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Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

Print
1866
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Anders Zorn

Anders Zorn

Drawing
c. 1896
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
James Amos Porter Self-Portrait

James Amos Porter Self-Portrait

Painting
1957
National Portrait Gallery
James Amos Porter
Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell

Photograph
1968 (printed 2004)
National Portrait Gallery
Garry Camp Burdick
Howard Chandler Christy

Howard Chandler Christy

Sculpture
1928
National Portrait Gallery
Edgardo G. F. Simone
Julian Schnabel

Julian Schnabel

Photograph
1981
National Portrait Gallery
Hans Namuth
Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Photograph
1950
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Hans Namuth
Man in a Black Robe (Victor Hammer Self-Portrait)

Man in a Black Robe (Victor Hammer Self-Portrait)

Painting
1928
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Victor Karl Hammer
Frances Trollope and Family

Frances Trollope and Family

Print
1832
National Portrait Gallery
Childs & Inman Lithography Company
Howard Chandler Christy

Howard Chandler Christy

Sculpture
1928
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Edgardo G. F. Simone
Horace Pippin

Horace Pippin

Painting
1939
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Thomas Bostelle
Edmund Charles Tarbell Self-Portrait

Edmund Charles Tarbell Self-Portrait

Painting
1937
National Portrait Gallery
Edmund Charles Tarbell
Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin

Benjamin West, Frank Wilkin and Henry Wilkin

Painting
c. 1820
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Frank William Wilkin
John Wesley Jarvis

John Wesley Jarvis

Print
c. 1821
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Unidentified Artist
Charles Dana Gibson

Charles Dana Gibson

Drawing
c. 1905
National Portrait Gallery
William James Glackens

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