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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Print
1854
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Andrews Hezekiah Wright Smith
William Butler Ogden

William Butler Ogden

Photograph
c. 1857
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Alexander Hesler
Austin Steward

Austin Steward

Print
c. 1857
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John Chester Buttre
Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry

Painting
1857
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Daniel Huntington
John Forsyth

John Forsyth

Sculpture
1853
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Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti
John Frederick Kensett

John Frederick Kensett

Photograph
c. 1860
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Charles DeForest Fredricks
Asa Gray

Asa Gray

Photograph
c. 1856
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Unidentified Artist
Theodric Romeyn Beck, M.D.

Theodric Romeyn Beck, M.D.

Print
1854
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John Francis Eugene Prud'homme
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Painting
c. 1850-52
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John Vanderlyn
Etienne Derbec

Etienne Derbec

Print
c. 1850
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A. De Lattre
James C. McGuire

James C. McGuire

Painting
1854
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Charles Loring Elliott
Dennis Hart Mahan

Dennis Hart Mahan

Photograph
c. 1856
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Unidentified Artist
Alexander II

Alexander II

Print
c. 1850
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D. J. Pound
James Buchanan

James Buchanan

Painting
September 28, 1859
National Portrait Gallery
George Peter Alexander Healy
Henry Clay

Henry Clay

Medal
c. 1855
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Cushing Wright

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