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Colored cartoon of two men on a rocky mountain path toward the White House, one offering a guide, the other declining.

On the Road

Joseph Keppler, 1861

Circus poster with portraits of P. T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey beside a jockey racing a horse against a runner.

Greatest Show on Earth

P. T. Barnum, 1890

Pen drawing of a mounted officer with raised sabre riding past a seated man beside a pump, with soldiers in an open field beh

Ye Conquest of Ye Pump

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Daniel Webster

William Henry Brown, 1840

Poster of a mustached rider in a fringed buckskin jacket and wide hat on a dappled grey horse, with trees behind.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Pen-and-ink drawing of four men in a rowboat crossing water, one standing with a rifle, others rowing.

Marylanders Crossing the Potomac to Join the Southern Army

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Woodcut of a hunter firing a rifle at a charging bear in a snowy forest, with a small dog nearby.

Crockett's Desperate Fight with a Bear

David Crockett, 1830

Hand-colored print of a bearded naval officer in uniform on a deck, with a rowboat and fort on the river behind him.

John Lorimer Worden

John Lorimer Worden, 1860

Pen drawing of two men by a river in dense jungle, one using a telescope on a tripod, with tall vine-draped trees.

Vicksburg Canal

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Monochrome print of a bearded rider in a long coat and hat on a grey horse, standing in a grassy field with a fence behind.

Robert E. Lee

Michael Miley, 1861

Lithograph of Civil War naval officers in uniform posing on a ship deck beside cannons and rope.

Civil War Naval Officers

John Lorimer Worden, 1861

Pen-and-ink drawing of a street riot with armed men and soldiers, a sail maker building, and ship masts at a harbor.

Battle in Baltimore, April 19, 1861

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Sheet music cover with central oval portrait of a man beside a small figure, flanked by four child medallions and floral bord

The Commodore Nutt Polka

? - Horace Waters, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded elderly man seated with a pen in a book-filled study beside a fireplace.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Samuel Hollyer, 1880

Pen-and-ink drawing of soldiers charging with rifles and bayonets among tents, smoke rising, a fallen man in the foreground.

Fight at Santa Rosa Island

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Hand-colored group portrait of Union officers in blue uniforms gathered around a table with a map, labeled with names.

Grant and his Generals

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1861

Caricature cartoon of a man skating on a frozen pond falling through cracked ice labeled Income Tax Amendment.

Retreat of Don Grover Quixote

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Pen-and-ink drawing of men unloading a boat on a riverbank with a mule, barrels, a crate and a man in a top hat.

Smuggling Medicines into the South

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Engraved print of a crowded formal reception with guests in period dress and uniforms under chandeliers.

Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Julia Boggs Dent Grant, 1861

Hand-colored engraved portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer in blue uniform with red sash, holding a shako, before a river view.

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Thomas Gimbrede, 1800

Pen drawing of mounted riders and foot soldiers crossing rocky desert ground, one rider holding a long pennant aloft.

Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Bearded man in a dark coat stands by a gravestone inscribed Gen Thos J. Jackson, with floral wreaths and a willow tree.

Grave of Stonewall Jackson

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Black and tan woodcut of the Alamo battle showing a falling rifleman, smoke, a brick wall, and fallen soldiers.

Fall of the Alamo: Death of Crockett

David Crockett, 1830

Line drawing of drovers herding cattle and pigs past covered wagons along a wooded dirt road.

Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Poster of a charging bison framing an oval portrait of Col. W.F. Cody, with herd running behind and title I AM COMING below.

I Am Coming

Charles E. Stacy, 1900

Satirical lithograph of an elderly man in a fur-collared cloak locking a prison door, with hands gripping the barred window.

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1820

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rider on a galloping horse leading cattle and mounted men past a fence and barn.

Jemison's Jayhawkers

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Etching of a young woman in a sun hat holding a tennis racket beside a wooden fence and ivy-covered hedge.

Helen Wills Moody

Childe Hassam, 1920

Sitting Bull

Rudolf Cronau, 1880

Line engraving of mounted cavalrymen charging through a camp past a sutler's stall with barrels and fleeing figures.

General Stewart's Raid to the White House

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Seated bearded man in work clothes on a wheelbarrow beside a shovel, pick and tin pan, with trees and hills behind.

Etienne Derbec

A. De Lattre, 1850

Engraving of sailors tending a wounded captain on a ship deck, with a pointing officer, smoke, rigging and a banner reading D

The Death of Captain James Lawrence on Board the Chesapeake, June 1st 1813

Ralph Rawdon, 1810

Pen drawing of armed men and officers beside a kneeling woman, with a flag, cannon and smoke in the background.

Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Sigel"

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Hand-colored print of a frontiersman in buckskin raising his hat, holding a rifle, with three dogs in a wooded landscape.

Davy Crockett

C. Stuart, 1830

Engraved family portrait of General Grant with his family on horseback and pony, a dog, and the Capitol dome behind.

General Grant and His Family

Samuel Sartain, 1861

Engraved portrait of Major General Joseph Warren in a tricorn hat holding a musket, with a smoky battlefield behind him.

Joseph Warren

Etching of a bearded officer in uniform on a prancing horse, with a bare tree, smoke, and a distant cart in the landscape.

Le Général Grant

L. Mercier, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark silk overdress and lace cuffs, beside flowering shrubs and a garden urn with a swan.

Mrs. George Washington

J. Rogers, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman with curly hair and a striped shawl, leaning against a tree beside flowering shrubs.

Madᵉ. Genet

Cornelia Tappan Clinton Genet, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Charles Lee in military uniform and tricorn hat beside a flag reading An Appeal to Heaven.

Charles Lee

Thomlinsen, 1770

Mrs. Chauncey Goodrich

J. Rogers, 1850

Monochrome print of a man in period dress in an oval frame, with a carved head and oak wreath above and PATRIAE PATER below.

George Washington, Patriae Pater

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Lithograph of a uniformed man on a rearing grey horse, pointing forward before a smoky battlefield with soldiers.

General Harrison, the Washington of the West

Full-length engraved portrait of a man in naval uniform with a sword, leaning on rocks, with sailing ships at sea behind him.

William Carnegie

Jr J. Hibbert, 1800

Lithograph of a crowded 19th-century city intersection with shop signs, street vendors, dancers, a carriage and a pig.

Five Points, 1827

McSpedon & Baker, 1850

Engraved page with a map of Pensacola Bay forts above a street scene of Montgomery, Alabama, with a domed state house.

Montgomery, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Engraving of six riders on two horses on a hillside beside an overturned wagon and a fallen man, with a farmhouse in the dist

Six on Two Horses

Wilbur F. Osler, 1870

Engraved group portrait of Lincoln, Winfield Scott and officers gathered around a table with a map, 1861.

Winfield Scott and Generals

H. B. Hall, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man in a top hat and spectacles, standing before a building with shuttered windows and a signboard.

A Tribute to Worth by his Friends

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulette, powdered hair, and cloudy landscape behind him.

Horatio Gates

Mezzotint portrait of a man in powdered wig and military uniform with epaulette and sash, with printed inscription below.

Robert Monckton

Thomas Hudson, 1750

Pink sheet music cover for The Little Duchess featuring a photograph of Anna Held in a large hat and flowing gown.

What Are the Wild Waves Saying?

Anna Held, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a wounded officer lying beside a horse, with two officers standing over him in a wooded battlefiel

The Death of the Gallant Major Ringgold

Samuel Ringgold, 1840

Sheet music cover for The Two Roses with a photo of a woman in a lace gown, green art nouveau border and rose motifs.

There's Not a Thing I Wouldn't Do

Hand-colored lithograph of dancer Fanny Elssler in pink costume with black lace skirts, arms outstretched, on grass with flow

Fanny Elssler

John T, 1830

Hand-colored print of General Washington in blue and gold uniform holding the Declaration of Independence, with a horse, cann

General Washington

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a standing Native American man in feathered headdress and fringed robe, holding a rifle.

Wa-na-ta

Charles Bird King, 1830

Circular hand-colored allegorical print of American independence with medallion portraits, a Native American figure, ships, a

Indépendence des États-Unis

Louis Roger, 1780

Engraving of a man descending steps from an altar toward a farm, with an eagle, shield, and fruit in the foreground.

General Washington's Resignation

Alexander Lawson, 1790

Sheet music cover for I Like My Old Home Town showing three photographic portraits of Harry Lauder in Scottish costume.

I Like My Old Home Town

Harry Lauder, 1920

Engraving of men searching a schooner deck with axes and tools, with rigging and a wooden barrel behind them.

The Mayor and Police of Norfolk Searching Capt. Fountain’s Schooner

Edmund Birckhead Bensell, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of a dancer in a light blue costume and feathered hat before gabled houses, sheet music cover.

Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of a mounted officer amid fallen soldiers, a cannon, and an American flag under a palm tree.

The Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1946

Kelloggs & Thayer, 1840

Engraving of a battle scene with a cannon, a rearing horse and soldiers tending a wounded officer on the ground.

Palo Alto, Death of Major Ringgold

John C. McRae, 1840