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Lithograph portrait of a man in military dress with a cross medal and sash, turned to the right, with printed caption below.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Paulin Miedzielsky, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and dark cravat, captioned Horace Mann.

Horace Mann

Joseph Edward Baker, 1850

Political caricature lithograph: a standing man gestures toward a sleeping seated man at a desk, with a crowd of faces behind

Where's My Thunder

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1840

Chromolithograph trade card of a woman sewing on a Household machine while a standing man watches, with Providence, R.I. text

Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom Cleveland

Donaldson Brothers, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a seated man in a dark coat beside a writing desk with a folded letter and inkwell.

John Tyler

John Tyler, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of General Robert E. Lee in uniform with a printed caption and signature on cream paper.

Robert E. Lee

Alfred-Léon Lemercier, 1861

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland, 1880

Lithograph portrait of seated man in dark coat and cravat within oval frame, holding a rolled paper, titled John C. Calhoun.

John C. Calhoun

Peter Kramer, 1840

Sepia lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, framed by oak and laurel leaves and a feather.

James Gillespie Blaine

Julius Mayer, 1880

Hand-colored print of uniformed Confederate officers posed in a field beside a flag, tent and cannon, with soldiers in the di

Jefferson Davis and His Generals

William Joseph Hardee, 1861

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark coat beside a draped curtain, classical column, and writing desk with quill.

Edward Everett

Hezekiah Wright Smith, 1850

Monochrome lithograph portrait of James Monroe seated at a desk with a quill, inkwell, and draped curtain behind him.

James Monroe

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Robert E. Lee

William Sartain, 1861

Lithograph bust portrait of Caspar Wistar, a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat, on a pale paper ground.

Caspar Wistar

Bass Otis, 1820

George Frisbie Hoar

Ernest Haskell, 1890

Engraved print of a mounted officer in gray uniform on a gray horse, amid smoke, debris and a fallen soldier on a battlefield

Robert E. Lee

Frederic François Dubois-Tesselin, 1861

Engraved full-length portrait of John Tyler standing beside a draped table with a scroll, curtain and column behind him.

John Tyler

John Sartain, 1840

Color caricature of a man in a Roman toga and laurel wreath resting his hand on an open book on a marble pedestal.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Albert Levering, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Ong Pa Ton Ga, Chief of the Omahas, wearing a fur-trimmed robe and red necklace.

Ong Pa Tong Ga

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored print portrait of an older man with gray curly hair in a dark suit and high black cravat, titled Hon. Edward Eve

Edward Everett

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the right, captioned as an 1884 presidential candi

James Gillespie Blaine

Abraham Bogardus, 1880

Thomas Jefferson

Michel Sokolnicki, 1790

Oval black-and-white lithograph portrait of a man in a dark jacket, white collar and bow tie, with signature below.

Henry Wilson

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Paul Cuffee

Mason & Maas, 1810

Hand-colored campaign banner with two portraits in oval wreaths, an eagle, American flags and the words Press Onward.

Grand National Democratic Banner

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bald older man in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, captioned Stephen Girard.

Stephen Girard

M. E. D. Brown, 1830

Engraved view of the US Senate Chamber with seated senators, a domed ceiling, chandelier, and spectators in the gallery.

United States Senate Chamber

Thomas Doney, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a printed signature below, dated 1850.

Wendell Phillips

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Caricature of a bearded man in star-patterned briefs labeled Blaine straining to lift a New York globe near the Capitol.

James Gillespie Blaine

Thomas Worth, 1880

Stipple engraving oval portrait of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair and dark coat, on tan paper.

Thomas Jefferson

Cornelius Tiebout, 1800

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark jacket and cravat, with a printed caption below.

James Dwight Dana

Rudolf Hoffmann, 1850

Sepia lithograph portrait of a woman with curled hair and ruffled collar, with two violins illustrated below.

Camille Urso

Camille Urso, 1880

Monochrome lithograph of Thomas Jefferson seated at a desk with a quill pen, inkwell, books and papers.

Thomas Jefferson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Sepia lithograph portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a signature in the lower right.

James Gillespie Blaine

Root & Tinker, 1880

Lithograph titled Reconstruction: an eagle with flag on a columned rotunda map, portrait medallions above, crowds and a town

Reconstruction

J. L. Giles, 1861

Engraved full-length portrait of an older man in a dark coat beside a bust, an open book, and a draped table in an interior.

Edward Everett

Hezekiah Wright Smith, 1880

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a suit and tie, head turned slightly, shaded in soft black crayon.

Woodrow Wilson

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of an older man in a headwrap and dark coat, with a printed caption below.

Ca-ta-he-cas-sa - Black Hoof

Frederick W. Greenough, 1830

Lithographic portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a shaded oval background.

Brigham Young

Hartwig Bornemann, 1880

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

W. H. Mote, 1850

Caricature of Ferdinand W. Peck in black ink with exaggerated head, raised hand, and a heraldic crest with a motto.

Ferdinand W. Peck

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved portrait of George Bancroft in a dark coat and cravat, within an ornate floral border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - George Bancroft

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Charles Thomson

Burnet Reading, 1780

John Tyler

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of James Monroe in a dark coat and white cravat, with a draped curtain and chair behind him.

James Monroe

Moody Morse Peabody, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Red Jacket, an older Seneca man with gray hair in a dark coat and red neckerchief.

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha)

Albert Newsam, 1830

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark cloak beside a table with books, before drapery and a carved chair.

Millard Fillmore

John Sartain, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and waistcoat, turned to the right against a shaded background.

Joseph Leidy

James S. King, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a man above the slogan 'I summon you to the comradeship' and a red cross, on tan paper.

I Summon You to the Comradeship

Leo Mielziner, 1910

William Hickling Prescott

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithographic bust portrait of Millard Fillmore in a dark jacket and cravat, on a pale tinted background.

Millard Fillmore

Adam Weingartner, 1850

Engraved portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse holding telegraph wire beside a telegraph key on a draped table.

Samuel F. B. Morse

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and pocket square, looking at the viewer against a shadowed background.

Woodrow Wilson

Timothy Cole, 1910

Caricature of an elderly bearded man seated on a stack of books, reading, with a coat of arms labeled A. Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Robert Hoe

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Engraved portrait of an older man seated in an armchair, holding papers, wearing a dark coat and white cravat.

Elias Boudinot, IV

Asher Brown Durand, 1810

Lithographic portrait of Daniel Webster in a dark coat and white cravat, gazing toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Daniel Webster

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Henry H. Houston, 1800

Steel engraving of three seated men in formal dress before a paneled wall, one in academic robes with an open book.

Commencement Day, Yale College

John Sartain, 1860

Lithograph of a deathbed scene with mourners in a dim room, a bearded man in bed, and a woman in a light gown weeping.

The Death-Bed of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Printed chart of single and double hand alphabet signs with portraits, a building engraving, and explanatory text.

Laura Dewey Bridgeman

C. A. Alvord, 1850

Puck supplement poster with oval portrait of Longfellow, two women holding laurel wreaths, a winged angel, and a printed poem

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Engraved print of seven president portraits around a central niche with a statue, desk, and eagle above.

The Presidents of the United States

John William Casilear, 1830

Wood engraving of a mustached man leaning on a lectern, captioned Artemus Ward as a Popular Lecturer, from Vanity Fair.

Charles Farrar Browne

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Grover Cleveland

Napoleon Sarony, 1880

Colored lithograph of a parade celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment, framed by portraits and scenes of voting and daily life.

The Fifteenth Amendment

Thomas Kelly, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with star collar insignia, captioned Gen. R. E. Lee, on tan card.

Robert E. Lee

D. Murphy, 1861

Caricature campaign card of a woman with hands on hips, captioned Our Next President, Belvia Lockwood, But Do-N-T Give It Awa

Our Next President

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, 1861

Caricature of a bearded man in a tartan kilt pointing at a chalkboard of stick-figure millionaires marked 30 cents.

A Braw Laddie

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a deathbed scene with mourners in a room with red and green bed curtains.

Death of Harrison

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph of Charles Sumner in a dark suit raising a Presidential Proclamation scroll, surrounded by sketched heads of a cro

Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, seated with his hand raised to his cheek against a dark background.

Joseph Pulitzer

Henry L. Wolf, 1861

William Lloyd Garrison

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of oval portraits of United States presidents around a central Washington medallion and Declaration s

Presidents of the United States

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a document and sword, before classical colum

William Sprague

William Sprague, 1861

Pencil portrait of a balding man in spectacles and bow tie, with the script caption William Lloyd Garrison below.

William Lloyd Garrison

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Lithograph portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned John Jeffries, M.D.

John Jeffries

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Engraved grid of nine US presidents and Martha Washington in oval portrait, with birth and death caption lines beneath each.

Mrs. Martha Washington

Nathaniel Dearborn, 1830

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark fur-collared coat, labeled Daniel Boone.

Daniel Boone

Albert Newsam, 1820

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a man in a navy coat with gold epaulettes and white cravat, titled Pushmataha.

Pushmataha

John William Gear, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark coat and bow tie, labeled Edward Hitchcock.

Edward Hitchcock

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph of rows of men in dark suits below an allegorical woman crowning a kneeling woman, with flags and state seals.

Coronation of Womanhood

Susan B. Anthony, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a man in a red turban and blue jacket pointing to a chart of syllabary characters.

Sequoyah

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of Major Robert Rogers in military uniform and plumed helmet, framed by a laurel wreath and military t

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers, 1770

Nast cartoon: a veteran on crutches and a boy present restoration bills to a heavyset official in a legislative chamber.

Let Us Have Complete Restoration

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a suit beside bookshelves, with the inscription James Bradley Thayer below.

James Bradley Thayer

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

William Merritt Chase, 1880

William Thornton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and white collar, with the name Reverend Samuel Willard on the plinth below.

Samuel Willard

Gerard van der Gucht, 1720

Sepia printed poster with central portrait of Garfield surrounded by family portraits and scenes from his life.

From the Cradle to the Grave

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and pince-nez, with laurel wreath and heraldic shield below.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a long-haired man with mustache and goatee, wide-brimmed hat and fringed jacket, in an oval frame.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1870

Sepia lithograph of a Victorian family group in a parlor, with a bearded seated man, a woman, children, and an older woman re

James Garfield and Family

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1880

Lithographic oval portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption.

Eliphalet Nott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, printed on a Harper's Weekly page from 1882.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

John White Alexander, 1880

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with a central masquerade ball scene and surrounding caricature portraits of public figures.

Grand Masquerade Ball

Thomas Nast, 1861