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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with brass buttons against a brown background.

Albert James Myer

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit seated beside a phonograph, with cylinders, tools and laboratory glassware on a green-dr

Thomas Alva Edison

Abraham Archibald Anderson, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a classical building visible through a window behind him.

Joseph Delaplaine

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of a young man with wavy dark hair in a brown coat and white collar, against a dark olive background.

Horatio Greenough

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Elderly bearded painter seated at an easel in a dim studio, painting a pale seascape with a brush and palette.

William Trost Richards

Anna Richards Brewster, 1890

Oval portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and dark dress against a brown background, by John Singleton Copley, 1760.

Lydia Henchman Hancock

John Singleton Copley, 1760

Seated man in black suit and white waistcoat before red drapery, with a landscape at left, painted in oil.

Anson Greene Phelps

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1850

Half-length portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a dark military coat with yellow facings and gold epaulette.

Henry Lee

James Herring, 1820

Half-length portrait of a balding man in a black coat with gold embroidery, holding a rolled document before red drapery.

John Quincy Adams

Pieter Van Huffel, 1810

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat with gold buttons, hand on hip, holding a cap.

William T. Sherman

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1861

Oil portrait of a man with a gray mustache in a dark gown with red sash, leaning on a white marble column.

Richard Watson Gilder

Cecilia Beaux, 1900

Oil portrait of a bearded seated man in a dark coat holding a cane, with a red flower on his lapel.

Thomas Nast

John White Alexander, 1880

Painting of a seated man in a gray suit reading a red book against a floral patterned backdrop.

Ernest Lawson

May Wilson Preston, 1910

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and black cravat holding a book, against a dark brown background.

James Cochran Dobbin

John Cranch, 1840

Painting of uniformed officers gathered under a canvas awning in an oak grove, with a saddled white horse and tents nearby.

Zachary Taylor at Walnut Springs

William Garl Browne Jr, 1861

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and red tie, wearing pince-nez glasses, against a brown background.

William Collins Whitney

William Collins Whitney, 1900

Oval portrait miniature of a man in a red coat and white cravat, framed by a ring of diamonds.

Joseph Galloway

Full-length portrait of an older man in a black overcoat and blue cravat, hand in pocket, holding a cane, against brown.

Levi Parsons Morton

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, 1880

Oval oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar against a dark brown background.

Alfred Bult Mullett

Charles T. Webber, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated before a red drape.

Harrison Gray Otis

Chester Harding, 1830

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated beside a red table with papers.

Rufus King

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat, white shirt, and gold watch chain, against a dim landscape.

Richard Rush

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1850

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in spectacles and dark coat holding a cane before red drapery.

Andrew Jackson

Trevor Thomas Fowler, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, hand resting on a gilded red chair, against a dark background.

Fisher Ames

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in a dark overcoat, holding a top hat beside a red curtain.

John Schuyler Crosby

Alphonse Jongers, 1861

Half-length portrait of a man in round wire spectacles, dark suit and tie, against a warm brown background.

Sidney Hillman

Carlos Baca-Flor, 1930

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a black coat and bow tie against a brown background.

Joshua Reed Giddings

John Cranch, 1850

Seated man in a dark suit and vest holds eyeglasses, resting his hand on green books against a brown background.

King Camp Gillette

Jean Mannheim, 1910

Oil portrait of a balding bearded man in glasses, dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

William Closson Self-Portrait

William Baxter Palmer Closson, 1900

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes and a medal, against a cloudy sky.

James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson, 1820