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Thomas Mifflin, by Charles Willson Peale, from life, 1784.
After serving as Quartermaster General during... |
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Gouverneur Morris and Robert Morris, by Charles Willson Peale, 1783.
When Charles Willson Peale painted this dual... |
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James Forten, possible attribution: Raphaelle Peale, circa 1810.
One of Philadelphia's wealthiest and... |
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John Dickinson, by Charles Willson Peale from life, 1782 - 1783.
Even though John Dickinson was born in Maryland... |
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Joseph Priestley, Attributed to Ozias Humphrey (British, 1742-1810).
Two portraits of Joseph Priestly speak volumes... |
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David Rittenhouse,1732-1796, by Charles Willson Peale, from life, 1791-1796.
David Rittenhouse,1732-1796, by Charles Willson... |
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Anthony Wayne, by James Sharples, Sr., from life, 1796.
After a long record of bloody service during... |
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Sketch of General Hugh Mercer, Jr. (Study for The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777), by John Trumbull, 1791.
Born in Scotland in 1726, Hugh Mercer was... |
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George Clymer, by unidentified artist, after Charles Willson Peale, c 1807-1810.
A signer of both the Declaration of Independence... |
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Arthur St. Clair, by Charles Willson Peale, 1782-1784.
In 1780, General Arthur St. Clair commissioned... |
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Alexander Hamilton, by Daniel Huntington, circa 1865.
"Next to him, I was but a candle in the noon-day... |
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Hugh Henry Brackenridge, by Clayton Braun, copied from an original painted by Gilbert Stuart.
Born in Scotland, Hugh Henry Brackenridge... |
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Robert Morris, by Charles Willson Peale, from life, c. 1782.
After immigrating to Pennsylvania from England... |
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Gotthief Henry Earnest Muhlenberg, by Charles Willson Peale from life, 1810.
Gotthief Henry Earnest Muhlenberg, by Charles... |
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Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg by Joseph Wright, 1790.
Born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, Frederick A.C.... |
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Josiah Harmar, watercolor on ivory, by Raphaelle Peale, c 1799-1803.
"He was brave, but not suited for a commander... |
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William Irvine, by James Reid Lambdin, copy after Robert Edge Pine, c.1788.
A native of Ireland and a graduate of Dublin... |
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William Cobbett, possibly by George Cooke, circa 1831. On display at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
After arriving in Philadelphia in 1793, former... |
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Benjamin Rush, by Charles Willson Peale, after Thomas Sully, 1818.
Benjamin Rush, by Charles Willson Peale,... |
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George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale, 1787.
After eight long years of war, George Washington... |
