Miniature Portraits of Prominent Americans

Group of Miniature Printed Portraits of Prominent Americans. c. 1800s-1900s, Lot of 20 Miniature Printed Portraits of Prominent Americans, Including William Livingston, Jonathan Dayton, General W.S. Rosecrans, John Jay and Roger Sherman, Steel Engraving, Lithograph and Photogravure, Mostly Extremely Fine.. This lot consists of small portraits, mostly about 2” in size, cut from larger prints. The first group of portraits are individuals in the New York state government, around 1798, cut from a lithographed reprint made in the mid-1800’s by Albany, NY printer Richard H. Pease. 1-6. JOHN JAY, STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, DIRCK TEN BROEDE, MR. BENTON, unidentified, and a strip of 3 portraits - MR. K. HOGEBOOM, MR. BENTON, MR. BROWN. 7. MRS. GEORGE CLINTON, lithograph by Richard H. Pease. 8. MAJOR GENERAL W.S. ROSECRANS, steel engraving, likely made during or after the Civil War. 9. ANDREW JACKSON, engraved, triangular-shaped, unlabeled portrait, likely printed in the early to mid-1800’s. 10. GE