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Watercolor head portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and a sideways gaze on cream paper.

David Claypoole Johnston Self-Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with curled side hair, against hatched background.

John Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, shown in half-length portrait.

Willis Drummond

L. Wieser, 1880

Mrs. Thomas G. Hailey

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen-and-ink portrait of a balding man with wavy hair, mustache, and bow tie, drawn in cross-hatching on cream paper.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jacques Reich, 1900

William Gibbs McAdoo

Henry Major, 1920

Sepia drawing of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and cravat, shown in bust length against a shaded background.

Edward Livingston

James Barton Longacre, 1820

George Brinton McClellan

Jacques Reich, 1900

Leonora O'Reilly

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Oval graphite portrait of an older man in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes and braided collar.

Isaac Hull

Louis Jean-baptiste H. Pellegrin, 1840

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a man with a bow tie holding a palette and brushes beside an easel in a studio.

Charles Dana Gibson

William Glackens, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a buttoned vest beside an easel, on tan paper.

Robert Henri Self-Portrait

Robert Henri, 1900

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

Bust-length drawing of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, shaded in charcoal on tan paper.

George C. Whiting

George C. Whiting, 1850

Pencil drawing of a seated man with a palette beside a wooden easel, wearing a bow tie.

Henry W. Waugh

W. P. Noble, 1850

Sepia-toned drawing of a middle-aged man with a full mustache, wearing a dark suit, waistcoat and tie.

James Shields

L. Wieser, 1880

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Levi Woodbury

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pen and ink caricature of a man with curly hair and monocle, long striped coat, smoking, drawn in 1880.

J. A. M. Whistler

Alfred Bryan, 1880

Herman Binger

Herman Binger, 1840

Sepia drawing of an older man in round spectacles, dark coat and white cravat, set within a pale blue border.

James Wilson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

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

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

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

Anna Howard Shaw

Wallace Morgan, 1910

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

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

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

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 caricature of a seated pianist and a man with a shepherd's crook reaching for a goat, with sheep behind them.

Victor Herbert and Frank Tinney

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920