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Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with white wavy hair, a high collar and cravat, against cross-hatched shading.

James Fenimore Cooper

Jacques Reich, 1900

Painted poster of smiling Will Rogers with hand on head, blue striped background, and 'Lightnin'' title lettering.

Will Rogers

Louis M. Glackens, 1930

Graphite portrait in an oval frame of a young woman with long curled hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Ellen Home Willis

Francis Alexander, 1840

Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a bald man with a full beard and cravat, signed Persico Sculptor in cursive below.

E. Luigi Persico

Eastman Johnson, 1840

D.W. Griffith

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with receding hair in a dark coat and cravat, drawn with fine cross-hatching.

William Henry Harrison

Jacques Reich, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a man with curly hair in a buttoned coat and cravat, holding an open book.

Thomas Paine

? - Samuel Collings, 1780

Graphite and wash portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a document beside a column.

Henry Clay

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of a man with a mustache, wearing a high collar, patterned tie and checked jacket.

Henry Morton Stanley

Jacques Reich, 1880

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a white gown with a pink rose, reclining on a divan with patterned cushions.

Julia Marlowe

Irving Ramsay Wiles, 1900

Watercolor head portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and a sideways gaze on cream paper.

David Claypoole Johnston Self-Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair and a high collar, shaded in cross-hatching.

Henry Clay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, shown in half-length portrait.

Willis Drummond

L. Wieser, 1880

Mrs. Thomas G. Hailey

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man with curled powdered hair and a white cravat, turned to the left.

Alexander Hamilton

Jacques Reich, 1900

William Gibbs McAdoo

Henry Major, 1920

Sepia drawing of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and cravat, shown in bust length against a shaded background.

Edward Livingston

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with curled side hair, against hatched background.

John Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Oval graphite portrait of an older man in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes and braided collar.

Isaac Hull

Louis Jean-baptiste H. Pellegrin, 1840

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a buttoned vest beside an easel, on tan paper.

Robert Henri Self-Portrait

Robert Henri, 1900

Pen-and-ink portrait of a balding man with wavy hair, mustache, and bow tie, drawn in cross-hatching on cream paper.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jacques Reich, 1900

Bust-length drawing of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

George C. Whiting

George C. Whiting, 1850

Sepia-toned drawing of a middle-aged man with a full mustache, wearing a dark suit, waistcoat and tie.

James Shields

L. Wieser, 1880

George Brinton McClellan

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Levi Woodbury

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pen and ink caricature of a man with curly hair and monocle, long striped coat, smoking, drawn in 1880.

J. A. M. Whistler

Alfred Bryan, 1880

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of an older man in round spectacles, dark coat and white cravat, set within a pale blue border.

James Wilson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Herman Binger

Herman Binger, 1840