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Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a policeman blocks two men with Tammany hats at a civil service reform doorway.

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt

Thomas Nast, 1880

Engraved portrait of an elderly white-haired man seated at a desk with a quill pen and open book, signed Benjamin Rush.

Benjamin Rush, M.D.

Richard W. Dodson, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of David Rittenhouse, a man with wavy hair in period coat and cravat, on an aged printed page.

David Rittenhouse

Henry H. Houston, 1790

Engraved portrait of a woman with wire-rimmed glasses, dark hair drawn back, and a floral brooch on a light collar.

Grace Anne Lewis, Earnest in the Cause

Grace Anna Lewis, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Col. W. W. Seaton, Mayor of Washi

William W. Seaton

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Black and cream silhouette print of a man in white suit, boater hat and bow tie holding a cigarette and cane.

James Weldon Johnson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Oval engraved portrait of Benjamin Silliman, a white-haired man in a dark coat and bow tie holding spectacles.

Benjamin Silliman

Philip M. Whelpley, 1850

Hand-colored print of a man's head on a black beetle's body with six jointed legs and clawed feet.

Hum-Bug

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with spectacles resting his head on his hand beside a desk with a quill and book.

Benjamin Rush

David Edwin, 1810

Engraved portraits of William Craft, a bearded man in a dark jacket, and Ellen Craft, a woman in an ornate bonnet, on a book

William and Ellen Craft

William Craft, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a balding man in a striped suit and bow tie, captioned William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia.

William Whipper, Conductor at Columbia, Officers of the Road

William Whipper, 1870

Frederick Douglass

Etched portrait of a bearded man in round eyeglasses and dark jacket, turned in three-quarter view against hatched background

Theodore Roosevelt

Anders Zorn, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Millard Fillmore seated in black suit, holding a folded letter before gold drapery.

Millard Fillmore

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Geometric black-and-white print of a stylized man in a top hat and dark suit, captioned with Theodore Roosevelt's name.

Theodore Roosevelt

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress with lace collar, holding an open book in her lap.

Margaret Fuller

Johnson Fry & Co, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Theodore Frelinghuysen, seated at a table with a book and scroll, green drapery behind.

Theodore Frelinghuysen

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a high white collar and dark bow tie, captioned Hon. Henry Wilson.

Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson, 1850

Caricature of Andrew Carnegie in dark suit, bow tie, spectacles and wide-brimmed hat, walking on a pale background.

Andrew Carnegie

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Sheet music cover with lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, titled Blaine's Triumphal March.

James Gillespie Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine, 1880

Colorful 1890 chromolithograph family record with portrait medallions, a blank genealogy table, and scenes of slavery, school

Afro-American Historical Family Record

James M. Vickroy, 1890

Colour lithograph portrait of a mustached man in a dark overcoat leaning on a cabinet of books, captioned Grover Cleveland.

Grover Cleveland

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Caricature of William Howard Taft as a large plaid-suited figure with small animals labeled Tariff and Veto beside him.

William Howard Taft

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of an older woman in a lace bonnet and shawl, captioned Lucretia Mott.

Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott, 1870

Engraved page from Harper's Weekly showing seven male portraits of the seceding South Carolina delegation.

The Seceding South Carolina Delegation

Winslow Homer, 1861

Thomas Jefferson

Max Rosenthal, 1900

Oval engraved portrait of Franz Sigel in military coat, with an eagle holding an American flag above.

Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a patterned shawl, hand to temple, eyes closed, holding an open book.

Margaret Fuller

Frederick T. Stuart, 1860

Pencil portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, looking directly at the viewer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, labeled Gen. Lee, on a gold-bordered mount.

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee, 1861