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Major Moses Seymour

Major Moses Seymour

Ralph Earl
Painting
1789
Owner: Saint Louis Art Museum
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

B. B. Ellis
Print
1783
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington

George Washington

Valentine Green
Print
1781
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Benjamin West
Painting
1783
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

Valentine Green
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

Henry Laurens

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1784
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

Benoît-Louis Prévost
Print
1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Signing of the Treaty of Paris, American Peace Commissioners

Signing of the Treaty of Paris, American Peace Commissioners

Benjamin West
Painting
1783
Owner: U.S. Department of State

Archibald Bulloch, Governor of Georgia

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Captain Samuel Chandler

Winthrop Chandler
Painting
c. 1780
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1779
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Ethan Allen Alleged

Painting
1780s
Owner: Private Collection

Peter Labilliere

Henry Kingsbury
Painting
1780
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Joseph Cilley

Joseph Cilley

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1775-85
Owner: New Hampshire Historical Society

Silas Talbot

Robert Edge Pine
Painting
1784-85
Owner: UNLOCATED

Portrait of Major Henry Richmond Gale (1760-1814), in the uniform of the 7th Light Dragoons

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
after 1782
Owner: Cheffins
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

John Singleton Copley
Painting
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck

Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck

Unidentified Artist
Print
1787
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Self-Portrait with Angelica and a Portrait of Rachel

Self-Portrait with Angelica and a Portrait of Rachel

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1788
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Henry Laurens

John Singleton Copley
Painting
c. 1782
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates at Saratoga on Oct 17, 1776

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-1810
Owner: Winterthur Museum

Henry Laurens

Lemuel Francis Abbott
Painting
c. 1782
Owner: U.S. Senate

Daniel Boardman

Ralph Earl
Painting
1789
Owner: National Gallery of Art

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