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Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late ...

Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a c... More

St. Jerome / Guid. Rhen. inuen., Barthol. Coriolanus, eques, sculpsit ...

Print shows Saint Jerome in adoration before a crucifix. Exhibit caption (2014): This chiaroscuro woodcut comes from the Library's Pembroke Album collection assembled between ca. 1683 and 1733 by Philip and Tho... More

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Jan Van Eyck, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. from: Académie des sciences et des arts ... / Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, Liv. VI, p. 379. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 43

Mr. Dimond as Philaster - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.

Title from shelflist card. Inscription below portrait: Fellow of Lincoln Colledge Oxford. Jno. Williams, pinxt. J. Faber, fecit. On shelflist card: Printed for and sold by Robt. Sayer ... . Stamp on verso: depo... More

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

François Boucher - Watteau, par la Nature, ... sous des traits si gala...

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

Kiyomitsu Torii - Bandō hikosaburō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... More

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.

Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More

The hon. John Hancock, Esq. - president of the honourable the Continen...

Print shows left profile bust portrait of John Hancock between text on "The Character of a Patriot." Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, ... (Boston, Mass.). Boston : 1777, p. 3. Published in: The Americ... More

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to th... More

The honble. Horatio Gates, major general of the American forces

Print shows General Horatio Gates, full-length portrait, standing, wearing uniform, facing slightly right, holding scroll labeled "Articles of Capitulation." Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in Ameri... More

John Andre esqr., late Adjutant General of the British forces in Ameri...

John André, full-length portrait, facing right with left arm raised and pointing to the right, wearing military uniform. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin ... More

Lord Loughborough, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval with sword and scale at top. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1780 (August), pp. 347-348... More

General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

General Thomas Gage, half-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its firs... More

Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Captain Sir Charles Asgill, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform and hat, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ... More

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

M. Baillij / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; Boizot, pinx.

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

Giuseppe Girolamo Lalande / Demarchi, dis. ; Bonini, inc.

Full-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande. Tissandier collection.

Mirabeau pere du peuple / Lacaille sculp cit.

Print shows Mirabeau, bust portrait, left profile, in medallion. Purchase; Denenberg Fine Arts; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:180). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

D. Fernando Nuñez de Guzman / Ml. Esquivel lo grabó ; J.L. Enquidanos ...

Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Núñez de Guzmán, Hernán, 1478(?)-1553.

George Washington W. Grainger sculpt, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in oval. Hart, 806 Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Geo: Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing military uniform; in oval. Printed at top: Engraved for the Ladies Mag. Portion of a watermark on bottom left: WL. Baker, 429 ... More

Charles Grove, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 465 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Identified as William Hudson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profi...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 710 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin - William Hill Wells, h...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 495 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Duke of Grafton / W. Haines sculpt.

Print shows Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, in oval. Stauffer, 1200 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 74-430. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grafton, Duke of

Prof. S.F.B. Morse - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Collier, J.H.

Rt. Hon'ble. George Grenville / W. Haines sculpt.

Print shows George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, bust portrait, facing front, in oval. Stauffer, 1202 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 73-501. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grenville, George 1712-1770

[Jean Baptiste Lully, head-shoulders portrait facing front]

No. 410103. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Stuart, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 160 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Mrs. David Meade Randolph, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Handprinted on mount: [Born Mary (Molly) Randolph]. Dexter, 721 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G... More

[William Lee, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

John Irving, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 649 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Theodore Hunt, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 643 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

His most excellent majesty George the third, by the grace of god, of t...

Print showing George III, King of Great Britain, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military hat and coat.

General Jackson, hero of New Orleans aquatinted by W. Strickland

Print shows Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform and hat, with clouds, cannons and ribbon that states "Defeated 8000 British at New Orleans 1815". Stauffer, 3048 (DLC/PP-... More

Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier, Tissandier Collection, France

Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Printed above portrait: MS C.L. no. 429. Tissandier collection.

Hans Holbein / Ipse ; Corner Inct., engraving, Library of Congress

Hans Holbein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; beneath, medallion inset of King Henry VIII and his court.

Tenmangū no kakejiku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Sugawara Michizane as Tenjin, facing front, sitting in the Tenman Shrine (in Osaka?). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Andrew Jackson, President of the United States drawn from life and eng...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 41860. Inscribed in pencil on verso: May 30, '03. Forms part of: Popular graph... More

Abduhl Rahhahman / H. Inman, Esqr, N.A., del. ; T. Illman, sculp.

Portrait of a West African prince known as Ibrahima, Prince of Slaves, and Abdu-l-Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori. He was captured as a war prisoner and became a slave in the United States for 40 years. He was freed in... More

[Benjamin Tallmadge, 1754-1835, half length portrait, facing right] / ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. Index; BI; Shelf.

Robert Carter Nicholas, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by C...

Print shows Robert Carter Nicholas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed... More

Honorable Cadwallader D. Colden Esqr. / Painted by Waldo & Jewett ; En...

Cadwallader D. Colden, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. After a painting by Samuel Waldo and William Jewett.

Admiral David Porter, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Admiral David Porter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform.

C.F. Hoffman / painted by H. Inman ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

A Kalapuya man - a native of Oregon / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.H. Douga...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Kalapuya man. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with thirteen... More

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.

Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke, sumo wrestler, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ... More

Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...

Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. Inscribed in ink at bottom right: Briggs Coll. 41499. Sheet cropped and appears to have been removed from a bound volume.

Zachary Taylor, the people's choice for 12th president

Print shows a Whig campaign banner for the 1848 presidential election. In the center of a facsimile cloth banner is an oval bust portrait of candidate Zachary Taylor in military uniform. Surrounding the oval, o... More

Her most excellent majesty Charlotte Queen of Great Britain / Frye ad ...

Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Bryan, 2 Smith, 2 Duplessis, 9194:15 Dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.

[Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, Princesse de France] / Luigi Rossi d...

Print showing Louise-Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, with right hand resting on a table, in front of a picture of a man with two children. Inscribed in pencil on ... More

[Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, half-length portrait, facing right]

Scratched on back of plate: C... Ex mayor, 1852. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on portrait in: Wall Street in History, by Martha J. Lamb, p. 69. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC... More

Passmore Williamson / John H. Sherwin, del. ; L.N. Rosenthals lith. Ph...

Print shows Passmore Williamson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, "in Moyamensing Prison, Philada." Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Incarcerated by Judge Kane. In Moyamensing Prison,... More

Mr. Edwin Forrest as Richard III. A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a h...

Edwin Forrest, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in scene from Richard III. Copyright by Martin & Johnson.

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

Samuel Houston / engd. by W.J. Edwards, from a daguerreotype.

Print shows Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval with scroll work border above a cartouche showing a view of the "City of Houston in Texas." (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S... More

Everett cigarros puros superiores, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward Everett, Senator, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, on tobacco label. By R.M. Staigg; engraved by J. Cheney.

[John A. Gilmer, Representative from North Carolina, Thirty-fifth Cong...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 146. Each item includes subject's orig... More

John C. Heenan, champion of America born in West Troy, New York, May 2...

Print shows a full-length portrait of John Carmel Heenan, in boxing stance. 774 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by Wm. Carland, in the Clerk's Office of the Distri... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln,. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ambroise Thomas, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows Amboise Thomas, French composer, head-and-shoulders portrait, chin resting on left hand, facing left. 1302 hand written on mount. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. R... More

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain portrait print

Head and shoulders, facing left; right hand under chin. Photoprint by W. Kurtz, N.Y.C. (Saunders 12). Feinberg/Whitman Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

Maj. Genl. Rosecranz i.e., Rosecrans

Print shows William S. Rosecrans, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform.

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Maj. General U.S. Grant]

Addressed to Mr. James W. Hensley, Salem, Illinois, Co. D. 111th Reg. Ill. Volunteer, care Capt. Foster; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Co... More

Commodore Goldsborough / Magee.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform.

Capt. Semmes, of the pirate "Alabama"

Raphael Semmes, 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

[John C. Frémont], Confederate States of America.

Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows two scenes: Battle in the Shenandoah Valley under Genl. Frémont Cross Keys, and Pike's Peak, surrounding head-and-shoulders stipple engraving portrait of John C... More

Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position and without vignetting, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The ... More

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Iagnaubtsy zhiteli verkhov'ia r...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 19.

Sawamura tosshō no shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Sawamura Tosshō, half-length portrait, facing right, in the role of Shirai Gonpachi, a samurai turned outlaw, about to draw his sword.

Benjamin Franklin, Supt. P.N.D.A., Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 1873-18...

Photograph shows portrait of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency superintendant and former chief of detectives at the Philadelphia Police Department. Forms part of: Visual material from the records of Pinker... More

Ulysses S. Grant / engraved by William Sartain, Philadelphia.

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing with right hand resting on desk, and the U.S. Capitol in the upper left background. Includes facsimile signature.

William R. Roberts President Fenian Brotherhood

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Calvert & Co. Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1866 by C. O'Leary in the Clerk's Office of the Di... More

Governor Dillingham, of Vermont / photographed by Black & Case, Boston...

Three illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Paul Dillingham; one showing the oldest fire engine in the United States; and the other showing people digging in garbage dump looking fo... More

Albert Newsam, the deaf & mute artist / J. Queen ; P.S. Duval, Son & C...

Frontispiece from Memoir of Albert Newsam / Joseph O. Pyatt. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1868.

The Fairy Story imp. New Eng. Lith. Co. Boston

Print shows two girls, possibly sisters, reading a fairy tale together. Copyrighted 1869 by Chas. A. Barry. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869 by Chas. A. Barry, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Count Bismarck / engraved for the Eclectic by Perine & Giles, N.Y.

Otto Bismarck, 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

John Adams / SW., Head and Shoulders Portrait

John Adams, 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

The great national memorial / C. Inger.

Print showing portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln with portraits of their respective cabinet officers, two vignette scenes showing of the landi... More

The legend of Salem: "The Reverend George Burroughs was accused of wit...

George Burroughs, full-length portrait, standing in courtroom, facing left, with hands in chains. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 31, (1871 Feb. 4), p. 345

U. S. Grant. / N.T.H. ; CC ; from life by N.T. Hartshorn ; imp. Chas. ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Signed on stone "N.T.H." on left, and "CC" on right. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by N.T. Hartshorn, in the office o... More

The patriots of Ireland, portrait print

Print shows several men standing and sitting around a table for a group portrait; depicted are (from left): Major Genl. Owen Roe O'Neil [sic], John Philpot Curran, Thomes [sic] Moore, Father Burke, John Fox, Ge... More

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

(1) Bulgarian woman of Ahi Tchèlèbi; (2) Greek woman of Hasskeuı̈ (Khaskovo); and (3) peasant woman of Baı̈djas. Ahi Tchèlèbi and Khaskovo are outside of Plodiv, Bulgaria. French caption: Andrinople: Figure 1:... More

The late Lewis Tappan, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Illustration showing Lewis Tappan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 17, no. 863 (1873 July 12), p. 597.

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

(1) Middle class Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); (2) poor Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); and (3) peasant from the environs of Yanı̈a (Yanya). French caption: Yania: Figure 1: Arnaout de Yanı̈a (Classe moyenne); Figur... More

Kiralfy's grand spectacle of Paradise lost

Includes portraits of Julia Seaman, Kiralfy Brothers, and others. "Printed by Stannard & Son, 7, Poland St., London ...." Copyrighted by Imre and Bolossy Kiralfy, 1874. Signed: R.J. Hamierton(?), London. Forms ... More

National Republican chart 1876, portrait print

Print shows Rutherford B. Hayes, facing right, and William A. Wheeler, facing left, bust portraits, with cameo portraits of U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant; includes text of the Repub... More

Orrin Welch, 33 [followed by a 0 above three dots forming a triangle],...

Print showing Orrin Welch, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion. I5744 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1878, by W.A. Vandercook.

Alice Oates, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

K11701 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: Renault. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Charles Carleton Coffin, 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

Frederick Douglass C.F. Conly Photographer, 465 Washington St., Boston

Photograph shows reproduction of portrait by George Kendall Warren taken in 1876. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War... More

[Photographer and subject, in Yokohama, Japan]

Print shows a woman posing for a portrait photograph, half-length, seated, facing right, next to a table with a potted plant; at the top of the image is a banner filled with text and an illustration of the phot... More

Fanny Davenport - Public domain portrait photograph

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

De Wolf Hopper, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 192...

Created by "The Metropolitan Printing Co., N.Y." Newspaper clipping encased in mylar. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)