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Sepia-toned oval portrait drawing of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, against aged paper.

Samuel Slater

James Sullivan Lincoln, 1830

Alexander Hamilton

James Sharples, c. 1751 - 26 Feb, 1800

Small pencil and watercolor bust portrait of a young man with short light hair and a dark coat, on cream paper.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1800

Pungwuni

John Warner Barber, 1840

John Samuel Sherburne

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a suit and bow tie, printed on a page with text behind.

John W. Dungee

John William Dungee, 1870

Bagna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Samuel Murgatroyd

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Printed newspaper page with an oval portrait of James Buchanan above, and an engraving of horse-drawn sleighs in snow below.

James Buchanan

John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 1850

Kwong

John Warner Barber, 1840

Guy L. Trigg

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Unidentified Man

Edme Quenedey, 1780

Kale

John Warner Barber, 1840

Black-and-white caricature of William Jennings Bryan with raised hands before a crowd, quoting A Midsummer Night's Dream.

William Jennings Bryan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Die-cut rosette print with engraved oval vignettes of Washington, D.C. buildings including the Capitol, Senate Chamber, and M

Valentine depicting the U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1900

Fuliwa

John Warner Barber, 1840

Thomas MacDonough

George Delleker, 1810

M. de Rochemont

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Shule

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a crowded inauguration procession with mounted cavalry, spectators, and a columned building.

Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison

William Henry Harrison, 1840

John Trippe

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Tsukama

John Warner Barber, 1840

Silas Deane

Burnet Reading, 1780

Political cartoon of a hog and a thin figure hanging from a beam, labeled Republican and Democratic, on a Harper's Weekly pag

This Terrible Suspense Still Continues

Thomas Nast, 1880

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John Warner Barber, 1840

Stylized 1890 print of a standing man in a dark suit against a black field and tan floor, labeled J. A. M. Whistler.

J. A. M. Whistler

William Newzam Prior Nicholson, 1890

Political cartoon of an equestrian statue above men crawling for spoils, captioned Civil Service Reform, from Harper's Weekly

Civil Service Reform

Thomas Nast, 1880

Fakinna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stippled oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned Major General Winfield Scott.

General Winfield Scott

Hand-colored etched portrait of a bare-chested Mohawk chief in a blue blanket, holding a tomahawk and wearing a medal.

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