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Lithograph portrait of General Andrew Jackson in dark military uniform with braided epaulettes, facing left.

Andrew Jackson

Augustus Fay, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Samuel Adams in period dress beside a column, with rolled documents on a table and verse below.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Okey, 1770

Colored caricature of an elderly bald man in a dark frock coat holding a top hat, from Vanity Fair, Statesmen No. 126.

Charles Francis Adams

Charles Francis Adams, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with signature and caption Silas Wright Jr. below.

Silas Wright

Thomas Doney, 1840

Ink caricature invitation of two men clasping hands across text, with a palm-tree island labeled Havana at lower left.

Alfred Frueh and Conrado Massaguer

Carlo de Fornaro, 1920

Lithograph portrait of Richard Channing Moore, a bishop in dark robes and white bands, with gray hair, against a shaded backg

Richard Channing Moore

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed cloak and buttoned military coat.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Silas Deane

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis, a man with a short beard in a dark suit and bow tie, cross-hatched background.

Jefferson Davis

Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher, 1860

Lithograph bust portrait of Bishop Richard Allen in dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

Bishop Richard Allen

Peter S. Duval, 1830

John Jay

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Lithograph portrait of General James Longstreet, bearded, in a double-breasted military coat with collar insignia.

James Longstreet

J. L. Giles, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the caption Philip Syng Physick, M.D. below.

Philip Syng Physick

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Joel Turrill, Representative from N

Joel Turrill

Charles Fenderich

Engraved portrait of Andrew Jackson in a dark military uniform with ribbed epaulettes and embroidered collar.

Andrew Jackson

Charles Cutler Torrey, 1820

Caricature lithograph of a mustached man in a dark suit with one hand on his chest, leaning on a table.

Henry Morton Stanley

Charles Auguste Loye, 1870

Etched portrait of a seated older man with white mustache and striped tie, hands clasped, by Otto J. Schneider.

S.A. Walker

Otto J. Schneider, 1920

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the left, with printed caption below.

Samuel Putnam Avery

Thomas Johnson, 1900

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat, bow tie and patterned waistcoat, with signature below.

Charles Beebe Stuart

Francis d' Avignon, 1861

Engraving of two Egyptian-style mummy cases with portrait faces between cat statues, labeled with years on the steps.

Embalmed That They May Keep Until 1880 - Or Longer

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph of a uniformed officer on horseback raising a plumed hat, with soldiers in the background.

General Winfield Scott

Otto Starck, 1860

Lithograph of two men in period costume, one stooping with a top hat, the other holding a paper, captioned Paul Pry and Col H

Henry Finn and Thomas Kilner

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Emil Fuchs, 1900

Marquis De Lafayette

Edward Gosselin, 1890

Engraved bust portrait of General George Washington in a powdered wig and lace jabot against a dark stippled background.

George Washington

David Edwin, 1800

Etched portrait of a man with short dark hair in a suit and tie, rendered in fine cross-hatched lines.

Herbert Hoover

Leo Mielziner, 1920

Lithograph poster for Tony Pastor's Double Troupe showing cherubs holding a Kelly and Ryan banner above costumed performers o

John T. Kelly and Thomas J. Ryan

John T. Kelly, 1880

Etching of a man in a smock examining a small framed print in a dim studio with a chair and bookshelves.

The Etcher

Childe Hassam, 1910

John Marshall

Waterman Lilly Ormsby, 1830

Jonas Chickering

Jonas Chickering, 1850

Stonewall Jackson

Anton Hohenstein, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Samuel Adams in a wig and cravat, above a pedestal with scales and a caduceus.

Samuel Adams

John Norman, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of an older man with powdered hair, dark coat and lace jabot, after Gilbert Stuart.

George Washington

William Edgar Marshall, 1860

Stipple engraving portrait of John Adams in an oval frame, wearing a powdered wig and buttoned period coat.

John Adams

Cornelius Tiebout, 1800

Theodosia Bartow Burr Alston

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Chromolithograph poster of a woman in a white lace hat, framed by green leaves, pale blue panels and gold scrollwork, with th

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell, 1880

Theatrical poster of Adelaide Norwood in a blue kimono as Madam Butterfly, beside a parasol and painted screen, advertising E

Adelaide Norwood

Adelaide Norwood, 1820

Hand-coloured engraving of a young man in a blue coat and tan breeches standing in an oval frame, with a satirical caption be

Joseph Wright Self-Portrait

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark jacket and bow tie, signed by Jacques Reich, marked artist's proof.

Joseph Jefferson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Caricature of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with folded arms and yellow shoes, with a law-themed coat of arms beside hi

George S. Willits

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Caricature of a man in cap and knickerbockers holding a golf club, with a rooster and WHEAT shield in the upper right.

E. C. Worthington

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a powdered wig and coat, with a Latin inscription on the plinth below.

Benjamin Franklin

Johann Elias Haid, 1770

Benjamin Franklin (front cover of "The VIsion of Columbus")

John Scoles, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulettes, surrounded by flags and foliage, with the name Hamilton o

Alexander Hamilton

William Rollinson, 1800

Hand-colored campaign poster with oval portraits of Fremont and Cochrane, an eagle with shield, and American flags.

Grand Banner of the Radical Democracy for 1864

John Charles Frémont, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and cravat, titled John Adams Whipple, by Francis D'Avignon.

John Adams Whipple

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Black and white lithographic portrait of a man in dark formal dress with a tasseled cord, captioned John M. Robinson, Senator

John McCrackern Robinson

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Poster with a sepia-toned portrait of a young man in an ornate gold frame, green leaves, and a banner reading W. J. Scanlan.

William James Scanlan

William James Scanlan, 1880

Poster of a mounted officer leading soldiers with American flags, with ghostly medieval knights riding in the sky above.

Pershing's Crusaders

John Joseph Pershing, 1910

Lithograph portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache in a double-breasted naval uniform with epaulettes.

Charles Dwight Sigsbee

Charles Dwight Sigsbee, 1900

Sepia lithograph poster of a messenger boy in uniform flanked by a woman in a long dress and a man in a top hat.

Patrick Francis Glassey

Patrick Francis Glassey, 1880

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Senator from Louisiana, by Charles Fenderich.

Robert Carter Nicholas

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Sepia lithographic portrait of a man with a mustache in an oval frame, with floral border and flags, signed John Mitchel.

John Mitchel

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithographic 1840 campaign poster with an eagle, two portraits, printed biographies and three battle scene vignettes.

National Democratic Republican Nomination

Henry Inman, 1840

Engraved portrait of a clergyman in a white wig and black gown, arms raised before a Gothic window, with an open book.

George Whitefield

John Greenwood, 1760

Lithograph of a mounted officer raising a sword on a rearing horse, with soldiers and battle smoke behind him.

William Haines Lytle

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved portrait of an older man in a powdered wig and dark coat with a medal, with a name plate and coat of arms below.

Thomas McKean

David Edwin, 1800

Etching portrait of a woman with dark hair and a high-collared dark dress, gazing toward the viewer.

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Anders Zorn, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of George I in ceremonial robe and periwig, with Latin inscription below.

George I

John Smith, 1710

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and white collar, with printed caption below, by Amos Doolittle.

John Winthrop, Jr.

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military uniform and tricorn hat, framed by laurels, a flag, cannon and shield

George Washington

Jean-Victor Dupin, 1770

Lithographic portrait of a woman with flower-decorated curls and a fur-trimmed dark cloak, with caption naming Harriet Beeche

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cartau, 1840

Colour print of a seated man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with handwritten text on a pink background.

Charles Stanley Reinhart

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1890

Oval mezzotint portrait of Cotton Mather in a dark gown, white clerical bands and full periwig, with Latin inscription below.

Cotton Mather

Peter Pelham, 1720

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and fur-trimmed cloak, with a handwritten signature below.

William Rufus Devane King

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson in a dark coat, seated with hands clasped, against a shaded background.

Thomas Jefferson

John Neagle, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and cravat, with signature Chas. L. Reason below.

Charles L. Reason

John Chester Buttre, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress, lace collar and ruffled bonnet, titled Mary Ashton Livermore.

Mary Ashton Livermore

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall hat and ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions in an ornate frame.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban

Simon de Passe, 1610

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, captioned Will.m Penn, on a book page.

Sir William Penn

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of bearded James G. Blaine on the 1880 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper page.

James G. Blaine

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a policeman blocks two men with Tammany hats at a civil service reform doorway.

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated at a desk with a quill pen and open book, signed Benjamin Rush.

Benjamin Rush, M.D.

Richard W. Dodson, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of David Rittenhouse, a man with wavy hair in period coat and cravat, on an aged printed page.

David Rittenhouse

Henry H. Houston, 1790

Engraved portrait of a woman with wire-rimmed glasses, dark hair drawn back, and a floral brooch on a light collar.

Grace Anne Lewis, Earnest in the Cause

Grace Anna Lewis, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Col. W. W. Seaton, Mayor of Washi

William W. Seaton

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Black and cream silhouette print of a man in white suit, boater hat and bow tie holding a cigarette and cane.

James Weldon Johnson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Oval engraved portrait of Benjamin Silliman, a white-haired man in a dark coat and bow tie holding spectacles.

Benjamin Silliman

Philip M. Whelpley, 1850

Hand-colored print of a man's head on a black beetle's body with six jointed legs and clawed feet.

Hum-Bug

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with spectacles resting his head on his hand beside a desk with a quill and book.

Benjamin Rush

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved portraits of William Craft, a bearded man in a dark jacket, and Ellen Craft, a woman in an ornate bonnet, on a book

William and Ellen Craft

William Craft, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a balding man in a striped suit and bow tie, captioned William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia.

William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia, Officers of the Road

William Whipper, 1870

Frederick Douglass

Etched portrait of a bearded man in round eyeglasses and dark jacket, turned in three-quarter view against hatched background

Theodore Roosevelt

Anders Zorn, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Millard Fillmore seated in black suit, holding a folded letter before gold drapery.

Millard Fillmore

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Geometric black-and-white print of a stylized man in a top hat and dark suit, captioned with Theodore Roosevelt's name.

Theodore Roosevelt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress with lace collar, holding an open book in her lap.

Margaret Fuller

Johnson Fry & Co, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Theodore Frelinghuysen, seated at a table with a book and scroll, green drapery behind.

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a high white collar and dark bow tie, captioned Hon. Henry Wilson.

Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson, 1850

Caricature of Andrew Carnegie in dark suit, bow tie, spectacles and wide-brimmed hat, walking on a pale background.

Andrew Carnegie

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Sheet music cover with lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, titled Blaine's Triumphal March.

James Gillespie Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine, 1880

Colorful 1890 chromolithograph family record with portrait medallions, a blank genealogy table, and scenes of slavery, school

Afro-American Historical Family Record

James M. Vickroy, 1890

Colour lithograph portrait of a mustached man in a dark overcoat leaning on a cabinet of books, captioned Grover Cleveland.

Grover Cleveland

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Caricature of William Howard Taft as a large plaid-suited figure with small animals labeled Tariff and Veto beside him.

William Howard Taft

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet and shawl, captioned Lucretia Mott.

Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott, 1870