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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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Colored pencil and watercolor sketch of a man in a hat and green jacket on a boardwalk among dune grasses and yellow flowers.

Childe Hassam Self-Portrait

Childe Hassam, 1930

Etching of a seated man in a wide hat sketching among standing onlookers, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

J. A. M. Whistler Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in a brown coat with a paintbrush, leaning on a table beside loose papers, against a gray background.

Matthew Pratt Self-Portrait

Matthew Pratt, 1760

Oil portrait of a balding bearded man in glasses, dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

William Closson Self-Portrait

William Baxter Palmer Closson, 1900

Painted self-portrait of a bearded man with white hair and wire glasses, in a brown jacket and orange tie, against a dark bac

Louis Michel Eilshemius Self-Portrait

Louis Michel Eilshemius, 1910

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

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

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 woman with pulled-back hair, white collar and orange blouse against a warm brown background.

Cecilia Beaux Self-Portrait

Cecilia Beaux, 1880

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

Frank Duveneck Self-Portrait

Frank Duveneck, 1880

Painting of an elderly man in a black gown holding a palette and brush, seated before a warm, loosely painted background.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Self-Portrait

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1930

Oil portrait of a man in a felt hat and blue jacket smoking a pipe, with a green bottle in a warm interior.

Arvid Frederick Nyholm Self-Portrait

Arvid Frederick Nyholm, 1920

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 man with a mustache and goatee in a black jacket and white cravat against a brown background.

Carl Wimar Self-Portrait

Carl Wimar, 1850

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

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

Samuel F. B. Morse Self-Portrait

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1810

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair wearing a red shawl against a dark brown background.

Sarah Miriam Peale Self-Portrait

Sarah Miriam Peale, 1810

Oil portrait of a bald older man with wire-rimmed glasses and a mustache, in a dark jacket and white collar.

Henry Mosler Self-portrait

Henry Mosler, 1900

Oval oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait

John Singleton Copley, 1780

Half-length oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Charles Willson Peale Self-Portrait

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Oval portrait of a man with glasses, mustache and dark bow tie against a lavender background with a gold border.

George Linen Self-portrait

George Linen, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly brown hair, black coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant frame.

William Dunlap self-portrait

William Dunlap, 1800

Oval watercolor self-portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and an open-collared shirt against a grey-brown background.

Self-Portrait

Alfred Jones, 1840

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1930

Sepia title page with an eagle holding a laurel branch, a central medallion portrait, and clustered portrait medallions above

Subscription book for portrait of Charles Carroll

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Augustus Goodyear Heaton Self-Portrait

Augustus Goodyear Heaton, 1880

Ink caricature of a bespectacled, mustached man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with a handwritten dedication.

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell Self-Portrait

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1910

Watercolor self-portrait of a man in a tall black top hat and white cravat, set against loose gray hatching.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man in a dark coat beside a green-faced spider-like creature, dated 1920.

John Barrymore Self-Portrait

John Barrymore, 1920

Watercolor head portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and a sideways gaze on cream paper.

David Claypoole Johnston Self-Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a buttoned vest beside an easel, on tan paper.

Robert Henri Self-Portrait

Robert Henri, 1900

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1880

Loose watercolor portrait of a woman in a dark green dress and yellow-brown hat, with a warm ochre background.

Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Mary Stevenson Cassatt, 1880

Small pencil and watercolor bust portrait of a young man with short light hair and a dark coat, on cream paper.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing on tan paper of a bearded man with curly hair gazing upward.

Titian Ramsay Peale II Self-Portrait

Titian Ramsay Peale II, 1840

Timothy Cole Self-Portrait

Timothy Cole, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head and shoulders in three-quarter view with hair pinned up and a lace collar.

Minerva Chapman Self-Portrait

Minerva Josephine Chapman, 1900

Crosshatched drawing of a seated man in a light shirt at a grand piano, face partly shaded by a visor.

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1900

Engraved page with two bust portraits: Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll on the left and actor Lester Wallack in an oval on the rig

Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Etched half-length portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache and wavy dark hair, head tilted downward.

Bernhard Gutmann Self-Portrait

Bernhard Gutmann, 1930

Napoleon Sarony Self-Portrait

Napoleon Sarony, 1860

Poster of a seated man reading beside a black and white cat, with a calendar and the text HARPER'S FEBRUARY below.

Edward Penfield Self-Portrait

Edward Penfield, 1890

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated beside a drawing board, signed John Sartain.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache in a dark suit, with handwritten dedication and signature below.

Henry Wolf Self-Portrait

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Etching of a bearded man in a suit holding a palette and brushes beside an easel with an inscription.

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1900

Engraved half-length portrait of a seated man in a dark suit holding a pocket watch, with draped curtain behind him.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

John Sartain, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat within an ornate border with an eagle, signed by John Plumbe, Jr.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Plumbe, Jr. Self-Portrait

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Hand-coloured engraving of a young man in a blue coat and tan breeches standing in an oval frame, with a satirical caption be

Joseph Wright Self-Portrait

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770

Tan printed advertisement for M.A. & S. Root's daguerreotype portraits and family groups, with bold headings and dense body t

Advertisement for “M.A. & S. Root’s Daguerreotype Portraits and Family Groups"

Marcus Aurelius Root, 1850

Black and white lithograph self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, with a prairie landscape behind him.

John Steuart Curry Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Engraved portraits of Benjamin F. Butler and Alexander H. Stephens with name captions on a tan page, numbered 12.

Album of Portraits of Celebrities