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

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers, 1770

Nast cartoon: a veteran on crutches and a boy present restoration bills to a heavyset official in a legislative chamber.

Let Us Have Complete Restoration

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a suit beside bookshelves, with the inscription James Bradley Thayer below.

James Bradley Thayer

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

William Merritt Chase, 1880

William Thornton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and white collar, with the name Reverend Samuel Willard on the plinth below.

Samuel Willard

Gerard van der Gucht, 1720

Sepia printed poster with central portrait of Garfield surrounded by family portraits and scenes from his life.

From the Cradle to the Grave

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and pince-nez, with laurel wreath and heraldic shield below.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a long-haired man with mustache and goatee, wide-brimmed hat and fringed jacket, in an oval frame.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1870

Sepia lithograph of a Victorian family group in a parlor, with a bearded seated man, a woman, children, and an older woman re

James Garfield and Family

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1880

Lithographic oval portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption.

Eliphalet Nott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, printed on a Harper's Weekly page from 1882.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

John White Alexander, 1880

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with a central masquerade ball scene and surrounding caricature portraits of public figures.

Grand Masquerade Ball

Thomas Nast, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and waistcoat, with the signature Millard Fillmore below.

Millard Fillmore

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved Declaration of Independence with oval portraits of Hancock, Washington and Jefferson, an eagle, and decorative drape

Declaration of Independence

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, hands clasped, captioned Hon: Edwd Everett.

Edward Everett

Samuel Stillman Osgood, 1830

Baron von Steuben

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat before draped curtains, titled Benjamin Rush.

Benjamin Rush

Edward Savage, 1800

Oval lithograph portrait of Daniel Webster, a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, within a gold laurel wreath.

Daniel Webster

John Adams Whipple, 1840

Hand-coloured lithograph portrait of an older man in a grey headwrap and dark coat, captioned Black Hoof.

Catahecassa

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bald man in round spectacles and dark coat, shown in an oval vignette with a printed caption.

Joseph Story

Chester Harding, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat with a high collar, against a shaded background.

Robert E. Lee

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Colour circus poster of stilt-walking musicians in blue-curtained setting, with portrait medallions of Barnum, Bailey and Hut

P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and James Hutchinson

P. T. Barnum, 1890

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

Statesmen and Generals, Confederacy

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat, curled wig and dark coat, titled Sir William Penn.

Sir William Penn

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Engraved print of a robed man seated on a cloud, offered a laurel wreath by a cherub, with figures in the clouds above.

Apotheosis of Washington

David Edwin, 1800

Framed printed portrait of Henry W. Hilliard, bust-length, with ornate border, eagle banner and signature below.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

Jr John Plumbe, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark frock coat and bow tie, captioned Hon. Edward Everett.

Edward Everett

Edward Everett, 1850

Ostenaco (Outacite)

Joshua Reynolds, 1760

Oval lithograph portrait of Franz Sigel in a double-breasted military uniform with epaulettes, hand at waist.

Franz Sigel

Henry Bruckner, 1861