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John Jay

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Hand-colored print of a standing man in a brown coat, striped waistcoat and blue cravat, holding a letter, as a comic stage c

George Handel Hill

James Warren Childe, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a woman in a frilled lace bonnet and dark dress with white ribbon collar, with inscription below.

Mrs. John Mattocks

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a mustached officer in dark uniform holding a sword, with caption naming Col. Thos. F. Meagher.

Thomas Francis Meagher

Engraved oval portrait of Reverend John Davenport in dark clerical dress, with an open book and draped curtain above.

John Davenport

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Woodblock-style portrait of a bearded man in a black uniform with red collar and epaulettes, on a turquoise background.

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1840

Engraved portrait of Charles Gustave in armor and sash within an octagonal frame, with a coat of arms below.

Charles Gustav X

Frederik Bouttats

Mezzotint portrait of clergyman George Whitefield in black gown and white bands, holding a book, beside a column.

George Whitefield

James Moore, 1770

Lithograph of a bearded officer in plumed hat and uniform on a prancing dark horse, with two attendants behind him.

John Charles Fremont

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson, an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat, in an ornate frame.

Andrew Jackson

Albert Newsam, 1840

Etched portrait of a mustached man with curly hair and pince-nez, one hand raised to his head, seated in a chair.

J. A. M. Whistler

Paul César Helleu, 1890

Engraving of a domed City Hall rotunda at midnight, with crowds, draped bunting, lamps and a raised platform.

Dome of City Hall - Scene at Midnight

William Waud, 1860

Poster print of Mark Twain seated at a table in a dark suit, with Harper's Weekly announcement text above.

Samuel Clemens

William Nicholson, 1900

Stippled lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket and bow tie, signed Edward Southworth.

Edward Southworth

Edward Southworth, 1850

Lithograph portrait of David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy, in dark coat and high white collar.

David Henshaw

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph of a standing man in a top hat and frock coat holding a cane, framed by trees and undergrowth in an arched vignett

William Evans Burton

Augustus Fay, 1850

Lithograph of eight numbered male portraits in an oval arrangement, with a central landscape vignette and caption text below.

Celebrated Authors

Jacques Llanta, 1830

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark dress holding an open book in a study lined with bookshelves and maps.

John Quincy Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Lithographic oval portrait of a woman with curled upswept hair and a cameo brooch on an off-shoulder dress.

Malvina Pray Florence

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Samuel Huntington

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved satire: a bearded man as a raccoon up a bare tree, with a stout hunter in a top hat aiming a rifle below.

Up a Tree

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Engraved portrait of an older white-haired man in a dark coat beside an open book, framed by an ornate border with flags.

Andrew Jackson

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe and chain of honor, with powdered curled hair and a Latin inscription b

Frederick V

Johann Martin Preisler, 1740

Mezzotint portrait of a smiling bald man with a book, inkwell and quill, engraved by James Watson after C. W. Peale.

Thomas Paine

James Watson, 1780

Oval black and white lithograph portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark suit, waistcoat and cravat, signed Silas Wright.

Silas Wright

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulette, captioned Gen. N. Greene, after a painting by C.W. Peale.

Nathanael Greene

David Edwin, 1810

Woodcut print with an oval portrait labeled Washington, angels with trumpets, a ship, a man reading, and a horse.

George Washington

George Washington, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat, framed by a coat of arms and labeled Philippe II.

Philip II

Pieter van Gunst

Charcoal-style portrait of a man with tousled hair and a collar and tie, looking toward the viewer on cream paper.

Max Forrester Eastman

Albert Edward Sterner, 1910

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Senator from Virginia, W. H. Roane.

William Henry Roane

Charles Fenderich, 1830