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Beige Trench Coat Design for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1960
Description: A drawing in pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor of a design for a beige trench coat with five buttons and two pockets for Audrey Hepburn in the bus stati...
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Royal Blue Harem Pants and Shell Design for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1960
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design of royal blue harem pants and matching shell top with a long, flowing aqua scarf for Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfa...
Painting

White Slacks and Pullover Design for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1960
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for white slacks and a white pullover for Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (Paramount, 1961). Notes i...
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Red Dress and Slacks Design for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1960
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for a red, sleeveless dress with leopard print lining that has a dramatic cutaway in front revealing red ankle-...
Painting

Pink Pants and Brown Tunic Design for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1960
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for a brown half-sleeve collarless tunic with a wide brown sash over pink, wide-legged pants. This is an altern...
Painting

Henry Gratiot

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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...
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Dr. William Beaumont

Date: 1830
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....
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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;...

Painting

Portrait of a Woman

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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.
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Thayendanegea

Date: 1786
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.
Painting

Robert B.L. Murphy

Date: 1993
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...
Painting

Felix Walker

Date: 1850
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...
Painting

William Kidd

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Description: Encased miniature quarter-length portrait painted on ivory of William Kidd, from Ballston Spring, New York.
Painting

James Robertson

Date: 1850
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 ...
Painting

Colonel Robert Patterson

Date: 1850
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 ...
Painting

General Josiah Harmar

Date: 1850
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 ...
Painting

Stevens Thomson Mason

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Description: Detail of a painted portrait of Stevens Thomson Mason, the first governor of Michigan.
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Walter J. Kohler, Jr.

Date: 1958
Description: Painted portrait of Walter Jodok Kohler, Jr.
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Walter J. Kohler, Sr.

Date: 1941
Description: A painted portrait of Walter Jodok Kohler completed after his death.
Painting

The Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis.

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