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Caricature of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher leaning on a lectern with wind-blown hair, on a Vanity Fair cover from 1862.

Henry Ward Beecher

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Edwin Thomas Booth

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of a man in a suit with clenched fists, printed on a Vanity Fair magazine cover from 1862.

William Gannaway Brownlow

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of Major-General Halleck in uniform reading a telegram, printed on a Vanity Fair page from 1862.

Henry Wager Halleck

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1861

Vanity Fair cover engraving: a heavyset man seated on a platform marked London Times, attended by men and a waiter with bottl

William Howard Russell

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Ulysses S. Grant, against an oval vignette.

Ulysses S. Grant

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with center-parted hair, white bonnet, dark dress and lace collar, by A.H. Ritchie.

Margaret E. Breckinridge

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bald, bearded man in wire spectacles and dark suit, looking toward the viewer.

Horace Greeley

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit in a study with bookshelves, a writing desk, and a window.

Washington Irving

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman with hair in a bun, wearing a dark dress, white collar and cross pendant, with a shawl.

Mrs. Mary Morris Husband

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of a woman with dark hair parted in the center, wearing a dark shawl, with caption Mrs. Mary A. Bickerdyke.

Mary Ann Bickerdyke

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved portrait of Franklin Pierce seated in a carved chair, holding a quill pen beside a writing desk.

Franklin Pierce

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1840

Chromolithograph portrait of a naval officer in blue uniform, framed by laurel, flags, an eagle and a sunburst, with banner t

The Hero of the Hour

George Dewey, 1900

Engraved page from Harper's Weekly, 1861, showing seven portraits of men of the seceding Mississippi delegation in Congress.

The Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress

Winslow Homer, 1861

George Brinton McClellan

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Mrs. Cordelia A. P. Harvey

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress, sash and arm band against a dark background.

Joseph Tayadaneega called the Brant, the Great Captain of the Six Nations

John Raphael Smith, 1770

Oval monochrome portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed cap and draped cloak, with Dutch caption text below.

Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow, Coning Vande Maquas alias Coning Brant

Pieter Schenk, 1710

Engraved advertisement showing a camera with a winged figure among clouds, with text promoting Brady's Daguerreotypes at Broa

Brady's Daguerreotypes

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with braided upswept hair, wearing a dress with braided trim and a bow.

Mrs. Francis [sic] E. W. Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1870

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man with grey hair in a dark cloak and waistcoat, titled Gallery of Illustrious American

John C. Calhoun

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

William Still

John Sartain, 1870

Chromolithograph poster of Garfield Memorial University with a central building, winged angel, red drapery and rows of portra

Garfield Memorial University

A. Hoen & Co, 1880

Oval half-length portrait print of a man in a powdered wig, black gown and white clerical collar, with Latin inscription belo

Edward Holyoke

John Greenwood, 1740

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Lewis Cass, seated with a gold book, teal curtain and red tablecloth.

Lewis Cass

Dwight Needham, 1840

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