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Engraved satire: a bearded man as a raccoon up a bare tree, with a stout hunter in a top hat aiming a rifle below.

Up a Tree

Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Engraved portrait of an older white-haired man in a dark coat beside an open book, framed by an ornate border with flags.

Andrew Jackson

Moseley Isaac Danforth, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe and chain of honor, with powdered curled hair and a Latin inscription b

Frederick V

Johann Martin Preisler, 1740

Mezzotint portrait of a smiling bald man with a book, inkwell and quill, engraved by James Watson after C. W. Peale.

Thomas Paine

James Watson, 1780

Oval black and white lithograph portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark suit, waistcoat and cravat, signed Silas Wright.

Silas Wright

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a military coat with epaulette, captioned Gen. N. Greene, after a painting by C.W. Peale.

Nathanael Greene

David Edwin, 1810

Etching of an elderly bearded man reading a newspaper at a table beside bottles, with a window behind him.

Peter Platt

Dwight Case Sturges, 1910

Woodcut print with an oval portrait labeled Washington, angels with trumpets, a ship, a man reading, and a horse.

George Washington

George Washington, 1770

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat, framed by a coat of arms and labeled Philippe II.

Philip II

Pieter van Gunst

Charcoal-style portrait of a man with tousled hair and a collar and tie, looking toward the viewer on cream paper.

Max Forrester Eastman

Albert Edward Sterner, 1910

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and high collar, captioned Senator from Virginia, W. H. Roane.

William Henry Roane

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Amos Kendall

Charles Fenderich, 1830

John Bohlen

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military dress with epaulettes, ruffled cravat and powdered hair.

George Washington

Edward Savage, 1790

Stippled engraved portrait of an older man with tousled hair in a dark coat and white cravat, seated in an armchair.

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Albert Newsam, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of bearded clergyman George C. Shepard in dark gown and white collar bands.

George C. Shepard

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Lithograph portrait of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon in dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a sword.

General Nathaniel Lyon

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with star shoulder insignia, in a decorative frame.

Ulysses S. Grant

William Edgar Marshall, 1861

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man seated in a dark coat, holding a book, against a dark background.

John Quincy Adams

Joseph Andrews, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a patterned coat and neckerchief, printed on a Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fro

Jesse James

Alexander Lozo, 1880

Lithograph portrait of Zachary Taylor standing in a dark suit beside a chair, within an oval frame and gilt border.

Zachary Taylor

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Seated elderly man in a brown suit and bow tie holding papers, shown in a brown-toned vignette on a pale mount.

Joseph Jefferson

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1900

King Kamehameha II

King Kamehameha II, Nov 1797 - 14 Jul, 1820

Engraved portrait of William Henry Harrison in dark coat, framed by eagle, flags, weapons and battle scenes, dated 1840.

William Henry Harrison

Kimberly & Pelton, 1840

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth, 1860

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, white cravat and fur-collared coat, titled Washington Irving, Esq.

Washington Irving

Charles Turner, 1820

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and round spectacles, hand resting on a pedestal before a draped curtain.

Jacob Duché

Thomas Clarke, 1770

Engraved portrait of Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett on a Southern Illustrated News newspaper page with printed columns.

George Edward Pickett

A. Hurdle, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar, with the handwritten name Joel R. Poinsett below.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Albert Newsam, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of Anthony Wayne, a man in a military coat with powdered hair, within a decorative border.

Anthony Wayne

John Norman, 1780