Engravings of Founding Figures

This cluster includes detailed engravings of prominent American historical figures from the 18th century, characterized by classic styles and formal attire.

THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809) Date: 1743 - 1826
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809) Date: 1743 - 1826
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Steel engraving, ca. 1860, portrait of Captain James Cook, 1728, 1779, British navigator and explorer
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Portrait of the Rev Humphrey Gainsborough, Brother of the Artist, in a Black Coat and a White Cravat. Thomas Gainsborough R.A., (1727-1788). Oval, oil on canvas, 72.2 x 59.6cm.
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Portrait of Thomas Wood. Date/Period: Ca. 1790. Painting. Oil on canvas. Author: Henry Raeburn.
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Portrait of John Baskerville (1706-1775), 1774. James Millar
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Portrait of John Adams Samuel Finley Breese Morse (American, 1791-1872). Portrait of John Adams, 1816. Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 24 15/16 in. (75.5 x 63.4 cm). American Art 1816
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Frederick William III 3 August 1770, 7 June 1840, was King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known
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Joseph Hewes 1730 to 1779 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by F. Kearney after a drawing by J.B. Longacre from a painting
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Gen. GeorgeWashington. Artist: Ralph Rawdon, American, active 1813-1817 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781
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Elbridge Gerry, was an American politician of the Jeffersonian Republican party and 5th Vice President of the US, serving in the second James Madison administration. As Massachusetts Governor, he signed legislation enabling the first 'gerrymander', the manipulation voting district boundaries to favor his Republican political party in 1812 (BSLOC_2019_4_154)
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Esek Hopkins of Rhode Island, commander in chief of the American navy 1776 / eng'd by J.C. Buttre, N.Y. | Library of Congress
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John Quincy Adams in a copy of his 1796 portrait by British-American artist, John Singleton Copley. He was then in his late 20's, around the time he married Louisa Johnson, the British born daughter of an American Merchant (BSLOC_2019_5_65)
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Seventh President of the United States, Half-Length Seated, Portrait, Ezra Bisbee, 1833
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Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg.. Portraits, Prints. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801
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George Washington d'après le tableau de Stuart.. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799
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EL ALMIRANTE LORD RICHARD HOWE - 1776. HOWE RICHARD SIGLO XVIII.
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Jeremy Bentham. Engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Watts.
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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (Bildnis Ludwig van Beethoven) 1823 Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller (1793-1865/Austrian)
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John Hoppner, 1758-1810, British, Peter Dollond, 1775 to 1779. Oil on canvas.
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Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) 13th president of the United States
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Captain James Cook, 18th century British navigator and explorer. Artist: Unknown
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Richard Henry Lee. 1868 - 1869. Drawings, Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States. Declaration of Independence , Signers, Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
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Johan Theofron Munktell
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Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, 18th century. Artist: Holl
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Portrait, Major General William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, New Jersey , Portrait paintings, Military officers, Alexander, William, 1726-1783. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Portrait, Major General William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, New Jersey , Portrait paintings, Military officers, Alexander, William, 1726-1783. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), English astronomer, William Artaud (1763-1823/British)
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Portrait of Count Pavel Petrovich Shcherbatov (1762-1831), Kiprensky, Orest Adamovich (1782-1836)
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Portrait, Samuel Cooper, by Copley, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Portrait of the opera librettist and poet Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), Pekenino, Michele (active Early 19th century)
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G. Washington, 1783 - 1890, Washington, George, 1732-1799
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William Herschel (1738-1822) German-born English astronomer. Artist: William Artaud
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Colonel Isaac Barré Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828). Colonel Isaac Barré, 1785. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 27 3/4 in. (91 x 70.5 cm). Ten years into his stay in London, having trained under the American-born master Benjamin West and established himself as a rising portraitist, Gilbert Stuart painted this striking likeness of the war hero and fiery Member of Parliament Colonel Isaac Barré. A leader of the opposition and a vehement advocate for the American colonies, Barré was known for his 1765 Sons of Liberty” speech opposing the Stamp Act (which imposed taxes on the colonies without their consent). In this forceful portrait inspired by the works of the seventeenth-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, Stuart employed heavy shadow to mask the deformed right side of Barré’s face, where the sitter had taken a bullet at the Battle of Quebec (1759) while serving under Major-General James Wolfe during the French and Indian War. American Art 1785
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Sir Charles Bunbury. January 21, 1950.
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Zachary Taylor, Major General of the U.S. Army and, later, President of the USA
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Col. John Trumbull, half-length portrait, Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, 1900
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Portrait of the pastor Didericus Tendall, Charles Howard Hodges, 1804 print Amsterdam paper engraving
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Olinthus Gilbert Gregory 1774 to 1841 English mathematician Engraved by H Robinson after R Evans From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835
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James Madison, President of the United States.. Sully, Thomas (1783-1872). Portraits, Prints. 1810. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Madison, James, 1751-1836
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James Monroe, US Presidents
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Sir Richard Arkwright 1732 1792. English textile industrialist and inventor.
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John Anderson. Photograph by Annan after W. Cochran.
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Portrait, Governor Simon Bradstreet, 1603-1697 , Portrait paintings, Governors, Bradstreet, Simon, 1603-1697. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Thomas M'Kean, Governor of Pennsylvania.. Prints. 1800. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817, Governors
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Henry John Temple; 3rd Viscount Palmerston; (1784 18 October 1865); Lord Palmerston; British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century.
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Samuel Adams, the last of the puritans.. Copley, John Singleton (1738-1815). Prints. 1820. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
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RETRATO DE RICHARD PALMER - SIGLO XVIII. Author: GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Pius IX (1792-1878). Italian pope, named Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti. Elected in 1846. Convened the First Vatican Council (1869-70). Colored engraving.
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ThomasJefferson. Engraver: Unknown
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Steel engraving, ca. 1860, Jeremy Bentham, 1748, 1832, British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer
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ALESSANDRO VOLTA 1745-1827. VOLTA ALEJANDRO.
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Gen. Thomas, 1777-1890, 1777-1890, New York, Publisher, G.P. Putnam, Thomas, John, 1724-1776
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Thomas Warton (1728 - 1790) Literary historian and critic, and poet laureate 1785-90