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Hand-colored print of a deathbed scene under a gold-trimmed canopy, with mourners and a clergyman gathered around the bed.

Death of Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a Chippewa man with face paint, feathered headdress and green blanket.

No-Tin - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Mary Anderson

Olaf Almquist, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a uniformed officer with mustache, beneath an eagle holding an American flag.

George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan, 1850

Caricature ink drawing of a bald, mustached man in a checked suit, captioned 'Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone!'

Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Hand-colored print of a standing Seminole man with feathered headdress, green tunic and red leggings, holding a rifle.

Asseola - A Seminole Leader

H. D, 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

Me-te-a - A Pottawatomie Chief

R. T, 1830

Engraved portrait of seated Fisher Ames in dark coat and white cravat, holding a rolled paper, on a printed book page.

Fisher Ames

John Boyd, 1810

Magazine page with engraved portraits of two men, an illustration of an old church, and printed text columns.

The Brothers Meade, Daguerreotypists, New York

Henry William Mathew Meade, 1850

Etching of a woman in a long dark dress viewed from behind, looking at framed paintings in a gallery interior.

Mary Cassatt au Louvre

Edgar Degas, 1920

Hand-colored print of a man with face paint, holding feathered arrows and wearing a striped shirt and beaded sash.

Mistippee

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with powdered hair, framed by a patterned border.

John Sullivan

Robert Pollard, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of King George III in ermine robe, framed by a crown and laurel swags, 1770.

King George III

Robert Pollard, 1770

Oval engraved portrait of General Grant and family on a colonnaded terrace, with a domed building behind them.

General Grant and Family

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Saint-Mémin folio 1

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of a man in military coat, with an eagle holding an American flag above and caption text below.

James Henry Lane

James Henry Lane, 1850

Engraved portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled P.S. Physick M.D. P.S.

Philip Syng Physick

Bass Otis, 1810

Hand-colored print of Naw-kaw, a Winnebago chief, in feathered headdress, holding a ceremonial pipe and wearing silver medals

Naw-kaw

Henry Inman, 1830

Engraved portrait of Major General George E. Pickett on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page, 1864.

George Pickett

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and blue robe, with a silver medal on a cord, captioned Se-loc-ta, a Creek Chief.

Se-loc-ta - A Creek Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Hand-colored print portrait of Little-Crow, a Sioux chief, in a fur robe and green neckerchief against a cream background.

Little-Crow

Henry Inman, 1830

Seated woman in a lace veil and shawl, rendered in a black-and-white lithograph portrait from 1850.

Madame Eliza Jumel

Alexandre Collette, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in uniform beneath an eagle holding an American flag, captioned Captain Wilkes.

Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin text around the frame.

John Foxe

Martin Droeshout, 1630

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned The General Jackson.

Andrew Jackson

Jules Lion, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a Pawnee chief with red feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and fur-trimmed robe.

Shar-i-tar-ish - A Pawnee Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Reuben Lindsay

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Oval stipple engraving portrait of John Jay in dark coat and white cravat, captioned below on a book page.

John Jay

Peter Maverick, 1800

Oval colour portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

Elijah C. Middleton, 1860

Anthony Wayne

Benjamin Tanner, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of General Henry Warner Slocum in uniform, with an eagle and American flag above.

Henry Warner Slocum

Henry Warner Slocum, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Col. E. E. Ellsworth in military uniform and kepi, with an eagle and flag above.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1850

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Etched half-length portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache and wavy dark hair, head tilted downward.

Bernhard Gutmann Self-Portrait

Bernhard Gutmann, 1930

Engraving of men in top hats examining plans in a patent office with labeled wooden drawers, on a Harper's Weekly page.

Examiners at Work

Theodore Russell Davis, 1860

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with dark hair, bare shoulders and a draped cloth, looking to the side.

O-hya-wa-mince-kee - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Col. Benjamin Church, a man in a coat and cravat, with a printed caption below.

Col. Benjamin Church

Paul Revere, 1710

John Trippe

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a clergyman in a wig and clerical bands, with caption The Rev. Wm. Romaine A.M. below.

Reverend William Romaine

Joel Allen, 1800

Cornelia Schuyler Morton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a balding man with a mustache and bow tie, topped by an eagle and flag, on a book page.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man with powdered hair holding a book, titled John Trumbull Esq.

John Trumbull

Elkanah Tisdale, 1800

Stipple engraving of a seated man with curly hair in a dark coat, holding a book, captioned M. M. Noah.

Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States

Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1810

Engraved page with two Pawnee portraits and a White House scene of Native delegations presented to officials.

Transatlantic Sketches.- Interview of Indians with the "Great Father."

founded Illustrated London News, 1850

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Caa-tou-see, an Ojibway man, with feathered headdress and folded arms.

Caa-tou-see

John T. Bowen, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in fringed buckskin, feathered headdress, and beaded necklaces, holding a feathered

Joc-O-Sot

John M. McGahey, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled Wm. Bradford 1800.

William Bradford, Jr.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Etched portrait of a man's head and shoulders with a pale lock of hair, set against dense diagonal hatching.

Whistler with White Lock

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Colour lithograph of a bearded officer in blue uniform with gold sash, seated holding a sword, with a Judge masthead.

William T. Sherman

Napoleon Sarony, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Lord Darnley in plumed hat and ruff, with heraldic shields and an inscription band.

Henry Stuart (Stewart), Lord Darnley

George Humble, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, with his name Robt. B. Elliot in script below.

Robt. B. Elliot

George Edward Perrine, 1860

Engraved portrait of John Jay seated in a dark judicial robe with white collar, one hand resting on a column.

John Jay

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Fabanna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a seated Ojibway woman in red jacket, blue ribbons and plumed headdress beside a small table.

Tshusick

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraving of a man in a coat raising a knife toward a shirtless man in a room with a chair and table.

Breaking Him In

Theophilus Collins, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of Charles Stratton as General Tom Thumb standing among oversized desk objects and books.

Charles Sherwood Stratton

F. F. Crugar, 1840

Harper's Weekly page, June 1860, with an engraved portrait of a Japanese man with topknot and sword beside columns of text.

Our Japanese Visitor "Tommy" Among the Ladies of Washington

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Sepia lithograph of a Japanese conference room where uniformed Western officers and Japanese men sit on folding chairs.

Hakodadi Conference Room

Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1850

Engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton in a dark coat and white cravat, with powdered hair, in three-quarter view.

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Field, 1800

Lithograph portrait of William Henry Harrison in military uniform, flanked by soldiers, flags, cannons and an eagle.

William Henry Harrison

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Caricature of a man in a straw boater hat and black suit holding a cane, with a heraldic shield and motto at upper right.

William Collins Whitney

Max Cramer, 1900

Lithograph portrait of Colonel Michael Corcoran in uniform, holding a sword, with a sash and kepi cap.

Michael Corcoran

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a rustic chair, with a drape, a house with horses, and trees behind him.

Zachary Taylor

Joseph Andrews, 1840