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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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Watercolor of a group of men in dark suits gathered around a draped table in a columned interior room.

Men of Progress

Christian Schussele, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark suit, with cross-hatched background.

James Gillespie Blaine

Jacques Reich, 1900

Half-length watercolor portrait of a man with dark hair, black cravat and dark coat against a tan background.

David Crockett

James Hamilton Shegogue, 1830

Belva Ann Lockwood

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, sword beside him, at a desk by a window.

Colonel Jonathan F. Williams

Thomas Sully, 1810

Pencil sketch of three standing figures: a moustached man in a top hat with a cane between two women in period dress.

Grover Cleveland

Sir John Tenniel, 1880

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, framed by draped swags and garlands.

John C. Calhoun

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Five loose blue crayon head studies of a bearded older man on tan paper, inscribed "Walt Whitman" and dated April 17, 81.

Walt Whitman

Frank Hill Smith, 1880

Thomas Jefferson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault, 1860

Robert E. Lee

John Dabour, 1861

George Wythe

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and bow tie, drawn in fine cross-hatching on a mounted sheet.

William Howard Taft

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait sketch of a mustached man in a buttoned military uniform and pince-nez glasses, facing forward.

Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Dion Boucicault

Leslie Ward, 1880

Pen and ink cartoon of a judge in robes gripping a startled man's shoulder under a U.S. Supreme Court sign.

A Personal Appointment?

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

William Howard Taft

Henry Major, 1930

Pencil and chalk portrait drawing of a man with swept-back hair and a dark cravat on tan paper, by M. K. Kellogg.

John C. Calhoun

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and rosette-trimmed doublet, labelled Sir Walter Raleigh.

Walter Sir Raleigh

Jacques Reich, 1900

Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1861

Ink drawing of a bowed elderly man in a long coat, with labeled figures for Foreign Pressure, Huerta and Carranza beneath an

Woodrow Wilson

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1910

John Thomas Scopes

Henry Major, 1920

John Pendleton Kennedy

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1850

Graphite portrait drawing of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and cravat, on cream paper.

Abraham Baldwin

Robert Fulton, 1800

Graphite portrait of a man with powdered hair and lace cravat in an oval vignette, inscribed David Ramsay, M.D.

David Ramsay

Charles Fraser, 1830

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

Daniel Webster

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of three men playing chess, with caricatured top-hatted chess pieces on the board.

Theodore Roosevelt, John Milton Hay, Joseph Gurney Cannon

Charles Davis Mitchell, 1910

Oval pastel portrait of a man's head turned right, with a slight smile, on a brown paper ground.

Dr. John Collins Warren

Francis Alexander, 1840

Pastel portrait of a bearded man with white hair against a dark background, wearing a dark coat and light collar.

Karl Marx

John Collier, 1970

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in period dress gesturing beside a carved chair, with a desk and inkwell behind him.

John C. Calhoun

Charles Fenderich, 1830