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Engraved advertisement of J. Gurney's daguerreotype gallery at 349 Broadway with pedestrians and a horse carriage outside.

J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery

John William Orr, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Henry Clay standing in a study with bookshelves, drapes, a desk, and a blue chair.

Henry Clay

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a blue beaded jacket and feathered headdress, titled Ho-po-eth-le-yo-ho-lo, 1830.

Ho-po-eth-le-yo-ho-lo

Charles Bird King, 1830

Harper's Weekly page with engravings of the Marshall House, a rifleman, and soldiers confronting a man on a balcony.

Elmer Ellsworth

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with lace cravat, captioned General Putnam, within a hatched border.

Israel Putnam

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored print of a Cherokee man in a red turban with a red feather plume, gray blanket, and striped sash.

Tah Chee: A Cherokee Chief

Albert Newsam, 1830

Hand-coloured lithograph of a seated man in a black gown beside a desk with a quill pen and inkwell.

Francis William Pitt Greenwood

William Sharp, 1840

Engraved bust portrait of a young person in a dark cap, jacket and bow tie, captioned Maria Weems Escaping in Male Attire.

Maria Weems Escaping as Jo Wright

Ann Maria Weems, 1870

Saint-Mémin folio 5

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a green headwrap, silver earrings and red face paint, holding a pipe over a yellow blanket.

Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet")

J. Barincou, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of Edward Shippen, an elderly man with powdered hair and a patterned cravat, on a book page.

Edward Shippen

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Art nouveau poster of a woman in a flowing green gown with flowers in her hair, framed by a decorative floral halo.

Leslie Carter

Alphonse Mucha, 1900

Caricature of a man tumbling down a staircase with a Subtreasury Bill scroll, under a White House sign, 1840 lithograph.

Notice to Quit

J. Childs, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man with globes, dividers and a galleon, with a verse inscription below the image.

Captain Thomas Cavendish (Candish)

Robert Boissard, 1600

Engraved stipple portrait of Peyton Randolph in a powdered wig and buttoned coat on a dark ground, on an aged paper page.

Peyton Randolph

Charles Goodman, 1810

Hand-colored print of Kee-she-waa, a Fox warrior, in a patterned turban, striped blue blanket, and red face paint.

Kee-she-waa - A Fox Warrior

Charles Bird King, 1840

Poster of dancer Isadora Duncan in red drape, arms outstretched between blue pillars, with Cyrillic and Latin title lettering

Isadora Duncan

Georgi Alexeiev, 1920

Kinna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved portrait of Andrew Johnson in a dark suit, hand on a desk with papers, with the Capitol dome visible behind him.

Andrew Johnson

Irwin & Sartain, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of George Clinton in a dark coat and white cravat, printed on a book page with caption.

George Clinton

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Sarah Mahon Ormsby

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a seated man in a blue coat holding a quill pen over a sheet of paper.

John Ridge - A Cherokee

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Colored caricature of opera singer Adelina Patti in a yellow gown holding a flower bouquet, by Joseph Keppler, 1880.

Adelina Patti

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Elihu Root

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of John Adams in a powdered wig, dark coat and lace cravat, with caption naming him second US president.

John Adams

Nathaniel Dearborn, 1800

Printed 1840 advertisement by Auguste Edouart announcing a silhouette exhibition opposite the Tremont House, Boston.

Edouart advertisement: "Opposite the Tremont House..."

Auguste Edouart, 1840

Wa-kawn - A Winnebago Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man with white curly hair in a dark robe and white collar.

William Cranch

Henry S. Sadd, 1830

Sepia mezzotint of a bespectacled older man at a desk with a quill and inkwell, with a lightning bolt in the background.

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with a bald crown, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Charles Wise, Treasurer

Charles Wise, Member of the Acting Committee

Charles Wise, 1870