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![]() | John Henry Brown ca. 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Mrs. Gerald Roth ca. 1840 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Young Man 1854 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Ada Brown 1847 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Adaline Peters Brown 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman ca. 1845 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Harriet Lane Johnston 1878 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Harriet Lane Johnston (1830-1903) was President James Buchanans niece and ward, and served as hostess of the White House during Buchanans administration. Orphaned at age eleven, she was raised by her uncle, but came into her own as a strong presence in the White House. In 1903 she earned the affectionate nickname First Lady of the National Collection... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | James Buchanan ca. 1865 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() John Henry Brown chose to paint this miniature from a daguerreotype he made of United States president James Buchanan (1791-1868), and took great satisfaction in the likeness. James Buchanan Henry, the presidents nephew and ward, later wrote a biography of his uncle, commenting that The best likeness of him is a miniature portrait on ivory, by Brown... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Mrs. John Jordan, Jr. 1848 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() We know nothing about this woman, who appears here in a simple dress of sheer fabric, with a small locket at her throat. The locket may contain a miniature, as artists during the nineteenth century often showed their sitters wearing a token similar to the one being painted. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Mrs. John Willis Ellis (Mary White) 1846 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Mrs. Ellis was the wife of the North Carolina governor who signed the secession order aligning North Carolina with the Confederacy. The governor died in office on July 7, 1861. | Unrated | Anonymous |
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