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Sheet music cover with oval lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln against draped curtains, titled Inauguration Grand March.

Inauguration Grand March

Christopher S. German, 1860

Oval lithographic portrait of an older man with grey side whiskers, dark coat and white cravat, against a soft landscape.

John James Audubon

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a greatcoat holding a top hat and cane before a rocky landscape.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jean Marie Leroux, 1820

Engraved scene of soldiers wrestling a rearing horse in an arena while a rider falls, with a boy and spectators nearby.

Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulettes, under a tree, within an ornate decorative frame.

George Washington

Justus Chevillet, 1770

Engraved caricature of a seated officer in cape and uniform beside a sword, captioned 'The Modern Belisarius', in a landscape

George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan, 1860

Engraved portrait of George Washington in a tricorn hat holding a spyglass beside a cannon, with tents in the background.

George Washington

Hand-colored print of naval officers under a large tree overlooking a hillside village and a procession of uniformed men.

Return of Commodore Perry, Officers and Men of the Squadron from an Official Visit to the Prince Regent at Shui, Capi…

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Engraving of a sugar plantation with sugarcane, banana plants, a worker with a hoe, and buildings beside a river.

Plantation Scene - Sugar

Felch & Riches, 1850

Hand-colored print of a crowd under a canopy at a cornerstone ceremony in Honolulu, with mountains behind.

Lot Kamehameha

G. H. Burgess, 1860

Colored print of an American cutter rowing through a fleet of Japanese boats on a bay, with a snowy mountain behind.

Passing the Rubicon

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Engraving of a plantation scene with oxen hauling cotton bales over a bridge while workers pick cotton in the field.

Cotton Picking

Felch & Riches, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of a uniformed naval man raising his hat on a ship deck, with a decanter and glass beside him.

William IV

William Say, 1830

Miss Winnie Davis

Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, 1880

Engraving of a desert caravan with camels and turbaned men, with bearded captives seated in the foreground among scattered bu

Christian Slavery in Barbery

Felch & Riches, 1850

Lithographed sheet music cover of a man with a bundle on a stick beside a tree, with a river and riders in the distance.

Frederick Douglass

Henry Prentiss, 1840

Engraving of people boarding a steamboat gangplank at a dock, with men in top hats, women, children, and a Camden and Amboy s

Rescue of Jane Johnson and her Children

Jane Johnson, 1870

Engraving of enslaved Africans being inspected and restrained on a shore beside a sailing ship, with a seated merchant at lef

African Slave Traffic

Felch & Riches, 1850

Colored lithograph titled Heroes of the Colored Race with three central portraits, eagle and flags above, and scenes of farm,

Heroes of the Colored Race

Joseph Hoover, 1861

Engraving of a tall man in a top hat walking through a street with soldiers while a crowd cheers and tosses hats.

Lincoln in Richmond

Lambert Hollis, 1861

Engraved group portrait of George Washington and family seated at a table with a map, globe, and standing attendant.

The Washington Family

Edward Savage, 1790

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a uniformed officer in dark blue with a sword, a white horse behind him, against a dark bac

Major General Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved advertisement of J. Gurney's daguerreotype gallery at 349 Broadway, with a carriage and pedestrians in the street.

J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, 349 Broadway, New York

John William Orr, 1850

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

Cinqué

John Sartain, 1830

Poster of a man in an ornate embroidered robe before blue pagodas and hills, with gold text reading Long Tack Sam.

Long Tack Sam

Adolph Friedländer, 1910

Pen-and-ink caricature of a woman in a bonnet and crinoline speaking to a seated bearded man at a desk beside a US map.

Mrs. North and Her Attorney

Sir John Tenniel, 1860

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

John Sartain, 1861

Lithograph sheet music cover of a boy standing beside a draped table, eyes closed, holding a hat, with title lettering above.

Thomas Bethune

Major & Knapp Sarony, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wig and armour holding a baton, with a helmet, fortress and horsemen behind him.

James Edward Oglethorpe

Engraved portrait of a bearded seated man, a boy, a standing young man, and a woman in black at a draped table.

Lincoln and Family

William Sartain, 1860