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Washington Hesing

Carlo de Fornaro, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, titled Thomas Jefferson, after Gilbert Stuart.

Thomas Jefferson

Robert Field, 1800

Engraved portrait of a standing clergyman in dark robes with a cross necklace, hand resting on an open book beside a curtain.

John Joseph Hughes

John Burn Forrest, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, shirt open at the collar, hands on hips and in pocket.

Walt Whitman

Samuel Hollyer, 1840

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with swept-back hair, high white collar and dark cravat, turned to the left.

Millard Fillmore

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved portrait of a man with curly light hair, ruffled cravat and dark coat, labeled Jefferson, dedicated to Lafayette.

Thomas Jefferson

Francois Jacques Dequevauvillier, 1810

Lithograph of presidents' portrait medallions around a central portrait of Lewis Cass, under an eagle and flags.

Lewis Cass

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in formal dress holding a rolled paper, with dedication text and signature below.

George Copway

Elisha Forbes, 1840

Etched portrait of a standing man in a dark overcoat with eyeglasses and mustache, one hand resting on a pedestal.

Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Rosenthal, 1900

Oval lithograph portrait of a bearded older man in a dark coat and bow tie, captioned Rev. Theodore Parker.

Theodore Parker

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Engraved portrait of Lieutenant Maury on a Ballou's Pictorial newspaper page with a harbor scene masthead.

Matthew Fontaine Maury

George H. Hayes, 1850

Black-and-white lithographic portrait of Henry Wilson in dark coat, white shirt and black cravat, with printed caption below.

Henry Wilson

Mathew B. Brady, 1870

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man with white beard in a dark coat, against a hatched background.

James Russell Lowell

Jacques Reich, 1890

Engraved portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, looking directly at the viewer.

William Harris Crawford

Asher Brown Durand, 1820

Oval lithograph portrait of a bald, bespectacled man in a dark coat and cravat, captioned William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison

Alfred K. Kipps, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a mustached man in pince-nez glasses and dark suit against a hatched background.

Theodore Roosevelt

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved portrait of a seated man in dark dress holding papers, with classical columns and a draped curtain behind him.

Nicholas Biddle

Henry Edward Dawe, 1830

Engraved portrait of a uniformed officer above views of a river mill with steamship and a fortified bluff, from Harper's Week

Leonidas Polk

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of Robert E. Lee on a 1863 Southern Illustrated News page with printed columns.

Robert E. Lee

John W. Torsch, 1861

Lithographed farewell address with an oval portrait of a bearded officer between two Confederate flags and cannonballs.

Robert E. Lee

Ernest Crehen, 1861

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a braided military jacket and tasseled fur cap, with caption naming Kosciusko.

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Etched portrait of a seated, mustached man in a dark suit, one hand on a cane, against a pale background.

William Howard Taft

Anders Zorn, 1910

Campaign banner with oval portraits of Henry Clay and T. Frelinghuysen under an eagle, flags, and red curtains.

The Nation's Choice for President and Vice President

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Oval lithograph portrait of an older man with white hair and spectacles, wearing a dark coat and cravat.

Horace Mann

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man with long dark hair, wearing a dark coat and a plaid scarf, turned to the right.

Peter Perkins Pitchlynn

Charles Fenderich, 1840

Maude Adams

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1900

Etched oval bust portrait of an elderly man with a white beard and round spectacles, signed Schneider.

Christopher Columbus Langdell

Otto J. Schneider, 1900

Lithograph of a standing statue of Stephen Girard, an older bald man in a frock coat with hands clasped, beside a pedestal.

Stephen Girard

Alphonse Léon Noël, 1840

Lithograph showing a classical colonnaded patent office exterior, a building section with arched galleries, and a floor plan.

S. View of the New Patent Office. Longitudinal Section of the Centre Building Completed. Plan of National Gallery of…

Philip Haas, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a young man in a ruff collar, with a lion, rooster, coat of arms and verse panel below.

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton

Renold Elstrack, 1610