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Battle at Great Bethel

Battle at Great Bethel

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
John Joseph Sirica

John Joseph Sirica

Photograph
1974
National Portrait Gallery
George Tames
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

Print
1848
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

Photograph
1953
National Portrait Gallery
Allen Ginsberg
Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham

Photograph
c. 1922
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Harris & Ewing Studio
Orestes Brownson

Orestes Brownson

Painting
1863
National Portrait Gallery
George Peter Alexander Healy
William McKinley

William McKinley

Photograph
1896
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Unidentified Artist
Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Clement Greenberg

Clement Greenberg

Painting
1955
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René Robert Bouché
United States Senate Chamber

United States Senate Chamber

Print
1846
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Thomas Doney
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Gerrit Smith

Gerrit Smith

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz

Painting
1899
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Daniel Huntington
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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