John Caldwell Calhoun 1852 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap caught at the threshold of

caught at the threshold of a war he had urged his countrymen to recognize — the elder statesman's gravitas rendered as the republic itself was being forced into sober adulthood

1844 — a campaign-era portrait of Polk's running mate

the 7th Cavalry collapsing into legend before the smoke had even cleared the Montana grass

The Brewers Contraption Oppls Rolling Vessel of Spirits captures the distiller's craft at its most exacting — every valve

James Madison 1911 — a commemorative portrait of the fourth president issued nearly a century after his second term

John Caldwell Calhoun 1852 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap caught at the threshold ofJohn Caldwell Calhoun 1852 a posthumous portrait of South Carolina's gaunt prophet of nullification, his hollow gaze fixed past the viewer toward a Union he spent his life threatening to dissolve. Issued two years after his death, the lithograph carries the unsettled hush of a republic still arguing with his ghost. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,