18th Century Portrait Engravings

Line engravings of notable figures from the 18th century, showcasing classic attire and formal poses, often highlighted by decorative borders and text.

Portrait of Nicolaas Lodewijk, Count of Zinzendorff, Simon Fokke, 1750 print Portrait bust in Ovaal by Nicolaas Lodewijk, count of Zinzendorff, to the left. Around the portrait is a border script and four lines of text under the portrait, both in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching historical person (with NAME)

Portrait of françois-joaquin-bernard potier de GelsVres, Johann Martin Berbigeroth, 1740 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV in an oval. In his right hand a command. There around a number of allegorical objects, including a helmet and orange branches. On a pedestal a representation of his death and four Dutch text rules. At the top right 'Pag: 49.'.

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste.

Michael Alberti. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after Gabriel Spizel.

Portrait of Petrus van Ede, Jan Stolker, 1759 print Portrait on the occasion of the death of the Remonstrant pastor Petrus van Ede at the age of 62. His portrait is surrounded by Vanitas symbols; A Bible, a extinguished candle, a skull and an hourglass. Northern Netherlands paper (human) skull. hourglass. candlestick

Formey, Johann Heinrich Samuel Draftsman: Gualtieri, Paul Charl. Cup: Houbraken, Jacobus

PortraT van Johannes Fries, Johann Jacob Haid, after Johann Caspar Füssli, 1742 - 1767 print Augsburg paper etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. scroll. seal, stamp

Marchese Cesare Beccaria. Dated: 1815-1818. Dimensions: sheet: 23 × 16.6 cm (9 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.) plate: 19.8 × 14 cm (7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.). Medium: etching and stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after G. B. Bosio Giovanni Antonio Sasso.

Portrait of Christianus Gottlieb Ioecherus

Halfés Von Mals: Dalemann, Henge bundlands: PAZIABUL, Pierre manine: bum-Michel, & CO.

Portrait Cornelius Valerius Vonck, mayor of Nijmegen. Portrait in half by Cornelius Valerius Vonck, mayor of Nijmegen. In his right hand a writing spring, his left hand rests on a book. In the background a curtain and a bookcase. Under the portrait stand on a base in Latin the name and titles of the portrayed, followed by a text in Latin and Dutch.

Bulaeus, Christoph.

Portrait of Jan Jacob Hartsinck, charter and chartermaster of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth with his name and information in three lines in Dutch., Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1779 - 1780, paper, engraving, h 223 mm × w 162 mm

Bildnis des John Petrvs de Lvdewig

Bildnis of François Rivard

Quesnay, François.

Weißmann, Christian Eberhard Stecher: Sysang, Johann Christoph

Portrait of Johannes Burman; Joannes Burmannus. Portrait in half of Johannes Burman, behind a plinth, leaking his left hand over the edge. On the plinth, name and data in two lines in Latin. Below it is an eighty verse in Latin.

William, Duke of Devonshire, John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, Published by Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712-died 1753, British, Published by John Bowles & Son, 1701-1779, British, 1755, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 inches (38.4 x 28 cm), Plate: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (35 x 24.7 cm), and Image: 12 5/16 x 9 11/16 inches (31.3 x 24.6 cm), drapery, flounces, frock coat, man, medal, nobility, portrait, star, The Most Noble Order of the Garter, wig

Ulrich, Johann Rudolf.

ALEXANDER POPE writer Date: 1688 - 1744

Arnauld, Antoine.

. Bust to the right of Lodewijk Ernst, Duke of Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which its name and data in four rules in Dutch.

Ludewig, Johann Peter von Stecher: Sysang, Johanna Dorothea

Portrait of Grigorij Aleksandrovich, prince of Tauris Potemkin, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Portrait of the Russian statesman Grigorij Aleksandrovich Potemkin, prince of Tauris. Amsterdam paper etching

Recxstoot, Johan Pieter.

Sacy, Louis de.

Portrait of Michael Lilienthal, Johann Georg Wolffgang, after Leonhard Schorer, 1730 print Berlin paper engraving / etching historical persons

Portrait of Frans van Mieris (II), Frans van Mieris (II) in an interior of a studio. With his left hand he is holding a painting on a donkey. For him a plinth on which an open book, painting attributes and writing utensils. In the background a bookcase with some images. Below the portrait an eight-line verse in Dutch., Portrait, self-portrait of painter, artist at work, in his workshop, easel, tools, implements of painter, Frans van Mieris (II), Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1708 - 1780, paper, engraving, h 346 mm × w 238 mm

John Patch. Colour engraving by E. A. Ezekiel, 1789, after J. Opie.

Werner, Christoph Joseph .

Philipp I The Beautiful, King of Spain Publisher: Moncornet, Baltazardatting: 1615/1668

Portrait of nicolaes. Cool. .

Cramer, Johann Andreas.

Portrait of Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company. Portrait of Adriaan Valckenier (1695-1751). Governor General (1737-41). Standing, slip down, to the left, facing the face. CommandTave in the right hand, with the left arm resting on a book with a paper on which the monogram of the VOC. At the top right of the family crest, at the bottom left of the weapons of Dutch East Indies, the Republic and Batavia. A ship at sea in the background. Part of a series of copies to portraits of the governor general of the former Dutch East Indies, probably from the Dutch East India Company. Copy to SK-A-3778.

Schmid, Konrad Arnold Publisher: Nicolai, Friedrichmaler: Matthieu, Leopoldstecher: Hen, Eberhard Siegfriedverlagsort: Szczecin

Matthys Straalman; Matheus Straalman. Portrait bust from Matthys Straalman, former mayor of Amsterdam. He wears a battery jug and a broad BEF. Under the portrait, family crest, a caption and a four-line poem in French and underneath the translation in Dutch.

Alberti, Michael Errger: Sysang, Johann Christophfactischer Store: Leipzig

Portrated Van Abraham von Humbert, Johann Jacob Haid, After Rosina Christiana Ludovika Matthieu, After J.C. Kruger, 1750 print Augsburg paper historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. armour

Portrait of Jan van Borssele van der Hooge. Portrait of Jan van Borssele van der Hooge, by Willem IV, Prince of Oranje-Nassau to his representative as the first noble van Zeeland appointed. His weapon under the portrait.

PortraT van Samuel Christian Hollmann, Johann Jacob Haid, after Georg Daniel Heumann, 1748 - 1767 print Augsburg paper etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. thermometer. microscope

Hawke, 1. Baron Hawke, Edward .

Yoste, Jan Mets & Sylezi, Jow Guy Food: a pagemanworthiness: Selling Christian, John Fri Sirich D. J. (ERENE) POLLABLE: LeipziG

Portrait of Abraham Magarus nicknamed Cato Kamerling at the age of 72. Portrait of the scammer Abraham Magarus nicknamed Cato Kamerling in his cell.

Kaldschmied, Karl Friedrich.

Frey, Jacob.

Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob Publisher: Gleditsch, Johann Friedrich (The Younger) Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martinverlagsort: Leipzig

Portrait of Jacob Theodor Klein in his study, Louis Maisonneuve, 1729 - 1829 print France paper etching / engraving historical persons. scholar in his study

Frisi, Paolo.

Portrait of Hermanus Boerhaave. .

Oilhafen of Schöllenbach, Christoph Friedrich.

Poritrait of Abraham de Fabert, Gerard Edelinck, Flemish, active in France, 1640/41 - 1707, Engraving on paper, In an oval enframement is the bust portrait of Abraham de Fabert, Marshal of France (1599-1660). He is shown facing half left, wearing armor and with a sash over his left shoulder, under a lace collar. The sitter's coat of arms in an oval frame., France, Paris, France, after 1658, Print, Print

Portrait of Simon Fokke, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, 1773 print Portrait of the engraver Simon Fokke in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which the tools of the engraver: Burijn, Eteal and Paper. Under the portrait there are name and data in two lines in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving tools, implements of graphic artist

Goldhagen, Eustach Moritz .

Portrait of Joannes Houbakker. Printed from two plates: portrait bust in oval to the right of pastor Joannes Houbakker, Bareheads. The portrait is the name of the portrayed and a four-line verse in Dutch. The portrait is framed with an ornamental edge, printed from another plate, and decorated with palm leaves and olive branches. Links and to the right of the portrait are references to Bible verses.

Portrait of Hendrick Dircksz. Spiegel, Jacob Houbraken, After M. Limburgh, 1749 - 1796 print Portrait of the Amsterdam mayor and council of the city of Hendrick Dircksz. Mirror in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth with its name and data in two lines in Dutch Amsterdam paper engraving historical persons

King, 1. Baron King of Ockham, Peter .

Wratislaw by Mitrowitz, Johann Adam Graf.

Lenz, Samuel Painter: Spitzel, Gabrielstecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martin

Schubart, Rudolf August .

Portrait of the Marchese Scipione Maffei

Before Thomas.

Pascal, Blaise.

. Portrait of Joannes Willmet, professor at the University of Harderwijk.

Portrait of Nicholas Verkolje, draughtsman: Anna Folkema, intermediary draughtsman: Nicolaas Verkolje, 1705 - 1768, paper, pen, h 260 mm × w 194 mm

Rollin, Charles .

Maier, Johann August.

Gen: Oglethorpe. 1750 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785

Noes, Johann August.

Fabricius, Johann Publisher: Schnorr, Salomonstecher: Beck, Johann Georg (1676)

PortraT van Othmar Zwicki, Johann Rudolph Holz Hinter, after Johann Georg Koch, 1733 - 1806 print Portrait of Otherm Zwicki (Othmarus Zwicki). Text in Latin about his function, birth and death date. Zurich (Stad) paper engraving historical persons

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