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Toh-to-wa-kon-da-pee

Artist:
George Catlin, 26 Jul 1796 - 23 Dec 1872  Search this
Sitter:
Toh-to-wah-kon-da-pee, born late 18th century  Search this
Medium:
Pencil on paper
Dimensions:
35cm x 26.6cm (13 3/4" x 10 1/2")
Type:
Drawing
Date:
c. 1852
Topic:
Toh-to-wah-kon-da-pee: Male  Search this
Toh-to-wah-kon-da-pee: Native American\Native American leader\Medicine man  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Newberry Library
Object number:
12.DUP26
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e497c947-3bdc-4e43-b2b1-b3a45f753268
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_12.DUP26

Westmoreland Davis

Artist:
Leopold Gould Seyffert, 6 Jan 1887 - 13 Jun 1956  Search this
Sitter:
Westmoreland Davis, 1859 - 1942  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Painting
Date:
c. 1920-36
Topic:
Westmoreland Davis: Male  Search this
Westmoreland Davis: Politics and Government\Governor\Virginia  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: College of William & Mary
Object number:
1936.122
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45d49d187-1056-462f-bb25-32470eb430eb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1936.122

I-yow-se-ah

Artist:
Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1858 - 1949  Search this
Sitter:
I-yow-se-ah, born late 19th century  Search this
Medium:
Crayon on paper
Dimensions:
38cm x 26.7cm (14 15/16" x 10 1/2")
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1907
Topic:
I-yow-se-ah: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Newberry Library
Object number:
428.DUP4
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm482f5b594-d0ae-4cf8-bafb-6f895bc93493
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_428.DUP4

Praying Man Ex-voto

Alternate Title:
Hombre Orando Ex-voto
Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Unidentified Man  Search this
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
6.5 × 2.4cm (2 9/16 × 15/16")
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
mid 19th century
Topic:
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Unidentified Man: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: San Antonio Museum of Art
Object number:
EXH.RT.72
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42bb30afb-1894-4b86-8313-351d455e2864
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_EXH.RT.72

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Artist:
Thomas Hicks, 18 Oct 1823 - 8 Oct 1890  Search this
Copy after:
Chester Harding, 1 Sep 1792 - 10 Apr 1866  Search this
Sitter:
Nathaniel Parker Willis, 20 Jan 1806 - 20 Jan 1867  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
70.3cm x 57.1cm (27 11/16" x 22 1/2"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1885
Topic:
Nathaniel Parker Willis: Male  Search this
Nathaniel Parker Willis: Literature\Writer  Search this
Nathaniel Parker Willis: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this
Nathaniel Parker Willis: Journalism and Media\Journalist  Search this
Nathaniel Parker Willis: Literature\Writer\Playwright  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art
Object number:
MA340113
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm480065733-7e45-4916-941e-28a93fc44ebc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_MA340113

The Prince of Wales and Other Famous Americans

Artist:
Miguel Covarrubias, 22 Nov 1904 - 4 Feb 1957  Search this
Medium:
Book
Dimensions:
Book closed: 23.5 × 18 × 1.7 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/16 × 11/16")
Book open: 23.5 × 36.3 × 1.7 cm (9 1/4 × 14 5/16 × 11/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1925
Topic:
Caricature  Search this
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Object number:
NPG.2010.26
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Estate of Miguel Covarrubias
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e9651db6-d800-445c-ba1d-49d09842ec0e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2010.26
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Carte de visite album of 50 Confederate leaders

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Medium:
Leather-bound album
Dimensions:
Book: 15.2 × 13.7 × 5.7 cm (6 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/4")
Type:
Book
Date:
c. 1861
Topic:
Book\Album  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Totten family; conserved with a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Object number:
NPG.2012.6
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46ef0c9a4-2f37-476d-9aa5-b00841e50b37
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2012.6

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Alternate Title:
Henry Ossian Flipper
Author:
Henry Ossian Flipper, 21 Mar 1856 - 26 Apr 1940  Search this
Medium:
Book
Dimensions:
Book closed: 18.8 × 13.8 × 2.5 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/16 × 1")
Book open: 18.8 × 24.5 cm (7 3/8 × 9 5/8")
Type:
Book
Date:
1878
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2018.82
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
2022 Rehang of Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
Reconstruction Gallery
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 123
NPG, East Gallery 123
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4be8f7ab9-e558-48b4-8bde-f98a3968c916
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.82
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The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons

Artist:
Adalbert John Volck, 14 Apr 1828 - 26 Mar 1912  Search this
Medium:
Bound collection of etchings
Dimensions:
Book closed: 20 × 16.1 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/16")
Book open: 20 × 32 cm (7 7/8 × 12 5/8")
Type:
Book
Date:
1868
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.80.128
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm476fca9fa-c34b-437a-a9b5-9035e00cdfd6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.128

New Universal Biographical Dictionary and American Remembrancer, Vol. 4

Author:
James Hardie  Search this
Medium:
Engravings on paper, bound
Dimensions:
Book: 21.6 x 13.8 x 4.2 cm (8 1/2 x 5 7/16 x 1 5/8")
Type:
Book
Date:
c. 1801
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.80.184.4
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e124ba33-bdb9-43cc-9b3a-9cecc7eb7a7b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.184.4
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Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens

Artist:
E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company, active c. 1842 - 1867  Search this
Copy after:
William Henry Brown, 1808 - 1883  Search this
Medium:
Book of lithographed silhouettes with tintstone on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 42.8 x 25cm (16 7/8 x 9 13/16")
Sheet: 42.8 x 31.4cm (16 7/8 x 12 3/8")
Book: 43.2 x 33 x 3.7cm (17 x 13 x 1 7/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1844
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Equipment\Walking stick\Cane  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower\Bouquet  Search this
Container\Vase  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Architecture\Fireplace  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird\Eagle  Search this
Artwork\Painting\Landscape  Search this
Artwork\Painting\Battle  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis
Object number:
NPG.80.276
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ce517947-de1f-4d40-bf33-7cd2152aa6ec
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.276

Speaker's Room in the House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol

Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Medium:
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions:
Plate: 12.6 × 10.4 × 0.2 cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/8 × 1/16")
Type:
Photographic Negative
Date:
c. 1860-70
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Home Furnishings\Mirror  Search this
Architecture\Fireplace  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Candelabra  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Light bulb  Search this
Artist's Effects\Frame  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Object number:
NPG.81.M3926
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48665b7dc-10c2-4394-ac4f-13f75bb05f01
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M3926

Unidentified Interior (Studio?)

Attribution:
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894  Search this
Medium:
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions:
Plate: 12.6 × 10 × 0.2 cm (4 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 1/16")
Type:
Photographic Negative
Date:
c. 1860-70
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture  Search this
Architecture\Column  Search this
Home Furnishings\Mirror  Search this
Architecture\Fireplace  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Candelabra  Search this
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Light bulb  Search this
Artist's Effects\Frame  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Object number:
NPG.81.M3927
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47ba2f5df-8708-4ef3-a31c-2e93a3956e2b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.M3927

Brainard's Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans

Publisher:
Charles Henry W. Brainard, 1817 - 1885  Search this
Medium:
Bound collection of lithographs with tinstone on paper
Dimensions:
Book closed: 58.7 × 46.3 × 2.8 cm (23 1/8 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/8")
Book open: 58.7 × 93.3 × 3 cm (23 1/8 × 36 3/4 × 1 3/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1855
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.82.75
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49cbac08d-0007-4039-8637-1af1c1fdc997
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.82.75

Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters

Publisher:
Joseph Delaplaine, 20 Dec 1777 - 31 May 1824  Search this
Medium:
Book illustrated with stipple and line engraving and etchings
Dimensions:
Book: 28.9 x 23.1 x 1.3cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 1/2")
Sheet: 28.7 x 23cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1816
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.77.136.1
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm408a31595-64b4-4ac0-9f2e-4a483e3f9b0d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.136.1
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Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters

Publisher:
Joseph Delaplaine, 20 Dec 1777 - 31 May 1824  Search this
Medium:
Book illustrated with stipple and line engraving and etchings
Dimensions:
Book: 28.9 x 23.1 x 1.3cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 1/2")
Sheet: 28.7 x 23cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1816
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.77.136.2
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4813e8307-dbb8-4317-92a8-85c8024127a5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.136.2
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Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters

Publisher:
Joseph Delaplaine, 20 Dec 1777 - 31 May 1824  Search this
Medium:
Book illustrated with stipple and line engraving and etchings
Dimensions:
Book: 28.9 x 23.1 x 1.3cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 1/2")
Sheet: 28.7 x 23cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16")
Type:
Book
Date:
1816
Topic:
Book  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.77.136.3
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46f053cb2-a4d2-4729-89b5-c62d43e56614
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.136.3
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A Portrait Gallery of American Editors

Artist:
Doris Ulmann, 29 May 1882 - 28 Aug 1934  Search this
Medium:
43 photogravures
Type:
Book
Date:
1925
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
S/NPG.77.36
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4dc8bf817-8b93-44f3-985b-776ea36c71de
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.77.36
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1 Thaler, Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire, 1737

Head of government:
Charles VI  Search this
Physical Description:
silver (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .2 cm x 4.3 cm; 3/32 in x 1 11/16 in
Object Name:
coin
Place made:
Germany: Bavaria, Regensburg
Date made:
1737
Associated date:
1737
Credit Line:
Paul A. Straub
ID Number:
NU.NU49660
Catalog number:
NU49660
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Paul A. Straub Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-64e1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1272815
Online Media:

Approaching Footsteps - "Hurry Girls: The Old Cat's Nearly Here."

Maker:
H. C. White Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 8.7 cm x 17.5 cm; 3 7/16 in x 6 7/8 in
Object Name:
photograph
stereoview
stereograph
stereo card
Copyright by H. C. White Co.:
1902
"The PERFEC-STEREOGRAPH" Trade Mark Patent:
1903
Credit Line:
Gifted by Albert Boni
ID Number:
PG.71.53.1669
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-6508-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1412609

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