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Timothy Pickering

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Mähsette-Kuiuab

Pierre Joseph Tavernier, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and a dark buttoned coat, labeled William Winterbotham.

William Winterbotham

John Scoles, 1790

Caricature of a giant man holding a tiny soldier, with slogan panels and a text column on a Harper's Weekly page.

He Will Be Gulliver in the Hands of the Brobdingnagians

Thomas Nast, 1861

Caricature of a standing man in black suit with white hair, cigar and pince-nez, with a balance-scale coat of arms at upper r

Nathaniel K. Fairbank

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Colour magazine cover of Uncle Sam wearing a crown of thorns made of vines with caricatured heads labelled with political woe

Falstaff (Bryan) Reviews His Ragged Army

Grant E. Hamilton, 1890

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted military uniform with embroidered collar, captioned N. B. Forrest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

J. L. Giles, 1861

Hand-colored oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, titled Abraham Lincoln, c. 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

C. Bornemann, 1860

William Henry Drayton

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithographic portrait of an older man with white hair and cravat, signed Henry Rutgers below the bust.

Henry Rutgers

Charles G. Crehen, 1860

Benjamin West

Jonathan Spilsbury, 1770

Sheet music cover with an oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark military coat, framed by white scrollwork.

Stonewall Jackson

Henry C. Eno, 1861

Engraved portrait of a seated empress in a crown and ermine robe, holding an orb, with regalia and flowers beside her.

Elizabeth Petrovna

Anthony Walker, 1740

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with swept-back hair, velvet lapels and a bow tie, signed Herschel V. Johnson.

Herschel Vespasian Johnson

Herschel Vespasian Johnson, 1860

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a military officer in a powdered wig, resting his hand on a document beside a draped curtain.

Anthony Wayne

George Graham, 1790

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man in a military uniform with a mustache, with slogan text below naming George B. McClellan.

George Brinton McClellan

Lewis & Goodwin, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and bow tie, within an oval frame, captioned W. J. Florence.

William Jermyn Florence

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in spectacles and bow tie, with signature "James Harper" and caption naming him Mayor of New Yor

James Harper

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Advertising poster for Appleton's Magazine showing a sailing scene on the cover and a portrait of John Philip Sousa.

John Philip Sousa, Eugene Edward Speicher, George Wesley Bellows, and Marjorie Organ Henri

Robert Henri, 1900

Engraved portrait of a woman in an ornate dark gown with a sash, holding a fan, with a German caption.

Liliuokalani

August Weger, 1890

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a naval cap with anchor badge and neckerchief, labeled Capt. Maffitt.

John Newland Maffitt

Elias Dexter, 1861

Oval lithographic portrait of a young man in dark military uniform with epaulettes and sash, hand on sword hilt.

Frederick VIII

J. W. Tegner, 1860

Hand-colored print of dancer Fanny Elssler in a pink gown with black lace, arm raised, roses at her feet, lake landscape behi

Fanny Elssler

Napoleon Sarony, 1840

Engraved full-length portrait of Martin Van Buren standing beside a draped table, book, column and balustrade.

Martin Van Buren

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a patterned turban and robe, hand on chest, with printed dedication text below.

Mar Yohannan

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of Andrew Jackson's deathbed, with mourners in a canopied bed scene and a kneeling woman in pale dres

Death of Andrew Jackson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph of four seated family members around a table with flowers and books, titled The Washington Family.

The Washington Family

George Washington, 1860

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams in a dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate scrolled border.

John Quincy Adams

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved bust portrait of Edwin Booth in costume as Hamlet, with a chain collar, skull and goblet below.

Edwin Booth as Hamlet

Charles Dater Weldon, 1870