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Black and white lithographic portrait of a seated man in a dark coat beside a top hat and a draped table.

Franklin Pierce

Mauritz H. Traubel, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in a dark uniform with gold buttons and a yellow star collar.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man in a grey military uniform with a gold star collar and a large mustache.

John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1861

Engraved Harper's Weekly page of oval portraits of Democratic candidates in ornate floral frames, with a White House vignette

Prominent Candidates for the Democratic Nomination at Charleston, South Carolina

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a dark suit beside a classical column and green drapery, holding a rolled paper.

James K. Polk

John Sartain, 1840

Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge

William Henry Brown, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a standing naval officer in dark uniform with gold epaulettes, beside a chair holding a cocked hat and

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Philip Haas, 1840

Black and white lithograph portrait of James Buchanan in a dark coat and white cravat beside a classical column.

James Buchanan

Charles Fenderich, 1840

John Jay

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Hand-colored print of a standing man in a brown coat, striped waistcoat and blue cravat, holding a letter, as a comic stage c

George Handel Hill

James Warren Childe, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a woman in a frilled lace bonnet and dark dress with white ribbon collar, with inscription below.

Mrs. John Mattocks

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a mustached officer in dark uniform holding a sword, with caption naming Col. Thos. F. Meagher.

Thomas Francis Meagher

Engraved oval portrait of Reverend John Davenport in dark clerical dress, with an open book and draped curtain above.

John Davenport

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Woodblock-style portrait of a bearded man in a black uniform with red collar and epaulettes, on a turquoise background.

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1840

Engraved portrait of Charles Gustave in armor and sash within an octagonal frame, with a coat of arms below.

Charles Gustav X

Frederik Bouttats

Mezzotint portrait of clergyman George Whitefield in black gown and white bands, holding a book, beside a column.

George Whitefield

James Moore, 1770

Lithograph of a bearded officer in plumed hat and uniform on a prancing dark horse, with two attendants behind him.

John Charles Fremont

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Andrew Jackson, an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat, in an ornate frame.

Andrew Jackson

Albert Newsam, 1840

Etched portrait of a mustached man with curly hair and pince-nez, one hand raised to his head, seated in a chair.

J. A. M. Whistler

Paul César Helleu, 1890

Engraving of a domed City Hall rotunda at midnight, with crowds, draped bunting, lamps and a raised platform.

Dome of City Hall - Scene at Midnight

William Waud, 1860

Poster print of Mark Twain seated at a table in a dark suit, with Harper's Weekly announcement text above.

Samuel Clemens

William Nicholson, 1900

Stippled lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket and bow tie, signed Edward Southworth.

Edward Southworth

Edward Southworth, 1850

Lithograph portrait of David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy, in dark coat and high white collar.

David Henshaw

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of General John A. Logan and family, with three scenes above showing cavalry, a domestic room, and a legi

John A. Logan and Family

John Alexander Logan, 1861

Lithograph of a standing man in a top hat and frock coat holding a cane, framed by trees and undergrowth in an arched vignett

William Evans Burton

Augustus Fay, 1850

Lithograph of eight numbered male portraits in an oval arrangement, with a central landscape vignette and caption text below.

Celebrated Authors

Jacques Llanta, 1830

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark dress holding an open book in a study lined with bookshelves and maps.

John Quincy Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Wood engraving of a Japanese visitor seated among elegantly dressed Washington ladies in an ornate room, with newspaper text.

Our Japenese Visitor "Tommy" Among the Ladies of Washington

Tommy, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a woman with curled upswept hair and a cameo brooch on an off-shoulder dress.

Malvina Pray Florence

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Samuel Huntington

B. B. Ellis, 1780