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Colored caricature of men in tutus and ballet slippers rehearsing on stage while a top-hatted conductor watches.

Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Charles Kendrick, 1861

Colored caricature of President Garfield seated at a table with his cabinet members, printed papers and a bell.

President Garfield and His Cabinet

Joseph Keppler, 1861

Sepia lithograph group portrait of President Grover Cleveland and eight cabinet members in period dress, names printed below.

Cleveland and his Cabinet

Grover Cleveland, 1861

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

Political cartoon of caricatured men over newspapers, with a bowing figure holding a hat and a Republican platform banner.

Peevish School Boys, Worthless of Such Honor

Thomas Nast, 1861

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

Lithograph caricature of a cane attack on a seated man beside a desk, with onlookers and a Kansas document on the floor.

Southern Chivalry: Argument Versus Club's

John L. Magee, 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

Hand-colored lithograph of two oval portraits in laurel wreaths: Zachary Taylor in uniform and Millard Fillmore in a dark coa

Zachary Taylor, People's Candidate for President

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

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