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George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Thomas Sully
Painting
1855
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
George Washington

George Washington

Tudor
Painting
1850
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College

Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton

Richard Morell Staigg
Painting
c. 1840-1850
Owner: New-York Historical Society
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Francis Alexander
Painting
c. 1830-50
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
John Adams

John Adams

Thomas Truman Spear
Painting
1850
Owner: University of Michigan Museum of Art
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Jane Stuart
Painting
1856
Owner: Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors (closed)
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Louis Mathieu Didier Guillaume
Painting
c. 1855-58
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Southward
Painting
c. 1825-50
Owner: Fruitlands Museums
James Monroe

James Monroe

James A. Bogle
Painting
c. 1840-59
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: Boston Athenaeum
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Thomas Sully
Painting
1855
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: Walters Art Museum

John Barclay

Julius Augustus Beck
Painting
c. 1855-87
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850-1930
Owner: Preservation Virginia

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

George D'Almaine
Painting
1856
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

J. K.
Painting
1800-50
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

William D. Washington
Drawing
c. 1855-70
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Dartmouth College
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Jane Stuart
Painting
1859
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
James Madison

James Madison

Thomas Sully
Painting
1856
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

Jane Stuart
Painting
c. 1835-54
Owner: California Department of General Services

Thomas Mifflin

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1830-52
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
James Madison

James Madison

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1805-50
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

William Matthew Prior
Painting
c. 1860s
Owner: American Folk Art Museum

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