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The Washington Family

The Washington Family

Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Savage David Edwin
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
c. 1850 (after c. 1847 daguerreotype)
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
1876
National Portrait Gallery
George Kendall Warren
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
1856
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
1876
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George Kendall Warren
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1870
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George Francis Schreiber
Death of Romulus Hall

Death of Romulus Hall

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1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Heroes of the Colored Race

Heroes of the Colored Race

Print
1881
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Joseph Hoover
Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

Photograph
c. 1950
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Alexander Bender
Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith

Painting
1971
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Adrian Lamb
Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

Photograph
1961 (printed later)
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Rollie McKenna
Jessie Redmon Fauset

Jessie Redmon Fauset

Painting
1945
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Laura Wheeler Waring
John Cotton Smith

John Cotton Smith

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
George Washington Cullum

George Washington Cullum

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Print
1905
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Anders Leonard Zorn

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