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Engraved portrait of a man with shoulder-length gray hair in a dark coat, white shirt, and bow tie against a dark background.

Henry Clay

Jacques Reich, 1890

Oval lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair and whiskers, wearing a dark coat and cravat, captioned Alvin Adams.

Alvin Adams

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the signature John Marshall printed below.

John Marshall

Albert Newsam, 1830

Sepia lithographic portrait of an older man in a dark coat and cravat, set in an oval with a leafy border.

Joel Hawes

Joel Hawes, 1820

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in ceremonial robes with a laurel wreath, sceptre, orb and throne.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Auguste G. L. Boucher-Desnoyers

Engraved portrait of a seated elderly man in a dark suit holding a letter, with an inkwell and papers on a table beside him.

George Peabody

Thomas Lewis Atkinson, 1860

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair and lace collar, signed below, by Francis Holl, 1850.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Francis Holl, 1850

DeWitt Clinton

George Catlin, 1820

Colored magazine caricature of a nude man as a child reaching for a Presidential Vote butterfly on a wooden wall.

Little Billy Bryan Chasing Butterflies

Judge Magazine, 1890

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Samuel Ringgold

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved cartoon of a crowded wedding scene with a bride on a bed, a kneeling groom, and stuffed ballot boxes in front.

The Death-Bed Marriage

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph portrait of Martin Van Buren, a balding man with side whiskers in a dark coat and cravat.

Martin Van Buren

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Wood engraving of an elderly officer in dark uniform with epaulettes and sword, seated holding a cocked hat.

General Winfield Scott

William John Hennessy, 1860

Mezzotint portrait of clergyman Samuel Cooper in white wig and dark gown within an oval frame, by Valentine Green.

Samuel Cooper

Valentine Green, 1780

Caricature print of a man with orange hair and mustache in black suit, with a heart-shaped umbrella vignette in the corner.

Charles P. Bryan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved portrait of Laurence Sterne seated with a book, hand to his face, wearing a curled wig and loose robe.

Lawrence Sterne

Fletcher Harper

Gustav Kruell, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with buttons, framed by ornate sheet music title lettering.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Jules Lion, 1861

Poster calendar 1897 showing a man in an orange beret writing at a desk beside a cat, with inkwells and a yellow sheet.

Poster Calendar 1897

Edward Penfield, 1890

Members, House of Assembly

Engraved bust portrait of a naval officer in uniform with brass buttons and shoulder boards, turned to the right.

David Glasgow Farragut

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Black and white lithograph portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left.

Levi Woodbury

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Silas Wright

William Henry Brown, 1840

Engraved portrait of John Hunt Morgan in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, on a Harper's Weekly newspaper page.

John Hunt Morgan

John Hunt Morgan, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated older man with a quill, a desk and inkwell, inside an oval decorative frame.

William Cullen Bryant

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Black and white lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and cravat, with printed caption Samuel J. Bridge.

Samuel J. Bridge

Charles Fenderich, 1850

Hand-colored print of an assassin with a knife fleeing a theatre box where a seated man is attacked, as audience members reac

Assassination of President Lincoln

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved full-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing by a column and draped table with an open book, with a domed buildi

Abraham Lincoln

John Sartain, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark coat, bow tie and patterned waistcoat, titled Jefferson Davis.

Jefferson Davis

William Sartain, 1850

Caricature of a seated white-bearded man in a dark suit, with a heraldic shield and a scripture caption above.

James Jerome Hill

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900