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Engraved allegory with a bust portrait of Lafayette in uniform, surrounded by classical figures, a cannon, and a drum marked

Marquis de Lafayette

Lagardette, 1800

Sheet music cover with oval lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln against draped curtains, titled Inauguration Grand March.

Inauguration Grand March

Christopher S. German, 1860

Oval lithographic portrait of an older man with grey side whiskers, dark coat and white cravat, against a soft landscape.

John James Audubon

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a greatcoat holding a top hat and cane before a rocky landscape.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jean Marie Leroux, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulettes, under a tree, within an ornate decorative frame.

George Washington

Juste Chevillet, 1770

Engraved caricature of a seated officer in cape and uniform beside a sword, captioned 'The Modern Belisarius', in a landscape

George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan, 1860

Engraved portrait of George Washington in a tricorn hat holding a spyglass beside a cannon, with tents in the background.

George Washington

John Norman, 1780

Mezzotint portrait of a uniformed naval man raising his hat on a ship deck, with a decanter and glass beside him.

William IV

William Say, 1830

Miss Winnie Davis

Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, 1880

Lithographed sheet music cover of a man with a bundle on a stick beside a tree, with a river and riders in the distance.

Frederick Douglass

Henry Prentiss, 1840

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a uniformed officer in dark blue with a sword, a white horse behind him, against a dark bac

Major General Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved advertisement of J. Gurney's daguerreotype gallery at 349 Broadway, with a carriage and pedestrians in the street.

J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, 349 Broadway, New York

John William Orr, 1850

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a man holding a spear, with a white cloth draped over his shoulder and a hilly landscape behind h

Cinqué

John Sartain, 1830

Poster of a man in an ornate embroidered robe before blue pagodas and hills, with gold text reading Long Tack Sam.

Long Tack Sam

Adolph Friedländer, 1910

Lithograph sheet music cover of a boy standing beside a draped table, eyes closed, holding a hat, with title lettering above.

Thomas Bethune

Sarony, Major & Knapp, 1860

Engraved family portrait of a bearded officer, a seated woman, and four children and young adults in a wooded outdoor setting

General Grant and His Family

John Sartain, 1861

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wig and armour holding a baton, with a helmet, fortress and horsemen behind him.

James Edward Oglethorpe

Thomas Burford, 1730

Engraved portrait of a standing man with a musket and fur cloak, with seated figures and a mountain behind him.

Philip, King of Mount Hope

Paul Revere, 1710

Engraved memorial print with an oval portrait of George Washington, surrounded by allegorical figures, cannons and cherubs.

George Washington

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside a tree, with army tents and an American flag behind him.

Martin Robison Delany

Abraham Bogardus, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit beside a carved chair, table, books and draped curtain.

Ulysses S. Grant

John Chester Buttre, 1861

Engraving of Native figures offering fruit and baskets before a stone column, with a bearded European man and armed soldiers

The Natives of Florida Worship the Column Erected by Captain Ribault

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a top hat and ruff collar, holding a scroll, with a ship in the frame.

Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith)

Simon de Passe, 1610

Colour print of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark suit holding a pink cloak, in an arched frame.

Walt Whitman

Richard Shugg, 1870

Full-length portrait of a bearded naval officer on a ship deck, with a rowboat and American flag on the river behind him.

John L. Worden

John Lorimer Worden, 1860

Daniel Webster

William Henry Brown, 1840

Poster of a mustached rider in a fringed buckskin jacket and wide hat on a dappled grey horse, with trees behind.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Hand-colored print of a bearded naval officer in uniform on a deck, with a rowboat and fort on the river behind him.

John Lorimer Worden

John Lorimer Worden, 1860

Sheet music cover with central oval portrait of a man beside a small figure, flanked by four child medallions and floral bord

The Commodore Nutt Polka

? - Horace Waters, 1860

Caricature cartoon of a man skating on a frozen pond falling through cracked ice labeled Income Tax Amendment.

Retreat of Don Grover Quixote

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Hand-colored engraved portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer in blue uniform with red sash, holding a shako, before a river view.

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Thomas Gimbrede, 1800

Satirical lithograph of an elderly man in a fur-collared cloak locking a prison door, with hands gripping the barred window.

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1820

Etching of a young woman in a sun hat holding a tennis racket beside a wooden fence and ivy-covered hedge.

Helen Wills Moody

Childe Hassam, 1920

Sitting Bull

Rudolf Cronau, 1880

Seated bearded man in work clothes on a wheelbarrow beside a shovel, pick and tin pan, with trees and hills behind.

Etienne Derbec

A. De Lattre, 1850

Hand-colored print of a frontiersman in buckskin raising his hat, holding a rifle, with three dogs in a wooded landscape.

Davy Crockett

C. Stuart, 1830

Engraved family portrait of General Grant with his family on horseback and pony, a dog, and the Capitol dome behind.

General Grant and His Family

Samuel Sartain, 1861

Engraved portrait of Major General Joseph Warren in a tricorn hat holding a musket, with a smoky battlefield behind him.

Joseph Warren

John Norman, 1780

Etching of a bearded officer in uniform on a prancing horse, with a bare tree, smoke, and a distant cart in the landscape.

Le Général Grant

L. Mercier, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark silk overdress and lace cuffs, beside flowering shrubs and a garden urn with a swan.

Mrs. George Washington

J. Rogers, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman with curly hair and a striped shawl, leaning against a tree beside flowering shrubs.

Madᵉ. Genet

Cornelia Tappan Clinton Genet, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Charles Lee in military uniform and tricorn hat beside a flag reading An Appeal to Heaven.

Charles Lee

Thomlinsen, 1770

Mrs. Chauncey Goodrich

J. Rogers, 1850

Monochrome print of a man in period dress in an oval frame, with a carved head and oak wreath above and PATRIAE PATER below.

George Washington, Patriae Pater

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Lithograph of a uniformed man on a rearing grey horse, pointing forward before a smoky battlefield with soldiers.

General Harrison, the Washington of the West

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1840

Full-length engraved portrait of a man in naval uniform with a sword, leaning on rocks, with sailing ships at sea behind him.

William Carnegie

Jr J. Hibbert, 1800

Engraved page with a map of Pensacola Bay forts above a street scene of Montgomery, Alabama, with a domed state house.

Montgomery, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a man in a top hat and spectacles, standing before a building with shuttered windows and a signboard.

A Tribute to Worth by his Friends

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulette, powdered hair, and cloudy landscape behind him.

Horatio Gates

John Norman, 1780

Mezzotint portrait of a man in powdered wig and military uniform with epaulette and sash, with printed inscription below.

Robert Monckton

Thomas Hudson, 1750

Pink sheet music cover for The Little Duchess featuring a photograph of Anna Held in a large hat and flowing gown.

What Are the Wild Waves Saying?

Anna Held, 1900

Sheet music cover for The Two Roses with a photo of a woman in a lace gown, green art nouveau border and rose motifs.

There's Not a Thing I Wouldn't Do

John Frew, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of dancer Fanny Elssler in pink costume with black lace skirts, arms outstretched, on grass with flow

Fanny Elssler

John T. French, 1830

Hand-colored print of General Washington in blue and gold uniform holding the Declaration of Independence, with a horse, cann

General Washington

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a standing Native American man in feathered headdress and fringed robe, holding a rifle.

Wa-na-ta

Charles Bird King, 1830

Circular hand-colored allegorical print of American independence with medallion portraits, a Native American figure, ships, a

Indépendence des États-Unis

Louis Roger, 1780

Engraving of a man descending steps from an altar toward a farm, with an eagle, shield, and fruit in the foreground.

General Washington's Resignation

Alexander Lawson, 1790

Sheet music cover for I Like My Old Home Town showing three photographic portraits of Harry Lauder in Scottish costume.

I Like My Old Home Town

Harry Lauder, 1920

Hand-colored lithograph of a dancer in a light blue costume and feathered hat before gabled houses, sheet music cover.

Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of a black crow with a man's face beside green reeds on rocky ground, titled Rice's Crow.

Rice's Crow

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Full-length portrait of a man in feathered headdress and fringed robe holding a feathered staff, in warm earth tones.

Mah-to-toh-pa

John M. McGahey, 1830

Engraving of a woman in white kneeling as two feathered men raise weapons beneath a large tree in a forest.

"The Columbiad" -- The Murder of Lucinda

Ankar Smith, 1800

Lithograph of the New Patent Office in Washington with pedestrians, a carriage, a longitudinal section and a floor plan.

Old Patent Office plan

Augustus Guy de Vaudricourt, 1830

Lithograph sheet music cover of the Hutchinson Family: one woman and three men in period dress before a hilly landscape.

Songs of the Hutchinson Family

Adoniram Judson Joseph Hutchinson, 1840