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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Robert Diez

Robert Diez

Print
1943
National Portrait Gallery
Betsy Graves Reyneau
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sculpture
May 1965
National Portrait Gallery
Leo Mol
Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Drawing
c. 1880
National Portrait Gallery
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Diana Dicken McLellan

Diana Dicken McLellan

Photograph
c. 1984
National Portrait Gallery
Michael Arthur Worden Evans
James Garfield

James Garfield

Print
c. 1880
National Portrait Gallery
Major & Knapp Lithography Company
Howard Chandler Christy

Howard Chandler Christy

Sculpture
1928
National Portrait Gallery
Edgardo G. F. Simone
Gerald and Betty Ford

Gerald and Betty Ford

Photograph
1973
National Portrait Gallery
David Hume Kennerly
James Murphy,

James Murphy, "The Irish Giant"

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan

Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan

Photograph
1862 (printed c. 1890)
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Alexander Gardner
Margaret Julia Mitchell

Margaret Julia Mitchell

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Sculpture
1929 (cast 1980)
National Portrait Gallery
Emanuel Otto Hahn
Winslow Homer (with six other artists, including E. L. Henry and Alfred C. Howland)

Winslow Homer (with six other artists, including E. L. Henry and Alfred C. Howland)

Photograph
c. 1865
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Unidentified Artist
John Hancock

John Hancock

Print
c. 1782
National Portrait Gallery
Robert Pollard
Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

Drawing
1990
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel

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