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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Print
1862
National Portrait Gallery
Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co.
Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

Photograph
1943
National Portrait Gallery
George Platt Lynes
Henry Louis Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken

Photograph
September 12, 1955
National Portrait Gallery
A. Aubrey Bodine
Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass

Print
1848
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

Print
1899
National Portrait Gallery
Jacques Reich
Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Print
c. 1882
National Portrait Gallery
Shoppell
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Painting
1960
National Portrait Gallery
Boris Chaliapin
Zum Brauhaus

Zum Brauhaus

Painting
1933
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George Biddle
Janet Flanner

Janet Flanner

Photograph
c. 1940
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George Platt Lynes
Henry Charles Carey

Henry Charles Carey

Painting
1885
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Thomas Henry Smith
Hamlin Garland

Hamlin Garland

Photograph
c. 1925
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Doris Ulmann
James Madison

James Madison

Print
1796
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
M. F. K. Fisher

M. F. K. Fisher

Painting
1991
National Portrait Gallery
Ginny Stanford
Edward L. Bernays

Edward L. Bernays

Painting
1984
National Portrait Gallery
Patricia Marshall Tate

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