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Engraving of a horse-drawn carriage on a cobbled street with a woman passenger, a coachman, and a bearded man in an apron.

Escape with a Lady, as her Coachman, with Master’s Horse and Carriage

FOY, 1870

Sheet music cover showing a couple dancing in an oval frame against red and green striped background.

Castle Innovation Waltz

Vernon Blythe Castle, 1910

Yellow sheet music cover with a black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit within a gold halo design.

Won't You Let Me Build a Nest For You

De Wolf Hopper, 1900

Hand-colored print of the neoclassical Patent Office in Washington, with carriages, a rider and pedestrians on the street.

Patent Office

Edward Sachse & Co, 1850

Wood engraving of an armed confrontation near a farmhouse, with a fallen man in the foreground and a mounted rider at right.

The Christiana Tragedy

John Osler, 1870

Lithograph sheet music cover of Jenny Lind Music showing a woman in a lace tiered gown holding a music folio.

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraving of a bearded man kneeling by a campfire in a forest, with smoke rising, a knife and pan on the ground.

Living in a Cave

Edmund Birckhead Bensell, 1870

Lithographic portrait of Major General S. R. Curtis mounted on a dark horse in military uniform, against a rocky landscape.

Samuel Ryan Curtis

Samuel Ryan Curtis, 1861

Engraving of Capac standing over fallen Zamor amid bodies, with armed figures and a mountain behind them.

"The Columbiad" -- Zamor Killed by Capac

James Parker, 1800

Lithograph of a cavalry battle with a rearing riderless horse, a wounded officer on the ground, artillery, and smoke.

The Fall of Major Ringgold

Jonothan Downs, 1840

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with a torch and sword above a bound man, with a crowd and eagle behind.

"The Columbiad" -- Inquisition

Luigi Schiavonetti, 1800

Engraving of the Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with classical columns, carriages and pedestrians on the street.

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Patent Office, 1860

Lithograph of a bearded officer in dark uniform riding a black horse across rocky ground toward distant hills.

William B. Franklin

William Buel Franklin, 1861

Color lithograph of a mounted officer in blue uniform and plumed hat on a brown horse, with ships and a fort in the backgroun

John E. Wool

John Ellis Wool, 1861

Colored postcard view of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns, an American flag, and a lawn.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and velvet coat, one hand resting on a map, with a draped curtain behind.

George Washington

Edward Savage, 1780

Hand-colored engraving of the Patent Office building with columns, an American flag, streetcar, carriages and pedestrians.

The Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a woman's head on a warbler bird's body perched on a flowering branch.

Catorn's Warbler

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored engraving of a bearded elderly man in a pale coat and broad hat, holding an open book, beside a basket of fruit.

Benjamin Lay

Henry Dawkins, 1750

Engraved view of the columned Patent Office building in Washington, with a carriage and pedestrians, above a steamer and sail

The Patent Office, Washington

U.S. Patent Office, 1850

Red sheet music cover with a portrait photograph of a smiling woman, Anna Held, surrounded by stylized poppies and title lett

The Maiden With the Dreamy Eyes

Anna Held, 1900

Engraving of a man fleeing along a wooded path past a rock face while two pursuers, one firing a pistol, follow behind.

A Narrow Escape

FOY, 1870

Engraved equestrian portrait of a young man in a feathered hat and ruff on a horse, with a town behind and verse below.

Henry Frederick, Prince of Bohemia and Prince of the Palatinate

Prince of Bohemia and Prince Palatine Frederick Henry, 1610

Lithograph of a bearded officer in dark uniform and plumed hat on a black horse, with rocky mountain landscape behind.

John C. Fremont

John Charles Frémont, 1861

Lithograph of a bearded man in spectacles writing at a desk in a room with a US map, globe, and bust, troops visible outside.

Edwin M. Stanton

Edwin McMasters Stanton, 1860

Lithograph of a mounted officer raising his hat on a rearing horse, with a bugler and charging soldiers behind him.

Robert L. McCook

Robert Latimer McCook, 1860

Hand-colored postcard of the Patent Office in Washington, D.C., with columned facades, an American flag, and pedestrians on t

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1910

Lithograph of Major General E. V. Sumner in dark uniform and bicorne hat, mounted on a white horse in a landscape.

Edwin V. Sumner

Edwin Vose Sumner, 1861

Colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns and pedestrians on the str

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

The Rotograph Co, 1910

Hand-colored print of a woman in a blue shawl carrying a child in a striped cradleboard along a grassy path.

Chippeway Squaw and Child

John T. Bowen, 1830