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Etching portrait of a woman with dark hair and a high-collared dark dress, gazing toward the viewer.

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Anders Zorn, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of George I in ceremonial robe and periwig, with Latin inscription below.

George I

John Smith, 1710

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and white collar, with printed caption below, by Amos Doolittle.

John Winthrop, Jr.

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military uniform and tricorn hat, framed by laurels, a flag, cannon and shield

George Washington

Jean-Victor Dupin, 1770

Lithographic portrait of a woman with flower-decorated curls and a fur-trimmed dark cloak, with caption naming Harriet Beeche

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cartau, 1840

Colour print of a seated man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with handwritten text on a pink background.

Charles Stanley Reinhart

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1890

Oval mezzotint portrait of Cotton Mather in a dark gown, white clerical bands and full periwig, with Latin inscription below.

Cotton Mather

Peter Pelham, 1720

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and fur-trimmed cloak, with a handwritten signature below.

William Rufus Devane King

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson in a dark coat, seated with hands clasped, against a shaded background.

Thomas Jefferson

John Neagle, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and cravat, with signature Chas. L. Reason below.

Charles L. Reason

John Chester Buttre, 1850

Black and white caricature of men around a round table with glasses, one standing man smoking a cigar, labeled with names.

Newton Booth Tarkington

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress, lace collar and ruffled bonnet, titled Mary Ashton Livermore.

Mary Ashton Livermore

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall hat and ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions in an ornate frame.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban

Simon de Passe, 1610

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, captioned Will.m Penn, on a book page.

Sir William Penn

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Engraving of a dying man in bed holding hands with a seated man in a dark suit in a simple bedroom interior.

Death of Romulus Hall

d. Romulus Hall, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of bearded James G. Blaine on the 1880 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper page.

James G. Blaine

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a policeman blocks two men with Tammany hats at a civil service reform doorway.

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated at a desk with a quill pen and open book, signed Benjamin Rush.

Benjamin Rush, M.D.

Richard W. Dodson, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of David Rittenhouse, a man with wavy hair in period coat and cravat, on an aged printed page.

David Rittenhouse

Henry H. Houston, 1790

Print of four miniature performers in Victorian dress in a central parlor scene, framed by ornate vignettes and a carriage.

General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren Stratton, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Engraved portrait of a woman with wire-rimmed glasses, dark hair drawn back, and a floral brooch on a light collar.

Grace Anne Lewis, Earnest in the Cause

Grace Anna Lewis, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Col. W. W. Seaton, Mayor of Washi

William W. Seaton

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Black and cream silhouette print of a man in white suit, boater hat and bow tie holding a cigarette and cane.

James Weldon Johnson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Satirical lithograph of costumed men in ruffs around a seated Falstaff caricature, with speech balloons and a bag labeled Spo

Spoons as Falstaff Mustering the Impeachment Managers

Thomas Worth, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of Benjamin Silliman, a white-haired man in a dark coat and bow tie holding spectacles.

Benjamin Silliman

Philip M. Whelpley, 1850

Hand-colored print of a man's head on a black beetle's body with six jointed legs and clawed feet.

Hum-Bug

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with spectacles resting his head on his hand beside a desk with a quill and book.

Benjamin Rush

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved portraits of William Craft, a bearded man in a dark jacket, and Ellen Craft, a woman in an ornate bonnet, on a book

William and Ellen Craft

William Craft, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a balding man in a striped suit and bow tie, captioned William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia.

William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia, Officers of the Road

William Whipper, 1870

Frederick Douglass

Etched portrait of a bearded man in round eyeglasses and dark jacket, turned in three-quarter view against hatched background

Theodore Roosevelt

Anders Zorn, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Millard Fillmore seated in black suit, holding a folded letter before gold drapery.

Millard Fillmore

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Black and white lithograph of a deathbed scene with mourning men in suits gathered around a man lying in a carved bed.

The Death of Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1870

Geometric black-and-white print of a stylized man in a top hat and dark suit, captioned with Theodore Roosevelt's name.

Theodore Roosevelt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraving of a cadet reading his defense at a table before seated and standing officers in a formal room with tall windows.

Court-Martial of James W. Smith, The Colored Cadet

Albert Berghaus, 1870

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress with lace collar, holding an open book in her lap.

Margaret Fuller

Johnson Fry & Co, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Theodore Frelinghuysen, seated at a table with a book and scroll, green drapery behind.

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a high white collar and dark bow tie, captioned Hon. Henry Wilson.

Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson, 1850

Caricature of Andrew Carnegie in dark suit, bow tie, spectacles and wide-brimmed hat, walking on a pale background.

Andrew Carnegie

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Sheet music cover with lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, titled Blaine's Triumphal March.

James Gillespie Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine, 1880

Colorful 1890 chromolithograph family record with portrait medallions, a blank genealogy table, and scenes of slavery, school

Afro-American Historical Family Record

James M. Vickroy, 1890

Hand-colored engraving of a man lying in bed attended by visitors and a woman in a pink dress in an ornate room.

James A. Garfield

William Allen Rogers, 1880

Colour lithograph portrait of a mustached man in a dark overcoat leaning on a cabinet of books, captioned Grover Cleveland.

Grover Cleveland

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Caricature of William Howard Taft as a large plaid-suited figure with small animals labeled Tariff and Veto beside him.

William Howard Taft

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of Wong Chin Foo seated in dark robe and skullcap, printed on a Harper's Weekly page with article text.

Wong Chin Foo

George Gardner Rockwood, 1870

Engraved portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet and shawl, captioned Lucretia Mott.

Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott, 1870

Engraved page from Harper's Weekly showing seven male portraits of the seceding South Carolina delegation.

The Seceding South Carolina Delegation

Winslow Homer, 1861

Thomas Jefferson

Max Rosenthal, 1900

Engraving of a man emerging from a wooden crate labeled 'This side up with care' while men in period dress look on.

Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown, 1870

Oval engraved portrait of Franz Sigel in military coat, with an eagle holding an American flag above.

Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a patterned shawl, hand to temple, eyes closed, holding an open book.

Margaret Fuller

Frederick T. Stuart, 1860

Pencil portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, looking directly at the viewer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, labeled Gen. Lee, on a gold-bordered mount.

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee, 1861

Printed broadsheet with temple-like layout, four oval portraits of early American leaders, and dense text panels.

The First Great Western Empire

Jonathan Clark, 1810

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a draped curtain behind him and a caption naming James Monro

James Monroe

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Engraving of a military court of inquiry with uniformed officers, a man holding up a map, and an inset portrait of Johnson C.

The West Point Outrage-The Court of Inquiry in Session

William Allen Rogers, 1880

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, white cap and lace collar, with signature Mary A. Livermore below.

Mary A. Livermore

Charles Schlecht, 1860

Oval stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 1800

Engraved bust portrait of an older woman in a white head covering and dark shawl, above printed text on a book page.

Catherine Ferguson

Benson John Lossing, 1850

Caricature line drawing of Woodrow Wilson with long face, rimmed glasses, and horizontal line background.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Tonal lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair, hand on chin, wearing a dark jacket.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with dark hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, captioned Miss Mary J. Safford.

Mary Jane Safford

John Sartain, 1860

Emily Elizabeth Parsons

John Sartain, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a military coat with star insignia, captioned Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Robert E. Lee

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Caricature of bearded Charles A. Dana seated at a desk with letters in a wicker basket, from Men of the Day series.

Charles A. Dana

Augustus P. Dunlop, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Robert Purvis.

Robert Purvis, Station Master on the Road

Robert Purvis, 1870

Engraving of a seated woman in a chair being traced for a silhouette by a man, with a candle lit beside them.

Silhouette Machine

Rudolph Schellenburg, 1770

Oval lithograph portrait of General Winfield Scott in dark military uniform with epaulettes, bearded, facing forward.

General Winfield Scott

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Stonewall Jackson

Ernest Crehen, 1861

Engraved portrait of a young man in a braided cadet jacket and high white collar, with the caption Henry O. Flipper, as a Cad

Henry O. Flipper, as a Cadet

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraved memorial poster with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with dates and a quotation below.

Memento Mori

Anthony Berger, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of Sir William Segar, Garter Principal King of Arms, in lace collar and cloak, with a heraldic crest a

Sir William Segar

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry VIII holding a sceptre and orb, wearing a feathered hat and jeweled costume.

Henry VIII, King of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved bust portrait of a man with short hair and a striped cravat, with the name Henry D. Thoreau written below.

Henry David Thoreau

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1850

Engraved print of the Senate chamber in 1850, a standing speaker addressing seated senators with spectators in the gallery.

United States Senate Chamber

Robert Whitechurch, 1850

Hand-colored antique map of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay with mountains, forests, compass rose and framed Native vignettes.

Powhatan

Dirck Grijp, 1610

Oval lithograph portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat.

Horace Greeley

A. L. Edwards, 1870

Woodcut title page of Russell's American Almanack showing an oval portrait of a man in a tricorn hat between allegorical figu

Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Ezekiel Russell, 1770

Engraved cartoon of a man uncorking a bottle holding a caricature labeled Butler Bottled Again, with a figure in a cradle.

Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger

Thomas Nast, 1861

Engraving of George Washington ascending on clouds with winged angels above a tomb, mourners and an eagle below.

Commemoration of Washington or Apotheosis of Washington

John James Barralet, 1800

Hand-colored print of a violent struggle on a ship deck, with armed men with cane knives and a uniformed captain in yellow.

Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress with white collar and hair net, titled Miss Hattie A. Dada.

Miss Hattie A. Dada

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a man with swept hair, white cravat and dark coat, signed William Ellery Channing.

William Ellery Channing

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Poster of a robed figure raising an arm toward a red cross on dark background, titled The Roll Call, A Masque of the Red Cros

The Roll Call

Arnold Genthe, 1910

Hand-colored engraving of a body-painted leader beside a European nobleman, with dancers and a ritual sacrifice scene behind.

Sacrifice of the first-born

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Lithographic portrait of a curly-haired man in wire-rimmed glasses, cravat and waistcoat, with a signature below.

Mathew B. Brady

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark jacket and white cravat, hand resting on a patterned cushion.

Edward Africanus

Edward C. Africanus, 1850

Hand-colored print of President Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman firing from behind an American flag.

Assassination of President Lincoln

Major Henry Riggs Rathbone, 1861

Sepia oval lithograph portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed James Buchanan.

James Buchanan

John H. Sherwin, 1850

Oval black-and-white lithograph portrait of Gen. Franklin Pierce, a man with curly hair in a dark suit and cravat.

Franklin Pierce

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Printed advertisement with two engraved prize medals announcing M. B. Brady's award at the 1851 London World's Fair for dague

M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

Mathew B. Brady, 1840

Printed Proclamation of Emancipation with Lincoln's portrait, an eagle, flags, and framed vignettes of labor, a steamboat, an

Proclamation of Emancipation

William Roberts, 1860

Sepia poster of oval portraits of women framed by floral borders, with the title Representative Women of Deseret across the c

Representative Women of Deseret

Augusta Joyce Crocheron, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of Major General George H. Thomas in uniform, framed by Civil War battle scenes and an eagle.

George H. Thomas

John Chester Buttre, 1861

Rose Elizabeth Cleveland

John Chester Buttre, 1880