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Hand-colored lithograph of General Winfield Scott in blue uniform pointing toward a bombarded harbor city with ships.

General Winfield Scott

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraving of Confederate Mississippi troops marching with raised bayonets past mounted officers and flags under trees.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Frank Vizetelly, 1861

Lithograph group portrait of Union army officers in uniform, three seated at a table with swords, others standing behind.

Champions of the Union

Charles Wilkes, 1861

Sheet music cover with a lithographed portrait of a bearded man in a bow tie, under ornate lettering for Young America Grand

John Charles Fremont

Samuel Root, 1861

Reverend William White

William Henry Brown, 1840

Hand-colored comic lithograph of a man's head on a hen's body beside an egg labeled Natural History.

Henry Louis Stephens

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Lithograph of ironclad warships Monitor and Merrimac in battle at Hampton Roads, surrounded by interior ship detail views.

The First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels

Charles Parsons, 1860

Hand-colored print of two officers standing on a dirt road, with mounted soldiers and a tent camp behind them.

Surrender of General Joe Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 1861

Caricature of John Jacob Astor IV with yellow mustache, dark suit and case, beside a coat of arms with a Manhattan map.

John Jacob Astor, IV

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Satirical print of a dancer on a swan boat with a cupid, waves below, and a steamship on the horizon.

Lola Coming

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1850

John Marshall

William Henry Brown, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of George Washington in military uniform before a flag with thirteen stars, with a horse and soldier at le

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Full-length lithograph portrait of a standing man on a dock with an anchor, globe and telescope, with a harbor town behind hi

Eben Brock Ward

Robert T. Bishop, 1860

Engraved portrait of a standing officer holding a scroll, with a horse, turbaned attendant, tent and scattered documents.

George Washington

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Etching of a seated man playing bagpipes under a tree, with a goat behind him and a sheep resting in the grass.

Home

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Engraved allegorical scene with a laurel-crowned man pointing a rod, a classical statue, plumed warriors, and chains on the g

Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Charles Le Vasseur, 1770

Caricature of a bearded man bailing a sinking Democrat boat in rough seas, with figures struggling and a Tammany rock behind.

What H.G. Knows about Bailing

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in an oval frame, flanked by a hooded figure with a lantern and an eagle.

Benjamin Franklin

Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul, 1780

Engraved newspaper page showing officers meeting on a porch before a stone house, with horses and soldiers at the right.

Siege of Vicksburg

Frederick B. Schell, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin with a laurel wreath, an eagle, lightning bolts and a pedestal inscribed VIR.

Benjamin Franklin

J. Pelicier, 1780

Lithograph of a family in an ornate parlor: a bearded man reading a newspaper, a girl, two women, and a marble fireplace.

Horace Greeley and Family

Otto Knirsch, 1870

Sheet music cover with a lithographed portrait of a standing man holding a top hat and cane in a park setting.

Here's to You Henry Clay

Henry Clay, 1840

Political cartoon of two bearded men at a pit, one holding a newspaper nominating Horace Greeley, with a goat and a domed bui

Cincinnatus

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved equestrian portrait of a uniformed officer on a dark horse, with cannon and soldiers on a battlefield.

George Brinton McClellan

Adam B. Walter, 1860

Lithograph of Nicholas I in military dress with epaulettes and sash, holding a plumed hat beside a stone column.

Nicholas I

Richard James Lane, 1840

Hand-colored print of a mounted officer with raised sabre on a black horse, with soldiers, a flag, and battle smoke behind.

Ulysses S. Grant

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Caricature of a seated man in a top hat and checked suit with a pipe and monocle beside a Britannia life preserver.

William Waldorf Astor

Albert Levering, 1900

Engraved crowd scene of a paddle steamer landing with Japanese and American flags, soldiers, and a procession carrying a box.

The Landing of the Japanese Embassy

A. F, 1860

Hand-colored lithograph of William Henry Harrison standing in a cloak with a cane and top hat, beside trees and a lawn.

William Henry Harrison

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat before ship rigging and gun smoke, with a French caption below.

John Paul Jones

Carl Guttenberg, 1770