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Lithograph caricature of a man in a dress fleeing soldiers across a field, with a tent and speech bubbles behind him.

Jefferson and Varina Howell Davis

Jefferson Davis, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned Senator from Missouri.

Dr. Lewis Fields Linn

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a mustached, goateed man in a military uniform with star-embroidered collar, labeled John Hunt Morgan.

John Hunt Morgan

J. L. Giles, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, hand resting on a book, titled John Trumbull Esq.

John Trumbull

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted naval uniform with anchor buttons, facing forward.

William Thomas Sampson

William Thomas Sampson, 1861

Engraved family portrait of a uniformed bearded man, a seated woman, and a young girl in a paneled interior with busts.

Stonewall Jackson and Family

William Sartain, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark coat and cravat, with the signature Z. Taylor below.

Zachary Taylor

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and white cravat, seated beside a draped curtain.

Henry Clay

Jarvis Griggs Kellogg, 1830

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a dark cloak holding a book, titled Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

Charles Carroll

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in period dress holding a scroll labeled Farmer's Letters, with a printed verse below.

John Dickinson

Paul Revere, 1770

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sheet music cover with a stippled portrait of a mustached man in a suit with medals, titled In Memoriam L.M.G.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1870

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Hon. Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1850

Engraved portrait of Brig. Gen. John S. Williams in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News front page, with flags and cannon.

John Stuart Williams

W. B. Campbell, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man beside a Chickering grand piano, with a bust and draped curtains in an ornate room.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Sarony, Major & Knapp, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth standing in a blue military uniform with a sword, within an oval frame.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

N. Thomas, 1860

Lithograph portrait of Major General W.S. Rosecrans in dark military uniform with fringed epaulettes and sash belt, 1861.

William Starke Rosecrans

Engraved bust portrait of General Lafayette with curly hair and draped garment, with dedicatory inscription below.

Marquis De Lafayette

Davide Testí, 1830

Caricature of a standing man in a brown checked suit and pince-nez, holding a cigarette, from a 1900 Vanity Fair print.

Finley Peter Dunne

Leslie Ward, 1900

Etching of a plump pig lying on its side against crosshatched shadow, with a small wreath emblem below.

Stonewall Jackson

Frederick Volck, 1861

Henry Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with a mustache in a dark suit and cravat, gazing to the side.

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1861

Engraved portrait of an older man with a bald crown, dark coat and white collar, against a shadowy background.

William Dunlap

Max Rosenthal, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Lieutenant General J. C. Pemberton on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page, Richmond, 1863.

John Clifford Pemberton

A. Hurdle, 1861

Stipple engraving portrait of Edward Rutledge, a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair.

Edward Rutledge

James Earl, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform, framed by an ornate border with ships and cannon below.

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox

Southern Illustrated News, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark suit against a dark background, hands resting on his lap.

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.

Timothy Cole, 1920

Engraved print of five oval portraits of Confederate generals in ornate scrolled frames, topped by an eagle, titled Generals

Generals Confederate Army No. 2

John Rogers, 1861

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark coat, patterned waistcoat and cravat, turned to the left.

James Madison Porter

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Sepia lithograph bust portrait of James Buchanan in a dark coat and white cravat, facing right.

James Buchanan

Adam Weingartner, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of William Henry Harrison standing by a table with a document, bust, and globe.

William Henry Harrison

John Sartain, 1840

Pen and ink caricature of a tall, thin man in cap and knickerbockers with a golf club, with a red and white coat of arms.

James Deering

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with long wavy hair and white cravat, turned slightly to the right.

Reverend William White

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and cravat, framed by an ornate scrolled border with an eagle crest.

Henry Clay

M. Schmitz, 1840

Lithograph portrait of Albert Newsam, a man with swept-back dark hair and side whiskers, wearing a cravat and dark coat.

Albert Newsam

James Queen, 1860

Engraved newspaper page with portraits of Mr. Mason and Mr. Slidell and Captain Wilks, under an Illustrated London News masth

James Murray Mason and John Slidell

James Murray Mason, 1860

Grey lithograph bust portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, captioned John D. Godman, M.D., 1830.

John Davidson Godman

Cephas Grier Childs, 1830

Grayscale lithographic portrait of John Brooks M.D. in a dark military coat with epaulettes and a high white collar.

John Brooks

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Caricature of a seated man as a copper statue on a pedestal labeled The Alchemist, with gold, oil and wind containers beside

Henry Huttleston Rogers

Albert Levering, 1900

Lithographic portrait of William Matthews, rector of St. Patrick's Church, in clerical dress with a lace collar and cross-pat

William Matthews

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Benjamin West

Burnet Reading, 1790

Tecumseh

William Bartram, 1810

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and bow tie, signed George Peabody.

George Peabody

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1860

Lithograph portrait of Rev. Daniel Filmore in a dark coat and white cravat, set within a shaded oval vignette.

Daniel Filmore

Daniel Filmore, 1820

Black and white lithographic portrait of Henry Clay in an oval frame with an oak leaf wreath border.

Henry Clay

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

James Madison

John Vanderlyn, 1800

Lithograph portrait of General William Henry Harrison in embroidered uniform, between columns, with banner and log cabin vign

William Henry Harrison

Ephraim Bouve, 1830

Lithographic bust portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted coat, with script name below.

Elisha Kent Kane

acitve C. Kuhn, 1850

Engraved print of Abraham Lincoln in an oval medallion beside a classical figure holding a lantern, with the Capitol behind.

Abraham Lincoln

Henry Bryan Hall and Sons, 1860

Engraved portrait of a uniformed man in a laurel wreath with a ribbon reading "We have met the enemy and they are ours."

Oliver Hazard Perry

George Delleker, 1800

Engraved portrait of Mrs Mowatt with curled hair in an ornate decorative border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Anna Mowatt

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Grey lithograph portrait of a balding man with curly side hair, dark coat and white cravat, facing the viewer.

Martin Van Buren

Henry Inman, 1820

Stippled engraved portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, a man in a dark turban and fur-trimmed coat, on a pale printed sheet.

Nathaniel Hurd

John Singleton Copley, 1830

Engraved portrait of seated Washington Irving in dark coat and cravat, with books and inkwell beside him, signed below.

Washington Irving

John Sartain, 1850

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Jacques Reich, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Nathaniel Coffin M.D.

Nathaniel Coffin

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Engraved caricature of two men on toy hobby horses on a cart labeled Third Term, with the NY Tribune building behind.

The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten

Thomas Nast, 1870

Political caricature of a lion with a man's head labeled Democrat, rats swarming a wall, Harper's Weekly masthead above.

Tail Praising its Head

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in a dark naval uniform with gold buttons and shoulder boards, captioned Rear Admiral Geo.

Admiral George Dewey

George Dewey, 1900

Timothy Pickering

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Mähsette-Kuiuab

Pierre Joseph Tavernier, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and a dark buttoned coat, labeled William Winterbotham.

William Winterbotham

John Scoles, 1790

Caricature of a giant man holding a tiny soldier, with slogan panels and a text column on a Harper's Weekly page.

He Will Be Gulliver in the Hands of the Brobdingnagians

Thomas Nast, 1861

Caricature of a standing man in black suit with white hair, cigar and pince-nez, with a balance-scale coat of arms at upper r

Nathaniel K. Fairbank

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900