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Group portrait of men in a red-draped room with bookshelves, a tiled floor, a dog, and a window view.

Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside

Christian Schussele, 1860

Charles William Eliot

Annie Ware Sabine Siebert, 1920

Thomas Jefferson

Charles Bird King, 1830

Man in white turban reclining on red cushions with a hookah on a terrace, a servant at left and a city and mountain behind.

Bayard Taylor

Thomas Hicks, 1850

Oil portrait of a bald man in round spectacles and a black robe with white cravat against a dark brown background.

Joseph Story

Chester Harding, 1820

Portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat holding an open book, with bookshelves and a red curtain behind him.

Reverend Justus Henry Christian Helmuth

John Eckstein, 1800

Oil portrait of an older bearded man with gray hair in a gray coat with gold stars on the collar, dark background.

Robert E. Lee

Edward Caledon Bruce, 1861

Oil portrait of an elderly white-bearded man in a dark military coat with gold collar stars against a red background.

Robert E. Lee

George Bagby Matthews, 1861

Painting of a man in a dark suit and pince-nez descending stone steps, holding a top hat, with a shadowy serpent behind him.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sigismund De Ivanowski, 1910

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat before red drapery, with a carved chair arm at lower left.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840

Half-length oil portrait of a man with swept dark hair in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat, against a brown background.

Thomas Say

Joseph Wood, 1810

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

Stephen Fuller Austin

Stephen Fuller Austin, 1840

John Tyler

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat against a green and ochre background.

Millard Fillmore

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat with a book labeled Can Slavery As It Is, red drapery and stormy landscape behind.

James Armstrong Thome

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1830

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat, hand resting on a document, with a classical statue beside him.

Thomas Jefferson

Mather Brown, 1780

Group portrait of formally dressed men gathered around a table with a telegraph instrument in a marble-columned interior.

Men of Progress

Christian Schussele, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat, red waistcoat and white cravat against a brown background, painted in 1740.

Lewis Morris

John Wollaston, 1740

Seated man in dark coat in red armchair before green drape, with bust, globe and quill pen on a desk beside him.

Daniel Webster

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Portrait of an elderly man with long white hair in a reddish-brown coat, holding an open book against a dark background.

William Samuel Johnson

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

Full-length portrait of a man in a black suit leaning on a carved wooden cabinet against a dark background.

William McKinley

August Benziger, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat, cream waistcoat and white cravat against a dark background.

James Monroe

James Herring, 1820

Full-length oil portrait of a standing man in fringed traditional dress with a walking stick, against a stormy sky.

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha)

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Rubens Peale

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Oval portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark suit and bow tie, against a green background, in a gilt frame.

Abraham Lincoln

John Henry Brown, 1860

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair and spectacles in a black coat and white cravat, seated beside a red chair.

Andrew Jackson

Jr James Tooley, 1840

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and black cravat, hand resting on papers, against a brown interior backdrop.

Andrew Johnson

Washington Bogart Cooper, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark suit and blue cravat against a brown background.

Joseph Henry

Henry Ulke, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man seated in a carved armchair, with a book, newspaper and spectacles beside him.

Isaac Mayer Wise

Morris Goldstein, 1880

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair wearing a red shawl against a dark brown background.

Sarah Miriam Peale Self-Portrait

Sarah Miriam Peale, 1810

John Rutledge

John Trumbull, 1790

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

Solomon White Roberts

Manuel Joachim de Franca, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with a mustache, dark jacket and bow tie, against a loose olive-green background.

Cass Gilbert

Robert Bolling Brandegee, 1880

Oil portrait of a man with light hair in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes against a brown background.

Leonard Wood

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Stonewall Jackson

J. W. King, 1861

Miniature portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and black cravat, in a gold frame.

Benjamin Tappan

Washington Blanchard, 1830

Portrait of a seated man in a red velvet suit beside a table with documents, quill and rug, in a gilded chair.

Henry Laurens

John Singleton Copley, 1780

Bust-length portrait of a man in a brown coat and white collar against a warm brown background, painted in 1860.

Washington Irving

Charles Loring Elliott, 1860

Oil portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and dark suit writing in a ledger at a green draped table, seated in a red chair.

Carl Schurz

Daniel Huntington, 1861

Oil portrait of a woman with wavy blonde hair, pearls and a brown fur stole against a dark background.

Pauline Morton Sabin

Philip de László, 1920

Miniature portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat against a green background.

Gilbert Stuart

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a grey coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1780

Oval oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, seated in a green chair.

Thomas Paine

Laurent Dabos, 1790

Portrait of a man in a dark coat with red facings, sash, and tall embroidered black hat, before a wooded landscape.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Henry Benbridge, 1770

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark suit and purple tie against a dark background.

Adolph Ochs

Philip de László, 1920

Richard Henry Lee

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and red embroidered coat, with green drapery and a distant sea view with ships.

William Shirley

Thomas Hudson, 1750

Oval portrait of an older man in a grey powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Andrew Oliver

John Singleton Copley, 1750

Portrait of a man in a dark uniform with gold braid and red sash, with a river camp of tipis behind him.

Benjamin O'Fallon

Benjamin O'Fallon, 1820

Oval half-length portrait of a man with powdered gray hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes and a medal.

Henry Knox

Charles Peale Polk, 1780

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against a cloudy sky.

Horatio Gates

James Peale, 1770

Oil portrait of a man with his hand resting on his head, wearing a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Marsden Hartley

Richard Tweedy, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a tan coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a book and papers, gazing upward.

Robert Morris

Robert Edge Pine, 1780

Oval portrait of a young woman in a red and gold gown, black hat, lace collar, holding a feather fan.

Pocahontas

Simon de Passe, 1800

Oil portrait of a young officer in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes and a blue-ribbon medal, against a stormy sky.

Col. George Gibbs III

John Vanderlyn, 1800

Painting of a woman in a wide yellow hat and voluminous yellow gown with black gloves, leaning on a railing.

Alice Dunbar Nelson

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman in a red velvet gown with pearls, against a dark brushed background.

Anna L. R. S. Morton

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, 1880

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

George Victor Cooper, 1860

Painted caricature of a bearded old man in a laurel wreath playing a golden lyre, with a rabbit and birds in a grassy scene.

William Cullen Bryant

Thomas Nast, 1860

Portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat with quill pen, beside a writing desk and blue sofa.

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Caricature of a man in a dark overcoat and green waistcoat beside an easel, with an oversized head, on grey ground.

Lester Wallack

Thomas Nast, 1860

Painted caricature of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and red shirt holding a walking stick beside cactus.

Charles T. McClenachan

Thomas Nast, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly white-bearded man in a dark suit seated beside a wooden table against a dark background.

John Bigelow

Fedor Encke, 1900

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background, painted in 1830.

Henry Clay

Edward Dalton Marchant, 1830