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Harper's Weekly page with engraved portraits of Captain Winslow and Raphael Semmes and a railway disaster illustration.

Raphael Semmes

A. Dupertz, 1861

Colour caricature of a stout bearded man in evening dress smoking a cigarette, from a Vanity Fair supplement.

John Singer Sargent

Max Beerbohm, 1900

Pen drawing of James Henry Lane as Mephistopheles, standing in doublet and cape with a skull-hilted dagger.

James Henry Lane

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

William Stuart Parrott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Stonewall Jackson in a double-breasted military uniform with a full beard.

Stonewall Jackson

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Engraved portrait of seated Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, holding eyeglasses, in an armchair before a draped

Benjamin West

Charles Heath, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Jacob Jones in United States Navy uniform with epaulette and cravat, facing right.

Jacob Jones

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of John Quincy Adams in an oval, dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate frame.

John Quincy Adams

Albert Newsam, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Martin Van Buren in an oval within an ornate decorative frame.

Martin Van Buren

Albert Newsam, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of Benjamin Franklin Butler in military uniform with epaulettes, mustache, and balding head.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with caption naming Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary of the Treas

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Sheet music cover with lithograph portrait of a man resting his head on his hand, song title list below.

Stephen Collins Foster

Stephen Collins Foster, 1880

Etched portrait of a man in a suit and striped tie, head turned slightly, with a handwritten signature below.

Calvin Coolidge

Dwight Case Sturges, 1920

Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1880

Engraved portrait of a woman in a veil and jewelled pendant, framed by a floral garland with a cherub below.

Joanna

Jonas Suiderhoef, 1700

Engraved bust portrait of Major General Andrew Jackson in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, against clouds.

Andrew Jackson

Peter Maverick, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a seated man with wavy hair, white cravat and book, with printed name Rev. James Shrigley below.

James Shrigley

Charles Fenderich, 1840

John Alexander Logan

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with star collar insignia.

Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a young man in a dark coat, waistcoat and cravat, signed Müller.

Charles Müller

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Mary Anderson

A. L. Plummer, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark military uniform with epaulettes and ruffled cravat.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Cornelius Tiebout, 1810

Napoleon Sarony Self-Portrait

Napoleon Sarony, 1860

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with shaved head, red headband, feather, beaded necklace and green cloak.

Thayendanegea

R. T, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark naval uniform with braided epaulettes, labeled Commodore Stephen Decatur.

Stephen Decatur

Henry Meyer, 1820

William Clyde Fitch

Max Beerbohm, 1890

Engraved portrait of Thomas Paine, a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, beside a small ship model.

Thomas Paine

William Sharp, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a seated older man with gray hair, dark coat, white cravat, hands clasped, labeled Sam Houston.

Samuel Houston

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Lithographic bust portrait of an older man with powdered hair and a frilled white cravat, captioned Samuel Danforth M.D.

Samuel Danforth

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Black-and-white lithographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark jacket and bow tie, gazing to the side.

Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860