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Engraved bust portrait of a balding older man in a dark suit and patterned tie against a shaded background.

Marcus Alonzo Hanna

Jacques Reich, 1900

Colored caricature of a standing older man with white side whiskers, wearing a dark frock coat and holding a top hat.

Charles Francis Adams

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark military coat with epaulettes, by Jacques Reich, 1900.

Andrew Jackson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Lithograph of two young men seated together, one holding a violin and bow, in 19th-century dress.

Luigi Elena and Annibale Elena

Albert Newsam, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Andrew H. Foote, a bearded man in dark naval uniform with ribbed epaulettes, turned three-quarters.

Andrew Hull Foote

Caroline Street Leffingwell, 1850

Engraved caricature of a chained tiger labeled Democrat facing a uniformed officer, with signs about starving for offices.

General Inspection

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting on an ornate carved chair arm.

Henry Hubbard

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Hand-colored lithograph of Osceola standing with a long rifle, wearing a feathered turban, beaded sash and fringed robe.

Osceola

George Catlin, 1830

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams, seated in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate decorative border.

John Quincy Adams

Francis Kearney, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of clergyman Joseph Pilmore seated at a draped table with an open book, 1770.

Joseph Pilmore

John Norman, 1770

George Washington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Allardice, 1790

Lithographic portrait of a man with wavy hair in a high collar and double-breasted coat, with printed caption below.

Spencer Houghton Cone

Spencer Houghton Cone, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Major General Zachary Taylor in military uniform, with handwritten letter and signatures below.

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam, 1840

Satirical Puck cover by Opper showing a reclining man with chained dogs labeled Congress and Legislature and a prostrate eagl

William Henry Vanderbilt

Frederick Burr Opper, 1880

Portrait of an elderly bespectacled man with white beard and hair, wearing a dark coat with a gold watch chain.

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley, 1860

Wood engraving of a bearded man seated on a stool writing a Republican slate on an easel board, from Harper's Weekly.

Continue that I Broached in Jest

Thomas Nast, 1870

Paul I

J. E. Mansfield, 1820

Harlow Niles Higinbotham

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph of a standing man in a long coat, with a handwritten signature and caption 'The Author of The Sketch Book' below.

Washington Irving

Daniel Maclise, 1830

Mezzotint portrait of the Reverend James Honyman seated at a table with a book, wearing clerical gown and bands.

James Honyman

Samuel Okey, 1770

Stonewall Jackson

Daniel T. Cowell, 1861

Stippled black-and-white portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

John Macpherson Berrien

Albert Newsam, 1820

Henry Laurens

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high white collar, titled C. C. Clay, Senator from Alabama.

Clement Comer Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Etching of Washington Irving seated on a rock in a top hat, with a dog beside him, signed with his name below.

Washington Irving

James David Smillie, 1850

Engraved print of Baron Trenck standing chained in a stone dungeon, with an arched frame and a water jug at his feet.

Frederich Von Trenck

James Thackara, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with star collar insignia, within a gold-bordered frame.

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg, 1861

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joel Allen, 1790

Hand-colored portrait print of a seated man in a dark suit and bow tie with his hand on an open book.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Hollick

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sepia engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with handwritten note and small inset portrait below.

Ulysses S. Grant

Jacques Reich, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit, signed by Gustav Kruell in the lower right corner.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Gustav Kruell, 1890

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with thick hair in a dark overcoat, signed John Brown below.

John Brown

Thomas Murphy Johnston, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United Sta

Andrew Johnson

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved oval bust portrait of a man with wavy hair on the blue cover of The Whig Almanac for 1849.

Zachary Taylor

Benjamin F. Childs, 1840

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man with curled powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, labeled John Adams.

John Adams

Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1820

Grayscale lithographic portrait of a seated man in a dark double-breasted jacket and bow tie, captioned Alexander H. Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

J. L. Giles, 1860

Lithograph of General Tom Thumb, a small child in a suit, standing beside books, a quill, a bottle and glassware.

General Tom Thumb

Charles Baugniet, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a clergyman in dark robes and white bands collar, with inscription below naming Reverend John Clark

John Clarke

Samuel Hill, 1790

Hand-colored print of a rearing saddled horse above a fallen soldier in uniform beside a sword and tree.

Death of General Pike at L. York

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1800

Wood engraving page from the Illustrated London News showing a roadside signing scene and a farewell with mounted soldiers.

Jefferson Davis and Judah Philip Benjamin

Frank Vizetelly, 1860

Jacob Henry Schiff

Hermann Struck, 1910

Hand-colored print of a standing bearded man in a dark suit beside a red chair, column and draped curtains, with a quotation

Abraham Lincoln

William Marsh, 1860

Lithograph of seven oval portraits of men arranged in a circle within ornate scroll border, titled American Prohibitionists.

American Prohibitionists

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a dark-haired man above a printed Civil War era song sheet with two columns of verse.

Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in formal dress with a star medal on his lapel, captioned Kalakaua I, King of the Hawaiian

Kalakaua I

King David Kalakaua

Sepia lithograph portrait of a bearded, balding man in a military uniform with star collar insignia, labeled Gen. R. S. Ewell

Richard Stoddert Ewell

J. L. Giles, 1861

Lithograph portrait of William J. Le Moyne surrounded by seven vignettes of Dickens characters in arched frames with foliate

William J. Le Moyne

Joseph Edward Baker, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armour, framed by drapery, laurel, doves and a council scene below.

William II

Pieter Tanjé, 1740

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military uniform with a high collar and three stars, signed Albert Sidney Johnston.

Albert Sidney Johnston

George Edward Perine, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a dark overcoat and patterned waistcoat, by Charles Fenderich.

Le Grand Guerry Capers

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Thaddeus Stevens in dark suit and bow tie, framed by a laurel wreath, with name at bottom.

Thaddeus Stevens

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of seated Washington Allston in a fur-collared coat, holding a drawing compass beside paper.

Washington Allston

John Sartain, 1840

Engraved cartoon of a crowned figure on a Tammany throne flanked by armed attendants, titled The Power Behind the Throne.

The Tammany King-dom/ The Tammany Ring-dom

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark high-collared coat and cravat, captioned Senator from Kentucky.

John Jordan Crittenden

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit beside a table with a scroll reading LIBERTY, FREEDOM TO ALL.

John Brown

Anton Hohenstein, 1860

1900 campaign poster with oval portrait of W.J. Bryan, flags, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty and an octopus labeled Trusts.

William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with buttons and a collar star, captioned J.E.B. Stuart.

Jeb Stuart

J. L. Giles, 1861

Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted coat beside books, an inkwell and a quill pen.

Regis De Trobriand

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Dirck Ten Broeck

Isaac Hutton, 1800

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of James K. Polk in dark suit, seated before teal curtains and a classical building.

James K. Polk

James S. Baillie, 1840

Etching of a thin old man in a draped cloak watching a boy with a bucket and a loaf on a staircase.

Ye Vow

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a light jacket inside an ornate border with an eagle, titled National Plumbeotype Galle

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - D. Hoyt

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Joseph Reed

B. B. Ellis, 1780