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Hand-colored lithographic portrait of a Seneca chief in feathered headdress, holding a pipe and ceremonial staff.

Ki-on-twog-ky or Corn Plant

Bass Otis, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of King William II crowned, holding a sceptre and orb, with Latin titles and a caption below.

William II (Rufus), King of England

Sir Henry Clinton

Robert Pollard, 1770

Chromolithograph bust of a mustached man in a wide hat above a dark war kite, with S. F. Cody inscribed on the base.

Samuel Franklin Cody

Samuel Franklin Cody, 1900

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a braided military coat with powdered hair and lace jabot, 1770 print.

Sir Hugh Smithson Percy

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored print of a seated woman in an orange dress beside a cradleboard holding a child, with blue and red bands.

Chippeway Squaw and Child

Henry Inman, 1830

Hand-colored print of Timpoochee Barnard, an Uchee warrior, in a red turban and blue cloak with a beaded sash.

Timpoochee Barnard - An Uchee Warrior

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in crown and armor holding a sword, with Latin inscription and heraldic medallions.

William the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy

Engraved portrait of Lieutenant General James Longstreet in uniform, on a Southern Illustrated News page, Richmond 1864.

James Longstreet

John W. Torsch, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of General William Buel Franklin in uniform, with an eagle and flag above.

William Buel Franklin

William Buel Franklin, 1861

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair in a dark coat and patterned cravat, turned to the side.

John Kensett

Frederick W. Halpin, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark jacket and bow tie, labeled MASON, mounted in a brown border.

James Murray Mason

James Murray Mason, 1850

Engraving of a nude youth at an altar reaching toward winged and cloud-borne figures, titled Initiation to the Mysteries of I

"The Columbiad" -- Initiation to the Mysteries of Isis

Abraham Raimbach, 1800

Engraved oval portrait of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles in military uniform, with an eagle and American flag above.

Daniel Edgar Sickles

Daniel Edgar Sickles, 1861

Engraved portrait of DeWitt Clinton in dark coat and white cravat, hands resting on a book before a draped curtain.

DeWitt Clinton

William Satchwell Leney, 1810

Engraved oval portrait of Harriet Livermore, a woman in a lace bonnet and dark shawl, against a stippled background.

Harriet Livermore

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Saint-Mémin folio 3

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Hand-colored print of Not-chi-mi-ne, an Ioway chief, in feathered headdress and red blanket, holding a decorated pipe.

Not-chi-mi-ne - An Ioway Chief

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of an older man with wavy hair in a dark jacket and striped cravat on cream paper.

John B. Moreau

Benson John Lossing, 1850

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curly hair and a double-breasted coat, inside an ornate scrolled frame.

James Henry Hackett

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Engraved portrait of a bald older man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a book, with an inscription below.

The Rev. Morris Brown of Philadelphia

Albert Newsam, 1840

Colored campaign banner with portraits of John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton, an eagle, Liberty, and flags.

Grand National Republican Banner

Nathaniel Currier, 1861

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington with powdered white hair, dark coat and lace jabot, on a cream paper mount.

George Washington

John Roberts, 1790

Oval lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a military coat with star collar insignia, captioned Major General J. E. B. St

J. E. B. Stuart

James Ewell Brown Stuart, 1861

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Ka-Na-Pi-Ma, an Ottawa chief, shown in a dark jacket and white shirt.

Ka-na-pi-ma - An Ottawa Chief

H. D, 1840

Hand-colored print of a man in a red turban, hoop earrings, nose ring, and blue coat with red painted face stripe.

Payta-kootha

Henry Inman, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man with wavy hair in a fur-trimmed coat, with the handwritten signature John J. Audubon below.

John James Audubon

John Sartain, 1830

Harper's Weekly page with two satirical cartoons of role-reversed domestic life above columns of 19th-century advertisements.

How it Would Be, if Some Ladies Had Their Own Way

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Hand-colored portrait print of a man with long dark hair, a draped white cloth, and a blue oval cameo pendant.

A-na-cam-e-gish-ca

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark suit beside a desk with a marble bust, books, and a globe.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

John Sartain, 1861