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Lithograph of a cavalry battle with a rearing riderless horse, a wounded officer on the ground, artillery, and smoke.

The Fall of Major Ringgold

Jonothan Downs, 1840

Hand-colored engraving of the Patent Office building with columns, an American flag, streetcar, carriages and pedestrians.

The Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1880

Engraving of an officer falling from his horse at the Battle of Palo Alto while another officer reaches to catch him, with ar

Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Thomas Phillibrowne, 1840

Elderly bearded painter seated at an easel in a dim studio, painting a pale seascape with a brush and palette.

William Trost Richards

Anna Richards Brewster, 1890

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat before a red background.

James Johnson

Matthew Harris Jouett, 1810

Oval portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair, chin resting on her hand, against a warm brown background.

Lady Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon

Franz von Lenbach, 1900

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair, white cravat and dark jacket, gazing toward the viewer against a dark backgr

William Page Self-Portrait

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1830

Oil portrait of a family of five seated in a formal room, with an older woman in a burgundy velvet dress and two girls.

William Jervis Hough and Family

J. Brayton Wilcox, 1850

Circular drawing of a seated older man in a dark coat, with a draped curtain and small paddlewheel boat at left.

Henry Miller Shreve

George D'Almaine, 1840

Half-length drawn portrait of an elderly bald man with white hair, dark coat, plaid waistcoat and cravat, on brown ground.

James L. Edwards

L. Wieser, 1880

Drawing of a man with curled hair in a red cloak and white cravat against a green drapery backdrop.

Patrick Henry

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Caricature drawing of a man in a Bryan hat kicking a shotgun beside a porcupine with a human face labeled Hearst, under a red

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1900

Pencil drawing of a seated man with a palette beside a wooden easel, wearing a bow tie.

Henry W. Waugh

W. P. Noble, 1850

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted uniform with epaulettes, shaded background, signed Buchheister.

Charles Heyer Bell

L. Buchheister, 1850

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters, against a hatched oval background.

Lewis Cass

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Sepia-toned oval portrait drawing of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, against aged paper.

Samuel Slater

James Sullivan Lincoln, 1830

Pungwuni

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a suit and bow tie, printed on a page with text behind.

John W. Dungee

John William Dungee, 1870

Printed newspaper page with an oval portrait of James Buchanan above, and an engraving of horse-drawn sleighs in snow below.

James Buchanan

John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 1850

Bagna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Die-cut rosette print with engraved oval vignettes of Washington, D.C. buildings including the Capitol, Senate Chamber, and M

Valentine depicting the U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1900

Thomas MacDonough

George Delleker, 1810

Kwong

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a crowded inauguration procession with mounted cavalry, spectators, and a columned building.

Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison

William Henry Harrison, 1840

Political cartoon of a hog and a thin figure hanging from a beam, labeled Republican and Democratic, on a Harper's Weekly pag

This Terrible Suspense Still Continues

Thomas Nast, 1880

Kale

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stylized 1890 print of a standing man in a dark suit against a black field and tan floor, labeled J. A. M. Whistler.

J. A. M. Whistler

William Nicholson, 1890

Political cartoon of an equestrian statue above men crawling for spoils, captioned Civil Service Reform, from Harper's Weekly

Civil Service Reform

Thomas Nast, 1880

Fuliwa

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stippled oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned Major General Winfield Scott.

General Winfield Scott

Joseph Wood, 1810