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Colored political cartoon of a man riding an elephant at the head of a marching band, with fallen figures on a hill behind.

And Teddy (Roosevelt) Comes Marching Home

Eugene Zimmerman, 1890

Lithograph of caricature rats with human faces clustered around a Government Crib while a man with a rifle looks on.

Fancied Security, or the Rats on a Bender

Louis Maurer, 1861

Colored lithograph of a parade celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment, framed by oval portraits, American flags, and genre scene

The Fifteenth Amendment

James Carter Beard, 1861

Engraved 1700 map of Nova Svecia (Pennsylvania) with a winding river, three ships, forest, deer, and figures.

Nova Svecia hodie dicta PENSYLVANIA

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair tied back, wearing a black coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

John Marshall

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired woman in a dark embroidered shawl with a white fur collar, against a dark background.

Clara Cook Kellogg

Philip de László, 1920

Engraving of Swedish settlers shaking hands with feathered Indigenous men, with cabins, archers and hills behind them.

Meeting of Swedes and Indigenous people

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Oil portrait of an older man with powdered grey hair, dark coat, white cravat and red ribbon against a dark background.

Richard Bache

John Hoppner, 1790

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress and yellow scarf, with red drapery and a sea view behind her.

Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart

Charles Cromwell Ingham, 1810

Engraved view of Niagara Falls divided by a rocky island, with a forested river and distant hills beyond.

Niagara Falls

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Oil portrait of a seated elderly woman with white hair in a black dress, sheer shawl and green beaded necklace.

Iphigenia Wise Ochs

Philip de László, 1930

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man with wire-rimmed glasses and wavy dark hair, in a dark coat against a brown backgro

George Inness

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a black dress, standing beside a black dog before a column and landscape.

Caroline Chrysler Lee

John Horsburgh, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a brown coat holding a folded letter, with leather-bound books beside him.

Elisha Tyson

Robert Street, 1820

Oval portrait of a man in a red coat with a white cravat and black ribbon against a dark background.

General John Bradstreet

Thomas McIlworth, 1760

Seated elderly man in dark coat and black cravat holding a red cane with brass fittings, against a dark red background.

John Quincy Adams

William Hudson Jr, 1840

Oval oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a bun, black dress and white collar, against a brown background.

Dorothea Lynde Dix

Samuel Bell Waugh, 1860

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta)

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1930

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark jacket, yellow waistcoat and dotted bow tie, holding eyeglasses against a dark backgr

Henry James

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat, in a brown coat, set in a gold frame.

William Carmichael

? - Feb William Carmichael, 1770

Oval portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and flowers, wearing a gray dress and gold necklace, with a red drape.

Emma Embury

Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1860

Loose oil portrait of a man with graying hair in a gray suit and blue tie against a brown background.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1920

Seated bearded man in a tan jacket and dark waistcoat beside a blue vase and open book in a studio interior.

H. H. Richardson

Hubert von Herkomer, 1880

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white shirt, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

William Smith Otis

Bass Otis, 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in glasses and dark suit, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

Thomas E. Kirby

William Merritt Chase, 1900

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a warm red background.

James Buchanan

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in black coat and white shirt holding a quill pen over paper at a table, dark background.

Thurlow Weed

Chester Harding, 1840

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache in a dark suit and patterned tie, against a dark background with a green cu

Myron T. Herrick

Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled gray hair, white dress and bow, in a gold frame on black.

Elizabeth Depeyster Peale

James Peale, 1790

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with brown hair, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Francis Scott Key

Rembrandt Peale, 1800