Archive: Portraits

In this section we have portraits in various media, organized by the nationality of the subject of the portrait. Our selection focuses on people renowned for their achievements in the sciences, the arts, politics and government, exploration and business, as well as members of the aristocracy.

American

Portrait of Ben Frankin, after Charles Philippe Amedee Vanloo

Vanloo
Benjamin Frankin
Paris: 1795

 Benjamin Franklin Etching

C.W. Peale
Benjamin Franklin
c. 1884-1900

 Oglethorpe

Samuel Ireland
General James Oglethorpe
London:
Late 18th C.
Etching

 Henry Clay

John Sartain
Henry Clay
Kentucky: 1853
Stipple Engraving

 Washington Engraving - General Washington

Gilbert Stuart
General Washington
London: c. 1800

 McKenney and Hall Indians

Charles Bird King
Portraits of Native Americans from McKenney & Hall, Folio Ed.
Philadelphia: 1838

 McKenney and Hall Indians

Charles Bird King
Portraits of Native Americans from McKenney & Hall, Octavo Ed.
Philadelphia: 1842
Bust of General Joseph E. Johnston

Eugene A. Poole
General Joseph E. Johnston
Portrait bust
c. 1870-1885

 Portrait Plaque of Abraham Lincoln

Adrian Paul Brodeur
Portrait Plaque of Abraham Lincoln
1926
Patinated bronze

 Ezra Cornell Statue

Ezra Cornell Statue
Mid 20th C.
Bronze on marble base
Lahr

Bert Lahr
Autographed Publicity Photo
20th C.

 Morocco NYC Club Album

Jerome Zerbe
El Morocco Club Album
Book of photographs, 1937

 The Flynns at El Morocco

Jerome Zerbe
Lilly and Errol Flynn at El Morocco
Photograph, c. 1934-39

 Helen Keller

Helen Keller
Autographed Letter with Photograph
1961

 Piper Laurie

Phil Berry
[Piper Laurie]
American: c. 1950s
Goauche on board

British

18th Century Mezzotints
Sir Joseph Banks

Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joseph Banks London: 1774

 Sir William Hamilton and Society Dilettante

Joshua Reynolds
Sir William Hamilton & Society Dilettante
London: c. 1780s

 William Strahan, after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds
William Strahan
1792

 Richard Pearson

Charles Grignon
Sir Richard Pearson
John Boydell, London: 1780

 Thomas Erskine

Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Erskine,
Lawyer, Politician
London: 1786

 Thomas Britton, Musical Small-Coal Man

John Wollaston
Thomas Britton, Musical Small-Coal Man
London:
Early 18th C.
17th and 18th Century Engravings
18th Century Portrait of Explorer Captain Cook

Mr. Thornton
Captain Cook
London:
Late 18th C.
Engraving

 Mrs. Siddons

Sir Joshua Reynolds
Mrs. Siddons
London: 1787
Stipple engraving

 Jedidiah Buxton - Mathematical Savant

R. Holme
Jedidiah Buxton Mathematical Savant
British: c. 1754-1772
Engraving

British

19th and 20th Century Prints, Drawings, Photographs & Sculptures
Henry the Fourth

Henry the Fourth
London: 1814
Mezzotint, uncolored

 distinguished men of science

Distinguished Men of Science of
Great Britain in 1807-08
London: 1862

 Mrs. Fitzherbert

Richard Cosway
Mrs. Fitzherbert
19th C. Restrike

 Tassie Medallion

William Tassie
John Corse D.D.
British: 1800
Portrait cameo

 A View in Hyde Park

Henry de Daubrawa
Duke of Wellington
R. Ackermann, London: 1845
Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret, by Dorothy Wilding
c. 1950

European

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
American:
c. 1890-1910
Gilt white metal miniature statue

 Portrait of Napoleon with Vignettes

Portrait of Napoleon with Vignettes
Paris: c. 1820s-30s
Hand-colored lithograph

 Acte Additional aux Constitutional 1815

Napoleon and the Constitution
1815

 Marie Antoinette

E. Vigée-Le Brun
Marie Antoinette
Paris: 1828

 Lafayette

Antoine Maurin
Lafayette
Paris: c. 1830s
Lithograph

 Lafayette -- General en Chef de la Guarde Nationale

General Lafayette
Paris: c. 1815
Engraving

 Voltaire at His Writing Desk

L. Sen
Voltaire
London: Mid 18th C.
Mezzotint
Maximilian I, King of Bavaria

John Walsh
Maximilian I
King of Bavaria
Stuttgart: 1825
Black and white lithograph

 Amerigo Vespucci

Giusseppe Maria Testi
Amerigo Vespucci
Livorno, Italy: 1812
Engraving

 Cosimo III de Medici

Domenico Tempesti
Cosimo III de Medici
London: 1st Half 18th C.

 Johannes Posthius, Portrait

Jean-Jacques Boissard
Johannes Posthius, German Poet
Heidelberg: 1669
Engraving

 Portraits of Roman Emperors

Titian/ Sadeler
Roman Emperors and Empresses
Flemish: 1st Half 17th C.
Etchings

 Portraits of Roman Emperors

Titian/ Sadeler
Roman Emperors
Flemish: 1st Half 17th C.
Etchings

 Beethoven

Franz Stiasny
Beethoven Portraits
Bronze Medals

Portraits For Sale

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