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Engraved portrait of Rufus King, a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, against a stippled background.

Rufus King

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Hand-colored engraving of a formal White House-style reception where Native American delegates in feathered headdresses meet

Andrew Johnson: Indian Delegations at Washington - Presentation to the President

Alexander Gardner, 1860

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, white ruff collar and armor, labeled Columbus.

Christopher Columbus

Peter Maverick, 1810

Benjamin West

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Andrew Jackson Général

Jules Lion, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with epaulettes and sash, captioned Major M. Scott.

M. Scott

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and feather plume, blue jacket, silver gorget and red sash, facing left.

Tens-kwau-ta-waw

Henry Inman, 1830

Wood engraving of police officers restraining a seated man while a photographer sets up a large camera in a room.

The Reluctant Model

Engraving of a donkey-headed figure at a rostrum holding inflation resolutions while seated legislators look dismayed.

Let Him Roar, Mr. Speaker

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with a diagonal sash, captioned Col. Chas. Parham.

Charles Parham

Charles Parham, 1850

Small pale card with the flourished script name D. B. Woodbury centered on it.

D. B. Woodbury business card

D. B. Woodbury, 1860

Guy L. Trigg

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Kwong

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in military uniform beneath an eagle perched on an American flag.

John Charles Frémont

John Charles Frémont, 1861

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Tai-o-mah, a Musquakee brave, with feathered topknot, claw necklace and armband.

Tai-o-mah - A Musquakee Brave

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Unidentified Man

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in feathered hat and ruff, holding a scepter, with heraldic lions and unicorn.

James I, King of England/James VI of Scotland

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

Pes-ke-le-cha-co - A Pawnee Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, printed on a book page captioned William Mason Esq.

William Mason

William Rollinson, 1800

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in round spectacles and dark suit, turned to the left against a hatched background.

Clement B. Penrose

William Henry Warren Bicknell, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair in a braided naval uniform, captioned Admiral Byron.

John Byron

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored portrait of Waa-pa-shaw, a Sioux chief, in a blue coat, gold vest and black headscarf, on cream paper.

Waa-pa-shaw

Henry Inman, 1830

Grayscale lithographic portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned B. West.

Benjamin West

Charles Étienne Pierre Motte, 1820

Engraving of a crowded 19th-century photographic gallery with framed portraits on the walls and visitors on tufted benches.

M.B. Brady's New Photographic Gallery in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper"

Albert Berghaus, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of bearded General Lyon in uniform, with an eagle holding an American flag above.

Nathaniel Lyon

Nathaniel Lyon, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Wa-kawn-ha-ka, a Winnebago chief, wearing a green headdress with feathers.

Wa-kawn-ha-ka - A Winnebago Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Wood engraving of a horse-drawn carriage crowded with a woman, children and men, driving past onlookers on a town street.

Escaping with Master's Carriages and Horses

Harriet Shepherd, 1870

Engraved Philadelphia almanac page for 1780 with a central oval portrait of a man, monthly calendars, and tables.

Philadelphia Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a Menominee man in a feathered headdress, red and green face paint, and dark shawl.

Amiskquew - A Menominie Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Line drawing portrait of a bald man in a suit and black bow tie, labeled E.V. Debs, with a Hamlet quotation below.

Eugene Victor Debs

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910