Pencil drawing of a thin, stern-faced man in a frock coat and draped cape, standing before a sketched doorway, with handwriting in the lower left corner.

Caricature of James Henry Lane, standing figure

A full-length caricature of a thin, stern-faced man with tousled hair, standing in a frock coat with a cape draped over one shoulder against a sketched doorway and steps. The figure is drawn in fine pencil or ink lines on pale paper, with a handwritten inscription in the lower left corner.

Artist: Adalbert John Volck
Date: c. 1863
Medium: Etching on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2611 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

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