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Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie, with a signature below.

Abraham Lincoln

Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher, 1860

Printed page with central portrait of King Kalakaua in uniform, surrounded by engraved scenes of his Washington visit.

Kalakaua I

Bradley & Rulofson, 1870

Engraved caricature of a bearded man in glasses straining to pull open a drawer spilling out small figures labeled dishonest

Secretary of War Investigating the Indian Bureau

Thomas Nast, 1861

Joseph Reed

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star collar insignia on a foxed cream card.

Jeb Stuart

Vannerson & Jones, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and lace collar, surrounded by helmet, sword, books and laurel decorations.

Henry Frederick

Pieter Tanjé, 1740

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in military uniform with sword and tricorn hat, with a burning encampment behind him.

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis and 2nd Earl Cornwallis

John Jones, 1790

Woodcut almanac cover with an oval portrait of a man in a wig, flanked by two allegorical figures, titled Boston Almanack.

James Otis

James Otis, 1760

Lithograph portrait bust of John Minor Botts, a man with dark wavy hair in a dark coat and cravat.

John Minor Botts

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph of a man in a suit pointing upward while a kneeling man with broken chains is freed, a woman and children behind.

Freedom to the Slaves

Anthony Berger, 1860

William Henry Drayton

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Hand-colored print of a formal landing party at a shoreline with ships at anchor, ranks of soldiers, and hills behind.

First Landing of Americans in Japan

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Lithographic bust portrait of James Tilton, M.D., a man in a dark high-collared coat and white cravat, looking forward.

James Tilton

Thomas Edwards, 1820

Engraved portrait of an elderly seated man in a dark coat holding a book, with ship masts visible through a window.

Benjamin Franklin

François Denis Née, 1780

John Wilkes Booth

C. J. Culliford, 1860

Jeffrey Amherst

T. P, 1780

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man in a feathered red velvet cap, fur-trimmed cape, and beaded sash, holding a sword h

William McIntosh

Albert Newsam, 1830

Engraved portrait of a bearded officer in uniform, framed by battle scenes of soldiers, cannon and mountains.

William T. Sherman

Buttre & Momberger, 1861

Engraved portrait of a mustached officer in a buttoned military uniform, printed on an 1861 newspaper page.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Quinby, 1861

Black and white lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and bow tie, captioned J. Fenimore Cooper.

James Fenimore Cooper

Amélie Kautz De Lacepede, 1820

Etched portrait of a bald, mustached man in suit and tie against hatched background, signed Schneider.

Cornelius Rea Acheson

Otto J. Schneider, 1920

Political caricature with two panels of top-hatted men, a large portly figure, and pointed captions from Harper's Weekly.

Two Great Questions

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat within an ornate border with an eagle, signed by John Plumbe, Jr.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John Plumbe, Jr. Self-Portrait

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in spectacles and a dark jacket, turned to the left against a dark background.

Clement Biddle Penrose

William Henry Warren Bicknell, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a blue military uniform with gold buttons, facing right.

George Gordon Meade

George Gordon Meade, 1861

Herman Henry Kohlsaat

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Black-and-white lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark coat and bow tie, arms folded, above a draped flag shield.

Abraham Lincoln

Feodor Fuchs, 1860

Woodcut portrait of a man in a period coat within an ornate arched frame with laurel, flags and cannon.

George Washington

Paul Revere, 1790

Henry Laurens

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Etched caricature of a reclining man in a chair with feet on a stool, cherubs holding a laurel wreath above, dog on floor.

Battle at Great Bethel

Adalbert John Volck, 1861