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Anna Swan

Anna Swan

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

P. T. Barnum

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

Anna Swan

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

John Travolta

Photograph
1978
National Portrait Gallery
Douglas Kirkland
Pauline Cushman

Pauline Cushman

Photographic Negative
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Ruthanna Boris, and Todd Bolender

George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Ruthanna Boris, and Todd Bolender

Photograph
1951
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
Ernestine de Faiber

Ernestine de Faiber

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Francisco Moncion and Viola Essen

Francisco Moncion and Viola Essen

Photograph
November 20, 1944
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Carl Van Vechten
James Brown

James Brown

Photograph
1966
National Portrait Gallery
Diane Arbus
Susan Denin

Susan Denin

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Edwin Forrest as Richelieu

Edwin Forrest as Richelieu

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Photograph
1988
National Portrait Gallery
Albert MacKenzie Watson
David Diamond

David Diamond

Photograph
1949
National Portrait Gallery
Naomi Savage
Maggie Mitchell

Maggie Mitchell

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Natalia Makarova in

Natalia Makarova in "Dying Swan"

Photograph
1970
National Portrait Gallery
Max Waldman

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