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John Sartain

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Sepia engraving of Ashland, Henry Clay's house, with a classical facade framed by large oak trees and a lawn.

Henry Clay

1850

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay standing beside a flag, globe, and column, with a farm scene and ship behind him.

Henry Clay

1840

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a man holding a spear, with a white cloth draped over his shoulder and a hilly landscape behind h

Cinqué

1830

Engraved family portrait of a bearded officer, a seated woman, and four children and young adults in a wooded outdoor setting

General Grant and His Family

1861

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark fur-collared coat, with printed biographical text below.

James Jay Mapes. Stipple engraving by J. Sartain after himself

Hand-colored print of a crowded county election scene with men in top hats and straw hats before a porch with a banner.

County Election

1854

Engraved print of a seated bearded man, a boy, a standing man, and a woman in black beside a draped table.

Lincoln and His Family

1866

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark coat beside a draped table, column, and balustrade under a cloudy sky.

Martin Van Buren

1839

Engraved portrait of William Allen, D.D., seated in a dark coat holding a book, with a printed caption and signature below.

William Allen, D.D.

1882

Engraving of civilians and soldiers on a road under a smoky sky, with wagons, a grieving family and figures on the ground.

Martial Law

1872

Hand-colored print of a crowded county election scene with men in hats before a columned porch and a blue banner.

The County Election

1854

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark gown and white collar, with handwritten caption Aaron Burr on the mount below.

Aaron Burr

Date unknown

Engraved portrait of John Rodgers D.D. in a white wig and black clerical robe with white bands against a dark background.

John Rodgers D.D.

Date unknown

Black and white engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair holding a document, with a printed signature below.

George Read

Date unknown

Engraved bust portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark cloak and white cravat, with a printed caption below.

James J. Mapes, L.L.D.

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark jacket and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

Charles Dexter Cleveland

1850

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a fringed dark dress, lace collar and cameo brooch, against a draped backdrop.

Sarah Childress Polk

1840

Clara Barton

1880

Miss Clara H. Barton

1860

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a lace shawl beside a flower vase, with the signature Jenny Lind below.

Jenny Lind

1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated beside a drawing board, signed John Sartain.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

1860

Engraved bust-length portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed Jos. Hopkinson.

Joseph Hopkinson

1830

Engraved full-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a column and draped table with an open book, with a domed buildi

Abraham Lincoln

1850

Engraved full-length portrait of William Henry Harrison standing by a table with a document, bust, and globe.

William Henry Harrison

1840

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with long wavy hair and white cravat, turned slightly to the right.

Reverend William White

1830

Engraved portrait of seated Washington Irving in dark coat and cravat, with books and inkwell beside him, signed below.

Washington Irving

1850

Engraved full-length portrait of Martin Van Buren standing beside a draped table, book, column and balustrade.

Martin Van Buren

1830

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United Sta

Andrew Johnson

1860

Engraved oval portrait of Thaddeus Stevens in dark suit and bow tie, framed by a laurel wreath, with name at bottom.

Thaddeus Stevens

1860

Engraved portrait of seated Washington Allston in a fur-collared coat, holding a drawing compass beside paper.

Washington Allston

1840

Engraved half-length portrait of a seated man in a dark suit holding a pocket watch, with draped curtain behind him.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

1840

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit beside a classical column and green drapery, holding a rolled paper.

James K. Polk

1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark coat and bow tie, captioned Edgar A. Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe

1840

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with dark hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, captioned Miss Mary J. Safford.

Mary Jane Safford

1860

Emily Elizabeth Parsons

1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man holding a document, with a classical building in the background landscape.

Thaddeus Stevens

1830

Engraved full-length portrait of John Tyler standing beside a draped table with a scroll, curtain and column behind him.

John Tyler

1840

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark cloak beside a table with books, before drapery and a carved chair.

Millard Fillmore

1840

Engraved portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse holding telegraph wire beside a telegraph key on a draped table.

Samuel F. B. Morse

1860

Steel engraving of three seated men in formal dress before a paneled wall, one in academic robes with an open book.

Commencement Day, Yale College

1860

Engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, with a pocket watch, turned to the right.

Edward Everett

1860

Engraved group portrait of nineteenth-century men gathered in a columned room around a table with a telegraph device.

Men of Progress

1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a signature and caption below the image.

Granville Sharpe Pattison

1830

Steel engraving portrait of John Randolph of Roanoke, seated with a top hat and draped curtain behind him.

John Randolph

1870

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair in a fur-trimmed coat, with the handwritten signature John J. Audubon below.

John James Audubon

1830

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit beside a desk with a marble bust, books, and a globe.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

1861

Engraved portrait of a woman with hair in a bun, wearing a dark dress, white collar and cross pendant, with a shawl.

Mrs. Mary Morris Husband

1860

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

William Still

1870

Hand-colored print of the Philadelphia Exchange, a columned rotunda with a statue atop its cupola, with men walking on a cobb

The Philadelphia Exchange

Engraved portrait of bearded William H. Allen in dark formal dress, with printed caption and signature below.

William H. Allen, L.L.D.