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Engraved portrait of a naval officer in tricorn hat holding a spyglass, with a warship firing on the sea behind him.

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones, 1770

Fuliwulu

John Warner Barber, 1840

Dr. Jacobs

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pen-and-ink caricature of Robert E. Peary in fur parka on ice, with polar bear, sled dog and Dr. Cook figure.

Robert Edwin Peary

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Cinqué

John Warner Barber, 1840

Lithograph of a mounted Union general holding a field telescope, with soldiers, a flag and cannons behind him.

William T. Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman, 1861

Saint-Mémin folio 11

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1810

Hand-colored print of a mounted hunter with a bow chasing a charging bison across green prairie hills.

Hunting the Buffaloe

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded officer in a dark military uniform with striped epaulettes, captioned Gen'l Hardee.

William Joseph Hardee

William Joseph Hardee, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of young King Edward VI in a feathered cap and fur-trimmed robe, with inscribed text below.

Edward VI, King of England

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

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark jacket, white collar and bow tie, captioned Dr. Bartholomew Fussell.

Dr. Bartholomew Fussell, Station Master on the Road

M.D Bartholomew Fussell, 1870

Printed Charleston Mercury extra broadside announcing South Carolina's 1860 ordinance dissolving the Union, headlined 'The Un

The Union is Dissolved!

Charleston Mercury, 1860

Hand-colored print of Ma Has Kah, Chief of the Ioways, wearing feathers, a claw necklace, and a blue beaded garment.

Ma Has Kah

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Lap-pa-win-soe, a Delaware chief, with face paint, grey hair and a blue wrap.

Lap-pa-win-soe

Gustavus Hesselius, 1830

Woodcut broadside advertising ambrotypes and photographs, showing a photographer at a camera beside a seated woman holding a

Broadside for L. F. W. Mark

L. W. F. Mark, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a suit, waistcoat and bow tie, captioned N.W. Depee.

N.W. Depee, Member of the Acting Committee

Nathaniel W. Depee, 1870

Thomas MacDonough

George Delleker, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a dark clerical coat and collar, above a magazine page with a convention hall scene.

Benjamin W. Arnett

L. Hunster, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and medal, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel

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

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curly hair, hoop earrings and a bow tie, captioned Jane Johnson.

Jane Johnson

Jane Johnson, 1870

Hand-colored print portrait of George Washington in a white wig and dark coat, with signature below.

George Washington

George Washington, 1860

Engraved oval family portrait: a bearded man standing, a seated woman, several children, a framed Washington portrait behind.

President Grant and His Family

Samuel Sartain, 1861

Color print of a bearded man's oval portrait in an ornate gilded frame, flanked by allegorical figures with violin and lyre.

Leopold Damrosch

Hannah Breck

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat, with printed caption naming S. Adams, Esq.

Samuel Adams

George Graham, 1800

Apauly-Tustennuggee

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Pen-and-ink caricature of a standing elderly man in a suit with clasped hands, labeled J.D. Rockefeller.

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of a woman with long wavy hair and a white blouse, printed on a Harper's Weekly page.

Mary Anderson

Charles Baude, 1880

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John Warner Barber, 1840

George Washington

? - Richard Dudensing, 1860