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Alexander Wilson

John James Barralet, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in ruff collar and embroidered doublet, with coat of arms and inscription, 1620.

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton; 4th Earl of Arran, Earl of Cambridge

Robert Vaughan, 1620

Benedict Arnold

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1780

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a signature and caption below the image.

Granville Sharpe Pattison

John Sartain, 1830

Lithograph portrait of a seated man in a dark frock coat and white cravat, one gloved hand resting on a hat.

Granville Sharpe Pattison

Richard James Lane, 1820

J. A. M. Whistler

Frederick Francis Foottet, 1880

Black and white lithograph self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a rifle, with a prairie landscape behind him.

John Steuart Curry Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Engraved portrait of Benjamin West seated with a quill and books, beside a classical relief sculpture, by Caroline Watson.

Benjamin West

Caroline Watson, 1780

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig, cravat and dark coat with an order cross, labeled B. T. Graf v. Rumford.

B. T. Graf v. Rumford

Franz Xavier Muller, 1780

Mezzotint oval portrait of a seated man with powdered hair and lace cravat, holding a tricorn hat.

Thomas Pownall

Richard Earlom, 1770

Stipple engraving in an oval frame of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat, titled Count Rumford.

Count Rumford

Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayr, 1780

Lithograph portrait of a seated man with curly hair holding a quill pen over a written page, dark curtain behind him.

William Wirt

Henry Inman, 1820

Thomas Jefferson

Akin & Harrison, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of William Penn in a periwig, framed by books, a Charter of Pennsylvania scroll, and a name plaque.

Sir William Penn

Alexander Lawson, 1790

Lithograph portrait of a man with curled hair, dark coat and cravat, resting his hand on a book beside a column.

Thomas Ustick Walter

Albert Newsam, 1830

Sepia lithograph of nine portraits of Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet members, arranged in tilted frames around the central f

President Lincoln and his Cabinet

Hannibal Hamlin, 1860

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Gimbrede, 1800

Etching of a seated woman with dark upswept hair in a long gown, drawn in loose hatched lines against a pale background.

Frances Folsom Cleveland

Anders Zorn, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth I with crown, ruff collar, orb and sceptre, flanked by heraldic beasts and text.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

Francis Delaram, 1610

Senators of New York in 1798

Isaac Hutton, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a laurel wreath, with a bearded man in a dark coat and bow tie.

Abraham Lincoln

Sr Henry Gugler, 1860

Monochrome print of a standing man in dark coat and white cravat beside a desk with quill, inkwells and books.

Alexander Hamilton

George Graham, 1800

Sepia lithograph portrait of a woman with curled hair in a floral embroidered gown, labeled MODJESKA below.

Helena Modjeska

Maerz, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded bald man in a ruff collar and chain, with Latin inscription and coat of arms.

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar, Spain

Simon de Passe, 1620

William McKinley

? - Thomas Fleming, 1861

Lithograph portrait of George Francis Train surrounded by vignettes of railroads, Omaha, a stock exchange and an allegorical

George Francis Train

Edward Valois, 1860

New York House of Assembly 1798

Isaac Hutton, 1840

Etching of an elderly bearded man standing in a room holding a paper, with framed pictures and plates behind him.

Henry Gurdon Marquand

Anders Zorn, 1890

Colour caricature lithograph of a standing man with white hair and dark coat leaning on a desk, titled Statesmen No. 1.

Charles Sumner

Matthew S. Morgan, 1860

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and cravat, hand resting on an ornately carved chair arm.

William Sandford Pennington Jr.

Adam B. Walter, 1850