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Engraved oval portrait of a woman in pearls and jeweled headdress, with Latin inscription and coats of arms, 1610.

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff and chain of office, holding a book, with Latin inscription around the fram

Sir Edward Coke

Simon de Passe, 1610

Stephen (of Blois), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Edward the Black Prince in armour and feathered cap, with heraldic arms and inscription below.

Edward (The Black Prince), Prince of Aquitaine, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a lace ruff and chain of office, hand resting on a globe, with inscription.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet within an ornate oval frame with heraldic emblems.

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Richard I in crown and armor holding a sword, with heraldic shields and inscribed text below.

Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a lace ruff and embroidered dress, with Latin inscriptions and a coat of arms.

Charles I, King of England

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Edward IV wearing a crown, holding a sceptre and orb, within an oval frame with heraldic shields.

Edward IV, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved frontispiece with oval portraits of King James I and Queen Anne, a winged trumpeter above, and full-length royal fig

James I, King of England/King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Queen

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, bearded, wearing a feathered hat and lace collar.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Baron Denbigh

Compton Holland, 1600

Engraved oval portrait of Richard III in royal robes, holding a scepter and orb, with Latin frame lettering and a caption bel

Richard III, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry VI crowned, holding orb and sceptre, with a text panel of biographical details below.

Henry VI, King of England and France

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, in plumed hat and ruff, holding a baton, with ornate frame.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Compton Holland, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in a crown and fur-trimmed robe holding a flower, with Latin inscription and heraldic l

Edward V, King of England

Renold Elstrack, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of Henry de Vere, Earl of Oxford, in lace collar and patterned doublet, holding a baton, with scrolls.

Henry de Vere (Veere), 18th Earl of Oxford

Robert Vaughan, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, wearing a dark suit and tie against a shadowed background.

Theodore Roosevelt

James S. King, 1920

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar and cuffs, framed by a decorative cartouche and coat of arms.

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset

Simon de Passe, 1610

Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, bearded man in flat cap and ruff, within an oval scroll frame with cherubs.

Sir Thomas Gresham

Francis Delaram, 1610

Lithograph bust portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled James Thacher, M.D.

James Thacher

James Thacher, 1820

Engraved bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a stippled background.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Sepia engraved portrait of an older man with a full mustache, dark suit and tie, against a dark background.

Grover Cleveland

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark suit holding gloves, with a table at his side.

Joseph Hodges Choate

Henry L. Wolf, 1900

Engraved portrait of a man in military uniform within an ornate border, with a signature and 'Maj. Gen. U.S. Army' caption.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Robert Patterson

Jr John Plumbe, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of Daniel Webster seated in a green chair beside books and an inkwell, with red drapery behind him.

Daniel Webster

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a man with powdered hair and white cravat, in a dark coat, within a ruled border.

Benjamin Rush

James Akin, 1800

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban and blue robe pointing to a chart of symbols while holding a pipe.

Se-quo-yah

R. T, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark high-collared coat, with a handwritten quotation and signature "David Crockett" below.

David Crockett

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Lithograph of fourteen oval portrait medallions of men with names, titled Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880.

Greenback-Labor Advocates of 1880

Nicholas Ford, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair and dark coat, labeled T. Jefferson, on a lined background.

Thomas Jefferson

Enoch G. Gridley, 1800