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 ink and charcoal drawing by W. A. Rogers (often referred to as William Allen Rogers) depicts men delivering ice on a hot morning in 1881, during the weeks following the shooting of President James Garfield. A line of horse-drawn carriages delivering the ice extends down the north drive of the White House. The ice was intended to help cool the temperature in the house and aid the ailing president. Drawn from the perspective of the North Portico of the White House, facing north towards Lafayette Park, a column is at the forefront on the left side of the drawing with a large, ornate sconce or lantern extending out of the column. The first air conditioning system was installed in the White House in 1933. Rogers was an American cartoonist and illustrator, who replaced Thomas Nast at Harper's Weekly in 1877.

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.