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Hand-colored print portrait of Nea-math-la, a Seminole chief, in a red headwrap, blue jacket, and beaded sash.

Nea-math-la - A Seminole Chief

R. T, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of King Edward III in crown and ermine robes, holding a sceptre and orb, with a text caption below.

Edward III (Edward of Windsor), King of England

Bénigne-Charles Févret de Saint-Mémin

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Hand-colored print of a Native American man with red face paint, silver armbands, shell necklace and tomahawk.

Young Ma Has Kah

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, high collar and bow tie, labeled Lewis Tappan.

Lewis Tappan

Lewis Tappan, 1870

Saint-Mémin folio 16

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a Shawnee chief with red feathered headdress, red face paint, and silver nose ring.

Kish-kallo-wa

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved portrait of Philip Syng Physick, a man in a dark frock coat and cravat, against a shaded oval background.

Philip Syng Physick

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Steel engraving portrait of John Randolph of Roanoke, seated with a top hat and draped curtain behind him.

John Randolph

John Sartain, 1870

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Major Ridge, a man with white curly hair in a blue coat and tan waistcoat.

Major Ridge

Charles Bird King, 1830

Colour lithograph caricature of a judge gesturing at a crowd of women and men with satirical placards, 1890.

Find the Group in Favor of Woman's Suffrage

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Black and white engraved bust portrait of an older man in a dark suit and cravat, captioned Thomas Garrett, Station Master.

Thomas Garrett

Thomas Garrett, 1870

Oval stippled engraving portrait of John Adams in a dark coat and cravat, with caption beneath, on a cream page.

John Adams

John Scoles, 1800

Kimbo

John Warner Barber, 1840

Lithograph of three army officers in portrait busts with a soldier holding an American flag and military trophies below.

Generals Harvey, Wood and Mansfield

John Henry Bufford, 1861

Jack-o-pa - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraving of a man hanging by bound hands from a beam while a figure watches from a window.

Suspended by the Hands with Block and Tackle

George Laws, 1870

Hand-colored portrait print of Kee-shes-wa, a Fox chief, in feathered headdress and blue beaded mantle.

Kee-shes-wa - A Fox Chief

Charles Bird King, 1830

Marquis de Lafayette

John Jones, 1790

Hand-colored print of To-ka-con, a Sioux chief, with feathered headdress, face paint, beaded clothing and a curved sword.

To-ka-con

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Faginna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-coloured print of a man in a red coat with a silver medal, holding a flowered staff and tomahawk.

Tshi-zun-hau-kau - A Winnebago

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Julcee-mathla, a Seminole chief, in a red headscarf, black feather and blue striped jacke

Julcee-mathla - A Seminole Chief

H. D, 1840

Konnoma

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of Tah-ro-hon, an Ioway warrior, in feathered headdress, red blanket and silver earrings, holding a pipe.

Tah-ro-hon - An Ioway Warrior

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Book cover with engraved bust portrait of a man above title text reading The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns.

The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns

Anthony Burns, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a man in military uniform within an oval frame, beneath a flag and laurel wreath, labeled Greene.

Nathanael Greene

Elkanah Tisdale, 1800

Hand-colored print portrait of Henry Clay in dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Henry Clay

J. Peters, 1840

Palette-shaped business card with a songbird, red flowers and paint dabs, advertising Hesler, Artist Photographer, Chicago.

Business card of Alexander Hesler

Alexander Hesler, 1880

Sha-ha-ka

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1830