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Lithograph portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks in dark military uniform holding a sword, dated 1861.

Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley, 1770

Colored caricature of a man in a long brown coat, dark hat and monocle holding a cane, from Vanity Fair.

J. A. M. Whistler

Leslie Ward, 1870

Engraved full-length portrait of a bearded man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed robe, with a harbor and boats behind him.

Philip I

Lithograph of two seated men in dark coats with ornate border and printed text naming Meade Brothers, Daguerreotype Artists.

Meade Brothers, Daguerreotype Artists

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved side-by-side bust portraits of two men in formal 19th-century dress, labeled with their names below.

Herber Chase Kimball and Jedediah Morgan Grant

W. H. Gibbs, 1850

Etching of a plumed armored man being fitted by an armorer in a workshop, with a verse caption below.

Bombastes Preparing for his Crusade to New Orleans

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Black and white lithographic portrait of a man with swept hair in a double-breasted coat and cravat, dated 1861.

John Cabell Breckinridge

N. Cozzadi, 1861

Lithographic portrait of William Wilkins, a white-haired man in a dark coat and patterned vest, turned to the right.

William Wilkins

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Mezzotint portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet, ruffled collar and dark dress, hand resting in her lap with a ring.

Ann Dorothy Martineau

Charles Turner, 1830

Art Nouveau theatre poster of a woman in an ornate gown beside blossoming branches, with red lettering reading Miss Ada Rehan

Ada Rehan

Ada Rehan, 1890

Woodcut portraits of Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck in tricorn hats above columns of printed text on a worn broadside.

Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck

Daniel Shays, 1780

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform within an embossed scrolled paper frame with a shield crest.

John Clifford Pemberton

John Clifford Pemberton, 1861

Satirical lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat riding a wheeled chair, with four figures arguing in speech bubbles.

The Elephant and his Keepers

John Cameron, 1870

Benjamin Franklin

John Norman, 1780

Lithograph portrait of seated James K. Polk in a dark coat and high collar, with French caption and signature below.

James K. Polk

Marie Alexandre Alophe, 1840

Engraved group portrait of a family in an interior, with a woman holding an infant, a boy, and seated older men.

Benjamin West and Family

D. P. Pariset, 1780

Etched portrait of a seated man in a dark coat, hands resting on a table with an open book, lit by a window.

Charles Deering

Anders Zorn, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man with white curly hair, dark coat and white collar, with a handwritten signature belo

Thomas Handasyd Perkins

Hezekiah Wright Smith, 1850

Alexander Mouton

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Lithograph portrait of Winfield Scott in dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a sword, published by A. Winch, 1850.

General Winfield Scott

Sepia lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln in suit and bow tie, captioned The Nation's Martyr, with printed title below.

Nation's Martyr

Anthony Berger, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a woman in a ruffled bonnet, fur-trimmed collar and bow at the throat, with script signature below.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Lithograph portrait of a man with wavy dark hair in a dark suit and waistcoat, gazing toward the viewer.

Howell Cobb

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Oval lithograph bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, against a cloudy sky, signed H. Clay.

Henry Clay

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved caricature of a seated man beneath a donkey-headed figure, with a placard, cherub, desk lamp and newspapers.

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Thomas Nast, 1870

Full-length black and white print of a standing man in a dark suit beside a lace-draped table, captioned Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln

John L. Magee, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of a man in dark coat and white cravat, titled John Jay, with a horizontally lined background.

John Jay

Cornelius Tiebout, 1790

Hand-colored print of a bearded officer in an oval laurel frame, flanked by two American flags and a magenta name banner.

Philip Henry Sheridan

Charles Magnus, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of Charles IX wearing a feathered cap and lace ruff, with biographical text below.

Charles IX

Nicolas de Larmessin I, 1670