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Grover Cleveland

Napoleon Sarony, 1880

Colored lithograph of a parade celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment, framed by portraits and scenes of voting and daily life.

The Fifteenth Amendment

Thomas Kelly, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with star collar insignia, captioned Gen. R. E. Lee, on tan card.

Robert E. Lee

D. Murphy, 1861

Caricature campaign card of a woman with hands on hips, captioned Our Next President, Belvia Lockwood, But Do-N-T Give It Awa

Our Next President

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, 1861

Caricature of a bearded man in a tartan kilt pointing at a chalkboard of stick-figure millionaires marked 30 cents.

A Braw Laddie

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a deathbed scene with mourners in a room with red and green bed curtains.

Death of Harrison

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph of Charles Sumner in a dark suit raising a Presidential Proclamation scroll, surrounded by sketched heads of a cro

Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, seated with his hand raised to his cheek against a dark background.

Joseph Pulitzer

Henry L. Wolf, 1861

William Lloyd Garrison

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of oval portraits of United States presidents around a central Washington medallion and Declaration s

Presidents of the United States

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a document and sword, before classical colum

William Sprague

William Sprague, 1861

Pencil portrait of a balding man in spectacles and bow tie, with the script caption William Lloyd Garrison below.

William Lloyd Garrison

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Lithograph portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned John Jeffries, M.D.

John Jeffries

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Engraved grid of nine US presidents and Martha Washington in oval portrait, with birth and death caption lines beneath each.

Mrs. Martha Washington

Nathaniel Dearborn, 1830

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark fur-collared coat, labeled Daniel Boone.

Daniel Boone

Albert Newsam, 1820

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a man in a navy coat with gold epaulettes and white cravat, titled Pushmataha.

Pushmataha

John William Gear, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark coat and bow tie, labeled Edward Hitchcock.

Edward Hitchcock

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph of rows of men in dark suits below an allegorical woman crowning a kneeling woman, with flags and state seals.

Coronation of Womanhood

Susan B. Anthony, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a man in a red turban and blue jacket pointing to a chart of syllabary characters.

Sequoyah

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of Major Robert Rogers in military uniform and plumed helmet, framed by a laurel wreath and military t

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers, 1770

Nast cartoon: a veteran on crutches and a boy present restoration bills to a heavyset official in a legislative chamber.

Let Us Have Complete Restoration

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a suit beside bookshelves, with the inscription James Bradley Thayer below.

James Bradley Thayer

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

William Merritt Chase, 1880

William Thornton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and white collar, with the name Reverend Samuel Willard on the plinth below.

Samuel Willard

Gerard van der Gucht, 1720

Sepia printed poster with central portrait of Garfield surrounded by family portraits and scenes from his life.

From the Cradle to the Grave

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and pince-nez, with laurel wreath and heraldic shield below.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a long-haired man with mustache and goatee, wide-brimmed hat and fringed jacket, in an oval frame.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1870

Sepia lithograph of a Victorian family group in a parlor, with a bearded seated man, a woman, children, and an older woman re

James Garfield and Family

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1880

Lithographic oval portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption.

Eliphalet Nott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, printed on a Harper's Weekly page from 1882.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

John White Alexander, 1880

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with a central masquerade ball scene and surrounding caricature portraits of public figures.

Grand Masquerade Ball

Thomas Nast, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and waistcoat, with the signature Millard Fillmore below.

Millard Fillmore

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved Declaration of Independence with oval portraits of Hancock, Washington and Jefferson, an eagle, and decorative drape

Declaration of Independence

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, hands clasped, captioned Hon: Edwd Everett.

Edward Everett

Samuel Stillman Osgood, 1830

Baron von Steuben

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat before draped curtains, titled Benjamin Rush.

Benjamin Rush

Edward Savage, 1800

Oval lithograph portrait of Daniel Webster, a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, within a gold laurel wreath.

Daniel Webster

John Adams Whipple, 1840

Hand-coloured lithograph portrait of an older man in a grey headwrap and dark coat, captioned Black Hoof.

Catahecassa

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bald man in round spectacles and dark coat, shown in an oval vignette with a printed caption.

Joseph Story

Chester Harding, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat with a high collar, against a shaded background.

Robert E. Lee

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Colour circus poster of stilt-walking musicians in blue-curtained setting, with portrait medallions of Barnum, Bailey and Hut

P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and James Hutchinson

P. T. Barnum, 1890

Printed sheet of engraved portraits of Confederate statesmen and generals in rows, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Statesmen and Generals, Confederacy

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat, curled wig and dark coat, titled Sir William Penn.

Sir William Penn

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Engraved print of a robed man seated on a cloud, offered a laurel wreath by a cherub, with figures in the clouds above.

Apotheosis of Washington

David Edwin, 1800

Framed printed portrait of Henry W. Hilliard, bust-length, with ornate border, eagle banner and signature below.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Henry W. Hilliard

Jr John Plumbe, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark frock coat and bow tie, captioned Hon. Edward Everett.

Edward Everett

Edward Everett, 1850

Ostenaco (Outacite)

Joshua Reynolds, 1760

Oval lithograph portrait of Franz Sigel in a double-breasted military uniform with epaulettes, hand at waist.

Franz Sigel

Henry Bruckner, 1861

Printed grid of oval engraved portraits of Confederate leaders and generals, each in a red ornamental frame with name labels.

Confederate Political Leaders and Generals

Charles Magnus, 1861

Hand-colored portrait of a clergyman in dark robes with a gold cross on a chain, with printed title below.

John Joseph Hughes

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Caricature of Andrew Carnegie in tartan kilt flinging gold coins and banknotes into the air, by Albert Levering.

Andrew Carnegie

Albert Levering, 1900

Lithograph of Robert E. Lee and Confederate generals posed before a military camp with tents and cavalry under a cloudy sky.

Robert E. Lee and his Generals

Wade Hampton III, 1861

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie beside a draped table, with a small street scene below.

Henry Walton Bibb

Henry Walton Bibb, 1840

Caricature of a stout man with wavy hair holding pince-nez, standing beside a wooden table with papers, colored print.

The Massive Grievance

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved political print with two portraits in oval frames, a central bust, eagle, flags and fruit border.

Democratic Candidates for President and Vice President, 1884

James R. Rice, 1880

Oval lithograph portrait of Millard Fillmore seated in a chair, arm resting on the scrolled armrest, wearing a waistcoat.

Millard Fillmore

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair and a white collar, gazing upward.

Daniel Webster

William Sharp, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, a patterned scarf, a quill and inkwell on a desk beside her.

Frances Wright

Johan Gørbitz, 1840

Engraving of a costumed figure in a Senate chamber looking at a seated Black senator at a desk, with a gallery of spectators

Time Works Wonders

Thomas Nast, 1870

Hand-colored bust portrait of Red Jacket, a Seneca war chief, in a blue coat with a large oval medal.

Red Jacket

Edward Corbould, 1830

Colored lithograph of two officers seated at a round table, one in blue uniform gesturing, the other in gray writing with a q

Surrender of General Lee

Robert Edward Lee, 1861

Etching of a seated older man in a dark suit and bow tie, arm resting on a patterned tablecloth, against draped curtains.

Grover Cleveland

Anders Zorn, 1890

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with white beard and bow tie against a dark background.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1890