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Printed grid of oval engraved portraits of Confederate leaders and generals, each in a red ornamental frame with name labels.

Confederate Political Leaders and Generals

Charles Magnus, 1861

Hand-colored portrait of a clergyman in dark robes with a gold cross on a chain, with printed title below.

John Joseph Hughes

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Caricature of Andrew Carnegie in tartan kilt flinging gold coins and banknotes into the air, by Albert Levering.

Andrew Carnegie

Albert Levering, 1900

Lithograph of Robert E. Lee and Confederate generals posed before a military camp with tents and cavalry under a cloudy sky.

Robert E. Lee and his Generals

Wade Hampton III, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie beside a draped table, with a small street scene below.

Henry Walton Bibb

Henry Walton Bibb, 1840

Caricature of a stout man with wavy hair holding pince-nez, standing beside a wooden table with papers, colored print.

The Massive Grievance

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved political print with two portraits in oval frames, a central bust, eagle, flags and fruit border.

Democratic Candidates for President and Vice President, 1884

James R. Rice, 1880

Oval lithograph portrait of Millard Fillmore seated in a chair, arm resting on the scrolled armrest, wearing a waistcoat.

Millard Fillmore

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair and a white collar, gazing upward.

Daniel Webster

William Sharp, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, a patterned scarf, a quill and inkwell on a desk beside her.

Frances Wright

Johan Gorbitz, 1840

Engraving of a costumed figure in a Senate chamber looking at a seated Black senator at a desk, with a gallery of spectators

Time Works Wonders

Thomas Nast, 1870

Hand-colored bust portrait of Red Jacket, a Seneca war chief, in a blue coat with a large oval medal.

Red Jacket

Edward Corbould, 1830

Colored lithograph of two officers seated at a round table, one in blue uniform gesturing, the other in gray writing with a q

Surrender of General Lee

Robert Edward Lee, 1861

Etching of a seated older man in a dark suit and bow tie, arm resting on a patterned tablecloth, against draped curtains.

Grover Cleveland

Anders Zorn, 1890

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with white beard and bow tie against a dark background.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1890

Colourful poster for Denton's Illustrated Scientific Lectures with a portrait of William Denton and scenes of Pompeii, animal

William Denton

S. F. Denton, 1860

Engraved print of a classical figure with a lantern beside an oval portrait medallion of Daniel Webster.

Daniel Webster

Woodcock & Harvey Engraving Co, 1830

Engraved print of thirteen Methodist Episcopal bishops in oval portraits within an ornate floral border, with a dove at top.

Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1870

Edward Everett

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a telescope, instrument stand, books and paper on a draped table.

David Rittenhouse

Edward Savage, 1790

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a man in a suit within an ornate decorative border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John C. Calhoun

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Hand-colored print of Confederate officers in blue uniforms posed before a flag, tent and encampment landscape.

Jefferson Davis and Generals

Leonidas Polk, 1861

Political caricature lithograph of men in gymnastic poses on bars and a horse, with speech bubbles and labels.

Political Gymnasium

Louis Maurer, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Robert E. Lee in military coat with star collar insignia, white beard, dark background.

Robert E. Lee

Paul Giradet, 1861

James Smithson

John Wesley Paradise, 1840

Lithograph of seven oval portraits of medical faculty men around a central Gothic university building, with ornate borders.

Medical Faculty of the University of New York

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Satirical lithograph of a giant man in a cloak directing a hose over railroad tracks, with a locomotive and steamship behind

The Statue Unveiled

James Fisk, 1860

Oval tonal portrait of a seated man in a formal coat with a book, inkwell and quill pen on a desk beside him.

Daniel Webster

Charles G. Crehen, 1840

Thomas Nast 1880 cartoon Plumed Knight: caricature of a man in a long coat and plumed hat, surrounded by Blaine campaign slog

Plumed Knight

Thomas Nast, 1880

Lithograph of oval portraits of US presidents around a central portrait of James A. Garfield, with an eagle and flags above.

The President is Dead

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1861