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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

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

Fumiyomu onna. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujo ninsō juppon : T... More

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.

Major Genl. Winfield Scott / Wood pinxt. ; Edwin sc.

Print shows Winfield Scott, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, holding sword at right side, left hand in coat, wearing military uniform. Winfield Scott was stationed in Buffalo during the invasion of ... More

Ben Jonson. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A half-length portrait of the seventeenth century playwright, Ben Jonson. No copyright information found with item. One item from album entitled: Collection of sketches and prints by R. Seymour. Printed on plat... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with yellow sc...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

Edward N. Kirk M.B. Russell pinxt. ; W. Sharp lith. del

Print shows Edward N. Kirk, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding a book on his lap. Includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on upper... More

A Winnebago drawn, printed and col'd. at the Lithographic & Print Colo...

Print shows a Winnebago, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing feathers and a plume in his hair, portrait medallions, metal armbands, and with his right hand resting on the hilt of a sword. Entered accor... More

[Xavier Donald MacLeod, half-length portrait, nearly facing front, wit...

Author, teacher, editor of the St. Louis Leader. Alternative identification: McLoud. Scratched on back of plate: Mc-Loud. Written in ink on back of plate: 434. Identification from engraving by Capewell & Kimmel... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, ...

Scratched on back of plate: 169; 293 [cancelled]; 295. Alternative identification: Stephen Vail, proprietor of the Speedwell Iron Works, Morristown, N.J. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). F... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 339. Hallmark: Rinhart 31b. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, three-...

Scratched on face of plate: 154. Scratched on back of plate: 278; 271. Edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produc... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Scratched on back of plate: 133. Corners trimmed. Resembles portrait of Horace Kneeland, New York sculptor, in The Atlas, Dec. 15, 1844. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Dag... More

[Aaron Vanderpoel, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, w...

Democratic Congressman from New York, 1833-1837, 1839-1841. Scratched on back of plate: 160; Judge Vanderpool. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Hallmark: Rinhart 44. Date based on hallmark. Case: front - flowers surrounded by frame design; back - geometric design. In Marian S. Carson's inventory, the sitter is identified as Dr. George W. Cardeza of Jef... More

Pope Pius IX. Born May 13th1792. Elected Pope June 16th1846

Print shows Pope Pius IX, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, with right hand raised to make the sign of the cross. 382 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Ins... More

[Emma Gillingham Bostwick, half-length portrait of a woman, three-quar...

Concert singer. Scratched on face of plate: 237; E.G. Bostwick. Scratched on back of plate: 83. Identification from lithograph in Odell's Annals of the New York stage, v. 6, pl. 78. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transf... More

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Written in pencil on back of plate: 505(X). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

John T. Ford, age 24, Chas E. Ford [age] 2

Photograph shows theater manager John Thompson Ford, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding his child Charles. On mount: "Busey, Cor. Charles and Fayette Streets, Baltimore." Norval H. Busey (184... More

[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing fr...

Photographer unidentified. Encased in lead frame. Originally on monument in the Historic Congressional Cemetery. Gift; Historic Congressional Cemetery; 1994; (DLC/PP-1994:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype coll... More

[Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

Scottish missionary based in India. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified man with chin whiskers, half-length portrait, facing fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Unidentified woman, seated half-length portrait, facing front

Photograph shows woman wearing light blouse and dark jacket with brooch at collar. Case: Rinhart, no. 96. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Lynn Maillet; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:034). Forms part of: Daguerr... More

[Justin S. Morrill, Representative from Vermont, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 18. Each item includes subject's origi... More

Charles Case, Representative from Indiana, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 250. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Ezra Clark, jr., Representative from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congre...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 39. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[James Chesnut, Senator from South Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congress, ha...

[John Hickman, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 92. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Thomas L. Clingman, Senator from North Carolina, Thirty-fifth Congres...

[John D.C. Atkins, Representative from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congres...

[John A. Bingham, Representative from Ohio, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...

[John C. Mason, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress, h...

[Joshua H. Jewett, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress...

[Israel Washburn, jr., Representative from Maine, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 8. Each item includes subject's origin... More

[William O. Goode, Representative from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress...

[Zachariah Chandler, Senator from Michigan, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...

[David S. Walbridge, Representative from Michigan, Thirty-fifth Congre...

[Joseph Lane, Representative from Oregon, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...

W.D. Pender, C.S.A., killed at Gettysburg

Photograph shows a half-length portrait of William Dorsey Pender. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brig. General Thomas L. Clingman, half-length portrait, seated, facin...

A black and white photo of a man covered in dirt. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.L. Shaw, 1st Lt. ... - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Lt. W. L. Shaw, in uniform, facing slightly right, half-length portrait. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Charles Whittington, Sergeant Major, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, half-...

Stamped on verso: Partridge's Gallery, Wheeling, W. Va. Inscribed on verso: Charles Whitington, Sergt. Maj. 7th Regt. Sc - Kelleys Mills Ohio.

[Cadet J.R. Meigs, half-length portrait, seated, holding cap]

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; (DLC/PP-1962:R04). Unprocessed PR 13 CN 1962:R4

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

[Unidentified Union officer, half-length portrait, facing front]

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 79. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

John Selden Roan, Brig. General, Ark.

Brig. Gen. John Selden Roane, half-length portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.

John P. Hatch, Bv't.-Maj. General

John P. Hatch, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bvt. Maj. General G.H. Chapman. American Civil War 1861-1865.

George H. Chapman, half-length portrait, seated, facing right; full-length portrait, seated in front of tent, facing left; full-length portrait, seated in front of tent, facing left, with six other soldiers.

Bv't. Brig. General Horace Capron, col. 14th Ill. Cavalry.

Half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4579.

[Charles Sumner, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]

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

Edwin Forrest. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Edwin Forrest, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing caped overcoat. Photograph by Mathew Brady Studio. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's offic... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, with beard; half-length portrait, seated p...

"The Famous Profile" by Anthony Berger, manager of Brady's Gallery, Washington D.C., made direct from an original collodion negative in the Meserve collection (M-82). One of seven poses taken by Berger on Tues... More

[Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portra...

Tintype made from glass neg. LC-B812-2708(?) was altered to show Cooper in his military uniform. Written on verso: Brig. Genl. D. H. Cooper, Miss. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Wilhelm Spemann, German publisher, half-length portrait, facing right...

47664 U.S. Copyright Office. Written in ink on verso: W. Spemann ... Stuttgart; Wilhelm Spemann, Germany; L Judge. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection a... More

Bill Drennan, Indian scout and companion of Kit Carson / N.H. Rose, Sa...

Bill Drennan, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Helene von Forster, half-length portrait, facing right] / Hof-Atelier...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[General Shelley, Auditor Navy, Treasury Department employee, half-len...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the pec... More

Stevenson sisters - daughters of Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Half-length portrait. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). [filed in] Stevenson, Letitia.

[Walt Whitman as an old man, half-length portrait, seated to the left,...

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

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, half-length portrait, seated at des...

V21079 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by B.F. Mills. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

[Walter Scott Lenox, founder of Lenox Ceramic Art Company, half-length...

Written on verso: Walter S. Lenox, Trenton, N.J.; Judge in H(?). Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits... More

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in traditional Eskimo costume.

[Eugen Sandow, half-length portrait facing left, nude]

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

[William McKinley, half-length portrait, standing, facing left] / F. G...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, half-length portrait, standing, facing slig...

B5214 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by C.M. Gilbert(?). Public domain photograph - judge, law, court, lawyer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charles H. Duell, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photograph by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 116. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, left profile]

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

[Wah-be-git - Ute man, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing ear...

64924 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Rose and Hopkins, Denver, Colorado.

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

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

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 115. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Julia Ward Howe - Public domain portrait print

Photograph is a half-length portrait of Julia Ward Howe, seated, facing front. FBJ label no. 98. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]

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

[African American girl, half-length portrait, looking at open book]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 77. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian, half-length portrait, facing fron...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[African American man, half-length portrait, facing front]

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

[Sego--Shoshone Indian, half-length portrait, facing left]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, right profile]

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

Apaches. Chief James A. Garfield view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows Apache Chief James A. Garfield, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing medal. Photograph attributed to William Henry Jackson in: William H. Jackson by Beaumont Newhall & Diana E... More

[Flying Hawk, American Indian] - Public domain portrait print

Flying Hawk, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, turned right, facing front. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Ser... More

[Half-length portrait of a woman wearing a fur trimmed coat, facing fr...

Photographer unidentified. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: MPH Cat.; BI; Shelf.

Sioux brave--"Stampede" - Public domain print

Dakota man, half-length portrait, facing front. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Weldon Johnson, half-length portrait at desk with telephone

"c U&U" on the photograph. Probably refers to Underwood & Underwood. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.

Cover of The Anthony Home Calendar, illustrated with portrait of Susam...

Half-length portrait, seated, left profile. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Whirling Horse, American Indian]

Whirling Horse, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing front. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 196... More

[Corporal Isaiah Mays, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Half-length portrait, ...

Thought to be the last beardless portrait of Lincoln, this photo was "made for the portrait painter, John Henry Brown, noted for his miniatures in ivory. ... 'There are so many hard lines in his face,' wrote Br... More

Patrick Francis Murphy - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Patrick Francis Murphy, half-length portrait, seated. Photograph in album labelled: Esther. Forms part of the Arthur Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

["Zuni Dick," half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo copyrighted by A.C. Vroman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Luke Big Turnips, American Indian], portrait of american indian man

Luke Big Turnips, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a war bonnet. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photodu... More

Portrait photo of [American Horse, American Indian]

American Horse and wife, probably members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplicati... More

Full of fun and saucy, a geisha girl, Japan

Smiling Japanese woman, half-length portrait, carrying a parasol. H12096 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3981. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title taken from item.

[Clinton Hart Merriam, half-length portrait, facing left]

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

A bud - Public domain portrait print

Evelyn Nesbit, half-length portrait, facing front, holding bouquet of roses. No. 5. Copyright by Otto Sarony.

[Little girl, half lgth., facing front, wearing bonnet, with arms fold...

Photo copyrighted by F.W. Guerin, St. Louis. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sentimental; Ph. Ind.; Children.

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