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Engraved oval portrait of General Henry Warner Slocum in uniform, with an eagle and American flag above.

Henry Warner Slocum

Henry Warner Slocum, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Col. E. E. Ellsworth in military uniform and kepi, with an eagle and flag above.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1850

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Etched half-length portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache and wavy dark hair, head tilted downward.

Bernhard Gutmann Self-Portrait

Bernhard Gutmann, 1930

Engraving of men in top hats examining plans in a patent office with labeled wooden drawers, on a Harper's Weekly page.

Examiners at Work

Theodore Russell Davis, 1860

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with dark hair, bare shoulders and a draped cloth, looking to the side.

O-hya-wa-mince-kee - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Col. Benjamin Church, a man in a coat and cravat, with a printed caption below.

Col. Benjamin Church

Paul Revere, 1710

John Trippe

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a clergyman in a wig and clerical bands, with caption The Rev. Wm. Romaine A.M. below.

Reverend William Romaine

Joel Allen, 1800

Cornelia Schuyler Morton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a balding man with a mustache and bow tie, topped by an eagle and flag, on a book page.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man with powdered hair holding a book, titled John Trumbull Esq.

John Trumbull

Elkanah Tisdale, 1800

Stipple engraving of a seated man with curly hair in a dark coat, holding a book, captioned M. M. Noah.

Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States

Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1810

Engraved page with two Pawnee portraits and a White House scene of Native delegations presented to officials.

Transatlantic Sketches.- Interview of Indians with the "Great Father."

founded Illustrated London News, 1850

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Caa-tou-see, an Ojibway man, with feathered headdress and folded arms.

Caa-tou-see

John T. Bowen, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in fringed buckskin, feathered headdress, and beaded necklaces, holding a feathered

Joc-O-Sot

John M. McGahey, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled Wm. Bradford 1800.

William Bradford, Jr.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Etched portrait of a man's head and shoulders with a pale lock of hair, set against dense diagonal hatching.

Whistler with White Lock

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Colour lithograph of a bearded officer in blue uniform with gold sash, seated holding a sword, with a Judge masthead.

William T. Sherman

Napoleon Sarony, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Lord Darnley in plumed hat and ruff, with heraldic shields and an inscription band.

Henry Stuart (Stewart), Lord Darnley

George Humble, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, with his name Robt. B. Elliot in script below.

Robt. B. Elliot

George Edward Perrine, 1860

Engraved portrait of John Jay seated in a dark judicial robe with white collar, one hand resting on a column.

John Jay

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Fabanna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a seated Ojibway woman in red jacket, blue ribbons and plumed headdress beside a small table.

Tshusick

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraving of a man in a coat raising a knife toward a shirtless man in a room with a chair and table.

Breaking Him In

Theophilus Collins, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of Charles Stratton as General Tom Thumb standing among oversized desk objects and books.

Charles Sherwood Stratton

F. F. Crugar, 1840

Harper's Weekly page, June 1860, with an engraved portrait of a Japanese man with topknot and sword beside columns of text.

Our Japanese Visitor "Tommy" Among the Ladies of Washington

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Sepia lithograph of a Japanese conference room where uniformed Western officers and Japanese men sit on folding chairs.

Hakodadi Conference Room

Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1850

Engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton in a dark coat and white cravat, with powdered hair, in three-quarter view.

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Field, 1800

Lithograph portrait of William Henry Harrison in military uniform, flanked by soldiers, flags, cannons and an eagle.

William Henry Harrison

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Caricature of a man in a straw boater hat and black suit holding a cane, with a heraldic shield and motto at upper right.

William Collins Whitney

Max Cramer, 1900

Lithograph portrait of Colonel Michael Corcoran in uniform, holding a sword, with a sash and kepi cap.

Michael Corcoran

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a rustic chair, with a drape, a house with horses, and trees behind him.

Zachary Taylor

Joseph Andrews, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the caption William Henry Harrison, President of the Unite

William Henry Harrison

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman with a lace collar and dark patterned shawl, hair parted in the center.

Jessie Benton Frémont

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie, hand resting on a book, titled Jacob Knapp, Evangelist.

Jacob Knapp

Denison Kimberly, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded Union officer in dark military uniform, framed by battle scenes, flags and cannon.

William T. Sherman

John C. McRae, 1861

Harper's Weekly page with engraved portraits of Captain Winslow and Raphael Semmes and a railway disaster illustration.

Raphael Semmes

A. Dupertz, 1861

Lithograph of a seated bearded man reading with his family in a formal parlor, including a woman, children, and a standing yo

Abraham Lincoln and Family

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1860

Colour caricature of a stout bearded man in evening dress smoking a cigarette, from a Vanity Fair supplement.

John Singer Sargent

Max Beerbohm, 1900

Pen drawing of James Henry Lane as Mephistopheles, standing in doublet and cape with a skull-hilted dagger.

James Henry Lane

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

William Stuart Parrott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Stonewall Jackson in a double-breasted military uniform with a full beard.

Stonewall Jackson

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Engraved portrait of seated Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, holding eyeglasses, in an armchair before a draped

Benjamin West

Charles Heath, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Jacob Jones in United States Navy uniform with epaulette and cravat, facing right.

Jacob Jones

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of John Quincy Adams in an oval, dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate frame.

John Quincy Adams

Albert Newsam, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Martin Van Buren in an oval within an ornate decorative frame.

Martin Van Buren

Albert Newsam, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of Benjamin Franklin Butler in military uniform with epaulettes, mustache, and balding head.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with caption naming Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treas

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Sheet music cover with lithograph portrait of a man resting his head on his hand, song title list below.

Stephen Collins Foster

Stephen Collins Foster, 1880

Etched portrait of a man in a suit and striped tie, head turned slightly, with a handwritten signature below.

Calvin Coolidge

Dwight Case Sturges, 1920

Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1880

Engraved portrait of a woman in a veil and jewelled pendant, framed by a floral garland with a cherub below.

Joanna

Jonas Suiderhoef, 1700

Engraved bust portrait of Major General Andrew Jackson in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, against clouds.

Andrew Jackson

Peter Maverick, 1810

Silas Deane

Burnet Reading, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a seated man with wavy hair, white cravat and book, with printed name Rev. James Shrigley below.

James Shrigley

Charles Fenderich, 1840

John Alexander Logan

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with star collar insignia.

Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a young man in a dark coat, waistcoat and cravat, signed Müller.

Charles Müller

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Mary Anderson

A. L. Plummer, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark military uniform with epaulettes and ruffled cravat.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Cornelius Tiebout, 1810

Napoleon Sarony Self-Portrait

Napoleon Sarony, 1860

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with shaved head, red headband, feather, beaded necklace and green cloak.

Thayendanegea

R. T, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark naval uniform with braided epaulettes, labeled Commodore Stephen Decatur.

Stephen Decatur

Henry Meyer, 1820

William Clyde Fitch

Max Beerbohm, 1890

Engraved portrait of Thomas Paine, a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, beside a small ship model.

Thomas Paine

William Sharp, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a seated older man with gray hair, dark coat, white cravat, hands clasped, labeled Sam Houston.

Samuel Houston

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Lithographic bust portrait of an older man with powdered hair and a frilled white cravat, captioned Samuel Danforth M.D.

Samuel Danforth

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Black-and-white lithographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark jacket and bow tie, gazing to the side.

Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams in an oval frame, flanked by allegorical figures, a trumpeting angel, and a Magna Charta sc

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere, 1770

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left, with the caption LAFAYETTE below.

Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette, 1810

Engraved portrait of J.W. MacKay, a seated man with a mustache holding a cigar, after Alex. Cabanel.

John William MacKay

Achille Jacquet, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur-collared cloak, with a French inscription on a pedestal below.

Benjamin Franklin

Juste Chevillet, 1770

Lithograph portrait of William Rawle, a bespectacled older man with curly white hair in a dark coat and white cravat.

William Rawle

Albert Newsam, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of Commodore Oliver H. Perry in naval uniform with epaulettes, holding a telescope, under a laurel wre

Oliver Hazard Perry

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Lithograph portrait of Charles Stewart Todd in a military uniform with fur epaulettes and embroidered collar.

Charles Stewart Todd

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Joseph Leiter

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithographic portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and white cravat, with signature and caption below.

John Mattocks

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Gen. William Hull.

William Hull

Sara Ann Freeman Clarke, 1820

Benjamin Franklin

John Scoles, 1790

Hand-colored printed sheet with an oval portrait of a bearded officer in uniform, flanked by American flags, with verse below

Ulysses S. Grant

Charles Magnus, 1861

Sepia lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, within an oval vignette, titled Franklin Pierce.

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, 1840

Lithograph of Lincoln's coffin lying in state beneath draped black curtains, with his bust above and mourners standing around

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Engraved political broadside showing a seated man in a chair surrounded by standing men, with satirical verse printed below.

Great Cry and Little Wool

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a lace shawl beside a flower vase, with the signature Jenny Lind below.

Jenny Lind

John Sartain, 1850

Lithographic campaign song sheet with an oval portrait of a bearded man, surrounded by trees, mountains, a rider and a buffal

There is the White House Yonder

Samuel Root, 1861

Charles IV and Louisa Maria

Robert Cooper, 1810

Caricature lithograph of a man balanced on a rail labeled Republican Platform, carried by two men, titled The Rail Candidate.

Rail Candidate

Louis Maurer, 1860

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark suit and tie, by Jacques Reich, 1890.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Jacques Reich, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded Union general in a dark military uniform, labeled Major Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.

George Henry Thomas

William Sartain, 1861

Samuel Ludvigh

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Poster of a seated man reading beside a black and white cat, with a calendar and the text HARPER'S FEBRUARY below.

Edward Penfield Self-Portrait

Edward Penfield, 1890

Engraved portrait of Captain Isaac Hull in naval uniform, framed by a laurel wreath and a ribbon reading First in Victory, Fi

Isaac Hull

William Strickland, 1800

Engraved portrait of an elderly clergyman in embroidered stole and pectoral cross, hand resting on a book, 1810.

Reverend John Carroll

Leney & Tanner, 1810

Black-and-white lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and high collar, with caption naming him a senator from New York.

Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Sheet music cover with lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie, titled President Johnson's Grand Union March.

President Johnson's Grand Union March

Louis Nelke, 1860