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Hand-colored campaign banner with two portraits in oval wreaths, an eagle, American flags and the words Press Onward.

Grand National Democratic Banner

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a bald older man in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, captioned Stephen Girard.

Stephen Girard

M. E. D. Brown, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a printed signature below, dated 1850.

Wendell Phillips

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Caricature of a bearded man in star-patterned briefs labeled Blaine straining to lift a New York globe near the Capitol.

James Gillespie Blaine

Thomas Worth, 1880

Stipple engraving oval portrait of Thomas Jefferson with powdered hair and dark coat, on tan paper.

Thomas Jefferson

Cornelius Tiebout, 1800

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark jacket and cravat, with a printed caption below.

James Dwight Dana

Rudolf Hoffmann, 1850

Sepia lithograph portrait of a woman with curled hair and ruffled collar, with two violins illustrated below.

Camille Urso

Camille Urso, 1880

Monochrome lithograph of Thomas Jefferson seated at a desk with a quill pen, inkwell, books and papers.

Thomas Jefferson

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Sepia lithograph portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a signature in the lower right.

James Gillespie Blaine

Root & Tinker, 1880

Engraved full-length portrait of an older man in a dark coat beside a bust, an open book, and a draped table in an interior.

Edward Everett

Hezekiah Wright Smith, 1880

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a suit and tie, head turned slightly, shaded in soft black crayon.

Woodrow Wilson

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of an older man in a headwrap and dark coat, with a printed caption below.

Ca-ta-he-cas-sa - Black Hoof

Frederick W. Greenough, 1830

Lithographic portrait of an older bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie against a shaded oval background.

Brigham Young

Hartwig Bornemann, 1880

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

W. H. Mote, 1850

Caricature of Ferdinand W. Peck in black ink with exaggerated head, raised hand, and a heraldic crest with a motto.

Ferdinand W. Peck

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved portrait of George Bancroft in a dark coat and cravat, within an ornate floral border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - George Bancroft

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Charles Thomson

Burnet Reading, 1780

John Tyler

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Engraved portrait of James Monroe in a dark coat and white cravat, with a draped curtain and chair behind him.

James Monroe

Moody Morse Peabody, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Red Jacket, an older Seneca man with gray hair in a dark coat and red neckerchief.

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha)

Albert Newsam, 1830

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

Millard Fillmore

John Sartain, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and waistcoat, turned to the right against a shaded background.

Joseph Leidy

James S. King, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a man above the slogan 'I summon you to the comradeship' and a red cross, on tan paper.

I Summon You to the Comradeship

Leo Mielziner, 1910

William Hickling Prescott

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithographic bust portrait of Millard Fillmore in a dark jacket and cravat, on a pale tinted background.

Millard Fillmore

Adam Weingartner, 1850

Engraved portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse holding telegraph wire beside a telegraph key on a draped table.

Samuel F. B. Morse

John Sartain, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and pocket square, looking at the viewer against a shadowed background.

Woodrow Wilson

Timothy Cole, 1910

Caricature of an elderly bearded man seated on a stack of books, reading, with a coat of arms labeled A. Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Robert Hoe

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Engraved portrait of an older man seated in an armchair, holding papers, wearing a dark coat and white cravat.

Elias Boudinot, IV

Asher Brown Durand, 1810