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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with wavy shoulder-length hair, white collar and tasseled cords.

Samuel De Champlain

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pen drawing of a bald, bearded man in a long coat standing by a desk, holding a cigar, by Thomas Nast.

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Nast, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a coat and bow tie, leaning back in a studded armchair with crossed legs.

William Henry Vanderbilt

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark jacket, set against cross-hatched shading.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Jacques Reich, 1900

Tinted drawing of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Charles R. Gill

L. Wieser, 1880

Charcoal portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and tie, drawn on tan paper, looking directly at the viewer.

Henry James

Cecilia Beaux, 1910

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with rows of buttons, by Jacques Reich, 1861.

George Henry Thomas

Jacques Reich, 1861

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Henry Major, 1920

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, head resting on hand, in a dark dress with white lace collar.

Eliza Williams

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Philip Henry Sheridan

Jacques Reich, 1861

Charcoal portrait of a seated man in a suit and bow tie, holding a cigarette, drawn loosely against a pale background.

Newton Booth Tarkington

Sebastian Simonet, 1920

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark military coat with epaulettes and white cravat, against a soft wash background.

Thomas Sumter

William G. Armstrong, 1830

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and large ruffled collar, signed Jacques Reich.

Miles Standish

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil and watercolor drawing of an elderly bearded man with lowered eyes and clasped hands on tan paper.

Louis Michel Eilshemius

Joseph Stella, 1930

Sepia drawing of a seated man in a frock coat and powdered wig, with a quill pen on a desk, on a tan mat.

Henry Laurens

William G. Armstrong, 1830

Pen and ink portrait of a man in a tricorn hat and ruffled cravat, drawn with fine cross-hatching on cream paper.

John Burgoyne

Jacques Reich, 1900

Jacob Jennings Brown

Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts, 1820

Ink and pencil sketch of a smiling man in glasses, double-breasted jacket and bow tie, hands in pockets, dated 1910.

Glenn O. Coleman

Marjorie Organ, 1910

Pen and ink portrait of a mustached man in a dark high-collared jacket, labeled Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley.

Winfield Scott Schley

Jacques Reich, 1900

Max Reinhardt

Henry Major, 1930

Pencil portrait of a seated young man with curly hair, arms resting on an open book, drawn on pale paper.

John Summerfield

Waldo & Jewett, 1810

Pen and ink portrait of a man with powdered curled hair and period coat, cross-hatched, labeled James Otis.

James Otis

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal drawing on tinted paper of an elderly bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, hands clasped.

John Quincy Adams

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Pencil and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, against a cream background.

Abraham Lincoln

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1860

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded older man in a military uniform with buttoned collar, turned to the left.

George Gordon Meade

Jacques Reich, 1861

Caleb Swan

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Graphite portrait sketch of an unidentified man with shoulder-length hair, dark coat and white cravat, on aged paper.

Unidentified Man

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with a white ruff collar, titled Gov. John Winthrop, by Jacques Reich.

John Winthrop

Jacques Reich, 1900

Unidentified Man

Ernest Haskell, 1910

Drawing of a man with curled hair in a red cloak and white cravat against a green drapery backdrop.

Patrick Henry

James Barton Longacre, 1830