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Mezzotint portrait of General Washington in a dark military coat with epaulettes, facing the viewer against a shaded backgrou

George Washington

Valentine Green, 1780

Hand-colored portrait of Levi Woodbury in an ornate border with eagle, signature, and Plumbeotype National Gallery advertisem

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - Levi Woodbury

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

George Washington

Amos Doolittle, 1800

Felix Grundy

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Peter Augustus Jay

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1900

Lithograph of a seated bearded man in a theatre box as a gunman behind him fires a pistol, with two women and an officer near

Martyr of Liberty

Major Henry Riggs Rathbone, 1861

James Bennett

Jr James Gordon Bennett, 1870

Hand-colored lithograph of three portrait busts labeled King Black Hawk, Prophet, and Son on a cream background.

Black Hawk, Son, Prophet

Black Hawk, 1830

Hand-colored oval portrait print of an older man in a red fur-collared coat, titled Benjamin Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin

Jean François Janinet, 1780

Political cartoon of Uncle Sam's boot stepping on a frightened man holding a banner, with the Capitol nearby.

Jacob Sechler Coxey

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Lithograph portrait of General Andrew Jackson in dark military uniform with braided epaulettes, facing left.

Andrew Jackson

Augustus Fay, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Samuel Adams in period dress beside a column, with rolled documents on a table and verse below.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Okey, 1770

Colored caricature of an elderly bald man in a dark frock coat holding a top hat, from Vanity Fair, Statesmen No. 126.

Charles Francis Adams

Charles Francis Adams, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with signature and caption Silas Wright Jr. below.

Silas Wright

Thomas Doney, 1840

Ink caricature invitation of two men clasping hands across text, with a palm-tree island labeled Havana at lower left.

Alfred Frueh and Conrado Massaguer

Carlo de Fornaro, 1920

Lithograph portrait of Richard Channing Moore, a bishop in dark robes and white bands, with gray hair, against a shaded backg

Richard Channing Moore

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed cloak and buttoned military coat.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Silas Deane

B. B. Ellis, 1780

Engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis, a man with a short beard in a dark suit and bow tie, cross-hatched background.

Jefferson Davis

Pierre Guillaume Metzmacher, 1860

Lithograph bust portrait of Bishop Richard Allen in dark coat and white cravat, with printed caption below.

Bishop Richard Allen

Peter S. Duval, 1830

John Jay

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Lithograph portrait of General James Longstreet, bearded, in a double-breasted military coat with collar insignia.

James Longstreet

J. L. Giles, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the caption Philip Syng Physick, M.D. below.

Philip Syng Physick

Albert Newsam, 1830

Lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Joel Turrill, Representative from N

Joel Turrill

Charles Fenderich

Engraved portrait of Andrew Jackson in a dark military uniform with ribbed epaulettes and embroidered collar.

Andrew Jackson

Charles Cutler Torrey, 1820

Caricature lithograph of a mustached man in a dark suit with one hand on his chest, leaning on a table.

Henry Morton Stanley

Charles Auguste Loye, 1870

Etched portrait of a seated older man with white mustache and striped tie, hands clasped, by Otto J. Schneider.

S.A. Walker

Otto J. Schneider, 1920

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, turned to the left, with printed caption below.

Samuel Putnam Avery

Thomas Johnson, 1900

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat, bow tie and patterned waistcoat, with signature below.

Charles Beebe Stuart

Francis d' Avignon, 1861

Engraving of two Egyptian-style mummy cases with portrait faces between cat statues, labeled with years on the steps.

Embalmed That They May Keep Until 1880 - Or Longer

Thomas Nast, 1870