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George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Harris & Ewing Studio
Photograph
1907
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Aileen Conkey
George Washington

George Washington

Arturo Bianchini
Sculpture
1907
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection

Francis Henney Smith

William D. Washington
Painting
c. 1850-1900
Owner: Virginia Military Institute
George Washington

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
George Washington

George Washington

Sculpture
19th century
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick William Wright
Painting
1903
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: New Haven Museum

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1905
Owner: Gilcrease Museum

After the presentation at the Italian Pavilion

Jessie Tarbox Beals
Photograph
November 26, 1904
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm

Russell Alexander Alger

Carlo Romanelli
Sculpture
c. 1895-1907
Owner: Chicago History Museum
George Washington

George Washington

Henry Alexander Ogden
Drawing
c. 1909
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century

Henry Lee Higginson

John Singer Sargent
Painting
1903
Owner: Harvard University Portrait Collection
George Washington

George Washington

Moritz Furst
Medal
c. 1720-1896
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

William Richardson Davie

Albert Rosenthal
Painting
1901
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Adrian Lamb
Painting
1967, after 1908 original
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Theodore Roosevelt Association
George Washington

George Washington

Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum

Ulysses Grant

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Reviewing the Troops

Jessie Tarbox Beals
Photograph
November 26, 1904
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
19th century
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

General James Longstreet

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1865
Owner: J. R. Dunbar
George Washington (Atheneaum Type)

George Washington (Atheneaum Type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
before 1900
Owner: Unknown Art Dealer

George Washington

William James Hubard
Painting
19th century
Owner: William Kitchel

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