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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

Oval miniature portrait of a grey-haired man in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes against a brown background.

Col. Lewis Morris, IV

Col. Lewis Morris IV, 1800

Oil portrait of a clergyman in a black gown and white bands holding an open book, with bookshelves behind him.

Samuel Seabury

Ralph Earl, 1780

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair, white cravat and dark jacket, gazing toward the viewer against a dark backgr

William Page Self-Portrait

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1830

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache holding a palette and brushes, against a dark green background.

Frederick William MacMonnies Self-Portrait

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1900

Oval oil portrait of a balding man with blue eyes in a dark coat and black cravat against a dark background.

Henry Clay

John Neagle, 1840

William Pitt Fessenden

Constantino Brumidi, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

Lyman Beecher

James Henry Beard, 1840

Oil portrait of a bald older man with mustache, beard and round glasses, in a brown suit, against a dark olive background.

John Philip Sousa

Harry Franklin Waltman, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with gold spectacles, dark coat and black cravat, in a red velvet case.

Joseph Moody

Miniature portrait of a man with blue eyes and reddish hair in a black coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame.

Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, 1830

Oval oil portrait of an older woman in a white turban and red shawl against a dark brown background.

Dolley Madison

William S. Elwell, 1840

Oval oil portrait of a man with a mustache and goatee in a black jacket and white cravat against a brown background.

Carl Wimar Self-Portrait

Carl Wimar, 1850

Portrait of a man in a red turban, silver gorget and blue fur-trimmed coat, winking, against a muted landscape.

Tenskwatawa

Henry Inman, 1830

Seated woman in lavender dress and cream shawl on a terrace with gothic arches and a harbor view at dusk.

Margaret Fuller

Thomas Hicks, 1840

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

Stephen Van Rensselaer III

John Wesley Jarvis, 1820

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black dress, lace collar and white head wrap, with embroidered shawl and red drapery.

Betsey Colt Foot

Ezra Ames, 1810

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a brown coat with fur collar against a dark background.

Daniel Boone

Chester Harding, 1820

Oval oil portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a green backdrop.

Daniel Webster

George Linen, 1830

Oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark coat and striped wrap against a dark background.

Thomas McKenney

Charles Loring Elliott, 1850

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

John Vaughan

Thomas Sully, 1810

Painted portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and glasses, hand resting on a desk with papers, blue curtain behind.

George E. Haynes

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1940

Oil portrait of a heavyset man with a mustache in a dark suit against a dark green background.

William Howard Taft

Robert Lee MacCameron, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated woman with short dark hair against a floral patterned wall, painted in loose brushwork.

Margery Williams

James Bolivar Manson, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a brown coat and yellow waistcoat, resting his hand on a red chair.

George Clymer

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Charles Lee

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and shawl and rose dress, gazing upward against a dark background.

Patience Lovell Wright

Robert Edge Pine, 1780

Oil portrait of a seated bald man in dark suit and wire-rimmed glasses against a brown background.

John Howard Raymond

John Howard Raymond, 1840

David Ramsay

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Oil portrait of a man in a grey coat with silver buttons, powdered wig, and black cloak before a dark landscape.

Robert King Carter

Robert King Carter, 1710

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit holding eyeglasses against a dark brown background.

Portrait of President Benjamin Harrison

Theodore Clement Steele, 1900

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black doublet and white lace ruff, against a dark brown oval background.

John Winthrop

John Winthrop, 1800

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, black coat and white ruffled cravat on a dark red background.

George Washington

Rembrandt Peale, 1790

Portrait of a seated clergyman in black robes and white band collar, holding a book, with a landscape view behind him.

Bishop George Berkeley

John Smibert, 1720

Oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

Charles Wesley Jarvis, 1860

Portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair in a blue dress against a swirling orange and red background.

Theresa Helburn

Marion H. Beckett, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit, chin resting on his hand, leaning on a wooden chair against a dark background.

Abraham Lincoln

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1880

Painted portrait of a woman with dark hair in a bun, red blouse, blue necklace, and teal background.

Frida Kahlo

Magda Pach, 1930

Oval portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a white dress, seated beside a gilded chair against a brown background.

Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oval oil portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat, gold waistcoat and white cravat, against a brown background.

Jonas Phillips

Jonas Phillips, 1780

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair in a dark coat and black cravat, seated before a brown background.

William Henry Harrison

Albert Gallatin Hoit, 1840

Alla Nazimova

Edward Emerson Simmons, 1910

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

James Madison

Chester Harding, 1820

Seated woman in a blue dress and black hat holding a silver goblet, painted in soft blue watercolor washes.

The Silver Goblet

Lucy May Stanton, 1910

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with white side whiskers in a dark suit and black bow tie, seated before a red chair.

John Quincy Adams

George Caleb Bingham, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair in a dark coat and black bow tie against a brown background.

Zachary Taylor

John Vanderlyn, 1850

Oval oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a red drapery, against a dark background.

William Wirt

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oil portrait of a man with a white mustache in a pale suit and tie against a muted gray-brown background.

Charles Evans Hughes

Philip de László, 1920

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with star-embroidered shoulder straps against a brown background.

Ulysses S. Grant

Samuel Bell Waugh, 1861

Oil portrait of a seated elderly man in a black robe and white collar against a dark background, by Chester Harding.

Bushrod Washington

Chester Harding, 1820

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat and cravat, seated in a red chair against a dark background.

James Knox Polk

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Julius Fleischmann

Frederick William Wright, 1920

Oil portrait of a bearded man with gray beard in a dark suit and ascot tie against a warm brown background.

Chester A. Arthur

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1880

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit standing before trees and a stone wall with a garden path.

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Le Clear, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a dark jacket and black necktie against a dark background, with loose brushwork.

George Benjamin Luks

William Glackens, 1890

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black velvet beside a gilded table, red drapery, and a red chair.

George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait)

Gilbert Stuart, 1790

Small oil portrait of a seated man with grey curly hair, brown coat and hand on chin, at a desk with papers.

Benjamin Latrobe

Charles Frederick Von Breda, 1780

Portrait of an older woman in a white lace cap and black lace shawl against a dark brown background.

Martha Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Full-length oil portrait of a man in black suit and white cravat leaning on a wooden desk with white gloves.

George Peabody

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1840

Oil portrait of a bearded man with gray mustache in a dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Chester Alan Arthur

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark military coat with gold buttons against a brown background.

Zachary Taylor

James Reid Lambdin, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a black coat and bow tie against a dark brown background.

Martin Van Buren

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of an older man with gray powdered hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes, holding a cane.

George Washington

Robert Edge Pine, 1780

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a blue coat with yellow facings and gold epaulettes.

Arthur St. Claire

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, 1790

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a navy military uniform with gold epaulettes, soldiers behind him.

Andrew Jackson

Painting of a bearded elderly man in a gray hat holding an open book, with a fruit basket and cave behind him.

Benjamin Lay

Sr William Williams, 1750

Portrait of an older man in a blue coat pointing at a paper beside a brass telescope and books against red drapery.

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark robe, holding a cane against a dark brown background.

Judge Alexander

John White Alexander, 1880

Oval oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair in a dark blue military coat with gold epaulettes.

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale, 1840

Oval portrait of an elderly woman in a lace cap and white fichu, with a landscape view behind her.

Martha Washington

Rembrandt Peale, 1840

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

John Adams

John Trumbull, 1790

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man with a mustache in a dark jacket and white collar, against a brown background.

Talcott Williams

Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, 1880

Oil portrait of a man with wire-rimmed spectacles, dark coat and black cravat, against a brown background.

William Lloyd Garrison

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1830

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the left against a loosely brushed brown background.

Grover Cleveland

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Portrait of a balding older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a red drape and a globe behind him.

George Rogers Clark

C. D. Cook, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman in a black dress and white shawl, with curls decorated with pink flowers, against a dark background.

Abigail Powers Fillmore

Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1830

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

Eleazer Williams

Giuseppe Fagnani, 1850

Full-length portrait of a gray-haired man in a black coat holding spectacles against a brown background.

Charles Sumner

Edgar Parker, 1870

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark military coat with arms crossed, beside a sword and a black hat.

Robert Edward Lee

John Adams Elder, 1861

Painting of an older bearded man in a dark suit beside a young woman in a large feathered hat, against a dark background.

Henry Clay and Helen Frick

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1910