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Lithographic portrait of Daniel Webster in a dark coat and white cravat, gazing toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Daniel Webster

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Henry H. Houston, 1800

Puck supplement poster with oval portrait of Longfellow, two women holding laurel wreaths, a winged angel, and a printed poem

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Joseph Keppler, 1880

Engraved print of seven president portraits around a central niche with a statue, desk, and eagle above.

The Presidents of the United States

John William Casilear, 1830

Wood engraving of a mustached man leaning on a lectern, captioned Artemus Ward as a Popular Lecturer, from Vanity Fair.

Charles Farrar Browne

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Grover Cleveland

Napoleon Sarony, 1880

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in military uniform with star collar insignia, captioned Gen. R. E. Lee, on tan card.

Robert E. Lee

D. Murphy, 1861

Caricature campaign card of a woman with hands on hips, captioned Our Next President, Belvia Lockwood, But Do-N-T Give It Awa

Our Next President

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, 1861

Caricature of a bearded man in a tartan kilt pointing at a chalkboard of stick-figure millionaires marked 30 cents.

A Braw Laddie

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1900

Lithograph of Charles Sumner in a dark suit raising a Presidential Proclamation scroll, surrounded by sketched heads of a cro

Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1850

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, seated with his hand raised to his cheek against a dark background.

Joseph Pulitzer

Henry L. Wolf, 1861

William Lloyd Garrison

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of oval portraits of United States presidents around a central Washington medallion and Declaration s

Presidents of the United States

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, holding a document and sword, before classical colum

William Sprague

William Sprague, 1861

Pencil portrait of a balding man in spectacles and bow tie, with the script caption William Lloyd Garrison below.

William Lloyd Garrison

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Lithograph portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned John Jeffries, M.D.

John Jeffries

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Engraved grid of nine US presidents and Martha Washington in oval portrait, with birth and death caption lines beneath each.

Mrs. Martha Washington

Nathaniel Dearborn, 1830

Lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark fur-collared coat, labeled Daniel Boone.

Daniel Boone

Albert Newsam, 1820

Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a man in a navy coat with gold epaulettes and white cravat, titled Pushmataha.

Pushmataha

John William Gear, 1830

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man in a dark coat and bow tie, labeled Edward Hitchcock.

Edward Hitchcock

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of a man in a red turban and blue jacket pointing to a chart of syllabary characters.

Sequoyah

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of Major Robert Rogers in military uniform and plumed helmet, framed by a laurel wreath and military t

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers, 1770

Nast cartoon: a veteran on crutches and a boy present restoration bills to a heavyset official in a legislative chamber.

Let Us Have Complete Restoration

Thomas Nast, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a suit beside bookshelves, with the inscription James Bradley Thayer below.

James Bradley Thayer

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

William Merritt Chase, 1880

William Thornton

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and white collar, with the name Reverend Samuel Willard on the plinth below.

Samuel Willard

Gerard van der Gucht, 1720

Sepia printed poster with central portrait of Garfield surrounded by family portraits and scenes from his life.

From the Cradle to the Grave

James Abram Garfield, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit and pince-nez, with laurel wreath and heraldic shield below.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sidney Lawton Smith, 1900

Lithograph portrait of a long-haired man with mustache and goatee, wide-brimmed hat and fringed jacket, in an oval frame.

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

Samuel S. Frizzell, 1870