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John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait

John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait

Painting
c. 1780-84
National Portrait Gallery
John Singleton Copley
William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

Painting
1866
National Portrait Gallery
George Peter Alexander Healy
Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast

Painting
1887
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John White Alexander
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Painting
1869
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Buchanan Read
John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell

Painting
1889
National Portrait Gallery
Edmund Clarence Messer
Edwin Forrest in the Role of Metamora

Edwin Forrest in the Role of Metamora

Painting
c. 1832
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Frederick Styles Agate
Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt

Painting
c. 1880-84
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Edgar Degas
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sculpture
1879 (cast 1901)
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Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Painting
1820
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Chester Harding
Thomas McKenney

Thomas McKenney

Painting
1856
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Charles Loring Elliott
Wendell Phillips

Wendell Phillips

Sculpture
1871
National Portrait Gallery
Edmonia Lewis

Domingo Ghirardelli

Sculpture
1890
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Antonio Bozzano
Emma Embury

Emma Embury

Painting
1866
National Portrait Gallery
Jacob Hart Lazarus
Frances E. W. Harper

Frances E. W. Harper

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Charles L. Reason

Charles L. Reason

Print
1854
National Portrait Gallery
John Chester Buttre

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