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Swimming Pool of the Thanatopsis Club

Swimming Pool of the Thanatopsis Club

Drawing
National Portrait Gallery
William Henry Cotton
Jacques Martin Barzun

Jacques Martin Barzun

Painting
1956
National Portrait Gallery
Boris Chaliapin
Helen of Troy, New York

Helen of Troy, New York

Drawing
c. 1923
National Portrait Gallery
Walter K. Kinstler
Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

Photograph
1992
National Portrait Gallery
Marilyn Sanders
Henry T. Tuckerman

Henry T. Tuckerman

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Drawing
late 19th-early 20th century
National Portrait Gallery
Jacques Reich
Joseph Thacher and Edward McGehee

Joseph Thacher and Edward McGehee

Silhouette
1844
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside

Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside

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1864
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Christian Schussele
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

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1856
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Benjamin Dexter Maxham
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1875
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Frederick Gutekunst
Author's Group

Author's Group

Print
1883
National Portrait Gallery
Eugene L'Africain
Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

Drawing
c. 1930-35
National Portrait Gallery
Peggy Bacon
T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

Drawing
1958
National Portrait Gallery
Aimée Lamb
Mark Strand

Mark Strand

Drawing
1983
National Portrait Gallery
Philip Pearlstein
Harold W. Ross and Alexander Woollcott

Harold W. Ross and Alexander Woollcott

Print
1926
National Portrait Gallery
Rea Irvin

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