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| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Oil portrait of Wa-bo-kia-skiek or White Cloud the Prophet. |
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| Description: | Front and back views of a miniature portrait of Henry Gratiot (1789-1836), a prominent figure in southwestern Wisconsin during the lead mining era. Gratiot... |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. William Beaumont who conducted some of his famous experiments on human digestion while posted at Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien in 1830.... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| 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;... |
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| Description: | Oil painting portrait of unknown woman. Her hair is pinned up and she is wearing a short sleeved black dress. She has a crucifix hanging around her neck. |
| Date: | 1786 |
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| Description: | Print of a Gilbert Stuart painted portrait of Thayendangea (known also as Joseph Brant). He wears a feathered headdress and a shell around his neck. |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Robert Brady Lawrence Murphy was born on December 5, 1901 at 711 Langdon Street in Madison, Wisconsin. He received a B.A. (1929) and an M.A. (1930) in hist... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Ninth plate daguerreotype of a painted quarter-length portrait of Felix Walker, 1793-1828. Mr. Walker fought in the Revolutionary War alongside Daniel Boon... |
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| Description: | Encased miniature quarter-length portrait painted on ivory of William Kidd, from Ballston Spring, New York. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of James Robertson. Robertson was a contemporary of Daniel Boone and was active in the exploration of the State of ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827). Patterson was a pioneer settler to both Kentucky and Ohio. He served in ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General Josiah Harmar. General Harmar fought for the United States against Native Americans in the 1780's and ... |
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| Description: | Detail of a painted portrait of Stevens Thomson Mason, the first governor of Michigan. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A painted portrait of Walter Jodok Kohler completed after his death. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort... |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Anna Harrison, painted by her son Mark R. Harrison. |
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| Description: | Photographic print of a waist-up painting of Mason C. Darling. Darling served as a member of U.S. House of Representative from the 2nd District in Wisconsi... |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey, 7th governor of Wisconsin. |
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