This charcoal and chalk on paper study of President Millard Fillmore's was created by George Peter Alexander Healy, sometimes known as G. P. A. Healy, on December 12, 1857. Healy used this study for the official portrait of President Fillmore in the White House Collection. Healy was one of the most popular and prolific portraitists of the mid-19th century. Fillmore had served in the House of Representatives and was vice president when President Zachary Taylor died suddenly while in office in 1850. Fillmore served as president from July 9, 1850 until March 4, 1853.

This silhouette made of cut paper with a charcoal background is of Commodore Uriah P. Levy and was done by Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fidèle Edouart, also known as Auguste Edouart. The full-body silhouette features Levy holding a telescope and looking out over stormy waters, including a boat being tossed about and fortifications along the shore. Levy was the first Jewish Commodore in the U.S. Navy and fought in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Before joining the Navy, he volunteered with the Philadelphia militia in the American Revolution. Silhouette portraits were fashionable and readily available throughout Europe and the United States in the 1800s.