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Engraved portrait of Henry O. Flipper in a dark military uniform with braided cords, gloved hand on sword, 1870.

Henry O. Flipper, 2d Lieut 10" Cavy

Homer Lee, 1870

Engraved newspaper page showing a crowd entering a stone fortress gate guarded by soldiers, with smaller scenes around it.

Stampede Among the Negroes in Virginia

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1861

Engraving of a hero standing before a goddess with a branch and shield, a sea god in a boat at left, and scrolls at right.

Return of Ulysses

Thomas Nast, 1861

Lithograph group portrait of six men in formal suits, labeled as the first Black senator and representatives in Congress.

First Colored Senator and Representatives

Hiram Rhoades Revels, 1870

Printed advertisement with decorative border announcing Brady's National Gallery of Daguerreotypes on Broadway, New York.

Brady's National Gallery of Daguerreotypes

Mathew B. Brady, 1840

Hand-colored engraving of a formal room where Native American men in feathered headdresses meet seated Victorian-dressed obse

A "Pow Wow" at the White House

Thure de Thulstrup, 1880

Engraved portrait of Sir John Hawkins in ruff collar and cap, holding a staff, with ships at sea behind him.

Sir John Hawkins

Robert Boissard, 1590

Sepia engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat and cravat, with a small vignette portrait and signature below.

George Washington and Charles Willson Peale

Max Rosenthal, 1890

Engraving of a uniformed police chief helping a woman climb out of collapsed buildings near a Wall Street sign.

Out of the Ruins

Thomas Nast, 1861

Japanese woodblock triptych of a festival procession with floats, lanterns, parasols, and uniformed men beside a pavilion.

Ulysses S. and Julia B.D. Grant

Hiroshige III, 1861

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and white cravat, with facsimile signature James Pennington below.

James Pennington

William Irwin, 1840

Engraving of a seated shirtless man seen from behind, his back showing extensive scars, within a newspaper page.

Peter (frequently identified as “Gordon”)

Vincent Colyer, 1860

Lithograph portrait of a woman with curled hair in a patterned shawl, arched frame, signed Jenny Lind.

Jenny Lind

Napoleon Sarony, 1850

Wood engraving of eight children and adults in a row before a window, titled Emancipated Slaves, White and Colored.

Emancipated Slaves, White and Colored

Myron H. Kimball, 1860

Oval calligraphic Proclamation of Emancipation with dense script text, decorative border, and signature Abraham Lincoln at bo

Abraham Lincoln

William H. Pratt, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in embroidered doublet and ruff, with cherubs, coat of arms and verse below.

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland

Francis Delaram, 1610

Colored caricature of an elderly white-haired man in a wheelchair, chin on hand, surrounded by scattered papers.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Frederich Graetz, 1880

Engraved political cartoon of a Republican elephant tugging a plank that tips two men off a cliff toward the Capitol dome.

The "Third Term" Trap

Thomas Nast, 1861

Hand-colored engraving of a ceremonial dance with a king and queen on a platform, surrounded by dancers and seated men.

Reception of the Queen

Theodor de Bry, 1590

Hand-colored print of an elderly man on a bed attended by a bowing figure and two doctors beneath draped curtains.

Washington in His Last Illness

George Washington, 1800

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a signature below reading Henry Highland Garnet.

Henry Garnet

Samuel Sartain, 1860

Hand-colored print of a bearded man in blue uniform with a seated woman, children, and a girl at a piano in a parlor.

General Grant and His Family

A. L. Weise & Co, 1861

Hand-colored caricature of a bearded man in a rocking chair smoking a cigar, from Vanity Fair, June 1, 1872.

Captain, Tanner, Farmer, General, Impersonator

Thomas Nast, 1861

Tan printed advertisement for M.A. & S. Root's daguerreotype portraits and family groups, with bold headings and dense body t

Advertisement for “M.A. & S. Root’s Daguerreotype Portraits and Family Groups"

Marcus Aurelius Root, 1850

Abraham Lincoln

Leopold Grozelier, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a plumed crown, pearl necklace and fur-trimmed robe, with French text below.

Le Roy d'Albion ou Nouvelle Angleterre

Nicolas de Larmessin I, 1670

Engraved group portrait of seven men in a formal office around a desk, with a quill and papers on the table.

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Sheet music cover with a portrait of a man in an oval frame, flanked by American flags, an eagle, and a laurel wreath.

Buchanan's Union Grand March

James Buchanan, 1850

Line drawing of three women working in a room: one at a loom, one at a spinning wheel, one sewing.

Making Clothes for the Boys in the Army

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Lithograph portrait of John Adams seated with books and a document, wearing a powdered wig and frilled cravat, in drapery.

John Adams

Nathaniel Currier, 1840