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Engraved oval portrait of a man in ruff collar and dark robe, framed by fruit garlands, cherubs and inscription.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Baron Whaddon, Viscount Villiers, Earl of Buckingham, Marquess of Buckingham

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

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearls holding an open book, with a coat of arms and scroll inscriptions

Lady Arabella Stuart (Stewart)

Sr John Whittakers, 1610

Overton Anderson

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Hand-colored print of Kish-ke-kosh, a Fox man in a red blanket and horned headdress, holding a green club and feather fan.

Kish-ke-kosh - A Fox Brave

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Oval stipple engraving of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Rev. Thos. F. Sargent.

Reverend Thomas F. Sargent

William Rollinson, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with swept hair, printed on a book page above the heading 'Of the Differen

George Washington

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of an older bearded-free man with spectacles and bow tie, labeled Rev. William H. Furness.

William H. Furness

William Henry Furness, 1870

James J. Hill

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a young officer in a double-breasted uniform and kepi cap, captioned Col. Ellsworth.

Elmer E. Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1860

Etching of a laughing man in round spectacles raising a wine glass, with dense crosshatched background.

Happy Days

George Overbury Hart, 1920

Engraving of a formal room where a white-haired man greets feathered Native American delegates before a crowd in period dress

The President of the United States Inducing the Hostile Tribes of the Pawnees and the Poncas to Shake Hands

founded Illustrated London News, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of General Washington in a tricorn hat and military uniform, with a decorative hatched border.

George Washington

Robert Pollard, 1770

Zebulon Pike

Charles Willson Peale, 1800

Unidentified Man

Edme Quenedey, 1780

Wade Hampton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in uniform beneath an eagle holding a flag, captioned Gen'l Burnside.

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a steamboat on water behind him at left.

Robert Fulton

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and striped doublet, with coats of arms and family roundels above.

Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Count Palatine of the Rhine

George Humble, 1590

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington with powdered hair and white ruffled cravat, labeled GEO. WASHINGTON below.

George Washington

William Grainger, 1790

Shule

John Warner Barber, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a period wig beside books including Magna Charta, with a caption and verse below.

The Patriotic American Farmer

James Smither, 1770

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair and striped bow tie, with a signature below, dated 1850.

Andrew Jackson Downing

John Halpin, 1850

Hand-coloured lithograph portrait of a man with red feathered headdress, green face paint, and claw necklace, holding a pipe.

No-way-ke-sug-ga - Dtoe

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved portrait of King James I in feathered hat and ruff, framed by soldiers, banners and musketeers with a drum.

James I of England/ James VI of Scotland

Willem de Passe, 1640

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in a military frock coat, hand in pocket, on a printed magazine page.

Ulysses S. Grant

Frederick Gutekunst, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned Gen'l Johnson, in a brown mat.

Edward Johnson

Edward Johnson, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, in ruff collar and crown, within ornate scrollwork frame.

Elizabeth (Stuart), Queen of Bohemia

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

Le Soldat du Chene - An Osage Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed name caption below.

Joseph Hopkinson

Albert Newsam, 1840

Hand-colored print of Ne Sou A Quoit, a Fox chief, in feathered headdress, fur mantle and beaded collar, holding a staff.

Ne Sou A Quoit

Charles Bird King, 1830