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Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Drawing
1988
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
The Man Who Never Met A President He Didn't Like

The Man Who Never Met A President He Didn't Like

Drawing
1991
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death

Print
1988
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Sorel
John Parker Hale

John Parker Hale

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Thomas Corwin

Thomas Corwin

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1865
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Andrew G. Curtin

Andrew G. Curtin

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
John A. Dix

John A. Dix

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
George M. Dallas

George M. Dallas

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
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Mathew Brady Studio
John Parker Hale

John Parker Hale

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
John Parker Hale

John Parker Hale

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-1870
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Prominent Candidates for the Democratic Nomination at Charleston, South Carolina

Prominent Candidates for the Democratic Nomination at Charleston, South Carolina

Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
1819
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Gimbrede
Cyrus Vance

Cyrus Vance

Painting
1978
National Portrait Gallery
Daniel Bennett Schwartz
Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson

Photograph
1965
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

Print
1862
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

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