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Rube Goldberg

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap, turned three-quarter view, on tan paper.

Hiram Powers

George Frederick Watts, 1840

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a scowling man in shirt, tie and suspenders, one hand raised in gesture.

Clarence Seward Darrow

Henry Major, 1920

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters, against a hatched oval background.

Lewis Cass

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Chalk portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand on a wooden chair arm, by John Vanderlyn.

Joel Barlow

John Vanderlyn, 1790

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair and a high collar, gazing sideways.

John C. Calhoun

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark jacket and white cravat, seated with one hand on his knee, against a hatched background.

Daniel Webster

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charcoal caricature of a grinning balding man beside a cartoon mouse with round ears, on a wooden bench.

Walt Disney

Henry Major, 1920

George Washington

James Sharples, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of two men in an interior with a piano, desk, books, and inkwell.

Charles Ives and Mandeville Mullally

Raymond Moreau Crosby, 1890

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, head turned slightly, signed Jacques Reich.

Schuyler Colfax

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair, white collar and dark bow tie, signed Kayler in lower right.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Joseph Kayler, 1850

Watercolor of a group of men in dark suits gathered around a draped table in a columned interior room.

Men of Progress

Christian Schussele, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark suit, with cross-hatched background.

James Gillespie Blaine

Jacques Reich, 1900

Half-length watercolor portrait of a man with dark hair, black cravat and dark coat against a tan background.

David Crockett

James Hamilton Shegogue, 1830

Belva Ann Lockwood

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, sword beside him, at a desk by a window.

Colonel Jonathan F. Williams

Thomas Sully, 1810

Pencil sketch of three standing figures: a moustached man in a top hat with a cane between two women in period dress.

Grover Cleveland

Sir John Tenniel, 1880

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, framed by draped swags and garlands.

John C. Calhoun

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Five loose blue crayon head studies of a bearded older man on tan paper, inscribed "Walt Whitman" and dated April 17, 81.

Walt Whitman

Frank Hill Smith, 1880

Thomas Jefferson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Dion Boucicault

Dion Boucicault, 1860

Robert E. Lee

John Dabour, 1861

George Wythe

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and bow tie, drawn in fine cross-hatching on a mounted sheet.

William Howard Taft

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait sketch of a mustached man in a buttoned military uniform and pince-nez glasses, facing forward.

Theodore Roosevelt

Charles Dana Gibson, 1890

Dion Boucicault

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1880

Pen and ink cartoon of a judge in robes gripping a startled man's shoulder under a U.S. Supreme Court sign.

A Personal Appointment?

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

William Howard Taft

Henry Major, 1930

Pencil and chalk portrait drawing of a man with swept-back hair and a dark cravat on tan paper, by M. K. Kellogg.

John C. Calhoun

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and rosette-trimmed doublet, labelled Sir Walter Raleigh.

Walter Sir Raleigh

Jacques Reich, 1900

Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1861

Ink drawing of a bowed elderly man in a long coat, with labeled figures for Foreign Pressure, Huerta and Carranza beneath an

Woodrow Wilson

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1910

John Thomas Scopes

Henry Major, 1920

John Pendleton Kennedy

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1850

Graphite portrait drawing of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and cravat, on cream paper.

Abraham Baldwin

Robert Fulton, 1800

Graphite portrait of a man with powdered hair and lace cravat in an oval vignette, inscribed David Ramsay, M.D.

David Ramsay

Charles Fraser, 1830

Pen and ink portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and checked cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

Daniel Webster

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of three men playing chess, with caricatured top-hatted chess pieces on the board.

Theodore Roosevelt, John Milton Hay, Joseph Gurney Cannon

Charles Davis Mitchell, 1910

Oval pastel portrait of a man's head turned right, with a slight smile, on a brown paper ground.

Dr. John Collins Warren

Francis Alexander, 1840

Pastel portrait of a bearded man with white hair against a dark background, wearing a dark coat and light collar.

Karl Marx

John Collier, 1970

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in period dress gesturing beside a carved chair, with a desk and inkwell behind him.

John C. Calhoun

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Josiah Meigs

Josiah Meigs, 1800

Grayscale drawing of an older man with white hair and a white clerical collar in an oval frame, inscribed John Witherspoon.

John Witherspoon

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pencil drawing of two men at an ornate wooden railing, one smiling with papers, the other bearded and reading.

American Royalty

Edward Tennyson Reed, 1900

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with wavy hair and a cravat, signed Jacques Reich, mounted on card.

John Tyler

Jacques Reich, 1900

Portrait drawing of a man in a dark coat and high collar beside a classical urn, with a red drape behind him.

Nicholas Biddle

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pencil portrait of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a jacket and cravat, looking to the side.

Ogden Nicholas Rood

Peter von Hess, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of a man with long wavy hair and a cravat, signed Jacques Reich, 1900.

Sir William Penn

Jacques Reich, 1900

Grayscale bust portrait drawing of a man with long curly hair wearing studded steel armor and a white collar.

Sir William Penn

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Caricature drawing of a bearded man in a dark overcoat leaning over a lectern, reading, beside a pale column.

Dwight Lyman Moody

Carlo Pellegrini, Mar 1839 - 22 Jan, 1870

Pen-and-ink portrait of an older man with wavy hair, checked jacket and bow tie, mounted on a grey board.

Charles Sumner

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark jacket and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

Charles Dexter Cleveland

John Sartain, 1850

Martha Carey Thomas

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a cross-hatched coat and white cravat, labelled James Monroe.

James Monroe

Jacques Reich, 1900

Van Wyck Brooks

John Butler Yeats, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a man with tousled dark hair and a cravat, set in an oval vignette on tan paper.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Pencil portrait sketch of a moustached man in a bow tie, with a small blue pencil study at lower right.

Elihu Vedder

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1880

Loose watercolor portrait of a woman in a dark green dress and yellow-brown hat, with a warm ochre background.

Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Mary Stevenson Cassatt, 1880

Sepia-toned oval portrait drawing of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, against aged paper.

Samuel Slater

James Sullivan Lincoln, 1830

Portrait of a man in a blue-collared gray coat, white cravat and dark sash against a brown background.

William Augustine Washington

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charles Willson Peale

Titian Ramsay Peale II, 1800

Charcoal portrait of an elderly bald man in a suit and tie against a dark hatched background, signed by Sargent.

Moorfield Storey

John Singer Sargent, 1910

Small pencil and watercolor bust portrait of a young man with short light hair and a dark coat, on cream paper.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a mounted moose skeleton on a crate labeled MOOSE EXTINCT, with a uniformed man and a wreath below.

Teddy Roosevelt and Oscar Edward Cesare

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

James Riddle

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pencil and brown wash sketch of an older man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, shown from the chest up.

Unidentified Man

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charcoal and chalk drawing on tan paper of a bearded man with curly hair gazing upward.

Titian Ramsay Peale II Self-Portrait

Titian Ramsay Peale II, 1840

Charles Stewart

Thomas Sully, 1810

Grover Cleveland

George Burroughs Torrey, 1880

Pastel portrait of a man with grey hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue-grey background.

Joseph Priestley

James Sharples, 1790

Charcoal portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the side on tan paper.

William Stone

Ida Story Hammond, 1880

Caricature drawing of a crowned man in a cape facing a donkey with a laurel wreath and feathers.

Andrew Johnson

Thomas Nast, 1870

Pencil portrait of an older man with a mustache in a decorated military uniform with medals, signed Jacques Reich.

Comte Marie MacMahon

Jacques Reich, 1900

Thomas Stone

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in a gray suit smoking a cigar while seated in a rocking chair.

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Nast, 1861

Marcus Loew

Henry Major, 1920

Caricature drawing of a standing man with a curled mustache, fur-trimmed grey coat and walking cane, in watercolor.

Edward Askew Sothern

Edward Askew Sothern, 1880

Pastel portrait of an older man with grey hair in a grey coat and pink waistcoat against a dark brown background.

Michael Gratz

William Edward West, 1800

Fisher Ames

James Sharples, 1790

Pencil sketch of two men's portraits on tan paper, with handwritten dates beside each head.

Henry Clay and Richard Mentor Johnson

John Neagle, 1840

Captain Meriwether Lewis

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Alexander Hamilton

James Sharples, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a mustached man in a top hat leaning on a stone wall, with ships on the water behind him.

Raphael Semmes

Pierre Victor Galland, 1861

Timothy Cole Self-Portrait

Timothy Cole, 1900

Pastel portrait of a man with white powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a grey-blue background.

Gouverneur Morris

James Sharples, 1810

Dr. Thomas Parke

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head and shoulders in three-quarter view with hair pinned up and a lace collar.

Minerva Chapman Self-Portrait

Minerva Josephine Chapman, 1900

Zachary Taylor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil portrait of an older bald man with white side whiskers in a dark high-collared coat, in an arched frame.

Robert Bailey Thomas

James Barton Longacre, 1840

Crosshatched drawing of a seated man in a light shirt at a grand piano, face partly shaded by a visor.

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1900

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military uniform with powdered hair and frilled cravat against a cloudy sky.

1st Earl Charles Grey

Robert Pollard, 1770

Pungwuni

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved portrait of a naval officer in uniform, surrounded by scenes of warships in battle and a harbor with a lighthouse.

David G. Farragut

John Chester Buttre, 1861

John Samuel Sherburne

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800