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Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast

Painting
1887
National Portrait Gallery
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
National Portrait Gallery
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
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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
Violet Oakley

Violet Oakley

Sculpture
1925
National Portrait Gallery
Robert Tait McKenzie
Les Virginiens adorent le feu et se réjouissent après avoir été délivrés de quelque danger considerable

Les Virginiens adorent le feu et se réjouissent après avoir été délivrés de quelque danger considerable

Print
1721
National Portrait Gallery
Bernard Picart

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NPG, East Gallery 144  7
NPG, East Gallery 150a  3
NPG, East Gallery 152  2
NPG, North Gallery 140  19
NPG, South Gallery 120  22
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
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NPG, West Gallery 220  19
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National Portrait Gallery Collection  26032
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900  150
Recent Acquisitions 2023  19
Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell  22
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