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John Dickinson

Burnet Reading, 1790

Lithograph of a naval officer in uniform and cocked hat standing on a wooden deck, with steamboats on a river behind.

Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote, 1850

Engraved portrait of a naval officer in uniform with epaulettes, above a vignette of a sailing frigate on water.

Isaac Hull

George Graham, 1810

Maggie Mitchell

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and frilled white cravat, shown against a shaded background.

Henry Clay

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams standing by a pedestal with an open book, draped curtain and classical columns behind

John Quincy Adams

Thomas Gimbrede, 1820

John Singleton Copley

William Daniell, 1800

Oval tonal portrait of a man with wavy dark hair, white collar and dark jacket, captioned Lawrence Barrett.

Lawrence Barrett

J. Howard Collier, 1880

Engraved page showing seven portraits of men in frames, titled Members of President Lincoln's Cabinet.

Members of President Lincoln's Cabinet

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Oval lithograph portrait of a clergyman in black gown and white bands, with dark hair and side whiskers, dated 1850.

Manton Eastburn

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Bishop Richard Allen, a bust-length man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, 1840.

Bishop Richard Allen

Bp. Richard Allen, 1840

Engraved portrait of seated John Hancock in period dress holding Continental Congress resolutions, with papers on the floor.

John Hancock

John Norman, 1780

Colored caricature of a standing man in a pinstriped suit and cap, smoking, with a heraldic shield and witty banner above.

H. C. Chatfield-Taylor

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark suit beside a globe, holding a rolled document, in a formal interior.

Franklin Pierce

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Hon. John Bell, Secretary of War.

John Bell

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Levi Woodbury

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved print with oval portrait of a man in a buttoned coat, laurel wreath frame, and a landscape vignette below.

Nathanael Greene

John Norman, 1780

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, titled Commissioner of the Land-Office.

James Whitcomb

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithographic portrait of Edwin Forrest, a man in a dark coat and cravat, turned three-quarters to the left, on aged paper.

Edwin Forrest

James Queen, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of James K. Polk seated in a gilded chair beside a bookshelf, with an Oregon document on a table.

James K. Polk

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame, bordered by telegraph poles, a ship, and landscape scenes.

Taliaferro Shaffner

Taliaferro Shaffner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman in a jeweled crown, pearl necklace and lace bodice with fur wrap, within an oval vignette.

Queen Isabella II

August Weger, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of George Washington standing with a sword, beside a table of books and an ornate chair.

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

James Heath, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Henry Clay seated in an ornate chair, wearing a dark coat and cravat.

Henry Clay

Samuel Sartain, 1860

Tom Loftin Johnson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Black and white lithograph oval portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark coat and high patterned collar.

Ebenezer Knight

Charles Fenderich, 1850

Framed line-drawn portrait of an older bald man in a waistcoat, with ornate border, signature and gallery caption.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Quincy Adams

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache in a dark suit, with handwritten dedication and signature below.

Henry Wolf Self-Portrait

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Lithographic oval portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform with a sword, captioned Gen. Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson

F. P. Whiting, 1861

Lithograph portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and bow tie, turned three-quarters to the left against a pale background.

Henry Clay

Albert Newsam, 1840