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Winfield Scott and Staff

Winfield Scott and Staff

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Champions of the Union

Champions of the Union

Print
1861
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Life with Father

Life with Father

Drawing
c. 1939
National Portrait Gallery
Don Freeman
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Photographic Negative
February 9, 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Anthony Berger
James Cash Penney

James Cash Penney

Photograph
c. 1955
National Portrait Gallery
Louis Fabian Bachrach
Union Army Officers

Union Army Officers

Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

Drawing
c. 1835
National Portrait Gallery
William G. Armstrong
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Henry W. M. Meade with Sarah A. Meserole Meade

Henry W. M. Meade with Sarah A. Meserole Meade

Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery
Meade Brothers Studio Charles Richard Meade Henry William Mathew Meade
Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet

Calvin Coolidge and His Cabinet

Photograph
December 1924
National Portrait Gallery
Harris & Ewing Studio
Pauline Cushman

Pauline Cushman

Photographic Negative
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Cassius M. Clay

Cassius M. Clay

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Print
1915
National Portrait Gallery
Timothy Cole
Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Photograph
c. 1913
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood
Al Hirschfeld

Al Hirschfeld

Print
1940
National Portrait Gallery
Don Freeman

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    • Explore! with the National Portrait Gallery  1
    • From Shadow to Substance: Grand-scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years  1
    • Meserve Collection Highlights: Modern Prints form Mathew Brady’s Portrait Negatives  1
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