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Oil portrait of a seated man with white hair in a brown coat, holding a folded letter beside a stack of books.

John Jay

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Oil portrait of a man with short brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

William Gilmore Simms

William Gilmore Simms

Oil portrait of a woman with red hair in a white gown with feathered shoulders and a star necklace, against a garden.

Mildred Hazen Dewey

Théobald Chartran, 1900

Oil self-portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a brown

George Fuller Self-Portrait

George Fuller, 1860

Oil portrait of a bearded man in dark military uniform and slouch hat beside a map, binoculars and rocky landscape.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1861

Oil portrait of an older man with grey curly hair in a dark coat and plaid neckcloth against a dark background.

Zachary Taylor

William Garl Browne Jr, 1840

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black with white hair, hand on a document at a desk beside a globe and column.

James Madison

Thomas Sully, 1800

Oil painting of a uniformed officer on a galloping white horse, with palms, a rocky stream and hills behind him.

Zachary Taylor

Full-length painted portrait of a standing man with white hair and mustache, wearing a dark suit and bow tie.

Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)

John White Alexander, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with wavy auburn hair and sideburns, in a dark jacket and black cravat, against a brown background.

Joseph Clay Neal

John Neagle, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a black jacket, tan waistcoat and bow tie, against a brown background.

Unidentified Man

Thomas Hicks, 1850

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and red sash, with a mountain landscape and cloudy sky behind him.

John Charles Frémont

William Smith Jewett, 1861

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark suit resting his hand on a book on a red-draped table.

Robert Milligan McLane

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1880

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark suit and black cravat against red drapery.

William Morris Meredith

William Morris Meredith, 1840

Oil portrait of a smiling woman in a brown hat, blue coat and purple scarf against a dark green background.

Bessie Potter Vonnoh

Robert Vonnoh, 1890

Portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a green coat holding papers, with a harbor and ship visible behind him.

Gulian Crommelin Verplanck

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Bret Harte

John Pettie, 1880

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in spectacles and a gray suit against a brown background, by John Singer Sargent.

Charles Herbert Woodbury

John Singer Sargent, 1920

Half-length 1840 portrait of a young man with swept dark hair, wearing a brown jacket and white cravat, gazing left.

James Reid Lambdin Self-Portrait

James Reid Lambdin, 1840

Chief Joseph

Cyrenius Hall, 1870

Oil portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark coat, black cravat and white shirt against an olive background.

Salmon P. Chase

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly clergyman in dark robes with a gold cross, gesturing before gold drapery and sky.

Jean Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus

Oval oil portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and black bow tie against an olive background.

William Austin Burt

William Austin Burt, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, seated against a dark brown background.

Gustavus Franklin Swift

Ralph Elmer Clarkson, 1900

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

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of an older bald man with white mustache and spectacles, in a dark suit and bow tie, in a gilt frame.

Thomas Corwin Mendenhall

Annie Ware Sabine Siebert, 1910

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white gown and sheer shawl, holding red roses and a fan, against a dark background.

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

Emile Alexay, 1920

Oval oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a black coat, white waistcoat and black bow tie.

Thomas Hart Benton

Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, 1850

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black coat and white cravat, hands resting on an open book.

Francis Asbury

John Paradise, 1810

Painted portrait of an older man with grey hair and beard, wearing a dark brown coat, hands clasped, against a dark backgroun

Henry Ward Ranger

Alphonse Jongers, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman with curled brown hair in a black dress and white lace collar, seated beside a draped table.

Margaret Spear Smith

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oval oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white collar, against a brown background.

Henry Clay

Henry F. Darby, 1840

Portrait of a woman in a red dress with curled hair, seated before olive drapery and a garden landscape with trees.

Juliana Westray Wood

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and blue tie holding papers at a desk against a dark background.

Herbert Hoover

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1920

John Paul Jones

Comtesse de Lowendahl Charlotte-Marguerite de Bourbon, 1780

Oil portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark high-collared coat and white shirt against a brown background.

Unidentified Man

Millard Fillmore, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with a white mustache and pince-nez glasses, wearing a dark suit and tie, dated 1920.

John Henry Patterson

J. Phillip Schmand, 1920

Oval portrait of a woman with dark ringlets in a black dress, lace cuffs and gold brooch, hands resting before a red drape.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Alanson Fisher, 1850

Henry James

Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1900

Collis Potter Huntington

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

The Penny Image of Abraham Lincoln

William Willard, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval officer's uniform with gold epaulettes, against a dark sky and sea.

David Glasgow Farragut

William Swain, 1830

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark suit and blue cravat, leaning on an carved wooden chair against a dark background

Charles Carroll Glover

John McLure Hamilton, 1900

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair and mustache in a dark suit and black tie, against a brown background.

William Franklin Draper

Maurice W. Clark, 1890

Oil portrait of an older man in black coat and white cravat gesturing beside a red draped lectern with an open book.

Thomas Paul

Thomas Badger, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair in a dark suit and white collar, seated before a brown background.

Franklin Pierce

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Half-length portrait of a man with dark hair in a black coat and bow tie against a brown background.

George Caleb Bingham Self-Portrait

George Caleb Bingham, 1840

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a pink gown holding a white feather fan, with a cloudy landscape behind her.

Juliette Gordon Low

Edward Hughes, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against an olive background.

Zachary Taylor

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with powdered white hair, blue coat and white lace cravat against a dark background.

Joel Barlow

Robert Fulton, 1800

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark military-style coat with gold buttons, red epaulettes and green cape, against a cloudy

Samuel Ringgold

John Vanderlyn, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white mustache in a dark suit, one hand resting on books, against a gray paneled wall.

Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich

Anders Zorn, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit seated in a green armchair, holding a rock specimen, with books nearby.

Isaac Lea

Bernard Albrecht Uhle, 1890

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit seated in a brass-studded chair with a red setter dog.

Sidney Dillon

Francis Davis Millet, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with gray hair and a stern sidelong glance, wearing a brown cloak against a dark backg

John Brown

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1870

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

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

John Wollaston, 1750

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

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

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

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, white pleated shirt and black bow tie against an olive background.

Gen. Benjamin Helm Bristow

Philip Oskar Jenkins, 1861

Oval oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat against a dark background.

William Cullen Bryant

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black with lace collar and sheer shawl, with a river landscape visible through a window.

Jane Cocking Glover

Pietro Bonanni, 1820

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair and blue eyes in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Thomas Sully, 1850

Oil portrait of a man with a full auburn beard and dark coat against a brown background, by George Fuller, 1860.

John Quincy Adams Ward

George Fuller, 1860

Oil portrait of a man with silver hair in a black coat and white cravat, holding a scroll, with a column behind him.

John Middleton Clayton

David Acheson Woodward, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white moustache in a grey academic gown against a brown background.

Richard Alexander Penrose

Julian Russell Story, 1910

Oil portrait of a bearded man with reddish hair in a brown jacket and cravat against a dark background.

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Louise Fitzpatrick

Oil portrait of a man with round spectacles and a mustache, holding a cigar, against a dark green background.

Frank Duveneck Self-Portrait

Frank Duveneck, 1880

Full-length portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress and beaded fringed regalia, holding a long staff.

Minimic

James Wells Champney, 1880

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white shirt, seated in a chair against a brown background.

Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest, 1830

Oil portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat before a red drape and a dim landscape.

James Fenimore Cooper

Charles Loring Elliott, 1860