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Jennie Cleever

Jennie Cleever

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

Jennie Cleever

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Mrs. J. H. Louise Allen

Mrs. J. H. Louise Allen

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

Pauline Cushman

Photographic Negative
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher

Photographic Negative
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Drawing
1938
National Portrait Gallery
Walt Disney Studios
Oscars 1940

Oscars 1940

Drawing
1940
National Portrait Gallery
Alfred Bendiner
Edwin Thomas Booth

Edwin Thomas Booth

Print
c. 1872
National Portrait Gallery
Charles H. Crosby & Company
Edward Lamb

Edward Lamb

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Mrs. J.H. Louise Allen

Mrs. J.H. Louise Allen

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Samuel Clemens (with John T. Raymond)

Samuel Clemens (with John T. Raymond)

Photograph
c. 1875
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Adelaide Ristori

Adelaide Ristori

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

Larry Rivers Self-Portrait

Drawing
1975
National Portrait Gallery
Larry Rivers
Annie Russell

Annie Russell

Photograph
c. 1881
National Portrait Gallery
José María Mora
Bela Lugosi in

Bela Lugosi in "Dracula"

Drawing
1931
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant

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