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William Augustine Washington

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Drawing
1804

General William Eaton

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1807
Owner: Private collection
Lieutenant Alfred Sebastian

Lieutenant Alfred Sebastian

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

Mathias Musser

Jacob Eichholtz
Painting
c. 1806
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Henry Burbeck

Henry Burbeck

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1806
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Vicente Guerrero

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
n.d.a.
Owner: Museo de Historia Mexicana

Reuben Etting

Peale Museum Philadelphia
Silhouette
1807
Owner: The Jewish Museum
James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson

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

Isaac A. Coles

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

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1800-83
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Meriwether Lewis

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1807?
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

Mr. Cambell

Robert Field
Painting
c. 1798-1803

Col. John Chesnut

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1796-1800
Owner: Denver Art Museum

Joseph Clay

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts
Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1805
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Jerome Bonaparte

Jerome Bonaparte

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1804
Owner: Private collection
Portrait of General William Moultrie

Portrait of General William Moultrie

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation

Horatio Gates

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

Baron D.H. Knyphausen

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th century
Owner: Private collection
John Augustine Washington

John Augustine Washington

M. S. Powel
Silhouette
c. 1790-1800
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society
Lord Francis Rawdon-Hastings

Lord Francis Rawdon-Hastings

Charles Robertson
Painting
c. 1780-1800
Owner: Private collection
George Clinton

George Clinton

Alexander Anderson
Print
c. 1801
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Daniel D. Tompkins

John Trumbull
Painting
1808
Owner: Public Design Commission of the City of New York

John Frelinghuysen

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-10
Owner: New Jersey Historical Society

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