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Historical American Portraits

Engravings of American figures from the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on prominent member of Congress and signers of the Constitution.

John Rutledge. 1810 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Rutledge, John, 1739-1800

His excellency Samuel Adams Esqr. L.L.D. & A.A.S.. 1750 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Gordon, Hugh Mackay .

Bedford, Francis Russell Duke .

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley or Wellington, Anthonie van Spomkom, 1837 - 1840 print The Hague paper historical persons

Otto, Wilhelm.

Samuel Adams.. Copley, John Singleton (1738-1815). Prints. 1815. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Abraham Clark.. Portraits, Prints. 1888. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States | Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States - digital file from original print | Library of Congress

Abner Nash, member of the Continental Congress.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Nash, Abner, ca. 1740-1786

Lieut. Col. Banastre Tarleton. 1780 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833

Portrait of Charles-Michel de l'Épée Series of portraits by Soetens, Gerhardus Fredericus Eilbracht (mentioned on object), The Hague, c. 1838, paper, h, mm × w 125 mm

A portrait of Col. Solomon van Rensselaer (1777 - 1890), created by Anson Dickinson (1779-1852)

Jackson, Patrick Tracy .

Abraham Rees. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1811, after J. Opie.

Thomas Jefferson. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after A. Desnoyers after Bouch.

Cessart, Louis Alexander de.

Washington, George .

Benjamin Franklin. Prints. 1798 - 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich.

G. Hopkins, M.C. of Virginia.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Pierce Butler Signer of the Constitution of the U.S.. 1783 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Justice Cushing, 1783 - 1890

Müller, Friedrich Josef.

Wilberforce, William .

Portrait of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, created between 1775 and 1890. Born in 1738 and passed away in 1805

PortraT van Theodor Schmalz, Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger, after Christian Tangermann, 1803 - 1825 print Berlin paper historical persons

Mirabeau, honored Riquetti Comte de.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Reed.. Portraits, Prints. 1872. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785

Alexander Hamilton.. Robertson, Archibald (1765-1835). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Benjamin Franklin.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

William Henry, member of the Continental Congress.. Portraits, Prints. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Henry, William, 1729-1786

Abner Nash member of the Continental Congress. 1783 - 1888. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Nash, Abner, ca. 1740-1786

Lithograph on rolled china paper depicting Count Michel de Woronzoff, Governor General of New Russia, created by Auguste Raffet, circa 1840.

William Richardson Davie. 1775 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820

James Madison. 1783 - 1888. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Madison, James, 1751-1836

B. Lincoln. 1750 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Erasmus Darwin. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer.

Rodney, George Brydges .

Peter Dollond. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1820, after J. Hoppner.

Daniel Webster, 1881, New York, Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Engravings

George Crabbe. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper.

Gen. Otho H. Williams, 1777 - 1890, Williams, Otho Holland, 1747-1794

Portrait of Franz de Paula v. wardrobe

Scott, Sir Walter .

Richard Kempenfelt Esq. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Kempenfelt, Richard

Duke of Bedford. John Russell, Duke of Bedford.. Prints. 1800. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771

PortraT van Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen, 1775 - 1840 print paper engraving historical persons. portrait of a writer

Stephen Higginson member of the Continental Congress. 1783 - 1888. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Portrait of Abraham Rutgers. Portrait of Abraham Rutgers, pastor in Haarlem.

Charles Henry Count D'Estaing. 1797 - 1888. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794

John Adams.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Adams, John, 1735-1826

Franklin, Benjamin .

Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. 1810 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN the American statesman, scientist and philosopher, with a view of his lightning conductor through the window Date: 1706 - 1790

Girard, Pierre Simon.

Cambon, Joseph.

Portrait of Joseph Marie Servan.

Alexander Hamilton., 1777-1890., 1872. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804., Etching and roulette

Bildnis des Józef Wybicki

Stuart, 4. Earl & 1. Marquess of Bute, John .

John Kean, member of the Continental Congress.. Prints, Portraits. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Patrick Henry.. Portraits, Prints. 1850. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

Portrait of composer Franz Liszt, Carel Lodewijk Dake, 1886 print Amsterdam paper etching portrait of composer

Andrew Jackson, seventh President of United States, engraving, American History

Knesevich, Johann Freiherr von.

Portrait of Victor Hugo, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen, 1775 - 1840 print paper engraving historical persons. portrait of a writer

Sir Walter Scott Bart 1826 English. Engraving in black on ivory wove paper . William Walker

Rev. John Clowes. Dated: published 1820. Medium: stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Scriven after Joseph Allen.

John Opie Esqr., R. A., Print made by James Hopwood, ca. 1752-1819, British, after unknown artist, 1807, portrait

Portrait of Pierre Jean van Stabel, Antoine Maurin, 1830 - 1856 print Under numbered: No. 80. Paris paper historical persons. officer

Portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly, Collection of Great Men, (1736-1793), politician and astronomer (dummy title)

John Adams. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

Lord Cornwallis.. Irving, Washington (1783-1859). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

Portrait of the French General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, 1807 print Amsterdam paper

Portrait van Johann Christoph Adelung, Anonymous, 1760 - 1849 print Portrait of Johann Christoph Adelung in a rectangular frame. His name is in a frame. paper engraving / etching

Jonathan Jackson.. Portraits, Prints. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States. Continental Congress, Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810

Franklin, Benjamin .

Jeremiah T. Chase, member of the Continental Congress.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Chase, Jeremiah Townley, 1748-1828

William Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., third president of Columbia College, 1787 to 1800.. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819

Patrick Henry. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

John Jay Esq.. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

An etching of Alexander Hamilton, created in 1872 in New York

Portret van de Astronoom Jean-Dominique de Cassini, Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1820 print Paris paper historical persons

J. Thornthwaite, 1740-active 1776, William Hodges, Esq. R. A., Landscape Painter to the Prince of Wales, 1792. Engraving.

Joseph Galloway, member of the Congress of 1774.. Prints. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Plus 8., A pope.

Portrait of Charles Rochussen, Petrus Johannes Arendzen, 1871 print Bust of the artist Charles Rochussen in Ovaal. . engraving

The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol. III 1836 Edited and etched by James Barton Longacre American. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol. III 368758

John Heaviside. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran, 1847, after Sir W. Beechey.

Portrait of William Pitt, George Keating, After Simon de Koster, 1794 print Text in English in the lower margin. London paper etching historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

An engraving of Governor George Clinton, created by Ezra Ames in 1881, depicting Clinton, who served as governor of New York

Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox Baron.

J, Fr, Xav, Sterkel , Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, German composer and court musician, Heinrich Eduard von Wintter -, artist

George Read.. Pine, Robert Edge (1730-1788). Portraits, Prints. 1820 - 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Read, George, 1733-1798

John Sevier. 1810 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sevier, John, 1745-1815

Heinrich Fridrich sic, Füger, Boblen to Heilbron - died in Vienna , Heinrich Friedrich Füger, court painter, director of the academy, Vinzenz Georg Kininger -, mezzotint artist, after, Heinrich Friedrich Füger -, pain

John Langdon signer of the Constitution of the United States. 1776 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Langdon, John, 1741-1819

Portrait of Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target.

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