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Frederick Douglass

Sarah James Eddy
Painting
1883
Owner: National Park Service

Lessons of the Hour

Isaac Julien
Time-Based Media
2019
Joint museum purchase between the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Acquired by National Portrait Gallery in part through the generosity of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Agnes Gund. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. NPG.2023.23 and 2023.42.

Phillis Wheatley

Elizabeth Catlett
Sculpture
1973
Owner: Cincinnati Art Museum
Harriet Tubman (frontispiece to

Harriet Tubman (frontispiece to "Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman")

John G. Darby
Book
c. 1868
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Julia Faison with Bouquet

Mary Lyde Hicks Williams
Painting
c. 1890-1910
Owner: North Carolina Museum of History
Lear Green Escaping in a Chest

Lear Green Escaping in a Chest

Unidentified Artist
Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Yarrow Mamout

Yarrow Mamout

James Alexander Simpson
Painting
1822
Owner: Peabody Collection, DC Public Library, Georgetown Regional Branch

Andrew Fleming West

William Holston
Drawing
c. 1900-30
Owner: Princeton University
Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

George Hurrell
Photograph
c. 1935
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor
William Holston

William Holston

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
William Holston

William Holston

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Gene Krupa at 400 Restaurant, New York City

Gene Krupa at 400 Restaurant, New York City

William Paul Gottlieb
Photograph
June 1946 (printed c. 1979)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William P. Gottlieb
William Holston

William Holston

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Francis Hawes and Charles Ebenezer Hawes

Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Francis Hawes and Charles Ebenezer Hawes

Southworth & Hawes
Photograph
c. 1845–1848
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Time Works Wonders

Time Works Wonders

Thomas Nast
Print
1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Holston

William Holston

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
A Dodge That Won't Work

A Dodge That Won't Work

John Cameron
Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Fred W. Hicks, III

Henry Remsen, Jr.

Ernest De Nagy
Painting
1936
Owner: U.S. Patent Office
Henry Frederick, Prince of Bohemia and Prince of the Palatinate

Henry Frederick, Prince of Bohemia and Prince of the Palatinate

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1618
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Mary, Queen of Scots

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1610 (1578?)
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Count Palatine of the Rhine

Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Count Palatine of the Rhine

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1603-32
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton
Painting
c. 1800-10
Owner: U.S. Patent Office
Mary (Stuart), Queen of Scotland

Mary (Stuart), Queen of Scotland

Renold Elstrack
Print
1618
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

William Thornton

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1804-71
Owner: U.S. Patent Office

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    • 1750s  1049
    • 1760s  1281
    • 1770s  1906
    • 1780s  2680
    • 1790s  4706
    • 1800s  8795
    • 1810s  6019
    • 1820s  8074
    • 1830s  10454
    • 1840s  10954
    • 1850s  9995
    • 1860s  15003
    • 1870s  13367
    • 1880s  8819
    • 1890s  6665
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