The Portrait Gallery

"A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth." -- John Singer Sargent

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Saturday, March 7, 2026

Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson Was Not a Nazi.

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Labels: 19th Century, Anthropology, Rock Creek Cemetery, Swastika, U. S. Civil War

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Robert E. Lee - Woman Whipper

Robert E. Lee as he appeared in the 1850s. (NPS)

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Men, Robert E. Lee, Slavery, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Joseph Abel Haskin

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Labels: 19th Century, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Stevens, Men, Mexican War, Military, U. S. Civil War

Monday, May 26, 2025

Luther C. Ladd

Seventeen year old Luther Ladd was killed in the Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore on April 19, 1861 and is said to be the first soldier killed in the American Civil War.

Posted by Allen Browne at 11:05 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, First Blood, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, December 17, 2023

William Worth Belknap

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Labels: 19th Century, Arlington National Cemetery, Impeachment, Men, Politicians, Secretary of War, U. S. Civil War

Saturday, December 31, 2022

James Ryder Randall

Posted by Allen Browne at 8:20 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Literature, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Septimus Winner

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Labels: 19th Century, Musician, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Monday, June 20, 2022

Theodore O'Hara

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Labels: 19th Century, Literature, Men, Mexican War, Military, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, June 5, 2022

A New York Cavalryman

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Labels: 19th Century, Battleground Cemetery, Fort Stevens, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Location: 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Monday, May 16, 2022

Winfield Scott Hancock

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Labels: 19th Century, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Location: Pennsylvania Ave NW & 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

Friday, May 13, 2022

Enoch Louis Lowe

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Men, Politicians, U. S. Civil War

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Benjamin Franklin Stephenson

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Labels: 19th Century, Medicine, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Location: Indiana Plaza, Washington, DC 20004, USA

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Abraham Lincoln

Posted by Allen Browne at 12:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Men, Politicians, U. S. Civil War, U.S. Presidents

Location: 140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW, Washington, DC 20011, USA

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Henry Wilson

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Labels: 19th Century, Civil Rights, Men, Military, Politicians, U. S. Civil War, Vice Presidents

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Isaac Brock

The Oldest Man in America.

Posted by Allen Browne at 12:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, 20th Century, Indian Wars, Mexican War, Supercentenarians, U. S. Civil War, War of 1812, War of Texas Independence

Monday, November 22, 2021

Abraham Lincoln

Writing the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Labels: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Adelbert J. Volck, Caricature, U. S. Civil War, U.S. Presidents

Friday, November 5, 2021

Robert E. Lee

Posted by Allen Browne at 7:54 AM No comments:

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Labels: Confederate, Men, Mexican War, Military, Robert E. Lee, U. S. Civil War

Monday, August 9, 2021

Albert Pike

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Labels: 19th Century, Albert Pike, Confederate, Literature, Men, Philanthropists, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Abraham Lincoln

Played Ball

Posted by Allen Browne at 3:00 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Baseball, Men, Sports, U. S. Civil War, U.S. Presidents

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Abraham Lincoln

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Labels: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Men, U. S. Civil War, U.S. Presidents

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