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Stephen Decatur

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a man in a striped suit and dark tie, looking straight ahead on tan paper.

Herbert Hoover

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Mark Twain

John White Alexander, 1910

Thomas Tudor Tucker

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Ink and watercolor sketch of a woman in glasses hugging a large tan dog, with a red heart above on peach paper.

Alexander Woollcott

Reginald Bathurst Birch, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated allegorical woman holding a liberty cap, resting on a globe, with a star-patterned shield behind he

Coin design

James Barton Longacre, 1790

John Thurman

Thomas Bluget de Valdenuit, 1790

Pencil sketch of a young child with closed eyes, wearing a ruffled bonnet and high collar, on a tan paper sheet.

Unidentified Child

George Linen, 1830

Brown wash portrait drawing of a man in a tricorne hat and gold epaulettes, looking to the side.

John Paul Jones

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Ann Pine Decatur

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown with curled hair, turned to her left, on aged paper.

Unidentified Woman

George Linen, 1830

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1930

Elizabeth Wirt

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Sepia title page with an eagle holding a laurel branch, a central medallion portrait, and clustered portrait medallions above

Subscription book for portrait of Charles Carroll

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a white dress before a window showing a hazy hilly landscape with a town.

Carol Mitchell Phelps Stokes

Julius Rolshoven, 1900

John Wickham

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pen and ink portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar and earrings, by Jacques Reich, 1900.

Helen Herron Taft

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal and pastel portrait of an elderly man with white mustache and dark suit against a hatched dark background.

Marcus Daly

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1900

Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Sepia drawing vignette portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark coat and white cravat, by James Barton Longacre.

William Drayton

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

John Quincy Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Ernst Lubitsch

Henry Major, 1920

Watercolor portrait of an elderly man in a flat cap and blue neckerchief, set in a double-ruled circle on cream paper.

William Warren, Jr.

Charles S. Abbe, 1890

Pen and ink portrait of a bald older man in a military uniform with epaulettes, against crosshatched background.

John Paul Jones

Jacques Reich, 1900

Drawing of a bearded man in a dark bow tie leaning on a pale podium, with papers, against a grey background.

Ira David Sankey

Carlo Pellegrini, Mar 1839 - 22 Jan, 1870

Sepia drawing of a older man with side whiskers, bow tie and dark jacket, facing forward against a hatched background.

Noah C. McFarland

Noah C. McFarland, 1880

Pen-and-ink portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with buttons, set in a cross-hatched oval vignette.

William Thomas Sampson

Jacques Reich, 1861

Charcoal sketch of a man in a bowler hat beside a tripod-mounted movie camera, with a film set in the background.

Charlie Chaplin

Henry Major, 1920

Dominic Ignatius Murphy

William H. Bell, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with wavy hair, high collar and cravat, drawn with cross-hatching on pale paper.

Zachary Taylor

Jacques Reich, 1900