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Engraved portrait of a man in a cravat within an ornate foliate border with an eagle at the top, labeled Rev. Dr. Dewey.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Orville Dewey

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with star collar insignia, titled Joseph E. Johnst

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

J. L. Giles, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat seated beside a drawing board, signed John Sartain.

John Sartain Self-Portrait

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved full-length portrait of James Madison standing beside a draped table with a globe, documents, and quill.

James Madison

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man with a long white beard, in three-quarter view against a dark background.

William Morris Hunt

Gustav Kruell, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, dark high-collared coat and folded arms, captioned James Fenimore Cooper.

James Fenimore Cooper

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1830

Engraved portrait of a seated clergyman in a dark coat and white bands, gesturing toward an open book on a lectern.

Samson Occom

Jonathan Spilsbury, 1760

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, head turned slightly left, with a printed signature below.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gerarde A. Klucken, 1880

John Quincy Adams

Napoleon Sarony, 1840

Black-and-white lithograph portrait of Gov. John Endicott in dark robes and white collar, holding an ornate object.

John Endecott

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with curled hair, epaulettes and high collar, captioned Gen'l Wool.

John Ellis Wool

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Colored lithograph of a fish with a caricatured man's head wearing spectacles and holding a money bag, with a ship on water.

Francis Martin Drexel

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Stipple engraving portrait of Stephen Decatur in a naval uniform with epaulette, within a dotted oval border.

Stephen Decatur

David Edwin, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and high white collar, turned to the right, with books at left.

Fitz-Greene Halleck

Albert Newsam, 1820

John Hancock

John Hancock, 1770

Political cartoon of a uniformed officer with a sword beside a doll, surrounded by captions on a Harper's Weekly page.

A Financial Mistake

Thomas Nast, 1861

Hand-colored caricature of a laughing bald man in a dark coat raising a gilded goblet marked MVB, with a caption below.

A Beautiful Goblet of White-House Champagne

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1840

Oval framed portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie, with ornate scrolled border and handwritten caption below.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Wood engraving of Robert Toombs in a dark suit with cravat, surrounded by columns of printed text from Harper's Weekly.

Robert Augustus Toombs

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with curly hair and white cravat, signed Samuel Dexter, dated 1820.

Samuel Dexter

Thomas Edwards, 1820

Charles Loring Elliott

George Kasson Knapp, 1870

Engraved caricature of a bearded man playing piano amid scattered political song sheets, with a monkey painting and dome outs

Played Out

Thomas Nast, 1861

Samuel Huntington

Burnet Reading, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military uniform above a scene of officers shaking hands at Yorktown.

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Engraved political cartoon of a man writing at a desk beside an easel caricature, with newspapers and a peacock feather aroun

We Are Not Proud

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in an ornate military uniform with epaulettes, sword, and draped curtain behind him.

William Henry Harrison

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on an open book.

William Ellery Channing

William Hoogland, 1820

Etched portrait of a seated man in a dark suit leaning on a carved armchair, with a red label reading Field, Eugene.

Eugene Field

William Henry Warren Bicknell, 1900

Henry Clay

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved bust-length portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed Jos. Hopkinson.

Joseph Hopkinson

John Sartain, 1830

Oval lithographic portrait of a mustached man in a dark coat, framed by an ornate border with an eagle and angels.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - William Watson, III

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Philip Armour

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, with the signature Eli Whitney beneath.

Eli Whitney

David C. Hinman, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with epaulettes and sword, captioned General William H. Harrison, The Hero.

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison, 1830

Lithographic oval portrait of a man in a double-breasted coat and cravat, with a handwritten inscription below.

Gerrit Smith

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Major General John A. Logan in a blue uniform with gold buttons and star shoulder straps.

John Alexander Logan

John Alexander Logan, 1861

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark coat and cravat, signed by Charles Fenderich.

Richard Montgomery Young

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved print of a uniformed officer standing beside a grey horse in a forested landscape, sword at his side.

George Brinton McClellan

Chapin & Stephens, 1860

Caricature of two men, one in a brown robe with halo and wings holding kerosene oil and a penny, one in a dark suit.

John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Albert Levering, 1900

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with tousled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Lafayette.

Marquis De Lafayette

Nicolas Maurin, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a seated man in a grey coat holding an open book, with red curtain and green drapery behi

Martin Van Buren

Daniel Wright Kellogg, 1830

Hand-colored print of General Zachary Taylor on a white horse in military dress, with troops in the distant landscape.

Zachary Taylor

H. Bucholzer, 1840

Engraved sketch of Thaddeus Stevens seated in a chair carried by two assistants beside a stone column, from a newspaper page.

Thaddeus Stevens Being Conveyed to the House of Representatives

James Early Taylor, 1860

Punch cartoon of two top-hatted men walking with a feathered-hat soldier behind, captioned Very Probable, 1864.

Jefferson Davis

Sir John Tenniel, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a balding man with curled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Abbott Lawrence

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of George Washington with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, within a ruled border.

George Washington

Thomas Holloway, 1790

Lithographic bust portrait of an older man with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned James Lloyd, M.D.

James Lloyd

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Marquis de Lafayette

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, 1790

Etched portrait of a seated young girl with long hair in an armchair, hands folded, inscribed 'Annie' below.

Annie Harriet Haden

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man with mustache in a double-breasted military coat, titled P.G.T. Beauregard.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

William Sartain, 1861

Engraved portrait of George Washington in military uniform beside a tent opening, with an eagle emblem and inscription below.

George Washington

John Galland, 1800

Etching of a man with wavy hair and mustache in an oval frame topped by drapery, by Edouard Manet.

Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1880

Lithograph portrait of John C. Spencer, Secretary of the Treasury, shown in dark coat and cravat, turned three-quarters.

John Canfield Spencer

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell, 1900

Lithograph of a standing man in a dark coat gesturing with papers in a draped room with an eagle banner and flag.

Richard Mentor Johnson

A. A. Hoffay, 1830

John Charles Fremont

George Edward Perine, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a young man in a dark uniform with a sash and medals, captioned Alphonse XII, Roi d'Espagne.

King Alphonse XII

August Weger, 1900

Advertising poster showing a man in a suit beside a brass phonograph with a cylinder, titled Edison's Phonograph.

Edison's Phonograph

Alfred S. Seer Engraver, 1870

Political cartoon of a hog and a thin figure hanging from a beam, labeled Republican and Democratic, on a Harper's Weekly pag

This Terrible Suspense Still Continues

Thomas Nast, 1880

Hand-colored print of Abraham Lincoln standing beside books and red drapery, with a window and trees behind him.

Abraham Lincoln

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, 1850

Lithograph of a man in fringed buckskin costume and feathered hat holding a rifle, captioned Mr Hackett as Nimrod Wild-fire.

James Henry Hackett

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Doney, 1860

Sepia lithograph portrait of a bald, bespectacled man with a full beard in a dark coat and cravat, captioned Hon. Horace Gree

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley, 1870

Pencil drawing of a man with curled hair and high white cravat, labeled Le Gl Lafayette beneath the figure.

Marquis De Lafayette