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Sleeping Dog

Sleeping Dog

Drawing
1988
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Patrick Oliphant
John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent

Photograph
1924
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Havelock Pierce
H. H. Bennett

H. H. Bennett

Photograph
c. 1900
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Unidentified Artist

Going to the Holland Pavilion

Photograph
November 26, 1904
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Jessie Tarbox Beals
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Photograph
1903
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Underwood & Underwood
Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Photograph
1941 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937

Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937

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1937
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Harry Warnecke Robert F. Cranston
Alfred and Giuliette Frueh

Alfred and Giuliette Frueh

Print
1940
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Alfred J. Frueh
Grant and His Generals

Grant and His Generals

Painting
1865
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Ole Peter Hansen Balling
James Smithson

James Smithson

Painting
1786
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James Roberts
Vogue Photographers 1946

Vogue Photographers 1946

Photograph
1946
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Irving Penn
The Infant Roscius

The Infant Roscius

Drawing
1817
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Augustus Earle
The Picnic

The Picnic

Drawing
1912
National Portrait Gallery
Marius de Zayas
Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Print
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Mabel Dwight
General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott

Photograph
1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady

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    • Maps  15
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    • The Struggle for Justice Refresh  5
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    • NPG, East Gallery 150a  2
    • NPG, North Gallery 140  2
    • NPG, South Gallery 322  2
    • NPG, South Gallery 342  2
    • NPG, South Gallery 342 Mezzanine  2
    • NPG, West Gallery 210  2
    • Recent Acquisitions 2023  2
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    • NPG, East Gallery 121  1
    • NPG, East Gallery 123  1
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    • NPG, East Gallery 142  1
    • NPG, East Gallery 144  1
    • NPG, South Gallery 120  1
    • NPG, South Gallery 240  1
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20th Century Americans: 1930-1960  20
20th Century Americans: 1960-2000  21
20th Century Americans: 2000 to Present  11
America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)  59
Currently not on view  25587
Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery  2
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return  5
From Shadow to Substance: Grand-scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years  10
Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour (working title)  1
Meserve Collection Highlights: Modern Prints form Mathew Brady’s Portrait Negatives  1
NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans  52
NPG, East Gallery 110a  9
NPG, East Gallery 110c  1
NPG, East Gallery 111  13
NPG, East Gallery 112  10
NPG, East Gallery 120  11
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NPG, East Gallery 122  9
NPG, East Gallery 123  9
NPG, East Gallery 124  7
NPG, East Gallery 131  8
NPG, East Gallery 132  12
NPG, East Gallery 133  4
NPG, East Gallery 134  10
NPG, East Gallery 135  10
NPG, East Gallery 136  10
NPG, East Gallery 140  13
NPG, East Gallery 141  11
NPG, East Gallery 142  12
NPG, East Gallery 144  8
NPG, East Gallery 150a  4
NPG, East Gallery 152  2
NPG, North Gallery 140  19
NPG, North Gallery 225  1
NPG, North Gallery 226  1
NPG, North Gallery 231  2
NPG, North Gallery 232  1
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NPG, South Gallery 230  1
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NPG, South Gallery 240  30
NPG, South Gallery 310 Mezzanine  1
NPG, South Gallery 321  20
NPG, South Gallery 321 Mezzanine  14
NPG, South Gallery 322  25
NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine  15
NPG, South Gallery 341  11
NPG, South Gallery 341 Mezzanine  10
NPG, South Gallery 342  27
NPG, South Gallery 342 Mezzanine  11
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NPG, West Gallery 220  22
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National Portrait Gallery Collection  26025
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900  150
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