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Henry V (Henry of Monmouth), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, with Latin text below.

Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned, bearded king holding a sword and orb, with Latin inscription and biographical caption be

Edward II, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar, and chain of office, with Latin inscription around the border.

Robert Carr (Ker), Earl of Somerset, Viscount Rochester

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Henry VII wearing a fur-trimmed robe and cap, holding a scepter and orb, within an ornate oval frame.

Henry VII, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Richard Whittington in a fur-trimmed robe and gold chain, with a cat beside him.

Richard (Dick) Whittington, Lord Mayor of London

Renold Elstrack, 1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall hat and ruff, with cherubs and a coat of arms above.

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry II wearing a crown and ermine robe, holding a sceptre and orb, with a caption below.

Henry II, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved portrait of Queen Mary I in an oval cartouche with Latin inscription, ruff collar, fur-trimmed gown and coat of arms

Mary I (Tudor), Queen of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armour and lace ruff, with horse heads, banners and two armed attendants in an oval fra

Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury

Francis Delaram, 1620

Engraved portrait of a crowned queen with ruff collar, holding a sceptre and orb, within an ornate oval frame.

Mary (Stuart), Queen of Scotland

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in pearls and jeweled headdress, with Latin inscription and coats of arms, 1610.

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and chain of office, holding a book, with Latin inscription around the fram

Sir Edward Coke

Simon de Passe, 1610

Stephen (of Blois), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Edward the Black Prince in armour and feathered cap, with heraldic arms and inscription below.

Edward (The Black Prince), Prince of Aquitaine, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, hand resting on a globe, with inscription.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet within an ornate oval frame with heraldic emblems.

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Richard I in crown and armor holding a sword, with heraldic shields and inscribed text below.

Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a lace ruff and embroidered dress, with Latin inscriptions and a coat of arms.

Charles I, King of England

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Edward IV wearing a crown, holding a sceptre and orb, within an oval frame with heraldic shields.

Edward IV, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved frontispiece with oval portraits of King James I and Queen Anne, a winged trumpeter above, and full-length royal fig

James I, King of England/King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Queen

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, bearded, wearing a feathered hat and lace collar.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Baron Denbigh

Compton Holland, 1600

Engraved oval portrait of Richard III in royal robes, holding a scepter and orb, with Latin frame lettering and a caption bel

Richard III, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry VI crowned, holding orb and sceptre, with a text panel of biographical details below.

Henry VI, King of England and France

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in plumed hat and ruff, holding a baton, with ornate frame.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Compton Holland, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in a crown and fur-trimmed robe holding a flower, with Latin inscription and heraldic l

Edward V, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry de Vere, Earl of Oxford, in lace collar and patterned doublet, holding a baton, with scrolls.

Henry de Vere (Veere), 18th Earl of Oxford

Robert Vaughan, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, wearing a dark suit and tie against a shadowed background.

Theodore Roosevelt

James S. King, 1920

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar and cuffs, framed by a decorative cartouche and coat of arms.

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, bearded man in flat cap and ruff, within an oval scroll frame with cherubs.

Sir Thomas Gresham

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved group portrait of Union-era men around an allegorical woman holding the Constitution scroll, with an eagle and shiel

Lincoln with Major Union Figures

Henry S. Sadd, 1861

Lithograph bust portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled James Thacher, M.D.

James Thacher

James Thacher, 1820

Engraved bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a stippled background.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with a full mustache, dark suit and tie, against a dark background.

Grover Cleveland

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark suit holding gloves, with a table at his side.

Joseph Hodges Choate

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Caricature of male figures tightroping over Salt River between North and South, with Abolition Rock and a Constitutional Brid

Political "Blondins" Crossing Salt River

Abraham Lincoln, 1861

Engraved portrait of a man in military uniform within an ornate border, with a signature and 'Maj. Gen. U.S. Army' caption.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Robert Patterson

Jr John Plumbe, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of Daniel Webster seated in a green chair beside books and an inkwell, with red drapery behind him.

Daniel Webster

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a man with powdered hair and white cravat, in a dark coat, within a ruled border.

Benjamin Rush

James Akin, 1800

Lithograph of officers gathered in a parlor with framed paintings and a mantelpiece, showing the McLean House surrender scene

The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox Court House, in which General Lee Surrendered to General Grant

Horace Porter, 1861

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and blue robe pointing to a chart of symbols while holding a pipe.

Se-quo-yah

R. T, 1830

Hand-colored print of a man in uniform, a seated woman and two young girls in a Victorian parlor with a bust and landscape pa

George McClellan and Family

George Brinton McClellan, 1860

Caricature of elegantly dressed men and women gambling at a green roulette table scattered with coins and banknotes.

J. P. Morgan

Georges Goursat, 1910

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark high-collared coat, with a handwritten quotation and signature "David Crockett" below.

David Crockett

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Lithograph of fourteen oval portrait medallions of men with names, titled Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880.

Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880

Nicholas Ford, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair and dark coat, labeled T. Jefferson, on a lined background.

Thomas Jefferson

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair and a cravat, labeled Hon. Rufus Choate, with signature.

Rufus Choate

John Adams Whipple, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman in a patterned gown beside a violin and carved chair, captioned Camilla Urso.

Camille Urso

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1860

Colored caricature of bearded James Abram Garfield with oversized head, brown jacket and green trousers, hands in pockets.

James Abram Garfield

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Sepia lithograph of tilted portrait cards of nineteenth-century American millionaires, with ships, a locomotive and signature

Millionaires of the U.S.

Samuel Jones Tilden, 1880

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark period dress beside a desk and books, with classical columns and a landscape behind

James Monroe

Goodman & Piggot, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned John Warren M.D.

Dr. John Warren

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Engraved print of fifteen oval portraits of Confederate leaders under a banner reading Enemies of Our Union, with numbered ca

Enemies of our Union

Jefferson Davis, 1861

Pink poster with a line-drawn bearded man holding a hat, advertising Edwin Markham's article in The Saturday Evening Post.

Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham, 1890

Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson with white hair and dark coat against a stippled background.

Thomas Jefferson

David Edwin, 1800

Lithograph collage of political portraits, seated Lincoln, allegorical Justice and Liberty figures, and scenes of schooling a

The Republican Souvenir

James Gillespie Blaine, 1861

Sheet music cover with oval portraits of nine Confederate generals around the title Our Generals, Lee at center.

Our Generals

Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 1861

Political cartoon lithograph of a Democratic wagon pulled by donkeys heading toward a train labeled Equal Rights.

Progressive Democracy - Prospect of a Smash Up

Louis Maurer, 1861

Campaign print with oval portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin under an eagle and draped curtains, 1860.

Republican Banner for 1860

Cole Brothers, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, signed Henry W. Longfellow.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Black and white oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with stars on the collar.

Robert E. Lee

J. L. Giles, 1861

Caricature print of two men shaking hands beside a donkey and a stack of books labeled Life and Times of Thomas H. Benton.

Sad Parting Between Two Old Friends

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark double-breasted coat and black stock, dated 1850.

Daniel Webster

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Captain John Smith in a ruff collar, with ships and a globe in the border.

John Smith

Simon de Passe, 1610