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Amos Kendall

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military dress with epaulettes, ruffled cravat and powdered hair.

George Washington

Edward Savage, 1790

Stippled engraved portrait of an older man with tousled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, seated in an armchair.

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Albert Newsam, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of bearded clergyman George C. Shepard in dark gown and white collar bands.

George C. Shepard

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon in dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a sword.

General Nathaniel Lyon

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star shoulder insignia, in a decorative frame.

Ulysses S. Grant

William Edgar Marshall, 1861

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man seated in a dark coat, holding a book, against a dark background.

John Quincy Adams

Joseph Andrews, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a patterned coat and neckerchief, printed on a Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fro

Jesse James

Alexander Lozo, 1880

Lithograph portrait of Zachary Taylor standing in a dark suit beside a chair, within an oval frame and gilt border.

Zachary Taylor

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Seated elderly man in a brown suit and bow tie holding papers, shown in a brown-toned vignette on a pale mount.

Joseph Jefferson

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1900

King Kamehameha II

King Kamehameha II, Nov 1797 - 14 Jul, 1820

Engraved portrait of William Henry Harrison in dark coat, framed by eagle, flags, weapons and battle scenes, dated 1840.

William Henry Harrison

Kimberly & Pelton, 1840

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth, 1860

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and fur-collared coat, titled Washington Irving, Esq.

Washington Irving

Charles Turner, 1820

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and round spectacles, hand resting on a pedestal before a draped curtain.

Jacob Duché

Thomas Clarke, 1770

Engraved portrait of Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page with printed columns.

George Edward Pickett

A. Hurdle, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar, with the handwritten name Joel R. Poinsett below.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of Anthony Wayne, a man in a military coat with powdered hair, within a decorative border.

Anthony Wayne

John Norman, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of a man in an ornate frame with an eagle, captioned Ex Vice President U.S., Plumbeotype National Galle

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Richard Mentor Johnson

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Sheet music cover with nine oval portraits of uniformed men in an ornate frame, an eagle at top, and flags and cannons below.

Cadet's March

G. H. Nickerson, 1861

Etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and frock coat holding a cane, with a signature below.

John Wesley Jarvis

Henry Inman, 1810

Engraved bust portrait of a naval officer in uniform, with a ship at sea and a laurel wreath banner reading Don't Give Up the

James Lawrence

William Strickland, 1800

Newspaper page with ornate masthead and central oval engraved portrait of James Alexander Seddon, Confederate Secretary of Wa

James Alexander Seddon

A. Hurdle, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with star shoulder straps, with a printed caption and sign

Ulysses S. Grant

John A. O'Neill, 1861

Engraved portrait of Andrew Jackson standing beside a draped table with a quill, inkwell, and a Constitution scroll, with a c

Andrew Jackson

Francis Kearny, 1820

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat before red drapery.

James Buchanan

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Thomas Hart Benton

William Henry Brown, 1840

Hand-colored print of a green bird with a bearded man's head on a branch, wearing a gold watch chain and collar.

The Attorney

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Stephen Decatur

M. Osborn, 1800

Black and white lithograph portrait of a seated man in a suit holding a book, with a curtain and inkwell beside him.

Andrew Johnson

John Henry Bufford, 1850