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Pen and ink portrait drawing of an older man with wavy hair, spectacles on his head, and a high collar and buttoned coat.

Patrick Henry

Jacques Reich, 1900

Portrait of a man in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat beside stacked books before red drapery.

Luther Martin

Bernard Francis Hoppner Meyer, 1830

Pencil portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Sarah Edwards Nast

Thomas Nast, 1880

Pen-and-ink portrait of a man in a buttoned military-style coat with epaulette, shaded with crosshatching on aged paper.

Nathanael Greene

Jacques Reich, 1900

Anna Howard Shaw

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Pen and ink portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and bow tie, signed Jacques Reich, on a labeled mount.

Franklin Pierce

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with long white hair in white clerical robes and a dark stole, against a shaded oval backgrou

Reverend William White

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in spectacles and dark jacket conducting with a baton, arm extended on tan paper.

John Philip Sousa

George Frederick Scotson-Clark, 1900

Pen-and-ink portrait of a man with a queued hairstyle, buttoned coat and white cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

John Jay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Ink and crayon caricature of a woman in a flowered hat beside a table and a bearded man in a suit at right.

Erstwhile Susan

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Sepia-toned drawing of an older man in a cowboy hat with a full mustache, shown in three-quarter view against a dark hatched

Cincinnatus Hiner Miller

John Howard Evelyn Partington, 1890

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, mounted on a card.

Abraham Lincoln

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and beard in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

James M. Edmunds

L. Wieser, 1880

William Jennings Bryan

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of a man in an 18th-century military uniform with epaulettes and powdered curled hair.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jacques Reich, 1900

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, three-quarter view, on a warm brown background.

James Heaton Baker

L. Wieser, 1880

Theodore Dreiser

Henry Major, 1930

Full-length watercolor portrait of an older bearded man in a dark overcoat and blue polka-dot cravat against grey.

John Milton Hay

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1890

Pen and ink portrait bust of an older man in a fur-trimmed cap and fur collar, with dense hatching behind him.

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Reich, 1900

Rube Goldberg

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap, turned three-quarter view, on tan paper.

Hiram Powers

George Frederick Watts, 1840

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a scowling man in shirt, tie and suspenders, one hand raised in gesture.

Clarence Seward Darrow

Henry Major, 1920

Chalk portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand on a wooden chair arm, by John Vanderlyn.

Joel Barlow

John Vanderlyn, 1790

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark jacket and white cravat, seated with one hand on his knee, against a hatched background.

Daniel Webster

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair and a high collar, gazing sideways.

John C. Calhoun

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Charcoal caricature of a grinning balding man beside a cartoon mouse with round ears, on a wooden bench.

Walt Disney

Henry Major, 1920

George Washington

James Sharples, c. 1751 - 26 Feb, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of two men in an interior with a piano, desk, books, and inkwell.

Charles Ives and Mandeville Mullally

Raymond Moreau Crosby, 1890