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![[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvcmFscGgtd2FsZG8tZW1lcnNvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTEwMjQuanBn/320/514/jpg "[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[James Harlan, Senator from Iowa, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvamFtZXMtaGFybGFuLXNlbmF0b3ItZnJvbS1pb3dhLXRoaXJ0eS1maWZ0aC1jb25ncmVzcy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC0xMzg2YzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[James Harlan, Senator from Iowa, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]")
![[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvcmFscGgtd2FsZG8tZW1lcnNvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTBjN2I0MC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcmFscGgtd2FsZG8tZW1lcnNvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWVuZ3JhdmVkLWFuZC1wdWJsaXNoZWQtZWE4N2UzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.")
![[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcmFscGgtd2FsZG8tZW1lcnNvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWVuZ3JhdmVkLWFuZC1wdWJsaXNoZWQtMzYxNWM0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.")
![[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcmFscGgtd2FsZG8tZW1lcnNvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWVuZ3JhdmVkLWFuZC1wdWJsaXNoZWQtZjU4ODgzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / engraved and published by S.A. Schoff ... from an original drawing by Sam W. Rowse in the possession of Charles Eliot Norton, Esq. ; S.A. Schoff.")
![[Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTQvMDEvMDEvZW1pbHktZGlja2luc29uLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Emily Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[Meriwether Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvbWVyaXdldGhlci1sZXdpcy1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTc5M2UwMy02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Meriwether Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
