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George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan

Painting
1888
National Portrait Gallery
Julian Scott
Dorothea Lynde Dix

Dorothea Lynde Dix

Painting
1868
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Samuel Bell Waugh
Edwin McMasters Stanton

Edwin McMasters Stanton

Painting
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Ulke
Our First President Quickstep

Our First President Quickstep

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1861
National Portrait Gallery
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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

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1865
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Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Inauguration Grand March

Inauguration Grand March

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1860
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J. H. Bufford Lithography Company
Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry

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1877
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Thomas Le Clear
Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe

Painting
begun c. 1910; completed c. 1925
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John Elliott, William Henry Cotton
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet

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1866
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Alexander Hay Ritchie
William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

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1866
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George Peter Alexander Healy
Wendell Phillips

Wendell Phillips

Sculpture
1871
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Edmonia Lewis
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

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c. 1862
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Mathew Brady Studio
Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

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c. 1872
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George Kendall Warren Studio

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