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12,223 works

Pen-and-ink sketch of a standing man holding an open book, with handwritten notes and a letter beneath, by Winslow Homer.

Sunday after Christmas 1848

Winslow Homer, 1868

Engraved oval portrait of a man in military coat, with an eagle holding an American flag above and caption text below.

James Henry Lane

James Henry Lane, 1850

Engraved seated portrait of an older man in a dark suit and white shirt against a dark background, signed Timothy Cole.

Portrait of John D. Rockefeller

Timothy Cole, 1921

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a top hat and spectacles, seated beside an inkwell and a newspaper.

George Washington Frost Mellen

Winslow Homer, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with swept-back hair, velvet lapels and a bow tie, signed Herschel V. Johnson.

Herschel Vespasian Johnson

Herschel Vespasian Johnson, 1860

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton

William Sartain, published 1895

Watercolor of rear brick buildings, chimneys and a wooden fence in a Philadelphia alley, with a small shed and tree.

A View from an East Window in the Old Sugar House, No.3 Norris' Alley, Philadelphia

Unknown artist, 1811

Sepia lithographic oval portrait of a man with swept-back hair, dark coat and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson, 1860

Charcoal sketch of a seated shirtless man leaning on one arm, inside a circular border, by John Singer Sargent.

Thomas Eugene McKeller

John Singer Sargent, 1920

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the left, with printed caption below.

Samuel Putnam Avery

Thomas Johnson, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress with lace collar, holding an open book in her lap.

Margaret Fuller

Johnson Fry & Co, 1870

Engraved page from Harper's Weekly showing seven male portraits of the seceding South Carolina delegation.

The Seceding South Carolina Delegation

Winslow Homer, 1861

Etching of a man in a rowboat on a still lake, holding a fishing rod while netting a fish, with trees on the shore.

Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake

Winslow Homer, 1889

Engraved oval portrait of a bishop in clerical robes with a pectoral cross, above a coat of arms and inscription.

Antonius Sebastianus a Dembowa Gora Dembowski Episcopus Plocensis

Jan Fryderyk Mylius, 1743

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with a couple seated by a rowboat near the sea and grasses in the foreground.

On the Beach - Two are Company, Three are None, from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVI

Winslow Homer, August 17, 1872

Engraving of three boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a sandy bank while birds fly overhead, by Winslow Homer, 1874.

Raid on a Sand-swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?" (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, June 13, 1874

Wood engraving of children picking berries in a meadow, with a sailboat on the sea and clouds overhead.

Gathering Berries (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1874

Wood engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a lean-to, a campfire, fish, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in Adirondacks (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, November 7, 1874

Engraved portrait of a young man in a braided cadet jacket and high white collar, with the caption Henry O. Flipper, as a Cad

Henry O. Flipper, as a Cadet

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraved print of the Senate chamber in 1850, a standing speaker addressing seated senators with spectators in the gallery.

United States Senate Chamber

Robert Whitechurch, 1850

Women sewing havelocks together in a sunlit parlor draped with an American flag, engraving from Harper's Weekly cover, 1861.

The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, no. 235, cover)

Winslow Homer, June 29, 1861

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

Lithographer

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved portrait of Henry O. Flipper in a dark military uniform with braided cords, gloved hand on sword, 1870.

Henry O. Flipper, 2d Lieut 10" Cavy

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraving of soldiers gathered under pine boughs at a camp sutler's stand, with a campfire and an officer at right.

Thanksgiving in Camp (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, November 29, 1862

Engraving of soldiers resting by a campfire beside a long line of covered wagons and mules during a halt.

Halt of a Wagon Train (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VIII)

Winslow Homer, February 6, 1864

Woman in plaid dress blowing a dinner horn outside an ivy-covered cottage, with field workers and a cat nearby.

The Dinner Horn (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIV)

Winslow Homer, June 11, 1870

Engraving of people at a seaside clam bake on rocky beach, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-side Sketches - A Clam Bake (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, August 23, 1873

Engraving of boys linked in a snap-the-whip game running across a meadow beside a schoolhouse and wooded hills.

Snap-the-Whip (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, September 20, 1873

Wood engraving of children in a rowboat on harbor water, with sailboats and a cloudy sky behind them.

Gloucester Harbor (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, September 27, 1873

Engraving of three figures on a beach at high tide, with waves, seagulls, and ships on the horizon.

High Tide (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

Engraving of children playing at low tide on a beach, with shoes on the sand, wading figures and distant ships.

Low Tide (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

Wood engraving of two men in a canoe on a marsh pond, one holding up a dead bird, with wooded hills behind.

Trapping in the Adirondacks (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, December 24, 1870