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Colorful caricature mural study with police officer, cowboy on horse, helmeted figure, and cherubs in clouds.

Mural Study #2:

John Decker, 1940

Pencil sketch of soldiers and onlookers in a street before a two-story building, with a carriage and a caption reading John B

John Brown Brought Out for Execution

Albert Berghaus, 1850

Hand-colored engraving of a market hall on a city street with trees, brick houses, and people leading a garlanded white ox.

New Market

William Russell Birch, 1790

Caricature mural study showing a row of exaggerated figures in top hats, a red gown, and a child, under painted clouds.

Mural Study #4:

John Decker, 1940

Engraving of a horse-drawn carriage on a cobbled street with a woman passenger, a coachman, and a bearded man in an apron.

Escape with a Lady, as her Coachman, with Master’s Horse and Carriage

FOY, 1870

Hand-colored print of the neoclassical Patent Office in Washington, with carriages, a rider and pedestrians on the street.

Patent Office

Edward Sachse & Co, 1850

Colorful caricature mural study with exaggerated figures, a steam train, trumpeting cherubs, and a police officer on railway

Mural Study #1: Perils of Pauline/Keystone Cops

John Decker, 1940

Wood engraving of an armed confrontation near a farmhouse, with a fallen man in the foreground and a mounted rider at right.

The Christiana Tragedy

John Osler, 1870

Engraving of a bearded man kneeling by a campfire in a forest, with smoke rising, a knife and pan on the ground.

Living in a Cave

Edmund Birckhead Bensell, 1870

Engraving of the Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with classical columns, carriages and pedestrians on the street.

United States Patent-Office Department, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Patent Office, 1860

Colored postcard view of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns, an American flag, and a lawn.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Hand-colored postcard of the Patent Office in Washington, D.C., with columned facades, an American flag, and pedestrians on t

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1910

Colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns and pedestrians on the str

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

The Rotograph Co, 1910

Engraved seascape of the frigate Constitution in battle with the British frigate Guerriere amid smoke and rough sea.

U.S. Frigate Constitution with Commander Isaac Hull

Cornelius Tiebout, 1810

Engraving of four people rowing a small boat across choppy sea, with sailing ships and a lighthouse on the horizon.

Crossing the Bay

William Thomas Cope, 1870

Hand-colored postcard of the Washington Patent Office building with pedestrians and parasols on a wide street.

Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1900

Engraving of the neoclassical Patent Office in Washington with columns, carriages on the street, and pedestrians under clouds

Patent Office, Washington

Benson John Lossing

Colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington with columns, an American flag, and pedestrians on the street.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Hand-colored lithograph of a canvasback duck with a bearded man's face, with an easel and painter's palette behind it.

Canvas Back

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Sepia lithograph of the U.S. Patent Office with columns, horse carriages and streetcar, plus an inset of the North Hall museu

The U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1880

Hand-colored engraving of the U.S. Patent Office building with columns and carriages on a street in front.

U.S. Patent Office

R. Metzeroth, 1850

Colored view of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington with columns, an American flag, and pedestrians on the street.

U.S. Patent Office

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Hand-colored engraving of a river port with sailing ships and a wharf, framed by a large tree, with figures and a horse in th

The City and Port of Philadelphia, on the River Delaware from Kensington

William Russell Birch, 1800

Engraving of a man lying on a train car roof with a lantern, passing through a forested mountain valley.

Escaping from Alabama on Top of a Car

Wilbur F. Osler, 1870

Engraved street view of the neoclassical Patent Office building with columns and a pediment, with a horse-drawn carriage in f

Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1830

Hand-coloured engraving of the frigate United States capturing the British frigate Macedonian at sea, with gunsmoke and storm

Capture of H. B. M. Frigate Macedonian, Capt. J. S. Carden by the U. S. frigate United States, Stephen Decatur, Eqr.,…

Benjamin Tanner, 1810

Colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington D.C. with columns, striped awnings and a flag.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Illustrated Post Card Co, 1910

Engraving of Civil War soldiers and mounted officers fighting under heavy smoke, with fallen men and an American flag.

Battle of Bull Run

Harper's Weekly, 1860

Hand-colored lithograph of a fish with a mustached man's face and bow tie, resting among grass beside a musical-note slab.

C-Bass

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Hand-colored print of the U.S. Patent Office building with columns, carriages, and riders on horseback in the street.

U.S. Patent Office

U.S. Patent Office, 1850