portrait prints

St. Christopher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

St. Christopher walking through water with cherub on shoulder. Public domain scan of 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henricus Cornelius Agrippa Lit. Feyerlein

Portrait print showing Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, right profile. Reference print filed in BIOG FILE - Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535 Published as frontispiece in: Henric... More

Gilbert Stuart - George Washington, head-and-shoulders, facing left

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Andrew Jackson / drawn from life and engraved by J.B. Longacre.

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Richard Henry Lee / engr. by P. Maverick & J.B. Longacre, from a drawi...

Gift; Florence P. Spofford; (DLC/PP-1933:003) Exhibited in: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Yours very sincerely Lewis P. Clover

Print shows Lewis P. Clover, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.

Elbridge Gerry / engraved by J.B. Longacre.

Elbridge Gerry, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. From a drawing by Vanderlyn.

Sœur de la bonne femme de Normandie d'apres le desein de son fils Pier...

Print shows Print shows an elderly woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, holding a tulip in her right hand at her left shoulder, wearing a bonnet and scarf. Caption continues: Dédié àe Mons... More

[Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, half-length portrait, facing front] / ...

From volume: Gallerie ausgezeichneter Naturforscher. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Irving, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, 3/4, facing left. Photo by M.B. Brady. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Why not love thee darling? / N.E. Lith. Steam Ptg. Co., Boston.

Music cover, illustrated with head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman.

[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing hat]

Known as "the Quaker photo." Saunders, no. 35 Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): Christian artisan of Belka; (2): wife of an artisan of Belka; and (3) Muslim peasant woman of the environs of Belka. French caption from book: Syrie: Figure 1: Artisan Chrétien de Belka; Figure 2: Femme d... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): Shepherd from the environs of Diarbèkir (Diyarbakır); (2): Kurde of Djizrè (Cizre); and (3): Kurd from the environs of Mardin.

His grace Joseph Sadoc Alemany, CSD - Arch Bishop of San Francisco / H...

Print showing Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding book and glasses in hands. K11000 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone in lower right: H. Steinegger. Copyri... More

Janauschek as "Meg Merrilies" - Public domain portrait print

Created by "Courier Lith. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Frances Wright / J. Gorbitz ; J.C. Buttre.

Frances Wright, half-length portrait, seated, facing front with left elbow resting on table. Illus. from: History of woman suffrage / Elizabeth Cady Stanton. New York : Fowler & Wells, 1881-1922, v. 1, frontispiece.

David Wilmot (after a lithograph by M.H. Traubel)

David Wilmot, half-length portrait, facing left, in oval. After lithograph by Traubel published 1887 in Century Magazine, 11:542.

[Abraham Lincoln], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Fabric tag showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right, within a wreath, beneath two hands glasped in a handshake, flanked by British and American flags; includes "No. 3474" and "Yds. 5... More

Mahomet El Bashse. (Egyptian camel driver) / Franklin Co., Eng., Chi.

Mahomet El Bashse, half-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Egyptian costume. Copyright by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : published by N.D.... More

The High Rollers Extravaganza Co.

35121 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Marguerite Leslie. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2692. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Clifford & Huth, A high born lady Laugh and the world laughs with you.

19163 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3685. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

John Ericsson - Public domain portrait drawing

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Jacques Casanova de Seingalt a l'âge de 63 ans

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, right profile. Illus. in: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seinhalt, the prince of adventurers. London : Chapman and Hall, limited, 1902, vol. 1, frontispiece. Ref. copy ... More

Portrait photo of Matt, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of an old African American man wearing hat and overalls. Copyrighted 1902 by Lewis Francis Hanes.

Brown, Philadelphia, N.L. - Public domain portrait print

Postcard showing a portrait of Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown of the Chicago Cubs. Portrait is incorrectly labelled as [Buster] Brown, Philadelphia, N. L. Portrait is surrounded by a decorative border with two... More

[Rabindranath Tagore, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing ri...

J222222 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright restriction per LC Photoduplication Service.

Major General Andrew Jackson, President of the United States / painted...

Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, leaning on horse. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Jackson, Andrew In Uniform Bust. Published in: Presidential Pets / Niall Kelly (1992), p. 18.

Roeber and Crane Bro's Vaudeville-Athletic Co.

Includes multiple vignettes of staged athletic events and personalities. 52625 U.S. Copyright Office "Mental learning is time wasted without physical exercise to develop the body & thereby strengthen the brain.... More

Laurant magician, illusionist, entertainer.

"Designed, engraved, printed by the W.M. King Service, 638 Federal Street, Chicago." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Con... More

William H. Taft - "good times" - Public domain portrait print

Print shows William Howard Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, against red, white, and blue background, with "Good Times" printed on a label attached to his coat. Copyrighted 1908. Allied... More

The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd C...

Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R. Revels, Benj. S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and R. Brown Elliot. Currier & Ives : a cat... More

Stone walls and chains do not make a prison --- for Houdini

Created by "Famous Players - Lasky Corporation." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Houdini followed his performance in "The master mystery" with the "Grim game," the first o... More

Primrose & West's Big Minstrels

B252640 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Geo. H. Primrose, Wm. H. West, the acknowledged leaders of minstrelsy. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7319? Forms part of: Minstr... More

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col. W.F. Cody / Alick P.F. Ritchie.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Buffalo Bill, composed of guns, rope, heads of buffalo and horse, snowshoes, etc. Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. K73. 1890. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, ... More

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. No. 37 / G. ...

Print shows a campaign banner for the Republican ticket in the 1864 presidential election. It consists of facing bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln (left) and Andrew Johnson (right). Below each portrait is an id... More

James K. Polk--President elect of the United States / lith. & pub. by ...

James K. Polk, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, his right hand extending to his side, and left hand on drape on table. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / com... More

El Pequeño Gigante cigarros, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Advertisement label showing head and shoulders portrait of Stephen Douglas. Copyright by B.F. Wilson.

Leo XIII Pontifex Max. A.D. MDCCCLXXVIII

Print showing Pope Leo XIII, bust portrait, facing front, in medallion, "surrounded by an ornamental border, representing the Holy Father, dressed in his usual robes, with stole, ermine and solideo cap on his h... 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.

Pioneers in the great religious reformation of the nineteenth century ...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Thomas Campbell, B.W. Stone, Walter Scott, and A. Campbell. Q4583 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.D.C. McFarland, Des Moines, Iowa. Exhibited: "Religion and the founding o... More

Devere's High Rollers Burlesque Co.

Caption: Sylvia Starr : the American Venus : who posed for Linstrom's famous statue "Light". She will appear at every performance in "Visions of art", her beauty and entertainment have created a sensation. Cre... More

The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consoli...

Circus poster showing full-length portrait of Kilpatrick, who has only one leg, standing with bicycle, and descending stairway on bicycle, as clowns and audience watch. No. 2896. Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co.

Isabel / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie, N.Y.

Half-length portrait of woman, seated, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Flints to-night - Public domain portrait print

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

Galileo / engraved by Robt. Hart., engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Galileo, half-length portrait, facing front. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oshichi, Utagawa Kuniteru - Public domain portrait drawing

Image of the young maiden, Oshichi, who attempted arson out of love and was burned at the stake in 1683. She became a figure in plays with different story lines. Includes vignette image (koma-e) above her head ... More

Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union by N. Mendal Shaf...

Print shows the outline of 42 states and Indian Territory, a Civil War battle scene, and Liberty holding U.S. flag and sword riding on the back of an eagle, Lincoln and his cabinet (the secretaries linked to im... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.

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

Skandogh, the old Oneida chief [h/s, (3)]

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.

[Portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter]

Gift; H.K. Bush-Brown; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47566). Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lincoln Family / lith. of Currier & Ives.

Abraham Lincoln with his family, Mrs. Lincoln, Robert, and Thaddeus around table.

Titus Salt, three quarter length portrait

Titus Salt, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Illustration from Harper's Monthly, vol. 44, 1872.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): Muslim artisan of Angora (Ankara); (2): Christian artisan of Angora (Ankara); and (3): Kurd from the area of Yuzgat (Yozgat). French caption from book: Angora: Figure 1: Artisan Musulman d'Angora; Figure ... More

Beecher, captain of Yale foot ball team Old Judge & Gypsy Queen Cigare...

Cigarette card for Goodwin & Co. tobacco manufacturer shows portrait of Henry Ward Beecher, football player for Yale University. Issued by: Goodwin & Co., New York.

[Ida B. Wells, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Illus. in: The Afro-American press and its editors, by I. Garland Penn., 1891. Published in: The African-American mosaic, a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture / Debra... More

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.

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu - Public domain portrait print

Z62748 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 862. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Hopkins' Transoceanic Star Specialty Co.

74916 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Robt Fulgora, sole proprietor. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co, Cin., U.S.A." No. 3413. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collec... More

McIntyre & Heath's Comedians the epitome of vaudeville.

645..? U.S. Copyright Office Caption: McWatters & Tyson in Scenes in a dressing room. Created and "copyright 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cin. & N.Y." John R. Considine, sole proprietor;... More

The High Rollers Extravaganza Co.

35122 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Nettie Barton. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2691. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co. direct from Weber & Fields Music Hall, New ...

Caption: Smith & Campbell. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2720. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Anna Held - Public domain portrait print

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Jno. A. Himmelein's Enterprises The Imperial Stock Co., The Ideals.

Caption: Jno. A. Himmelein, sole owner. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2761. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. Caption: Edw. Fox - grotesque dancer & comedian. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2817. Forms part of: Minstrel pos... More

Marguerita Sylva in Kirke La Shelle's elaborate opera comique producti...

Created by "The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cin. & N.Y." No. 4967. Signed: Marguerita Sylva, May 25, 1941. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

Caption: Lew Sully, the original comedian presenting ideas of his own. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 9022. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Libra... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Two pictures: One of a cowboy on bucking horse, other of W. F. Cody and an Indian profile. Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo. Copyright deposit.

Alfred Stieglitz, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Stieglitz, head and shoulders, right profile. Photogravure by J.J. Waddington Co., London. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 21, January 1908, plate VI. Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and... More

Joseph Haydn - Public domain portrait engraving

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Thurston, world's famous magician the wonder show of the earth.

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George Washington - Public domain portrait engraving

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President elect, Abraham Lincoln Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Presiden...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln (without beard), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, after a photograph by Preston Butler, in large oval with vignettes of scenes from Lincoln's life. Caption from bound copy... More

A colonial wedding, the marriage of Dr. Francis Le Baron and Mary Wild...

Print shows Francis LeBaron and Mary Wilder during their wedding ceremony, with many guests, in a room, possibly in the magistrate's residence, officiated by a clergyman; includes two remarques, at bottom cente... More

General U. S. Grant - Public domain portrait print

Portrait showing Ulysses S. Grant, sitting, facing forward, in uniform. Copyright, 1891, by M. P. Rice, 1217-19-25 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C. [Portrait] from the only original unretouched negative, made in... More

The Black Patti, Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones the greatest singer of her ...

Poster shows Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, known as Black Patti, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with many medals pinned to her dress. Created by "Metropolitan Print, N.Y." No. 1405. Forms part ... More

Daniel Webster. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Associated name on shelflist card: Middleton, (E.C.) & Co. Title written in pencil on item. Accompanied by copyright notice adhered to verso: Warranted oil colors. Entered according to act of Congress in the ye... More

[Jim O'Rourke, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. Exhibited: "Baseball Americana," at the Library of Congress,... More

Al. G. Field Minstrels - Public domain portrait print

"Made in U.S.A." Caption: Emmett Miller : clarinet voiced comedian : "A thousand frogs." Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O." No. O-1601. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

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

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Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate for president of the United Stat...

A print for a large campaign banner or poster for Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. It features a central roundel with a bust portrait of the candidate, flanked by standing deities Justice and ... 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

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : ma...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budape... More

American presidents - first hundred years - 1776 1876

Print showing bust portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant, with view of the U.S. Capitol building.

American presidents - first hundred years - 1776 1876

Print showing bust portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant, with view of the U.S. Capitol building.

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.

George Washington at Mt. Vernon - Public domain portrait engraving

George Washington seated, half-length, with Martha Washington, and two children. 11293U U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1889 by Kurz & Allison.

George Washington at Mt. Vernon - Public domain portrait engraving

George Washington seated, half-length, with Martha Washington, and two children. 11293U U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1889 by Kurz & Allison.

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