Historic Portraits of Prominent Men

Oil paintings depicting men in 19th-century attire, showcasing formal postures and rich historical contexts.

Portrait of Alderman Edward Corn Osborne, 1873 By William Thomas Roden, Oil Painting, Portrait, Male

The Reverend Henry Dowling. Date/Period: From 1851 until 52. Painting,oil on board. Height: 305 mm (12 in); Width: 255 mm (10.03 in). Author: Robert Dowling.

Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), B.A. 1769, M.A.1772. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Oil on canvas portrait of William R. King (April 7, 1786 - April 18, 1853) - George Cooke, 1839 - William Rufus DeVane King was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States for six weeks in 1853 before his death.

A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family ca. 1838-40 Henry Inman American. A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family 11212

Portrait of Alderman Edward Corn Osborne, 1873 By William Thomas Roden, Oil Painting, Portrait, Male

Thaddeus Stevens, half-length portrait, facing front, holding papers in left hand, resting on book, circa 1838

Cornelius Vanderbilt. Date: 1846. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Daniel Webster, circa 1865 chromolithograph based on an 1847 daguerreotype by John Whipple of Boston. Webster was an great political orator who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States Congress, and also served as the Secretary of State in the 1840s and early 1850s (BSLOC_2019_7_37)

Portrait of Alderman Edward Corn Osborne, 1873. By William Thomas Roden

President William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, circa 1840

James Polk (Pres. 1845-1849) George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894 American)

'Portrait of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States'. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, WASHINGTON D. C., USA.

USA: Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. Oil on canvas, George Peter Alexander Healy (1818-1894), 1858

United States: c. 1875. A portrait of the noted jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes.

John Tyler, 10th President of the United States George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894 American)

James Fenimore COOPER, 1789-1851, America's first popular novelist

President Millard Fillmore - Unidentified artist, circa 1843

Franklin Pierce, Healy, George, 1853.

TAYLOR, Zachary (Montebello,1784-Washington,1850) Militar y político estadounidense. Fue elegido presidente en 1848. Propuso la integración de California (abolicionista) en la Unión.

Portrait of J C de Brunett, Consul-General of Russia to Amsterdam. Dating: c. 1850. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 40.8 cm × w 31.4 cm × t 1.3 cm; d 5.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

William Henry Harrison. Date/Period: 1840. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 768 mm (30.23 in); Width: 638 mm (25.11 in). Author: Albert Gallatin Hoit.

Thomas Paine, by John Wesley Jarvis, American painting, oil on canvas, c. 1806-07. The author of 'The Rights of Man', lived in France in the 1790s, and defended the French Revolution. He became involved with French politics, and ended up in prison where he wrote the book that cost him his good reputation: 'An Examination of the Age of Reason, or, An investigation of True and Fabulous Theology' (BSLOC_2019_6_194)

William Henry Harrison Sr. (1773 April 4, 1841) President of the United States (1841), an American military officer, and the last president born as a British subject. He was 68 years, 23 days old at the time of his inauguration. He died of complications from pneumonia 31 days into his term. Portrait by James Reid Lamb

William Lloyd Garrison. oil on canvas. Date: c. 1855. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Portrait of Karol Lipiński Rejchan, Alojzy (1807 1860)

BRAVO MURILLO , JUAN. POLITICO Y JURISTA ESPAÑOL. ( 1803-1873). MINISTRO DE GRACIA Y JUSTICIA EN 1847 Y DE HACIENDA EN 1849 , CARGO QUE CONSERVO HASTA 1851 , CUANDO AL DIMITIR NARVAEZ FUE ENCARGADO DE CONTITUIR GOBIERNO.NOMBRADO PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO EN EL AÑO 1858 , TRAS LA REVOLUCION DE 1868 SE APARTO DE LA VIDA POLITICA. OLEO DE CASTO PLASENCIA , AÑO 1879.

Robert Dugan ca. 1810 American. Robert Dugan 12996

William Henry Harrison, daguerreotype credited to the photography studio of Southworth and Hawes, of Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, with dating circa 1850. Since Harrison died on April 4, 1841, this is likely a daguerreotype made from a painted or drawn portrait (BSLOC_2019_7_17)

Frederic Betts; Mary Ward Betts by Henry Inman, 1830s

Andrew Jackson. Date/Period: 1840. Painting. Watercolor on ivory. Height: 108 mm (4.25 in); Width: 86 mm (3.38 in). Author: Jr. James Tooley.

James Buchanan, Image 4 of James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers: Series IV: Additions, 1842-1867; Addition III; Correspondence, Buchanan to; Cabinet of Franklin Pierce, 1857

Daniel Webster, U.S. Secretary of State, March 6, 1841 to May 8, 1843

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1810. By Sir William Beechey

Portrait of John Marshall (1755-1835) fourth Chief Justice of the United States of America. Dated 19th Century

James Monroe 1758-1831. Fifth president of the United States 1817-25. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

José Joaquim Leite Guimaraes, Barón de Nova Sintra (1808-1870). Empresario y filántropo portugués. Retrato. Museo de la Misericordia de Porto (Museu da Misericordia do Porto). Oporto (Porto). Portugal.

Albert WAGNER Brother of Richard Wagner 1813-1883 German composer

Henry Clay (1777-1852), American Statesmen, serving as Senator and Congressman from Kentucky, Speaker of the House and U.S. Secretary of State, Lithograph, Published by H.R. Robinson, New York, 1843

Thomas Sully, Self Portrait, 1850 Self-Portrait

Louis McClane, U.S. Secretary of State, May 29, 1833 to June 30, 1841

Andrew Jackson, 1840, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, American painting, oil on canvas. After 1837, in his retirement, Jackson remained active in Democratic Party politics, supporting the presidencies of Martin Van Buren and James Knox Polk. Jackson supported the annexation of Texas, which he lived long enough to see (BSLOC_2019_8_99)

George Bancroft (born 3 October 1800 in Worcester, Massachusetts, died 17 January 1891 in Washington D.C.) was an American historian and politician, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

'Portrait of Baron Alexander Stieglitz'. Russia, 1840s. Dimensions: 94x75 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: CARL VON STEUBEN.

The Honorable James Lanman (1769-1841), B.A. 1788, M.A.1791. Artist: Chester Harding, American, 1792-1866

RUFUS CHOATE American lawyer and statesman Date: 1799 - 1859

Daniel Webster in painting by Samuel B. Foster, of 1850s, after an 1847 daguerreotype by John Whipple of Boston. Webster was a Federalist politician before 1825. He was with the National Republicans from 18251833, and became a Whig from 1833 until his death in 1852 (BSLOC_2019_7_35)

FOURIER, Charles (1772-1837). French philosopher and economist. Utopian socialist, feminist and one of the fathers of cooperation. Painting.

Portrait of Wm. Johnson, created in 1886 in New York. Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774

Robert Hare (1781-1858) American chemist. Invented an oxyhydrogen blow-pipe and a calorimeter. A convert to spiritualism, he published 'Spiritualism Scientifically Demonstrated' (1855) and 'Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestation' (1855).

MILLARD FILLMORE 13th president of the USA, sought to compromise on the slavery issue : sent Perry to Japan in furtherance of Pacific expanionist ambitions. Date: 1800-1874

Portrait of Carl Johann Lorentz; Berggren, Peter (1792-1848); 1830 (1830-00-00-1830-00-00);gift (provenance), neutral background, men's portraits, portraits in semi -stifle

James K Polk, 11th President of the United States 1845-1849

Portrait of Carl Johann Lorentz. Berggren, Peter (1792-1848), painter

Daniel Webster, 1848 portrait by George Peter Alexander Healy. During the MexicanAmerican War, Webster became leader of the 'Cotton Whigs,' a faction of Northern Whigs that emphasized good relations with the South over anti-slavery policies (BSLOC_2019_7_32)

Stephen F Austin

Portrait of Petr Tchaadaev by Sandor Kozina, oil on canvas, 1848, 1808-1873, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum, 67, 5x54

GIACOMO MEYERBEER German composer of Italian operas

Millard Fillmore, Whig Candidate for Vice President of the UnitedStates. Artist: D. Needham, American

Daniel Strobel, Jr. ca. 1830 Louisa Catherine Strobel The subject was the artist's father (1768-1839). Daniel Strobel, Jr. 12655

Portrait of Jørgen Herman Vogt (1784-1862), Norwegian politician and first minister of Norway. Dated 1847

Martin Van Buren. oil on canvas. Date: April 15, 1857. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Portrait of composer Felix Mendelssohn, photographed on silver gelatin paper using a box cabinet format in 1899.

James Arthur Wilson. Mezzotint by W. Walker, 1852, after E. Walker.

Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760-1833), B.A. 1778, LL.D.1819. Artist: John Vanderlyn, American, 1775-1852 Artist, copy after: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828

Andrés Bello (1781-1865). Humanista, escritor y pensador venezolano.

James Lenox (1800-1880). Grant, Francis, Sir, 1803-1878. 1848. Paintings, Portraits. New York Public Library Archives. Lenox, James, 1800-1880

Portrait of Sir John Ross (1777-1856) a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. Dated 19th Century

John Stevens circa 1830. John Stevens, American lawyer, inventor, and promoter of the development of steam power for transportation. His petition to the U.S. Congress resulted in the Patent Law of 1790, the foundation of the present U.S. patent system.

Joseph Warner Henley,1793-1884. British Conservative politician.Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph by Mayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages"" Volume 2. Published in London 1859.

Portrait of Ignacy Turkułł (1798-1856), minister at the court of tsar Nicholas I. Kaniewski, Ksawery Jan (1805-1867), painter

Washington Irving (1783-1859) American Author

Duke of Wellington, Portrait, John Lucas, 1839, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe

1800S Portrait Illustration Of John Tyler 10Th President Of United States Circa 1840

Andrew Jackson, by Thomas Sully, 1845, American painting, oil on canvas. This 1845 painting is based on a 1824 Thomas Sully a portrait of Andrew Jackson. The hero of the Battle of New Orleans was by then a U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for Presi (BSLOC_2016_5_70)

Portrait, Abraham Clark by James R. Lambdin after Trumbull , Portrait paintings, Legislators, Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

JAMES MONROE, by Gilbert Stuart, 1820-22, American painting, oil on canvas. The fifth President of the United States is depicted at a desk with books and papers, and red drapery (BSLOC_2017_10_113)

Henry Pelham-Clinton (Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton), 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1811-1864). British politician. Portrait by Frederick Richard Say (1827-1860). Oil on canvas (142,2 x 111,4 cm), 1848. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Frederick Richard Say (1827-1860). English painter.

CABET Etiene (Dijonm 1788-Saint-Louis, 1856). French socialist politician. Color drawing.

Thomas Pickering, U.S. Secretary of State, (ad interim August 20, 1795 to December 9, 1795) December 10, 1795 to May 12, 1800

Portrait, The Honorable Jacob Crowninshield, 1770-1808 by Robert Hinckley after miniature , Portrait paintings, Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

The Honorable Asa Bacon (1771-1857), B.A.1793. Artist: Anson Dickinson, American, 1779-1852

Augustus Graham Charles Christian Heinrich Nahl (American, 1818-1878). Augustus Graham, 1850. Oil on canvas, 35 7/8 x 28 3/4 in. (91.2 x 73 cm). American Art 1850

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Lord Ebury, 1801-1893, Chairman of the London Homeopathic Hospital. Engraving by DJPound after a photograph by Mayall. From the book The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages, Volume 2, published in London 1859, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated

DeWitt Clinton circa 1816

Henry Clay, 1777 - 1852, an American lawyer and statesman

Portrait, The Honorable Jacob Crowninshield, 1770-1808 by Robert Hinckley after miniature , Portrait paintings, Crowninshield, Jacob, 1770-1808. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

John M. Clayton, U.S. Secretary of State, March 8, 1849 to July 22, 1850

Portrait of count Karol Krasiński. unknown, painter

President James K. Polk, reproduction of a Feb. 1849 daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. In his one term presidency, from 1845-1849, he settled the disputed Oregon Country with Britain, and added the Mexican Cession' after victory in the MexicanAmerican War. He secured a substantial reduction of tariff rates, and reformed the Treasury system with a long term replacement for the Second Bank of the United States (BSLOC_2019_7_19)

White House paintings: The Reception of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant by Francis B. Carpenter (later known as The Republican Court in the Days of Lincoln, attributed to Peter F. Rothermel)(1867); Cannonading on the Potomac, October 1861 by Wordsworth Thompson; James Garfield by Calvin Curtis (1881); Grover Cleveland by Eastman Johnson (1891); Benjamin Harrison by Eastman Johnson (1895); Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent (1903); Harry S. Truman by Greta Kempton (1947); Porch of the Maidens at the Erechtheum by Stanford White (1900) formerly called Temple of Seven Virgins; Millard Fillmore by George Peter Alexander Healy (1857); Franklin Pierce by George Peter Alexander Healy (1858); Martin Van Buren by George Peter Alexander Healy (1858); Rutherford B. Hayes by Daniel Huntington (1884); Chester Arthur by Daniel Huntington (1885); and St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, D.C.. Portrait of President Franklin Pierce, painted by George P. A. Healy.

Portrait of Charles-Joseph Sax (1790-1865), Anonymous

Andrew Johnson 1808 1875, 17th President of the United States 1865-69, After a painting by Alonzo Chappel, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

John Jacob Astor. Date: c. 1825. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

William Henry Harrison: Ninth President of the United States by N. Currier, circa 1835-1856. Lithograph print, hand-coloured.

Italy, Milan, Portrait of Bartolomeo Merelli (1794 - 1879), Italian impresario and librettist

STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS (known as 'Little Giant') American statesman, notable for debates with Lincoln on the slavery question Date: 1813 - 1861

Roger Sherman (1721-1793, M.A. Hon. 1768). Artist: Ralph Earl, American, 1751-1801

James Monroe (1758-1831), 5th President of the United States 1817-25, Head and Shoulders Portrait, oil on canvas Painting by John Vanderlyn, 1816

William McKinley. Date/Period: 1897. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,490 mm (58.66 in); Width: 990 mm (38.97 in). Author: August Benziger.

FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat. He designed the first practical submarine and invented earliest naval torpedoes. Portrait of Robert Fulton, after a painting by Benjamin West (1728-1820). Oil on canvas.

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