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“Philip P. Bliss”; “General Wade Hampton”; “Burial of Cornelius Vanderbilt"

Print
1877
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
General Sheridan and His Staff

General Sheridan and His Staff

Photograph
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Gardner
Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up

Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up

Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
William McKinley

William McKinley

Photograph
1901
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood
P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum

Sculpture
1973 cast after 1883 original
National Portrait Gallery
Asa Gray

Asa Gray

Sculpture
before 1882
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry

Painting
1885
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Ulke
The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

Print
1847
National Portrait Gallery
John Plumbe
P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum

Sculpture
1883
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Ball
Spencer Fullerton Baird

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Painting
1887
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Ulke
P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum

Print
1889
National Portrait Gallery
Sir Leslie Mathew Ward
Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

Print
1866
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Spencer Fullerton Baird

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Photograph
c. 1880
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
P.T. Barnum and Commodore Nutt

P.T. Barnum and Commodore Nutt

Photograph
1881
National Portrait Gallery
Austin Augustus Turner
Frank Hamilton Cushing with Laiyuahtsailunkya, Naiyutchi, Palowahtiwa, Kiasiwa, and Nanake

Frank Hamilton Cushing with Laiyuahtsailunkya, Naiyutchi, Palowahtiwa, Kiasiwa, and Nanake

Photograph
1882
National Portrait Gallery
James Wallace Black

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