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Colourful poster for Denton's Illustrated Scientific Lectures with a portrait of William Denton and scenes of Pompeii, animal

William Denton

S. F. Denton, 1860

Engraved print of a classical figure with a lantern beside an oval portrait medallion of Daniel Webster.

Daniel Webster

Woodcock & Harvey Engraving Co, 1830

Engraved print of thirteen Methodist Episcopal bishops in oval portraits within an ornate floral border, with a dove at top.

Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1870

Edward Everett

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a telescope, instrument stand, books and paper on a draped table.

David Rittenhouse

Edward Savage, 1790

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a man in a suit within an ornate decorative border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John C. Calhoun

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Hand-colored print of Confederate officers in blue uniforms posed before a flag, tent and encampment landscape.

Jefferson Davis and Generals

Leonidas Polk, 1861

Political caricature lithograph of men in gymnastic poses on bars and a horse, with speech bubbles and labels.

Political Gymnasium

Louis Maurer, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Robert E. Lee in military coat with star collar insignia, white beard, dark background.

Robert E. Lee

Paul Giradet, 1861

James Smithson

John Wesley Paradise, 1840

Lithograph of seven oval portraits of medical faculty men around a central Gothic university building, with ornate borders.

Medical Faculty of the University of New York

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Satirical lithograph of a giant man in a cloak directing a hose over railroad tracks, with a locomotive and steamship behind

The Statue Unveiled

James Fisk, 1860

Oval tonal portrait of a seated man in a formal coat with a book, inkwell and quill pen on a desk beside him.

Daniel Webster

Charles G. Crehen, 1840

Thomas Nast 1880 cartoon Plumed Knight: caricature of a man in a long coat and plumed hat, surrounded by Blaine campaign slog

Plumed Knight

Thomas Nast, 1880

Lithograph of oval portraits of US presidents around a central portrait of James A. Garfield, with an eagle and flags above.

The President is Dead

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a standing man in a cloak and waistcoat, within an oval frame, captioned John C. Calhoun.

John C. Calhoun

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark suit and bow tie, turned to the left against a shaded background.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Jacques Reich, 1890

Engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, with a pocket watch, turned to the right.

Edward Everett

John Sartain, 1860

Black and white lithograph of William, Ida and Nancy McKinley with vignettes of two Ohio houses above.

William, Ida and Nancy McKinley

Edwards, Deutsch, & Heitmann, 1861

Caricature print of a bearded man in a long grey overcoat smoking a pipe, from Vanity Fair, August 1880.

James Russell Lowell

James Tissot, 1880

Engraved print of five Confederate generals in oval portraits within an ornate scrolled frame topped by an eagle.

Generals Confederate Army No. 1

John Rogers, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a dark coat, printed on cream paper.

James Russell Lowell

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1880

Engraved bust portrait of Brigham Young in a dark coat, waistcoat and striped bow tie, with shoulder-length hair.

Brigham Young

W. H. Gibbs, 1850

Theodore Roosevelt

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Hand-colored print of Zachary Taylor in uniform at center, surrounded by oval portraits of earlier U.S. presidents with flags

People's Choice Twelfth President

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with a full white beard and dark suit, seen against a gray background.

James Russell Lowell

Gustav Kruell, 1890

Lithograph portrait of Thomas Jefferson seated at a desk with a quill, books, and a classical bust beside him.

Thomas Jefferson

Nicolas Maurin, 1820

George Mifflin Dallas

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar, with the name Hosea Ballou inscribed below.

Hosea Ballou

Robert Cooke, 1840

Thomas Nast political cartoon showing a caricatured man opening a Star Chamber door with a People's message scroll.

Like Cromwell--Not "Like Charles the First,"--Mr. Edmunds!

Thomas Nast, 1880

Sepia engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark suit and bow tie.

Andrew Carnegie

Jacques Reich, 1900

Lithograph of a deathbed scene with an elderly man on a bed, mourners, a clergyman and a physician in period dress.

Death of General Lee

George Washington Custis Lee, 1861

Colored Puck magazine cartoon showing a tamed tiger slumped at a desk while two men with giant scissors stand in a doorway.

Made Harmless at Last

Frederich Graetz, 1880

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat beside a bust, a draped table, and a domed building in the win

Daniel Webster

Charles Edward Wagstaff, 1850

Political cartoon of men reacting to a snarling black cat, Spirit of Discord, escaping a Republican Bag, 1860 lithograph.

Letting The Cat Out of The Bag

Louis Maurer, 1860

Engraved caricature of Oliver Wendell Holmes seated at a breakfast table, holding a steaming teacup, on a Vanity Fair cover.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Oval woodcut portrait of a man in period dress with a ribbon bow, on a pedestal labeled Noah Webster, Jun. Esq.

Noah Webster

Noah Webster, 1780

Washington Hesing

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, titled Thomas Jefferson, after Gilbert Stuart.

Thomas Jefferson

Robert Field, 1800

Engraved portrait of a standing clergyman in dark robes with a cross necklace, hand resting on an open book beside a curtain.

John Joseph Hughes

John Burn Forrest, 1860

Political caricature of four men around a small figure in a hat, with boastful campaign text panels above.

Soliciting a Vote

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, shirt open at the collar, hands on hips and in pocket.

Walt Whitman

Samuel Hollyer, 1840

Engraved portrait of a reclining man in a dark coat on a couch, with drapery, a table with books, and a landscape.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

William Sharp, 1800

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with swept-back hair, high white collar and dark cravat, turned to the left.

Millard Fillmore

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man with curly light hair, ruffled cravat and dark coat, labeled Jefferson, dedicated to Lafayette.

Thomas Jefferson

Francois Jacques Dequevauvillier, 1810

Lithograph of presidents' portrait medallions around a central portrait of Lewis Cass, under an eagle and flags.

Lewis Cass

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved group portrait of nineteenth-century men gathered in a columned room around a table with a telegraph device.

Men of Progress

John Sartain, 1860

Satirical lithograph of a fly caught in a web, with spiders bearing human faces and two men watching at lower left.

Big Blue Bottle Fly in the Web

Edward Williams Clay, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in formal dress holding a rolled paper, with dedication text and signature below.

George Copway

Elisha Forbes, 1840

Etched portrait of a standing man in a dark overcoat with eyeglasses and mustache, one hand resting on a pedestal.

Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Rosenthal, 1900

Political cartoon lithograph of large rolling balls labeled with state names crushing a man beneath them, with an eagle above

The Balls are Rolling - Clear the Track

Nathaniel Currier, 1850

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded older man in a dark coat and bow tie, captioned Rev. Theodore Parker.

Theodore Parker

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Sepia engraving of many men in dark suits seated and standing in a Gothic-arched chamber with a carved balcony.

Distinguished Americans

Thomas Doney, 1850

Engraved portrait of Lieutenant Maury on a Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with a harbor scene masthead.

Matthew Fontaine Maury

George H. Hayes, 1850

Black-and-white lithographic portrait of Henry Wilson in dark coat, white shirt and black cravat, with printed caption below.

Henry Wilson

Mathew B. Brady, 1870

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with white beard in a dark coat, against a hatched background.

James Russell Lowell

Jacques Reich, 1890

Engraved political cartoon of two men in feathered costume beside tepees and a campaign placard, by Thomas Nast, 1880.

The Smiths Give a Great Deal of Trouble

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, looking directly at the viewer.

William Harris Crawford

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of a bald, bespectacled man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in pince-nez glasses and dark suit against a hatched background.

Theodore Roosevelt

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark dress holding papers, with classical columns and a draped curtain behind him.

Nicholas Biddle

Henry Edward Dawe, 1830

Engraved portrait of a uniformed officer above views of a river mill with steamship and a fortified bluff, from Harper's Week

Leonidas Polk

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of Robert E. Lee on a 1863 Southern Illustrated News page with printed columns.

Robert E. Lee

John W. Torsch, 1861

Lithographed farewell address with an oval portrait of a bearded officer between two Confederate flags and cannonballs.

Robert E. Lee

Ernest Crehen, 1861