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Bombastes Encountering Ye Bricklayer

Bombastes Encountering Ye Bricklayer

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Cradle of Liberty in Danger

Cradle of Liberty in Danger

Print
April 11, 1874
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861-62
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Bombastes Reformeth Ye Churches

Bombastes Reformeth Ye Churches

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Bombastes Preparing for his Crusade to New Orleans

Bombastes Preparing for his Crusade to New Orleans

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
The Widow's Wants

The Widow's Wants

Print
September 11, 1880
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Print
c. 1882
National Portrait Gallery
Shoppell
Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

Print
1774
National Portrait Gallery
Paul Revere
Battle of New Orleans

Battle of New Orleans

Print
1817
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Yeager
Everett McKinley Dirksen

Everett McKinley Dirksen

Painting
1967
National Portrait Gallery
Nikki Ryen
Buchanan's Union Grand March

Buchanan's Union Grand March

Print
1856
National Portrait Gallery
J. H. Bufford Lithography Company
James K. Polk

James K. Polk

Print
1846
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
Henry Clay

Henry Clay

Print
1844
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier

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