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Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, framed by heraldic shields and armor.

Prince Ludovick Stuart (Stewart), 1st Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Earl of Newcastle

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1620

Hand-colored portrait of Me-Na-Wa, a Creek warrior, in a beaded green cap with red feather and striped blanket.

Me-Na-Wa: A Creek Warrior

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Cartoon of a Santa-like figure in a flag cape on a dome, speaking into a megaphone labelled Colonial Question.

The Chimney is too Small

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a blue fringed shawl, set in an oval frame with stars.

Sarah Childress Polk

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Saint-Mémin folio 13

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Clara Barton

John Sartain, 1880

Hand-colored print of a Winnebago chief with feather headdress, painted face, silver medallion and tomahawk.

Hoo-wan-ne-ka - A Winnebago Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored print of a seated woman in blue and yellow clothing holding a red blanket and feathered headdress beside a rock.

A Chippeway Widow

R. T, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of an older man with a mustache and bow tie, with the signature D. Hayes Agnew below.

D. Hayes Agnew

Charles Robson, c. 1840 - 9 Oct, 1880

Hand-colored portrait of a woman with braided hair, beaded necklaces and a feathered fan, titled Female Flying Pigeon.

Rant Che Wai Me - Female Flying Pigeon

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Miss Clara H. Barton

John Sartain, 1860

Samuel Murgatroyd

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban with black plume, blue jacket and silver medal, captioned Foke-Luste-Hajo, a Semi

Foke-Luste-Hajo - A Seminole

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat with star epaulettes, against red.

Ulysses S. Grant

Lithographers Bingham & Dodd, 1861

Colored cartoon of two men with money bags waiting at gates to Cuba and Porto Rico, beside a worker and industrial goods.

Waiting for the Gates to Open

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Stonewall Jackson

George W. Minnis, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of General Winfield Scott in military dress uniform, with an eagle and American flag above.

Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott, 1860

Engraving of a man in a top hat reaching toward a seated woman in a railway car interior, with a seated observer at right.

Dry-goods Merchant Searching the Cars

FOY, 1870

Printed newspaper page with an oval portrait of James Buchanan above, and an engraving of horse-drawn sleighs in snow below.

James Buchanan

John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Stephen A. Douglas seated in a red chair before a green curtain and column, 1860.

Stephen A. Douglas

George Whiting, 1860

Engraved page with two bust portraits: Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll on the left and actor Lester Wallack in an oval on the rig

Album of Portraits of Celebrities

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Mon-chonsia, a Kansas chief, wearing a feathered turban, beaded necklaces and fur robe.

Mon-chonsia - A Kansas Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Jr James Gordon Bennett, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark military uniform with shoulder straps, captioned Thomas Francis Meagher.

Thomas Francis Meagher

Thomas Francis Meagher, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of General Gage in military uniform with powdered wig, against a cloudy sky.

Thomas Gage

Robert Pollard, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in naval uniform, topped by an eagle holding an American flag.

Samuel Francis Dupont

Samuel Francis Du Pont, 1850

Sepia allegorical print of a seated man beside a globe labeled America, crowned with laurel by a figure of Liberty.

Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté

Jean-Claude-Richard de Saint-Non, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet, with coat of arms and inscription.

James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, Lord Hay of Sawley, Viscount Doncaster

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1610

Hand-colored print of Ne-o-mon-ne, an Ioway chief, in feathered headdress and red blanket, holding a decorated pipe.

Ne-o-mon-ne - An Ioway Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a turban and shawl with a medallion, labeled Neamathla, Seminole War Chief, 1840.

Neamathla

flourished Neamathla, 1840