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19th Century Portraits of Notables

Photographic portraits of 19th century men in formal attire, displaying serious expressions and classic poses in indoor settings.

Gerard Hallock

Rev. R. Sheldon

Rev. Thompson

Hon. George E. McDuffie of South Carolina

Hon. Ben. F. Wade of Ohio

Rev. W. Windeger

Hon. George M. Bibb of Ky.

Goldwin Smith

Rev. E.M. Pett

Hayes, Pres. R.B. (President)

Rev. Francis L. Hawks

Rev. A. Hallan

Rev. Henry Whitney Bellows

Erastus Corning

H.P. i.e. B. Whipple

Jacob Merritt Howard of Michigan, drew up platform of the first convention ever held by the Republican Party and christened that party in 1854

Rev. (William) Creighton

Rev. Taylor

J.M. Graham

Hon. John A. Quitman of Mississippi

Judge Emmet of N.Y.

Rev. L.P.U. Balch

Hon. James L. Orr

Rev. S.A. Crane

Rev. Poisal

Hon. L.W. Rice

Rev. A.B. Patterson

Grant, Jesse R. Gen. U.S. Grant's father

Hon. George E. McDuffie of South Carolina

Rev. Breckinridge

Judge Jeremiah Black

Chas. Keen

Vintage photograph. Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States (1808-1875)

Joshua Giddings was a Congressman representing Ohio for 20 years, 1838-1859. In 1847-48, Abraham Lincoln and Giddings both lived, at Mrs. B. Sprigg's boarding House on Duff Green Row, near Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Giddings was then an anti-slavery Whig, and influenced Representative Lincoln's evolving beliefs on the issue (BSLOC_2018_6_28)

Judge Woodward

Prof. French

Rev. Silas Totten

Rev. Dr. Sunderland, Presby. Minister; married Grover Cleveland

Bigler, Gov. Wm. of PA

Gideon Welles

Horace Greeley

Slater, Hon. James Harvey of Oregon

Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States (1808-1875)

Gideon Welles

Jones, Hon. Charles W., Senator of Florida

President Zachary Taylor 1848. 12th President of the United States of America. Nathaniel Currier

Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, Seated Portrait, Lithograph by P.S. Duval & Son, Published by Swander and Co., Philadelphia, 1866

Millard Fillmore (13th president of the United States). Image by Mathew B. Brady circa 1855-1865

King, Hon. Wm. S. of Minn.

The reverend A B NICHOLLS, husband of Charlotte

Martin Cash a portrait of the Gentlemen Bushranger at the age of sixty. Martin Cash, the Gentleman Bushranger, Photographed at the age of 60, when he had purchased a small apple in Tasmania. He spent the rest of his life working on his farm. September 14, 1950.

Bishop Horatio Potter

Oglesby, Hon. Richard J. of Ill. Col. of 8th Ill. Inf. USA, 1862

Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, British statesman, mid-late 19th century.Artist: W Holl

Rev. W.H. McAllister

Hon. Giles Waldo Hotchkiss of N.Y.

Hon. John Conness

Portrait, Doctor Henry Wheatland by Frederick P. Vinton , Portrait paintings, Wheatland, Henry, 1812-1893. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington Woodward (1809-75), Democratic Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Late 1860's

Thomas Garrett , Abolitionists, Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) Eighth President of the United States of America (1837-1841), the first President to be born an American citizen. Photograph.

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841).

Sam Houston, Democratic Senator from Texas. half plate daguerreotype, gold toned, ca. 1848

Rev. S.A. Crane

Charles Babbage (17911871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.

Portrait, Samuel Adams, by Copley, painted on wood, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Harlan, Judge John Marshall

General George Thomas; Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); about 1865; Albumen silver print

General George Thomas. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Senator Isham G. Harris from Tenn.

Chancellor Ferris

Eaton, Mrs. Margaret (Peggy O'Neill), old lady

Portrait, Photograph, Horace Ingersoll, taken 1901 ,. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Portrait, Nathaniel Bowditch, 1773-1838 by Chas Osgood , Portrait paintings, Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Thomas, Henry Huxley (1825-1895) aged 64. British biologist, supporter of Darwin and evolution. Grandfather of Julian and Aldous Huxley. From a photograph published London, 1890-1894.

H.E. Antoine Simon, President of the Haitian Republic.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Presidents , Haiti

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