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Charcoal sketch of a seated man bent over an open book, with handwritten inscription naming William Dean Howells.

William Dean Howells

Orlando Rouland, 1890

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed cloak, signed Jacques Reich.

Sebastian Cabot

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor caricature of a bearded man in glasses and overcoat holding newspapers, labeled New-York Tribune.

Horace Greeley

Thomas Nast, 1870

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the side against a warm tan background.

James Alexander Williamson

L. Wieser, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with white wavy hair, a high collar and cravat, against cross-hatched shading.

James Fenimore Cooper

Jacques Reich, 1900

Thomas Cole

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

William Hill Wells

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle

Jacques Reich, 1900

Benjamin Franklin

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1770

Painted poster of smiling Will Rogers with hand on head, blue striped background, and 'Lightnin'' title lettering.

Will Rogers

Louis M. Glackens, 1930

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with receding hair in a dark coat and cravat, drawn with fine cross-hatching.

William Henry Harrison

Jacques Reich, 1900

Graphite portrait in an oval frame of a young woman with long curled hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Ellen Home Willis

Francis Alexander, 1840

Charcoal portrait of a bald man with a full beard and cravat, signed Persico Sculptor in cursive below.

E. Luigi Persico

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Pen and ink portrait of a man with a mustache, wearing a high collar, patterned tie and checked jacket.

Henry Morton Stanley

Jacques Reich, 1880

Caricature drawing of a man in a Bryan hat kicking a shotgun beside a porcupine with a human face labeled Hearst, under a red

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1900

D.W. Griffith

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair and a high collar, shaded in cross-hatching.

Henry Clay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a man with curly hair in a buttoned coat and cravat, holding an open book.

Thomas Paine

? - Samuel Collings, 1780

Graphite and wash portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a document beside a column.

Henry Clay

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man with curled powdered hair and a white cravat, turned to the left.

Alexander Hamilton

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a white gown with a pink rose, reclining on a divan with patterned cushions.

Julia Marlowe

Irving Ramsay Wiles, 1900

Watercolor head portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and a sideways gaze on cream paper.

David Claypoole Johnston Self-Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with curled side hair, against hatched background.

John Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, shown in half-length portrait.

Willis Drummond

L. Wieser, 1880

Mrs. Thomas G. Hailey

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen-and-ink portrait of a balding man with wavy hair, mustache, and bow tie, drawn in cross-hatching on cream paper.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jacques Reich, 1900

William Gibbs McAdoo

Henry Major, 1920

Sepia drawing of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and cravat, shown in bust length against a shaded background.

Edward Livingston

James Barton Longacre, 1820

George Brinton McClellan

Jacques Reich, 1900

Leonora O'Reilly

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Oval graphite portrait of an older man in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes and braided collar.

Isaac Hull

Louis Jean-baptiste H. Pellegrin, 1840

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a man with a bow tie holding a palette and brushes beside an easel in a studio.

Charles Dana Gibson

William Glackens, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a buttoned vest beside an easel, on tan paper.

Robert Henri Self-Portrait

Robert Henri, 1900

Pen and ink portrait drawing of an older man with wavy hair, spectacles on his head, and a high collar and buttoned coat.

Patrick Henry

Jacques Reich, 1900

Bust-length drawing of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

George C. Whiting

George C. Whiting, 1850

Pencil drawing of a seated man with a palette beside a wooden easel, wearing a bow tie.

Henry W. Waugh

W. P. Noble, 1850

Sepia-toned drawing of a middle-aged man with a full mustache, wearing a dark suit, waistcoat and tie.

James Shields

L. Wieser, 1880

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Levi Woodbury

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pen and ink caricature of a man with curly hair and monocle, long striped coat, smoking, drawn in 1880.

J. A. M. Whistler

Alfred Bryan, 1880

Herman Binger

Herman Binger, 1840

Sepia drawing of an older man in round spectacles, dark coat and white cravat, set within a pale blue border.

James Wilson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat beside stacked books before red drapery.

Luther Martin

Bernard Francis Hoppner Meyer, 1830

Pen-and-ink portrait of a man in a buttoned military-style coat with epaulette, shaded with crosshatching on aged paper.

Nathanael Greene

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Sarah Edwards Nast

Thomas Nast, 1880

Anna Howard Shaw

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen and ink portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and bow tie, signed Jacques Reich, on a labeled mount.

Franklin Pierce

Jacques Reich, 1900

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with long white hair in white clerical robes and a dark stole, against a shaded oval backgrou

Reverend William White

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pen-and-ink portrait of a man with a queued hairstyle, buttoned coat and white cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

John Jay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Ink caricature of a seated pianist and a man with a shepherd's crook reaching for a goat, with sheep behind them.

Victor Herbert and Frank Tinney

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in spectacles and dark jacket conducting with a baton, arm extended on tan paper.

John Philip Sousa

George Frederick Scotson-Clark, 1900

Sepia-toned drawing of an older man in a cowboy hat with a full mustache, shown in three-quarter view against a dark hatched

Cincinnatus Hiner Miller

John Howard Evelyn Partington, 1890

Ink and crayon caricature of a woman in a flowered hat beside a table and a bearded man in a suit at right.

Erstwhile Susan

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, mounted on a card.

Abraham Lincoln

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and beard in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

James M. Edmunds

L. Wieser, 1880

William Jennings Bryan

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of a man in an 18th-century military uniform with epaulettes and powdered curled hair.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jacques Reich, 1900

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, three-quarter view, on a warm brown background.

James Heaton Baker

L. Wieser, 1880

Theodore Dreiser

Henry Major, 1930

Full-length watercolor portrait of an older bearded man in a dark overcoat and blue polka-dot cravat against grey.

John Milton Hay

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1890

Pen and ink portrait bust of an older man in a fur-trimmed cap and fur collar, with dense hatching behind him.

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia wash portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with arms folded, signed G. Lansing.

Alexander Anderson

Garret Lansing, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted uniform with epaulettes, shaded background, signed Buchheister.

Charles Heyer Bell

L. Buchheister, 1850