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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Drawing
1972
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Arthur Wells
Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen

Drawing
c. 1925
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Winold Reiss
Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Drawing
1988
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Edward Sorel
Newton Booth Tarkington

Newton Booth Tarkington

Drawing
c. 1930
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Sebastian Simonet
Lionel Barrymore --

Lionel Barrymore -- "Laugh, Clown, Laugh"

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c. 1923
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Alfred J. Frueh
James Bryant Conant

James Bryant Conant

Drawing
1948
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Gardner Cox
J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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1954
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Ben Shahn
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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c. 1939
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Walt Disney Studios
Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Kirstein

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1937
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Pavel Fyodorovitch Tchelitchew
Gordon Stifler Seagrave

Gordon Stifler Seagrave

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1968
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Robert Handville
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

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1942
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Soss Efram Melik
Thornton Niven Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder

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1919
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Reginald Marsh
John Burgoyne

John Burgoyne

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c. 1899-1920
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Jacques Reich
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

Drawing
1935
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Oscar Edward Cesare
4 Sketches of Robert Lee Frost

4 Sketches of Robert Lee Frost

Drawing
1955
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Gardner Cox

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