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Arthur Wellesley

Thomas Sully
Painting
1838?
Owner: Dr. Oswaldo Gonzalez

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1776-1830
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Duff Green

Hiram Powers
Sculpture
1835
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1795-1831
George Washington

George Washington

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1838
Owner: The Lilly Library, Indiana University
James Monroe

James Monroe

Asher Brown Durand
Painting
1835?
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
Washington at Dorchester Heights

Washington at Dorchester Heights

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1830-70
Owner: Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

Major Thomas Biddle

Thomas Wilcocks Sully
Painting
1832
Owner: National Gallery of Art
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Charles Bird King
Painting
c. 1815-35
Owner: Redwood Library & Athenaeum

General Francis Marion In His Swamp Encampment Inviting A British Officer To Dinner

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: Winterthur Museum

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1800-30
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

George Blaney

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1834
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Ball Hughes
Sculpture
c. 1832
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
George Washington

George Washington

Asher Brown Durand
Painting
1835
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

Washington and Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Decorative Arts
1824-30
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum
George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Gassner
Painting
c. 1837
Owner: Vermont State House
George Washington Whistler

George Washington Whistler

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum

Ver Planck Van Antwerp

John L. Harding
Painting
1836
Owner: Private Collection

Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn

Thomas Badger
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Maine Historical Society
George Washington (Lansdowne Type)

George Washington (Lansdowne Type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1832?
Owner: Masonic Temple, Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania
Battle of Princeton

Battle of Princeton

John Trumbull
Painting
c. 1830-31
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum

Mordecai Gist

Luther Terry
Painting
1837
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Maunsel White

Maunsel White

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1830-40
Owner: Private Collection

Davy Crockett

Anthony Lewis De Rose
Painting
c. 1835
Owner: New-York Historical Society

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