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James Garfield

James Garfield

Print
1880
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
James Garfield

James Garfield

Photograph
c. 1880
National Portrait Gallery
Napoleon Sarony
Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham

Photograph
c. 1922
National Portrait Gallery
Harris & Ewing Studio
Robert S. Brookings

Robert S. Brookings

Sculpture
1944
National Portrait Gallery
Janet Gregg Schroeder
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Print
June 4, 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Civil War Naval Officers

Civil War Naval Officers

Print
c. 1862
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Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Asa Gray

Asa Gray

Sculpture
before 1882
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery
John W. Davies
Henry Cabot Lodge, Constance Williams, Constance Minot and William Minot

Henry Cabot Lodge, Constance Williams, Constance Minot and William Minot

Photograph
c. 1917
National Portrait Gallery
Curtis Bell
Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Print
1880
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Kendrick
James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Print
1876
National Portrait Gallery
A. Hoen Lithography Company
James Garfield

James Garfield

Painting
1881
National Portrait Gallery
Ole Peter Hansen Balling

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