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George Linen, 1830

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a wide hat and frock coat beside a street lamp and waterfront buildings.

John A. Winslow

Pierre Victor Galland, 1861

Colored pencil and watercolor sketch of a man in a hat and green jacket on a boardwalk among dune grasses and yellow flowers.

Childe Hassam Self-Portrait

Childe Hassam, 1930

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long gown beside a boy holding a hat, with a faint child behind her and a stone column.

Study of 3 figures - woman and 2 children

George Linen, 1830

Watercolor of a man in a top hat and red shirt holding a cigar, standing before a theatre facade beside a playbill.

Francis S. Chanfrau

Francis S. Chanfrau, 1840

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat and plaid puffed-sleeve blouse, resting on a wicker chair.

Lillian Gish

Eric Pape, 1930

Jane Addams

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Sepia drawing of a uniformed officer in a tricorn hat raising a sword beside a tree, with soldiers advancing behind him.

Francis Marion

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Sepia drawing of a standing officer in dark uniform beside a horse, a map on a rock, and a cloudy sky.

George Brinton McClellan

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1850

Charcoal portrait of a woman with wavy hair in a belted dark coat, turning toward the viewer, signed and dated 1930.

Helen Hayes

Eric Pape, 1930

Full-length watercolor of a young boy in a green coat and yellow waistcoat holding a top hat before a rural landscape.

The Infant Roscius

Augustus Earle, 1810

Ink caricature of an elderly man in plaid with monocle gesturing toward a creature on a cannon, captioned about a lost key no

James Gillespie Blaine

Thomas Nast, 1880

Ink sketch of a man with a butterfly net among butterflies, a dome on the horizon, and a canister reading Votes for Women 191

Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Watercolor portrait of a bald officer in a blue coat with gold epaulettes, resting his hand on a rolled paper.

George Rogers Clark

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Hand-colored drawing of a bearded man in a green coat and wide hat with a walking stick, beside mining cabins and hills.

James Wilson Marshall

Adolph Schwartz, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of two uniformed men with sabers on a harbor quay beside a sailing ship.

James R. Wheeler, Sidney Smith

Pierre Victor Galland, 1860

Sepia portrait of a man in a brown coat and powdered wig holding a walking stick, with a tree and river landscape behind him.

John Dickinson

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Hand-colored print of a man's head on a bird's body with pink breast and long tail, perched on a branch.

Sun Bird

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Engraving of a woman holding a HELP banner over a starving family on a rocky shore, with steamships approaching in the distan

The Herald of Relief from America

Thomas Nast, 1880

Lithograph of a standing naval officer in uniform and bicorne hat on a wooden deck, with steamboats on a river behind him.

Andrew Hull Foote

Andrew Hull Foote, 1860

Comic colour illustration of a man's head on a hen's body beside an egg labelled Natural History, under the title.

The Hen That Hatched This Egg

Max Rosenthal, 1850

Political cartoon of a donkey-headed man with greenback scrolls facing a reclining woman with a star, beside a cornucopia.

A Midsummer-Night's Dream Nomination

Thomas Nast, 1880

Lithograph of a mustached Union officer in uniform beside a grey horse, with soldiers, a flag, and ships behind him.

David Hunter

David Hunter, 1861

Colored lithograph of a standing officer in blue uniform with sword, on an American flag, titled Col. Ellsworth's Funeral Mar

Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March

Lithograph of a mounted officer on a black horse raising a sabre, with marching soldiers and a bugler behind him.

William H. Lytle

William Haines Lytle, 1861

Sheet music cover showing a couple dancing in an oval frame against red and green striped background.

Castle Innovation Waltz

Vernon Blythe Castle, 1910

Yellow sheet music cover with a black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit within a gold halo design.

Won't You Let Me Build a Nest For You

De Wolf Hopper, 1900

Lithograph sheet music cover of Jenny Lind Music showing a woman in a lace tiered gown holding a music folio.

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind, 1840

Lithographic portrait of Major General S. R. Curtis mounted on a dark horse in military uniform, against a rocky landscape.

Samuel Ryan Curtis

Samuel Ryan Curtis, 1861

Engraving of Capac standing over fallen Zamor amid bodies, with armed figures and a mountain behind them.

"The Columbiad" -- Zamor Killed by Capac

James Parker, 1800