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Engraved portrait of Major General George E. Pickett on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page, 1864.

George Pickett

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and blue robe, with a silver medal on a cord, captioned Se-loc-ta, a Creek Chief.

Se-loc-ta - A Creek Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Hand-colored print portrait of Little-Crow, a Sioux chief, in a fur robe and green neckerchief against a cream background.

Little-Crow

Henry Inman, 1830

Seated woman in a lace veil and shawl, rendered in a black-and-white lithograph portrait from 1850.

Madame Eliza Jumel

Alexandre-Désiré Collette, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in uniform beneath an eagle holding an American flag, captioned Captain Wilkes.

Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin text around the frame.

John Foxe

Martin Droeshout, 1630

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned The General Jackson.

Andrew Jackson

Jules Lion, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a Pawnee chief with red feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and fur-trimmed robe.

Shar-i-tar-ish - A Pawnee Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Reuben Lindsay

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Oval stipple engraving portrait of John Jay in dark coat and white cravat, captioned below on a book page.

John Jay

Peter Maverick, 1800

Oval colour portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Abraham Lincoln

Elijah C. Middleton, 1860

Anthony Wayne

Benjamin Tanner, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of General Henry Warner Slocum in uniform, with an eagle and American flag above.

Henry Warner Slocum

Henry Warner Slocum, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Col. E. E. Ellsworth in military uniform and kepi, with an eagle and flag above.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1850

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Etched half-length portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache and wavy dark hair, head tilted downward.

Bernhard Gutmann Self-Portrait

Bernhard Gutmann, 1930

Engraving of men in top hats examining plans in a patent office with labeled wooden drawers, on a Harper's Weekly page.

Examiners at Work

Theodore R. Davis, 1860

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with dark hair, bare shoulders and a draped cloth, looking to the side.

O-hya-wa-mince-kee - A Chippewa Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Col. Benjamin Church, a man in a coat and cravat, with a printed caption below.

Col. Benjamin Church

Paul Revere, 1710

John Trippe

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a clergyman in a wig and clerical bands, with caption The Rev. Wm. Romaine A.M. below.

Reverend William Romaine

Joel Allen, 1800

Cornelia Schuyler Morton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of a balding man with a mustache and bow tie, topped by an eagle and flag, on a book page.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated man with powdered hair holding a book, titled John Trumbull Esq.

John Trumbull

Elkanah Tisdale, 1800

Stipple engraving of a seated man with curly hair in a dark coat, holding a book, captioned M. M. Noah.

Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States

Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1810

Engraved page with two Pawnee portraits and a White House scene of Native delegations presented to officials.

Transatlantic Sketches.- Interview of Indians with the "Great Father."

founded Illustrated London News, 1850

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Caa-tou-see, an Ojibway man, with feathered headdress and folded arms.

Caa-tou-see

John T. Bowen, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in fringed buckskin, feathered headdress, and beaded necklaces, holding a feathered

Joc-O-Sot

John M. McGahey, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled Wm. Bradford 1800.

William Bradford, Jr.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Etched portrait of a man's head and shoulders with a pale lock of hair, set against dense diagonal hatching.

Whistler with White Lock

James McNeill Whistler, 1870