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Mordecai Manuel Noah

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1820-35
Owner: Shearith Israel Synagogue

Robert Gilmor, Jr.

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1835-40
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
John Armstrong

John Armstrong

Bass Otis
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Aldrich Collection ("Rokeby")

Augustus Jay

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1805-40
Owner: John Jay Homestead State Historic Site

Possibly Ann or Elizabeth Jarvis, the Artist's Sister

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1825-40
Owner: Princeton University

John Rodgers

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1810-40
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

Phoebe Curtis

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Museum of the City of New York
Stephen Decatur

Stephen Decatur

Henry Meyer
Print
c. 1830-40
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Oliver Hazard Perry

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
c. 1850
Owner: Mystic Seaport, Inc.
Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry

Henry Meyer
Print
c. 1830-40
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Julia Elizabeth Simpson

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1830s
Owner: Museum of the City of New York, Theatre Collection

Tobias Watkins

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
before 1840
Owner: Private Collection

John Bristed

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: Saint Michael's Church

Unidentified Man

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1810-40
Owner: Baltimore Museum of Art

Henry Eld, Jr.

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: New Haven Museum

Alexander Robertson Wyckoff

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1835-40
Owner: Brooklyn Museum

Robert Lenox

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1805-40
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

Mcdonald Clarke

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Brooklyn Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-40
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Edward Thomson Shepherd

Edward Thomson Shepherd

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
1840
Owner: Mrs. Charles F. McLaughlin

Jacob Housman

John Wesley Jarvis
Drawing
n.d.a.
Owner: Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Stephen Decatur

Stephen Decatur

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1810-40
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
Liza J. Wynne Shepherd

Liza J. Wynne Shepherd

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
1842
Owner: Mrs. Charles F. McLaughlin

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