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1st Viscount Augustus Keppel

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored print of a woman with braided hair, hoop earrings, beaded necklaces, and a red blouse with fur cuffs.

Hayne-Hudjihini

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

David Abeel

Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede, 1820

Blue printed business card advertising L. H. Griffin's Ambrotype Rooms at 268 Washington Street, Boston, with prices.

Business card for L. H. Griffin's Ambrotype Rooms

L. H. Griffin, 1850

Engraved east view of Philadelphia from the river, with spires, ships and rowboats, and insets of the State House and Battery

The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania

George Heap, 1760

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a red turban, blue fur-trimmed cloak, and silver medallion, with red face paint.

Qua-ta-wa-pea

Charles Bird King, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a handwritten signature below, on cream paper.

Alexander Stephens

John Francis Eugene Prud'homme, 1860

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed cloak and cap holding a flower, with heraldic crests above and a caption below.

James IV, King of Scotland

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Hand-colored print of a man's head with octopus tentacles curling above it, titled Cuttle Fish, on a cream page.

Cuttle Fish

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered hair ornament, blue beaded sash and cream robe.

Waa-top-e-not

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain of office, with a Latin inscription and caption below.

Sir Henry Hobart

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark jacket and bow tie, captioned Elijah F. Pennypacker.

Elijah F. Pennypacker, Station Master on the Road

Elijah Funk Pennypacker, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, captioned John Henry Hill, Page 189.

John Henry Hill

John Henry Hill, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry III wearing a crown and robes, holding a sceptre and orb, with heraldic shields.

Henry III (Henry of Winchester), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Pale blue printed broadside listing titles of V. Blada's War Sketches with a subscriber notice in serif type.

Broadside for the "Second and Third Issues of V. Blada's War Sketches"

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Lithograph of General Grant seated with a young boy on his lap, a family group around a table with an open book.

General Grant and Family

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1861

Saint-Mémin folio 8

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Saint-Mémin folio 7

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Wood engraving of a seated man showing scarred back, printed on a newspaper page with the caption 'Gordon Under Medical Inspe

Harper's Weekly, July 4, 1863

Vincent Colyer, 1860

Printed 1840 advertisement for E. S. Hayden's daguerreotype miniatures, with a decorative black border and mixed display type

Splendid Daguerreotype Miniatures

E. S. Hayden, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and bow tie, captioned Stephen A. Douglass, on a tan octagonal mount.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1850

Ndamma

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored portrait of Black Hawk, a Sauk man, with red feathered headdress, beaded necklace and red blanket.

Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah - Black Hawk A Saukie Brave

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a feathered headdress, lace ruff and pearls, holding a fan, with a verse below.

Anne of Denmark, Queen of England and Scotland

Simon de Passe, 1610

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a woman with dark wavy hair in a green shawl, holding a feather.

Po-ca-hon-tas

H. D, 1840

Hand-coloured print of Tshusick, an Ojibway woman, seated beside a table, wearing a red jacket and feathered headdress.

Tshusick: An Ojibway Woman

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Foni

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a man in a feathered headdress holding a decorated staff, captioned Wa-em-boesh-kaa, a Chippeway chief.

Wa-em-boesch-kaa

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Jacob C. White.

Jacob C. White, Member of the Acting Committee

Jacob Clement White, 1870

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John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of three Osage figures: two men with red and blue feathered turbans and face paint, and a woman with beade

Osage Indians: Mohongo, Washingsabba (or Black Bird), and Big Soldier

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1820

Oval stipple engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Robert Bloomfield, on a book page.

Robert Bloomfield

Robert Bloomfield, 1800

Engraved view of a grand Victorian hall with checkered floor, iron balconies, glass display cases, and strolling figures.

Model Hall, Patent Office

Norris Peters, 1870

Frances Cadwalader Erskine

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Line caricature of a man with oversized wavy hair pointing upward, with a Coriolanus quotation caption below.

Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Theatre poster with central portrait of Francis Chanfrau surrounded by vignettes of stage scenes including a duel and card ga

Francis S. Chanfrau

Francis S. Chanfrau, 1860

Engraving of a man in a top hat leaning over a pen to talk with a large pig, with satirical signs around them.

A Jewel Among Swine

Thomas Nast, 1870

Cartoon of a man aiming a rifle at a raccoon labeled Spain in a palm tree, with caption Don't shoot! I'll come down.

Old Yank Who Lived in a Shoe

Eugene Zimmerman, 1890

Campaign banner with portraits of Franklin Pierce and William R. King, an eagle, a Washington medallion and curtains.

Franklin Pierce and William R. King

Nathaniel Currier, 1850

John B. Evens

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Hand-colored print of a man in a feathered red turban, fur mantle and striped sash, holding a staff.

Wa-pel-la - Chief of the Musquakees

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Sessi

John Warner Barber, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and a bow tie, captioned Hon. Jos. Holt, in a gold-toned mat.

Joseph Holt

Joseph Holt, 1850

Wood-engraved caricature 'The Good Patient' from Vanity Fair, 1862, showing Uncle Sam and a figure with a Treasury bowl.

Salmon P. Chase

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Wood-engraved caricature of Henry Wikoff holding an umbrella and hat, on a Vanity Fair newspaper page from 1862.

Henry Wikoff

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of a stout bearded man playing a harp beside a boy and a young tree, from Vanity Fair 1862.

George Pope Morris

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Wood engraving of pianist Louis M. Gottschalk seated at a grand piano, in a Vanity Fair page layout with caption text.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of George Law in top hat gesturing beside a horse-car, on the Vanity Fair masthead with cherubs and lettering.

George Law

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of an armored nobleman with a sword and plumed helmet, surrounded by inscription and coats of arms.

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Thomas Cecill, 1630

Caricature of a man in uniform riding a hippopotamus charging past soldiers and flags, from Vanity Fair, 1862.

John Albion Andrew

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of Edwin Stanton as a bearded censor pointing at an order on a Vanity Fair magazine cover.

Edwin McMasters Stanton

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Engraved caricature of Robert Bonner in a top hat holding reins, from a Vanity Fair page with masthead and caption.

Robert Bonner

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of General Benjamin F. Butler in military coat with a fly labeled N.O. Bee, on a Vanity Fair magazine cover page.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1861

Wood-engraved caricature of George Francis Train riding a steam locomotive with a bull charging behind, on a Vanity Fair page

George Francis Train

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Wood-engraved caricature of a man in a suit holding an umbrella beside a table with a top hat and a Tribune newspaper.

Horace Greeley

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of Nathaniel Parker Willis leaning on a column holding a top hat, on the Vanity Fair cover, June 1862.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher leaning on a lectern with wind-blown hair, on a Vanity Fair cover from 1862.

Henry Ward Beecher

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Edwin Thomas Booth

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of a man in a suit with clenched fists, printed on a Vanity Fair magazine cover from 1862.

William Gannaway Brownlow

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of Major-General Halleck in uniform reading a telegram, printed on a Vanity Fair page from 1862.

Henry Wager Halleck

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1861

Vanity Fair cover engraving: a heavyset man seated on a platform marked London Times, attended by men and a waiter with bottl

William Howard Russell

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Ulysses S. Grant, against an oval vignette.

Ulysses S. Grant

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with center-parted hair, white bonnet, dark dress and lace collar, by A.H. Ritchie.

Margaret E. Breckinridge

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bald, bearded man in wire spectacles and dark suit, looking toward the viewer.

Horace Greeley

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860