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Henry Coalter Cabell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1893-1920

General Robert Poage

Mary A. Spencer
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Cincinnati Historical Society

Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

John Singer Sargent
Drawing
c. 1922
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Adolph Alexander Weinman
Sculpture
c. 1900-20
Owner: Indianapolis Museum of Art

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest A. Armstrong

John Singer Sargent
Drawing
1923
Owner: Stella Macdonald
Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott
Drawing
1918-25
Owner: U.S. Steel Corporation

Richard Peyton Walton

John P. Walker
Painting
1924
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture

William Starke Rosecrans

D. Hartman Osnis
Painting
1924?
Owner: U.S. Military Academy

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

George Bagby Matthews
Painting
c. 1877-1927
Owner: College of William & Mary
Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles

Charles Ayer Whipple
Painting
late 19th-early 20th century
Owner: West Point Museum
John Joseph Pershing

John Joseph Pershing

Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk
Painting
1920-21
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of the City of Cincinnati through the National Art Committee, 1923

William George Haan

Richard Sumner Meryman
Painting
1923
Owner: State Historical Society of Wisconsin

James Grafton Carleton Lee

Elizabeth Nichols Watrous
Painting
late 19th century
Owner: U.S. Army Military History Institute

Bernardo de Galvez

Andres Molinary
Painting
c. 1917
Owner: Louisiana State Museum

General Abel Davis

Alfred Bendiner
Drawing
c. 1926
Owner: National Gallery of Art

General Pershing Entering St. Mihiel

Ernest Clifford Peixotto
Drawing
c. 1918
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

John Joseph Pershing

Frank Benton Ashley Linton
Painting
1921
Owner: Palais des Invalides, Paris

John Joseph Pershing

Philip Alexius de László
Painting
1921
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Gen. William Cogswell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 19th-early 20th century
Owner: Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
Tasker Howard Bliss

Tasker Howard Bliss

Barnett McPhee Clinedinst
Photograph
1920
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1930
Owner: The White House

Walter Drew McCaw

Hester Miller
Painting
c. 1919-23
Owner: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Adna Romanza Chaffee

Richard Sumner Meryman
Painting
c. 1902-21
Owner: Army and Navy Club

William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood

John Singer Sargent
Drawing
c. 1922
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

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