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Portrait of General Pershing

Joseph Felix Bouchor
Painting
1917
Owner: Musée National de la Cooperation Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt
Samuel Ringgold

Samuel Ringgold

Nathaniel Currier
Print
1846
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII

Thomas Morrell

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: Private collection

President Chester A. Arthur, Standing

Daniel Huntington
Drawing
1884
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

President Chester A. Arthur Standing, Separate Head, Shoulder and Arm Study

Daniel Huntington
Drawing
1850-84
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Chester Alan Arthur

Daniel Huntington
Painting
1885
Owner: The White House

Portrait of General James Guthrie Harbord

John St. Helier Lander
Painting
c. 1914-44
Owner: Pershing Hall

James O. Shackelford Jr.

William Stamms Shackelford
Painting
1857
Owner: Tennessee State Museum

General Raymond Lee

Bjorn P. Egeli
Painting
1932
Owner: Unknown Owner
Uriah Tracy

Uriah Tracy

Ralph Earl
Painting
1790
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum

William De Peyster, Sr.

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1798
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Joseph Cilley

Joseph Cilley

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

Unidentified Man

William Bache
Silhouette
c. 1804-06
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

Charles DeForest Fredricks
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde

Major Francis Marshall Boykin

Felix Thomas Sharples
Painting
c. 1812-1813
Owner: Private Collection
Chester Alan Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur

Matthew Wilson
Painting
c. 1876-86
Owner: Union League of Philadelphia

Cornelius Cuyler

Unidentified Artist
Painting
Owner: Private collection

Daniel D. Tompkins

John Wesley Jarvis
Painting
c. 1812
Owner: New-York Historical Society

General George A. Custer

Ruth Joy Hopkins
Painting
1939
Owner: Wyoming State Museum
William Boyd

William Boyd

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Print
1802
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
David Glasgow Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut

Edward Jacobs
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin Lincoln

Benjamin Lincoln

Auguste Edouart
Silhouette
1841
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur

Charles E. Barber
Medal
1881 (struck 1883-85)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer

Dodge City Lawmen

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
1877-78
Owner: Private collection

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