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Lithograph portrait of Bishop Richard Allen, a bust-length man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, 1840.

Bishop Richard Allen

Bp. Richard Allen, 1840

Engraved portrait of seated John Hancock in period dress holding Continental Congress resolutions, with papers on the floor.

John Hancock

John Norman, 1780

Colored caricature of a standing man in a pinstriped suit and cap, smoking, with a heraldic shield and witty banner above.

H. C. Chatfield-Taylor

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark suit beside a globe, holding a rolled document, in a formal interior.

Franklin Pierce

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Hon. John Bell, Secretary of War.

John Bell

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Levi Woodbury

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved print with oval portrait of a man in a buttoned coat, laurel wreath frame, and a landscape vignette below.

Nathanael Greene

John Norman, 1780

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, titled Commissioner of the Land-Office.

James Whitcomb

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithographic portrait of Edwin Forrest, a man in a dark coat and cravat, turned three-quarters to the left, on aged paper.

Edwin Forrest

James Queen, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of James K. Polk seated in a gilded chair beside a bookshelf, with an Oregon document on a table.

James K. Polk

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame, bordered by telegraph poles, a ship, and landscape scenes.

Taliaferro Shaffner

Taliaferro Shaffner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman in a jeweled crown, pearl necklace and lace bodice with fur wrap, within an oval vignette.

Queen Isabella II

August Weger, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of George Washington standing with a sword, beside a table of books and an ornate chair.

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

James Heath, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Henry Clay seated in an ornate chair, wearing a dark coat and cravat.

Henry Clay

Samuel Sartain, 1860

Tom Loftin Johnson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Black and white lithograph oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark coat and high patterned collar.

Ebenezer Knight

Charles Fenderich, 1850

Framed line-drawn portrait of an older bald man in a waistcoat, with ornate border, signature and gallery caption.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Quincy Adams

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache in a dark suit, with handwritten dedication and signature below.

Henry Wolf Self-Portrait

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Lithographic oval portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform with a sword, captioned Gen. Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson

F. P. Whiting, 1861

Lithograph portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and bow tie, turned three-quarters to the left against a pale background.

Henry Clay

Albert Newsam, 1840

Wood engraving of James Fisk Jr., a man with a mustache in a dark coat, printed on a Harper's Weekly newspaper page.

James Fisk

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a decorative border with allegorical Union and Peace emblems.

Abraham Lincoln

Buttre & Momberger, 1860

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Tanner, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with embroidered collar and epaulettes, captioned Gen. Magruder.

John Bankhead Magruder

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Colored caricature of Senator William Andrews Clark with red hair and beard, black cloak and top hat, with a coat of arms at

William Andrews Clark

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Political cartoon of a man fishing from rocks for a human-faced fish holding a resignation paper, with a diplomacy bag beside

Hard Fish to Catch

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithographic portrait of Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky, a man with curly hair in a dark coat and cravat.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit resting one hand on a stack of books.

Abraham Lincoln

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Colored caricature of a bearded man in a dark frock coat holding a top hat, by Thomas Nast, 1870.

Consequential Damages

Thomas Nast, 1870

Zachary Taylor

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithograph of a standing man in a black suit beside a draped table, with marble columns and an American flag behind him.

James K. Polk

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Oval stipple engraving of John Adams in a dark coat and cravat, with powdered hair, on a cream sheet.

John Adams

Henry H. Houston, 1790

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with sidewhiskers and dark formal coat, labeled D. D. Barnard.

Daniel Dewey Barnard

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a watch chain, against a shadowed background.

Thomas Addis Emmet

John Rubens Smith, 1830

Hand-colored print of a man with wavy hair in an oval frame topped by an eagle with a shield reading Education.

George Washington Dixon

? - James C. Platt, 1840

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in a dark jacket and bow tie, within a red double-line border.

Raphael Semmes

Raphael Semmes, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Commodore Thomas MacDonough in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes, framed by an oak leaf wre

Thomas MacDonough

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and white cravat beside a green cushioned chair.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, 1830

Soft-toned print portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, gazing directly at the viewer.

Chester Harding

Chester Harding

Zachary Taylor

Edward Williams Clay, 1840

Engraved print of a man in military uniform in an oval laurel wreath, with an eagle, flags, and the word Libertas above.

George Washington

Robert Field, 1790

Lithograph bust portrait of an older man with white hair and dark coat, labeled Harrison, against a dark background.

William Henry Harrison

Henry R. Robinson, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned Senator from Missouri.

Dr. Lewis Fields Linn

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a mustached, goateed man in a military uniform with star-embroidered collar, labeled John Hunt Morgan.

John Hunt Morgan

J. L. Giles, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, hand resting on a book, titled John Trumbull Esq.

John Trumbull

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted naval uniform with anchor buttons, facing forward.

William Thomas Sampson

William Thomas Sampson, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark coat and cravat, with the signature Z. Taylor below.

Zachary Taylor

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and white cravat, seated beside a draped curtain.

Henry Clay

Jarvis Griggs Kellogg, 1830

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark cloak holding a book, titled Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

Charles Carroll

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in period dress holding a scroll labeled Farmer's Letters, with a printed verse below.

John Dickinson

Paul Revere, 1770

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sheet music cover with a stippled portrait of a mustached man in a suit with medals, titled In Memoriam L.M.G.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1870

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Hon. Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1850

Engraved portrait of Brig. Gen. John S. Williams in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News front page, with flags and cannon.

John Stuart Williams

W. B. Campbell, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man beside a Chickering grand piano, with a bust and draped curtains in an ornate room.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Sarony, Major & Knapp, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth standing in a blue military uniform with a sword, within an oval frame.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

N. Thomas, 1860

Lithograph portrait of Major General W.S. Rosecrans in dark military uniform with fringed epaulettes and sash belt, 1861.

William Starke Rosecrans

Engraved bust portrait of General Lafayette with curly hair and draped garment, with dedicatory inscription below.

Marquis De Lafayette

Davide Testí, 1830

Caricature of a standing man in a brown checked suit and pince-nez, holding a cigarette, from a 1900 Vanity Fair print.

Finley Peter Dunne

Leslie Ward, 1900

Henry Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with a mustache in a dark suit and cravat, gazing to the side.

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1861

Engraved portrait of an older man with a bald crown, dark coat and white collar, against a shadowy background.

William Dunlap

Max Rosenthal, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Lieutenant General J. C. Pemberton on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page, Richmond, 1863.

John Clifford Pemberton

A. Hurdle, 1861

Stipple engraving portrait of Edward Rutledge, a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair.

Edward Rutledge

James Earl, 1800