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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Engraving of a man emerging from a wooden crate labeled 'This side up with care' while men in period dress look on.

Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

Unknown artist, 1870

Oval stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson

Unknown artist, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Robert Purvis.

Robert Purvis, Station Master on the Road

Unknown artist, 1870

Colored illustration of a 19th-century lithography workshop with men drawing, preparing stone, and operating a printing press

Lithographer

Unknown artist, 1874

Lithograph of a uniformed Hercules-like man clubbing a multi-headed dragon labeled Secession, with vice-labeled heads.

Hercules of the Union

Unknown artist, 1861

Hand-colored print of an elderly man on a bed attended by a bowing figure and two doctors beneath draped curtains.

Washington in His Last Illness

Unknown artist, 1800

Pink poster with a line-drawn bearded man holding a hat, advertising Edwin Markham's article in The Saturday Evening Post.

Edwin Markham

Unknown artist, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and cravat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, published by C. Smith, New York.

Thomas Jefferson

Unknown artist, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of Major Robert Rogers in military uniform and plumed helmet, framed by a laurel wreath and military t

Robert Rogers

Unknown artist, 1770

Printed sheet of engraved portraits of Confederate statesmen and generals in rows, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Statesmen and Generals, Confederacy

Unknown artist, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie beside a draped table, with a small street scene below.

Henry Walton Bibb

Unknown artist, 1840

Oval woodcut portrait of a man in period dress with a ribbon bow, on a pedestal labeled Noah Webster, Jun. Esq.

Noah Webster

Unknown artist, 1780

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a braided military jacket and tasseled fur cap, with caption naming Kosciusko.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

WWI relief poster: kneeling woman with three children beside a helmeted figure, text urging support for destitute Belgians.

3,000,000 Belgians are destitute in Belgium. They must not starve. Support the local fund

Unknown artist, 1915

Lithograph of a seated bearded man and family group in a parlor, with oval portraits and a domed building on the wall.

Benjamin Harrison and Family

Unknown artist, 1880

Recruitment poster showing a knight on a white horse lancing a green dragon, with the text Britain needs you at once.

Britain needs you at once

Unknown artist, 1915

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and sash, with a Latin inscription border and a coat of arms.

Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland

Unknown artist, 1610

Poster showing a soldier before a black church silhouette, with text urging support for troops and a khaki Testament for sold

Put the church behind Pershing To win this war the boys at the front need strength of spirit : a khaki testament for…

Unknown artist, 1918

Oval engraved portrait of a man in period dress with frilled cravat, labeled JA.s MADISON below the frame.

James Madison

Unknown artist, 1790

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat and lace ruff, framed by scrolled cartouches with Latin inscriptions.

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire

Unknown artist, 1630

George Washington and Horatio Gates

Unknown artist, 1770

Black and white engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, dark jacket and bow tie, captioned Peter Still, The Kidnapped and

Peter Still, The Kidnapped and Ransomed

Unknown artist, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of General Franklin in a dark military uniform with a full beard, in a decorative card frame.

William B. Franklin

Unknown artist, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, high collar and bow tie, labeled Lewis Tappan.

Lewis Tappan

Unknown artist, 1870

Black and white engraved bust portrait of an older man in a dark suit and cravat, captioned Thomas Garrett, Station Master.

Thomas Garrett

Unknown artist, 1870

Jefferson Davis

Unknown artist, 1850

Book cover with engraved bust portrait of a man above title text reading The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns.

The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns

Unknown artist, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of General J. B. Floyd in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, in a gold-bordered card.

John Buchanan Floyd

Unknown artist, 1861

Chromolithograph bust of a mustached man in a wide hat above a dark war kite, with S. F. Cody inscribed on the base.

Samuel Franklin Cody

Unknown artist, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark jacket and bow tie, labeled MASON, mounted in a brown border.

James Murray Mason

Unknown artist, 1850

Engraving of a man in a ruffled shirt rising from an open wooden chest, titled Escaping in a Chest, page 283.

Lear Green Escaping in a Chest

Unknown artist, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military-style coat with curly hair, captioned Genl McDuffie, within a brown border

George McDuffie

Unknown artist, 1850