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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
20th Century Tiger

20th Century Tiger

Drawing
c. 1947
National Portrait Gallery
James Montgomery Flagg
Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Silhouette
1841
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet

Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet

Photograph
December 1924
National Portrait Gallery
Harris & Ewing Studio
William Leete Stone

William Leete Stone

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
John Tyler

John Tyler

Silhouette
1841
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Catharine Maria Sedgwick

Silhouette
1842
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

Print
1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Abraham and Tad Lincoln

Abraham and Tad Lincoln

Photograph
1865
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Gardner
Gardiner Howland and Samuel Howland

Gardiner Howland and Samuel Howland

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
John Williamson Nevin

John Williamson Nevin

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
Josiah Quincy and Josiah Quincy, Jr.

Josiah Quincy and Josiah Quincy, Jr.

Silhouette
1842
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Auguste Edouart
William Cobbett

William Cobbett

Print
1830
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Nicolas Eustache Maurin
Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell

Photograph
1972
National Portrait Gallery
Duane Michals
Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Print
1800
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William Sharp

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