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Hand-colored lithograph portrait of George Washington in dark coat and lace cuffs before a green drape and column.

George Washington

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of Richard P. Robinson standing in a blue tailcoat and black waistcoat, holding a top hat.

Richard P. Robinson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Joseph Hooker

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform, labeled Gen. Kearney, published in Boston.

Philip Kearny

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and cravat, with a dedication caption below.

Charles Theodore Christian Follen

Spiridione Gambardella, 1830

Oval lithographic portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat with white cravat, within a gold ornamental frame.

Caleb Strong

J. B. Marston, 1840

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white waistcoat, with the caption Col. Richard M. Johnson below.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Jules Lion, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly clergyman in a powdered wig and white bands, with inscription Rev. Joseph Prince below.

Joseph Prince

Samuel Hill, 1790

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark uniform coat and high white collar, captioned Com. Buchanan of the Merrimac.

Franklin Buchanan

Lithograph of six Osage figures, four men in feathered headdresses and two seated women in striped dresses, with lettered cap

Les Six Indiens Osages

Pierre Lacroix, 1820

Engraved portrait of Edward A. Hannegan, a man in dark formal dress with bow tie, against a dark background.

Edward Allen Hannegan

Thomas Doney, 1840

Ornate engraved portrait of a heavyset man in a bow tie, framed by a decorative border with an eagle at the top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Lewis Cass

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Display of the United States of America

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Brown, 1840

George Washington

Lithographic portrait of a clergyman in black biretta and embroidered white vestments, with signature below.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry B. Coskery

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, with inscription naming John Jay, ambassador.

John Jay

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a cravat and period coat, framed by laurel branches, with the name Joel Barlow below.

Joel Barlow

Louis Charles Ruotte, 1790

Engraved double portrait of Charles and Henry Meade beside text columns and engravings of Swedes Church and a Michigan copper

Charles and Henry Meade

Mar Charles Richard Meade, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of John C. Breckinridge in brown coat and blue cravat, before red drapery and a column.

John Cabell Breckinridge

Nathaniel Currier, 1861

Etching of a bearded man in a suit holding a palette and brushes beside an easel with an inscription.

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1900

Mezzotint portrait of Henry Laurens seated beside a draped table with quill and papers, in a columned interior.

Henry Laurens

Valentine Green, 1780

Oval lithographic portrait of James K. Polk in a dark coat and bow tie, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

James K. Polk

Albert Newsam, 1840

Engraved portrait of William Augustus Bowles in a feathered headdress, ruffled shirt and sash, against a dark background.

William Augustus Bowles

Joseph Grozer, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of General Washington in military dress, with a small scene of a surrender ceremony below.

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Hand-colored print of American naval officers landing by boat to meet Japanese officials under pine trees on a riverbank.

Landing of Commodore Perry, Officers and Men of the Squadron, to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Simoda, Japan, Ju…

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Silas Deane

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Engraved portrait of Major General Richard Montgomery in tricorn hat and military coat, holding a sword, standing on ground.

Richard Montgomery

John Norman, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with the caption Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia.

Wilson Lumpkin

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Hand-colored print portrait of John Hancock in a blue coat and powdered wig, framed by drapery and a laurel wreath.

John Hancock

Sr John Coles, 1790

Caricature of a bearded man in a bowler hat and striped coat holding a pipe, with a red horse crest at upper right.

Arthur J. Caton

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with curly hair, shaded in loose dark hatching.

Unidentified Man

William Miller, 1890

Engraving of a large amphitheatre with a crowd, a violent melee of armoured figures, and bearded men in classical dress.

Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum

Thomas Nast, 1860

Lithograph portrait of Reverend John P. Donelan in clerical dress with embroidered stole and wire-rimmed spectacles.

John Philip Donelan

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a suit and cravat within an ornate botanical frame with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Thomas Corwin

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark jacket and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below the image.

Daniel Stevens Dickinson

Thomas Doney, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and white cravat, holding a book, labeled Abbott Lawrence.

Abbott Lawrence

Marcus Ormsbee, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, dark fur-collared coat and white cravat, labelled Washington Irving.

Washington Irving

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1830

Engraved portrait of Queen Anne in a crown and pearls, within an ornate oval frame flanked by two allegorical figures.

Queen Anne

Godfrey Kneller

Wood engraving of a bearded man in military coat above a crowded garden bazaar scene, on an 1864 newspaper page.

James Longstreet

James Longstreet, 1861

Engraved portrait of Peter III in a wig and fur-trimmed robe, with a crown on a pedestal beside him.

Peter III

Oval engraved portrait of General Nathanael Greene in a military uniform with epaulettes, on a foxed paper sheet.

Nathanael Greene

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Lithograph portrait of General Winfield Scott in uniform with a sword, before an American flag and an eagle emblem.

General Winfield Scott

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Hand-colored oval portrait of John Adams with powdered hair and white cravat, inside an ornate decorative frame.

John Adams

Albert Newsam, 1840

Wood engraving of a crowded formal reception at the White House with officers and women in gowns beneath a chandelier.

Grand Reception at the White House, January, 1862

Alfred Waud, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of a seated bishop in a dark cassock with a pectoral cross, beside a carved wooden chair.

John McCloskey

George Edward Perine, 1860

Stonewall Jackson

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Caricature of a seated man in bowler hat and suit on a travel trunk with labels, beside a New York Herald newspaper.

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

? - Constantine Von Grimm, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson seated at a desk with a quill pen, beside a draped curtain and sword.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, 1830

Protection to American Industries

Charles Milton Bell, 1880

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stephen Alonso Schoff, 1870

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a uniformed officer above laurel, cannons, spears and a ribbon reading Proctor Defeated.

William Henry Harrison

William Strickland, 1810

Seated man in dark suit in a draped interior with a framed landscape and marble pedestal, lithograph portrait.

Andrew Jackson

Albert Newsam, 1830

Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform with collar stars, captioned Gen. Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform, captioned Gen. Beauregard.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 1861

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate border with a signature below.

James Fenimore Cooper

Oliver Pelton, 1830

Sheet music cover showing a bearded officer in uniform holding a sword and cap, framed by an arch, a column and drapery.

General Lyon's Funeral March

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1861

Mah-to-toh-pa

Johann Hürlimann, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and waistcoat, signed by Francis D'Avignon.

James Lawrence Orr

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved portrait of John Adams seated in a chair with one hand on a book, with a dedication and eagle emblem below.

John Adams

Henry H. Houston, 1800

Engraving of a formal dinner and a presentation of American women to Japanese ambassadors at Willard's hotel, Washington, 186

Japanese Ambassadors

M. N, 1860

Hand-colored print of a seated man in a sailor-style jacket beside a rifle, with rowboats on a river behind him.

John Banvard

Charles Baugniet, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled Oliver Ellsworth, late Chief Justice of the United St

Oliver Ellsworth

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved caricature of two bearded men playing billiards in a pool hall, one in star-patterned clothing striking a ball.

Great Cannon Game

Sir John Tenniel, 1860