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John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay

Eugenius Frans De Block
Painting
1851
Owner: Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors (closed)
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

John L. Magee
Print
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Law

George Law

Sarony Lithography Company
Print
c. 1855
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John James Audubon

John James Audubon

Francis D'Avignon
Print
1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Dennison

William Dennison

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. Drapkin
Zachary Taylor and his Cabinet

Zachary Taylor and his Cabinet

Francis D'Avignon
Print
1849
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Barry Bingham, Sr.
Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Mathew B. Brady

Mathew B. Brady

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Prominent Candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination at Chicago

Prominent Candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination at Chicago

A. E. C.
Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marvin Sadik
Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West

William Tecumseh Sherman

Mathew B. Brady
Drawing
1876
Owner: Missouri Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Mathew Brady, Silas Holmes, H. Hodges, E. T. Whitney and David Woodbury

Mathew Brady, Silas Holmes, H. Hodges, E. T. Whitney and David Woodbury

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Union Generals

Union Generals

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest

Mathew B. Brady
Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors
Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Unidentified Artist
Print
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Dolley Madison and Anna Payne

Dolley Madison and Anna Payne

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1848
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dortha Louise Dobson Adem Rogus, direct descendant of Dolley Madison
Maggie Mitchell

Maggie Mitchell

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland

Portrait of James Fenimore Cooper

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
Owner: Weschler's Auctioneers and Appraisers
Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in

Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in "The Broker of Bogota"

Mathew B. Brady
Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors

James Fenimore Cooper

Jacob Bigelow
Painting
1870
Owner: New York State Historical Association
Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest

Mathew B. Brady
Photographic Negative
1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

Francis D'Avignon
Print
1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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