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Grayscale lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star-marked shoulder insignia.

Ulysses S. Grant

Gurney & Son, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a balding older man in a dark suit and patterned tie against a shaded background.

Marcus Alonzo Hanna

Jacques Reich, 1900

Colored caricature of a standing older man with white side whiskers, wearing a dark frock coat and holding a top hat.

Charles Francis Adams

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark military coat with epaulettes, by Jacques Reich, 1900.

Andrew Jackson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Lithograph of two young men seated together, one holding a violin and bow, in 19th-century dress.

Luigi Elena and Annibale Elena

Albert Newsam, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Andrew H. Foote, a bearded man in dark naval uniform with ribbed epaulettes, turned three-quarters.

Andrew Hull Foote

Caroline Street Leffingwell, 1850

Engraved caricature of a chained tiger labeled Democrat facing a uniformed officer, with signs about starving for offices.

General Inspection

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting on an ornate carved chair arm.

Henry Hubbard

Charles Fenderich, 1820

Hand-colored lithograph of Osceola standing with a long rifle, wearing a feathered turban, beaded sash and fringed robe.

Osceola

George Catlin, 1830

Engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams, seated in a dark coat and white cravat, framed by an ornate decorative border.

John Quincy Adams

Francis Kearney, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of clergyman Joseph Pilmore seated at a draped table with an open book, 1770.

Joseph Pilmore

George Washington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Allardice, 1790

Lithographic portrait of a man with wavy hair in a high collar and double-breasted coat, with printed caption below.

Spencer Houghton Cone

Spencer Houghton Cone, 1830

Lithograph portrait of Major General Zachary Taylor in military uniform, with handwritten letter and signatures below.

Zachary Taylor

Albert Newsam, 1840

Satirical Puck cover by Opper showing a reclining man with chained dogs labeled Congress and Legislature and a prostrate eagl

William Henry Vanderbilt

Frederick Burr Opper, 1880

Portrait of an elderly bespectacled man with white beard and hair, wearing a dark coat with a gold watch chain.

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley, 1860

Wood engraving of a bearded man seated on a stool writing a Republican slate on an easel board, from Harper's Weekly.

Continue that I Broached in Jest

Thomas Nast, 1870

Paul I

J. E. Mansfield, 1820

Harlow Niles Higinbotham

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Lithograph of a standing man in a long coat, with a handwritten signature and caption 'The Author of The Sketch Book' below.

Washington Irving

Daniel Maclise, 1830

Mezzotint portrait of the Reverend James Honyman seated at a table with a book, wearing clerical gown and bands.

James Honyman

Samuel Okey, 1770

Stonewall Jackson

Daniel T. Cowell, 1861

Stippled black-and-white portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

John Macpherson Berrien

Albert Newsam, 1820

Henry Laurens

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high white collar, titled C. C. Clay, Senator from Alabama.

Clement Comer Clay

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Etching of Washington Irving seated on a rock in a top hat, with a dog beside him, signed with his name below.

Washington Irving

James David Smillie, 1850

Engraved print of Baron Trenck standing chained in a stone dungeon, with an arched frame and a water jug at his feet.

Frederich Von Trenck

James Thackara, 1780

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with star collar insignia, within a gold-bordered frame.

Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg, 1861

Napoleon Bonaparte

Joel Allen, 1790