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Agnes de Mille

Agnes de Mille

Painting
c. 1941
National Portrait Gallery
Elizabeth Montgomery
Will Rogers

Will Rogers

Sculpture
1938 (cast 1951 or after)
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Jo Davidson
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld

Sculpture
c. 1927
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Cesare Stea
Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Sculpture
1942
National Portrait Gallery
Isamu Noguchi
Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Painting
1956
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Koerner
Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery
Betsy Graves Reyneau
Lee Simonson Self-Portrait

Lee Simonson Self-Portrait

Painting
c. 1912
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Lee Simonson
Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

Painting
1963
National Portrait Gallery
Bradley Phillips
P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum

Sculpture
1883(cast 1973)
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Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Painting
1947
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Biberman
Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead

Painting
1930
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Augustus Edwin John
George Gershwin

George Gershwin

Painting
1936
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Arthur Kaufmann
Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Sculpture
1925
National Portrait Gallery
Jo Davidson
John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

Painting
1909
National Portrait Gallery
Harry Franklin Waltman

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