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Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

Print
1789
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Daniel Orme
General Washington

General Washington

Print
after 1780
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Unidentified Artist
Count Rumford

Count Rumford

Print
c. 1792
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Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayr
John Jeffries

John Jeffries

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1786
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Caroline Watson
Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson

Print
1783
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James Smithson

James Smithson

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1786
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James Roberts
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

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1783
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B. B. Ellis
John Ewing

John Ewing

Painting
1788
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Charles Willson Peale
John Jay

John Jay

Painting
begun 1784; completed by 1818
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Gilbert Stuart John Trumbull
George Washington

George Washington

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c. 1778
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Jean-Victor Dupin
George Washington

George Washington

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1781
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Valentine Green
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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1782
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John Norman
Benjamin West and Family

Benjamin West and Family

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1781
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D. P. Pariset
Joel Barlow

Joel Barlow

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c. 1793
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Gilles-Louis Chrétien
George Washington

George Washington

Print
1780
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Charles Willson Peale

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