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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

Printed 1840 advertisement for E. S. Hayden's daguerreotype miniatures, with a decorative black border and mixed display type

Splendid Daguerreotype Miniatures

E. S. Hayden, 1840

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and bow tie, captioned Stephen A. Douglass, on a tan octagonal mount.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1850

Hand-colored portrait of Black Hawk, a Sauk man, with red feathered headdress, beaded necklace and red blanket.

Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah - Black Hawk A Saukie Brave

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a feathered headdress, lace ruff and pearls, holding a fan, with a verse below.

Anne of Denmark, Queen of England and Scotland

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

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of a woman with dark wavy hair in a green shawl, holding a feather.

Po-ca-hon-tas

H. D, 1840

Hand-coloured print of Tshusick, an Ojibway woman, seated beside a table, wearing a red jacket and feathered headdress.

Tshusick: An Ojibway Woman

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Foni

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a man in a feathered headdress holding a decorated staff, captioned Wa-em-boesh-kaa, a Chippeway chief.

Wa-em-boesch-kaa

Charles Bird King, 1830

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, captioned Jacob C. White.

Jacob C. White, Member of the Acting Committee

Jacob Clement White, 1870

Hand-colored print of three Osage figures: two men with red and blue feathered turbans and face paint, and a woman with beade

Osage Indians: Mohongo, Washingsabba (or Black Bird), and Big Soldier

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1820

Oval stipple engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, captioned Robert Bloomfield, on a book page.

Robert Bloomfield

Robert Bloomfield, 1800

Engraved view of a grand Victorian hall with checkered floor, iron balconies, glass display cases, and strolling figures.

Model Hall, Patent Office

Norris Peters, 1870

Frances Cadwalader Erskine

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Line caricature of a man with oversized wavy hair pointing upward, with a Coriolanus quotation caption below.

Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Theatre poster with central portrait of Francis Chanfrau surrounded by vignettes of stage scenes including a duel and card ga

Francis S. Chanfrau

Francis S. Chanfrau, 1860

Engraving of a man in a top hat leaning over a pen to talk with a large pig, with satirical signs around them.

A Jewel Among Swine

Thomas Nast, 1870

Cartoon of a man aiming a rifle at a raccoon labeled Spain in a palm tree, with caption Don't shoot! I'll come down.

Old Yank Who Lived in a Shoe

Eugene Zimmerman, 1890

Campaign banner with portraits of Franklin Pierce and William R. King, an eagle, a Washington medallion and curtains.

Franklin Pierce and William R. King

Nathaniel Currier, 1850

John B. Evens

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Hand-colored print of a man in a feathered red turban, fur mantle and striped sash, holding a staff.

Wa-pel-la - Chief of the Musquakees

Alfred M. Hoffy, 1830

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair and a bow tie, captioned Hon. Jos. Holt, in a gold-toned mat.

Joseph Holt

Joseph Holt, 1850

Wood-engraved caricature 'The Good Patient' from Vanity Fair, 1862, showing Uncle Sam and a figure with a Treasury bowl.

Salmon P. Chase

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Wood-engraved caricature of Henry Wikoff holding an umbrella and hat, on a Vanity Fair newspaper page from 1862.

Henry Wikoff

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature engraving of a stout bearded man playing a harp beside a boy and a young tree, from Vanity Fair 1862.

George Pope Morris

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Wood engraving of pianist Louis M. Gottschalk seated at a grand piano, in a Vanity Fair page layout with caption text.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of George Law in top hat gesturing beside a horse-car, on the Vanity Fair masthead with cherubs and lettering.

George Law

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Engraved oval portrait of an armored nobleman with a sword and plumed helmet, surrounded by inscription and coats of arms.

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Thomas Cecill, 1630

Caricature of a man in uniform riding a hippopotamus charging past soldiers and flags, from Vanity Fair, 1862.

John Albion Andrew

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860

Caricature of Edwin Stanton as a bearded censor pointing at an order on a Vanity Fair magazine cover.

Edwin McMasters Stanton

Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co, 1860