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Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau

Joseph-Désiré Court

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man with white hair and wire glasses, in a brown jacket and orange tie, against a dark bac

Louis Michel Eilshemius Self-Portrait

Louis Michel Eilshemius, 1910

Full-length portrait of a bearded naval officer in dark dress uniform with gold trim, holding a cap and sword.

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a black coat and white lace cravat against a dark green background with red drapery.

Samuel Miles

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oval bust portrait of a woman in a white ruffled bonnet and pale dress, against a muted blue-brown background.

Ann Elliott Morris

Ann Elliott Morris, 1800

Half-length oil portrait of a man with dark curled hair in a black coat, white shirt and bow tie, against a brown background.

Charles Dewitt Fillmore

James A. Bogle, c. 1817 - 12 Oct, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit holding eyeglasses, seated against a brown background.

Edward Everett Hale

Philip Leslie Hale, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark military uniform with medals, against a dark background.

Thomas William Sweeny

John Randolph Stites, 1861

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit, reddish tie and white collar, against a dark brown background.

Richard Alexander F. Penrose, Jr.

Albert Rosenthal

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered white wig, pale blue coat and lace cravat, in a pierced copper frame.

Henry Cruger

Luke Sullivan, 1770

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval uniform with gold braid and epaulette, white cravat, against a brown background.

Stephen Decatur

Charles Bird King, 1810

Paul Wayland Bartlett

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1880

Painted portrait of an older man with grey hair and moustache in a tan military uniform with gold collar insignia.

John Joseph Pershing

Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, 1920

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a brown clerical robe and cross, seated in a red chair.

Reverend John Carroll

Rev. John Carroll, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated man with a palette and brush beside an easel painting of animals in a landscape.

Edward Hicks Painting the Peaceable Kingdom

Thomas Hicks, 1830

Portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and pince-nez, standing at a desk with books and papers, before a gilded cloc

James Robert Mann

Gari Melchers, 1920

Oil portrait of a man with short dark hair in a dark blue suit and tie against a brown background.

John Jay Chapman

Alfred Quinton Collins, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

William Hull

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark double-breasted uniform with gold epaulettes against a cloudy sky.

Winfield Scott

Robert Walter Weir, 1850

Oil portrait of a seated man in dark suit and white collar, hands resting on an open book, against a dark interior.

Anson Phelps Stokes

Julius Rolshoven, 1900

Oil portrait of a man in a flat cap and tweed jacket holding a cigarette, against a dark brown background.

Newton Booth Tarkington

John White Alexander, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with white curled hair in a black dress, seated beside a stack of books.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, 1880

Oil portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and dark suit, hand resting on his chin, against a brown background.

Edwin McMasters Stanton

Henry Ulke, 1870

Oil portrait of an older man with a white mustache in a dark uniform and fur-trimmed cloak, against a dark background.

Admiral George Dewey

Théobald Chartran, 1900

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and blue paisley cravat, seated beside a red chair against a dark background.

John Randolf of Roanoke

Chester Harding, 1820

Oil portrait of a seated man with white hair in a brown coat, holding a folded letter beside a stack of books.

John Jay

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Oil portrait of a man with short brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

William Gilmore Simms

William Gilmore Simms

Oil portrait of a woman with red hair in a white gown with feathered shoulders and a star necklace, against a garden.

Mildred Hazen Dewey

Théobald Chartran, 1900

Oil self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a brown

George Fuller Self-Portrait

George Fuller, 1860

Oil portrait of a bearded man in dark military uniform and slouch hat beside a map, binoculars and rocky landscape.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1861