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Peter A. Lorillard

Peter A. Lorillard

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1840
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Auguste Edouart
Reynell Coates and Benjamin Coates

Reynell Coates and Benjamin Coates

Silhouette
1843
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Auguste Edouart
Dr. Charles Caldwell

Dr. Charles Caldwell

Silhouette
1844
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Auguste Edouart
Ellis Lewis and John Collier

Ellis Lewis and John Collier

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

Print
1847
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John Plumbe
George Caleb Bingham Self-Portrait

George Caleb Bingham Self-Portrait

Painting
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George Caleb Bingham
Alexander Macomb

Alexander Macomb

Silhouette
1844
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E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Print
1849
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Heman Allen

Heman Allen

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1843
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Auguste Edouart
George Washington

George Washington

Print
1846
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Sarony & Major Lithography Company
George W. Jones and William Stockton

George W. Jones and William Stockton

Silhouette
1843
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Auguste Edouart
Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Photograph
date unknown
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James Wallace Black
Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole

Drawing
1846
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Frederic Edwin Church
Simeon Baldwin

Simeon Baldwin

Painting
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Unidentified Artist
John James Audubon

John James Audubon

Print
c. 1850
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Unidentified Artist

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NPG, West Gallery 220  22
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