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George Washington

George Washington

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
c. 1851
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joan Murray. Conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

James Maguire
Photograph
c. 1847
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Thomas James Churchill

Henry Byrd
Painting
c. 1850
Owner: Arkansas Arts Center
Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

Albert Hoffman
Print
c. 1853-54
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Newell Woodruff Bankston

G. Poindexter
Painting
c. 1851
Owner: Doris Bankston
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

William Wilson
Painting
1846?
Owner: State of Georgia

Tuch-ee

George Catlin
Painting
c. 1836
Owner: Gilcrease Museum
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Joseph Henry Bush
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Lewis Cass

William Henry Brown
Silhouette
1844-46
Owner: Detroit Historical Museum
Isaac Coles

Isaac Coles

William John Coffee
Sculpture
early 19th-mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

Edward W. Laight

Henry Inman
Painting
c. 1830-40
Owner: Museum of the City of New York
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam
Print
1848
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Palo Alto, Death of Major Ringgold

Palo Alto, Death of Major Ringgold

John C. McRae
Print
c. 1846
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII

General Taylor at Battle of Palo Alto

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Samuel Ringgold flask

Baltimore Glass Works
Decorative Arts
c. 1846
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII
John J. Hardin

John J. Hardin

Thomas Waterman Wood
Painting
c. 1835
Owner: Filson Historical Society

General John Anthony Quitman

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1845
Owner: Green Leaves
Benjamin Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown

Thomas Sully
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Liberty Hall Museum
JHW Patton - Immediately after his first fire at Brazitos on the 25 Dec 1846

JHW Patton - Immediately after his first fire at Brazitos on the 25 Dec 1846"

Lachlin A. Maclean
Drawing
1846-47
Owner: Palace of the Governors, New Mexico History Museum
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

John Sartain
Print
1841
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

George Catlin
Painting
1835-45
Owner: Private Collection

Peter Fritz

O. S. Freeland
Painting
c. 1840-55
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1848
Owner: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Doctor Benjamin Bruno Poellnitz

Doctor Benjamin Bruno Poellnitz

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1844
Owner: Private collection

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