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Lithographic oval portrait of a woman with curled upswept hair and a cameo brooch on an off-shoulder dress.

Malvina Pray Florence

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Samuel Huntington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved satire: a bearded man as a raccoon up a bare tree, with a stout hunter in a top hat aiming a rifle below.

Up a Tree

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Engraved portrait of an older white-haired man in a dark coat beside an open book, framed by an ornate border with flags.

Andrew Jackson

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe and chain of honor, with powdered curled hair and a Latin inscription b

Frederick V

Johann Martin Preisler, 1740

Mezzotint portrait of a smiling bald man with a book, inkwell and quill, engraved by James Watson after C. W. Peale.

Thomas Paine

James Watson, 1780

Oval black and white lithograph portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark suit, waistcoat and cravat, signed Silas Wright.

Silas Wright

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulette, captioned Gen. N. Greene, after a painting by C.W. Peale.

Nathanael Greene

David Edwin, 1810

Etching of an elderly bearded man reading a newspaper at a table beside bottles, with a window behind him.

Peter Platt

Dwight Case Sturges, 1910

Woodcut print with an oval portrait labeled Washington, angels with trumpets, a ship, a man reading, and a horse.

George Washington

George Washington, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat, framed by a coat of arms and labeled Philippe II.

Philip II

Pieter van Gunst

Charcoal-style portrait of a man with tousled hair and a collar and tie, looking toward the viewer on cream paper.

Max Forrester Eastman

Albert Edward Sterner, 1910

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Senator from Virginia, W. H. Roane.

William Henry Roane

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Amos Kendall

Charles Fenderich, 1830

John Bohlen

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military dress with epaulettes, ruffled cravat and powdered hair.

George Washington

Edward Savage, 1790

Stippled engraved portrait of an older man with tousled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, seated in an armchair.

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Albert Newsam, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of bearded clergyman George C. Shepard in dark gown and white collar bands.

George C. Shepard

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon in dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a sword.

General Nathaniel Lyon

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star shoulder insignia, in a decorative frame.

Ulysses S. Grant

William Edgar Marshall, 1861

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man seated in a dark coat, holding a book, against a dark background.

John Quincy Adams

Joseph Andrews, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a patterned coat and neckerchief, printed on a Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fro

Jesse James

Alexander Lozo, 1880

Lithograph portrait of Zachary Taylor standing in a dark suit beside a chair, within an oval frame and gilt border.

Zachary Taylor

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Seated elderly man in a brown suit and bow tie holding papers, shown in a brown-toned vignette on a pale mount.

Joseph Jefferson

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1900

King Kamehameha II

King Kamehameha II, Nov 1797 - 14 Jul, 1820

Engraved portrait of William Henry Harrison in dark coat, framed by eagle, flags, weapons and battle scenes, dated 1840.

William Henry Harrison

Kimberly & Pelton, 1840

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth, 1860

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

Washington Irving

Charles Turner, 1820

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and round spectacles, hand resting on a pedestal before a draped curtain.

Jacob Duché

Thomas Clarke, 1770

Engraved portrait of Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page with printed columns.

George Edward Pickett

A. Hurdle, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar, with the handwritten name Joel R. Poinsett below.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of Anthony Wayne, a man in a military coat with powdered hair, within a decorative border.

Anthony Wayne

John Norman, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a man in an ornate frame with an eagle, captioned Ex Vice President U.S., Plumbeotype National Galle

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Richard Mentor Johnson

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sheet music cover with nine oval portraits of uniformed men in an ornate frame, an eagle at top, and flags and cannons below.

Cadet's March

G. H. Nickerson, 1861

Etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and frock coat holding a cane, with a signature below.

John Wesley Jarvis

Henry Inman, 1810

Engraved bust portrait of a naval officer in uniform, with a ship at sea and a laurel wreath banner reading Don't Give Up the

James Lawrence

William Strickland, 1800

Newspaper page with ornate masthead and central oval engraved portrait of James Alexander Seddon, Confederate Secretary of Wa

James Alexander Seddon

A. Hurdle, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with star shoulder straps, with a printed caption and sign

Ulysses S. Grant

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Engraved portrait of Andrew Jackson standing beside a draped table with a quill, inkwell, and a Constitution scroll, with a c

Andrew Jackson

Francis Kearny, 1820

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

James Buchanan

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Thomas Hart Benton

William Henry Brown, 1840

Hand-colored print of a green bird with a bearded man's head on a branch, wearing a gold watch chain and collar.

The Attorney

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Stephen Decatur

M. Osborn, 1800

Satirical lithograph of a crowd with tools and banners before a Constitution statue, Supreme Court and Senate panels above.

The People Putting Responsibility to the Test

Thomas W. Whitley, 1830

Black and white lithograph portrait of a seated man in a suit holding a book, with a curtain and inkwell beside him.

Andrew Johnson

John Henry Bufford, 1850

John Dickinson

B. B. Ellis, 1780

William Maxwell Evarts

Root & Tinker, 1880

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin seated with a quill pen and manuscript, with a lightning storm scene behind him.

Benjamin Franklin

Edward Fisher, 1760

Sepia lithographic oval portrait of a man with swept-back hair, dark coat and bow tie, captioned Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of Samuel Adams in period dress beside a column, with rolled documents and a verse caption below.

Samuel Adams

J. Percy Sabin, 1900

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

Major Ridge

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

John Quincy Adams

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved portrait of Rembrandt Peale with spectacles and white hair, on a Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with a harbor mas

Rembrandt Peale

flourished William J. Pierce, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson in a dark coat and white cravat, with swept-up grey hair, against a pale background.

Andrew Jackson

William James Hubard, 1820

Henry Alexander Wise

Charles Fenderich, 1861

Lithograph portrait of Samuel Prentiss, a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a printed quotation below.

Samuel Prentiss

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, goatee, and dark cravat, signed Edwin Forrest.

Edwin Forrest

Edwin Forrest, 1860

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Black Hawk, a Sac chief, in a blue coat with red collar and gold buttons.

Black Hawk

John Cameron, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Osceola of Florida standing with a rifle, wearing a feathered headdress, ornamented coat and beaded le

Osceola

George Catlin, 1890

Sheet music cover with oval portrait of a bearded officer in military uniform, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Burnside's Victory March

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Sepia engraved portrait of a bald man in a dark jacket and striped cravat, with handwritten verse below.

Eugene Field

Jr Henry Taylor, 1890

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, captioned John Hancock Esqr.

John Hancock

John Singleton Copley, 1770

Charcoal sketch of a seated shirtless man leaning on one arm, inside a circular border, by John Singer Sargent.

Thomas Eugene McKeller

John Singer Sargent, 1920

Engraved print of a seated man in a patterned robe painting at an easel, holding a brush and palette.

Washington Allston

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1840