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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

Half-length oil portrait of a young man in a black jacket, yellow waistcoat and purple cravat against a dark brown background

George Henry Durrie Self-Portrait

George Henry Durrie, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, blue eyes, black coat and white cravat against a muted background.

Gilbert Stuart

Anson Dickinson, 1820

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval-style uniform with gold epaulettes and a high collar, against a cloudy sky.

William Bainbridge

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Seated woman in green shawl and black bonnet holds an open book and white flower beneath a leafy tree.

Julia Ward Howe

John Elliott, 1930

Seated older man in a black robe holding a paper, painted against a red drapery.

Salmon P. Chase

James Reid Lambdin, 1850

Painting of a bearded man in a dark suit beside an eagle on a flagpole, with the Capitol dome and a money sack behind him.

Hayes Platform of Sound Money

Lenna Dimock Glackens

Oval miniature portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a reddish-brown background.

Joel Barlow

William Dunlap, 1800

Full-length painting of a man in a red cloak and grey doublet holding a sword in a stone doorway.

Edwin Booth

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on an open book against a brown background.

John Summerfield

William Jewett, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated with folded arms against red drapery.

John Stevens

John Stevens, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white suit seated in a wicker chair, holding a paper and pen.

Edward Maynard

George Willoughby Maynard, 1880

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept hair in a dark off-shoulder dress, gazing to the side against a dark background.

Charlotte Cushman

Charlotte Saunders Cushman, 1830

Oil portrait of a bald, bearded older man in a dark suit writing at a carved wooden desk beside a row of books.

William Temple Hornaday

George Rufus Boynton

Seated man with a rifle and spaniel dog in a wooded landscape at sunset, painted in 1830.

John James Audubon

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, set in a copper-toned frame.

Charles Brockden Brown

William Dunlap, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat before red drapery, by John Wesley Jarvis, 1820.

John Jacob Astor

John Wesley Jarvis, 1820

Portrait of a bearded naval officer in dark uniform with gold epaulettes, sword at his side, before a stormy sea and sky.

Samuel Francis Du Pont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Full-length portrait of a man in a fur cape and fur cap holding a sabre, standing in tall grass under a grey sky.

Francis Davis Millet

George Willoughby Maynard, 1870

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, white pleated shirt and black bow tie against an olive background.

Gen. Benjamin Helm Bristow

Philip Oskar Jenkins, 1861

Oval oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat against a dark background.

William Cullen Bryant

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black with lace collar and sheer shawl, with a river landscape visible through a window.

Jane Cocking Glover

Pietro Bonanni, 1820

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

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Thomas Sully, 1850

Oil portrait of a man with a full auburn beard and dark coat against a brown background, by George Fuller, 1860.

John Quincy Adams Ward

George Fuller, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with silver hair in a black coat and white cravat, holding a scroll, with a column behind him.

John Middleton Clayton

David Acheson Woodward, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white moustache in a grey academic gown against a brown background.

Richard Alexander Penrose

Julian Russell Story, 1910

Oil portrait of a bearded man with reddish hair in a brown jacket and cravat against a dark background.

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Louise Fitzpatrick

Oil portrait of a man with round spectacles and a mustache, holding a cigar, against a dark green background.

Frank Duveneck Self-Portrait

Frank Duveneck, 1880

Full-length portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress and beaded fringed regalia, holding a long staff.

Minimic

James Wells Champney, 1880

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white shirt, seated in a chair against a brown background.

Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest, 1830