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Printed broadsheet with temple-like layout, four oval portraits of early American leaders, and dense text panels.

The First Great Western Empire

Jonathan Clark, 1810

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a draped curtain behind him and a caption naming James Monro

James Monroe

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, white cap and lace collar, with signature Mary A. Livermore below.

Mary A. Livermore

Charles Schlecht, 1860

Oval stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 1800

Engraved bust portrait of an older woman in a white head covering and dark shawl, above printed text on a book page.

Catherine Ferguson

Benson John Lossing, 1850

Caricature line drawing of Woodrow Wilson with long face, rimmed glasses, and horizontal line background.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Tonal lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair, hand on chin, wearing a dark jacket.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with dark hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, captioned Miss Mary J. Safford.

Mary Jane Safford

John Sartain, 1860

Emily Elizabeth Parsons

John Sartain, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a military coat with star insignia, captioned Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Robert E. Lee

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Caricature of bearded Charles A. Dana seated at a desk with letters in a wicker basket, from Men of the Day series.

Charles A. Dana

Augustus P. Dunlop, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Robert Purvis.

Robert Purvis, Station Master on the Road

Robert Purvis, 1870

Engraving of a seated woman in a chair being traced for a silhouette by a man, with a candle lit beside them.

Silhouette Machine

Rudolph Schellenburg, 1770

Oval lithograph portrait of General Winfield Scott in dark military uniform with epaulettes, bearded, facing forward.

General Winfield Scott

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Stonewall Jackson

Ernest Crehen, 1861

Engraved portrait of a young man in a braided cadet jacket and high white collar, with the caption Henry O. Flipper, as a Cad

Henry O. Flipper, as a Cadet

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraved memorial poster with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with dates and a quotation below.

Memento Mori

Anthony Berger, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of Sir William Segar, Garter Principal King of Arms, in lace collar and cloak, with a heraldic crest a

Sir William Segar

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry VIII holding a sceptre and orb, wearing a feathered hat and jeweled costume.

Henry VIII, King of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved bust portrait of a man with short hair and a striped cravat, with the name Henry D. Thoreau written below.

Henry David Thoreau

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1850

Oval lithograph portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat.

Horace Greeley

A. L. Edwards, 1870

Woodcut title page of Russell's American Almanack showing an oval portrait of a man in a tricorn hat between allegorical figu

Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Ezekiel Russell, 1770

Engraved cartoon of a man uncorking a bottle holding a caricature labeled Butler Bottled Again, with a figure in a cradle.

Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger

Thomas Nast, 1861

Engraving of George Washington ascending on clouds with winged angels above a tomb, mourners and an eagle below.

Commemoration of Washington or Apotheosis of Washington

John James Barralet, 1800

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress with white collar and hair net, titled Miss Hattie A. Dada.

Miss Hattie A. Dada

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a man with swept hair, white cravat and dark coat, signed William Ellery Channing.

William Ellery Channing

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Poster of a robed figure raising an arm toward a red cross on dark background, titled The Roll Call, A Masque of the Red Cros

The Roll Call

Arnold Genthe, 1910

Hand-colored engraving of a body-painted leader beside a European nobleman, with dancers and a ritual sacrifice scene behind.

Sacrifice of the first-born

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Lithographic portrait of a curly-haired man in wire-rimmed glasses, cravat and waistcoat, with a signature below.

Mathew B. Brady

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark jacket and white cravat, hand resting on a patterned cushion.

Edward Africanus

Edward C. Africanus, 1850