Men Of Progress, American Inventors

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Men Of Progress, American Inventors

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Men of Progress by Christian Schussele, 1862. The group portrait did not mark an actual occasion, but was designed to honor the achievements of American industry. The artist sketched study portraits of each of his subjects before putting them all into his final, formal composition. William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 - July 15, 1868), James Bogardus (March 14, 1800 - April 13, 1874), Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 - January 10, 1862), Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884), Joseph Saxton (March 22, 1799 - October 26, 1873), Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860), Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 - April 4, 1883), Jordan Lawrence Mott (October 12, 1799 - 1866), Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 - May 13, 1878), Eliphalet Nott (June 25, 1773 - January 29, 1866), John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 - March 8, 1889), Frederick Ellsworth Sickels (September 20, 1819 - March 8, 1895), Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872), Henry Burden (April 22, 1791 - January 19, 1871), Richard March Hoe (July 19, 1815 - September 13, 1884), Erastus Brigham Bigelow (April 2, 1814 - December 6, 1879), Isaiah Jennings (1792 - 1862) Thomas Blanchard (June 24, 1788 - April 16, 1864), Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 - October 3, 1867). National Portrait Gallery.

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