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James Monroe (Gibbs Monroe)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1817
Owner: National Gallery of Art

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1800-25
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Nicolas Eustache Maurin
Print
c. 1828
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1820
Owner: Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Sculpture
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: Portland Museum of Art

John A. Hawes, Jr. and Samuel Borden Hawes

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1828
Owner: Old Dartmouth Historical Society /New Bedford Whaling Museum
Washington at Dorchester Heights

Washington at Dorchester Heights

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830
Owner: Colby College Museum of Art
George Washington (Vaughan type)

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1795-1820
Owner: Unknown Owner

George Washington

Louis Desprez
Sculpture
1820-30

David Crockett

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-30
Owner: Chicago History Museum
George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1795-1824
Owner: U.S. Department of State
James Monroe

James Monroe

Moritz Furst
Medal
c. 1817
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Arthur Dauron
Painting
c. 1828-1919
Owner: Army and Navy Club

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Chester Harding
Painting
c. 1828
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
James Monroe

James Monroe

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820
Owner: Private collection

George Washington

Horatio Greenough
Sculpture
c. 1830
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
James Gibson

James Gibson

Benjamin Trott
Painting
c. 1825
Owner: UNLOCATED
George Washington

George Washington

Nicolas Eustache Maurin
Print
c. 1828
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Porumidi
Painting
c. 1825-1900
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
1820-60
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
George Washington

George Washington

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
1829?
Owner: Chrysler Museum of Art
James Johnson

James Johnson

Matthew Harris Jouett
Painting
c. 1818
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Henry Lyne, Jr.
George Washington

George Washington

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
c. 1834
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pierre de Marigny de Mandeville

Pierre de Marigny de Mandeville

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1830

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