portraits

Siricius I PP Romanus, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Saint Siricius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, with inset of coat of arms. Reproduction of drawing(?). Copyright by J. William Gnecchi.

Heinrich Aldegrever - [Jan van Leyden], 16th century

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 182. Hubbard Collection.

First fol. (reverse) after title page (vase with portraits of Petrarch...

[Title page illus. with ship VICTORIA and bust portraits of circumnavi...

Theodorus Vanlonius / Paul. duPont, sculp. ; Ant. van Dyck, pinxit.

Conterfe dess durchleuchtigen Hochgebornen Fürsten vnnd Herrn Herrn Be...

Birds-eye view engraving shows Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar on charging horse in the left foreground above the valley where the city of Regensburg on the Danube and the hills beyond are seen. Allegorical image... More

[Illus. title page of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gat...

Illus. in: The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde, London, 1636, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434J. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... More

[Title page of The Holy Bible (printed at London by Robert Barker, 163...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4444. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; Bible; Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.

Aussführliche Relation dess hefftigen See-Gefecthtes der zwey grossen ...

Birds-eye view engraving shows galleon war ships engaged in battle on the sea. Smoke and fire are depicted as well as sinking ships and sailors in open boats on the water. Includes medallion portraits of the En... More

Eigentliche Darstellung der Vestung Candia nebenst einer vollkömmliche...

Birds-eye view print shows ships sailing into the harbor at Candia (Ērakleion), Greece. Include views of the fortifications around the city and a panorama view of the hills in the background. On the left side o... More

[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger v...

Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 22 and p. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

Umständliche Beschreibung dess in Irland zwischen König Wilhelm und Kö...

Print shows two birds-eye views of the fortress city of Ireland and a battle scene with medallion portrait of the "Herzog von Schomberg" [Duke of Schomberg] who was killed in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Vi... More

Abris und richtige Beschreibung der blutigen See-Schlacht, zwischen de...

Birds-eye view engraving shows ships in battle in concentric circle formation during the Battle of Barfleur, sometimes referred to the Battle of Tourville that took place on May 29-31, 1692 and the Battle of La... More

[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from ...

Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, frontispiece.

Eigentliche Abbildung und umständlicher Beschereibung der zwischen der...

Birds-eye view engraving shows battlefield with large numbers of troops fighting. In the foreground are soldiers on horseback with guns and swords, some fallen soldiers and horses are seen. Smoke rises in numer... More

Accords-Puncta der Stadt und Vestung Landau ... Stephan Maystetter, ex...

Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortress city of Landau (Landau an der Pfaltz), Germany and map with surrounding villages of Damm, Queichheim and Godramstein as well as locations of mills and chapels. In... More

Verua von denen Franzosen 1704 and 1705 beständig belagert

Birds-eye view print shows the mountain top stone fortress of Verruca [Verua] under siege in 1704 and 1705. Includes views of troops, cannons, cavalry and panorama view with the River Po in the background. Meda... More

Eigentlicher Abbildung der denckwürdiger Action so bey forcirung der f...

Birds-eye view print shows a battle with many infantry and cavalry. In the foreground are fallen soldiers and horses. Allegorical elements in the print include an angel carrying a flaming sword, a cherub blowin... More

Hundert-Jähriges angedencken, das schnelle Kriegsglück des Schwedische...

Engraved print shows twelve rows of thumbnail size images of 103 German cities and towns captured by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in campaigns between 1630 and 1632 during the Thirty Years War. Published on... More

[Medallion portraits of Christoph Jacob Trew, the Margrave of Bradenbu...

Illus. and text in: Opera botanica / Konrad Gesner. Norimbergae : Impensis I.M. Seligmanni, Typus I.I. Fleischmanni, 1751-1771. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 3]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified woman or girl facing left. Her hair hangs down to the nape of her neck. A small lock of hair hangs over her forehead. Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 2]

Silhouette bust portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig tied by a ribbon at the back and a cravat. Title from item. Blind stamp below image: Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 6]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified man facing left. He has a lock of hair over his forehead, wavy hair, and sports a cravat around his neck. Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 6]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman or girl facing left with a bun or ribbon high in her hair, and short strand of hair over her forehead. Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 12]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. His hair does not reach his collar. A lock of hair hangs over his forehead. He wears a cravat. Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 11]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. His hair does not reach his collar. A lock of hair hangs over his forehead. Title devised by Library staff. Faint blind stamp below image indeciph... More

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 4]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified man facing left. His hair stops just above his collar. A lock of hair hangs over his forehead.

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 1]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig or hat high on his head. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Peales Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of unidentified boy facing left]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified boy facing left. His hair is above his collar. A lock of hair hangs over his forehead. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 5]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified man facing left. His hair stops just above his collar. A small lock of hair hangs over his forehead. He wears a cravat. Title devised by Library staff. Faint blind st... More

[Silhouette of girl facing left, no. 2]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified girl facing left. Her hair hangs at the nape of her neck, and she wears bangs.

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 4]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified woman facing left. She wears her hair in a bun. A large lock of hair hangs over her forehead.

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 2]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified woman facing left. Her hair tapers to the nape of her neck. A small lock of hair hangs over her forehead.

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 5]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified woman facing left with a bun in her hair, and strand of hair over her forehead. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Peales Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 9]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He has a prominent nose. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Museum. (DLC/PP-44431). qw05 2011-12r

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 10]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig with a ribbon tied around a ponytail and a cravat.

[Silhouette of man facing right, no. 1]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing right. He wears a wig with a ponytail and has a prominent nose. Title devised by Library staff. Reverse image of DRWG/US - Peale, no. 20 (AA size). (DLC... More

[Silhouette of woman facing left, no. 1]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified woman facing left. Ink has been used to enhance the outline of her hair. Title devised by Library staff. Faint blind stamp below image: Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of girl facing left, no. 1]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified girl facing left. She wears a ribbon high in her hair. A lock of hair hangs over her forehead. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Museum. (DL... More

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 7]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig with a ponytail tied by a ribbon, a cravat, and shirt with a ruff. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Museum.... More

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 8]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified man facing left. He wears a wig with a ponytail and has a prominent nose. Title devised by Library staff. Reverse image of DRWG/US - Peale, no. 21 (AA size). (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of unidentified girl facing left, no. 1]

Bust silhouette portrait shows an unidentified girl facing left. She wears a bow high in her hair. A lock of hair hangs over her forehead. Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-44431).

[Silhouette of man facing left, no. 3]

Bust silhouette portrait shows unidentified man facing left. His hair hangs below his collar. Title devised by Library staff. Blind stamp below image: Museum. (DLC/PP-44431).

Mrs. Newell

Bust portrait silhouette of woman identified as "Mrs. Newell", facing left. She wears a bonnet with ribbon at top and fastened beneath the chin. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: Mrs. Newell. (DL... More

Myra Newell

Bust portrait silhouette of a young girl identified as "Myra Newell", facing right. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: 7. Inscribed in ink at botom left: Myra Newell. (DLC/PP-1998:151.27, .28, .29... More

Robt. [Robert] Newell

Bust portrait silhouette of a young boy identified as "Robt. Newell", facing right. Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: 5 Robt. Newell. Inscribed in ink at botom left: Rob' N. (DLC/PP-1998:151.27, ... More

Capt. Gg. [George?] Newell

Bust portrait silhouette of an elderly man identified as "Capt. G. Newell", facing left. He wears his hair in a short pony-tail tied with a ribbon and he wears a high collar with cravat tied in a bow. Title fro... More

Catherine "Kitty" Floyd, bust portrait miniature, facing slightly righ...

Gold-cased oval portrait miniature in velvet-lined container. Presented to the Library of Congress on June 15, 1977, by Rear Admiral Schuyler N. Pyne, U.S.N. Retired, of Annapolis, Md., a descendant of Catherine Floyd.

JRS

Bust silhouette portrait shows John Rhea Smith (fl. 1785-1809), son of continental congressman Jonathan Bayard Smith (1742-1812) and brother of Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845), facing left. Title from item. (... More

[Portraits engr. by William Blake and J. Chapman].

Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1839 Plate 1 (Edmund Pitts, Esq.) also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

M. le Mis de la Fayette commandant General de la Garde Nationalle Pari...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. de Bucourt, P.L., artis... More

A connoisseur examining a cooper / Js. Gy.

Illus. in: The works of James Gillray, from the original plates ... London : Printed for H.G. Bohn ..., 1851, v. 1, plate 84.

[Medallion portraits of Washington and Lafayette, on plinth draped wit...

Purchase, 1983, (DLC/PP-1983:147.2).

Specimens in miniature of our artistic lithographic portraits

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Armstrong & Co. Armstrong & Co. lithographers...Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Pete...

Twenty five dollars

Print shows a bank note for $25 with a bust portrait of George Washington, right profile, in a medallion surrounded by text which states: "The President, Directois and Company of Washington Bank in Westerly [Rh... More

[Cut-paper silhouette of John I. Hawkins, left profile, possibly by hi...

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in ink on lower left corner: Mr. Hawkins. (DLC/PP-1998:151.28) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Portrait of William Cowper after George Romney.n.p., ca 1802?]

The original of the plate engr. by Blake for the frontispiece of W. Hayley's Life and posthumous writings of William Cowper. Chichester, 1803-04. LC copy accompanied by folder (38 cm.) containing 3 different en... More

Margueritte Olive Simon Alexandre Ami Goujeou Bonplond i.e. Bonpland

Bust silhouette portrait shows a man, perhaps the son of Amie Jacques Alexandre Goujaud Bonpland (1773-1858), facing left. Bonpland, along with Alexandre von Humboldt, toured South America identifying and class... More

Tom Moor [i.e., Moore], 1804

Bust portrait silhouette of Thomas Moore, facing right. Title from item. Inscribed in pencil on verso: #10. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Tom Moor 1804. See LOT 14101, no. 69 for the hollow-cut silhouette of th... More

Thomas Moor [i.e., Moore], July 1804

Bust portrait silhouette of Thomas Moore, facing right. Title from item. Embossed blind stamp at the base of the cutout: Peale. Inscribed in pencil at bottom left: 14. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Thomas Moor,... More

[Portraits of two native women, one black and one light-skinned, Jamai...

La Duchesse / W5(?).

Jamaican woman seated in doorway, kerchief over hair.

Jemmie(?) ; Mr. Brant for Hythe

Two drawings perpendicular to one another : half-length profile of Jamaican woman; and two sailboats with several passengers in each.

Nabobs, British Cartoon Print

Print shows profile portraits of 20 men, called nabobs, who are representatives of the East India Company that have returned home with newly acquired wealth, generally through dubious or corrupt means. Title fr... More

The eldest son of Judge Breckenridge

Bust silhouette portrait shows the eldest son of Judge Henry Marie Breckenridge (1786-1871) facing right. Title from item. Faint blind stamp below image indecipherable. (DLC/PP-44431).

Goethe - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Stieler, Josef, art... More

[Silhouette of young boy holding a riding crop, facing left]

MAS

Bust silhouette portrait shows MAS, perhaps Anna Maria Smith, daughter of Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845) as identified by pencil inscription, facing left. Title from item. (DLC/PP-44431).

This plate of the town of Fayetteville North Carolina, so called in ho...

Oriented with north to the upper left. Shows street names, natural features, properties, and town boundary line. Robert H.B. Brazier was probably the cartographer for this map (from Dictionary of North Carolina... More

Johnathan Dayton. LL.D. Nat. 1760-ob. 1824 : from the St. Memin collec...

Le Duc d'Angoulême, Dauphin de France and Charles X, né à Versailles l...

Picture shows full-length silhouettes of Louis Antoine, duc d'Angoulême, Dauphin de France, right profile, and Charles X, King of France, left profile; facing each other. Title from item. Title inscribed in pen... More

Aaron Burr : born, Feb. 6, 1756-died, Sept. 14, 1836

Portraits of Hannibal and Cyprian, with vignettes illustrating African...

An abolitionist print, asserting the nobility of the African peoples and deploring their inhumane treatment under the slave trade. There are two vignettes: "Treatment of the Africans" (top) showing African nati... More

[Unidentified woman holding book, with books on table to her right]

Case: geometric design. Barboza number: 6019.056. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

The author of Vanity Fair

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing...

Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: Rinhart 63. Accompanying note in case on stationery of the Arts Club of Washington, in handwriting... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, wearing gloves]

Case: Rinhart 91. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

American bank note company, Philadelphia, office 125 S. 5th St.

Print shows an advertisement for the American Bank Note Company with an engraved illustration showing the "Signing the Declaration of Independence" and on the verso the full text of the Declaration of Independe... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Case: Rinhart 195. Barboza number: 6019.057. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Aaron Copland collection

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

Scratched on back of plate: 311. Corners trimmed. Hallmark: Lerebour. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More

[Israel T. Hatch, half-length portrait, slightly to right, eyes front]

Democratic Congressman from New York, 1857-1859. Scratched on face of plate: 189: Hatch. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Pro... More

[Henry Grinnell, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile to the left]

Merchant; backer of polar expeditions; first President of the American Geographical Society.

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

[Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 259. Corners trimmed. 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 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

[Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the right...

Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824; Democratic Senator, 1825-1831, 1841-1845; Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834; Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-1851. Sc... More

[Pliny Earle, three-quarters to left]

Author and physician. Identification from Sanborn's Life of Earle. Scratched on face of plate: 39; Earle. Scratched on back of plate: 113 Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Da... More

[Ruth Fitts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 32. Case: variant of Rinhart 124. Accompanying label: Ruth Fitz (Mrs. Chester Fitz) of Charlton. Was part of LOT 8492. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1959. Forms par... More

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Vignetted at bottom. Scratched on back of plate: 23. Corners rounded. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More

[Freeman Hunt, half-length portrait, slightly to the left]

Journalist, author, publisher. Manuscript label on cover glass: Mr. Hunt. Scratched on back of plate: 399. Edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype coll... More

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Alternative identification: Fitzpatrick (cat. 5). Scratched on face of plate: 33; Fitzpatrick. Scratched on back of plate: 292; Sen from [?] Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on similar image in the Biogr... More

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 189; 295. Corners rounded. Possibly a portrait of John Bigelow based on similarity to image LC-BH82- 4625 in Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer... More

[Joseph Vance, half-length portrait, slightly to the left]

Democratic Congressman from Ohio, 1822-1835; Governor, 1836-1838; Whig Congressman, 1843-1847. Scratched on face of plate: 165. Scratched on back of plate: 285; Gov. Vance, Ohio. Transfer; U.S. War College; 192... More

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

Scratched on back of plate: 39. Written in pencil on back of plate: 39. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew B... More

[George Bush, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right...

Identification from engraving by H.W. Smith on frontispiece of Memoirs and reminiscences of the late Prof. George Bush, edited by Woodbury M. Fernald, 1860. Image in engraving is similar, but not identical to t... More

[Ralph Hoyt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, holdin...

Poet and clergyman. Identification from print published in Duyckinck's Cyclop. of Amer. Literature (1875), v. 2, page 397. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Unidentified woman, full-length portrait, three-quarter to the right,...