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Lithograph portrait of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet and shawl, seated with an open book and stacked volumes.

Hannah Adams

Francis Alexander, 1820

Lithograph portrait of a man with dark swept hair in a dark cloak and white cravat, signed by Charles Fenderich.

John Dean Dickinson

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark suit and cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

Lewis Cass

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Samuel Clemens

Edward Penfield, 1890

Lithograph portrait of Waddy Thompson, a man in a dark coat with a cravat and shoulder tassel, facing left.

Waddy Thompson

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Hand-colored engraved portrait of an older balding man in a white cravat within an ornate border, with signature.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Martin Van Buren

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved cartoon of a stooping widow holding an infant before a uniformed officer with a sword, with Beast Butler signs.

The Widow's Wants

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph portrait of Charles Sprague, a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left.

Charles Sprague

Chester Harding, 1830

Benjamin Franklin

Jr William Harrison, 1790

Lithograph portrait of Franklin Pierce standing in formal dress beside a column and table of books, within an ornate oval flo

Franklin Pierce

Albert Hoffman, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of General Washington in a dark military coat with epaulettes, facing the viewer against a shaded backgrou

George Washington

Valentine Green, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of Levi Woodbury in an ornate border with eagle, signature, and Plumbeotype National Gallery advertisem

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Levi Woodbury

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

George Washington

Amos Doolittle, 1800

Felix Grundy

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Lithograph of a seated bearded man in a theatre box as a gunman behind him fires a pistol, with two women and an officer near

Martyr of Liberty

Major Henry Riggs Rathbone, 1861

James Bennett

Jr James Gordon Bennett, 1870

Hand-colored oval portrait print of an older man in a red fur-collared coat, titled Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean François Janinet, 1780

Political cartoon of Uncle Sam's boot stepping on a frightened man holding a banner, with the Capitol nearby.

Jacob Sechler Coxey

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Lithograph portrait of General Andrew Jackson in dark military uniform with braided epaulettes, facing left.

Andrew Jackson

Augustus Fay, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Samuel Adams in period dress beside a column, with rolled documents on a table and verse below.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Okey, 1770

Colored caricature of an elderly bald man in a dark frock coat holding a top hat, from Vanity Fair, Statesmen No. 126.

Charles Francis Adams

Charles Francis Adams, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with signature and caption Silas Wright Jr. below.

Silas Wright

Thomas Doney, 1840

Ink caricature invitation of two men clasping hands across text, with a palm-tree island labeled Havana at lower left.

Alfred Frueh and Conrado Massaguer

Carlo de Fornaro, 1920

Lithograph portrait of Richard Channing Moore, a bishop in dark robes and white bands, with gray hair, against a shaded backg

Richard Channing Moore

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed cloak and buttoned military coat.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Silas Deane

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis, a man with a short beard in a dark suit and bow tie, cross-hatched background.

Jefferson Davis

Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher, 1860

Lithograph bust portrait of Bishop Richard Allen in dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

Bishop Richard Allen

Peter S. Duval, 1830

John Jay

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Lithograph portrait of General James Longstreet, bearded, in a double-breasted military coat with collar insignia.

James Longstreet

J. L. Giles, 1861