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1858
National Portrait Gallery
Leopold Grozelier
Kauikeouli

Kauikeouli

Photograph
c. 1850 (printed c. 1870)
National Portrait Gallery
Henry L. Chase
Rembrandt Peale

Rembrandt Peale

Print
October 15, 1857
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William J. Pierce
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

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1850
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Charles G. Crehen
Elisha Kent Kane

Elisha Kent Kane

Print
1857
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C. Kuhn
Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

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c. 1853
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Marie Alexandre Alophe
John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge

Print
c. 1860
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N. Cozzadi
John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley

Photograph
c. 1861
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Silsbee Case & Company
Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
George N. Rockwood
David McMurtrie Gregg

David McMurtrie Gregg

Photograph
c. 1864
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Unidentified Artist
Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote

Print
c. 1861-1862
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Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company
John Parker Hale

John Parker Hale

Print
c. 1848
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Kelloggs & Comstock
Bayard Taylor

Bayard Taylor

Photograph
c. 1858
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? Upton
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1864
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Mathew Brady Studio
George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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