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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

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

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 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

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

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

Colored cartoon of a man on a cliff resisting a red devil labeled Bryan, with a sound money sign and silver labels below.

The Temptation

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Hand-colored print of a woman in a blue dress with a fan of pastel feathers, perched on a branch, titled Bird of Paradise.

Bird of Paradise

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Political cartoon of two men cutting a map of America along Mason and Dixon's Line, with a skeleton labeled U.S. Army on the

The European Plan

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraving of uniformed officers in a surrender scene, one officer handing a sword to another beneath a flag, with a horse beh

"The Columbiad" -- Cornwallis Resigning his Sword to Washington

James Heath, 1800

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in decorated armour holding a lance, with a jousting tournament scene behind him.

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

before William Hole, 1610

Hand-colored lithograph of a woman's face on a bird's body perched on a branch with red flowers.

Taylor Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved advertisement for Lawrence's Gallery daguerreotypes on Broadway, showing the building, two medals, and promotional t

Lawrence's Gallery

Martin M. Lawrence, 1850

Sheet music cover with palm trees, a steamship on water, and an oval portrait of Al Jolson in the lower right corner.

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Rosenbaum Studios, 1910

Hand-colored print of a grimacing lion-bodied creature on a grassy mound, with a man in orange below beside a waterfall.

Catamaran, Speel's Owl

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Nast cartoon: Columbia shields a seated Chinese man from jeering men with sticks, beside anti-Chinese placards and a burning

The Chinese Question

Thomas Nast, 1870

Architectural sheet with a shaded view of a columned building, a longitudinal section, and a floor plan labeled 1840.

Old Patent Office plan

U.S. Patent Office, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform standing on a ship deck with rigging and a flag behind him.

Louis M. Goldsborough

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, 1861

Hand-colored portrait of Chief Keokuk in feathered headdress holding a staff, with a seated child in beaded necklaces before

Keokuk - Chief of the Sacs and Foxes

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Wood engraving of a man in a hat perched on a leafy tree branch, with a figure below in the woods.

Up a Tree

FOY, 1870

Blue-toned sheet music cover for 'I've Lost You' with a portrait of a woman resting her chin on her hands.

I've Lost You

Theda Bara, 1910