19th Century Historical Figures

Portraits of notable historical figures, primarily men from the 19th century, portrayed in formal attire, emphasizing their significance and stature.

Abraham Lincoln, Engraving by John Sartain, Bradley & Co, Publishers, 1866

Print made by James S. King, 1852-1925, American, Abraham Lincoln, 1909. Etching (fourth proof) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé.

Joseph Miller.

The caption for this image reads: "Lincoln in 1865. from a photograph by Moses Parker Rice." Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He served from March 1861 to his assassination on April 15, 1865. He was chosen as the Republican candidate at the Convention in 1860. Lincoln was a lawyer, but before he went to law school, he held a variety of jobs.

President Abraham Lincoln 1864 . 16th President of the United States of America.

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Abraham Lincoln standing with one arm behind his back; Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); about 1864; Albumen silver print

Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865, sixteenth president of the United States. Lithograph published 1865

Robert Purvis , Abolitionists, Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

Half Length Portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Lithograph and Printed in Oil Colors by J. Hagelberg, Berlin, 1860's

Abraham Lincoln, Engraving by John Sartain, Bradley & Co, Publishers, 1866

Heads and Shoulders Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Photograph by Alexander Hesler, 1860

Vintage photograph. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

USA: Engraved Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 19th Century

Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln - taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865

Abraham Lincoln. Attributed to Mathew B. Brady, photographer (American, about 1823 - 1896) before October 31, 1861

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Vermont 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Franklin Pierce 1804-1869 14th president of the United States 1853-57 From a 19th century print engraved by J Rogers

President Abraham Lincoln, Washington D.C.; Mathew B. Brady, American, about 1823 - 1896; United States, North America; 1865; Albumen silver; Image: 8.7 x 5.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.), Mount: 10.3 x 6.2 cm (4 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)

Jefferson Davis 1808 to 1889. President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. From photograph by Matthew Brady

Abraham Lincoln, The Nation's Martyr, Assassinated April 14th, 1865, Currier & Ives, 1865

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Half-Length Seated Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Unknown Artist

Head and Shoulders Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Lithograph by Strobridge & Co., Cincinnati, 1877

Vintage photograph. Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865. 16th President of the United States 1861-65. From a 19th century print engraved by D J Pound from a photograph

Abraham Lincoln. Date: 1865. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Abraham Lincoln / Union card picture, made by George F. Ayer, photographer, 161 Middle Street, Portland.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series . Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

1860S November 1863 Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln Looking At Camera By Gardner

Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809) (15 April 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

George Thompson , Abolitionists, Thompson, George, 1804-1878

President Abraham Lincoln, circa 1864

James Harlan.

George Thompson , Abolitionists, Thompson, George, 1804-1878

Jeff. Davis , Presidents, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Carte de Visite Collection

SIR EDWARD BAINES (son of the older sir Edward Baines) Educator and economist. Date: 1840s

1800s 1860s 1862 PORTRAIT ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

President Abraham Lincoln, Washington D.C; Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); United States; 1865; Albumen silver print

Andrew Johnson (1808-75), 17th President of the United States, Full-Length Standing Portrait, Photograph, Mathew B. Brady, Brady-Handy Collection, Washington DC, USA, 1865

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right. Probably printed by Ayres, Title devised by Library staff, Ostendorf, no. 26, Meserve, no. 26, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 46, Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljpaper. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Hon. Abraham Lincoln, US Presidents

Portrait of a man.

Portrait of an unknown man, William Edward Kilburn, 1852 - 1855 photograph London copper (metal). glass. leather. velvet (fabric weave). metal historical persons not known by name London

C. Fuchs, Member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt a. M. ..

Portrait of Dr. Fisher A. Bosworth. Unknown maker, American

Abraham Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, by Francis Grice, photographer. between 1850 and 1860: quarter-plate hand-coloured daguerreotype.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Steel engraving from the 19th Century, digitally processed, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1809 - 1865, President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865

Edward Wade.

W.H. Carey

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, H.W Rowland, American, Francis D. Tandy Company, New York, The Harwell-Evans Co., engraver, Mezzotint with drypoint and black ink on white wove paper, Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln within an oval., USA, 1906, portraits, Print, Print

Abraham Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Louis Prang & Company Collection

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), Union General During American Civil War, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Compan

Franklin Pierce, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left; President of the United States, 1853-1857. by Mathew Brady, ca. 1823-1896. Published, between 1844 and 1860.

Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809, 1860. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Abraham Lincoln, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Seated, Facing Right; Hair Parted On Lincoln'S Right Side. 1864 Feb. 9

George Washington Crawford, ca. 1850s. Mathhew Brady Studio

Stephen Arnold Douglas 1813-1861. American politician and leader of Democratic Party. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

LORENZO DOW YOUNG Mormon leader, a brother of Brigham Young, photographed in June 1866 Date: circa 1866

Bv't. Brig. Gen. D.C. Littlejohn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left | Library of Congress

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - 1865) U.S. President, clutching the Constitution of the United States

Abraham Lincoln, Candidate for the Presidency, taken at Springfield, Illinois, in June 1860, immediately after his nomination

Head and Shoulders Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Artwork by Emile Lassalle, Tantet & Co., Paris, 1860's

Samuel Francis Du Pont, Rear Admiral, US Navy, lived 1803 - 1865, photo circa 1861

Andrew Johnson, salted paper photographic print. 1860

Gibbons, John Murray , Barlow Album

George Thompson , Abolitionists, Thompson, George, 1804-1878

Abraham Lincoln American History

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), American Statesman, 7th Vice President of the United States 1825-32 and U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1845-50, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Daguerreotype, Unidentified Artist, 1843

Congressman Elihu Washburne was close to Abraham Lincoln, and supported Grant's re-entry into the army at the beginning of the US Civil War. Washburne represented Illinois's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1863, and then the 3rd district from 1863 to 1869 (BSLOC_2018_10_22)

The Civil War. Jefferson Davis, president of the CSA, carte de visite signed by Davis. ca. 1862 - 1865. Mathhew Brady Studio

USA: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Photographic Portrait, Samuel G. Altschuler, 1860

Abraham Lincoln - The First Republican President of the United States

half-length portrait of a gentleman, c. 1844-1852, Jeremiah Gurney, American, 1812 - 1895, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (13.97 x 10.8 cm) (image)5 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 3/4 in. (15.08 x 11.91 x 1.91 cm) (mount), Daguerreotype (1/2 plate), hand tinted, United States, 19th century

John Brown, American abolitionist, circa 1830

Henry Clay, American statesman, 1850 (1955). Artist: Unknown

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Artist: Unknown

USA: Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. Restored daguerrotype, Mathew Brady, c. 1860

Untitled (Portrait of Charles Darling) Made 1854 United States. Daguerreotype . Boston School

Future President Abraham Lincoln in May 7, 1858 photo by Abraham B. Byers of Beardstown, Illinois. It was taken following the acquittal of Duff Armstrong for the midnight brawl murder of James Metzger. In the 'Almanac Trial', Lincoln produced an 1857 almanac to argue that the state's witness could not have seen Armstrong kill the victim, because there was no moonlight on the night of the killing (BSLOC_2018_2_2)

Milledge L. Bonham.

Reuben Fenton (1819-1885), American Politician, U.S. Senator from New York 1869-1875, Governor of New York 1865-1868, U.S. House of Representatives 1853-1855, seated Portrait, Mathew Brady Studio, 1860's

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States - 1809, died April 15th 1865

Albert G. Brown.

The Late Lamented President Lincoln, Thomas Stevens, (English, 1828-1888), Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven, Bookmark or stevengraph with a portrait medallion of Abraham Lincoln surmounted by an eagle perched on a shield flag that holds a banner in its beak that reads 'E Pluribus Unum.' Inscription at top reads: 'Assassinated at Washington 14 April 1865,' and just below another inscription: 'I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by. And if it be the pleasure of Almighty God. To die by. (A Lincoln), Coventry, England, 1865-1869, woven textiles, Bookmark, Bookmark

Timothy Davis.

Henry David Thoreau Benjamin D. Maxhan (19th C. American) Daguerreotype National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by William F. Cogswell, 1869, oil on canvas. President Ulysses S. Grant selected this portrait of Abraham Lincoln as the official White House portrait commissioned by Congress (BSLOC_2018_6_76)

Portrait of a Man, Adams, c. 1840 - c. 1860.

Eugene Delacroix. Portrait of Eugene Delacroix 1798-1863, French painter. Photography by Nadar, ca 19th century.

James K. Polk was the 11th President of the United States. Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and as Governor of Tennessee before he surprised everyone by entering and winning the 1844 election for President.

Daniel Webster , Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Henry Clay (1777-1852), American Statesmen, serving as Senator and Congressman from Kentucky, Speaker of the House and U.S. Secretary of State, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Daguerreotype, Frederick De Bourg Richards, 1850

Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President of the United States, seated Portrait, Mathew Brady Studio, 1860's

W.H. Carey

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