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Sepia portrait of a uniformed officer on a black horse, with marching soldiers and mountains in the background.

W. Y. L. Wallace

William Hervey Lamme Wallace, 1860

Lithograph of Commodore Farragut in naval uniform holding a telescope on a ship deck, with rigging and sailing ships behind h

Commodore Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut, 1861

Purple sheet music cover for Tell Us Pretty Ladies with three oval portraits of Weber, Fields and Dave Warfield.

Tell Us Pretty Ladies

Joseph M. Weber, 1900

Engraving of the Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with a colonnade, carriage and pedestrians, on a printed page.

Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1850

Engraved page showing a proposed elevated railroad on Broadway with carriages and pedestrians, and a steamboat landing below.

Proposed Elevated Railroad Terrace for Broadway, New York

Samuel E. Brown, 1850

Engraving of the classical Patent Office building in Washington with a street of pedestrians and carriages, plus a woman by a

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

Alexander Gardner, 1860

Engraving of Caesar on a rearing white horse, sword raised, crossing the Rubicon with soldiers before a stormy sky.

"The Columbiad" -- Ceasar Passing the Rubicon

Robert Hartley Cromek, 1800

Hand-colored print of a bird with a bearded man's head perched on a branch, and a bearded head on an insect body below.

King Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Caricature of William Cullen Bryant clasping his hands in a farmyard beside a duck, rooster and pigs, on a Vanity Fair cover.

William Cullen Bryant

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Sketch of a uniformed officer gesturing to soldiers holding captured battle flags, from a Harper's Weekly page with text colu

General Custer Presenting Captured Battle Flags

Alfred Waud, 1861

Colorful poster with portraits of Lincoln and Grant, a central path toward the Capitol, and scenes of labor and education.

Out of Darkness Into Light

Abraham Lincoln, 1861

Hand-colored engraving of soldiers firing on a crowd in a Boston street, with smoke, fallen victims and printed verse below.

The Bloody Massacre

William F. Stratton, 1830

Engraving of Native American figures gathered around a bonfire on a riverbank, with smoke rising and canoes on the water.

Les Virginiens adorent le feu et se réjouissent après avoir été délivrés de quelque danger considerable

Bernard Picart, 1720

Mezzotint portrait of an older man and a young boy, the boy holding an eagle, in a dark forest setting.

Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi His Nephew, Son to the Mico of Etchitas

John Faber, 1730

Engraved cartoon of Uncle Sam as a schoolmaster instructing labeled figures of Cuba, Hawaii, and Porto Rico before a world ma

"Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government," Harper's Weekly

William Allen Rogers, 1890

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in tartan kilt holding a sword, with a tree and distant coastline behind him.

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

Charles Spooner, 1750

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a woman in feathered headdress watches a man board a rowboat beneath an American flag.

Our Yankee Notion

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved 1700 map of Nova Svecia (Pennsylvania) with a winding river, three ships, forest, deer, and figures.

Nova Svecia hodie dicta PENSYLVANIA

Thomas Campanius Holm, 1700

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair tied back, wearing a black coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

John Marshall

Cephas Thompson, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired woman in a dark embroidered shawl with a white fur collar, against a dark background.

Clara Cook Kellogg

Philip de László, 1920

Oil portrait of an older man with powdered grey hair, dark coat, white cravat and red ribbon against a dark background.

Richard Bache

John Hoppner, 1790

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress and yellow scarf, with red drapery and a sea view behind her.

Harriet Bradford Tiffany Stewart

Charles C. Ingham, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated elderly woman with white hair in a black dress, sheer shawl and green beaded necklace.

Iphigenia Wise Ochs

Philip de László, 1930

Half-length oil portrait of a bearded man with wire-rimmed glasses and wavy dark hair, in a dark coat against a brown backgro

George Inness

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a black dress, standing beside a black dog before a column and landscape.

Caroline Chrysler Lee

John Horsburgh, 1880

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a brown coat holding a folded letter, with leather-bound books beside him.

Elisha Tyson

Robert Street, 1820

Oval portrait of a man in a red coat with a white cravat and black ribbon against a dark background.

General John Bradstreet

Thomas McIlworth, 1760

Seated elderly man in dark coat and black cravat holding a red cane with brass fittings, against a dark red background.

John Quincy Adams

William Hudson Jr, 1840

Oval oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a bun, black dress and white collar, against a brown background.

Dorothea Lynde Dix

Samuel Bell Waugh, 1860

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta)

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1930

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark jacket, yellow waistcoat and dotted bow tie, holding eyeglasses against a dark backgr

Henry James

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat, in a brown coat, set in a gold frame.

William Carmichael

? - Feb William Carmichael, 1770

Oval portrait of a woman with curled dark hair and flowers, wearing a gray dress and gold necklace, with a red drape.

Emma Embury

Jacob Hart Lazarus, 1860

Loose oil portrait of a man with graying hair in a gray suit and blue tie against a brown background.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white shirt, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

William Smith Otis

Bass Otis, 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in glasses and dark suit, holding a folded paper, against a dark background.

Thomas E. Kirby

William Merritt Chase, 1900

Oil portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a warm red background.

James Buchanan

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in black coat and white shirt holding a quill pen over paper at a table, dark background.

Thurlow Weed

Chester Harding, 1840

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache in a dark suit and patterned tie, against a dark background with a green cu

Myron T. Herrick

William Newenham Montague Orpen, 1920

Half-length oil portrait of a young man with brown hair, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Francis Scott Key

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Oil portrait of a man with long hair in a dark coat and white collar against a brown cloudy sky.

William Linn

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black dress, lace collar and paisley shawl, before red drapery and a column.

Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott

Louisa Dunmore Mums Mott, 1820

Seated woman in a yellow gown holding a violin and sheet music on an upholstered sofa, painted in warm tones.

Maud Powell

Nicholas Richard Brewer, 1910

Miniature portrait of a man with dark hair and blue eyes in a dark jacket, set in an engraved gilt frame.

Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr.

Lewis Malone Ayer Jr, 1830

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a red academic robe with white trim, seated against a dark background.

Frank Billings Kellogg

Philip de László, 1920

Amerigo Vespucci

Charles Willson Peale, 1810

Seated man in gold waistcoat and brown coat beside a green drape, with a sailing ship visible through an arched window behind

Samuel Blodget

John Trumbull, 1770

Oil portrait of a man in a buff coat with green sleeves, gold epaulettes, and a crescent gorget against a dark background.

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan, 1780

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit seated at a desk beside an inkwell and pen, against a brown paneled wall.

William George Fargo

Thomas Le Clear, 1850

Oil portrait of a bearded officer in gray uniform and kepi, holding field glasses, standing before a sunset landscape with mo

Thomas Jonathan Jackson

John Adams Elder, 1861

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a green coat, gold waistcoat and white cravat, resting his hand on a ledge.

Philip Key

Charles Willson Peale, 1820

Oil sketch of a seated man in a brown coat, hand to his cheek, against a warm ochre background.

Washington Irving

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Oil portrait of an older bearded man with grey hair in a maroon-trimmed robe and medals, against a brown background.

Simon Newcomb

Charles Harold L. MacDonald, 1900

Oil portrait of a seated man in a gray coat holding a folded letter, with a quill pen and inkwell on a desk beside him.

Benjamin Harrison, Jr.

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark suit against a brown background.

Benjamin Harrison

William Thomas Mathews, 1890

Oil portrait of a man in a dark suit and white collar, standing before a stormy sky and red drape.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Duncan Styles, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man with a mustache, wearing a dark coat, against a brown background.

William Wilson Corcoran

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1880

Oil portrait of an older white-haired man in a dark green coat with arms crossed against a red background.

Loammi Baldwin

Chester Harding, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair holding a pipe, beside a tree trunk and a dusky landscape.

Joseph Jefferson

Henry H. Cross, 1870

Oil portrait of a standing man in a black suit and bow tie beside a red-draped table and wooden railing.

Samuel Jones Tilden

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Painting of a seated man in a blue smock touching a relief portrait tablet in a dark studio interior.

Louis Albert Gudebrod

Edward Bradstreet, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with pince-nez glasses in a dark jacket against a brown background.

Parke Godwin

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Oil portrait of a seated man in green tunic and red cloak with gold chain, gazing sideways against a dark background.

Ira Aldridge as Othello

Henry Perronet Briggs, 1820

Seated man with a grey mustache holding gold pince-nez beside a table with an open album and papers.

Charles Tyson Yerkes

Jan van Beers, 1890