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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

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Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1830

Sepia drawing of an elderly man with long white hair in white clerical robes and a dark stole, against a shaded oval backgrou

Reverend William White

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pen-and-ink portrait of a man with a queued hairstyle, buttoned coat and white cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

John Jay

Jacques Reich, 1900

Ink caricature of a seated pianist and a man with a shepherd's crook reaching for a goat, with sheep behind them.

Victor Herbert and Frank Tinney

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in spectacles and dark jacket conducting with a baton, arm extended on tan paper.

John Philip Sousa

George Frederick Scotson-Clark, 1900

Sepia-toned drawing of an older man in a cowboy hat with a full mustache, shown in three-quarter view against a dark hatched

Cincinnatus Hiner Miller

John Howard Evelyn Partington, 1890

Ink and crayon caricature of a woman in a flowered hat beside a table and a bearded man in a suit at right.

Erstwhile Susan

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, mounted on a card.

Abraham Lincoln

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and beard in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

James M. Edmunds

L. Wieser, 1880

William Jennings Bryan

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of a man in an 18th-century military uniform with epaulettes and powdered curled hair.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jacques Reich, 1900

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, three-quarter view, on a warm brown background.

James Heaton Baker

L. Wieser, 1880

Theodore Dreiser

Henry Major, 1930

Full-length watercolor portrait of an older bearded man in a dark overcoat and blue polka-dot cravat against grey.

John Milton Hay

Leslie Ward, 1890

Pen and ink portrait bust of an older man in a fur-trimmed cap and fur collar, with dense hatching behind him.

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Reich, 1900

Sepia wash portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with arms folded, signed G. Lansing.

Alexander Anderson

Garret Lansing, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted uniform with epaulettes, shaded background, signed Buchheister.

Charles Heyer Bell

L. Buchheister, 1850

Rube Goldberg

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap, turned three-quarter view, on tan paper.

Hiram Powers

George Frederic Watts, 1840

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a scowling man in shirt, tie and suspenders, one hand raised in gesture.

Clarence Seward Darrow

Henry Major, 1920

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters, against a hatched oval background.

Lewis Cass

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Chalk portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand on a wooden chair arm, by John Vanderlyn.

Joel Barlow

John Vanderlyn, 1790

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on tan paper of a man with tousled hair and a high collar, gazing sideways.

John C. Calhoun

Rembrandt Peale, 1830

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark jacket and white cravat, seated with one hand on his knee, against a hatched background.

Daniel Webster

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charcoal caricature of a grinning balding man beside a cartoon mouse with round ears, on a wooden bench.

Walt Disney

Henry Major, 1920

George Washington

James Sharples, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of two men in an interior with a piano, desk, books, and inkwell.

Charles Ives and Mandeville Mullally

Raymond Moreau Crosby, 1890

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, head turned slightly, signed Jacques Reich.

Schuyler Colfax

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair, white collar and dark bow tie, signed Kayler in lower right.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Joseph Kayler, 1850