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Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Strabon geographe. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Strabo, half-length portrait, facing right, holding world globe. Illus. in: Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes / Par Andre Thevet. A Paris : Par la vefue I. Keruert et Guillaume Chaudier, 1584, p. 76 (recto).

Stephanus Franciscus Geoffroy Parisinus, natus anno. 1672 N. de Largil...

Print shows Etienne François Geoffroy, half-length portrait, body turned to the left, face front, in a window, holding a copy of his "Materia Medico" upright with left hand. Caption continues: Facult. Medic. P... More

Assis, au près du toy ... à ton Art divin! / A. Watteau pinxit. ; Tard...

Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Tardieu in a park, one painting a picture of a statue of nude woman, the other playing a stringed instrument; and poem to Watteau below image.

King Canute ye Dane in. et sculp: G. Vertue

Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway, bust portrait, left profile, with ornaments and vignette below portrait depicting the story of Canute and his courtiers. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of Eng... More

Celeberrimus fir Inigo Iones ... / ant. van Dÿck pinxit ; R.V. Vorst s...

Inigo Jones, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Hogarth 1764, portrait print

Print shows William Hogarth, full-length portrait, seated in a chair, facing right, before an easel with sketch labeled "Comedy 1764", he is holding a palette with brushes in his left hand and may be using a sh... More

Admiral Keppel, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right in oval draped with banner. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1778 (July), p. 291. Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

Colonel Barre, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Colonel Isaac Barré, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in medallion. Illus. in: The London Magazine, May 1780, p. 195-196. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1... More

General Lee / R.P. sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Charles Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in A... More

Lord Viscount Howe / Angus sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Richard Howe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal. Illus. from: The European Magazine. [London : Philological Society of London], Novr. 1, 1782.... More

His excy. John Adams, esq. / J. Norman sc.

John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in medallion.

Jean Pierre Blanchard. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Half-length portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.

Gustavus III, King of Sweden - Public domain portrait engraving

Gustaf III, half-length portrait, facing front, in oval frame on pedestal.

George Washington Grainger sculpt, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval on pedestal with sword, scales, a map, oak branches, and a liberty cap (?) on a short staff. Hart, 805 Baker, 163 Form... More

Henry Miercken, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait ... More

Waggaman, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. On verso of item: Thomas E. Waggaman. Dexter, variant of 360 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. M... More

Nahum Mitchell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 490 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Mrs. James Madison, (Dolly Payne) / from an original picture by Gilber...

Mrs. James Madison, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, holding fan.

Walter Dorsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Dexter, 337 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : National Portrait Galler... More

Thomas Claiborne, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 473 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Francis I of France / J. Chapman sculpt.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, Duc de Feltre, Comte d'Hunebourg / pei...

Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. LeBlanc 36; Nagler 18; Heller 12. Hubbard Collection.

Hugh Nelson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 602 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Roddey, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 566 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Fois. Pre. Guilme. Guizot (Historien,) Professeur d'Histoire à la Facu...

Print shows François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Print trimmed from original sheet before being mounted to paper backing. Stamped on verso: J.R. Young purchase W... More

William Bainbridge, U.S.N. / painted by J.W. Jarvis ; engd by G. Parke...

Print shows William Bainbridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform. Published in: The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans, vol. 3 / James Herring and James B. ... More

Portrait of Franklin, portrait print, Print

Print shows an embroidery pattern sheet showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, seated in a chair in an office or library, he holds a compass in his right hand and there is a large globe at his feet; w... More

[Virginia Louisa Minor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / p...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Battle scene surrounded by portraits of American presidents]

Print shows miniature portraits of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Tayl... More

Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington P. Lely pinx ; J. Houbraken sculps, Ams...

Print shows Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion resting on scroll work on pedestal with a fish, harpoon(?), and sealed envelopes. Printed below ima... More

[Peter Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

From photograph by M.B. Brady. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

His excellency George Washington Esq'r. captain general of all the Ame...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, gesturing with right hand holding a swagger stick, left hand resting on cannon barrel, military camp in the ... More

James Buchanan / daguerrotype by Brady ; engraved by J.C. Buttre.

James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Engraved for the U.S. Dem. Review.

Madame Ida Pfeiffer - Public domain portrait engraving

Madame Ida Pfeiffer, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Illus. in: The Last travels of Ida Pfeiffer: inclusive of a visit to Madagascar. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1861, frontispiece. R... More

Bv't. Maj. General J.F. Miller / engd. by A.H. Ritchie.

John Franklin Miller, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5155.

[Andrew Henshaw Ward, bust portrait, facing right] / H. W. Smith.

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of America, engraving, Library of Con...

Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, and crossed flags, composed of 41,819 letters representing the biography of Columbus. 46092 U.S. Copyright Office.

Georges Washington Eqer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine,...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform; in oval with ribbon at top, above nameplate. Baker, 19 Hart, 747 Published in: The American Revolution in dra... More

[John Walter, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 367 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[David Holmes, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. One trimmed to image. One not trimmed to image, below image: Drawn & engr[superscript d] by St. Memin, Philadel[superscript a]; below on same sheet:... More

The politician. Dr. Benj. Franklin / painted by S. Elmer A. ; engraved...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / eng...

"Dedicated to Charles Eliot Norton Esq." Copyright by S.A. Schoff 1878.

Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776 / painted by J. Trumbull ;...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

On l'a vu désarmer les Tirans et les Dieux - A.P.D.R. / L.C. de Carmon...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, left profile, seated at table, hat, book, and papers on table, in the background, through open doors, is view of ships at dock.

Caius Marius on the ruins of Carthage / J. Vanderlyn pt. ; S.A. Schoff...

Print showing Gaius Marius, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with ruins of Carthage behind him. Caption continues: From Vanderlyns picture. Published ... exclusively for the members of the year 1842... More

Mrs. Andrew Johnson / engd. by J.C. Buttre.

Mrs. Andrew Johnson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin - né à Boston, dans la nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Ja...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, in oval on pedestal with poem. Tiré du cabinet de M. Le Ray de Chaumont &c. After painting by Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis. Publi... More

Genl. Andrew Jackson, 1828. Protector & defender of beauty & booty, Or...

Print shows a campaign portrait of Andrew Jackson issued during the presidential election of 1828. An oval bust portrait of Jackson is surrounded by the words "Protector & Defender of Beauty & Booty. Orleans," ... More

Pedro Menendez de Aviles / Josef Camaron lo dibo. ; Franco. de Paula M...

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Exhibited: American Origins, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2006.

Francisque Arban, aéronaute franc̦ais

Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban. Includes Italian poem by Vincenzo Monti, below title. Library has two versions: b&w (no. 3) and hand-colored (no. 4). Tissandier collection. DCRM(G) ... More

Mr. Ira Aldridge as Aaron - Public domain portrait engraving

Illustration shows full-length portrait of Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." Caption: "He dies upon my scimetar's sharp point, / That touches this my first-born son and heir!" Act 4, sc... More

American star / Design'd, engraved & [Published?] by Thomas Gimbrede, ...

Oval medallion portraits of George Washington and (below, left to right) Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams are framed against a curtain of drapery and furs surmounted by a star. Washington's portr... More

Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...

A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More

[Meriwether Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 420. Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Natio... More

Charles Lee Esq'r. - major general of the Continental-Army in America ...

Print shows Charles Lee, full-length portrait, facing right, seated on horse, holding sword, with troops in the background. Includes verse in German and French. Published in: The American Revolution in drawing... More

Union / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved by H.S. Sadd.

Print showing original image from 1852 with Henry Clay, sitting to the left of center, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster standing at center, except that the plate has been reworked so that Abraham Lincoln (witho... More

[John Adams, bust portrait, facing left] / eng'd by H.B. Hall's Sons, ...

Facsimile signature: John Adams. Stamped on verso: Exchange, Free Library of Philadelphia, March 20, 1946, A460052. Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Washington receiving a salute on the field of Trenton / John Faed, R.S...

Print shows Washington, on horseback, holding hat in one hand and sword in the other. Engraving by Holl after a painting by John Faed.

[Vestner Tower, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany] view, photochrome print p...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1539". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Mary, Queen of Scots, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing...

After painting by J.B. Wandesforde. Copyright by George Trehern. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Caesar Augustus Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 28 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... More

Maria Regina Scotiae--Mortis at Horrendam Faciem [...] / PM.

Mary, Queen of Scots, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. LeBlanc 4; Nagler 8(174). Possibly engraved by Pieter Maes II (Hubbard). Hubbard Collection.

Hugo Grotius, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Hugo Grotius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secretary Pitt, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows William Pitt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; medallion. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 483. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes - conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, mini...

Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated at ornately carved desk featuring portrait of Louis XVI. Includes armorial shield below portrait. S... More

General Arnold, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Benedict Arnold, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its first commencement, to the... More

Benjamin Franklin - né à Boston dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Jan...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing fur hat, without spectacles, facing left, in oval tied with a ribbon at top, on base in frame with title plate. No. 1515. Reference copy in B... More

Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica - gravé d'...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, wearing military uniform, holding the Declaration of Independence and the treaty of alliance with France in front of tent, at his feet... More

Earl Temple, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Grenville, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; medallion with ribbon at top, on pedestal. Illus. in: The Westminster magazine, 1782 (September), opp. p. 449. Published in: Th... More

Governeer Morris Esq'r., member of congress / B.B.E.

Print shows Gouverneur Morris, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Illus. in: Portraits of generals, ministers, magistrates, members of Congress, and others, who have rendered themselves illus... More

M. Bureau de Pusy. Né a Port sur Saône en 17[...], député du Baille d'...

Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Tissandier collection.

Jonathan Harvey Hurst?, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Sitter also identified as William Hurst. Dexter, 149 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / ... More

Jonathan Burrall, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 41 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nationa... More

Arnold Houbraken - William Shakespeare / engraved by B. Holl from the ...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N. Chapman, M.D. J. Neagle pinxt 1830 ; engraved by T. Kelly from the ...

Print shows Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, standing next to a table with large books. 79 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: Professor of the institutes & pr... More

Jacob Brown / painted by J.W. Jarvis ; eng. by A.B. Durand from copy b...

Print shows Jacob Brown, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing uniform and hat, and holding gloves in left hand. Includes facsimile signature. The New York Historical Society possesses the oil p... More

Margaret Fuller, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Margaret Fuller, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harve... More

General Longstreet, Confederate States of America.

Print shows General James Longstreet, Confederate States of America, in uniform, facing front, head-and-shoulders portrait. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Charles Willson Peale - George Washington / C.W. Peale ; J. Rogers.

Half-length portrait of George Washington, in oval. Published in: Life of Washington, a Biography Personal, Military and Political by B. J. Lossing, 1860. "Hart No. 11."

James Buchanan / engraved by permission, from the original in the poss...

James Buchanan, full-length portrait, standing by table, facing left, holding book.

Evert A. Duyckinck, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Evert Augustus Duyckinck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[J.R. Slack, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Civil War Collection. No. 8200. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Everett / From the original painting by Chappel in the possessi...

Edward Everett, full-length portrait, seated, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M. Gambetta / engraved for the Eclectic by George E. Perine, N.Y.

Léon Gambetta, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Arbitrator - Public domain engraving

Caricature shows Charles Francis Adams, holding his tophat in his left hand and with his rigt hand in coat. Illus. in: Vanity Fair, 1872 Oct. 5. Reference copy BIOG file - Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886.

Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, 1757 to 1760

Thomas Pownall, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Copyright J.R. Osgood & Co.

[Mark Hopkins, half-length portrait, facing left]

Steel engraving by H.B. Hall's Sons, N.Y.C. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brigadier-General George W. Morgan, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Illus. in: Battles & leaders of the Civil War, vol. 3, 1887, p. 63. Reference copy available in 1956 edition.

Emma Lazarus engraved by T. Johnson ; photographed by W. Kurtz

Emma Lazarus, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Facsimile autograph below print. Possibly engraved by Thomas Johnson, fl. 1870-1880s. Published in The Century Magazine, (1888) 14:802. Exhibit loan 3445-L.

[James Russell Lowell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / en...

57982 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Paul Jones, commodore au service des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique / d...

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing on board ship during battle, reaching with left hand for one of several pistols at his waist, right hand holds sword. Includes... More

[Elias Boudinot, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 450 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Jonathan Dayton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 444 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[James Iredell, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 144 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Nathan Read, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 439 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...

Public domain image of portrait print, Royalty, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Joseph E. Johnson [i.e., Johnston] / engraved & published by William S...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Confederate Civil War general Joseph E. Johnston in uniform.

Miss Bradley Martin after C. Duran / T. Johnson.

Photograph shows young girl, full-length portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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