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Oval engraved portrait of a man in period dress with frilled cravat, labeled JA.s MADISON below the frame.

James Madison

James Madison, 1790

Marquis De Lafayette

Gabriel Fiesinger, 1790

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat and lace ruff, framed by scrolled cartouches with Latin inscriptions.

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire

Charles Blount, 1630

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and round spectacles, against a dark hatched background.

George Inness

Valerian Michaelovich Gribayedoff, 1880

Engraved portrait of Martin Van Buren in a dark coat and white cravat, set within an ornate scrolled frame.

Martin Van Buren

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Engraved portrait of DeWitt Clinton seated with a quill pen, in an ornate decorative frame.

DeWitt Clinton

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of William Bainbridge in US Navy uniform with epaulettes and high collar, on a cream sheet.

William Bainbridge

John Wesley Jarvis, 1810

Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Penn in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, against a dark background, with engraved caption.

Thomas Penn

David Martin, 1750

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and monocle, turned toward the viewer against a dark hatched backgrou

J. A. M. Whistler

Mortimer Menpes, 1900

Edward Preble

Edme Quenedey, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Stephen Decatur in United States Navy uniform with striped trim and high white collar.

Stephen Decatur

Gilbert Stuart, 1810

Lithograph portrait of a man with spectacles on his head, a shawl, and an open book, gesturing with one hand against a dark b

William Miller

William Matthew Prior, 1830

Jacint Laval

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

George Washington

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1800

Engraving of a seated man writing at a desk with a dog beside him, printed on a Harper's Weekly newspaper page.

William Howard Russell

Theodore Russell Davis, 1860

Oval engraved portrait of Commodore Truxton in naval uniform with epaulettes and powdered hair, printed on a book page.

Thomas Truxton

Alexander Anderson, 1800

Sepia lithograph portrait of a man in dark suit and bow tie, with a dedication inscription below.

John Alexander Kennedy

Francis d' Avignon, 1840

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, signed Robert Anderson, Major 1st Regt. Artillery.

Robert Anderson

William G. Jackman, 1861

Caricature of two men in aprons shaking hands before a Democratic Fish Market sign, with ship masts behind, titled Why We Lau

Why We (Republicans) Laugh

Thomas Nast, 1861

Thayendanegea - The Great Captain of the Six Nations

R. T, 1830

Engraved portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, captioned George Clinton, on a worn page.

George Clinton

Peter Maverick, 1810

Mrs. John Jay

Robert Edge Pine, 1850

George Washington and Horatio Gates

George Washington, 1770

Facsimile of a handwritten 1785 letter from George Washington to Francis Hopkinson, with a signature at the bottom.

Facsimile of letter from George Washington to Francis Hopkinson

George Washington, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in military uniform with powdered hair and lace cravat, captioned General Gates.

Horatio Gates

Robert Pollard, 1770

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with five Union officers in uniform above soldiers disembarking from a steamboat at Fort Macomb

Our Colored Troops--The Line Officers of the First Louisiana Native Guards

John R. Hamilton, 1861

Engraved portrait of Henry Clay in a dark coat holding a document, with a quill pen and inkstand on a table beside him.

Henry Clay

Peter Maverick, 1820

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a tall hat, lace ruff and embroidered gown, holding a feathered fan.

Pocahontas

Simon de Passe, 1790

William Ernest Mason

Anders Zorn, 1900

Engraved political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a caricature head on a tall monument struck by lightning, 1880.

Boom!!!-So Near, And Yet So Far

Thomas Nast, 1880