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William Henry Fitzhugh Payne

William Henry Fitzhugh Payne

Richard Norris Brooke
Painting
1870-90
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

James Dearing

Flavius James Fisher
Painting
1899
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
John Patton

John Patton

Laussat Richter Rogers
Painting
c. 1890-1914
Owner: State of Delaware, Bureau of Museums and Historic Sites

Miniature, Portrait of Napoleon

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: North Carolina Museum of Art
Ambrose Powell Hill

Ambrose Powell Hill

William Ludwell Sheppard
Painting
1898
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1890
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Reuben Lindsay Walker

Reuben Lindsay Walker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1861-90
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Governor Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos

Alexander Alaux
Painting
c. 1900
Owner: Louisiana State Museum
Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette

Edward Gosselin
Print
1895
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Andrew Jackson

Charles Keck
Sculpture
early 20th century
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Joseph Gray Kitchell
Photograph
1897
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John Grubb Parke

John Grubb Parke

Robert Hinckley
Painting
1894
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
John Randolph Chambliss Jr.

John Randolph Chambliss Jr.

John P. Walker
Painting
1899
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
1845
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
William Preston

William Preston

Nicola Marschall
Painting
1896
Owner: Filson Historical Society

Benjamin Chew Howard

Robert Hinckley
Painting
c. 1880-90
Owner: Supreme Court of the United States

John Stoneacre Ellis

Lydia Field Emmet
Painting
1892
Owner: New-York Historical Society

Absalom Baird

Robert Hinckley
Painting
c. 1880-95
Owner: U.S. Military Academy

John Stark

Ulysses Dow Tenney
Painting
1891
Owner: State of New Hampshire
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

Jacques Reich
Drawing
c. 1899-1920
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1898-1903
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Peter Clarkson Ellmaker

David Benjamin Bechtel
Painting
1896
Owner: Regimental Corporation

George Gordon Meade

F. Henry Smith
Painting
1890
Owner: U.S. Military Academy

George Clinton

Henry Augustus Lukeman
Sculpture
c. 1895-1910
Owner: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum

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