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Pencil drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair, set in an ornate scrolled frame.

John Adams

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pastel portrait of an older woman with curled grey hair in a dark dress and white collar, against a warm tan background.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dora Wheeler Keith, 1890

Samuel Gompers

Henry Major, 1920

Half-length 1850 drawing of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, facing the viewer against a brown background.

James Ewell Heath

James Ewell Heath, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with swept-back hair and a high collar, rendered with cross-hatching.

James K. Polk

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pablo Casals

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view, eyes looking upward, with curly hair on pale paper.

Winthrop Sargent

John Trumbull, 1790

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man in a skullcap and spectacles, one hand resting on a table, with ink splatters on his co

Alexander Thomson

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Charcoal and chalk sketch of an elderly man seated at a desk before bookshelves, on tan paper.

John Bigelow

Orlando Rouland, 1910

Amerigo Vespucci

Jacques Reich, 1900

Tonal drawing of a bearded older man with long hair, dark jacket and white shirt against a grey background.

Josiah Minot

L. Wieser, 1880

Pastel portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and grey coat against a blue-grey background.

John Quincy Adams

Izaak Schmidt, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and bow tie, in a crosshatched portrait style.

Washington Irving

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait sketch of an older woman with a dark headscarf, head and shoulders, drawn on tan paper.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Thomas Hovenden, 1880

Fanny Elssler

James Varick Stout, 1830

Nelson Appleton Miles

Jacques Reich, 1861

Half-length drawing of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and cravat against a brown background.

James Whitcomb

James Whitcomb, 1810

Pencil sketch of two women in dark period dresses, one gesturing with a raised hand, captioned Counting the Ayes and Naes.

Counting the Ayes and Naes

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen and ink portrait drawing of an elderly man in a bow tie and dark jacket, signed Jacques Reich.

Samuel Jones Tilden

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil sketch of a man with short wavy hair and a mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie, on tan paper.

Darryl Francis Zanuck

Henry Major, 1920

Ink sketch of a bearded man in a cravat above a handwritten note signed H. Inman.

Henry Inman

Henry Inman, 1830

Caricature drawing of a man in a fur-collared overcoat and fedora smoking a pipe beside a Cabinet Meeting sign.

Charles Gates Dawes

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a smiling man with curly hair, wearing a collared shirt and necktie.

Rudy Vallee

Henry Major, 1920

Pen-and-ink portrait of an older man with swept-back hair, buttoned coat and white cravat, crosshatched background.

Samuel Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Colourful caricature mural study with a reclining woman, a man serving fruit, a man with cane, a dog, and cherubs in clouds.

Mural Study #3:

John Decker, 1940

Watercolor portrait of a smiling man in tweed suit and red knickerbockers holding a painter's palette and brushes.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sir Leslie Mathew Ward, 1890

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with wavy shoulder-length hair, white collar and tasseled cords.

Samuel De Champlain

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pen drawing of a bald, bearded man in a long coat standing by a desk, holding a cigar, by Thomas Nast.

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Nast, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a coat and bow tie, leaning back in a studded armchair with crossed legs.

William Henry Vanderbilt

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark jacket, set against cross-hatched shading.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Jacques Reich, 1900