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Possibly Gilbert Stephen Bailey

Possibly Gilbert Stephen Bailey

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
M. Scott

M. Scott

Print
c. 1861-62
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Silhouette
c. 1803-04
National Portrait Gallery
William Bache
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
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William Bache
Stephen Augustus Hurlburt

Stephen Augustus Hurlburt

Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Barr & Young
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
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William Bache
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
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William Bache
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
National Portrait Gallery
William Bache
Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
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William Bache
Henry S. Briggs

Henry S. Briggs

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Eulalie de Lassize Trudeau

Eulalie de Lassize Trudeau

Silhouette
c. 1803-04
National Portrait Gallery
William Bache
James Lawrence

James Lawrence

Print
1810
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
William Henry Furness

William Henry Furness

Photograph
c. 1875
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Frederick Gutekunst
Robert Carter

Robert Carter

Print
1801
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

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    • Dictionaries  1
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    • National Portrait Gallery Collection  26023
    • Currently not on view  25580
    • Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900  158
    • America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)  59
    • NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans  52
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    • NPG, West Gallery 210  26
    • 20th Century Americans: 1900-1930 (re-installation 2012)  25
    • 20th Century Americans: 1960-2000  25
    • NPG, South Gallery 322  25
    • NPG, South Gallery 342  25
    • NPG, South Gallery 120  22
    • NPG, West Gallery 220  22
    • Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell  22
    • The Struggle for Justice Refresh  22
    • NPG, North Gallery 140  20
    • Recent Acquisitions 2023  19
    • NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine  15
    • NPG, East Gallery 134  14
    • NPG, South Gallery 321 Mezzanine  14
    • Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection  14
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    • Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery  2
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1710s  236
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Decorative arts  334
Dictionaries  2
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Drawings  15412
Exterior views  6461
Jewelry  2
Maps  247
Medals  535
Miniatures  7646
Mirrors  232
Mixed media  75
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Periodicals  31
Photographs  13849
Positive Transparency  81
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20th Century Americans: 2000 to Present  11
America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)  59
Catalog of American Portraits  96359
Currently not on view  25580
Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery  2
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return  5
Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour (working title)  1
NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans  52
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NPG, East Gallery 111  13
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NPG, East Gallery 120  11
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NPG, South Gallery 341  11
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NPG, South Gallery 342  25
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NPG, South Gallery 350 Mezzanine  1
NPG, West Gallery 210  26
NPG, West Gallery 220  22
NPG, West Gallery 240  3
National Portrait Gallery Collection  26023
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900  158
Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery's Collection  14
Recent Acquisitions 2023  19
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