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Charcoal caricatures: a smiling man in tails holding a top hat, and a figure with windswept hair riding a globe beside a prop

Fred Astaire and Amelia Earhart

Henry Major, 1930

Seated man with white hair and folded arms in a dark coat and white cravat, drawn in grey tones on a dark background.

Elbridge Gerry

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Pencil portrait sketch of an elderly man with round eyeglasses, white hair, high collar and double-breasted coat.

Louis Adolphe Thiers

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil sketch of a heavyset man in a dark striped shawl, with a Kentucky sign and figures behind him.

Laura Clay

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with white wavy hair in a dark high-collared coat against a hatched brown background.

Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

William T. Sherman

Jacques Reich, 1861

Anders Zorn

Anders Zorn, 1890

Brown ink drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the right, within a hatched oval background.

William Wirt

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pale watercolor portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and ruffled collar, drawn in soft pencil outline on cream paper.

Dolley Madison

Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts, 1830

Charcoal sketch of a seated man bent over an open book, with handwritten inscription naming William Dean Howells.

William Dean Howells

Orlando Rouland, 1890

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed cloak, signed Jacques Reich.

Sebastian Cabot

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor caricature of a bearded man in glasses and overcoat holding newspapers, labeled New-York Tribune.

Horace Greeley

Thomas Nast, 1870

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the side against a warm tan background.

James Alexander Williamson

L. Wieser, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with white wavy hair, a high collar and cravat, against cross-hatched shading.

James Fenimore Cooper

Jacques Reich, 1900

Thomas Cole

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

William Hill Wells

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle

Jacques Reich, 1900

Benjamin Franklin

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1770

Painted poster of smiling Will Rogers with hand on head, blue striped background, and 'Lightnin'' title lettering.

Will Rogers

Louis M. Glackens, 1930

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with receding hair in a dark coat and cravat, drawn with fine cross-hatching.

William Henry Harrison

Jacques Reich, 1900

Graphite portrait in an oval frame of a young woman with long curled hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Ellen Home Willis

Francis Alexander, 1840

Charcoal portrait of a bald man with a full beard and cravat, signed Persico Sculptor in cursive below.

E. Luigi Persico

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Pen and ink portrait of a man with a mustache, wearing a high collar, patterned tie and checked jacket.

Henry Morton Stanley

Jacques Reich, 1880

Caricature drawing of a man in a Bryan hat kicking a shotgun beside a porcupine with a human face labeled Hearst, under a red

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1900

D.W. Griffith

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair and a high collar, shaded in cross-hatching.

Henry Clay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a man with curly hair in a buttoned coat and cravat, holding an open book.

Thomas Paine

? - Samuel Collings, 1780

Graphite and wash portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a document beside a column.

Henry Clay

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man with curled powdered hair and a white cravat, turned to the left.

Alexander Hamilton

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a white gown with a pink rose, reclining on a divan with patterned cushions.

Julia Marlowe

Irving Ramsay Wiles, 1900