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Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, dark fur-collared coat and white cravat, labelled Washington Irving.

Washington Irving

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1830

Engraved portrait of Queen Anne in a crown and pearls, within an ornate oval frame flanked by two allegorical figures.

Queen Anne

Godfrey Kneller

Wood engraving of a bearded man in military coat above a crowded garden bazaar scene, on an 1864 newspaper page.

James Longstreet

James Longstreet, 1861

Engraved portrait of Peter III in a wig and fur-trimmed robe, with a crown on a pedestal beside him.

Peter III

Oval engraved portrait of General Nathanael Greene in a military uniform with epaulettes, on a foxed paper sheet.

Nathanael Greene

Elkanah Tisdale, 1790

Lithograph portrait of General Winfield Scott in uniform with a sword, before an American flag and an eagle emblem.

General Winfield Scott

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Hand-colored oval portrait of John Adams with powdered hair and white cravat, inside an ornate decorative frame.

John Adams

Albert Newsam, 1840

Oval engraved portrait of a seated bishop in a dark cassock with a pectoral cross, beside a carved wooden chair.

John McCloskey

George Edward Perine, 1860

Stonewall Jackson

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Caricature of a seated man in bowler hat and suit on a travel trunk with labels, beside a New York Herald newspaper.

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

? - Constantine Von Grimm, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson seated at a desk with a quill pen, beside a draped curtain and sword.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, 1830

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stephen Alonso Schoff, 1870

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a uniformed officer above laurel, cannons, spears and a ribbon reading Proctor Defeated.

William Henry Harrison

William Strickland, 1810

Seated man in dark suit in a draped interior with a framed landscape and marble pedestal, lithograph portrait.

Andrew Jackson

Albert Newsam, 1830

Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform with collar stars, captioned Gen. Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson

Dominique C. Fabronius, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded officer in dark military uniform, captioned Gen. Beauregard.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Charles DeForest Fredricks, 1861

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate border with a signature below.

James Fenimore Cooper

Oliver Pelton, 1830

Sheet music cover showing a bearded officer in uniform holding a sword and cap, framed by an arch, a column and drapery.

General Lyon's Funeral March

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1861

Mah-to-toh-pa

Johann Hürlimann, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and waistcoat, signed by Francis D'Avignon.

James Lawrence Orr

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved portrait of John Adams seated in a chair with one hand on a book, with a dedication and eagle emblem below.

John Adams

Henry H. Houston, 1800

Engraving of a formal dinner and a presentation of American women to Japanese ambassadors at Willard's hotel, Washington, 186

Japanese Ambassadors

M. N, 1860

Hand-colored print of a seated man in a sailor-style jacket beside a rifle, with rowboats on a river behind him.

John Banvard

Charles Baugniet, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, labeled Oliver Ellsworth, late Chief Justice of the United St

Oliver Ellsworth

David Edwin, 1810

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair, dark coat and cravat, with printed name caption below.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of Richard Cromwell in armor and lace collar, holding a baton, within an octagonal frame.

Richard Cromwell

Frederik Bouttats

Engraved oval portrait of Andrew Johnson in dark suit and bow tie, facing left, with printed name and signature below.

Andrew Johnson

John Chester Buttre, 1860

Engraved portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in a dark military uniform with star shoulder straps, against a gray background.

Ulysses S. Grant

John Mooney, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of William Henry Harrison in an oval vignette with an ornate decorative frame.

William Henry Harrison

Albert Newsam, 1840

Engraved print with an oval portrait of a man in a dark coat, framed by ornate calligraphic flourishes and lettering.

Marquis De Lafayette

Joseph Perkins, 1820