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Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted coat beside books, an inkwell and a quill pen.

Regis De Trobriand

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraving of Lafayette seated on a ship as ghostly American patriots appear and sea gods drive away storm clouds.

Marquis De Lafayette

Achille Moreau, 1820

Dirck Ten Broeck

Isaac Hutton, 1800

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of James K. Polk in dark suit, seated before teal curtains and a classical building.

James K. Polk

James S. Baillie, 1840

Etching of a thin old man in a draped cloak watching a boy with a bucket and a loaf on a staircase.

Ye Vow

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a light jacket inside an ornate border with an eagle, titled National Plumbeotype Galle

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - D. Hoyt

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Joseph Reed

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a man in formal dress above a temperance society certificate with decorative banner.

Possibly E. L. Snow

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curled wig and armor, with a crowned coat of arms below.

Philip V

Charles Simoneau, 1700

Engraved oval portrait of the Reverend John Murray in a powdered wig and clerical bands, with inscription on a plinth below.

John Murray

Samuel Hill, 1790

Hand-colored print of Andrew Johnson standing by a green table, red drapes, and a domed capitol building behind him.

Andrew Johnson

Edward Valois, 1860

Caricature lithograph of a ballerina dancing on stage while a manager, a despondent man and a newspaper reader look on.

Lola Has Come!

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1850

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a mustache in a dark suit and carved wooden chair, dated 1900.

Alexander Johnston Cassatt

Samuel Sartain, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man in powdered wig and embroidered coat, with garland border and scripted inscription below.

John Hancock

Joseph H. Seymour, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and waistcoat, hand resting on books, with signature George Peabody belo

George Peabody

George Peabody, 1850

Caricature of a uniformed officer with binoculars on a Hudson River ferry, surrounded by political newspapers and signs.

All Quiet on the Hudson

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, shaded with fine crosshatched lines on a light sheet.

Charles Loring Elliott

Henry Bryan Hall Sr, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark suit, vest and patterned necktie, facing forward.

John William Davis

Franklin T. Wood, 1920

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with spectacles, white hair, and a dark suit, with handwritten inscription below.

Horace Greeley

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Hand-colored print of mounted New York militia officers in blue uniforms and plumed shakos, with a civilian raising his top h

New York State Militia

Joseph Edward Baker, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of Philip Hone, a man with curly hair in a high white cravat and dark overcoat.

Philip Hone

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Engraved group portrait of eight men seated and standing around a table with inkwells and quills, with a draped curtain behin

The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

Whitehurst & Hinton, 1861

Caricature of George Jay Gould riding a grey horse and holding a polo mallet, with a red heraldic crest in the corner.

George Jay Gould

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Hand-colored print of Abraham Lincoln seated in a red chair before green drapery and a column, with books beside him.

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hesler, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth President.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1880

Engraved sheet with nine oval portraits of naval officers in uniform around a larger central portrait, titled Officers of Our

Officers of our Navy

John Chester Buttre, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and armor, with Latin inscription below naming Philip III.

Philip III

Engraved portrait of a man with swept-back light hair and dark coat, white cravat, against a dark background.

John Marshall

Jacques Reich, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph of a seated man slumped in a chair while men in formal dress crowd around him in a chamber.

John Quincy Adams

Kelloggs & Comstock, 1840

Engraved portrait of a mustached officer in uniform on a Southern Illustrated News page, Richmond, 1863.

Beverly Holcombe Robertson

Southern Illustrated News, 1861