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Mezzotint portrait of an older man and a young boy, the boy holding an eagle, in a dark forest setting.

Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi His Nephew, Son to the Mico of Etchitas

John Faber, c. 1684 - 2 May, 1730

Engraved cartoon of Uncle Sam as a schoolmaster instructing labeled figures of Cuba, Hawaii, and Porto Rico before a world ma

"Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government," Harper's Weekly

William Allen Rogers, 1890

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in tartan kilt holding a sword, with a tree and distant coastline behind him.

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

Charles Spooner, c. 1720 - 5 Dec, 1750

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a woman in feathered headdress watches a man board a rowboat beneath an American flag.

Our Yankee Notion

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved 1700 map of Nova Svecia (Pennsylvania) with a winding river, three ships, forest, deer, and figures.

Nova Svecia hodie dicta PENSYLVANIA

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair tied back, wearing a black coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

John Marshall

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired woman in a dark embroidered shawl with a white fur collar, against a dark background.

Clara Cook Kellogg

Philip de László, 1920

Oil portrait of an older man with powdered grey hair, dark coat, white cravat and red ribbon against a dark background.

Richard Bache

John Hoppner, 1790

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress and yellow scarf, with red drapery and a sea view behind her.

Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart

Charles Cromwell Ingham, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated elderly woman with white hair in a black dress, sheer shawl and green beaded necklace.

Iphigenia Wise Ochs

Philip de László, 1930

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man with wire-rimmed glasses and wavy dark hair, in a dark coat against a brown backgro

George Inness

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a black dress, standing beside a black dog before a column and landscape.

Caroline Chrysler Lee

John Horsburgh, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a brown coat holding a folded letter, with leather-bound books beside him.

Elisha Tyson

Robert Street, 1820

Oval portrait of a man in a red coat with a white cravat and black ribbon against a dark background.

General John Bradstreet

Thomas McIlworth, 1760

Seated elderly man in dark coat and black cravat holding a red cane with brass fittings, against a dark red background.

John Quincy Adams

William Hudson Jr, 1840

Oval oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a bun, black dress and white collar, against a brown background.

Dorothea Lynde Dix

Samuel Bell Waugh, 1860

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta)

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1930

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark jacket, yellow waistcoat and dotted bow tie, holding eyeglasses against a dark backgr

Henry James

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat, in a brown coat, set in a gold frame.

William Carmichael

? - Feb William Carmichael, 1770

Oval portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and flowers, wearing a gray dress and gold necklace, with a red drape.

Emma Embury

Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1860

Loose oil portrait of a man with graying hair in a gray suit and blue tie against a brown background.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white shirt, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

William Smith Otis

Bass Otis, 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in glasses and dark suit, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

Thomas E. Kirby

William Merritt Chase, 1900

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a warm red background.

James Buchanan

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in black coat and white shirt holding a quill pen over paper at a table, dark background.

Thurlow Weed

Chester Harding, 1840

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache in a dark suit and patterned tie, against a dark background with a green cu

Myron T. Herrick

Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, 1920

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with brown hair, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Francis Scott Key

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Oil portrait of a man with long hair in a dark coat and white collar against a brown cloudy sky.

William Linn

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black dress, lace collar and paisley shawl, before red drapery and a column.

Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott

Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott, 1820

Seated woman in a yellow gown holding a violin and sheet music on an upholstered sofa, painted in warm tones.

Maud Powell

Nicholas Richard Brewer, 1910