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Engraved Harper's Weekly page of oval portraits of Democratic candidates in ornate floral frames, with a White House vignette

Prominent Candidates for the Democratic Nomination at Charleston, South Carolina

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Lithograph portrait of General John A. Logan and family, with three scenes above showing cavalry, a domestic room, and a legi

John A. Logan and Family

John Alexander Logan, 1861

Wood engraving of a Japanese visitor seated among elegantly dressed Washington ladies in an ornate room, with newspaper text.

Our Japenese Visitor "Tommy" Among the Ladies of Washington

Tommy, 1860

Etching of an elderly bearded man reading a newspaper at a table beside bottles, with a window behind him.

Peter Platt

Dwight Case Sturges, 1910

Satirical lithograph of a crowd with tools and banners before a Constitution statue, Supreme Court and Senate panels above.

The People Putting Responsibility to the Test

Thomas W. Whitley, 1830

Lithograph caricature: a man in white coat gestures to two Black men while a figure holds a whip and shackles.

A Dodge That Won't Work

John Cameron, 1870

Engraved side-by-side bust portraits of two men in formal 19th-century dress, labeled with their names below.

Herber Chase Kimball and Jedediah Morgan Grant

W. H. Gibbs, 1850

Engraved group portrait of a family in an interior, with a woman holding an infant, a boy, and seated older men.

Benjamin West and Family

D. P. Pariset, 1780

Satirical lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat riding a wheeled chair, with four figures arguing in speech bubbles.

The Elephant and his Keepers

John Cameron, 1870

Black and white print of Lincoln seated in a theatre box as a man with a pistol enters from the right.

Assassination of President Lincoln

Lithograph group portrait of eight men in formal 19th-century dress, seated and standing, with printed signatures beneath.

Zachary Taylor and his Cabinet

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Hand-colored lithograph of three portrait busts labeled King Black Hawk, Prophet, and Son on a cream background.

Black Hawk, Son, Prophet

Black Hawk, 1830

Engraving of mounted men gathering in a rocky mountain pass beside a lone pine, with a river valley and moon beyond.

Rendezvous of Mosby's Men

Mason Jackson, 1861

Engraving of men branding a kneeling enslaved woman while others watch, with seated enslaved people on the right.

Branding Slaves

Felch & Riches, 1850

Engraved view of Havana harbor with many ships, palm trees in the foreground, and the city stretching along the shore.

Havana

William Wellstood, 1850

Black and white caricature of men around a round table with glasses, one standing man smoking a cigar, labeled with names.

Newton Booth Tarkington

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Engraving of workers processing cane in a steamy wooden mill, with a standing overseer in a hat watching over them.

Plantation Life - Brazil

Felch & Riches, 1850

Engraving of a dying man in bed holding hands with a seated man in a dark suit in a simple bedroom interior.

Death of Romulus Hall

d. Romulus Hall, 1870

Print of four miniature performers in Victorian dress in a central parlor scene, framed by ornate vignettes and a carriage.

General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren Stratton, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren

Mathew B. Brady, 1860

Satirical lithograph of costumed men in ruffs around a seated Falstaff caricature, with speech balloons and a bag labeled Spo

Spoons as Falstaff Mustering the Impeachment Managers

Thomas Worth, 1861

Black and white lithograph of a deathbed scene with mourning men in suits gathered around a man lying in a carved bed.

The Death of Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner, 1870

Engraving of a cadet reading his defense at a table before seated and standing officers in a formal room with tall windows.

Court-Martial of James W. Smith, The Colored Cadet

Albert Berghaus, 1870

Hand-colored engraving of a man lying in bed attended by visitors and a woman in a pink dress in an ornate room.

James A. Garfield

William Allen Rogers, 1880

Engraved portrait of Wong Chin Foo seated in dark robe and skullcap, printed on a Harper's Weekly page with article text.

Wong Chin Foo

George Gardner Rockwood, 1870

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

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 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

Hand-colored print of a violent struggle on a ship deck, with armed men with cane knives and a uniformed captain in yellow.

Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of President Lincoln's assassination in a theatre box, with a gunman firing from behind an American flag.

Assassination of President Lincoln

Major Henry Riggs Rathbone, 1861