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Engraved oval portrait of Henry Ward Beecher in a dark coat, surrounded by scenes of a house, crowds, flags and a waterfall.

Henry Ward Beecher

John Chester Buttre, 1870

Lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark suit and bow tie, bearded, looking toward the viewer.

Abraham Lincoln

Samuel Montague Fassett, 1860

Caricature print of a seated heavyset man in tailcoat and bow tie, labeled C. M. Schwab, with a clock-gear emblem.

Charles Michael Schwab

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Gouverneur Morris

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of Brigadier General I. Ingalls Stevens in uniform holding a telescope, with soldiers and smoke behind.

Isaac Ingalls Stevens

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned Luman Reed, on pinkish paper.

Luman Reed

Charles G. Crehen, 1860

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark coat and cravat, with a signature below.

John Charles Fremont

Francis d' Avignon, 1861

J. A. M. Whistler

Thomas Robert Way, 1900

Lithographic bust portrait of a man in a double-breasted coat and cravat, within a gilt foliate border.

Robert Rantoul, Jr.

Jr Robert Rantoul, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded officer in military uniform, with battle and surrender vignettes around the border.

Ulysses S. Grant

John C. McRae, 1861

Hand-colored bust portrait of a balding man in a white cravat within an ornate engraved border with an eagle.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Cave Johnson

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man in a dark frock coat, waistcoat and bow tie, captioned President Johnson.

Andrew Johnson

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Sepia engraving of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat against a dark background, signed Jacques Reich.

George Washington

Jacques Reich, 1900

Oliver Hazard Perry

William Strickland, 1800

Engraved portrait of General Winfield Scott in a military uniform with fringed epaulettes and a decorated belt.

General Winfield Scott

Henry S. Sadd, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a seated bald man in a double-breasted coat, shown within an oval vignette and gilt border.

John Quincy Adams

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Jefferson Davis

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithographic portrait of a seated bearded man holding a pencil beside an easel with a painting, in an oval frame.

William Sidney Mount

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraved portrait of Robert M. T. Hunter in a dark suit and bow tie, on a Harper's Weekly page from 1860 with columns of text

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a ruff seated in a chair, with law books, a helmet, an axe, and a framed portrait nearby.

The Knight of the Rueful Countenance

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Oval stipple engraving portrait of George Washington in military uniform with epaulette and ruffled cravat, 1800.

George Washington

Benjamin Tanner, 1800

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a high-collared buttoned coat, captioned Senator from New Jersey.

Garret Dorset Wall

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man with shoulder-length gray hair in a dark coat, white shirt, and bow tie against a dark background.

Henry Clay

Jacques Reich, 1890

Oval lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair and whiskers, wearing a dark coat and cravat, captioned Alvin Adams.

Alvin Adams

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the signature John Marshall printed below.

John Marshall

Albert Newsam, 1830

Sepia lithographic portrait of an older man in a dark coat and cravat, set in an oval with a leafy border.

Joel Hawes

Joel Hawes, 1820

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in ceremonial robes with a laurel wreath, sceptre, orb and throne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Auguste G. L. Boucher-Desnoyers

Engraved portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark suit holding a letter, with an inkwell and papers on a table beside him.

George Peabody

Thomas Lewis Atkinson, 1860

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair and lace collar, signed below, by Francis Holl, 1850.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Francis Holl, 1850

DeWitt Clinton

George Catlin, 1820

Colored magazine caricature of a nude man as a child reaching for a Presidential Vote butterfly on a wooden wall.

Little Billy Bryan Chasing Butterflies

Judge Magazine, 1890

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Samuel Ringgold

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Lithograph portrait of Martin Van Buren, a balding man with side whiskers in a dark coat and cravat.

Martin Van Buren

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Wood engraving of an elderly officer in dark uniform with epaulettes and sword, seated holding a cocked hat.

General Winfield Scott

William John Hennessy, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of clergyman Samuel Cooper in white wig and dark gown within an oval frame, by Valentine Green.

Samuel Cooper

Valentine Green, 1780

Caricature print of a man with orange hair and mustache in black suit, with a heart-shaped umbrella vignette in the corner.

Charles P. Bryan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved portrait of Laurence Sterne seated with a book, hand to his face, wearing a curled wig and loose robe.

Lawrence Sterne

John Norman, 1770

Fletcher Harper

Gustav Kruell, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with buttons, framed by ornate sheet music title lettering.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Jules Lion, 1861

Poster calendar 1897 showing a man in an orange beret writing at a desk beside a cat, with inkwells and a yellow sheet.

Poster Calendar 1897

Edward Penfield, 1890

Engraved bust portrait of a naval officer in uniform with brass buttons and shoulder boards, turned to the right.

David Glasgow Farragut

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Black and white lithograph portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left.

Levi Woodbury

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Silas Wright

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved portrait of John Hunt Morgan in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, on a Harper's Weekly newspaper page.

John Hunt Morgan

John Hunt Morgan, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated older man with a quill, a desk and inkwell, inside an oval decorative frame.

William Cullen Bryant

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Black and white lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and cravat, with printed caption Samuel J. Bridge.

Samuel J. Bridge

Charles Fenderich, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a column and draped table with an open book, with a domed buildi

Abraham Lincoln

John Sartain, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark coat, bow tie and patterned waistcoat, titled Jefferson Davis.

Jefferson Davis

William Sartain, 1850

Caricature of a seated white-bearded man in a dark suit, with a heraldic shield and a scripture caption above.

James Jerome Hill

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sheet music cover with an oval bust portrait of a man in a dark jacket and cravat, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Confederacy March

Edward Sachse & Co, 1860

Etched portrait of an older bald man with long hair, fur-collared dark coat and white cravat, against a dark background.

Benjamin Franklin

Jacques Reich, 1900

Stonewall Jackson

A. Hurdle, 1861

Black-and-white lithographic portrait of James K. Polk in an oval star frame, flanked by flags, an eagle, and military trophi

James K. Polk

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie before a draped curtain, with handwritten inscription signed Wm Mille

William Miller

William Miller, 1850

John Dickinson

Burnet Reading, 1790

Lithograph of a naval officer in uniform and cocked hat standing on a wooden deck, with steamboats on a river behind.

Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote, 1850

Engraved portrait of a naval officer in uniform with epaulettes, above a vignette of a sailing frigate on water.

Isaac Hull

George Graham, 1810

Maggie Mitchell

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and frilled white cravat, shown against a shaded background.

Henry Clay

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams standing by a pedestal with an open book, draped curtain and classical columns behind

John Quincy Adams

Thomas Gimbrede, 1820

John Singleton Copley

William Daniell, 1800

Oval tonal portrait of a man with wavy dark hair, white collar and dark jacket, captioned Lawrence Barrett.

Lawrence Barrett

J. Howard Collier, 1880

Engraved page showing seven portraits of men in frames, titled Members of President Lincoln's Cabinet.

Members of President Lincoln's Cabinet

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Oval lithograph portrait of a clergyman in black gown and white bands, with dark hair and side whiskers, dated 1850.

Manton Eastburn

Leopold Grozelier, 1850