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Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a black gown and white collar, resting his hand on an open book.

John Witherspoon

Rembrandt Peale, 1790

Oil portrait of a woman in a green bodice and red fur-trimmed wrap holding a white paper against a dark background.

Unidentified Woman

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 1850

Oval portrait of a man with glasses, mustache and dark bow tie against a lavender background with a gold border.

George Linen Self-portrait

George Linen, 1840

Oil portrait of a man with a reddish mustache and beard, wearing a dark jacket and white collar, against a dark background.

Richard Morris Hunt

Thomas Couture, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white lace jabot, in a gilt and black frame.

George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1800

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and black bow tie against a dark green background.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly brown hair, black coat and white cravat, set in a gold pendant frame.

William Dunlap self-portrait

William Dunlap, 1800

Miniature portrait of a man with white powdered hair, black coat and lace jabot against a warm brown background.

George Washington

William Russell Birch, 1810

Stonewall Jackson

Edward Caledon Bruce, 1861

Oval watercolor self-portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and an open-collared shirt against a grey-brown background.

Self-Portrait

Alfred Jones, 1840

Engraved portrait of a woman leaning on a vine-covered balustrade, with trees and classical columns behind her.

Mrs. Richard Caton

Robert Edge Pine

Lithograph of a mounted officer in dark uniform raising a plumed hat, with staff officers and an artillery wagon behind him.

George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan, 1860

Stephen Decatur

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a man in a striped suit and dark tie, looking straight ahead on tan paper.

Herbert Hoover

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Mark Twain

John White Alexander, 1910

Thomas Tudor Tucker

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Ink and watercolor sketch of a woman in glasses hugging a large tan dog, with a red heart above on peach paper.

Alexander Woollcott

Reginald Bathurst Birch, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated allegorical woman holding a liberty cap, resting on a globe, with a star-patterned shield behind he

Coin design

James Barton Longacre, 1790

John Thurman

Thomas Bluget de Valdenuit, 1790

Pencil sketch of a young child with closed eyes, wearing a ruffled bonnet and high collar, on a tan paper sheet.

Unidentified Child

George Linen, 1830

Brown wash portrait drawing of a man in a tricorne hat and gold epaulettes, looking to the side.

John Paul Jones

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Ann Pine Decatur

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown with curled hair, turned to her left, on aged paper.

Unidentified Woman

George Linen, 1830

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1930

Elizabeth Wirt

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Sepia title page with an eagle holding a laurel branch, a central medallion portrait, and clustered portrait medallions above

Subscription book for portrait of Charles Carroll

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a white dress before a window showing a hazy hilly landscape with a town.

Carol Mitchell Phelps Stokes

Julius Rolshoven, 1900

John Wickham

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pen and ink portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar and earrings, by Jacques Reich, 1900.

Helen Herron Taft

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal and pastel portrait of an elderly man with white mustache and dark suit against a hatched dark background.

Marcus Daly

Adolfo Müller-Ury, 1900

Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Sepia drawing vignette portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark coat and white cravat, by James Barton Longacre.

William Drayton

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pen and ink portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed Jacques Reich.

John Quincy Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Ernst Lubitsch

Henry Major, 1920

Watercolor portrait of an elderly man in a flat cap and blue neckerchief, set in a double-ruled circle on cream paper.

William Warren, Jr.

Charles S. Abbe, 1890

Pen and ink portrait of a bald older man in a military uniform with epaulettes, against crosshatched background.

John Paul Jones

Jacques Reich, 1900

Drawing of a bearded man in a dark bow tie leaning on a pale podium, with papers, against a grey background.

Ira David Sankey

Carlo Pellegrini, Mar 1839 - 22 Jan, 1870

Sepia drawing of a older man with side whiskers, bow tie and dark jacket, facing forward against a hatched background.

Noah C. McFarland

Noah C. McFarland, 1880

Pen-and-ink portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with buttons, set in a cross-hatched oval vignette.

William Thomas Sampson

Jacques Reich, 1861

Charcoal sketch of a man in a bowler hat beside a tripod-mounted movie camera, with a film set in the background.

Charlie Chaplin

Henry Major, 1920

Dominic Ignatius Murphy

William H. Bell, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of the Reverend William Hooper in a hat and clerical bands, bust length, on aged paper.

William Hooper

William Hooper, 1820

Charcoal caricature of a smiling man with large ears and a broad grin, wearing a suit and tie.

Will H. Hays

Henry Major, 1920

Augustus Goodyear Heaton Self-Portrait

Augustus Goodyear Heaton, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and a dark jacket, signed by Jacques Reich.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil sketch of a balding man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, turned over his shoulder.

Unidentified Man

Robert Henri, 1910

Young woman with a palette and brush beside a table with a small sketch, in front of green swirled drapery with beaded fringe

J. A. M. Whistler

C. A. F. Fiessler, 1840

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly man with tousled white hair and a dark cross-hatched jacket, turned three-quarters.

Andrew Jackson

Jacques Reich, 1920

Cecil B. De Mille

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil portrait drawing of a bearded man in a jacket, turned three-quarters, with handwritten inscription at right on tan pap

Olin Levi Warner

Paul Adolphe Rajon, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of a balding man in a bow tie and cross-hatched jacket, signed Jacques Reich.

Andrew Johnson

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor self-portrait of a man in a tall black top hat and white cravat, set against loose gray hatching.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1810

Sepia drawing of a bearded man with swept-back hair and dark suit, looking toward the viewer.

Thomas Henry Carter

Ida Story Hammond, 1880

Drawing of a man with curly hair in a caped coat with braided cord, turned to the side against a brown toned background.

Elisha Mills Huntington

L. Wieser, 1830

Caricature of a standing man with grey hair, a cigar and a long dark coat, painted in watercolor on grey paper.

Bret Harte

Leslie Ward, 1870

Elizabeth Lonsdale Kay Daingerfield

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1810

Watercolor portrait of a dark-haired man in a brown coat and white shirt, with a handwritten signature below.

John Ross

John Rubens Smith, 1840

Ink and pink wash caricature sketch of a man with a thick mustache, scowling brows, and curly hair.

Samuel Clemens

James Affleck Shephard, 1900

Ink caricature of a bespectacled, mustached man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with a handwritten dedication.

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell Self-Portrait

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1910

Pen and ink portrait sketch of an elderly woman with curly hair and a lace collar, signed Jacques Reich.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man in a dark coat beside a green-faced spider-like creature, dated 1920.

John Barrymore Self-Portrait

John Barrymore, 1920

Pencil drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair, set in an ornate scrolled frame.

John Adams

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pastel portrait of an older woman with curled grey hair in a dark dress and white collar, against a warm tan background.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dora Wheeler Keith, 1890

Samuel Gompers

Henry Major, 1920

Half-length 1850 drawing of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, facing the viewer against a brown background.

James Ewell Heath

James Ewell Heath, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with swept-back hair and a high collar, rendered with cross-hatching.

James K. Polk

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pablo Casals

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view, eyes looking upward, with curly hair on pale paper.

Winthrop Sargent

John Trumbull, 1790

Charcoal and chalk sketch of an elderly man seated at a desk before bookshelves, on tan paper.

John Bigelow

Orlando Rouland, 1910

Amerigo Vespucci

Jacques Reich, 1900

Tonal drawing of a bearded older man with long hair, dark jacket and white shirt against a grey background.

Josiah Minot

L. Wieser, 1880

Pastel portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and grey coat against a blue-grey background.

John Quincy Adams

Izaak Schmidt, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and bow tie, in a crosshatched portrait style.

Washington Irving

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil portrait sketch of an older woman with a dark headscarf, head and shoulders, drawn on tan paper.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Thomas Hovenden, 1880

Fanny Elssler

James Varick Stout, 1830

Nelson Appleton Miles

Jacques Reich, 1861

Half-length drawing of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and cravat against a brown background.

James Whitcomb

James Whitcomb, 1810

Pencil sketch of two women in dark period dresses, one gesturing with a raised hand, captioned Counting the Ayes and Naes.

Counting the Ayes and Naes

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pen and ink portrait drawing of an elderly man in a bow tie and dark jacket, signed Jacques Reich.

Samuel Jones Tilden

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil sketch of a man with short wavy hair and a mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie, on tan paper.

Darryl Francis Zanuck

Henry Major, 1920

Ink sketch of a bearded man in a cravat above a handwritten note signed H. Inman.

Henry Inman

Henry Inman, 1830

Caricature drawing of a man in a fur-collared overcoat and fedora smoking a pipe beside a Cabinet Meeting sign.

Charles Gates Dawes

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a smiling man with curly hair, wearing a collared shirt and necktie.

Rudy Vallee

Henry Major, 1920

Pen-and-ink portrait of an older man with swept-back hair, buttoned coat and white cravat, crosshatched background.

Samuel Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a smiling man in tweed suit and red knickerbockers holding a painter's palette and brushes.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Leslie Ward, 1890

Pen drawing of a bald, bearded man in a long coat standing by a desk, holding a cigar, by Thomas Nast.

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Nast, 1900

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with wavy shoulder-length hair, white collar and tasseled cords.

Samuel De Champlain

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a coat and bow tie, leaning back in a studded armchair with crossed legs.

William Henry Vanderbilt

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Tinted drawing of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

Charles R. Gill

L. Wieser, 1880

Pen and ink portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark jacket, set against cross-hatched shading.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Jacques Reich, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a bald man in a dark coat and tie, drawn on tan paper, looking directly at the viewer.

Henry James

Cecilia Beaux, 1910

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Henry Major, 1920

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man in a military uniform with rows of buttons, by Jacques Reich, 1861.

George Henry Thomas

Jacques Reich, 1861

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, head resting on hand, in a dark dress with white lace collar.

Eliza Williams

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Charcoal portrait of a seated man in a suit and bow tie, holding a cigarette, drawn loosely against a pale background.

Newton Booth Tarkington

Sebastian Simonet, 1920

Philip Henry Sheridan

Jacques Reich, 1861