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Oval engraved portrait of George Clinton in a dark coat and white cravat, printed on a book page with caption.

George Clinton

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Sarah Mahon Ormsby

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a seated man in a blue coat holding a quill pen over a sheet of paper.

John Ridge - A Cherokee

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Pie

John Warner Barber, 1840

Lithograph of royal figures in a theatre box, a woman with a floral crown in front, men standing behind, draped curtains.

King Kamehameha and Queen Kamamalu

J. W. Gear, 1820

Colored caricature of opera singer Adelina Patti in a yellow gown holding a flower bouquet, by Joseph Keppler, 1880.

Adelina Patti

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Elihu Root

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of John Adams in a powdered wig, dark coat and lace cravat, with caption naming him second US president.

John Adams

Nathaniel Dearborn, 1800

Printed 1840 advertisement by Auguste Edouart announcing a silhouette exhibition opposite the Tremont House, Boston.

Edouart advertisement: "Opposite the Tremont House..."

Auguste Edouart, 1840

Engraving of men in a violent struggle inside a wooden barn, with hay and tools scattered around the floor.

Desperate Conflict in a Barn

Wesley Harris, 1870

Wa-kawn - A Winnebago Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man with white curly hair in a dark robe and white collar.

William Cranch

Henry S. Sadd, c. 1811 - 24 Nov, 1830

Sepia mezzotint of a bespectacled older man at a desk with a quill and inkwell, with a lightning bolt in the background.

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with a bald crown, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Charles Wise, Treasurer

Charles Wise, Member of the Acting Committee

Charles Wise, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Wa-baun-see, a Pottawatomie chief, in feathered headdress and military-style coat with a

Wa-baun-see - A Pottawatomie Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of General Carleton in military uniform with powdered hair and white cravat, within a wavy-line border

Sir Guy Carleton

Robert Pollard, 1770

Harper's Weekly engraving page of the Chinese College in Hartford, with a school-room scene, a portrait of Yung Wing, and bui

The Chinese College at Hartford, Connecticut

Yung Wing, 1870

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a Seminole chief in a blue headdress with a red feather and striped clothing.

Yaha-hajo - A Seminole Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of John Adams seated at a table with books, wearing a black coat and white lace cravat.

John Adams

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of Frederick Lord North in powdered wig and military coat with a star badge.

Lord Frederick North

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored lithograph of a bird with a bespectacled man's head perched on a quill pen beside an inkwell and paper.

Literary Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair, double-breasted coat and checkered cravat, captioned Hon. Abram Galloway.

Hon. Abram Galloway, Secreted in a Vessel Loaded with Turpentine

Abraham Galloway, 1870

Hand-coloured print of a man's face framed inside an orange five-armed starfish with knobbed spines.

Star Fish

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Colored poster of a standing bearded man in a white sweater beside a tall pole, with advertising text at left.

Robert Frederick Blum

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

Pablo Casals

Ferdinand Schmutzer, 1910

Engraved portrait of a mustached man in a dark military uniform, labeled Gen. C. D. Jameson, in an oval frame.

Charles Davis Jameson

Charles Davis Jameson, 1850

Lithographic full-length portrait of a standing man in zouave uniform with sword, arms crossed, caption below.

Elmer Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1850

Black-and-white caricature of a standing man in a striped hat and black overcoat, hands in pockets, labelled Thomas Edison.

Thomas Alva Edison

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved oval frontispiece with classical allegorical women, a scroll and book, and two putti holding books below.

Frontispiece to New Universal Biographical Dictionary and American Remembrancer

John Scoles, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Alexander H. Stephens, a man with tousled hair and a dark bow tie, in a brown mount.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens, 1850