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Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark cloak beside a table with books and a carved chair.

Robert E. Lee

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Colour caricature of a stout man with pince-nez cutting food at a dining table, captioned Barnum, Vanity Fair.

P.T. Barnum

Leslie Ward, 1880

Lithograph portrait of a man with dark wavy hair and white cravat, captioned Daniel Webster, after a painting by Frothingham.

Daniel Webster

James Frothingham, 1830

Oval brown stipple engraving of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair, white cravat and dark coat, with title inscription below

Thomas Jefferson

Edward Orme, 1800

Lithographic oval portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a handwritten inscription on aged paper below.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Leopold Grozelier, 1840

Sepia engraved portrait of a balding man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a stern gaze, signed by Jacques Reich.

William McKinley

Jacques Reich, 1861

Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1880

Oval lithograph portrait of Charles Sumner, a man with wavy hair and a dark bow tie, in a dark suit.

Charles Sumner

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a man in military dress with a cross medal and sash, turned to the right, with printed caption below.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Paulin Miedzielsky, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and dark cravat, captioned Horace Mann.

Horace Mann

Joseph Edward Baker, 1850

Chromolithograph trade card of a woman sewing on a Household machine while a standing man watches, with Providence, R.I. text

Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom Cleveland

Donaldson Brothers, 1880

Hand-colored lithograph of a seated man in a dark coat beside a writing desk with a folded letter and inkwell.

John Tyler

John Tyler, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of General Robert E. Lee in uniform with a printed caption and signature on cream paper.

Robert E. Lee

Alfred-Léon Lemercier, 1861

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland, 1880

Lithograph portrait of seated man in dark coat and cravat within oval frame, holding a rolled paper, titled John C. Calhoun.

John C. Calhoun

Peter Kramer, 1840

Sepia lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and bow tie, framed by oak and laurel leaves and a feather.

James Gillespie Blaine

Julius Mayer, 1880

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a dark coat beside a draped curtain, classical column, and writing desk with quill.

Edward Everett

Hezekiah Wright Smith, 1850

Monochrome lithograph portrait of James Monroe seated at a desk with a quill, inkwell, and draped curtain behind him.

James Monroe

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Robert E. Lee

William Sartain, 1861

Lithograph bust portrait of Caspar Wistar, a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat, on a pale paper ground.

Caspar Wistar

Bass Otis, 1820

George Frisbie Hoar

Ernest Haskell, 1890

Engraved print of a mounted officer in gray uniform on a gray horse, amid smoke, debris and a fallen soldier on a battlefield

Robert E. Lee

Frederic François Dubois-Tesselin, 1861

Engraved full-length portrait of John Tyler standing beside a draped table with a scroll, curtain and column behind him.

John Tyler

John Sartain, 1840

Color caricature of a man in a Roman toga and laurel wreath resting his hand on an open book on a marble pedestal.

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Albert Levering, 1900

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Ong Pa Ton Ga, Chief of the Omahas, wearing a fur-trimmed robe and red necklace.

Ong Pa Tong Ga

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored print portrait of an older man with gray curly hair in a dark suit and high black cravat, titled Hon. Edward Eve

Edward Everett

Thomas S. Sinclair, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the right, captioned as an 1884 presidential candi

James Gillespie Blaine

Abraham Bogardus, 1880

Thomas Jefferson

Michel Sokolnicki, 1790

Oval black-and-white lithograph portrait of a man in a dark jacket, white collar and bow tie, with signature below.

Henry Wilson

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Paul Cuffee

Mason & Maas, 1810