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George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1824
Owner: Walker Art Center

Lincoln and General B. F. Butler as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Adalbert John Volck
Print
19th century
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
John McClintock Logan

John McClintock Logan

Jacob Marling
Painting
1827
Owner: Greensboro Historical Museum

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1820-35
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art

Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

Thomas Sully
Drawing
1820
Owner: National Gallery of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Chauncey Housman
Painting
c. 1825-73
George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1823
Owner: The White House

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

John Trumbull
Painting
1809-20
Owner: U.S. Capitol

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: New-York Historical Society
George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1825
Owner: North Carolina Museum of Art

James Peale by Lamplight

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1822?
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Ezra Ames
Painting
1826
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art
Washington on Horse

Washington on Horse

Mary Ann Willson
Painting
c. 1820
Owner: Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1796-1821
Owner: UNLOCATED
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Ball Hughes
Sculpture
c. 1831
Owner: Albany Institute of History and Art
James Monroe

James Monroe

James Herring
Painting
c. 1834
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: de Saisset Museum

George Washington Shelf Clock

Isidore Grenot
Decorative Arts
c. 1820
Owner: New Orleans Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1796-1820
Owner: Private collection

George Washington

Pierre Jean David d'Angers
Sculpture
1828-29
Owner: Galerie David d'Angers
Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Stephen Van Rensselaer III

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1825-35
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Franklin R. Street
Painting
before 1894
Owner: Private Collection

Medallion of George Washington

Barthelemy Desprez Jr.
Sculpture
1815-25
Owner: Winterthur Museum

George Washington Is My Name

Unidentified Artist
Painting
First quarter 19th century
Owner: National Gallery of Art

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