceola

George Catlin
Drawing
1838-72
Owner: Harold McCracken

Four Bears

George Catlin
Painting
1832-72
Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry

Jane Stuart
Painting
c. 1835-70
Owner: State of Rhode Island

Portrait of a Baby

Henry Colton Shumway
Painting
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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

He Who Walks in the Rain

George Catlin
Drawing
1832-72
Owner: Glenbow-Alberta Institute

Albert Sidney Johnston

Thomas B. Welch
Painting
mid 19th century
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Cassandra Morrison Shanks Patton Anderson, Mary Anderson, and Joseph Washington Anderson

Cassandra Morrison Shanks Patton Anderson, Mary Anderson, and Joseph Washington Anderson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1838
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Robert Patterson

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1830-70
Owner: University of Pennsylvania

Portrait of an Old Lady

James Sanford Ellsworth
Painting
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Albert Barnes

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1838-70
Owner: Presbyterian Historical Society

Smoke Shield

George Catlin
Painting
1834-72

John Ellis Wool

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
c. 1841
Owner: Rensselaer County Historical Society

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