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Engraved print of thirteen Methodist Episcopal bishops in oval portraits within an ornate floral border, with a dove at top.

Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1870

Edward Everett

Joseph Edward Baker, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man with a telescope, instrument stand, books and paper on a draped table.

David Rittenhouse

Edward Savage, 1790

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a man in a suit within an ornate decorative border with an eagle at top.

The National Plumbeotype Gallery - John C. Calhoun

Jr John Plumbe, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Robert E. Lee in military coat with star collar insignia, white beard, dark background.

Robert E. Lee

Paul Giradet, 1861

James Smithson

John Wesley Paradise, 1840

Lithograph of seven oval portraits of medical faculty men around a central Gothic university building, with ornate borders.

Medical Faculty of the University of New York

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Oval tonal portrait of a seated man in a formal coat with a book, inkwell and quill pen on a desk beside him.

Daniel Webster

Charles G. Crehen, 1840

Thomas Nast 1880 cartoon Plumed Knight: caricature of a man in a long coat and plumed hat, surrounded by Blaine campaign slog

Plumed Knight

Thomas Nast, 1880

Lithograph of oval portraits of US presidents around a central portrait of James A. Garfield, with an eagle and flags above.

The President is Dead

Henry Atwell Thomas, 1861

Lithograph portrait of a standing man in a cloak and waistcoat, within an oval frame, captioned John C. Calhoun.

John C. Calhoun

Charles G. Crehen, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with white hair, dark suit and bow tie, turned to the left against a shaded background.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Jacques Reich, 1890

Engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, with a pocket watch, turned to the right.

Edward Everett

John Sartain, 1860

Black and white lithograph of William, Ida and Nancy McKinley with vignettes of two Ohio houses above.

William, Ida and Nancy McKinley

Edwards, Deutsch, & Heitmann, 1861

Caricature print of a bearded man in a long grey overcoat smoking a pipe, from Vanity Fair, August 1880.

James Russell Lowell

James Tissot, 1880

Engraved print of five Confederate generals in oval portraits within an ornate scrolled frame topped by an eagle.

Generals Confederate Army No. 1

John Rogers, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a dark coat, printed on cream paper.

James Russell Lowell

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1880

Engraved bust portrait of Brigham Young in a dark coat, waistcoat and striped bow tie, with shoulder-length hair.

Brigham Young

W. H. Gibbs, 1850

Theodore Roosevelt

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Hand-colored print of Zachary Taylor in uniform at center, surrounded by oval portraits of earlier U.S. presidents with flags

People's Choice Twelfth President

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with a full white beard and dark suit, seen against a gray background.

James Russell Lowell

Gustav Kruell, 1890

Lithograph portrait of Thomas Jefferson seated at a desk with a quill, books, and a classical bust beside him.

Thomas Jefferson

Nicolas Maurin, 1820

George Mifflin Dallas

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a man in a dark coat and white collar, with the name Hosea Ballou inscribed below.

Hosea Ballou

Robert Cooke, 1840

Thomas Nast political cartoon showing a caricatured man opening a Star Chamber door with a People's message scroll.

Like Cromwell--Not "Like Charles the First,"--Mr. Edmunds!

Thomas Nast, 1880

Sepia engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark suit and bow tie.

Andrew Carnegie

Jacques Reich, 1900

Colored Puck magazine cartoon showing a tamed tiger slumped at a desk while two men with giant scissors stand in a doorway.

Made Harmless at Last

Frederich Graetz, 1880

Engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark coat beside a bust, a draped table, and a domed building in the win

Daniel Webster

Charles Edward Wagstaff, 1850

Engraved caricature of Oliver Wendell Holmes seated at a breakfast table, holding a steaming teacup, on a Vanity Fair cover.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Oval woodcut portrait of a man in period dress with a ribbon bow, on a pedestal labeled Noah Webster, Jun. Esq.

Noah Webster

Noah Webster, 1780