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Engraved caricature of a chained tiger labeled Democrat facing a uniformed officer, with signs about starving for offices.

General Inspection

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting on an ornate carved chair arm.

Henry Hubbard

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Hand-colored lithograph of Osceola standing with a long rifle, wearing a feathered turban, beaded sash and fringed robe.

Osceola

George Catlin, 1830

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams, seated in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate decorative border.

John Quincy Adams

Francis Kearney, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of clergyman Joseph Pilmore seated at a draped table with an open book, 1770.

Joseph Pilmore

John Norman, 1770

George Washington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Allardice, 1790

Lithographic portrait of a man with wavy hair in a high collar and double-breasted coat, with printed caption below.

Spencer Houghton Cone

Spencer Houghton Cone, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Major General Zachary Taylor in military uniform, with handwritten letter and signatures below.

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam, 1840

Satirical Puck cover by Opper showing a reclining man with chained dogs labeled Congress and Legislature and a prostrate eagl

William Henry Vanderbilt

Frederick Burr Opper, 1880

Portrait of an elderly bespectacled man with white beard and hair, wearing a dark coat with a gold watch chain.

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley, 1860

Wood engraving of a bearded man seated on a stool writing a Republican slate on an easel board, from Harper's Weekly.

Continue that I Broached in Jest

Thomas Nast, 1870

Paul I

J. E. Mansfield, 1820

Harlow Niles Higinbotham

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph of a standing man in a long coat, with a handwritten signature and caption 'The Author of The Sketch Book' below.

Washington Irving

Daniel Maclise, 1830

Mezzotint portrait of the Reverend James Honyman seated at a table with a book, wearing clerical gown and bands.

James Honyman

Samuel Okey, 1770

Stonewall Jackson

Daniel T. Cowell, 1861

Stippled black-and-white portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

John Macpherson Berrien

Albert Newsam, 1820

Henry Laurens

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high white collar, titled C. C. Clay, Senator from Alabama.

Clement Comer Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Etching of Washington Irving seated on a rock in a top hat, with a dog beside him, signed with his name below.

Washington Irving

James David Smillie, 1850

Engraved print of Baron Trenck standing chained in a stone dungeon, with an arched frame and a water jug at his feet.

Frederich Von Trenck

James Thackara, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with star collar insignia, within a gold-bordered frame.

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg, 1861

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joel Allen, 1790

Hand-colored portrait print of a seated man in a dark suit and bow tie with his hand on an open book.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Hollick

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sepia engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with handwritten note and small inset portrait below.

Ulysses S. Grant

Jacques Reich, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit, signed by Gustav Kruell in the lower right corner.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Gustav Kruell, 1890

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with thick hair in a dark overcoat, signed John Brown below.

John Brown

Thomas Murphy Johnston, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United Sta

Andrew Johnson

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved oval bust portrait of a man with wavy hair on the blue cover of The Whig Almanac for 1849.

Zachary Taylor

Benjamin F. Childs, 1840

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man with curled powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, labeled John Adams.

John Adams

Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1820

Hand-coloured engraving of a family group in an interior: a seated woman with an infant, a boy, and three men.

Benjamin West and Family

George & Johan Facius, 1770

Grayscale lithographic portrait of a seated man in a dark double-breasted jacket and bow tie, captioned Alexander H. Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

J. L. Giles, 1860

Lithograph of General Tom Thumb, a small child in a suit, standing beside books, a quill, a bottle and glassware.

General Tom Thumb

Charles Baugniet, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a clergyman in dark robes and white bands collar, with inscription below naming Reverend John Clark

John Clarke

Samuel Hill, 1790

Hand-colored print of a rearing saddled horse above a fallen soldier in uniform beside a sword and tree.

Death of General Pike at L. York

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1800

Wood engraving page from the Illustrated London News showing a roadside signing scene and a farewell with mounted soldiers.

Jefferson Davis and Judah Philip Benjamin

Frank Vizetelly, 1860

Jacob Henry Schiff

Hermann Struck, 1910

Hand-colored print of a standing bearded man in a dark suit beside a red chair, column and draped curtains, with a quotation

Abraham Lincoln

William Marsh, 1860

Lithograph of seven oval portraits of men arranged in a circle within ornate scroll border, titled American Prohibitionists.

American Prohibitionists

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a dark-haired man above a printed Civil War era song sheet with two columns of verse.

Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in formal dress with a star medal on his lapel, captioned Kalakaua I, King of the Hawaiian

Kalakaua I

King David Kalakaua

Sepia lithograph portrait of a bearded, balding man in a military uniform with star collar insignia, labeled Gen. R. S. Ewell

Richard Stoddert Ewell

J. L. Giles, 1861

Lithograph portrait of William J. Le Moyne surrounded by seven vignettes of Dickens characters in arched frames with foliate

William J. Le Moyne

Joseph Edward Baker, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armour, framed by drapery, laurel, doves and a council scene below.

William II

Pieter Tanjé, 1740

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military uniform with a high collar and three stars, signed Albert Sidney Johnston.

Albert Sidney Johnston

George Edward Perine, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a dark overcoat and patterned waistcoat, by Charles Fenderich.

Le Grand Guerry Capers

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Thaddeus Stevens in dark suit and bow tie, framed by a laurel wreath, with name at bottom.

Thaddeus Stevens

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of seated Washington Allston in a fur-collared coat, holding a drawing compass beside paper.

Washington Allston

John Sartain, 1840

Engraved cartoon of a crowned figure on a Tammany throne flanked by armed attendants, titled The Power Behind the Throne.

The Tammany King-dom/ The Tammany Ring-dom

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark high-collared coat and cravat, captioned Senator from Kentucky.

John Jordan Crittenden

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit beside a table with a scroll reading LIBERTY, FREEDOM TO ALL.

John Brown

Anton Hohenstein, 1860

1900 campaign poster with oval portrait of W.J. Bryan, flags, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty and an octopus labeled Trusts.

William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with buttons and a collar star, captioned J.E.B. Stuart.

Jeb Stuart

J. L. Giles, 1861

Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted coat beside books, an inkwell and a quill pen.

Regis De Trobriand

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraving of Lafayette seated on a ship as ghostly American patriots appear and sea gods drive away storm clouds.

Marquis De Lafayette

Achille Moreau, 1820

Dirck Ten Broeck

Isaac Hutton, 1800

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of James K. Polk in dark suit, seated before teal curtains and a classical building.

James K. Polk

James S. Baillie, 1840

Etching of a thin old man in a draped cloak watching a boy with a bucket and a loaf on a staircase.

Ye Vow

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a light jacket inside an ornate border with an eagle, titled National Plumbeotype Galle

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - D. Hoyt

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Joseph Reed

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in formal dress above a temperance society certificate with decorative banner.

Possibly E. L. Snow

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curled wig and armor, with a crowned coat of arms below.

Philip V

Charles Simoneau, 1700

Engraved oval portrait of the Reverend John Murray in a powdered wig and clerical bands, with inscription on a plinth below.

John Murray

Samuel Hill, 1790

Hand-colored print of Andrew Johnson standing by a green table, red drapes, and a domed capitol building behind him.

Andrew Johnson

Edward Valois, 1860

Caricature lithograph of a ballerina dancing on stage while a manager, a despondent man and a newspaper reader look on.

Lola Has Come!

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1850

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a mustache in a dark suit and carved wooden chair, dated 1900.

Alexander Johnston Cassatt

Samuel Sartain, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man in powdered wig and embroidered coat, with garland border and scripted inscription below.

John Hancock

Joseph H. Seymour, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and waistcoat, hand resting on books, with signature George Peabody belo

George Peabody

George Peabody, 1850

Caricature of a uniformed officer with binoculars on a Hudson River ferry, surrounded by political newspapers and signs.

All Quiet on the Hudson

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, shaded with fine crosshatched lines on a light sheet.

Charles Loring Elliott

Henry Bryan Hall Sr, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark suit, vest and patterned necktie, facing forward.

John William Davis

Franklin T. Wood, 1920

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with spectacles, white hair, and a dark suit, with handwritten inscription below.

Horace Greeley

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Hand-colored print of mounted New York militia officers in blue uniforms and plumed shakos, with a civilian raising his top h

New York State Militia

Joseph Edward Baker, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of Philip Hone, a man with curly hair in a high white cravat and dark overcoat.

Philip Hone

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Engraved group portrait of eight men seated and standing around a table with inkwells and quills, with a draped curtain behin

The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

Whitehurst & Hinton, 1861

Caricature of George Jay Gould riding a grey horse and holding a polo mallet, with a red heraldic crest in the corner.

George Jay Gould

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Hand-colored print of Abraham Lincoln seated in a red chair before green drapery and a column, with books beside him.

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hesler, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth President.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1880

Engraved sheet with nine oval portraits of naval officers in uniform around a larger central portrait, titled Officers of Our

Officers of our Navy

John Chester Buttre, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and armor, with Latin inscription below naming Philip III.

Philip III

Engraved portrait of a man with swept-back light hair and dark coat, white cravat, against a dark background.

John Marshall

Jacques Reich, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a seated man slumped in a chair while men in formal dress crowd around him in a chamber.

John Quincy Adams

Kelloggs & Comstock, 1840

Engraved portrait of a mustached officer in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News page, Richmond, 1863.

Beverly Holcombe Robertson

Southern Illustrated News, 1861

Caricature of a stout man in a dark coat and striped trousers, labeled J. P. Morgan, with a crowned globe and motto banner.

John Pierpont Morgan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved full-length portrait of Empress Catherine II in a fur-trimmed robe and tiara beside a throne chair.

Catherine II

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Black and white lithographic portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated against a shaded background.

Joseph Hopkinson

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Engraved print of bearded riders and soldiers with a flag moving through a wooded clearing, with bare trees behind.

Flight of President Davis

Frank Vizetelly, 1861

Grey lithographic portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, turned to the right, in an octagonal frame.

Joseph Tuckerman

Engraved oval portrait of Sterling Price in a double-breasted military coat with collar stars, 1861.

Sterling Price

George Edward Perine, 1861

Engraved bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark suit and bow tie, turned slightly to the side.

Abraham Lincoln

Frederick W. Halpin, 1860

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Wakawn, a Winnebago chief, with red and black feathers and red face paint.

Wakawn

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithographed portrait of a man in a fur-collared coat on the cover of The National Whig Song sheet music, 1840.

National Whig Song

William Sharp, 1840

Zachary Taylor

Charles Risso, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, framed by oak and laurel branches, flags and steamships below.

John Ericsson

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithograph portrait of DeWitt Clinton, a man with curly hair in a double-breasted coat and cravat, 1830.

DeWitt Clinton

Albert Newsam, 1830