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Oval lithograph portrait of an older bearded man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat.

Horace Greeley

A. L. Edwards, 1870

Woodcut title page of Russell's American Almanack showing an oval portrait of a man in a tricorn hat between allegorical figu

Russell's American Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1790

Ezekiel Russell, 1770

Engraved cartoon of a man uncorking a bottle holding a caricature labeled Butler Bottled Again, with a figure in a cradle.

Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger

Thomas Nast, 1861

Engraving of George Washington ascending on clouds with winged angels above a tomb, mourners and an eagle below.

Commemoration of Washington or Apotheosis of Washington

John James Barralet, 1800

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

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark dress with white collar and hair net, titled Miss Hattie A. Dada.

Miss Hattie A. Dada

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Lithographic oval portrait of a man with swept hair, white cravat and dark coat, signed William Ellery Channing.

William Ellery Channing

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Poster of a robed figure raising an arm toward a red cross on dark background, titled The Roll Call, A Masque of the Red Cros

The Roll Call

Arnold Genthe, 1910

Hand-colored engraving of a body-painted leader beside a European nobleman, with dancers and a ritual sacrifice scene behind.

Sacrifice of the first-born

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Lithographic portrait of a curly-haired man in wire-rimmed glasses, cravat and waistcoat, with a signature below.

Mathew B. Brady

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark jacket and white cravat, hand resting on a patterned cushion.

Edward Africanus

Edward C. Africanus, 1850

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

Sepia oval lithograph portrait of a white-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, signed James Buchanan.

James Buchanan

John H. Sherwin, 1850

Oval black-and-white lithograph portrait of Gen. Franklin Pierce, a man with curly hair in a dark suit and cravat.

Franklin Pierce

Leopold Grozelier, 1850

Printed advertisement with two engraved prize medals announcing M. B. Brady's award at the 1851 London World's Fair for dague

M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

Mathew B. Brady, 1840

Printed Proclamation of Emancipation with Lincoln's portrait, an eagle, flags, and framed vignettes of labor, a steamboat, an

Proclamation of Emancipation

William Roberts, 1860

Sepia poster of oval portraits of women framed by floral borders, with the title Representative Women of Deseret across the c

Representative Women of Deseret

Augusta Joyce Crocheron, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of Major General George H. Thomas in uniform, framed by Civil War battle scenes and an eagle.

George H. Thomas

John Chester Buttre, 1861

Rose Elizabeth Cleveland

John Chester Buttre, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a lace ruff and chain, with Latin titles and a verse inscription below.

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Francis Delaram, 1610

Oval lithograph portrait of William Henry Seward in a dark suit and cravat, signed below, shown in three-quarter view.

William Henry Seward

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in dark coat and frilled cravat, framed by an oak wreath, labeled Patriæ Pater.

George Washington, Patriæ Pater

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Engraved portrait of a seated man holding a document, with a classical building in the background landscape.

Thaddeus Stevens

John Sartain, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph of an elderly man seated in a carved wooden armchair, holding a book, on a green patterned rug.

John Quincy Adams

Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1840

Colorful 1890 poster cover with portraits of two men, circular scenes of dancing and a music hall, and bold red title letteri

Album of Gems, Introduced by Williams and Walker and Their Own Big Company

Hurtig & Seamon, 1890

Lithograph of a uniformed Hercules-like man clubbing a multi-headed dragon labeled Secession, with vice-labeled heads.

Hercules of the Union

Winfield Scott, 1861

Poster of Bill Pickett in a cowboy hat and red shirt before white domed buildings, promoting The Bull-Dogger.

Bill Pickett

Bill Pickett, 1920

Political cartoon: a bearded man with sword and a woman with a shield pierced by arrows, beside classical columns and a templ

Republic is Not Ungrateful

Thomas Nast, 1861

Oval print of a standing man in a dark suit beside Emancipation Proclamation text, with allegorical figures and floral border

Abraham Lincoln

Gilman R. Russell, 1860

Colored allegorical print with a central legislative chamber scene, Lincoln and Sumner statues, soldiers, and a plantation vi

The Shackle Broken by the Genius of Freedom

Edward Sachse & Co, 1870