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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Print
1848
National Portrait Gallery
William Sharp
George Shoemaker Inspecting Flour for the Port of Georgetown

George Shoemaker Inspecting Flour for the Port of Georgetown

Painting
1840
National Portrait Gallery
James Alexander Simpson
John Sartain Self-Portrait

John Sartain Self-Portrait

Print
c. 1848
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John Sartain
Frances Wright

Frances Wright

Print
c. 1852
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Nagel & Weingaertner Lithography Company
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1846
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Unidentified Artist
Gardiner Howland and Samuel Howland

Gardiner Howland and Samuel Howland

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler

Silhouette
1844
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Auguste Edouart
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Painting
1849
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George Lethbridge Saunders
Duff Green

Duff Green

Silhouette
1841
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Auguste Edouart
George Peabody

George Peabody

Painting
c. 1854
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George Peter Alexander Healy
Robert Gould Shaw

Robert Gould Shaw

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
Solomon Etting

Solomon Etting

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
Daniel Huntington

Daniel Huntington

Painting
1842
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Inman
Francis S. Chanfrau

Francis S. Chanfrau

Drawing
c. 1848
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Plumbe, Jr. Self-Portrait

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Plumbe, Jr. Self-Portrait

Print
1847
National Portrait Gallery
John Plumbe

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