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Colour lithograph of a bearded officer in blue uniform with gold sash, seated holding a sword, with a Judge masthead.

William T. Sherman

Napoleon Sarony, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Lord Darnley in plumed hat and ruff, with heraldic shields and an inscription band.

Henry Stuart (Stewart), Lord Darnley

George Humble, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark suit and bow tie, with his name Robt. B. Elliot in script below.

Robt. B. Elliot

George Edward Perrine, 1860

Engraved portrait of John Jay seated in a dark judicial robe with white collar, one hand resting on a column.

John Jay

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Fabanna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a seated Ojibway woman in red jacket, blue ribbons and plumed headdress beside a small table.

Tshusick

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraving of a man in a coat raising a knife toward a shirtless man in a room with a chair and table.

Breaking Him In

Theophilus Collins, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of Charles Stratton as General Tom Thumb standing among oversized desk objects and books.

Charles Sherwood Stratton

F. F. Crugar, 1840

Harper's Weekly page, June 1860, with an engraved portrait of a Japanese man with topknot and sword beside columns of text.

Our Japanese Visitor "Tommy" Among the Ladies of Washington

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Sepia lithograph of a Japanese conference room where uniformed Western officers and Japanese men sit on folding chairs.

Hakodadi Conference Room

Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1850

Engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton in a dark coat and white cravat, with powdered hair, in three-quarter view.

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Field, 1800

Lithograph portrait of William Henry Harrison in military uniform, flanked by soldiers, flags, cannons and an eagle.

William Henry Harrison

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Caricature of a man in a straw boater hat and black suit holding a cane, with a heraldic shield and motto at upper right.

William Collins Whitney

Max Cramer, 1900

Lithograph portrait of Colonel Michael Corcoran in uniform, holding a sword, with a sash and kepi cap.

Michael Corcoran

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a rustic chair, with a drape, a house with horses, and trees behind him.

Zachary Taylor

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the caption William Henry Harrison, President of the Unite

William Henry Harrison

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated woman with a lace collar and dark patterned shawl, hair parted in the center.

Jessie Benton Frémont

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and bow tie, hand resting on a book, titled Jacob Knapp, Evangelist.

Jacob Knapp

Denison Kimberly, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded Union officer in dark military uniform, framed by battle scenes, flags and cannon.

William T. Sherman

John C. McRae, 1861

Harper's Weekly page with engraved portraits of Captain Winslow and Raphael Semmes and a railway disaster illustration.

Raphael Semmes

A. Dupertz, 1861

Lithograph of a seated bearded man reading with his family in a formal parlor, including a woman, children, and a standing yo

Abraham Lincoln and Family

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1860

Colour caricature of a stout bearded man in evening dress smoking a cigarette, from a Vanity Fair supplement.

John Singer Sargent

Max Beerbohm, 1900

Pen drawing of James Henry Lane as Mephistopheles, standing in doublet and cape with a skull-hilted dagger.

James Henry Lane

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

William Stuart Parrott

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Stonewall Jackson in a double-breasted military uniform with a full beard.

Stonewall Jackson

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Engraved portrait of seated Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, holding eyeglasses, in an armchair before a draped

Benjamin West

Charles Heath, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Jacob Jones in United States Navy uniform with epaulette and cravat, facing right.

Jacob Jones

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of John Quincy Adams in an oval, dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate frame.

John Quincy Adams

Albert Newsam, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Martin Van Buren in an oval within an ornate decorative frame.

Martin Van Buren

Albert Newsam, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of Benjamin Franklin Butler in military uniform with epaulettes, mustache, and balding head.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861