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Colour magazine cover of Uncle Sam wearing a crown of thorns made of vines with caricatured heads labelled with political woe

Falstaff (Bryan) Reviews His Ragged Army

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with embroidered collar, captioned N. B. Forrest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

J. L. Giles, 1861

Hand-colored oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, titled Abraham Lincoln, c. 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

C. Bornemann, 1860

William Henry Drayton

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithographic portrait of an older man with white hair and cravat, signed Henry Rutgers below the bust.

Henry Rutgers

Charles G. Crehen, 1860

Benjamin West

Jonathan Spilsbury, 1770

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat, framed by white scrollwork.

Stonewall Jackson

Henry C. Eno, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated empress in a crown and ermine robe, holding an orb, with regalia and flowers beside her.

Elizabeth Petrovna

Anthony Walker, 1740

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with swept-back hair, velvet lapels and a bow tie, signed Herschel V. Johnson.

Herschel Vespasian Johnson

Herschel Vespasian Johnson, 1860

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a military officer in a powdered wig, resting his hand on a document beside a draped curtain.

Anthony Wayne

George Graham, 1790

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man in a military uniform with a mustache, with slogan text below naming George B. McClellan.

George Brinton McClellan

Lewis & Goodwin, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and bow tie, within an oval frame, captioned W. J. Florence.

William Jermyn Florence

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in spectacles and bow tie, with signature "James Harper" and caption naming him Mayor of New Yor

James Harper

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Advertising poster for Appleton's Magazine showing a sailing scene on the cover and a portrait of John Philip Sousa.

John Philip Sousa, Eugene Edward Speicher, George Wesley Bellows, and Marjorie Organ Henri

Robert Henri, 1900

Engraved portrait of a woman in an ornate dark gown with a sash, holding a fan, with a German caption.

Liliuokalani

August Weger, 1890

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a naval cap with anchor badge and neckerchief, labeled Capt. Maffitt.

John Newland Maffitt

Elias Dexter, 1861

Oval lithographic portrait of a young man in dark military uniform with epaulettes and sash, hand on sword hilt.

Frederick VIII

J. W. Tegner, 1860

Hand-colored print of dancer Fanny Elssler in a pink gown with black lace, arm raised, roses at her feet, lake landscape behi

Fanny Elssler

Napoleon Sarony, 1840

Engraved full-length portrait of Martin Van Buren standing beside a draped table, book, column and balustrade.

Martin Van Buren

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a patterned turban and robe, hand on chest, with printed dedication text below.

Mar Yohannan

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of Andrew Jackson's deathbed, with mourners in a canopied bed scene and a kneeling woman in pale dres

Death of Andrew Jackson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph of four seated family members around a table with flowers and books, titled The Washington Family.

The Washington Family

George Washington, 1860

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams in a dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate scrolled border.

John Quincy Adams

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved bust portrait of Edwin Booth in costume as Hamlet, with a chain collar, skull and goblet below.

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Charles Dater Weldon, 1870

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star-marked shoulder insignia.

Ulysses S. Grant

Gurney & Son, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a balding older man in a dark suit and patterned tie against a shaded background.

Marcus Alonzo Hanna

Jacques Reich, 1900

Colored caricature of a standing older man with white side whiskers, wearing a dark frock coat and holding a top hat.

Charles Francis Adams

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark military coat with epaulettes, by Jacques Reich, 1900.

Andrew Jackson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Lithograph of two young men seated together, one holding a violin and bow, in 19th-century dress.

Luigi Elena and Annibale Elena

Albert Newsam, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Andrew H. Foote, a bearded man in dark naval uniform with ribbed epaulettes, turned three-quarters.

Andrew Hull Foote

Caroline Street Leffingwell, 1850

Engraved caricature of a chained tiger labeled Democrat facing a uniformed officer, with signs about starving for offices.

General Inspection

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting on an ornate carved chair arm.

Henry Hubbard

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Hand-colored lithograph of Osceola standing with a long rifle, wearing a feathered turban, beaded sash and fringed robe.

Osceola

George Catlin, 1830

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams, seated in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate decorative border.

John Quincy Adams

Francis Kearney, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of clergyman Joseph Pilmore seated at a draped table with an open book, 1770.

Joseph Pilmore

John Norman, 1770

George Washington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Allardice, 1790

Lithographic portrait of a man with wavy hair in a high collar and double-breasted coat, with printed caption below.

Spencer Houghton Cone

Spencer Houghton Cone, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Major General Zachary Taylor in military uniform, with handwritten letter and signatures below.

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam, 1840

Satirical Puck cover by Opper showing a reclining man with chained dogs labeled Congress and Legislature and a prostrate eagl

William Henry Vanderbilt

Frederick Burr Opper, 1880

Portrait of an elderly bespectacled man with white beard and hair, wearing a dark coat with a gold watch chain.

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley, 1860

Wood engraving of a bearded man seated on a stool writing a Republican slate on an easel board, from Harper's Weekly.

Continue that I Broached in Jest

Thomas Nast, 1870

Paul I

J. E. Mansfield, 1820

Harlow Niles Higinbotham

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph of a standing man in a long coat, with a handwritten signature and caption 'The Author of The Sketch Book' below.

Washington Irving

Daniel Maclise, 1830

Mezzotint portrait of the Reverend James Honyman seated at a table with a book, wearing clerical gown and bands.

James Honyman

Samuel Okey, 1770

Stonewall Jackson

Daniel T. Cowell, 1861

Stippled black-and-white portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

John Macpherson Berrien

Albert Newsam, 1820

Henry Laurens

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high white collar, titled C. C. Clay, Senator from Alabama.

Clement Comer Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Etching of Washington Irving seated on a rock in a top hat, with a dog beside him, signed with his name below.

Washington Irving

James David Smillie, 1850

Engraved print of Baron Trenck standing chained in a stone dungeon, with an arched frame and a water jug at his feet.

Frederich Von Trenck

James Thackara, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with star collar insignia, within a gold-bordered frame.

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg, 1861

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joel Allen, 1790

Hand-colored portrait print of a seated man in a dark suit and bow tie with his hand on an open book.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Hollick

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sepia engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with handwritten note and small inset portrait below.

Ulysses S. Grant

Jacques Reich, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit, signed by Gustav Kruell in the lower right corner.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Gustav Kruell, 1890

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with thick hair in a dark overcoat, signed John Brown below.

John Brown

Thomas Murphy Johnston, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United Sta

Andrew Johnson

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved oval bust portrait of a man with wavy hair on the blue cover of The Whig Almanac for 1849.

Zachary Taylor

Benjamin F. Childs, 1840

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man with curled powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, labeled John Adams.

John Adams

Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse, 1820

Hand-coloured engraving of a family group in an interior: a seated woman with an infant, a boy, and three men.

Benjamin West and Family

George & Johan Facius, 1770

Grayscale lithographic portrait of a seated man in a dark double-breasted jacket and bow tie, captioned Alexander H. Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

J. L. Giles, 1860