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Battle of New Orleans

Battle of New Orleans

Print
1817
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Yeager
John Glenn

John Glenn

Photograph
1962
National Portrait Gallery
George Tames
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Print
1843
National Portrait Gallery
Moseley Isaac Danforth
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Painting
1990
National Portrait Gallery
Paul Davis
The Washington Family

The Washington Family

Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Savage David Edwin
The Fifteenth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment

Print
1870
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870

Print
1870
National Portrait Gallery
Metcalf & Clark
General Washington

General Washington

Print
after 1780
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Unidentified Artist
Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Drawing
1988
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott

Sculpture
c. 1850
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Painting
1984-85
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Aaron Shikler
Betty Ford

Betty Ford

Painting
1996
National Portrait Gallery
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson

Photograph
August 24, 1976
National Portrait Gallery
Richard Avedon
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Painting
1975
National Portrait Gallery
Daniel Bennett Schwartz
Harry S Truman and Herbert Hoover

Harry S Truman and Herbert Hoover

Photograph
1947
National Portrait Gallery
George Tames

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