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Oil portrait of a seated elderly man in a black robe and white collar against a dark background, by Chester Harding.

Bushrod Washington

Chester Harding, 1820

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat and cravat, seated in a red chair against a dark background.

James Knox Polk

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Julius Fleischmann

Frederick William Wright, 1920

Oil portrait of a bearded man with gray beard in a dark suit and ascot tie against a warm brown background.

Chester A. Arthur

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1880

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit standing before trees and a stone wall with a garden path.

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Le Clear, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a dark jacket and black necktie against a dark background, with loose brushwork.

George Benjamin Luks

William Glackens, 1890

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black velvet beside a gilded table, red drapery, and a red chair.

George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait)

Gilbert Stuart, 1790

Small oil portrait of a seated man with grey curly hair, brown coat and hand on chin, at a desk with papers.

Benjamin Latrobe

Charles Frederick Von Breda, 1780

Full-length oil portrait of a man in black suit and white cravat leaning on a wooden desk with white gloves.

George Peabody

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Portrait of an older woman in a white lace cap and black lace shawl against a dark brown background.

Martha Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark military coat with gold buttons against a brown background.

Zachary Taylor

James Reid Lambdin, 1840

Oil portrait of a bearded man with gray mustache in a dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Chester Alan Arthur

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with gray powdered hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes, holding a cane.

George Washington

Robert Edge Pine, 1780

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a blue coat with yellow facings and gold epaulettes.

Arthur St. Claire

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, 1790

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

Martin Van Buren

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a navy military uniform with gold epaulettes, soldiers behind him.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, 1810

Portrait of an older man in a blue coat pointing at a paper beside a brass telescope and books against red drapery.

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark robe, holding a cane against a dark brown background.

Judge Alexander

John White Alexander, 1880

Oval oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes.

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale, 1840

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

John Adams

John Trumbull, 1790

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man with a mustache in a dark jacket and white collar, against a brown background.

Talcott Williams

Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, 1880

Oval portrait of an elderly woman in a lace cap and white fichu, with a landscape view behind her.

Martha Washington

Rembrandt Peale, 1840

Oil portrait of a man with wire-rimmed spectacles, dark coat and black cravat, against a brown background.

William Lloyd Garrison

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1830

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the left against a loosely brushed brown background.

Grover Cleveland

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Portrait of a balding older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a red drape and a globe behind him.

George Rogers Clark

C. D. Cook, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and white shawl, with curls decorated with pink flowers, against a dark background.

Abigail Powers Fillmore

Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1830

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

Eleazer Williams

Giuseppe Fagnani, 1850

Full-length portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat holding spectacles against a brown background.

Charles Sumner

Edgar Parker, 1870

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark military coat with arms crossed, beside a sword and a black hat.

Robert Edward Lee

John Adams Elder, 1861

Painting of an older bearded man in a dark suit beside a young woman in a large feathered hat, against a dark background.

Henry Clay and Helen Frick

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1910