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The Washington Family

The Washington Family

Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Savage David Edwin
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
c. 1850 (after c. 1847 daguerreotype)
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
The Fifteenth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment

Print
1870
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to

Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral")

Book
1773
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Henry Walton Bibb

Henry Walton Bibb

Print
1847
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Frontispiece to

Frontispiece to "Memoir of Phillis Wheatley"

Book
c. 1834
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

Print
1773
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Death of Romulus Hall

Death of Romulus Hall

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

Photograph
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Bender
Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

Photograph
1961 (printed later)
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Rollie McKenna
Jessie Redmon Fauset

Jessie Redmon Fauset

Painting
1945
National Portrait Gallery
Laura Wheeler Waring
John Cotton Smith

John Cotton Smith

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
George Washington Cullum

George Washington Cullum

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Abiquiu (23 of 48)

Abiquiu (23 of 48)

Photograph
1966 (printed later)
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John Loengard
Dr. John Morgan

Dr. John Morgan

Painting
1764
National Portrait Gallery
Angelica Kauffmann

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