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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

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

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

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

Engraved allegorical print of an oval portrait of Nathanael Greene held by a robed figure and a warrior, with a child, cannon

Nathanael Greene

Juste Chevillet, 1770

Engraved portrait of a man in a cravat within an ornate foliate border with an eagle at the top, labeled Rev. Dr. Dewey.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Orville Dewey

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with star collar insignia, titled Joseph E. Johnst

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

J. L. Giles, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated beside a drawing board, signed John Sartain.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved full-length portrait of James Madison standing beside a draped table with a globe, documents, and quill.

James Madison

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man with a long white beard, in three-quarter view against a dark background.

William Morris Hunt

Gustav Kruell, 1880