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Frederick Philipse

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: Historic Hudson Valley
John Jameson, Sr.

John Jameson, Sr.

Francis Cicerong
Painting
1809
Owner: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Capt. John Lee Harris

Capt. John Lee Harris

William Bache
Silhouette
c. 1803-04
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
William MacRea

William MacRea

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1804
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Painting
1807
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Robert Home
Painting
1804
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Reuben Lindsay

Reuben Lindsay

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1808
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Edward W. Laight

Edward W. Laight

George Augustus Baker
Painting
c. 1800-10
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

William Wells

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1810
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-1800
Owner: Carnegie Museum of Art

Peleg Wadsworth

Unidentified Artist
Silhouette
c. 1800-10
Owner: Maine Historical Society

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
1775-1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lieutenant Alfred Sebastian

Lieutenant Alfred Sebastian

William Bache
Silhouette
c. 1803-04
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler

William Bache
Silhouette
1804
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise

Thomas Coles

Thomas Young
Painting
c. 1800-15
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

La Sosse
Painting
19th century
Owner: Historic New Orleans Collection
Anthony Wayne

Anthony Wayne

Edward Savage
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Horatio Stark

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
c. 1807
Owner: Nancy Hamilton Allen Ogden

Bust of Andrew Jackson

Ferdinand Pettrich
Sculpture
19th-late 19th century

Leonard Bleecker

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1796-1801
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Charles Gratiot

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Missouri Historical Society

Henry Dearborn

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Portrait of Captain William Preston Smith

José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza
Painting
c. 1800-01
Owner: Colonial Williamsburg

Thomas Pinckney

Edward Greene Malbone
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Mrs. Henry Buist

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