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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sheet music cover with a stippled portrait of a mustached man in a suit with medals, titled In Memoriam L.M.G.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1870

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Hon. Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1850

Engraved portrait of Brig. Gen. John S. Williams in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News front page, with flags and cannon.

John Stuart Williams

W. B. Campbell, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man beside a Chickering grand piano, with a bust and draped curtains in an ornate room.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Sarony, Major & Knapp, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth standing in a blue military uniform with a sword, within an oval frame.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

N. Thomas, 1860

Lithograph portrait of Major General W.S. Rosecrans in dark military uniform with fringed epaulettes and sash belt, 1861.

William Starke Rosecrans

Engraved bust portrait of General Lafayette with curly hair and draped garment, with dedicatory inscription below.

Marquis De Lafayette

Davide Testí, 1830

Caricature of a standing man in a brown checked suit and pince-nez, holding a cigarette, from a 1900 Vanity Fair print.

Finley Peter Dunne

Leslie Ward, 1900

Henry Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man with a mustache in a dark suit and cravat, gazing to the side.

John C. Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1861

Engraved portrait of an older man with a bald crown, dark coat and white collar, against a shadowy background.

William Dunlap

Max Rosenthal, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Lieutenant General J. C. Pemberton on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page, Richmond, 1863.

John Clifford Pemberton

A. Hurdle, 1861

Stipple engraving portrait of Edward Rutledge, a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair.

Edward Rutledge

James Earl, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform, framed by an ornate border with ships and cannon below.

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox

Southern Illustrated News, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark suit against a dark background, hands resting on his lap.

John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.

Timothy Cole, 1920

Engraved print of five oval portraits of Confederate generals in ornate scrolled frames, topped by an eagle, titled Generals

Generals Confederate Army No. 2

John Rogers, 1861

Lithographic bust portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark coat, patterned waistcoat and cravat, turned to the left.

James Madison Porter

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Sepia lithograph bust portrait of James Buchanan in a dark coat and white cravat, facing right.

James Buchanan

Adam Weingartner, 1850

Engraved full-length portrait of William Henry Harrison standing by a table with a document, bust, and globe.

William Henry Harrison

John Sartain, 1840

Pen and ink caricature of a tall, thin man in cap and knickerbockers with a golf club, with a red and white coat of arms.

James Deering

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with long wavy hair and white cravat, turned slightly to the right.

Reverend William White

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat and cravat, framed by an ornate scrolled border with an eagle crest.

Henry Clay

M. Schmitz, 1840

Lithograph portrait of Albert Newsam, a man with swept-back dark hair and side whiskers, wearing a cravat and dark coat.

Albert Newsam

James Queen, 1860

Engraved newspaper page with portraits of Mr. Mason and Mr. Slidell and Captain Wilks, under an Illustrated London News masth

James Murray Mason and John Slidell

James Murray Mason, 1860

Grey lithograph bust portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, captioned John D. Godman, M.D., 1830.

John Davidson Godman

Cephas Grier Childs, 1830

Grayscale lithographic portrait of John Brooks M.D. in a dark military coat with epaulettes and a high white collar.

John Brooks

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Caricature of a seated man as a copper statue on a pedestal labeled The Alchemist, with gold, oil and wind containers beside

Henry Huttleston Rogers

Albert Levering, 1900

Lithographic portrait of William Matthews, rector of St. Patrick's Church, in clerical dress with a lace collar and cross-pat

William Matthews

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Benjamin West

Burnet Reading, 1790