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Death of General Pike at L. York

Death of General Pike at L. York

Oliver Tarbell Eddy
Print
c. 1813
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington

George Washington

Sarah S. Mugford
Decorative Arts
c. 1800-1909
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
late 18th century
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
George Washington

George Washington

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1796-1801
Owner: Hammond-Harwood House Association
General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott

William Rush
Sculpture
c. 1814
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
James Williams

James Williams

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Old Colony Historical Society
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum
George Washington (Lansdowne Type)

George Washington (Lansdowne Type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-50
Owner: Redwood Library & Athenaeum

George Washington in Japanese Costume

Miyagawa Kozan
Sculpture
c. 1860-63
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1804
Owner: Berkshire Museum
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1800-1972
Owner: Congregation Mikveh Israel

George Washington

Jane Stuart
Painting
19th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1796-1803
Owner: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
19th century

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1796-1803
Owner: U.S. Senate
George Washington

George Washington

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: Historic Hudson Valley
George Washington

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Judy & Michael Steinhardt
Thomas Norris Clark

Thomas Norris Clark

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Sheffield Clark, Jr.
Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1800
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. and Mrs. B. Noland Carter in memory of the Misses Mary Coles Carter and Sally Randolph Carter

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
c. 1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Brooklyn Historical Society

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