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Joseph Henry Sharp
Painting
c. 1899-1902
Owner: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Jeffrey Amherst

Charles Peale Didier
Painting
1895
Owner: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College

Special Detail under Captain Rafferty Going into Santiago

Charles Johnson Post
Painting
1898-1952
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Francis Scott King
Print
c. 1898-1903
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John Pope

John Pope

Edward Virginius Valentine
Sculpture
1897
Owner: Valentine Museum

Oliver Cromwell

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft
Sculpture
1899
Owner: Westminster Hall

Guilford Wiley Wells

Albert Jenks
Painting
c. 1886
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Matthew Calbraith Butler

Matthew Calbraith Butler

Cornelius Haly Hankins
Painting
1897
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

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

John Joseph Pershing

Anthony De Francisci
Sculpture
late 19th-mid 20th century
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Jonathan Arnold

Richard Creifelds
Painting
1898?
Owner: St Johnsbury Athenaeum

Isaac Franks

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1892-1952
Owner: American Jewish Historical Society

William Ransom Johnson Pegram

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1861-97
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Walter Quintin Gresham

Walter Quintin Gresham

Charles Harold L. MacDonald
Painting
1893
Owner: U.S. Department of Treasury

Thomas Leiper Kane

Evan O'Neill Kane
Painting
1896
Owner: State Museum of Pennsylvania

Albert Leopold Mills

James Carroll Beckwith
Painting
c. 1902
Owner: U.S. Military Academy

Theodore Runyon

Henry Harrison
Painting
1890
Owner: State House Fine Arts Collection
Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette

Paul Wayland Bartlett
Sculpture
c. 1890-1900
Owner: Unknown Owner
Thomas Henry Carter

Thomas Henry Carter

Cornelius Haly Hankins
Painting
1861-99
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Morris Diamond
Print
1892
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Eastman Johnson
Painting
c. 1890-1900
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

General Lafayette on Horseback

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
19th century
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Booth Taliaferro

William Ludwell Sheppard
Painting
1899
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Judge Warren Cowan

William Bienville Rhodes
Painting
c. 1892
Owner: Old Court House Museum

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