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Engraved portrait of George Washington in military uniform with sword, seated before a draped tent, with inscription below.

George Washington

David Edwin, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and cravat, titled Lord George Germaine, by Robert Pollard.

Lord George Sackville Germain

Robert Pollard, 1770

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair, side-whiskers and a cravat, captioned Passmore Williamson.

Passmore Williamson

Passmore Williamson, 1870

Burna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stippled engraved portrait bust of Alexander Hamilton in classical drapery, titled below the image.

Alexander Hamilton

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark military-style coat, in a decorative tan mat.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Jr Francis Preston Blair, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of a Sioux chief with feathered headdress, curved sword, beaded sleeves and red blanket.

Mon-ka-ush-ka

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved advertisement of J. Gurney's daguerreotype gallery at 349 Broadway with pedestrians and a horse carriage outside.

J. Gurney's Premium Daguerreotype Gallery

John William Orr, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Henry Clay standing in a study with bookshelves, drapes, a desk, and a blue chair.

Henry Clay

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a blue beaded jacket and feathered headdress, titled Ho-po-eth-le-yo-ho-lo, 1830.

Ho-po-eth-le-yo-ho-lo

Charles Bird King, 1830

Harper's Weekly page with engravings of the Marshall House, a rifleman, and soldiers confronting a man on a balcony.

Elmer Ellsworth

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with lace cravat, captioned General Putnam, within a hatched border.

Israel Putnam

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored print of a Cherokee man in a red turban with a red feather plume, gray blanket, and striped sash.

Tah Chee: A Cherokee Chief

Albert Newsam, 1830

Hand-coloured lithograph of a seated man in a black gown beside a desk with a quill pen and inkwell.

Francis William Pitt Greenwood

William Sharp, 1840

Engraved bust portrait of a young person in a dark cap, jacket and bow tie, captioned Maria Weems Escaping in Male Attire.

Maria Weems Escaping as Jo Wright

Ann Maria Weems, 1870

Saint-Mémin folio 5

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Yaboi

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a green headwrap, silver earrings and red face paint, holding a pipe over a yellow blanket.

Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet")

J. Barincou, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of Edward Shippen, an elderly man with powdered hair and a patterned cravat, on a book page.

Edward Shippen

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800

James Covey

John Warner Barber, 1840

Art nouveau poster of a woman in a flowing green gown with flowers in her hair, framed by a decorative floral halo.

Leslie Carter

Alphonse Mucha, 1900

Caricature of a man tumbling down a staircase with a Subtreasury Bill scroll, under a White House sign, 1840 lithograph.

Notice to Quit

J. Childs, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man with globes, dividers and a galleon, with a verse inscription below the image.

Captain Thomas Cavendish (Candish)

Hand-colored lithograph of a deathbed scene with a man in bed surrounded by mourning men in dark suits and uniforms.

Death of Abraham Lincoln

F. P. Whiting, 1860

Engraved stipple portrait of Peyton Randolph in a powdered wig and buttoned coat on a dark ground, on an aged paper page.

Peyton Randolph

Charles Goodman, 1810

Hand-colored print of Kee-she-waa, a Fox warrior, in a patterned turban, striped blue blanket, and red face paint.

Kee-she-waa - A Fox Warrior

Charles Bird King, 1840

Poster of dancer Isadora Duncan in red drape, arms outstretched between blue pillars, with Cyrillic and Latin title lettering

Isadora Duncan

Georgi Alexeiev, 1920

Kinna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved portrait of Andrew Johnson in a dark suit, hand on a desk with papers, with the Capitol dome visible behind him.

Andrew Johnson

Irwin & Sartain, 1860

Berri

John Warner Barber, 1840