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Jane Austen

An English novelist who chose to publish anonymously. Social standing and economic security figure in her depiction of contemporary English country life.

Benedict Arnold

Successful general in the American Continental Army during the revolution. Called the 'best general on either side'. Eventually he felt unappreciated and changed sides in the conflict.

Chief of the Little Osages

The Little Osages are from the Ozark highlands south of the Missouri River. The portrait is after a profile drawing done by Charles St. Memin in Washington, DC c.1804

Steven Decatur

Hero in the War with Tripoli and the War of 1812, reached the rank of Commander.

Edmund Burke

Frederick Douglass

Born a slave in Maryland, he became one of the most influential abolitionists in America.

Admiral Lord Nelson

British naval commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. He won importantl victories in the battle of the Nile and Trafalgar, where he was killed by enemy fire on the HMS Victory.

 

Marianne DeButts

Washington, 1805

Wade Hampton

Charleston, 1809 He served in the Revolutionary Army, represented SC in Congress, commissioned a brigadier general in 1809, reputed to be the richest planter in America.

John H. Carr

1810, possibly New Jersey. Born in Birmingham, England served as a purser in the US Navy 1804-1830.

John Herbert Dent

Charleston, 1809. Commander of the schooners Nautilus & Scourge during the 1801-05 war with Tripoli

Meriwether Lewis

Philadelphia, 1802. Soldier, private secretary of Thomas Jefferson, co-leader of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery.

Mrs. Smith

Philadelphia, 1801

Mary Ann Greenhow

Richmond, c. 1808

Thomas Jefferson

Member of Continental Congress, authored the Declaration of Independence, architect, planter, third President.

Dolley Todd Madison

Philadelphia, 1796-97 after James Sharples

General George Washington

General in the Revolutionary War, First President, gentleman framer from Virginia

Martha Washington

Skilled in managing Mount Vernon, she also was a successful hostess in her public role as First Lady.

Joseph Bloomfield

New York 1798 Governor of New Jersey, brigadier general in the US Army

Edmond Gaines

Richmond, 1807-1808. He was commander of Ft. Stoddart in Mississippi Territory and arrested Aaron Burr in 1807

John Strong Adams

South Carolina, 1809

Sara Eve Adams

South Carolina, 1809
  The profiles are after the work of Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin or James Sharples.  All are on handmade laid paper and individually done. Average size is 3"x4".