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Bust-length portrait of a man in a brown coat and white collar against a warm brown background, painted in 1860.

Washington Irving

Charles Loring Elliott, 1860

Oil portrait of a bearded man in spectacles and dark suit writing in a ledger at a green draped table, seated in a red chair.

Carl Schurz

Daniel Huntington, 1861

Oil portrait of a woman with wavy blonde hair, pearls and a brown fur stole against a dark background.

Pauline Morton Sabin

Philip de László, 1920

Miniature portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat against a green background.

Gilbert Stuart

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a grey coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1780

Oval oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, seated in a green chair.

Thomas Paine

Laurent Dabos, 1790

Portrait of a man in a dark coat with red facings, sash, and tall embroidered black hat, before a wooded landscape.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Henry Benbridge, 1770

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark suit and purple tie against a dark background.

Adolph Ochs

Philip de László, 1920

Richard Henry Lee

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and red embroidered coat, with green drapery and a distant sea view with ships.

William Shirley

Thomas Hudson, 1750

Oval portrait of an older man in a grey powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Andrew Oliver

John Singleton Copley, 1750

Portrait of a man in a dark uniform with gold braid and red sash, with a river camp of tipis behind him.

Benjamin O'Fallon

Benjamin O'Fallon, 1820

Oval half-length portrait of a man with powdered gray hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes and a medal.

Henry Knox

Charles Peale Polk, 1780

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against a cloudy sky.

Horatio Gates

James Peale, 1770

Oil portrait of a man with his hand resting on his head, wearing a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Marsden Hartley

Richard Tweedy, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a tan coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a book and papers, gazing upward.

Robert Morris

Robert Edge Pine, 1780

Oval portrait of a young woman in a red and gold gown, black hat, lace collar, holding a feather fan.

Pocahontas

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1800

Oil portrait of a young officer in a dark uniform with gold epaulettes and a blue-ribbon medal, against a stormy sky.

Col. George Gibbs III

John Vanderlyn, 1800

Painting of a woman in a wide yellow hat and voluminous yellow gown with black gloves, leaning on a railing.

Alice Dunbar Nelson

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman in a red velvet gown with pearls, against a dark brushed background.

Anna L. R. S. Morton

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, 1880

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

George Victor Cooper, 1860

Painted caricature of a bearded old man in a laurel wreath playing a golden lyre, with a rabbit and birds in a grassy scene.

William Cullen Bryant

Thomas Nast, 1860

Portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat with quill pen, beside a writing desk and blue sofa.

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Caricature of a man in a dark overcoat and green waistcoat beside an easel, with an oversized head, on grey ground.

Lester Wallack

Thomas Nast, 1860

Painted caricature of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and red shirt holding a walking stick beside cactus.

Charles T. McClenachan

Thomas Nast, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly white-bearded man in a dark suit seated beside a wooden table against a dark background.

John Bigelow

Fedor Encke, 1900

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background, painted in 1830.

Henry Clay

Edward Dalton Marchant, 1830

Seated older man in dark suit and white cravat beside a writing desk with inkwell and quill, painted in warm brown tones.

General Winfield Scott

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat beside a green table with a scroll, inkstand, books and globe.

William Clark

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white shirt against a brown background, by George Peter Alexander Healy.

Henry Clay

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840