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Magazine cover of a mourning allegorical Columbia figure beside a flag, framed by columns dated 1843 and 1901, for William Mc

Harper's Weekly -- Assassination of William McKinley

William Allen Rogers, 1900

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in spectacles and wig, reading papers beside a bust and stacked books.

Benjamin Franklin

Edward Savage, 1790

Engraved portrait of Louis XIV in ermine royal robes, holding a scepter beside a crown, with curtains and a column behind him

Louis XIV

Pierre Drevet, 1710

Anthony Wayne

Benjamin Tanner, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearls, framed by inscribed cartouche, drapery and floral ornament.

Mary II

Queen of England Mary II

Oval print of an older man with white hair, round spectacles, grey coat and white cravat, smiling softly.

Benjamin Franklin

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1780

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a dark coat holding a sword beside a draped table and carved armchair.

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Cornelius Tiebout, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military dress, with laurel wreath, shield and name banner below.

George Washington

James Trenchard, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in plate armour with a Maltese cross, leaning on a pedestal beside a plumed helmet, with a French

Henry III

Andre Thevet, 1580

Title page of Sketches from the Civil War in North America by V. Blada, listing plates, printed on pinkish paper, London 1863

Sketches from the Civil War in North America [title page]

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and armour with lace collar, with Latin royal inscription below.

James II

Mezzotint portrait of Charles II seated in an armchair with a crown, royal robe and castle view through a window.

Charles II

Johannes Faber, 1750

Benjamin Thompson

Edward C. Trenchard, 1790

J. A. M. Whistler

Giovanni Boldini, 1890

Oval engraved portrait of a man in period dress with frilled cravat, labeled JA.s MADISON below the frame.

James Madison

James Madison, 1790

Marquis De Lafayette

Gabriel Fiesinger, 1790

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat and lace ruff, framed by scrolled cartouches with Latin inscriptions.

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire

Charles Blount, 1630

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and round spectacles, against a dark hatched background.

George Inness

Valerian Michaelovich Gribayedoff, 1880

Engraved portrait of Martin Van Buren in a dark coat and white cravat, set within an ornate scrolled frame.

Martin Van Buren

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Engraved portrait of DeWitt Clinton seated with a quill pen, in an ornate decorative frame.

DeWitt Clinton

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of William Bainbridge in US Navy uniform with epaulettes and high collar, on a cream sheet.

William Bainbridge

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Penn in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, against a dark background, with engraved caption.

Thomas Penn

David Martin, 1750

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and monocle, turned toward the viewer against a dark hatched backgrou

J. A. M. Whistler

Mortimer Menpes, 1900

Edward Preble

Edme Quenedey, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Stephen Decatur in United States Navy uniform with striped trim and high white collar.

Stephen Decatur

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man with spectacles on his head, a shawl, and an open book, gesturing with one hand against a dark b

William Miller

William Matthew Prior, 1830

Jacint Laval

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

George Washington

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1800

Engraving of a seated man writing at a desk with a dog beside him, printed on a Harper's Weekly newspaper page.

William Howard Russell

Theodore Russell Davis, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of Commodore Truxton in naval uniform with epaulettes and powdered hair, printed on a book page.

Thomas Truxton

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man in dark suit and bow tie, with a dedication inscription below.

John Alexander Kennedy

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, signed Robert Anderson, Major 1st Regt. Artillery.

Robert Anderson

William G. Jackman, 1861

Caricature of two men in aprons shaking hands before a Democratic Fish Market sign, with ship masts behind, titled Why We Lau

Why We (Republicans) Laugh

Thomas Nast, 1861

Thayendanegea - The Great Captain of the Six Nations

R. T, 1830

Engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, captioned George Clinton, on a worn page.

George Clinton

Peter Maverick, 1810

Mrs. John Jay

Robert Edge Pine, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat beside a column, with a foliate border and river vignette.

DeWitt Clinton

Vistus Balch, 1820

George Washington and Horatio Gates

George Washington, 1770

Facsimile of a handwritten 1785 letter from George Washington to Francis Hopkinson, with a signature at the bottom.

Facsimile of letter from George Washington to Francis Hopkinson

George Washington, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in military uniform with powdered hair and lace cravat, captioned General Gates.

Horatio Gates

Robert Pollard, 1770

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with five Union officers in uniform above soldiers disembarking from a steamboat at Fort Macomb

Our Colored Troops--The Line Officers of the First Louisiana Native Guards

John R. Hamilton, 1861

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat holding a document, with a quill pen and inkstand on a table beside him.

Henry Clay

Peter Maverick, 1820

George Washington

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a tall hat, lace ruff and embroidered gown, holding a feathered fan.

Pocahontas

Simon de Passe, 1790

William Ernest Mason

Anders Zorn, 1900

Engraved political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a caricature head on a tall monument struck by lightning, 1880.

Boom!!!-So Near, And Yet So Far

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved cartoon of a large elephant with a ballot box and banner, trampling a tiger with human heads, from Harper's Weekly.

The Elephant Walks Around

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved caricature of a bearded man in an apron polishing a boot, with a woman watching in a doorway labeled Conkling & Plat

Out-"Shining" Everybody In Humiliation at Albany

Thomas Nast, 1880

Oval engraved portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, captioned C. Colden, Esq.

Cadwallader Colden

John Scoles, 1800

Aaron Burr

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, in armor with lace collar, within an ornate frame.

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

Robert Vaughan, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, with lace collar, in ornamental cartouche.

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

Simon de Passe, 1610

Portrait of a man in a red military coat with gold braid and powdered wig, standing before a landscape, inscribed below.

Robert Monckton

James McArdell, 1770

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wig and period coat, pointing to ships in a harbor beside a table with charts.

William Shirley

Peter Pelham, 1740

Oval mezzotint portrait of a man in a robe with folded arms, with a German caption below naming him King of the Volkeren rive

E. Tow O Koam Coning van de Rivier Volkeren

Pieter Schenk, 1710

John Bard

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Black and white engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, dark jacket and bow tie, captioned Peter Still, The Kidnapped and

Peter Still, The Kidnapped and Ransomed

Peter Still, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of James Buchanan, a gray-haired man in dark coat and white cravat before red drapery.

James Buchanan

Nathaniel Currier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man in a red turban and blue coat with a black feather, pointing with his hands.

Itcho-Tustinnugge

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored print of Sauk and Fox men in feathered headdresses performing a war dance, with seated drummers at left.

War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes

Edward Corbould, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a man with an open-mouthed expression, captioned Jeff Davis, After the Fall of Fort Sumter.

Jefferson Davis

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry I of England holding a sceptre and orb, with Latin inscription and caption below.

Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair, dark coat and white cravat, with handwritten notes below.

Horace Binney

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved interior of Independence Hall with a marble statue, portrait paintings, the Liberty Bell, and visitors in period dre

Independence Hall

John Neagle, 1850

Esh-ta-hum-leah

John T. Bowen, 1830

Saint-Mémin folio 9

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1810

Hand-colored print portrait of Nea-math-la, a Seminole chief, in a red headwrap, blue jacket, and beaded sash.

Nea-math-la - A Seminole Chief

R. T, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of King Edward III in crown and ermine robes, holding a sceptre and orb, with a text caption below.

Edward III (Edward of Windsor), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Bénigne-Charles Févret de Saint-Mémin

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Hand-colored print of a Native American man with red face paint, silver armbands, shell necklace and tomahawk.

Young Ma Has Kah

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, high collar and bow tie, labeled Lewis Tappan.

Lewis Tappan

Lewis Tappan, 1870

Saint-Mémin folio 16

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a Shawnee chief with red feathered headdress, red face paint, and silver nose ring.

Kish-kallo-wa

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved portrait of Philip Syng Physick, a man in a dark frock coat and cravat, against a shaded oval background.

Philip Syng Physick

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Steel engraving portrait of John Randolph of Roanoke, seated with a top hat and draped curtain behind him.

John Randolph

John Sartain, 1870

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Major Ridge, a man with white curly hair in a blue coat and tan waistcoat.

Major Ridge

Charles Bird King, 1830

Colour lithograph caricature of a judge gesturing at a crowd of women and men with satirical placards, 1890.

Find the Group in Favor of Woman's Suffrage

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Black and white engraved bust portrait of an older man in a dark suit and cravat, captioned Thomas Garrett, Station Master.

Thomas Garrett

Thomas Garrett, 1870

Oval stippled engraving portrait of John Adams in a dark coat and cravat, with caption beneath, on a cream page.

John Adams

John Scoles, 1800

Kimbo

John Warner Barber, 1840

Lithograph of three army officers in portrait busts with a soldier holding an American flag and military trophies below.

Generals Harvey, Wood and Mansfield

John Henry Bufford, 1861

Jack-o-pa - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraving of a man hanging by bound hands from a beam while a figure watches from a window.

Suspended by the Hands with Block and Tackle

George Laws, 1870

Hand-colored portrait print of Kee-shes-wa, a Fox chief, in feathered headdress and blue beaded mantle.

Kee-shes-wa - A Fox Chief

Charles Bird King, 1830

Marquis de Lafayette

John Jones, 1790

Hand-colored print of To-ka-con, a Sioux chief, with feathered headdress, face paint, beaded clothing and a curved sword.

To-ka-con

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Faginna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-coloured print of a man in a red coat with a silver medal, holding a flowered staff and tomahawk.

Tshi-zun-hau-kau - A Winnebago

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Julcee-mathla, a Seminole chief, in a red headscarf, black feather and blue striped jacke

Julcee-mathla - A Seminole Chief

H. D, 1840

Konnoma

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of Tah-ro-hon, an Ioway warrior, in feathered headdress, red blanket and silver earrings, holding a pipe.

Tah-ro-hon - An Ioway Warrior

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Book cover with engraved bust portrait of a man above title text reading The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns.

The Boston Slave Riot, and Trial of Anthony Burns

Anthony Burns, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a man in military uniform within an oval frame, beneath a flag and laurel wreath, labeled Greene.

Nathanael Greene

Elkanah Tisdale, 1800

Hand-colored print portrait of Henry Clay in dark coat and white collar against a brown background.

Henry Clay

J. Peters, 1840

Palette-shaped business card with a songbird, red flowers and paint dabs, advertising Hesler, Artist Photographer, Chicago.

Business card of Alexander Hesler

Alexander Hesler, 1880

Sha-ha-ka

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1830