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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
National Portrait Gallery
William Bache
Stephen Augustus Hurlburt

Stephen Augustus Hurlburt

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

Unidentified Woman

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

Unidentified Man

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

Unidentified Woman

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

Unidentified Woman

Silhouette
c. 1804-06
National Portrait Gallery
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
Mme. Fraitée

Mme. Fraitée

Silhouette
c. 1803-04
National Portrait Gallery
William Bache

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