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Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

S. H. Phillips
Painting
1886
Owner: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
William S. Diller

William S. Diller

Constant Mayer
Painting
1881
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Robert Emmett Rodes

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Edward Burd Grubb

Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins
Painting
c. 1898
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Robert A. Anderson

Robert A. Anderson

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

George Edward Pickett

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Richard James Oglesby

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1870-80
Owner: State of Illinois-Secretary of State

Bearded Man

Frank Duveneck
Painting
c. 1870-88
Owner: Galerie Heinemann

Jane Eliza Lathrop Stanford

William F. Cogswell
Painting
c. 1873-82
Owner: UNLOCATED
william Dorsey Pender

william Dorsey Pender

Emma Morehead Whitfield
Painting
1923
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Sheridan's Ride

Sheridan's Ride

Thomas Buchanan Read
Painting
1870
Owner: Newark Museum
George Gordon Meade

George Gordon Meade

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
1864
Owner: State Museum of Pennsylvania

Hortense Anita Penelon

Henri Penelon
Painting
c. 1875
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Unidentified Child; Unidentified Woman; Unidentified Man

Kenyon Cox
Drawing
c. 1877
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Elizabeth Dickson Pickett Walker

Elizabeth Dickson Pickett Walker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1870-80
Owner: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Isaac M. Tucker

Isaac M. Tucker

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

William H. Carr

Webster Brothers
Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker

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

Stonewall Jackson

Goupil Lithography Company
Print
1863
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Alice Gerson Chase

Alice Gerson Chase

William Merritt Chase
Painting
c. 1879
Owner: Private collection

Isaac Ridgeway Trimble

Samuel Bell Waugh
Painting
1852
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Son of Prince de Joinville

Son of Prince de Joinville

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

Alpheus S. Williams

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

Three McHenry Children

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
c. 1856
Owner: Louise McHenry Hicky

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