Historical Portraits

Etchings and prints of notable historical figures, capturing their likeness and attire, representing scholarly and aristocratic personas from the 18th century.

Portrait of Henry Hope, Charles Howard Hodges, John & Josiah Boydell, 1788

A 1821 copper engraving by James Thomson depicting a portrait of Adam von Bartsch, showing detailed facial features and attire in early 19th-century European art.

A half-length portrait of a cavalier by Frans van Stampart, created around 1745 with colored chalk on green-gray paper, showing the figure rendered in detail.

William Blake, John Caspar Lavater, 1787 1801 John Caspar Lavater

William Farish. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1815, after H. P. Briggs.

Portrait van Johann Froben, Lambert Visscher, after Hans Holbein (II), 1658 - 1693 print The German scholar, printer and publisher Johann Froben (Johannes Frobenius). He wears a jacket with a fur collar. print maker: Northern Netherlands (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Levasseur / in Molière.

MALASPINA, ALEJANDRO. NAVEGANTE Y EXPLORADOR ITALIANO. 1754-1810. OLEO DE JOSE MARIA GALVAN. MUSEO NAVAL. MADRID.

unknown artist, Mr. Benjamin Marshall, 1826.

Portrait of Jacob Wijs, Walraad Nieuwhoff, After Johannes Hari (I), 1825 print Bust van Jacob Wijs, reformed pastor in The Hague, to the right. At the bottom of the margin a two -line text in Dutch. The Hague paper etching / engraving

Sir Everard Home. Line engraving, 1810, after Sir W. Beechey.

Mansbustste in Ovaal, Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, 1829 - 1845 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving anonymous historical person portrayed

Self portrait of Jacob Perkois. Draughtsman: Jacob Perkois. Dating: 1766 - 1804. Measurements: h 425 mm × w 272 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Print made by Edward Savage, 1761-1817, American, Benjamin Franklin, 1793. Mezzotint on thick, rough, cream wove paper.

Johnstone, John Henry .

Portrait of F.T. Schluter, pastor in Delft. Bust to the right in an oval, Portrait of F.T. Schluter F. T. Schlutter , print maker: Walraad Nieuwhoff, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Johannes Hari (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: D.A.M. Sluyter, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1825, paper, etching, engraving, h 255 mm - w 208 mm

Samuel Johnson. Dated: 1779. Medium: mezzotint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Doughty after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Edward Marsland Esquire, Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773-1835, British, after James Lonsdale, 1777-1839, British, 1831, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

James Wolf Esq..... Prints. 1760. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

Portrait of L. Michu, actor and singer, Portrait of L. Michu, draughtsman: anonymous, 1764 - 1802, paper, h 277 mm × w 207 mm

Blot, Maurice, work, Anton van Dyck, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, leaf width 22.1 cm, leaf height 28.6 cm, image width 17.8 cm, image height 24.2 cm

General John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes, James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 20 × 13 7/8 inches (50.8 × 35.2 cm) and Image: 17 1/2 × 13 13/16 inches (44.5 × 35.1 cm)

Claude Hoin, Self Portrait, c 1780 Self-Portrait

William Harvey. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1839, after C. Janssen.

Portret van James FitzGerald, James McArdell, after Joshua Reynolds, 1754 print London paper. deck paint brush historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

PortraT van Friedrich von Matthisson, Franz Xaver Gebhard, after Ferdinand Hartmann, 1775 - 1800 print paper etching writer, poet, author

Increase Mather.. Prints. 1772 - 1850. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

Portrait of Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Henricus Leonardus van den Houten, after Cornelis Cels, 1828 - 1843 print To the left of the person portrayed a bust of Willem I. Under the portrait the family crest. Utrecht paper historical persons

Höldy, Ludwig.

William Drummond of Hawthorndon. John Finlayson (British, 1730-1776). Mezzotint;

George Dance RA, 1741-1825, British, Portrait of a Fat Man, Head and Shoulders, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Portrait of Johannes Heemskerk, draughtsman: Cornelis van Noorde, (possibly), anonymous, 1741 - 1795, paper, brush, h 250 mm × w 181 mm

Scholey, George .

Tempest, William .

Self Portrait, Thomas Worlidge, 1700-1766, British, 1752, Etching and drypoint

Wren, Christopher .

Man portrait, to the left, draughtsman: Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754, paper, brush, h 313 mm × w 237 mm

Line Drawing. Daniel O'Connell. 1775-1847. The Liberator of Ireland with a street named in his honor.

Newton, Isaac Draftsman: Macardell, Jameschabrügerler: Macardell, James

Thomas Masterman Winterbottom. Mezzotint by W. O. Geller after R. Elliott.

William Hyde Wollaston. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1830, after J. Jackson.

Utrecht, Post jr., C. van der, Dordrecht, Backer, Hilmar Johannes, Netherlands, Neuman, Johan Heinrich, Bentinck, Carel Frederik Curtenius, Portrait of theologian Herman Johan Royaards, verso - stamped, The person portrayed wears a toga and a knight's order on his chest., print, prints, height 450 mm, width 315 mm, 1814-07-20 - 1849-04-09, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1849, paper, papier, chine collé, lithography (technique), Work conception, 1819-01-07 - 1898-04-14, after a design by, 1804-09-17 - 1845-05-01, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

James Miller. Stipple engraving.

Thomas Harland, active early 19th century, Charles Barry, undated. Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, begie card with cream chine collé.

Pablo Picasso / 'Self-portrait with wig', 1900, Oil on canvas, 55,8 x 45,8 cm, MPB 110.053. Museum: Museo Picasso, Barcelona.

Portrait of John Lockhart, Esquire. James McArdell (Irish, c. 1728-1765); after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792). Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 352 x 279 mm (image); 392 x 279 mm (sheet); 482 x 315 mm (secondary support). Mezzotint on paper. Origin: Ireland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: James MacArdell.

W.H. Harrison. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

William Robertson (1753-1835), Lord Robertson. Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1756-1823 Edinburgh, Scotland). Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (125.7 x 99.7 cm). Date: 1805.The portrait was painted in July 1805, four months before William Robertson was seated on the Scottish bench with the title Lord Robertson. He wears the wig and robes of a Lord of Session. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

William Hyde Wollaston. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1824, after J. Jackson.

Portrait of Hubertus Gregorius van Vrijhoff, Portrait of Professor of Law at the Athenaeum Illustre (the predecessor of the University of Amsterdam) Hubertus Gregorius van Vrijhoff, resting his arm on a book on a plinth in front of him. On the plinth his name and profession and a four-line verse, in Dutch., Historical persons, Hubertus Gregorius van Vrijhoff, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, in or before 1754 and/or 1754 - 1755, paper, engraving, h 191 mm × w 133 mm

Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723 to 1792 English portrait painter and aesthetician Engraved by J Cochran after a self portrait From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835

Portrait of Gerard van Nijmegen, Anthonie van den Bos, in or after 1808 print Bust of the Rotterdam painter Gerard van Nijmegen. paper etching

Portrait of a man with a hat and a gray wig, to the right, Aert Schouman (Possible), 1720 - 1792 drawing Portrait of a man with a hat and a gray wig, to the right, the left hand resting on a pile of paper on a table. paper. watercolor (paint) brush anonymous historical person portrayed alone

John Smith after Sir Godfrey Kneller, John Smith, 1716 John Smith

Waterloos, Herman Frederik, Montanus, Arnoldus, Visscher, Cornelis (II), Haarlem, Portrait of Robert Junius, verso - stamped, Robert Junius, preacher in the Indies, Formosa, Delft and Amsterdam. He rests his arm on a book. In the margin a verse in Latin and in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 351 mm, width 242 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1629 - 1658-01-16, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, - 1683, writer, Dutch - 1664

Portrait of Cornelis Troost, Portrait to the left of the painter Cornelis Troost. The painting with his portrait is on an easel on a platform and is surrounded by the attributes of painting and engraving art. Beneath the easel are palette and brushes, a carved head, drawing pens, books and drawings. On the left is the painter's stick, on which is hanging a laurel wreath. Behind a painting in a frame. In the background a look through to a landscape. Below the show the name and details of the person portrayed in three lines in Dutch., Tools, implements of painter, portrait, self-portrait or painter, Cornelis Troost, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1760 - 1780, paper, etching, h 374 mm × w 268 mm

Médem, Paul Graf.

James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Harry Woodward, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Portrait of Marshal Soult in bust, wrapped in a cape

Vincenzio Antinori. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841.

Birkenstock, Johann Melchior Noble from.

. Jacobus Ignatius Schrs sitting at a writing table on which a crucifix. A writing spring in his hand. A column and a curtain behind him, behind two pilasters and bookcases. To the right of him a church weapon. Under the portrait His name and data in two lines in Latin. Below two columns of eight rules; Links in Latin and right in Dutch. This includes birth and death data in a line in Latin.

John Zephaniah Holwell FRS (17 September 1711 - 5 November 1798) was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760)

Hahnemann, Samuel .

Portret Van Anton Raphael mean Josef Clariot, After Anton Raphael mean, in 1780 - 1820 print paper portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of Christian Guillaume Ernest Dietricy. Jacob Mathias Schmutzer (Austria, Vienna, 1733-1811). Austria, 1765. Prints; engravings. Engraving, laid down

The Rev. Humphry Gainsborough. Date/Period: Between 1770 and 1774. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 597 mm (23.50 in); Width: 495 mm (19.48 in). Author: Thomas Gainsborough.

Portrait of Jan van Goyen, Carel de Moor (II), After Gerard ter Borch (II), 1665 - 1738 print Portrait of the painter Jan van Goyen, with a hat on the head, dressed in cloak, by a pillar. Netherlands paper etching / engraving / brush portrait, self-portrait of painter

Portrait of Pieter Paulus. Bust portrait of the lawyer and politician Pieter Paulus.

Benjamin West (1738-1820) American-born British painter 1830 Engraving

Portret van Martin Ferdinand Quadal, Vincenz Georg Kininger, after Martin Ferdinand Quadal, 1789 print Vienna paper etching historical persons

Portrait of the Honorable George Canning, M.P. Sir Thomas Lawrence; English, 1769-1830. Date: 1817-1827. Dimensions: 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Busto de Federico Gravina y Nápoli en terracota, realizado por Cayetano Merchi en 1799. Capitán general de la Armada Española. s. XVIII. Museum: MUSEO NAVAL, MADRID, SPAIN. FEDERICO CARLOS GRAVINA.

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