119 Mezzotints, 19th century Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Daniel Webster / painted by Chester Harding ; engraved by J. Andrews &...

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. 73 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Chester Harding in the Clerk's Office of t... More

Reverend George Duffield D.D. / engraved by John Sartain ; the origina...

Rev. George Duffield, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. Copyright by A. Bradish.

Major-General Zachary Taylor--President of the United States / from an...

Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, standing beside horse, facing front. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Henry Clay / Ino. Neagle, pinxit, 1843 ; engraved by John Sartain from...

A formal campaign portrait of Whig presidential candidate Henry Clay, after the painting by John Neagle done at Ashland, Clay's estate in Kentucky. As this print's legend states, the original was painted "by th... More

The acquittal / painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Print shows the parents, wife, and children, as well as the family dog, are jubilantly gathered around a young man who has been acquitted of a crime; a barrister relays the verdict to the father of the young man.

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Washington and his family / original painting by C. Schussele, Philade...

Print showing George and Martha Washington sitting at a table with George Washington Parke Custis and Nelly Custis standing to the right and left of George, and a servant entering on the far right. On the table... More

Marcellus Hartley, three quarter length portrait

Marcellus Hartley, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right. Copyright by Wm. Ten Eyck Hardenbrook.

[Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / William...

Copyright 1896 by William Sartain, New York. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christ raising Jairus' daughter / The original picture by Theodore Von...

Jesus Christ raising Jairus's daughter from her deathbed. Copyright by Bradley & Co.

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged 42 / painted by Washington Allston ; eng...

Print shows Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, with right hand tucked in coat and left hand holding book on lap. From the original picture in the possession of George ... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

[G. Washington] / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword.

Henry Clay / Ino. Neagle, pinxit, 1843 ; engraved by John Sartain from...

A formal campaign portrait of Whig presidential candidate Henry Clay, after the painting by John Neagle done at Ashland, Clay's estate in Kentucky. As this print's legend states, the original was painted "by th... More

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

[Puritans going to church] / G.H. Boughton '84.

Print showing a puritan husband and wife walking through snow on their way to church, he carrying a rifle, she a prayer book or bible. 7644 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate lower left. Signed in pencil "... More

Death of Lincoln / painted and engraved by A.H. Ritchie, N.V.

5662? U.S. Copyright Office. Second impression (E-size); has tear below image. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

James Knox Polk, President of the United States / engraved by J. Sarta...

James Polk, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christ raising Jairus' daughter / The original picture by Theodore Von...

Jesus Christ raising Jairus's daughter from her deathbed. Copyright by Bradley & Co.

Daniel Webster - Public domain portrait engraving

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left.

Grant and his family / original picture by W. Sartain, Philadelphia. ;...

Print showing General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife sitting in a room with their four children standing around them. Library has two proof impressions, proof with title, and proof before letters signed by Sart... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Martin Van Buren, president of the United States

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.

Preston S. Brooks. Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South C...

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

The death-bed of Wesley / engraved by John Sartain ; Pub'd. by William...

Print showing deathbed scene of Reverend John Wesley. Those attending Wesley are, from l. to right as listed on the print, Miss Sarah Wesley, a medical assistant, Rev. J. Bradford, Rev. P. Dickinson, Mrs. Charl... More

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd,...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay. Entered according t... More

The happy family / mezzotint by Sartain expressly for Miss Leslie's Ma...

Print shows a family gathered in a parlor for tea; seated at a table are the father, holding a book and with a young daughter leaning on his knee, and the mother, pouring tea, also present are another daughter ... More

"Have ye beheld the young god of the seas" / Ward ; Sartain.

Print shows a young boy with wings borne across the sea by three female figures. The title is a line from John Keats' poem "Hyperion". (DLC/PP-1998:151.32) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Lib... More

This portrait of Captn. Isaac Hull, of the United States Navy: ... / G...

Print showing Captain Isaac Hull, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, and holding hat under left arm. Caption continues: also the representation of the most interesting... More

William Henry Harrison--Late President of the United States / painted ...

William Henry Harrison, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Print showing a blacksmith sitting on a stool next to the throne of Solomon, thought to be a usurper, the crowd rushes forward to remove him. The man explains to Solomon that the temple could not have been buil... More

The iron worker and King Solomon / the original painted by Prof. C. Sc...

Print showing a blacksmith sitting on a stool next to the throne of Solomon, thought to be a usurper, the crowd rushes forward to remove him. The man explains to Solomon that the temple could not have been buil... More

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philade...

Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left, holding compass, with globe at his feet, and electrical storm visible through the window in the background.

Christ rejected / the original by B. West, 1819 ; engraved by John Sar...

Jesus Christ surrounded by large group of people. Engraving by John Sartain, after drawing by Benjamin West. Copyright by John Sartain.

William Shakespeare / Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., engraving, Library of Co...

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

Grant and his family / original picture by W. Sartain, Philadelphia. ;...

Print showing General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife sitting in a room with their four children standing around them. Library has two proof impressions, proof with title, and proof before letters signed by Sart... More

His holiness Pope Pius IX / painted by Joseph Ames ; engraved by H. W....

Print showing Pope Pius IX, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Caption continues: This print engraved from the original picture painted at Rome AD 1848 is most respectfully dedicated to the ... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Herder / drawn by Buri ; engraved by J. Sartain.

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

Daniel Webster / painted by Chester Harding ; engraved by J. Andrews &...

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by Chester Harding in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massa... More

Napoleon's return from the Island of Elba, March 7th 1815 / painted by...

Print showing Napoleon I greeting French soldiers and citizens after his escape from Elba. Trimmed within plate mark.

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

2735-01 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Henry Harrison--Late President of the United States / painted ...

William Henry Harrison, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Christ raising Jairus' daughter / The original picture by Theodore Von...

Jesus Christ raising Jairus's daughter from her deathbed. Copyright by Bradley & Co.

Henry Clay / painted by J.W. Dodge, 1843 ; engd. on steel by H.S. Sadd...

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting under tree, facing front, with dog at his feet. Includes facsimile signature and a remarque with view of Ashland, home of Henry Clay.

Abraham Lincoln, the martyr, victorious / designed by W.H. Hermans ; e...

Print showing the apotheosis of Abraham Lincoln as he is greeted by George Washington among a host of angels. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fil... More

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, aged 42 / painted by Washington Allston ; eng...

Print shows Samuel Taylor Coleridge, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, with right hand tucked in coat and left hand holding book on lap. From the original picture in the possession of George ... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Preston S. Brooks. Representative in Congress of the U.S. from South C...

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

Martial law / engraved by John Sartain.

The Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham's eloquent but belated reprisal for, as the title continues, "the desolation of the border counties of Missouri, during the enforcement of military orders, issued by Br... More

John Randolph. Of Roanoke / engraved on steel by John Sartain after th...

Print showing John Randolph, half-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, with left arm over back of chair, holding top hat in left hand. Includes a facsimile signature. G7257 U.S. Copyright Office. Li... More

Benjamin Franklin - born in Boston, Jany. 17th 1706 -- died in Philade...

Print showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, sitting in chair, facing slightly left, holding compass, with globe at his feet, and electrical storm visible through the window in the background.

Lincoln and his family / painted by S.B. Waugh ; engraved by William S...

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, sitting in chair at the left end of a table with Thomas sitting next to him, Mary Todd is sitting on the right, and Robert Todd is standing behind the table.... More

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; en...

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the you... More

Abraham Lincoln, the martyr, victorious / designed by W.H. Hermans ; e...

Print showing the apotheosis of Abraham Lincoln as he is greeted by George Washington among a host of angels. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fil... More

Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B., rear admiral of the Red & one of his Maje...

Print shows Sir George Cockburn, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with sword in right hand, with the burning of Washington, D.C. in the background. At head of title: To the Earl St. Vince... More

[Thomas F. Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Edgar Allan Poe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / William...

Copyright 1896 by William Sartain, New York. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Everett Millais - A flood - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. F9602 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraved by E. Gilbert Hester after painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Signed on plate with monogram of M... More

Martial law / engraved by John Sartain.

The Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham's eloquent but belated reprisal for, as the title continues, "the desolation of the border counties of Missouri, during the enforcement of military orders, issued by Br... More

Lincoln and his family / painted by S.B. Waugh ; engraved by William S...

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, sitting in chair at the left end of a table with Thomas sitting next to him, Mary Todd is sitting on the right, and Robert Todd is standing behind the table.... More

Christ rejected / the original by B. West, 1819 ; engraved by John Sar...

Jesus Christ surrounded by large group of people. Engraving by John Sartain, after drawing by Benjamin West. Copyright by John Sartain.

[Puritans going to church] / G.H. Boughton '84.

Print showing a puritan husband and wife walking through snow on their way to church, he carrying a rifle, she a prayer book or bible. 7644 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on plate lower left. Signed in pencil "... More

[Irene] / Joseph Coomans Paris 1888 ; on steel by John Sartain, Philad...

Print showing a young woman resting on cushions, looking to the right. Includes a remarque showing a hand holding a flower. 36267 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright record. Signed in pencil "John Sarta... More

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

The acquittal / painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Print shows the parents, wife, and children, as well as the family dog, are jubilantly gathered around a young man who has been acquitted of a crime; a barrister relays the verdict to the father of the young man.

His royal highness Prince Albert, K.G. &c. &c. &c. / painted by John L...

Print showing Prince Albert, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding scepter and hat. Published at the Albion Office, New York.

The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Conve...

From daguerreotypes by C.C. Heights, Nashville, Tenn. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christ rejected / the original by B. West, 1819 ; engraved by John Sar...

Jesus Christ surrounded by large group of people. Engraving by John Sartain, after drawing by Benjamin West. Copyright by John Sartain.

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; en...

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the you... More

The jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by ...

Group of men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. "From the original painting, distributed by the American Art Union in 1847; published exclusively for the members of that y... More

William Shakespeare / Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., engraving, Library of Co...

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

G. Washington / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword. Includes facsimile signature. Entered according to Act of Congress in the yea... More

John C. Calhoun / painted by T. Hicks ; likeness from a dage. by Brady...

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1852." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln / engraved by Samuel Sartain, printed by Irwin & ...

588 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major-General Zachary Taylor--President of the United States / from an...

Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, standing beside horse, facing front. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to t...

190 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed inscription with facsimile signature: I am very truly yours, Henry Ward Beecher. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by J.C. McRae, in Clerk's Office of the... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Daniel Webster - Public domain portrait print

Print showing Daniel Webster, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left.

John Randolph. Of Roanoke / engraved on steel by John Sartain after th...

Print showing John Randolph, half-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, with left arm over back of chair, holding top hat in left hand. Includes a facsimile signature. G7257 U.S. Copyright Office. Li... More

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

Lincoln family in 1861 / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by J.C. ...

9915 1873 U.S. Copyright Office Printed below image: "Mrs. Lincoln, Willie, Robert, 'Tad,' Lincoln." Copyright 1873 by J.C. Buttre. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit... More

Washington at home / painted by Alonzo Cappel ; engd. by H.B. Hall.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, holding a book, with Martha Washington next to the chair on the left. In the background, on the left, are two children an... More

Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an ...

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Jesus Christ. No. 2596. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped on lower right on verso: Library of Congress, Division of Prints, No. R4031. ... More

John Everett Millais - A flood - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. F9602 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraved by E. Gilbert Hester after painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Signed on plate with monogram of M... More

[Henry Ward Beecher, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to t...

190 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed inscription with facsimile signature: I am very truly yours, Henry Ward Beecher. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by J.C. McRae, in Clerk's Office of the... More

Abraham Lincoln, portrait print, Portrait Print

Print is a composite. The head of Abraham Lincoln is superimposed on the figure and background of an earlier print by A.H. Ritchie showing John C. Calhoun, 1852. This record contains unverified data from PGA s... More

Clear the track! / painted by C. Schuessele, Philadelphia., 1852 ; eng...

Children sledding down a hill. Copyright by James L. Claghorn, 1878.

Washington at home / painted by Alonzo Cappel ; engd. by H.B. Hall.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, holding a book, with Martha Washington next to the chair on the left. In the background, on the left, are two children an... More

Colonel Crockett / engraved by C. Stuart from the original portrait by...

Print shows David Crockett, holding a racoon skin hat and a rifle, with three dogs. 878 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in upper right: Deposited Decemb [sic] [?] 1839 at the Clks [i.e., Clerks] Office of Sou... More

Henry Clay / painted by James Wise ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, left hand resting on table; a globe and two books are on the floor in lower left corner. Entered accor... More

G. Washington / P.F. Rothermel pinx ; A.H. Ritchie sc.

Print showing George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, right hand on book, left hand holding sword. Includes facsimile signature.

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

Little Sammie Sartain / painted by Sant ; engd. by William Sartain.

Print shows Sammie Sartain, half-length portrait, sitting up in bed with hands clasped, facing front. U9271 U.S. Copyright Office. Library has two impressions, one has attributions printed below the image, the... More

His holiness Pope Pius IX / painted by Joseph Ames ; engraved by H. W....

Print showing Pope Pius IX, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Caption continues: This print engraved from the original picture painted at Rome AD 1848 is most respectfully dedicated to the ... More

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