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Historical Portraits of American Statesmen

Engravings of early American political figures, notably George Washington, featuring classic attire and historical significance in their depictions.

John Adams, second president of the United States of America | Library of Congress

George Washington, 22 February 1732, 14 December 1799, was the first President of the United States of America from 1789 to 1797, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

George Washington (1732-1799). 1st President of the United States (1789-1797). Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

James Madison (1751-1836). American statesman, diplomat and Founding Father. 4th President of the United States of America (1809-1817). Portrait. Engraving. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu (1747-1825). French lawyer and politician. He was one of the four legal authors of the Napoleonic Code, enacted on 21 March 1804. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait of George Washington, first president of the United States, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gilbert Stuart, Amsterdam, 1805 - 1828, paper, etching, h 211 mm × w 133 mm

John Adams (1735-1826), Second President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Published by N. Dearborn, Boston

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist and botanist. He established binomial nomenclature. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. Detail. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Mathieu de Montmorency (Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency) (1767-1826), 1st Duke of Montmorency-Laval. French revolutionary politician and military officer. Elected deputy of the nobility of Montfort-l'Amaury to the Estates General in 1789. Portrait. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1867). Belgian artist.

John Adams, second president of the United States of America | Library of Congress

George Washington (1732-1799). 1st President of the United States (1789-1797). Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

James Madison 1751 - 1836 Fourth president of the United States 1809 - 1817. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). American politician and diplomat. Sixth President of the United States. Portrait. Engraving.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Swiss-born French writer and philosopher. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

John Adams, second President of the United States of America. Portraits, Prints. 1826. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States. Continental Congress, Adams, John, 1735-1826

Sir William Herschel (Frederick) 1738-1822. German born British astronomer. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

George Clymer 1739 to 1813 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre from a miniature by Trott

Presumed portrait of General Dugommier. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35317-8 French, general, military, portrait, French revolution

Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Valence (Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Timbrune de Thiembronne) (1757-1822). French general who took part in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait, John Dickinson by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Franciscus Josephus Pahud de Valangin. Stipple engraving, 1805, after L. F. Abbott.

Portrait, John Dickinson by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Jerome Petion de Villeneuve, 3 January 1756, Summer 1794, was a leader during the French Revolution, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

Engraving of Thomas Jefferson, 1881, New York

George Washington ca. 1810-20 American. George Washington 15253

Washington.. Couder, Louis-Charles-Auguste (1790-1873). Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Dominique Joseph Garat (1749-1833). French lawyer, journalist, writer and politician. Minister of Justice between 1792 and 1793, in the exercise of his office he was the one who notified King Louis XVI of his death sentence. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

John Moore, 1729 - 1802. Scottish doctor, novelist, travel author and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. After a painting by Samuel Drummond. Engraved by William Bromley.

Thomas Arnold. Pencil drawing.

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). English theologian, philosopher and chemist. Engraving. 19th century.

Warren Hastings, 6 December 1732, 22 August 1818, an English statesman, was the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William, Bengal, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Bengal, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Delille, Jacques Draftsman: Pujos, Andréstecher: Bolt, Johann Friedrichverlag: Schumann, Gebr.verlagsort: Zwickau

A print of Benjamin Franklin, created in 1825 by Joseph Delaplaine and David Martin. It was published in New York by order of the corporation of New York. The print measures 12.2 x 9.9 cm

James Watt. Stipple engraving by T. Wright, 1830, after Sir W. Beechey.

George Washington served as commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick (1735-1806). Duke of Duke of Brunswick (1780-1806). Sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (Holy Roman Empire). He served as a field marshal in the Prussian army. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Jonathan Trumball (1710 - 1785) American statesman

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 28. August 1749, 22. März 1832, war ein deutscher Dichter und Naturforscher, Goethe im 30. Lebensjahr, digitale verbessert...

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803). German Philosopher, theologian, poet and literary critic. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

Warren Hastings 1732 to 1818 English politician and colonial adminstrator Governor General of India Engraved by H Robinson after Sir J Reynolds From the book National Portrait Gallery volume III published c 1835

George Washington (1732-1799). First president of the United States (1789-1797). Commander-in-chief of the revolutionary Continental Army in the American War of Independence (1775-1783). Portrait. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850. Later colouration.

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826. 3rd President of U.S.A. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) Swedish philosopher, mystic, and cosmologist. Portrait engraving.

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engraving.

Vintage photograph. Painting of Thomas Jefferson

Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, 1744-1797. from ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Portrait of John Smeaton, 1724 - 1792, the English engineerfather of civil engineering

Georges Couthon (Georges Auguste Couthon) (1755-1794). French revolutionary. Deputy in the Legislative Assembly in September 1791. Elected to the National Convention in September 1792. President of the Convention (21 December 1793 to 5 January 1794). Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), American Printer, Publisher, Author, Inventor, Scientist, Diplomat and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Ever

Benjamin Franklin 1785 French. Benjamin Franklin 15021

Illustration depicting Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) a French lawyer and politician, one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Dated 18th century

Richard Brinsley Sheridan,1751-1816. Anglo-Irish dramatist and politician.19th century print engraved by R. Hicks from the painting by Sir.Joshua Reynolds.

DON ANTONIO GUTIERREZ - COMANDANTE GENERAL DE CANARIAS. Author: LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE. TENERIFFA. SPAIN.

John Greenwood

Louis XVI of France. (1754-1793) 18th. Century. King of the French. Louis Capet. Guillotined.

James Madison Jr. March 16, 1751, June 28, 1836, was the fourth President of the United States from 1809 to 1817, Historical, digitally restored repro...

Portrait of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826) an Anglo-Irish British politician and military officer who served as Governor-General of India. Dated 19th Century

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). American politician. An American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Later, served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Portrait. Engraving.

PORTRAIT OF AARON BURR POLITICIAN 1770s CONTINENTAL ARMY THIRD VICE PRESIDENT KILLED ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN DUEL 1804

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English Chemist and Non-Conformist minister. One of discoverers of oxygen. From Sheridan Muspratt 'Chemistry', William Mackenzie, London, c1860.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN POLITICO FISICO Y FILOSOFO(1706-1790). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1735-1806) Scottish banker and philanthropist, founder of the Union Bank of Scotland, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Thomas Thomson (1870), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Cornwallis. 1775 - 1890. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

Portrait of John Vaughan. Date/Period: 1793/1797. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 64.1 cm. Height: 76.5 cm (without frame). Author: GILBERT STUART.

George Clymer, 1739 to 1813, American statesman and founding father A signer of the Declaration of Independence Engraving by JB Longacre from a nineteenth-century miniature by Trott, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a nineteenth-century original, Record date not stated

Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, 19th century. Creator: CE Wagstaff.

Richard Howe (1726-1799), 1st Earl Howe, English admiral, 19th century.Artist: J Pass

James Madison, U.S. Secretary of State, May 2, 1801 to March 3, 1809

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) French naturalist. Dated 19th Century

James G. Almy ca. 1798 Edward Greene Malbone This miniature is thought to date from the time of Almy's marriage to Myra Eliot on March 29, 1801, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.. James G. Almy. Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1807). American. ca. 1798. Watercolor on ivory

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Lacobin Club. Engraving. Portrait. Colored.

Portrait, Joshua Barney by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Military officers, Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Portrait, Benjamin Harrison by J.R. Lamdin, after John Trumbull , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Harrison, Benjamin, approximately 1726-1791. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Samuel Chase 1741 to 1811 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre after a painting by Jarvis

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778). British statesman of the Whig group. Engraving. Portrait. Colored.

John Adams, 2nd President of the United States, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with book in hand

Charles Willson Peale (15 April 1741-22 February 1827) was an American portrait and landscape painter, Self-portrait, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historic original.

James Madison (1751-1836), Fourth President of the United States 1809-17, lithograph on paper, Nicolas Eustache Maurin, 1828

Portrait of Lewis Bagot, Bishop of Bristol (1740-1802),.. By Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait, Christopher Gadsden by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). 3rd President and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Engraving in The Universal History, 1892. Colored.

John Adams, President of the United States of America. Adams was the second president of the United States having already served as the country's first vice president. He was also one of America's Founding Fathers.

A mezzotint portrait of John Hancock, the president of the American Congress, depicting him in a formal stance, highlighting his prominence in Boston, New England. The portrait dates from approximately 1800-1890 and was issued in 1775 by publisher C. Shepherd in London

The Revd. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States / painted by J. Paradise ; engraved by B. Tanner. | Library of Congress

William Pitt the Younger, 1759 - 1806. British politician and at 24 its youngest Prime Minister. After a work by Johann Gerhard Huck from the painting by Anton Hickel.

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2 Earl of Shelburne, 1737 - 1805, a British statesman and prime minister

Sir John Edward Swinburne; 1785; Oil on canvas Thomas Gainsborough; English; 1727-88

George Washington (1732 ñ 1799) first President of the United States (1789ñ97);

Portrait of José María Gálvez Alonso, Cuban politician.

Portrait, Christopher Gadsden by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Charles James Fox, 24 January 1749, 13 September 1806, was a British statesman and orator, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century origina...

Portrait of Ivan Golenishchev-Kutuzov by Pyotr Fyodorovich Borel, Lithograph, 1865, Neoclassicism, 1829-1898, Russia, Moscow, Russian State Library,

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman, printer and scientist. Engraving, 1896.

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse, 1746 - 1818, French mathematician

Admiral Alexander Hood (1726-1814), 1st Viscount Bridport, 1837.Artist: S Freeman

Carlos IV de España (1748-1819). Rey de España entre 1788 y 1808. Perteneciente a la dinastía Borbón. Ilustración por Antonio Gómez. Grabado por Domingo Martinez, detalle. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

detail from 'Portrait of James Watt' 1812, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727. English physicist and mathematician. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Lord Clive Engraving from a painting by Nathaniel Dance. Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive of Plassey 1725-1774 also known as Clive of India Governor of Bengal India

ERASMUS DARWIN Writer and scientist, grandfather of Charles Darwin Date: 1731 - 1802

Portrait, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , Portrait paintings, Judges. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

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