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John W. Quinney

Date: 1849
Description: Oil portrait of John W. Quinney (1797-1855).
Painting

Governor Nelson Dewey

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Governor Nelson Dewey.
Painting

Lee Dreyfus

Date: 1983
Description: Portrait painting of Lee Sherman Dreyfus, Wisconsin's 40th governor.
Painting

Charles S. Hamilton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles S. Hamilton in uniform.
Painting

Solomon Levitan

Date: 1926
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Solomon Levitan.
Painting

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1867
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick.
Painting

Sherburn S. Merrill

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Description: Oil portrait of Sherburn S. Merrill.
Painting

Edward Salomon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Salomon.
Painting

Moses M. Strong

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Description: Painted portrait of Moses Strong.
Painting

Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
Painting

Governor William Upham

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Description: Portrait painting of Governor William H. Upham.
Painting

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1867
Description: An oil painting of Cyrus McCormick.
Painting

Stephen Vaughn Shipman

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Description: Oil portrait, life-size, of Col. Stephen V. Shipman, of Chicago.
Painting

Civil War Soldier on the Ground with Rifle

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg...
Painting

Wounded Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a wounded Union Civil War soldier partially reclining on the ground created by one of the German panorama painters active in Milwauke...
Painting

Wabokieshiek (White Cloud)

Date: 1833
Description: Oil portrait of Wa-bo-kia-skiek or White Cloud the Prophet.
Painting

Louis Ross or Louis Kossuth

Date: 1852
Description: Oil painting portrait of a man. He is wearing an overcoat and dark top hat with two feathers in the hatband.

There is some confusion about the last name;...

Photograph

Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp

Date: 1918
Description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp, the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin. He was a conservative Republican, born in Honey Creek ...
Painting

Expedition with Supply Cart

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Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...

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