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Engraving of a standing officer pointing toward a battle, with a white horse and attendant beside him under a pine tree.

Marquis De Lafayette

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Caricature drawing of a stout man in a plumed hat holding a pistol and whip before a church steeple and flags.

Bombastes Reformeth Ye Churches

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Political caricature lithograph of two ships at sea, uniformed men on a rocky shore, open chests and papers with printed labe

Andrew Jackson

Henry R. Robinson, 1830

Hand-colored print of a man in a top hat and red shirt, with firemen operating a hose engine on a smoky city street behind hi

F. S. Chanfrau in the Character of Mose

James Brown, 1840

Engraving of soldiers supporting a dying officer on a smoky battlefield beneath tattered flags and a bare tree.

Death of General Montgomery

Johan Frederik Clemens, 1790

Engraving of a man on a prancing black horse reviewing mounted soldiers, with a flag and crowd behind him.

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, 1850

Lithographic portrait of a seated man holding a bugle, with open sheet music, an inkwell and a quill on a table beside him.

Francis Johnson

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with sword and horse, with a battle scene with smoke and a flag behind him.

Irvin McDowell

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of a dark crow with a human face standing on rocky ground beside tall grass.

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of George Washington seated with a map labeled City of Washington and a tricorn hat on a table beside him.

George Washington

John Scoles, 1790

Hand-colored ballad sheet with an officer in blue uniform beside a horse, framed by a laurel wreath, above printed song verse

George Brinton McClellan

Charles Magnus, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in a long coat holding a top hat and cane on a grassy hill.

Marquis De Lafayette

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Oval portrait of Donald McKay in dark coat and cravat, with a sailing ship at sea and a harbor behind him.

Donald McKay

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved allegory with a bust portrait of Lafayette in uniform, surrounded by classical figures, a cannon, and a drum marked

Marquis de Lafayette

Lagardette, 1800

Sheet music cover with oval lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln against draped curtains, titled Inauguration Grand March.

Inauguration Grand March

Christopher S. German, 1860

Oval lithographic portrait of an older man with grey side whiskers, dark coat and white cravat, against a soft landscape.

John James Audubon

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a greatcoat holding a top hat and cane before a rocky landscape.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jean Marie Leroux, 1820

Engraved scene of soldiers wrestling a rearing horse in an arena while a rider falls, with a boy and spectators nearby.

Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulettes, under a tree, within an ornate decorative frame.

George Washington

Justus Chevillet, 1770

Engraved caricature of a seated officer in cape and uniform beside a sword, captioned 'The Modern Belisarius', in a landscape

George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan, 1860

Engraved portrait of George Washington in a tricorn hat holding a spyglass beside a cannon, with tents in the background.

George Washington

Hand-colored print of naval officers under a large tree overlooking a hillside village and a procession of uniformed men.

Return of Commodore Perry, Officers and Men of the Squadron from an Official Visit to the Prince Regent at Shui, Capi…

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Engraving of a sugar plantation with sugarcane, banana plants, a worker with a hoe, and buildings beside a river.

Plantation Scene - Sugar

Felch & Riches, 1850

Hand-colored print of a crowd under a canopy at a cornerstone ceremony in Honolulu, with mountains behind.

Lot Kamehameha

G. H. Burgess, 1860

Colored print of an American cutter rowing through a fleet of Japanese boats on a bay, with a snowy mountain behind.

Passing the Rubicon

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Engraving of a plantation scene with oxen hauling cotton bales over a bridge while workers pick cotton in the field.

Cotton Picking

Felch & Riches, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of a uniformed naval man raising his hat on a ship deck, with a decanter and glass beside him.

William IV

William Say, 1830

Miss Winnie Davis

Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, 1880

Engraving of a desert caravan with camels and turbaned men, with bearded captives seated in the foreground among scattered bu

Christian Slavery in Barbery

Felch & Riches, 1850

Lithographed sheet music cover of a man with a bundle on a stick beside a tree, with a river and riders in the distance.

Frederick Douglass

Henry Prentiss, 1840

Engraving of people boarding a steamboat gangplank at a dock, with men in top hats, women, children, and a Camden and Amboy s

Rescue of Jane Johnson and her Children

Jane Johnson, 1870

Engraving of enslaved Africans being inspected and restrained on a shore beside a sailing ship, with a seated merchant at lef

African Slave Traffic

Felch & Riches, 1850

Colored lithograph titled Heroes of the Colored Race with three central portraits, eagle and flags above, and scenes of farm,

Heroes of the Colored Race

Joseph Hoover, 1861

Engraving of a tall man in a top hat walking through a street with soldiers while a crowd cheers and tosses hats.

Lincoln in Richmond

Lambert Hollis, 1861

Engraved group portrait of George Washington and family seated at a table with a map, globe, and standing attendant.

The Washington Family

Edward Savage, 1790

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a uniformed officer in dark blue with a sword, a white horse behind him, against a dark bac

Major General Andrew Jackson

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved advertisement of J. Gurney's daguerreotype gallery at 349 Broadway, with a carriage and pedestrians in the street.

J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery, 349 Broadway, New York

John William Orr, 1850

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a man holding a spear, with a white cloth draped over his shoulder and a hilly landscape behind h

Cinqué

John Sartain, 1830

Poster of a man in an ornate embroidered robe before blue pagodas and hills, with gold text reading Long Tack Sam.

Long Tack Sam

Adolph Friedländer, 1910

Pen-and-ink caricature of a woman in a bonnet and crinoline speaking to a seated bearded man at a desk beside a US map.

Mrs. North and Her Attorney

Sir John Tenniel, 1860

Engraved family portrait of a bearded officer, a seated woman, and four children and young adults in a wooded outdoor setting

General Grant and His Family

John Sartain, 1861

Lithograph sheet music cover of a boy standing beside a draped table, eyes closed, holding a hat, with title lettering above.

Thomas Bethune

Major & Knapp Sarony, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a wig and armour holding a baton, with a helmet, fortress and horsemen behind him.

James Edward Oglethorpe

Engraved portrait of a bearded seated man, a boy, a standing young man, and a woman in black at a draped table.

Lincoln and Family

William Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of a standing man with a musket and fur cloak, with seated figures and a mountain behind him.

Philip, King of Mount Hope

Paul Revere, 1710

Engraved memorial print with an oval portrait of George Washington, surrounded by allegorical figures, cannons and cherubs.

George Washington

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

Hand-colored print of a uniformed officer with a sword beside a tree, with army tents and an American flag behind him.

Martin Robison Delany

Abraham Bogardus, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit beside a carved chair, table, books and draped curtain.

Ulysses S. Grant

John Chester Buttre, 1861

Caricature of an American jockey in pale blue silks riding a galloping chestnut racehorse past a white rail.

An American Jockey

Godfrey Douglas Giles, 1890

Hand-colored lithograph of a crowd in a tropical clearing as a rifle is fired, with thatched huts, palms and gunsmoke.

Catlin the celebrated Indian traveller and artist, firing his Colt's Repeating Rifle before a tribe of Carib Indians…

John M. McGahey, 1850

Engraving of Native figures offering fruit and baskets before a stone column, with a bearded European man and armed soldiers

The Natives of Florida Worship the Column Erected by Captain Ribault

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Line drawing of a tilted ship mast and wreckage in choppy water, with wooded shore and distant sailboats.

Stone Blockade Off Charleston

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a top hat and ruff collar, holding a scroll, with a ship in the frame.

Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith)

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1610

Colour print of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark suit holding a pink cloak, in an arched frame.

Walt Whitman

Richard Shugg, 1870

Pen-and-ink drawing of mounted riders and horses gathered at a stream beside trees, with a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat

General Stewart's Return from Pennsylvania

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Political cartoon Jingo: Liberty between two heads labeled Free Trade and Protection, with poor and prosperous families below

Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine

Grover Cleveland, 1880

Decorative lithograph of a parade on a tree-lined avenue, framed by portrait busts, flags, and vignettes of labor, school, an

The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accompli…

Metcalf & Clark, 1861

Pen drawing of an armed man striding forward as a mounted band with a banner approaches; a woman and child sit at left.

Formation of Guerilla Bands

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Full-length portrait of a bearded naval officer on a ship deck, with a rowboat and American flag on the river behind him.

John L. Worden

John Lorimer Worden, 1860

Engraved newspaper spread of General Garfield's home and offices in Mentor, Ohio, with a central parlor scene.

James Garfield

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Pen-and-ink drawing of bearded men gathered under trees near tents, some kneeling in the foreground.

Scene in Stonewall Jackson's Camp

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraving of an allegorical tomb scene with robed figures, palm fronds, and a winged figure beside a sarcophagus under a Goth

Le Tombeau de Voltaire

Charles Macret, 1770

Sepia lithograph of mounted officers under large trees, with a column of soldiers and tents on a distant hill.

Surrender of General Lee

Peter S. Duval, 1861

Pen drawing of a fortress gateway with armed guards watching chained men working with shovels and a cart in a courtyard.

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Adalbert John Volck, 1861