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Portrait of Samuel Marshall

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Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: A full-length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the form of a print from the "likeness of a photograph."
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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lyman Copeland Draper.
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...
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Increase Lapham

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Increase A. Lapham.
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.
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Conrad Schmitt

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Conrad Schmitt (b. 1843), Sherwin Gillett's father-in-law.
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Father of Ed Lyon

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly European American man, partially bald, sitting and wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and bow tie. Man identifi...
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Unknown Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American family. A middle-aged man and woman sit in front, with the man wearing a dark-colored...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an unidentified European American man with a beard posed standing with his left arm on the back of an overstuffed c...
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Dr. S.M. Babcock and Tester

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Description: Interior full-length portrait of Dr. S.M Babcock and his tester for the separation of milk fat, which is a hand-cranked dairy centrifuge.
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Portrait of George W. Peck

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Description: Quarter-length semi-profile portrait of Governor George Wilbur Peck, the 17th governor of Wisconsin. His signature is below the portrait.
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Richard Esselstyn Fowler

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Description: Quarter-length vignetted studio portrait of Richard Esselstyn Fowler.
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Thomas T. Miner

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Thomas T. Miner of Fon du lac, Wisconsin. Miner was born in Madison County, New York on March 4th 1823.
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George Gillette

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin...
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Frederick Huntington Gillett

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Republican politician Frederick H. Gillett. Caption reads: "Gillett May Succeed Mann. Photo shows Frederick H. Gillett of...
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Solomon Adler

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Description: Engraving of a portrait of Solomon Adler, a clothing merchant and brother to David Adler. He assisted in conducting the first Jewish service in Wisconsin, ...
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Willliam Carpenter Ross

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Description: Oval-framed portrait of William Carpenter Ross, father of UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross.

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