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Oil portrait of an older man with a white mustache and pince-nez glasses, wearing a dark suit and tie, dated 1920.

John Henry Patterson

J. Phillip Schmand, 1920

Oval portrait of a woman with dark ringlets in a black dress, lace cuffs and gold brooch, hands resting before a red drape.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Alanson Fisher, 1850

Henry James

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1900

Collis Potter Huntington

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

The Penny Image of Abraham Lincoln

William Willard, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval officer's uniform with gold epaulettes, against a dark sky and sea.

David Glasgow Farragut

William Swain, 1830

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark suit and blue cravat, leaning on an carved wooden chair against a dark background

Charles Carroll Glover

John McLure Hamilton, 1900

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair and mustache in a dark suit and black tie, against a brown background.

William Franklin Draper

Maurice W. Clark, 1890

Oil portrait of an older man in black coat and white cravat gesturing beside a red draped lectern with an open book.

Thomas Paul

Thomas Badger, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair in a dark suit and white collar, seated before a brown background.

Franklin Pierce

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

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

George Caleb Bingham Self-Portrait

George Caleb Bingham, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a pink gown holding a white feather fan, with a cloudy landscape behind her.

Juliette Gordon Low

Edward Hughes, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against an olive background.

Zachary Taylor

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with powdered white hair, blue coat and white lace cravat against a dark background.

Joel Barlow

Robert Fulton, 1800

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark military-style coat with gold buttons, red epaulettes and green cape, against a cloudy

Samuel Ringgold

John Vanderlyn, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in a dark suit, one hand resting on books, against a gray paneled wall.

Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich

Anders Zorn, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit seated in a green armchair, holding a rock specimen, with books nearby.

Isaac Lea

Bernard Albrecht Uhle, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit seated in a brass-studded chair with a red setter dog.

Sidney Dillon

Francis Davis Millet, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with gray hair and a stern sidelong glance, wearing a brown cloak against a dark backg

John Brown

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1870

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark military coat with buff collar and gold epaulette, against a dark background.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

James Earl, 1790

Oil portrait of a man in a tan coat and white cravat, seated before a dark background with a red chair at right.

Roger Sherman

Full-length portrait of a cardinal in red cape and sash, holding a red hat, with a gold cross against a brown background.

Cardinal James Gibbons

Théobald Chartran, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with grey hair, turned three-quarters, against a dark brown background.

George Fuller

Edwin Tryon Billings

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a red and gold robe, white waistcoat and gold watch chain, leaning on a carved chair.

Isaac Merrit Singer

Edward Harrison May, 1860

Full-length portrait of a uniformed officer in khaki holding a brown horse's bridle against a dark, painterly background.

John Joseph Pershing

Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk, 1920

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white suit seated in a wooden chair beside a bookshelf.

Eben Jenks Loomis

Edwin Burrage Child, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with wavy hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark coat and bow tie, in a velvet case.

Jefferson Davis

George Lethbridge Saunders, 1840

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and green coat, resting his hand beside a pear on a table.

Unidentified Man

Oil portrait of a woman with pulled-back hair, white collar and orange blouse against a warm brown background.

Cecilia Beaux Self-Portrait

Cecilia Beaux, 1880

Oval oil portrait of a man with wire-rimmed glasses, dark cravat and white collar against a dark brown background.

Daniel Huntington

Henry Inman, 1840