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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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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

Ralph Earl, 1900

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

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

Painting of carriages and horses on a sandy road by a country house, with two dogs in the foreground and trees around.

August Belmont and Isabel Perry

Wouterus Verschuur, 1850

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