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Andrew G. Curtin

Andrew G. Curtin

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
John Tyler

John Tyler

Silhouette
1841
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
Edward Everett

Edward Everett

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-65
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Adelaide Ristori

Adelaide Ristori

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Lemuel Shaw and Thaddeus Harris

Lemuel Shaw and Thaddeus Harris

Silhouette
1842
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Presidents of the United States

Presidents of the United States

Print
1844
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Print
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Gideon Welles

Gideon Welles

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Edward Everett

Edward Everett

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-65
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Joseph Lane

Joseph Lane

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Julius Stahel

Julius Stahel

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

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