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Etching of football players tackling on a field, with classical columned buildings and a stadium in the background.

Red Grange

Henry Farré, 1920

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat and cravat before a cloudy sky with trees.

Thomas Wilson Dorr

Jr William Warner, 1840

Lithographic portrait of a bearded officer in dark uniform with sabre, before a military camp, flag and domed building.

Frederick West Lander

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved portrait of George Washington in military uniform beside a white horse, cannon and distant battle with a flag.

George Washington

Thomas Cheesman, 1790

Engraved cartoon of a stern man bound in red tape sinking underwater with an anchor labeled Tape, sea creatures around him.

The Statute of Limitation

Thomas Nast, 1870

Lithograph portrait of a bearded officer in uniform with a sword, set before a mountain landscape with a waterfall and tents.

William Starke Rosecrans

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Engraved battle scene of massed soldiers, cannon smoke, and flags near New Orleans, with a portrait medallion below.

A Correct View of the Battle Near the City of New Orleans, January 8, 1815

Francisco Scacki, 1810

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing two men carrying a figure on a stretcher toward a gate, with a train and animals nea

We Are on the Home Stretch

Thomas Nast, 1870

Hand-colored print of uniformed troops and drummers drilling before a tiled-roof temple with pine trees and spectators.

Exercise of Troops in Temple Grounds

Jr Eliphalet M. Brown, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of General Washington in blue uniform beside a grey horse, with a cannon and battle smoke behind him.

George Washington

James S. Baillie, 1840

Engraved portrait of a uniformed officer with epaulettes leaning on a cannon wheel, with a cloudy landscape behind him.

General Winfield Scott

Thomas Gimbrede, 1810

Hand-colored lithograph of General Zachary Taylor in dress uniform with a sword, before a battlefield encampment with troops

Zachary Taylor

Nathaniel Currier, 1840

Colored lithograph of the naval battle between the Kearsarge and Alabama, with a listing ship, smoke, and crew in boats.

The Fight Between the "Alabama" and the "Kearsarge" Off Cherbourg, June 19, 1864

Gustav W. Seitz, 1861

Colorful sheet music cover with an oval portrait of Henry Clay in an ornate gilded frame, cherubs and a seated woman.

Henry Clay

William James Hubard, 1840

Engraved portrait of a bishop in dark robes and white vestments holding a book, with clouds and trees behind him.

Samuel Seabury

William Sharp, 1780

Satirical lithograph of seven caricatured figures with speech bubbles, captioned The Great Republican Reform Party.

Great Republican Reform Party

Louis Maurer, 1861

Engraving of a standing officer pointing toward a battle, with a white horse and attendant beside him under a pine tree.

Marquis De Lafayette

Noël Le Mire, 1780

Caricature drawing of a stout man in a plumed hat holding a pistol and whip before a church steeple and flags.

Bombastes Reformeth Ye Churches

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Political caricature lithograph of two ships at sea, uniformed men on a rocky shore, open chests and papers with printed labe

Andrew Jackson

Henry R. Robinson, 1830

Hand-colored print of a man in a top hat and red shirt, with firemen operating a hose engine on a smoky city street behind hi

F. S. Chanfrau in the Character of Mose

James Brown, 1840

Engraving of soldiers supporting a dying officer on a smoky battlefield beneath tattered flags and a bare tree.

Death of General Montgomery

Johan Frederik Clemens, 1790

Engraving of a man on a prancing black horse reviewing mounted soldiers, with a flag and crowd behind him.

Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce, 1850

Lithographic portrait of a seated man holding a bugle, with open sheet music, an inkwell and a quill on a table beside him.

Francis Johnson

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Lithograph portrait of a uniformed officer with sword and horse, with a battle scene with smoke and a flag behind him.

Irvin McDowell

Joseph Edward Baker, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph of a dark crow with a human face standing on rocky ground beside tall grass.

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraved portrait of George Washington seated with a map labeled City of Washington and a tricorn hat on a table beside him.

George Washington

John Scoles, 1790

Hand-colored ballad sheet with an officer in blue uniform beside a horse, framed by a laurel wreath, above printed song verse

George Brinton McClellan

Charles Magnus, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of a standing man in a long coat holding a top hat and cane on a grassy hill.

Marquis De Lafayette

Nathaniel Currier, 1830

Oval portrait of Donald McKay in dark coat and cravat, with a sailing ship at sea and a harbor behind him.

Donald McKay

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Engraved allegory with a bust portrait of Lafayette in uniform, surrounded by classical figures, a cannon, and a drum marked

Marquis de Lafayette

Lagardette, 1800