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Benjamin Harrison and Family

Benjamin Harrison and Family

Print
1889
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Sarah Weston Seaton with her Children Augustine and Julia

Sarah Weston Seaton with her Children Augustine and Julia

Painting
c. 1815
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Charles Bird King

The Last Days of Webster at Marshfield

Print
1858
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Mottram
Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Decorative Arts
c. 1927
National Portrait Gallery
Ralph Barton
Mrs. J. J. Prior

Mrs. J. J. Prior

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Grant and His Family

Grant and His Family

Print
1867
National Portrait Gallery
William Sartain
Mrs. J. J. Prior

Mrs. J. J. Prior

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
Laura Bush

Laura Bush

Painting
2008
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Aleksander Titovets
Catherine Maria Sedgwick

Catherine Maria Sedgwick

Silhouette
1842
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Auguste Edouart

Lincoln and Family 2814

Print
1867
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Currier & Ives Lithography Company

Lincoln Family 2835

Print
c. 1866
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D. Wiest
Lincoln and Family

Lincoln and Family

Print
1866
National Portrait Gallery
William Sartain
Mrs. J. J. Prior

Mrs. J. J. Prior

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio

Lincoln Family 2821

Print
c. 1890
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Valois

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