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Anna Swan

Anna Swan

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company

Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company

Print
1968
National Portrait Gallery
Patrick Lofthouse
Bill Haley and The Comets

Bill Haley and The Comets

Photograph
1956 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery
Mickey Pallas
Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Photograph
1995
National Portrait Gallery
Harry Benson
Ruth St. Denis

Ruth St. Denis

Photograph
1942
National Portrait Gallery
Clara Sipprell
Self-Portrait Manipulated

Self-Portrait Manipulated

Other
1982
National Portrait Gallery
Chuck Close
Self-Portrait (SP-72-II)

Self-Portrait (SP-72-II)

Print
1982
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Lewis Francis
Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov

Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov

Photograph
1974
National Portrait Gallery
Max Waldman
Ernestine de Faiber

Ernestine de Faiber

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Myrna Loy in

Myrna Loy in "A Connecticut Yankee"

Drawing
1931
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant
Anna Swan

Anna Swan

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Signor Agostino Guilliano Susini and wife

Signor Agostino Guilliano Susini and wife

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Big Three

Big Three

Positive Transparency
1993
National Portrait Gallery
Gregory Heisler
Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady

Photograph
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
Joe E. Brown in

Joe E. Brown in "On With the Show"

Drawing
1929
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant

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