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Political caricature lithograph of men hunting a leaping buck, one aiming a rifle, with the White House in the distance.

The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

Nathaniel Currier, 1861

Colored caricature of Washington with a large shadow over the White House lawn, labeled Rough Rider Roosevelt, and caricature

Is it Only a Shadow?

Grant E. Hamilton, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a braided military jacket and tasseled fur cap, with caption naming Kosciusko.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Etched portrait of a seated, mustached man in a dark suit, one hand on a cane, against a pale background.

William Howard Taft

Anders Zorn, 1910

Campaign banner with oval portraits of Henry Clay and T. Frelinghuysen under an eagle, flags, and red curtains.

The Nation's Choice for President and Vice President

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph of a group of men at a literary party in a room with columns, bookshelves and a wall bust, c. 1860.

Our Great Authors

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1860

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair and spectacles, wearing a dark coat and cravat.

Horace Mann

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with long dark hair, wearing a dark coat and a plaid scarf, turned to the right.

Peter Perkins Pitchlynn

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Maude Adams

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1900

Engraved print with two oval profiles: a black silhouette of a man with tied hair beside a line drawing of an older man.

George Washington and Benjamin Franklin

Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1780

Etched oval bust portrait of an elderly man with a white beard and round spectacles, signed Schneider.

Christopher Columbus Langdell

Otto J. Schneider, 1900

Lithograph of a standing statue of Stephen Girard, an older bald man in a frock coat with hands clasped, beside a pedestal.

Stephen Girard

Alphonse Léon Noël, 1840

Hand-colored print of three-tier bunks and rifle racks in the Patent Office, with glass cabinets along the left wall.

Sleeping-Bunks of the First Rhode Island Regiment, at the Patent Office, Washington

U.S. Patent Office, 1860

Lithograph showing a classical colonnaded patent office exterior, a building section with arched galleries, and a floor plan.

S. View of the New Patent Office. Longitudinal Section of the Centre Building Completed. Plan of National Gallery of…

Philip Haas, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a ruff collar, with a lion, rooster, coat of arms and verse panel below.

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Alexander Wilson

John James Barralet, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in ruff collar and embroidered doublet, with coat of arms and inscription, 1620.

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton; 4th Earl of Arran, Earl of Cambridge

Robert Vaughan, 1620

Benedict Arnold

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a signature and caption below the image.

Granville Sharpe Pattison

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark frock coat and white cravat, one gloved hand resting on a hat.

Granville Sharpe Pattison

Richard James Lane, 1820

J. A. M. Whistler

Frederick Francis Foottet, 1880

Lithograph of a seated bearded man and family group in a parlor, with oval portraits and a domed building on the wall.

Benjamin Harrison and Family

Benjamin Harrison, 1880

Black and white lithograph self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, with a prairie landscape behind him.

John Steuart Curry Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Engraved portrait of Benjamin West seated with a quill and books, beside a classical relief sculpture, by Caroline Watson.

Benjamin West

Caroline Watson, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig, cravat and dark coat with an order cross, labeled B. T. Graf v. Rumford.

B. T. Graf v. Rumford

Franz Xavier Muller, 1780

Mezzotint oval portrait of a seated man with powdered hair and lace cravat, holding a tricorn hat.

Thomas Pownall

Richard Earlom, 1770

Stipple engraving in an oval frame of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat, titled Count Rumford.

Count Rumford

Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayr, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a seated man with curly hair holding a quill pen over a written page, dark curtain behind him.

William Wirt

Henry Inman, 1820

Thomas Jefferson

Akin & Harrison, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of William Penn in a periwig, framed by books, a Charter of Pennsylvania scroll, and a name plaque.

Sir William Penn

Alexander Lawson, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a man with curled hair, dark coat and cravat, resting his hand on a book beside a column.

Thomas Ustick Walter

Albert Newsam, 1830

Sepia lithograph of nine portraits of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet members, arranged in tilted frames around the central f

President Lincoln and his Cabinet

Hannibal Hamlin, 1860

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Gimbrede, 1800

Etching of a seated woman with dark upswept hair in a long gown, drawn in loose hatched lines against a pale background.

Frances Folsom Cleveland

Anders Zorn, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth I with crown, ruff collar, orb and sceptre, flanked by heraldic beasts and text.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Senators of New York in 1798

Isaac Hutton, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a laurel wreath, with a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie.

Abraham Lincoln

Sr Henry Gugler, 1860

Lithographic poster of five performers in exaggerated costumes around a wooden table, with banners reading Great Musical Dram

Out of Bondage

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Monochrome print of a standing man in dark coat and white cravat beside a desk with quill, inkwells and books.

Alexander Hamilton

George Graham, 1800

Sepia lithograph portrait of a woman with curled hair in a floral embroidered gown, labeled MODJESKA below.

Helena Modjeska

Maerz, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded bald man in a ruff collar and chain, with Latin inscription and coat of arms.

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar, Spain

Simon de Passe, 1620

William McKinley

? - Thomas Fleming, 1861

Lithograph portrait of George Francis Train surrounded by vignettes of railroads, Omaha, a stock exchange and an allegorical

George Francis Train

Edward Valois, 1860

New York House of Assembly 1798

Isaac Hutton, 1840

Etching of an elderly bearded man standing in a room holding a paper, with framed pictures and plates behind him.

Henry Gurdon Marquand

Anders Zorn, 1890

Colour caricature lithograph of a standing man with white hair and dark coat leaning on a desk, titled Statesmen No. 1.

Charles Sumner

Matthew S. Morgan, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and cravat, hand resting on an ornately carved chair arm.

William Sandford Pennington Jr.

Adam B. Walter, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by a laurel wreath with the words Patria Pater.

George Washington

Adam B. Walter, 1840

Wanda Louise Landowska

Emil Orlik, 1910

Wood engraving of two seated Japanese embassadors in ceremonial robes and tall headdresses, printed on a Harper's Weekly page

The Japanese Embassadors in their State Costume

A. F, 1860

Engraved print of five oval portraits of men with an eagle and shield above and the Capitol building below.

Andrew Johnson, Salmon P. Chase, William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon Welles

Andrew Johnson, 1860

Hand-colored sheet music cover of The Veto Galop showing a man on a rearing horse holding a veto scroll above fallen figures

The Veto Galop

Andrew Johnson, 1860

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated with crossed arms, with an allegorical cartouche below.

Elbridge Gerry

John Raphael Smith, 1810

Engraved cartoon of a man hammering a nail into a Public School System plank beside a woman and children at a school door.

The Plank - Hitting the Nail on the Head

Thomas Nast, 1861

Mary Morse Baker Eddy

Ernest Haskell, 1910

Engraving of a crowded legislative chamber with men in period dress, wigs and Windsor chairs beneath classical columns.

Congress Voting Independence

Edward Savage, 1800

Engraved portrait of Henry Wriothesley in a ruff collar and armor, within an ornate scrolled cartouche with coat of arms.

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Baron Wriothesley of Titchfield

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and sash, with a Latin inscription border and a coat of arms.

Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland

Francis Manners, 1610

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed cloak, within an ornate oval frame.

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester

Simon de Passe, 1610

Poster of a uniformed officer holding a girl's hand beside a boy, with text urging people to buy War Savings Stamps.

Help Him Win By Saving and Serving

John Joseph Pershing, 1910

Hand-colored lithograph of a uniformed man on horseback with a sword, with troops and a flag in the landscape behind him.

David Rittenhouse Porter

Peter Holler, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark coat and cravat, signed Stephen Arnold Douglas.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat, white shirt and cravat, labeled William H. Seward.

William Henry Seward

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

John Moncure Daniel

Joseph Prosper Ourdan, 1850