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George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1850

George Washington

William Matthew Prior
Painting
before 1873
Owner: Private Collection

Daniel Webster

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1847-52
Owner: New Hampshire Historical Society

George Washington

William Matthew Prior
Painting
before 1873
Owner: Private Collection
Capt. Christopher Andrews

Capt. Christopher Andrews

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1852
Owner: Dietrich Brothers Americana Corporation

The Artist as a Young Man: Self-Portrait (William Matthew Prior)

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1825
Owner: New York State Historical Association
Child in Red Dress

Child in Red Dress

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1831-60
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

Girl with Doll

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1855
Owner: Saint Louis Art Museum

Mrs. M. G. Trow

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1852
Owner: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1849
Owner: Shelburne Museum

Benjamin Franklin Greene and Family

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society

Infant with Rattle

William Matthew Prior
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Augustine Prentice Hill and Brothers, Edwin Lawton Hill and John Pierce Hill

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1855-65
Owner: Fruitlands Museums

Unidentified Girl

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art

Unidentified Girl

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1858
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum
James Durfee Jr.

James Durfee Jr.

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Austin T. Miller Antiques
Miss A. A. Walker

Miss A. A. Walker

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1852
Owner: Martha's Vineyard Museum

The Copeland Sisters

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1854
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mrs. Chase

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1844
Owner: Fruitlands Museums

Unidentified Boy

William Matthew Prior
Painting
1849

Unidentified Child

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Shelburne Museum
William Miller

William Miller

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1840-50
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Young Child in Red Holding a Rattle

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1830-1870

Unidentified Girls

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Old Sturbridge Village

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