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19th Century Portraits

Historical portraits from the 19th century featuring notable individuals in formal attire, presenting a glimpse into the era's style.

Sen. Powell Clayton of Ark. Born in Del. County, Pa. 1833. Bristol, Pa., City Eng. 1857, Lt. Col. 5th Kan. Cav. 1861, Brig. Gen. 1864, Gov. 1868, Ambassador to Mexico 1898

Mr. Barret ex-Mayor of the D. of C.

Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Bv't Brig. Gen. H.H. Wells | Library of Congress

The last portrait of Albert, Prince Consort, 1861. Artist: Vernon Heath

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant the 18th President of the United States.

Kennedy, Hon. J.G. of Ind.

Jefferson Davis (1808-89), American Politician, served as President of the Confederate States during American Civil War, Mississippi State Senator and Congressman before American Civil War, U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce, half-length Portrait, Columbus W. Motes, 1886

Nivelllör Carl Gustaf Julius Frosell.

Portrait of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, officer of the United States government. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Welles, Gideon.

Hon. Thos. Clarke Theaker of Ohio

Waite, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

Hon. James William Marshall of Va. (Post master general - Grant's Cabinet) Private in Confederate Army

Portrait of Jacques de Laval.

Saunders, Hon. Alvin of Neb.

Baron de Stoeckl

John Fritz, American American pioneer of iron and steel technology and Father of the U.S. Steel Industry; Black and white photograph taken circa 1890s

Hon. David Atwood of Wisc.

Hon. Kellogg

Benjamin Eggleston of Ohio

Rev. E.H. Chapin

J. G. Richert.

Sen. Richard Coke, Texas

Reid, Hon. Whitelaw, Minister to England

Booth, Hon. Newton of Cal.

Hayes, Hon. Chas. of ALA

John Sherman (May 10, 1823 ñ October 22, 1900) American Republican representative and senator from Ohio served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Sherman ran for the Republican presidential nomination three times,

Gen. James Garfield

Baird, Prof. Spencer, Head of Smithsonian Institute (1st Commissioner)

Field, Justice Stephen, Supreme Court

Photographic portrait of Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) a Scottish American detective, spy and creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Dated 19th Century

George Chaffey. February 26, 1954.

Bradley, Hon. N.B. of Mich.

Hon. John Randolph Tucker of VA

John Dillon

Grant, Gen. U.S.

William M. ÒBossÓ TWEED, 1823-78, American politician who built his power in Tammany Hall through appointment and election of his friends. Photograph ca.1860 by Mathew Brady

ILLUSTRATION PORTRAIT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES 1822-1893 19th PRESIDENT REPUBLICAN

Hon. Hooper

James Russell Lowell

Hon. Henry Jarvis Raymond of N.Y.

President Rutherford B. Hayes, ca. 1865-1880

Thomas K. Smith, half-length portrait, facing left | Library of Congress

Registrator Patrik Ljungström

Hon. Zebulon Baird Vance of N.C.

Hilll, Hon. Nathaniel Peter of Col.

Hooker, Hon. (C.E.) of Miss.

Sherman, Hon. John of Ohio

Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left | Library of Congress

Ulysses S Grant (1822-1885) 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. During the American Civil War 1861-1865 he was General-in-Chief of the Union armies. Here in the uniform of Lieutenant-General. Three-quarter portrait standing.

J Richert, Stins in Örebro

Robert E. Lee (1807-70), American and Confederate Soldier, Commander of Confederate States Army during American Civil War 1862-65, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Photograph by Julian Vannerson, 1864

Hon. Henry Jarvis Raymond of N.Y.

Digitally restored vector portrait of President James Garfield.

Norcross, Hon. A. of Mass.

Mahone, Hon. Senator of Virginia, Brig. Gen. in Civil War

Allen Almy , Carte de Visite Collection

Hon. Townsend Harris

James Buchanan Eads 1820-1887 engineer and builder of the St. Louis Bridge 1867-1874 now named the Eads Bridge. LC-DIG-cwpbh-04057

Judah P Benjamin, Secretary of State of the Confederacy, 1861-1865 (1955). Artist: Unknown

William Belknap was President Ulysses Grant's Secretary of War from Oct. 25, 1869 to March 2, 1876. He resigned for receiving kickbacks from Indian reservation trading posts at Fort Sill. He was impeached by the Democratic-controlled House, but not convicted by the Senate (BSLOC_2018_10_152)

Born in Gävle 1825, died: 1890 son of the merchant Anders Lorentz Åsbrink (1792-1836) Född i Gävle 1825, död: 1890 son till handelsmannen Anders Lorentz Åsbrink (1792-1836)

Sherman, Hon. John of Ohio

Iraq/Mesopotamia: Austen Henry Layard (1817 - 1894), archaeologist and excavator of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Niniveh (1845 - 1848), photographic portrait, London, c. 1875

Hon. John Van Buren of N.Y.

Prof. Lowry i.e. Lowe

Eugene Hale ca 1874.

JOHN JACOB ASTOR (YOUNGER) American businessman Date: 1822 - 1890

Hon. Ambrose E. Burnside, Senator R.I.

Chas. L. Elliott

C.E. Hughes in Oregon

Digitally restored vector portrait of Union Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Brig. Gen. John Bratton, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right | Library of Congress

L.F. Loree, portr.

Winfield Scott Schley, American admiral, 1898. Artist: Unknown

Giuseppe garibaldi

Harvey Johnson. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Clergy, Johnson, Harvey, 1843-1923