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Engraved oval portrait of a bald man in a double-breasted coat, labeled John Quincy Adams, by William Harrison, Jr, 1820.

John Quincy Adams

Jr William Harrison, 1820

Lithograph portrait of a bespectacled man with a mustache in a double-breasted naval uniform with epaulettes.

Charles Dwight Sigsbee

Charles Dwight Sigsbee, 1900

Sepia lithograph poster of a messenger boy in uniform flanked by a woman in a long dress and a man in a top hat.

Patrick Francis Glassey

Patrick Francis Glassey, 1880

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Senator from Louisiana, by Charles Fenderich.

Robert Carter Nicholas

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Sepia lithographic portrait of a man with a mustache in an oval frame, with floral border and flags, signed John Mitchel.

John Mitchel

Mathew B. Brady, 1850

Lithographic 1840 campaign poster with an eagle, two portraits, printed biographies and three battle scene vignettes.

National Democratic Republican Nomination

Henry Inman, 1840

Engraving of men branding a kneeling enslaved woman while others watch, with seated enslaved people on the right.

Branding Slaves

Felch & Riches, 1850

Engraved view of Havana harbor with many ships, palm trees in the foreground, and the city stretching along the shore.

Havana

William Wellstood, 1850

Engraving of workers processing cane in a steamy wooden mill, with a standing overseer in a hat watching over them.

Plantation Life - Brazil

Felch & Riches, 1850

Engraved portrait of a clergyman in a white wig and black gown, arms raised before a Gothic window, with an open book.

George Whitefield

John Greenwood, 1760

Lithograph of a mounted officer raising a sword on a rearing horse, with soldiers and battle smoke behind him.

William Haines Lytle

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved portrait of an older man in a powdered wig and dark coat with a medal, with a name plate and coat of arms below.

Thomas McKean

David Edwin, 1800

Etching portrait of a woman with dark hair and a high-collared dark dress, gazing toward the viewer.

Bertha Honoré Palmer

Anders Zorn, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of George I in ceremonial robe and periwig, with Latin inscription below.

George I

John Smith, 1710

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and white collar, with printed caption below, by Amos Doolittle.

John Winthrop, Jr.

Amos Doolittle, 1790

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in military uniform and tricorn hat, framed by laurels, a flag, cannon and shield

George Washington

Jean-Victor Dupin, 1770

Lithographic portrait of a woman with flower-decorated curls and a fur-trimmed dark cloak, with caption naming Harriet Beeche

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Cartau, 1840

Colour print of a seated man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with handwritten text on a pink background.

Charles Stanley Reinhart

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1890

Oval mezzotint portrait of Cotton Mather in a dark gown, white clerical bands and full periwig, with Latin inscription below.

Cotton Mather

Peter Pelham, 1720

Grayscale lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat and fur-trimmed cloak, with a handwritten signature below.

William Rufus Devane King

Charles Fenderich, 1830

Engraved portrait of Thomas Jefferson in a dark coat, seated with hands clasped, against a shaded background.

Thomas Jefferson

John Neagle, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and cravat, with signature Chas. L. Reason below.

Charles L. Reason

John Chester Buttre, 1850

Black and white caricature of men around a round table with glasses, one standing man smoking a cigar, labeled with names.

Newton Booth Tarkington

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress, lace collar and ruffled bonnet, titled Mary Ashton Livermore.

Mary Ashton Livermore

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall hat and ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions in an ornate frame.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban

Simon de Passe, 1610

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and dark coat, captioned Will.m Penn, on a book page.

Sir William Penn

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Engraving of a dying man in bed holding hands with a seated man in a dark suit in a simple bedroom interior.

Death of Romulus Hall

d. Romulus Hall, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of bearded James G. Blaine on the 1880 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper page.

James G. Blaine

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: a policeman blocks two men with Tammany hats at a civil service reform doorway.

Our New Watchman, Roosevelt

Thomas Nast, 1880