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Lithograph of a cavalry battle with a rearing riderless horse, a wounded officer on the ground, artillery, and smoke.

The Fall of Major Ringgold

Jonothan Downs, 1840

Hand-colored engraving of the Patent Office building with columns, an American flag, streetcar, carriages and pedestrians.

The Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1880

Engraving of an officer falling from his horse at the Battle of Palo Alto while another officer reaches to catch him, with ar

Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Thomas Phillibrowne, 1840

Engraving of Swedish settlers shaking hands with feathered Indigenous men, with cabins, archers and hills behind them.

Meeting of Swedes and Indigenous people

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled gray hair, white dress and bow, in a gold frame on black.

Elizabeth Depeyster Peale

James Peale, 1790

Elderly bearded painter seated at an easel in a dim studio, painting a pale seascape with a brush and palette.

William Trost Richards

Anna Richards Brewster, 1890

Engraved view of Niagara Falls divided by a rocky island, with a forested river and distant hills beyond.

Niagara Falls

Thomas Campanius Holm, c. 1670 - Jul, 1700

Seated man in dark suit writing at a desk with papers, in a green-walled room with framed paintings and a flag.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1930

Oil portrait of a man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat before a red background.

James Johnson

Matthew Harris Jouett, 1810

Oval portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair, chin resting on her hand, against a warm brown background.

Lady Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon

Franz von Lenbach, 1900

Oil portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair, white cravat and dark jacket, gazing toward the viewer against a dark backgr

William Page Self-Portrait

William Page, Jan 1811 - 30 Sep, 1830

Portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair in a blue dress against a swirling orange and red background.

Theresa Helburn

Marion H. Beckett, 1920

Alla Nazimova

Edward Emerson Simmons, 1910

Painting of a bearded elderly man in a gray hat holding an open book, with a fruit basket and cave behind him.

Benjamin Lay

Sr William Williams, 1750

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a dark suit holding a pen at a desk before bookshelves.

Charles Doolittle Walcott

Samantha Littlefield Huntley, 1920

Oil portrait of a family of five seated in a formal room, with an older woman in a burgundy velvet dress and two girls.

William Jervis Hough and Family

J. Brayton Wilcox, 1850

Circular oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white blouse, arms resting on a green table, with a loose floral backgro

Lillian D. Wald

William Valentine Schevill, 1910

Oval oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, red coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait

John Singleton Copley, 1780

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with powdered gray hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulette.

George Washington

Ellen Wallace Sharples, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man in a tall hat and cravat, with a sailing ship on water behind him.

Washington Irving

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

Circular drawing of a seated older man in a dark coat, with a draped curtain and small paddlewheel boat at left.

Henry Miller Shreve

George D'Almaine, 1840

Half-length drawn portrait of an elderly bald man with white hair, dark coat, plaid waistcoat and cravat, on brown ground.

James L. Edwards

L. Wieser, 1880

Drawing of a man with curled hair in a red cloak and white cravat against a green drapery backdrop.

Patrick Henry

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Caricature drawing of a man in a Bryan hat kicking a shotgun beside a porcupine with a human face labeled Hearst, under a red

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1900

Leonora O'Reilly

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Pencil drawing of a seated man with a palette beside a wooden easel, wearing a bow tie.

Henry W. Waugh

W. P. Noble, 1850

Ink caricature of a seated pianist and a man with a shepherd's crook reaching for a goat, with sheep behind them.

Victor Herbert and Frank Tinney

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Sepia wash portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with arms folded, signed G. Lansing.

Alexander Anderson

Garret Lansing, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted uniform with epaulettes, shaded background, signed Buchheister.

Charles Heyer Bell

L. Buchheister, 1850

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters, against a hatched oval background.

Lewis Cass

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Sepia-toned oval portrait drawing of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, against aged paper.

Samuel Slater

James Sullivan Lincoln, 1830

Alexander Hamilton

James Sharples, c. 1751 - 26 Feb, 1800

Small pencil and watercolor bust portrait of a young man with short light hair and a dark coat, on cream paper.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1800

Pungwuni

John Warner Barber, 1840

John Samuel Sherburne

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a suit and bow tie, printed on a page with text behind.

John W. Dungee

John William Dungee, 1870

Bagna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Samuel Murgatroyd

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1790

Printed newspaper page with an oval portrait of James Buchanan above, and an engraving of horse-drawn sleighs in snow below.

James Buchanan

John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 1850

Kwong

John Warner Barber, 1840

Guy L. Trigg

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Unidentified Man

Edme Quenedey, 1780

Kale

John Warner Barber, 1840

Black-and-white caricature of William Jennings Bryan with raised hands before a crowd, quoting A Midsummer Night's Dream.

William Jennings Bryan

Carlo de Fornaro, 1910

Die-cut rosette print with engraved oval vignettes of Washington, D.C. buildings including the Capitol, Senate Chamber, and M

Valentine depicting the U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1900

Fuliwa

John Warner Barber, 1840

Thomas MacDonough

George Delleker, 1810

M. de Rochemont

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Shule

John Warner Barber, 1840

Hand-colored print of a crowded inauguration procession with mounted cavalry, spectators, and a columned building.

Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison

William Henry Harrison, 1840

John Trippe

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Tsukama

John Warner Barber, 1840

Silas Deane

Burnet Reading, 1780

Political cartoon of a hog and a thin figure hanging from a beam, labeled Republican and Democratic, on a Harper's Weekly pag

This Terrible Suspense Still Continues

Thomas Nast, 1880

Sa

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stylized 1890 print of a standing man in a dark suit against a black field and tan floor, labeled J. A. M. Whistler.

J. A. M. Whistler

William Newzam Prior Nicholson, 1890

Political cartoon of an equestrian statue above men crawling for spoils, captioned Civil Service Reform, from Harper's Weekly

Civil Service Reform

Thomas Nast, 1880

Fakinna

John Warner Barber, 1840

Stippled oval portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with epaulettes, captioned Major General Winfield Scott.

General Winfield Scott

Hand-colored etched portrait of a bare-chested Mohawk chief in a blue blanket, holding a tomahawk and wearing a medal.

Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row

Yaboi

John Warner Barber, 1840

Protection to American Industries

Charles Milton Bell, 1880

Charles Willson Peale

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Berri

John Warner Barber, 1840