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Printed sheet with oval portraits of Spanish royals and officials framing a central portrait of Major General Nelson A. Miles

Spanish Figures of the Spanish-American War

Nelson Appleton Miles, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a tall feathered hat, lace collar and embroidered dress, holding a fan.

Pocahontas

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1610

Engraved newspaper page with eleven overlapping male portraits of the Georgia congressional delegation under the Harper's Wee

The Seceding Georgia Delegation in Congress

Winslow Homer, 1861

Hand-colored print of Naw-Kaw, a Winnebago chief, in feathered headdress, silver armbands, and holding a pipe and feather fan

Naw Kaw

Harper's Weekly 1880 cartoon: a bearded man tips his hat to a woman holding a model ship labeled Full of Food for Ireland.

Beware of Foreign Tramps

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with medals, framed by an ornate eagle and flag border.

Alexander II

D. J. Pound, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cloak, William Cullen Bryant, 1850 print by Stephen Alonso Schoff.

William Cullen Bryant

Stephen Alonso Schoff, 1850

Engraved map of the Delaware River region showing Pensylvania and Novae Sveciae with rivers, forts, trees and a coat of arms.

Pensylvania [sic]. Novae Sveciae

Nicolaes Visscher I, 1700

Drypoint portrait of a dark-haired woman in a loose ponytail, head turned slightly, with a faint smile on pale paper.

Helena Rubinstein

Paul César Helleu, 1910

Colorful vintage poster of Josephine Baker in pearl earrings and a sequined dress, with a large pink feathered headdress behi

Josephine Baker

Etching of a woman in a ruffled hat and scalloped blouse, head tilted, eyes lowered, by Walt Kuhn, 1920.

Angna Enters

Walt Kuhn, 1920

Engraved bust portrait of a bald man with spectacles and a bow tie, captioned William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison, 1870