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Etchings and engravings of historical figures, reflecting fashion and attitude of their time through detailed likenesses and poses.

Portrait Van Predmaker Giuseppe Longhi, Samuele Jesi, 1798 - 1853 print  Italy paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist
Portrait Van Predmaker Giuseppe Longhi, Samuele Jesi, 1798 - 1853 print Italy paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist
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David Cobb.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Portrait of Izaak Jansz. de Wit, Joannes Pieter Visser Bender, 1809 - 1813 print Portrait of the Dutch print maker Izaak Jansz. the White. Haarlem paper etching / engraving
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Shuldham, Molyneux .
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Genl. Moultrie.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Moultrie, William, 1730-1805
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Gen. James Wilkinson, James Sharples, ca. 1751-1811, American, undated, Pastel on medium, moderately textured wove paper, Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm) and Frame: 13 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 1 7/8 inches (33.7 × 28.6 × 4.8 cm), general, portrait, wig
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Portrait of Matthias Claudius, German poet and journalist. Beneath the image is the signature of the man portrayed., print maker: Willem Frederik Wehmeyer, (mentioned on object), publisher: Arie Cornelis Kruseman, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, (possibly), publisher: Haarlem, 1842 - 1873, paper, etching, engraving, h 172 mm - w 128 mm
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C.C. Pinckney.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825
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Jozef Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813). Polish military. Portrait by Jozef Grassi (1757-1838), ca.1790. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland.
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Hood, Samuel Viscount .
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Blackwood, Sir Henry 1. Baronet .
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Robert Burns, Samuel Cousins, 1801-1887, British, after Alexander Nasmyth, 1758-1840, British, 1830, Mezzotint, published state, Plate: 20 1/2 x 16 7/16in. (52.1 x 41.8cm) and Sheet: 21 3/16 x 16 7/16in. (53.8 x 41.8cm), castle, coat, mountains, poet, portrait, trees
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James Madison; oil on wood; c. 1821 Gilbert Stuart; American; 1755 - 1828
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Henry Rutgers. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History
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Portrait of George Washington, Medium: silk Technique: jacquard-woven damask, Woven portrait of George Washington within an eagle-crested cartouche. Woven, above Washingtons head: First in War First in Peace and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen., Lyon, France, 1856, woven textiles, Portrait of George Washington
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Collingwood, 1. Baron Collingwood, Cuthbert .
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Engraver: Willliam Nutter, British, ca. 1754-1802, After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828, Geo. WashingtonEsq.r, Stipple engraving, inked a la poupée, partially hand colored, sheet: 31.5 × 22.7 cm (12 3/8 × 8 15/16in.), Made in United Kingdom, British, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints
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Canova, Antonio.
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Lazio Rieti Rieti Museo Civico3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Some wooden statues, mostly of the Madonna & Child. In most part, paintings, including the Madonna & Child with SS. Domenico. Peter, Paul and Peter Martyr by Lucca di Tomme. There is also a tryptich of the Resurrection, with predella scenes of the Passion, and other Renaissance and Baroque paintings. Owner: Palazzo Comunale Antiquities: Antique statues and busts. Object Notes: Two Hutzel photo campaign dates, one December 22, 1982, the other date is not legible. There are two sets of prints, one with numbers and an "A" set with its own numbers. At this time, the "A" set matches to the negatives we have; however, the negatives are missing for the numbered set. Since the two sets are virtually identical, it would in most cases be possible to find an image in the "A" set that would have a negative. Numbered set: 72 prints; "A" set: 94 prints. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the ea
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MUSEO- A E M GRETRY MUSICO BELGA 1741-1813. Author: JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY (1767-1855). Location: MUSEO DE LA OPERA. France.
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Genl. Charles Scott.. 1869. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Scott, Charles, 1739-1813
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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Cornelius Van der Gotten. 1782. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
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Civial, Jean.
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Henry Hoppner Meyer, ca. 1782-1847, British, after James Ramsay, 1786-1854, British, undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper, Sheet: 19 5/8 × 13 7/8 inches (49.8 × 35.2 cm) and Image: 17 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (45.4 × 35.2 cm)
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JAMES WATT (1736/1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781. 1797 - Oil on table - 19,1x14,6 cm. Author: HOWARD HENRY. Location: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.
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Charles Scott, 1880, Etching, 24 x 16 cm, New York
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Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. F.R.S., Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745-1797, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1783, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 1/8 inches (38.4 × 28.3 cm) and Image: 13 7/16 × 10 15/16 inches (34.1 × 27.8 cm)
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'The Right Honorable Henry Nevill', (1755-1843), 1835. Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny (1755-1843), British peer educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Engraved by Edward Scriven, after Thomas Henwood. From "The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex, Volume the First", by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. Baxter, Sussex Press, Lewes; Messrs. Nichols and Son, London, (1835)
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Presumed portrait of Buirette de Verrière, in the commander of the National Guard (from 1789 to 1793) ". Oil on anonymous canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 39967-10 Commander, National Guard, Military, Portrait, French Revolution, Uniform, Oil on canvas
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A Man Called Sir Robert Hervey, Angelica Kauffmann RA, 1741-1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-81), ca. 1780, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 29 5/16 x 22 7/8 inches (74.5 x 58.1 cm), Georgian, man, oval, portrait
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Thomas Jefferson. Date/Period: 1786. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 914 mm (35.98 in); Width: 711 mm (27.99 in). Author: MATHER BROWN.
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EL MEDICO ISAAC HENRIQUE SEQUEIRA - HACIA 1775 - OLEO/LIENZO - 127X102 cm - NP 2979 - NEOCLASICISMO INGLES. Author: GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.
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West, Benjamin.
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John Butter. Mezzotint by H. Cousins after J. Lucas.
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José Gragera y Herboso / 'Juan de Villanueva'. 1877 - 1878. Marble. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Artist: Chester Harding, American, 1792-1866, Subject: James Lanman, American, 1769-1841, B.A. 1788, M.A. 1791, The Honorable James Lanman (1769-1841), B.A. 1788, M.A.1791, 18th-19thcentury, Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5cm), American, 18th-19thcentury, Paintings
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Matthew Boulton, F.R.S. Medium: mezzotint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel William Reynolds I.
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Henry W. Longfellow, 1881, William Edgar Marshall; Publisher: George Barrie, American, 1837-1906, 30 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (77.79 x 58.74 cm) (plate)45 1/8 x 32 3/4 in. (114.62 x 83.19 cm) (sheet), Engraving, United States, 19th century
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Federico Gravina (1756-1806). Spanish Admiral. Illustration by Santiago Llanta. Lithography. Portrait. Later colouration. Cronica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867. Author: Santiago Llanta (fl.1866-1872). French lithographer who worked in Spain.
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John Hunter 1728 to 1793 Scottish surgeon founder of pathological anatomy in England Engraved by G H Adcock after Sir Joshua Reynolds From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835
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Portrait of John Langston, Esquire, of Sarsden, 1787, Thomas Gainsborough R.A., British, 1727-1788, 92 x 61 1/2 in. (233.68 x 156.21 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, England, 18th century, John Langston, Esquire, was a country gentleman in England of great standing. His dark suit with ruffled blouse and powdered wig are of-the-moment fashion. Langston is standing before an open window depicting a bucolic countryside, perhaps meant to represent his own land holdings in Sarsden.
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Capt. Alexander Grant of Grantsfield Sherriff of Aberdeenshire 1741-48, Artist Unknown
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Gabriel Senac deMeilhan.  Artist: Charles Clément Bervic, French, 1756-1822
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John Robertson of Pitmillan and Foveran, Provost of Aberdeen (1736-37), Cosmo Alexander (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1724 - 1772)
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Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 1770. By J S C Schaak.. Matthew Boulton was one of the leading entrepreneurs and visionaries of the eighteenth century. In partnership with James Watt, in 1775, he launched into the development and industrial application of the steam engine. In 1761 he began building his Soho Manufactory, where he pioneered revolutionary techniques of production. He also established the first steam-driven coin mint in the world. .
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Joseph West. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1798.
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Portrait of the Prearicant Hendrik Cannegieter. .
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Josiah Quincy; 1824 Oil on canvas Gilbert Stuart American; 1755-1828
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RETRATO DEL DUQUE DE SAN CARLOS - LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN CARLOS DUQUE DE. CARVAJAL Y VARGAS JOSE MIGUEL. CARVAJAL JOSE MIGUEL. CONDE DE CASTILLEJOS. CARVAJAL VASGAS Y MANRIQUE JOSE MIGUEL.
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Thomas Hart Benton. oil on canvas. Date: c. 1861. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
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John Adams. Date/Period: 1826. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 762 mm (30 in); Width: 635 mm (25 in). Author: GILBERT STUART.
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William Cliffton.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Cliffton, William, 1772-1799
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Barrot, Odilon.
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Benjamin West (1738-1820) was an American-born British painter who settled in London in 1763. As a portrait painter, he changed the tradition of depicting sitters in classical costumes by showing them in contemporary dress instead. Engraving from The World's Great Men (London, ca. 1870) ., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Plaque of George Washington 1800-30 French. Plaque of George Washington. French. 1800-30. Porcelain. Made in France
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YOUNG, Thomas (1773-1829). Oil on canvas.
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Anthony Catchpole (). Oil painting.
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Artist: H. R. Robinson, American, After: Napoleon Sarony, American, 1821-1896, HenryClay, Lithograph, black and white, india paper proof, sheet: 54.5 × 41 cm (21 7/16 × 16 1/8in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints
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Benjamin West 1738-1820 was a British painter born in America who settled in London in 1763. As a portrait painter, he changed the tradition of portraying in classic costumes by showing them in contemporary clothing instead. Copper engraving from the World S Great Men London, approx. 1870., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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John Jay Esqr.. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Stone, William L. (William Leete) (1792-1844). Prints, Illustrations. 1825. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Erie Canal (N.Y.), Jay, John, 1745-1829
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Stephen Crane.. Stauffer, David McNeely (1845-1913). Portraits, Drawings. 1887. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Crane, Stephen, 1709-1780
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