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Hand-colored print of a standing Ojibwe chief in feathered headdress, fringed blanket, and beaded leggings, holding a pipe.

Okee-makee-quid

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored engraving of a tree-lined Philadelphia street with brick houses, a carriage, and people in period dress.

View in Third Street from Spruce

William Russell Birch, 1800

Hand-colored illustration of a colorful bird with a woman's head in a yellow bonnet, perched on a stalk with a hatbox.

Milliner Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a winged figure of Cruelty on a cloud above a prison ship, with hands reaching from the hold below.

"The Columbiad" -- Cruelty Presiding Over the Prison Ship

James Neagle, 1800

Engraved portrait of a balding man with curly hair and neckerchief, arms folded on a ledge, with leaves and mountains behind.

John James Audubon

John James Audubon, 1840

Hand-colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with striped awnings and columns.

Patent Office

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Hand-colored lithograph of a hummingbird with a bearded man's head, perched among willow branches and flower spikes.

Humming Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Caricature of two men with large heads on winged cherub bodies leaning on a ledge, with small comic figures in clouds above.

Robson & Crane

Stuart Robson, 1880

Engraving of a nude statue with a mirror in a colonnade, while robed figures discard helmets and weapons before it.

"The Columbiad" -- The Final Resignation of Prejudices

Hand-colored print of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington with columns, carriage and pedestrians.

U.S. Patent Office

Edward Sachse & Co

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside white military tents and an American flag.

Elmer Ellsworth

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithograph of a mounted officer in uniform raising his hat on a black horse, with soldiers marching in the background.

L. S. Rosseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau, 1860

Lithograph of a bearded officer in uniform raising a sword on a rearing horse, on grassy ground.

John Alexander McClernand

John Alexander McClernand, 1860

John Marshall

Lithograph of Benjamin F. Butler in military uniform beside a grey horse, with troops, a flag and ships behind him.

Benjamin F. Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Engraving of two rowboats with men fighting with oars and poles on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Fight in Chesapeake Bay

Thomas Sipple, 1870

Bird's-eye engraving of Washington D.C. and the Potomac River with ships, street grid, and a numbered key of landmarks.

Washington D.C. and its Vicinity

Hand-coloured caricature of a man with a giraffe's spotted neck and legs, wearing a top hat and red jacket, smoking a pipe.

Giraffe

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Etching of a seated man in a wide hat sketching among standing onlookers, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

J. A. M. Whistler Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Engraving of people descending a wooded bank to a schooner at night, with wagons among trees and a moon over water.

Heavy Weights - Arrival of a Party at League Island

John Osler, 1870

Lithograph of James Shields on a rearing horse, raising a sword as soldiers and a bugler advance behind him.

James Shields

James Shields, 1860

Engraved illustration of a man in a long coat attacking another man with a knife beside a columned porch.

Knifing His Victim

Harry Grimes, 1870

DeWitt Clinton

William Henry Brown, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a telescope, with a camp scene behind.

Zachary Taylor

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1840

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay seated under a tree with a spaniel, a cow and a farmhouse in the background.

Henry Clay

Henry S. Sadd, c. 1811 - 24 Nov, 1840

Engraving of a winged devil-like woman holding a Free Love placard above a struggling family on a rocky mountain path.

Get Thee Behind Me, (Mrs.) Satan!

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur-trimmed coat, with spectacles and a book on the table before him.

Benjamin Franklin

Printed 1840 broadside of Log Cabin Anecdotes with framed vignettes of William Henry Harrison's life and central text columns

Log Cabin Anecdotes

J. P. Guffing, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a naval officer in uniform with bicorne hat on a ship deck, holding a spyglass and sword.

David Glasgow Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut, 1861

Engraved battle scene with officers on horseback, smoke-filled ridges, fallen soldiers and American and British flags.

Battle of New Orleans

Joseph Yeager, 1810

Engraving of Mirabeau greeted in a forest by robed men, a winged genius holding a Free France banner, and a rowboat.

Mirabeau Arrive Aux Champs Élisées

Louis-Joseph Masquelier, 1790

Etching of a man in a hat hauling a line in shallow water toward a smoking cone device, with a shore crowd and flag behind.

Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Hyrum and Joseph Smith

Hyrum Smith, 1840

Colour print of a crowd before a columned classical building with a clock tower and balcony spectators.

Inauguration of Davis

James Massalon, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of an elderly white-haired man in a long dark coat beside a stone column, holding a top hat and cane.

Andrew Jackson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and an eagle.

Charlotte Shaw

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved scene of a man in a dark coat greeting a crowd of robed men and porters beside thatched huts, with an American flag

Stanley Meeting Livingstone

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a bearded man, ornate lettering, and decorative borders, dated 1870.

William Marcy Tweed

William Magear Tweed, 1870

Colored print of a ceremonial shoreline landing with uniformed troops, robed officials, banners, and many ships anchored in t

Landing of Commodore Perry, Officers and Men of the Squadron, to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Yoku-hama, Japan,…

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Hand-colored print of officers aiding a wounded major beside a black horse, with a cannon and battle smoke behind.

Major Ringgold, Mortally Wounded

Edward Williams Clay, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer beside a cannon, American flag, map and sailing ships.

John Ellis Wool

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Lithograph of a seated man in civilian dress conferring with uniformed officers gathered among rocks and trees.

Council of War

Peter Kramer, 1861

Etching of an armored, plumed figure with a spear striding through a busy street with horses, signs, and a seated woman.

Bombastes, Conqueror of New Orleans

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bare-chested boxer in a fighting stance, with white breeches and sailing ships on a distant coast.

Tom Molineaux

John Young, 1800

Caricature of a uniformed admiral striding over Manila harbor with an American flag, a German warship, and Aguinaldo nearby.

While Dewey is on Guard

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Full-length portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform standing on a deck, with steamboats on a river behind him.

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, 1861

Engraved battle scene of soldiers with flags and smoke in a town square, a fallen drummer in the foreground, and women and a

Death of Major Pierson

James Heath, 1790

Sepia engraving of Ashland, Henry Clay's house, with a classical facade framed by large oak trees and a lawn.

Henry Clay

John Sartain, 1850

George Washington

Samuel Wetherbee, 1800

Etching of a rider spurring a galloping horse across a field toward a fort with a flag, smoke and soldiers nearby.

Bombastes is Ubiquitus

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Colored print of a bearded man in a dark suit writing at a desk, with a wall map, globe, and bust in an interior.

Abraham Lincoln

Christopher S. German, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military coat with a sword and pistol, a horse behind him, handwritten notes below.

Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph of an officer kneeling beside his fallen white horse, with a cannon and soldiers in battle behind.

Samuel Ringgold

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of a man in naval uniform with a telescope, with warships firing in smoke behind him at sea.

John Paul Jones

Johann Elias Haid, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and cravat, framed by an oak leaf wreath, with clouds and a tree behind h

Henry Clay

Jr William Warner, 1840

Lithograph of a mounted officer in blue uniform on a white horse, with aides and an American flag behind him.

George Brinton McClellan

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved group portrait of Japanese embassy members in traditional dress with swords, seated and standing with Western attend

The Japanese Embassy and their Attendants

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Engraved portrait of a standing Native American man in fringed robe, feathered headdress and beaded leggings, holding a staff

Péhriska-Rúhpa (Two Ravens)

Paul Legrand, 1840

Sepia portrait of a mustached officer in uniform with a horse, sword, flag and army tents behind him.

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of President Harrison above an engraving of a domed building and crowd.

Grand Inauguration March

Albert Gallatin, 1830

Colored print of a bearded fireman in a leather helmet pulling a brass-trimmed hand-drawn fire engine down a street.

Nathaniel Currier

Louis Maurer, 1850

Black and white lithograph of a standing man in a cape coat holding a top hat and cane, with a rural landscape behind him.

Andrew Jackson

John Henry Bufford, 1830

Sepia lithograph of a uniformed man on a rearing horse, holding a sword, with a hilly landscape below.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, 1820

Hand-colored print of a standing officer in blue coat and white wig with horse, servant, and soldiers on a parade ground behi

Marquis De Lafayette

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1790