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Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, shaded with fine crosshatched lines on a light sheet.

Charles Loring Elliott

Henry Bryan Hall Sr, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark suit, vest and patterned necktie, facing forward.

John William Davis

Franklin T. Wood, 1920

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with spectacles, white hair, and a dark suit, with handwritten inscription below.

Horace Greeley

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Hand-colored print of mounted New York militia officers in blue uniforms and plumed shakos, with a civilian raising his top h

New York State Militia

Joseph Edward Baker, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of Philip Hone, a man with curly hair in a high white cravat and dark overcoat.

Philip Hone

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Caricature of George Jay Gould riding a grey horse and holding a polo mallet, with a red heraldic crest in the corner.

George Jay Gould

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Hand-colored print of Abraham Lincoln seated in a red chair before green drapery and a column, with books beside him.

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hesler, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth President.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1880

Engraved sheet with nine oval portraits of naval officers in uniform around a larger central portrait, titled Officers of Our

Officers of our Navy

John Chester Buttre, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and armor, with Latin inscription below naming Philip III.

Philip III

Engraved portrait of a man with swept-back light hair and dark coat, white cravat, against a dark background.

John Marshall

Jacques Reich, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a seated man slumped in a chair while men in formal dress crowd around him in a chamber.

John Quincy Adams

Kelloggs & Comstock, 1840

Engraved portrait of a mustached officer in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News page, Richmond, 1863.

Beverly Holcombe Robertson

Southern Illustrated News, 1861

Caricature of a stout man in a dark coat and striped trousers, labeled J. P. Morgan, with a crowned globe and motto banner.

John Pierpont Morgan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved full-length portrait of Empress Catherine II in a fur-trimmed robe and tiara beside a throne chair.

Catherine II

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Black and white lithographic portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, seated against a shaded background.

Joseph Hopkinson

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Grey lithographic portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, turned to the right, in an octagonal frame.

Joseph Tuckerman

Engraved oval portrait of Sterling Price in a double-breasted military coat with collar stars, 1861.

Sterling Price

George Edward Perine, 1861

Engraved bust-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark suit and bow tie, turned slightly to the side.

Abraham Lincoln

Frederick W. Halpin, 1860

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of Wakawn, a Winnebago chief, with red and black feathers and red face paint.

Wakawn

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithographed portrait of a man in a fur-collared coat on the cover of The National Whig Song sheet music, 1840.

National Whig Song

William Sharp, 1840

Zachary Taylor

Charles Risso, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, framed by oak and laurel branches, flags and steamships below.

John Ericsson

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithograph portrait of DeWitt Clinton, a man with curly hair in a double-breasted coat and cravat, 1830.

DeWitt Clinton

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat with a fur collar, captioned J. Catron, Judge of the Supreme Cour

John Catron

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of George Washington in dark coat and lace cuffs before a green drape and column.

George Washington

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of Richard P. Robinson standing in a blue tailcoat and black waistcoat, holding a top hat.

Richard P. Robinson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Joseph Hooker

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform, labeled Gen. Kearney, published in Boston.

Philip Kearny

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and cravat, with a dedication caption below.

Charles Theodore Christian Follen

Spiridione Gambardella, 1830