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Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette

Ary Scheffer
Painting
c. 1820-30
Owner: Lafayette College

William Barret Travis

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1835-1941
Owner: Dallas Historical Society
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Print
c. 1843
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Fred W. Hicks, III

John McNeil

Henry Willard
Painting
1825-35
Owner: State of New Hampshire

Asher Phillips

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1835-40
Owner: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

William Henry Harrison

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1840
Owner: Baltimore Museum of Art

Harrison Gray Otis

Shobal Vail Clevenger
Sculpture
c. 1830-40
Owner: Historic New England

Dr. Samuel Adams

Thomas Badger
Painting
c. 1828
Owner: Roger C. Fletcher
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
1835
Owner: The White House

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1830-70
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Captain Allen A. Rabineau

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1835
Owner: Museum of the City of New York
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

John Frazee
Sculpture
1834
Owner: Princeton University

John Brooks

Sarah Goodridge
Painting
c. 1825-30
Owner: Private Collection

Alfred Sully

Thomas Sully
Painting
1839
Owner: de Young Museum
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

Painting
c. 1839-40
Owner: The White House
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Moritz Furst
Medal
c. 1832
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Clark Mills
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Gilcrease Museum
David Crockett

David Crockett

Asher Brown Durand
Print
c. 1835
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1820-30
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1820-30
Owner: Smith College Museum of Art
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Oliver S. Frazer
Painting
c. 1830-1927

William Hyslop Sumner

Asher Brown Durand
Painting
1836?
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
James Monroe

James Monroe

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

Eleazar Williams

George Catlin
Painting
1832
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

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