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Willie Mays

James Fiorentino
Painting
2001
Owner: James Fiorentino

Charles Rangel

Simmie Knox
Painting
2008
Owner: U.S. House of Representatives

Howard Zinn

Brett Cook
Collage
2007
Owner: Private collection

Ariel Sharon, Negev

Harry Benson
Photograph
2002
Owner: Harry Benson Ltd.
Five Whitney Artists, New York

Five Whitney Artists, New York

Irving Penn
Photograph
2002
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Harry S Truman

Alfred Jordan
Painting
late 20th century
Owner: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

Kenneth Levie Zierler

Peter Even Egeli
Painting
2005
Owner: Johns Hopkins University

Robert E. Lee

J. Rogers
Painting
mid 19th-20th century
Owner: Private Collection

General Antonio de León

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Museo de Historia Mexicana

Robert McDonnell

Nancy Mauck
Painting
early 21st century
Owner: Virginia State Capitol
Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond

Nel Laughon
Silhouette
2002
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the family of Helen & Nel Laughon. The Laughon Collection care and digitization project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond

Nel Laughon
Silhouette
2002
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the family of Helen & Nel Laughon. The Laughon Collection care and digitization project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

Agustín de Iturbide

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Museo de Historia Mexicana
Edward Kennedy

Edward Kennedy

Denis Reggie
Photograph
c. 2009 (printed 2017)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Christine and William Ragland

Lloyd S. Rogers, M.D.

Brian O'Toole Makepeace
Painting
2000
Owner: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Health Sciences Library
Sylvia Rivera (with Christina Hayworth and Julia Murray)

Sylvia Rivera (with Christina Hayworth and Julia Murray)

Luis Carle
Photograph
2000
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center

Theodore Roosevelt

Lois Kuck
Mixed Media
early 21st century
Owner: Private collection

George Washington

Bradley Stevens
Painting
2002
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

William Franklin Goodling

Dean L. Paules
Painting
2000
Owner: U.S. House of Representatives

Elvis Presley

Ernest Trino Trova
Collage
20th century
Owner: Ulrich Museum of Art
Cody Astride his Buffalo Horse

Cody Astride his Buffalo Horse

Byron B. Wolfe
Sculpture
20th century
Owner: Whitney Western Art Museum

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1856
Owner: Private Collection

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1796

Entertainer

James J. Nance
Sculpture
20th century

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