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Engraved oval portrait of a woman in pearls and jeweled headdress, with Latin inscription and coats of arms, 1610.

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and chain of office, holding a book, with Latin inscription around the fram

Sir Edward Coke

Simon de Passe, 1610

Stephen (of Blois), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Edward the Black Prince in armour and feathered cap, with heraldic arms and inscription below.

Edward (The Black Prince), Prince of Aquitaine, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, hand resting on a globe, with inscription.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet within an ornate oval frame with heraldic emblems.

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Richard I in crown and armor holding a sword, with heraldic shields and inscribed text below.

Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a lace ruff and embroidered dress, with Latin inscriptions and a coat of arms.

Charles I, King of England

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Edward IV wearing a crown, holding a sceptre and orb, within an oval frame with heraldic shields.

Edward IV, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved frontispiece with oval portraits of King James I and Queen Anne, a winged trumpeter above, and full-length royal fig

James I, King of England/King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Queen

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, bearded, wearing a feathered hat and lace collar.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Baron Denbigh

Compton Holland, 1600

Engraved oval portrait of Richard III in royal robes, holding a scepter and orb, with Latin frame lettering and a caption bel

Richard III, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry VI crowned, holding orb and sceptre, with a text panel of biographical details below.

Henry VI, King of England and France

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in plumed hat and ruff, holding a baton, with ornate frame.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Compton Holland, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in a crown and fur-trimmed robe holding a flower, with Latin inscription and heraldic l

Edward V, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry de Vere, Earl of Oxford, in lace collar and patterned doublet, holding a baton, with scrolls.

Henry de Vere (Veere), 18th Earl of Oxford

Robert Vaughan, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, wearing a dark suit and tie against a shadowed background.

Theodore Roosevelt

James S. King, 1920

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar and cuffs, framed by a decorative cartouche and coat of arms.

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, bearded man in flat cap and ruff, within an oval scroll frame with cherubs.

Sir Thomas Gresham

Francis Delaram, 1610

Lithograph bust portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled James Thacher, M.D.

James Thacher

James Thacher, 1820

Engraved bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a stippled background.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with a full mustache, dark suit and tie, against a dark background.

Grover Cleveland

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark suit holding gloves, with a table at his side.

Joseph Hodges Choate

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Engraved portrait of a man in military uniform within an ornate border, with a signature and 'Maj. Gen. U.S. Army' caption.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Robert Patterson

Jr John Plumbe, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of Daniel Webster seated in a green chair beside books and an inkwell, with red drapery behind him.

Daniel Webster

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a man with powdered hair and white cravat, in a dark coat, within a ruled border.

Benjamin Rush

James Akin, 1800

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and blue robe pointing to a chart of symbols while holding a pipe.

Se-quo-yah

R. T, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark high-collared coat, with a handwritten quotation and signature "David Crockett" below.

David Crockett

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Lithograph of fourteen oval portrait medallions of men with names, titled Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880.

Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880

Nicholas Ford, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair and dark coat, labeled T. Jefferson, on a lined background.

Thomas Jefferson

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair and a cravat, labeled Hon. Rufus Choate, with signature.

Rufus Choate

John Adams Whipple, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman in a patterned gown beside a violin and carved chair, captioned Camilla Urso.

Camille Urso

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1860

Colored caricature of bearded James Abram Garfield with oversized head, brown jacket and green trousers, hands in pockets.

James Abram Garfield

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark period dress beside a desk and books, with classical columns and a landscape behind

James Monroe

Goodman & Piggot, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned John Warren M.D.

Dr. John Warren

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Engraved print of fifteen oval portraits of Confederate leaders under a banner reading Enemies of Our Union, with numbered ca

Enemies of our Union

Jefferson Davis, 1861

Pink poster with a line-drawn bearded man holding a hat, advertising Edwin Markham's article in The Saturday Evening Post.

Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham, 1890

Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson with white hair and dark coat against a stippled background.

Thomas Jefferson

David Edwin, 1800

Sheet music cover with oval portraits of nine Confederate generals around the title Our Generals, Lee at center.

Our Generals

Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 1861

Campaign print with oval portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin under an eagle and draped curtains, 1860.

Republican Banner for 1860

Cole Brothers, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, signed Henry W. Longfellow.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Black and white oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with stars on the collar.

Robert E. Lee

J. L. Giles, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark double-breasted coat and black stock, dated 1850.

Daniel Webster

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Captain John Smith in a ruff collar, with ships and a globe in the border.

John Smith

Simon de Passe, 1610

Sepia engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a dark coat and cravat, with a signature in the margin.

George William Curtis

Jacques Reich, 1900

Hand-colored caricature of a man's head on a black beetle body, titled HUM-BUG, on a cream paper sheet.

P.T. Barnum

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Oval black-and-white lithograph portrait of a balding man in spectacles, cravat and dark coat, signed Theodore Parker.

Theodore Parker

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

John Ferguson Weir

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with silver epaulettes, holding a sword, bust-length.

Franz Sigel

Christian Inger, 1861

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, wearing a double-breasted coat and white cravat.

Jared Sparks

Albert Newsam, 1830

John C. Calhoun

William Henry Brown, 1840

Caricature of P.T. Barnum playing a trumpet before a museum sign listing curiosities, printed on a Vanity Fair page.

P.T. Barnum

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Lithographic portrait of a man with dark tousled hair in a dark cloak and white collar, hand on chest, turned to the side.

Samuel Lewis Southard

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with three collar stars, signed, on cream paper.

Robert E. Lee

Minnis & Cowell, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Gurdon Saltonstall in a powdered wig and white cravat, with a caption naming him Governor of Connec

Gurdon Saltonstall

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man in a pale robe with dark fur collar and red necklace, titled Ong-Pa-Ton-Ga.

Ong-pa-ton-ga

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat beside a desk with quill, inkwell and books.

James Monroe

Nicolas Maurin, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with swept dark hair, high collar and bow tie, on cream paper.

John Walker Maury

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Charles McLean Andrews

Jacques Reich, 1890

Thomas Jefferson

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Sheet music cover with seven oval portraits of uniformed Confederate officers and ribbon banners listing names, titled In Mem

In Memory of the Confederate Dead

Albert Sidney Johnston, 1861

Lithographic bust portrait of a man in dark clerical dress with white bands, holding a book, captioned Rev. John T. Kirkland.

John Thornton Kirkland

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Caricature of Peter Cooper beside a barrel marked SPECIE, on a Vanity Fair cover page from 1862.

Peter Cooper

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Charles Sumner

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithographed sheet music cover with a bust portrait of Daniel Webster in a frock coat, titled Funeral March.

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster, 1840

Engraved sheet with seven oval portraits of women in period dress arranged in a cluster on a pale background.

Representative Women

L. Schamer, 1870

Oval lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and bow tie, resting his arm on an upholstered chair.

William Winston Seaton

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a double-breasted Confederate-style military uniform with epaulettes, mustache, and wavy

Robert E. Lee

Charles G. Crehen, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man with tousled dark hair and a mustache, in a suit and tie, on tan paper.

Albert Einstein

Max Liebermann, 1920

Tonal lithograph portrait of a man in a suit and bow tie, labeled Booker T. Washington, against a shaded background.

Booker T. Washington

Elmer Chickering, 1900

Engraved full-length portrait of Daniel Webster standing beside a draped table, with a carved chair and statue behind him.

Daniel Webster

Joseph Andrews, 1850

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of Jonathan Edwards in a powdered wig and clerical bands, on a pedestal with inscription.

Jonathan Edwards

Amos Doolittle, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and cravat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, published by C. Smith, New York.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 1790

Caricature of William Lloyd Garrison smoking a long pipe, with fairies in the smoke, on a Vanity Fair cover from 1862.

William Lloyd Garrison

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Baron von Steuben

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Oval lithograph portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and bow tie, on a cream background.

Benjamin Silliman

Rudolf Hoffmann, 1850

Caricature of a bearded man with spectacles and wild hair standing in a long coat, on a Vanity Fair magazine cover.

Samuel F. B. Morse

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Charles Thomson

B. B. Ellis, 1780

William James

Alexander Robertson James

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man with curly gray hair, dark coat and white cravat, signed Edward Everett.

Edward Everett

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved portrait of an older man with curly white hair, dark coat and white cravat, signed John W. Francis.

John Wakefield Francis

William G. Jackman, 1860

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with dark swept-back hair, white collar and dark coat, with handwritten inscription below

David Crockett

Albert Newsam, 1830

Poster with a bearded man in a brown suit against orange, above text announcing a Harper's February article.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Edward Penfield, 1890

Hand-colored portrait print of a man in a blue military-style coat with gold epaulettes and a white cravat.

Push-ma-ta-ha

John William Gear, 1830

John Tyler

Albert Newsam, 1840

Lithograph portrait of Daniel Webster, seated in a dark coat and white cravat, hand resting on a chair arm.

Daniel Webster

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled T. Jefferson, below the oval.

Thomas Jefferson

John Scoles, 1800

Colour lithograph bust portrait of an older man with white curly hair in a dark coat and high collar, titled Hon. Edward Ever

Edward Everett

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat standing by a desk with a quill and inkwell, framed paintings behind h

William Potts Dewees

M. E. D. Brown, 1830

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark cloak beside a table with books and a carved chair.

Robert E. Lee

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Colour caricature of a stout man with pince-nez cutting food at a dining table, captioned Barnum, Vanity Fair.

P.T. Barnum

Leslie Ward, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a man with dark wavy hair and white cravat, captioned Daniel Webster, after a painting by Frothingham.

Daniel Webster

James Frothingham, 1830

Oval brown stipple engraving of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair, white cravat and dark coat, with title inscription below

Thomas Jefferson

Edward Orme, 1800

Lithographic oval portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a handwritten inscription on aged paper below.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Leopold Grozelier, 1840

Sepia engraved portrait of a balding man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a stern gaze, signed by Jacques Reich.

William McKinley

Jacques Reich, 1861