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Marquis de Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Hammond-Harwood House Association

General José de Urrutia y de las Casas

Francisco Folch de Cardona
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: Palacio de Capitanía

Portrait of Francisco de Saavedra

Francisco de Goya
Painting
c. 1798
Owner: Fundación Museo de la Abadía del Sacromonte de Granada

Brigadier General Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos Amorín y Magallanes

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Louisiana State Museum

Benjamin Tallmadge

John Ramage
Painting
c. 1785
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum
Franklin Davenport

Franklin Davenport

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Charles Pettit

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1792
Owner: Worcester Art Museum

Beach Tomlinson

Richard Jennys
Painting
c. 1785-95
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

William Joseph Weaver
Painting
1798?
Owner: Henry W. Lanier

George Washington and Unidentified Indian

Unidentified Artist
Medal
1793
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Samuel Smith

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1782-93
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
George Washington

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1803
Owner: Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
George Washington

George Washington

Edward Savage
Painting
c. 1790-1817
Owner: Morristown National Historic Park, National Park Service
George Washington

George Washington

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1797
Owner: Chester County Historical Society
George Washington

George Washington

William Russell Birch
Painting
1796
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1788
Owner: UNLOCATED

James Peale Painting a Miniature

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1795
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1799
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1785-92
Owner: Library Company of Philadelphia

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1797
Owner: The White House
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
c. 1786
Owner: Dallas Museum of Art
Washington in Roman Dress

Washington in Roman Dress

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1783-90
Owner: Winterthur Museum

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