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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
John Charles Frémont

John Charles Frémont

Print
c. 1862
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Louis Prang Lithography Company
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Print
1944
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Ben Shahn
Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond

Photograph
c. 1984
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Michael Arthur Worden Evans
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
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Nathaniel Currier
Henry Clay

Henry Clay

Print
1844
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Nathaniel Currier
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Painting
1935
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Henry Salem Hubbell
William Starke Rosecrans

William Starke Rosecrans

Print
c. 1862
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Louis Prang Lithography Company
Joseph Gurney Cannon

Joseph Gurney Cannon

Photograph
1905
National Portrait Gallery
Harris & Ewing Studio Clifford Kennedy Berryman
Michael Joseph Mansfield

Michael Joseph Mansfield

Photograph
1961
National Portrait Gallery
Arnold A. Newman
The Elephant Walks About

The Elephant Walks About

Print
October 28, 1876
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Thomas Nast
Fiorello Henry La Guardia

Fiorello Henry La Guardia

Drawing
1934
National Portrait Gallery
Paolo Garretto

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    • From Shadow to Substance: Grand-scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years  4
    • NPG, East Gallery 134  4
    • NPG, East Gallery 144  4
    • NPG, South Gallery 321  4
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