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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark waistcoat, white cravat and open brown greatcoat, turned left against a grey background.

Marquis De Lafayette

Ary Scheffer, 1820

Oval portrait of a young man with dark curled hair, wearing a green coat and white cravat against a dark red drapery.

Benjamin West

James Smith, 1770

Oil portrait of a seated bearded man in a black suit with a green upholstered chair and red drapery behind him.

William Henry Aspinwall

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Oval portrait of a man in a blue coat and gray wig against a dark background, within a gold frame.

Thomas Hancock

John Singleton Copley, 1750

Full-length 1840 portrait of a standing man in a black cloak beside a red chair, table, and column.

Henry Clay

Chester Harding, 1840

Oil portrait of an older bald, bearded man in pince-nez and dark coat against a red background with gilded ornament.

John Brooks Henderson

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly man with gray hair, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Robert Richford Roberts

John Neagle, 1830

Elizabeth Linn Brown

William Dunlap, 1800

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, standing before red drapery with papers and books at his side.

DeWitt Clinton

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a black coat and white collar, set in an oval frame against a dark backgroun

John Jordan Crittenden

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

William Morris Hunt

Charles Monginot, 1840

Seated woman in a black dress holding a yellow flower, in front of green drapery, with a floral cushion on a parquet floor.

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Maximilien Colin, 1890

Portrait of a seated woman in a brown dress, lace cap and blue ribbons, resting her arm on a table.

Anne Catharine Hoof Green

Charles Willson Peale, 1760

Portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a book.

John Marshall

James Reid Lambdin, 1830

Painted portrait of a man in a fur parka and aviator goggles beside a white dog on icy shore with snowy mountains.

Richard Evelyn Byrd

Richard B. Adam, 1920

Oil portrait of a man in powdered wig and navy uniform with gold epaulette against a dark brown background.

Samuel Smith

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oval portrait of a woman with reddish hair in a pink dress with red trim, glancing over her shoulder against a dark landscape

Mary Henderson

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark olive background, with a red chair at left.

Luman Reed

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black suit and cravat, turned to the right against a dark oval background.

John Cabell Breckinridge

Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, 1861

Painting of an elderly bearded man in brown costume gesturing upward in a forest clearing with a lake beyond.

Mr. Hackett, in the Character of Rip Van Winkle

Henry Inman, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a black dress, white collar and striped red bow, against a brown background.

Charlotte Cushman

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1850

Oval portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair, chin resting on her hand, against a warm brown background.

Lady Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon

Franz von Lenbach, 1900

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man in a gray military coat with gold collar against a brown background.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, 1861

Oil portrait of an older man in a white wig and dark coat before shelves of law books and red drapery.

Thomas McKean

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Oil portrait of a young man with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark jacket, white collar, and black cravat.

Montgomery Blair

Gregory Stapko, 1840

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black hat and dark dress with white collar against a cloudy sky.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Sir William Boxall, 1850

Oil portrait of an older man with curled white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background with red drape.

Samuel Chase

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Oil portrait of a man with grey hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned to the left against a brown background.

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair in a gold frame, wearing a burgundy dress with lace collar.

Varina Howell Davis

John Wood Dodge, 1840