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Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832)
Revolutionary statesman
James Barton Longacre (1737-1832), after Chester Harding
Engraving, 1830
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Sixth President of the U.S.
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), after Thomas Sully
Engraving, 1826
Gift of Hirschl and Adler Galleries
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Seventh President of the U.S.
Albert Newsam (1809-1864), after William James Hubbard
Lithograph, 1830
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Louis McLane (1786-1857)
Businessman
Charles Bird King (1785-1862)
Oil on canvas, circa 1820
Gift of Robert Milligan McLane
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John Stevens (1749-1838)
Inventor
Unidentified artist
Oil on canvas, circa 1830
Gift of H.H. Walker Lewis in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A.S. Lewis
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Peter Cooper (1791-1883)
Inventor
Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844-1883)
Modern albumen silver print from wet-plate collodion negative, circa 1862
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Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)
Inventor
Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844-1883)
Modern albumen silver print enlargement from wet-plate collodion negative, circa 1862
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Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877)
Financier
Nathaniel Jocelyn (1796-1881)
Oil on canvas, 1846
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Cornelius Vanderbilt portrayed as "The Colossus of Roads"
Financier
Currier and Ives Lithography Company (active 1857-1907)
Lithograph, 1869
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Sixteenth President of the U. S.
Charles Wesley Jarvis (1812-1868)
Oil on canvas, circa 1861
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Arpad
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Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916)
Civil engineer
Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844-1883)
Modern albumen silver print enlargement from wet-plate collodion negative, circa 1864
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Collis P. Huntington (1821-1900)
Financier
Frances A. Lathrop (1849-1909), after William Keith
Oil on canvas 1900
Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor
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William B. Ogden (1805-1877)
Businessman
Alexander Hesler (1823-1895)
Allbumenized salt print, circa 1857, after a daguerreotype
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George M. Pullman (1831-1897)
Businessman
George Kendall Warren (1834-1884)
Albumen silver print, circa 1870
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Gustavus F. Swift (1839-1903)
Inventor, businessman
Ralph Elmer Clarkson (1861-1942)
Oil on canvas, 1904
Gift of George H. Swift Jr.
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Alexander J. Cassatt (1839-1906)
Railroad executive
Samuel Sartain (1830-1906)
Engraving, 1906
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Jay Gould (1836-1892)
Financier
Eastman Johnson (active 1824-1906)
Oil on canvas, 1896
On long-term loanto the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, from Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University Art Collection, New York City
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James J. Hill (1838-1916)
Financier
Adolph Muller-Ury (1862-1947)
Oil on canvas, circa 1916
Gift of the subject's grandson, Jerome J. Hill
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