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Saint-Mémin folio 4

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Lithograph portrait of Franklin Pierce in dark coat and cravat, bust-length, turned left, with printed title below.

Franklin Pierce

Francis d' Avignon, 1850

Engraved portrait of an elderly clergyman with grey hair holding an open book, with a church spire visible through a window.

Richard Channing Moore

Peter Maverick, 1810

Oval engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a fur cap and coat, with a hatched oval border and printed caption below.

Benjamin Franklin

Robert Pollard, 1770

Joseph Gurney Cannon

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

John Burgoyne

Robert Pollard, 1770

Miss Burges

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Hand-colored portrait of Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah, a Sioux chief, with feathered headdress, braids and red face paint.

Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah: A Sioux Chief

John T. Bowen, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military-style coat with curly hair, captioned Genl McDuffie, within a brown border

George McDuffie

George McDuffie, 1850

Hand-colored print portrait of a man with a dark feathered crest, hoop earrings, draped blanket and sword.

Kai-pol-e-qua - White Nosed Fox

R. T, 1830

Ahyouwaighs - Chief of the Six Nations

R. T, 1830

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Moa-Na-Hon-Ga, an Ioway chief, with red feathered headdress and beaded necklace.

Moa-Na-Hon-Ga: An Ioway Chief

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Col. W. R. Lee in dark military uniform, framed by a gold border.

William Raymond Lee

William Raymond Lee, 1850

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat and military coat with gorget, within a cross-hatched border.

Sir William Howe

Robert Pollard, 1770

1st Viscount Augustus Keppel

Robert Pollard, 1770

Hand-colored print of a woman with braided hair, hoop earrings, beaded necklaces, and a red blouse with fur cuffs.

Hayne-Hudjihini

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

David Abeel

Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede, 1820

Hand-colored portrait of a man in a red turban, blue fur-trimmed cloak, and silver medallion, with red face paint.

Qua-ta-wa-pea

Charles Bird King, 1830

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with a handwritten signature below, on cream paper.

Alexander Stephens

John Francis Eugene Prud'homme, 1860

Engraved portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed cloak and cap holding a flower, with heraldic crests above and a caption below.

James IV, King of Scotland

Hand-colored print of a man's head with octopus tentacles curling above it, titled Cuttle Fish, on a cream page.

Cuttle Fish

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered hair ornament, blue beaded sash and cream robe.

Waa-top-e-not

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain of office, with a Latin inscription and caption below.

Sir Henry Hobart

Simon van de Passe, c. 1595 - 6 May, 1610

Engraved portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark jacket and bow tie, captioned Elijah F. Pennypacker.

Elijah F. Pennypacker, Station Master on the Road

Elijah Funk Pennypacker, 1870

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, captioned John Henry Hill, Page 189.

John Henry Hill

John Henry Hill, 1870

Engraved oval portrait of King Henry III wearing a crown and robes, holding a sceptre and orb, with heraldic shields.

Henry III (Henry of Winchester), King of England

Pale blue printed broadside listing titles of V. Blada's War Sketches with a subscriber notice in serif type.

Broadside for the "Second and Third Issues of V. Blada's War Sketches"

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Saint-Mémin folio 8

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Saint-Mémin folio 7

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1780

Wood engraving of a seated man showing scarred back, printed on a newspaper page with the caption 'Gordon Under Medical Inspe

Harper's Weekly, July 4, 1863

Vincent Colyer, 1860