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Portrait of Joseph Brant

c.1806

New York State Historical Association

Cooperstown, NY

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Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (1743 – 24 November 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He was perhaps the most well-known North American Indian of his generation. He met many of the most significant people of the age, including George Washington and...
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Portrait of Simeon De Witt

c.1804
oil on canvas
60 x 48 in. (cm. 152.4 x 121.9

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum

New Brunswick, NJ

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Simeon De Witt (December 25, 1756 Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York - December 3, 1834 Ithaca, New York, Tompkins County, New York) was Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and Surveyor General of the State of New York for the fifty years from 1784 until his death.
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Portrait of Gideon Granger

ca. 1820
oil on canvas
29 1/4 in. x 23 in

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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Gideon Granger (July 19, 1767 – December 31, 1822) was an early American politician and lawyer. He was the father of Francis Granger. He was the 4th United States Postmaster General.
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Portrait of Solomon Townsend

Completed in 1808
oil on canvas

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Townsend was a Revolutionary War era ship captain, owner of an iron works, and was a New York State Legislator.
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Portrait of Alexander Hamilton

ca. 1800
oil on canvas
27 x 22 in. / 68.6 x 55.9 cm.

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757[1] – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.
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Portrait of Congressman Benjamin Tallmadge

ca. 1800
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in.

Litchfield Historical Society

Litchfield, CT

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Benjamin Tallmadge (11 February 1754 – 7 March 1835) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. His birth date is alternately listed as February 25, 1754
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The Fondey Family

1803
oil on canvas
54 x 76 3/4 in.

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

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Subject: Portrait group -- Family Portrait male -- Fondey, John, Jr. -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, John, Jr., Mrs. (Cornelia Hun) -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, Sarah -- Full length; Portrait male -- Fondey, Isaac -- Full length; Portrait female -- Fondey, Maria; Portrait male -- Fondey, William -- Child;...
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Portrait of John Scoville

oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (cm. 76.2 x 61.0)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

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Portrait of Gouverneur Morris

ca. 1815
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (cm. 91.4 x 71.1)

New York Historical Society

New York, NY

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Gouverneur Morris, often addressed as Gouv Morris (January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816), was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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Governor Martin Van Buren

ca. 1828-29
oil on canvas
52 ¾ x 41 inches

Albany Institute of History and Art

Albany, NY

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