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Colored postcard of the white neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with carriages on the street and a fla

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Foster & Reynolds, 1900

Lithograph of Major General Lewis Wallace in uniform, mounted on a black horse with ornate silver tack, against a smoky lands

Lewis Wallace

Lewis Wallace, 1861

Folding hand-colored panorama of Washington D.C. with a George Washington portrait, building vignettes, and a Capitol view, p

Panorama of Washington

Charles Magnus, 1860

Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams seated beside a map of Canada, holding a document, with a street view through a window.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams, 1770

Bearded officer in military coat and cape pointing forward, with soldiers, an American flag and a cannon on snowy ground.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of a man's head on a green terrapin body wearing a masonic apron, kneeling on a shore.

Masonic Terrapin

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a woman in white pouring liquid toward a coiled dragon as an armored warrior watches in a dark cave.

"The Columbiad" -- The Rape of the Golden Fleece

Abraham Raimbach, 1800

Lithograph portrait of a bearded naval officer in uniform with a sword on a steamboat deck, river and steamers behind him.

William D. Porter

William David Porter, 1860

Hand-colored print of a standing Ojibwe chief in feathered headdress, fringed blanket, and beaded leggings, holding a pipe.

Okee-makee-quid

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored engraving of a tree-lined Philadelphia street with brick houses, a carriage, and people in period dress.

View in Third Street from Spruce

William Russell Birch, 1800

Hand-colored illustration of a colorful bird with a woman's head in a yellow bonnet, perched on a stalk with a hatbox.

Milliner Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a winged figure of Cruelty on a cloud above a prison ship, with hands reaching from the hold below.

"The Columbiad" -- Cruelty Presiding Over the Prison Ship

James Neagle, 1800

Engraved portrait of a balding man with curly hair and neckerchief, arms folded on a ledge, with leaves and mountains behind.

John James Audubon

John James Audubon, 1840

Hand-colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with striped awnings and columns.

Patent Office

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Hand-colored lithograph of a hummingbird with a bearded man's head, perched among willow branches and flower spikes.

Humming Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Caricature of two men with large heads on winged cherub bodies leaning on a ledge, with small comic figures in clouds above.

Robson & Crane

Stuart Robson, 1880

Engraving of a nude statue with a mirror in a colonnade, while robed figures discard helmets and weapons before it.

"The Columbiad" -- The Final Resignation of Prejudices

Hand-colored print of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington with columns, carriage and pedestrians.

U.S. Patent Office

Edward Sachse & Co

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside white military tents and an American flag.

Elmer Ellsworth

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithograph of a mounted officer in uniform raising his hat on a black horse, with soldiers marching in the background.

L. S. Rosseau

Lovell Harrison Rousseau, 1860

Lithograph of a bearded officer in uniform raising a sword on a rearing horse, on grassy ground.

John Alexander McClernand

John Alexander McClernand, 1860

John Marshall

Lithograph of Benjamin F. Butler in military uniform beside a grey horse, with troops, a flag and ships behind him.

Benjamin F. Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Engraving of two rowboats with men fighting with oars and poles on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Fight in Chesapeake Bay

Thomas Sipple, 1870

Bird's-eye engraving of Washington D.C. and the Potomac River with ships, street grid, and a numbered key of landmarks.

Washington D.C. and its Vicinity

Hand-coloured caricature of a man with a giraffe's spotted neck and legs, wearing a top hat and red jacket, smoking a pipe.

Giraffe

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Etching of a seated man in a wide hat sketching among standing onlookers, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

J. A. M. Whistler Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Engraving of people descending a wooded bank to a schooner at night, with wagons among trees and a moon over water.

Heavy Weights - Arrival of a Party at League Island

John Osler, 1870

Lithograph of James Shields on a rearing horse, raising a sword as soldiers and a bugler advance behind him.

James Shields

James Shields, 1860

Engraved illustration of a man in a long coat attacking another man with a knife beside a columned porch.

Knifing His Victim

Harry Grimes, 1870