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Engraved page from Harper's Weekly showing seven male portraits of the seceding South Carolina delegation.

The Seceding South Carolina Delegation

Winslow Homer, 1861

Thomas Jefferson

Max Rosenthal, 1900

Engraving of a man emerging from a wooden crate labeled 'This side up with care' while men in period dress look on.

Resurrection of Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown, 1870

Oval engraved portrait of Franz Sigel in military coat, with an eagle holding an American flag above.

Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a patterned shawl, hand to temple, eyes closed, holding an open book.

Margaret Fuller

Frederick T. Stuart, 1860

Pencil portrait of an elderly bearded man with long white hair, looking directly at the viewer.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, labeled Gen. Lee, on a gold-bordered mount.

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee, 1861

Printed broadsheet with temple-like layout, four oval portraits of early American leaders, and dense text panels.

The First Great Western Empire

Jonathan Clark, 1810

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a draped curtain behind him and a caption naming James Monro

James Monroe

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Engraving of a military court of inquiry with uniformed officers, a man holding up a map, and an inset portrait of Johnson C.

The West Point Outrage-The Court of Inquiry in Session

William Allen Rogers, 1880

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair, white cap and lace collar, with signature Mary A. Livermore below.

Mary A. Livermore

Charles Schlecht, 1860

Oval stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, captioned Thos. Jefferson, President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, 1800

Engraved bust portrait of an older woman in a white head covering and dark shawl, above printed text on a book page.

Catherine Ferguson

Benson John Lossing, 1850

Caricature line drawing of Woodrow Wilson with long face, rimmed glasses, and horizontal line background.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Tonal lithograph portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair, hand on chin, wearing a dark jacket.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Joseph Edward Baker, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with dark hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, captioned Miss Mary J. Safford.

Mary Jane Safford

John Sartain, 1860

Emily Elizabeth Parsons

John Sartain, 1860

Sepia engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a military coat with star insignia, captioned Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Robert E. Lee

Adam B. Walter, 1861

Caricature of bearded Charles A. Dana seated at a desk with letters in a wicker basket, from Men of the Day series.

Charles A. Dana

Augustus P. Dunlop, 1870

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Robert Purvis.

Robert Purvis, Station Master on the Road

Robert Purvis, 1870

Engraving of a seated woman in a chair being traced for a silhouette by a man, with a candle lit beside them.

Silhouette Machine

Rudolph Schellenburg, 1770

Oval lithograph portrait of General Winfield Scott in dark military uniform with epaulettes, bearded, facing forward.

General Winfield Scott

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Stonewall Jackson

Ernest Crehen, 1861

Engraved portrait of a young man in a braided cadet jacket and high white collar, with the caption Henry O. Flipper, as a Cad

Henry O. Flipper, as a Cadet

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraved memorial poster with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a suit, with dates and a quotation below.

Memento Mori

Anthony Berger, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of Sir William Segar, Garter Principal King of Arms, in lace collar and cloak, with a heraldic crest a

Sir William Segar

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry VIII holding a sceptre and orb, wearing a feathered hat and jeweled costume.

Henry VIII, King of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Engraved bust portrait of a man with short hair and a striped cravat, with the name Henry D. Thoreau written below.

Henry David Thoreau

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1850

Engraved print of the Senate chamber in 1850, a standing speaker addressing seated senators with spectators in the gallery.

United States Senate Chamber

Robert Whitechurch, 1850

Hand-colored antique map of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay with mountains, forests, compass rose and framed Native vignettes.

Powhatan

Dirck Grijp, 1610