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| Description: | Portrait of Roswell Brown in an oval frame with a name plaque. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A full circle panorama as it would be seen from the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This painting was based on photographs perhaps taken by Edward Niel... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of large brick building (cooperative store) with three open arches on the porch area, and arched windows. There is a house near a bluff in th... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Humor cover illustration prepared by an unknown artist for Ballantine Books, publisher of the book eventually published under the title "America in Hiding"... |
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| Description: | A painting of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, from the National Collection of Fine Arts of the Smithsonian Institute. John Tyler was ... |
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| Description: | A portrait of George Washington, our nations first president, possibly done by Gilbert Stuart. |
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| Description: | A painted portrait of young George Washington in the uniform of a British Colonial Colonel. The portrait was possibly made by Peale (Charles Wilson?) and o... |
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| Description: | A portrait of James Monroe (4/28/1758 – 7/4/1831), the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). |
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| Description: | A painting of a harbor view of Fort Sumter. A sailboat sails through the foreground waters, and the fort is in the background, with a United States flag wa... |
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| Description: | A painting of 'The Charge of the New Market Cadets' by West Clinedinst (Clinedienst). The work commemorates the Battle of New Market that took place on May... |
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| Description: | A painting of 'The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac.' The work commemorates the Battle of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8–9, 1862, and depicts ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hand oil painted holiday card on wood. The scene is a seashore with foliage and rocks, two houses in the distance, and a snow-covered mountain in the backg... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Holiday card, hand-painted on an oval piece of wood. Image is of a little girl in profile wearing a yellow dress with black polka dots, and a red bonnet. S... |
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| Description: | Hand-painted holiday card of three African American children eating watermelon. One girl sits on the ground, a boy has a watermelon in his lap, and the sec... |
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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: | 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 ... |
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