| Preview | Description | Artist
  | Notes |
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 | Mrs. Daniel Hamilton Brooks by John Carlin ca. 1840 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carlin, John | |
 | Philip Hone by John Carlin ca. 1845-1850 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carlin, John |  A native New Yorker, Hone began his career in the auction business. He was so successful that by the age of forty-one he could retire from business to devote himself to his several interests, among them the formation of a splendid library and art collection. In 1826 he was elected mayor of New York and became active in the Whig party. He describes... |
 | Master Amory With Little Amory And A Dog by John Carlin 1847 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carlin, John | |
 | Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) and Family: Mary Todd (1818-82), William Wallace, Robert Todd and Thomas by Francis B. Carpenter ca. 1865. New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carpenter, Francis B. | References: "Catalogue of American portraits in the New-York Historical Society; volume 1," New Haven: Published for the New York Historical Society by Yale University Press, 1974. |
 | William Sidney Mount by Francis B. Carpenter 1851 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Carpenter, Francis B. | |
 | General Winfield Scott by Alonzo Chappel ca. 1850 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Chappel, Alonzo | |
 | Unidentified man by Alonzo Chappel ca. 1870 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Chappel, Alonzo | |
 | The Tammany Society Celebrating The 4th Of July by William P. Chappel 1869 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Chappel, William P. | This scene depicts the Tammany Society celebrating the Fourth of July, 1812, in front of its "Wigwam" on Park Row; the Society's "Wigwam" is on the left; City Hall is on the right; in the distance is the Brick Presbyterian Church and St. Paul's Chapel. |
 | Thomas Cole (A Self-Portrait) by Thomas Cole ca. 1836. New York Historical Society New York, NY | Cole, Thomas | |
 | Course of Empire: The Savage State by Thomas Cole 1836 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Cole, Thomas |
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