Historical Portraits of Founding Figures

Engravings and portraits of prominent historical figures, featuring classic styles and muted tones that convey a sense of legacy and importance.

George Washington; 1795; Oil on canvas Rembrandt Peale; American; 1778-1860

George Washington 1732-1799. First President of the United States. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

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George Washington (1732-99) First President of the United States, Half-Length Portrait, Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by Gilbert Stuart

Washington, George Publisher: Cribb, Robertmaler: Stuart, GilbertStecher: Nutter, William

Thomas JeffersonEsq.. Engraver: David Edwin, American, born England, 1776-1841 After: Rembrandt Peale, American, 1778-1860

GEORGE WASHINGTON First president of the United States

George Washington.. Prints. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

George Washington; 1795; Oil on canvas Rembrandt Peale; American; 1778-1860

George Washington , Presidents, Washington, George, 1732-1799. Louis Prang & Company Collection

George Washington, by Rembrandt Peale, 1795, American painting, oil on canvas. 17 year old Rembrandt Peale made this portrait of Washington along side his father, Charles Willson Peale. Washington posed for them while he was President and Philadelphia was the national Capital (BSLOC_2019_4_180)

ThomasJefferson. Engraver: John Norman, British, active United States, ca. 1748-1817After style of: Peale Family, American

Portrait, Charles Carroll of Carrolton by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington. Edward Savage; American, 1761-1817. Date: 1793. Dimensions: 47 × 35.9 cm (18 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.). Oil on mahogany panel. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Portrait, Charles Carroll of Carrolton by Charles W. Peale , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington. Prints. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

George Washington, 22 February 1732-14 December 1799, from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America, painting by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

George Washington, c. 1880-1923. Samuel Arlent-Edwards (American, 1862-1938), after Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828). Mezzotint;

James Madison (1751-1836), Fourth President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, by Albert Newsam, P.S. Duval, Lithographer, Philadelphia

Thomas Jefferson American History

George Washington (1732-99) First President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Engraving

George Washington, 1793. Edward Savage (American, 1761-1817). Mezzotint with line engraving;

James Madison, US Presidents

Washington, George .

Thomas Jefferson in a 1791 portrait by either Charles Willson Peale or his daughter, Sarah Miriam Peale. Jefferson was then serving as the 1st Secretary of State under President George Washington (BSLOC_2019_6_136)

George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1755 - 1828) ; Oil on canvas; Circa 1803

Portrait of James Madison 1806. Fourth President of the United States of America, he was hailed as the "Father of the Constitution". Gilbert Stuart

Thomas McKean 1734 to 1817 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving originally published by S.C. Atkinson

George Washington (Vaughan-Sinclair Portrait) 1795; Oil on canvas Gilbert Stuart; American; 1755 - 1828

illustration of George Washington, of 1800 titled 'Distinguished masons of the revolution' Includes Lafayette, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. Color lithograph, copy of a painting by Gilbert Stuart. ca. 1805

Grenville, Thomas Lord .

George Washington.. 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

James Madison from the Original Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, Martin, John & Co. Publishers, NY, 1857

George Washington. Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 7.9 cm). Date: 1776-83. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

James Madison, 1775 - 1890, New York (State), History

George Washington Esqr.. Prints. 1783 - 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), LL.D.1797. Artist: James Peale, American, 1749-1831

G. Washington.. 1776 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

George Washington, by William Winstanley, 1803. American painting, oil on canvas. Winstanley was an English-born landscape artist who emigrated to the US in the 1790s. He settled in Philadelphia, where George Washington purchased four of his landscapes, three of which are now at Mt. Vernon. In the US, he also painted portraits, such as this one of Washington, before he returned to England around 1804-06 (BSLOC_2019_4_174)

ThomasJefferson. Lithographer: Unknown After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, British politician and Prime Minister, (1835).Artist: William Thomas Fry

George Washington copy of the Stuart Gilbert painting; American; 1870 - 1880; Albumen silver print

Richard Howe (1726-1799), 1st Earl of Howe. British naval officer who rose to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. He took part in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Wheatley, George .

"Portrait of George Washington 1794 Oil on canvas by Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller, Swedish (active United States), 1751 - 1811"

Gilbert Stuart, American (1755-1828), George Washington, c. 1821, oil on wood

James Otis 1725 - 1783. Lawyer, advocate of American rights and adversary of British rule. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Digitally restored vector painting of the first United States President George Washington.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Colour lithograph of a half-portrait of Jefferson sitting at a desk, ca. 1845. After a portrait by Matthew Harris Jouett (ca. 17887-1827)

George Washington Artist Unknown

George Washington, first president of the United States | Library of Congress

Alexander Hamilton American History Lithograph

General Wahington. GWashington. Engraver: John Chorley, American, active 1818-1834 After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828

Gilbert Stuart, Stephen Van Rensselaer III, 1793 1795 Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (Vaughan portrait), American, 1755-1828, 1795, oil on canvas

Digitally restored artwork of President, Vice-President, Founding Father, and author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson.

A print of John Adams, created in 1825 by Gilbert Stuart, published in New York by order of the corporation of New York. The print measures 10.9 x 9.1 cm

Thomas Jefferson.. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov, Count Suvorov of Rimnik, Prince of Italy, 1730-1800. Russian General. Engraved by Pannemaker-Ligny after Lienard,from ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Gen.l GeorgeWashington. After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), American Statesman, Head and shoulders Portrait, Oil on Canvas Painting by John Trumbull, 1806

George Washington , Presidents, Washington, George, 1732-1799. Louis Prang & Company Collection

The Honourable T. Pickering, 1880, New York. Stipple engravings of Timothy Pickering (1745-1829)., 24 x 16 cm. Engravings

1800s PORTRAIT OF JAMES MADISON AMERICAN POLITICIAN PHILOSOPHER FATHER OF CONSTITUTION 4TH PRESIDENT UNITED STATES

George Washington E11065 Painting; oil on wood; overall: 67 x 55 cm (26 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.);

James Madison.. Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby) (1808-1889). Prints. 1860. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Richard Henry Lee's contribution to the Second Continential Congress, was his resolution of June 7, 1776, to declare Independence from Great Britain. (BSLOC_2019_4_45)

Portrait of James Madison, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA (Editorial Usage Only)

George Peter Alexander Healy, after Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Jefferson, 1848 1879 Thomas Jefferson

George Washington (1732-1799), LL. D. 1781 (after Charles WillsonPeale). Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Portrait, Elbridge Gerry by J. Boyle , Portrait paintings, Government officials, Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Chester Harding (American, 1792 - 1866), Charles Carroll of Carrollton, c. 1828, oil on canvas

George Washington (1732-99), First President of the United States, Full-Length Portrait, Engraving by John Chester Buttre, 1866

Portrait, William Floyd by George Etter , Portrait paintings, Politicians, Floyd, William, 1734-1821. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Thomas Willing (1731-1821) was an American politician and merchant, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

Dawson, Viscount Cremorne, Thomas .

American Revolution. General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina, was a Revolutionary War veteran, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and unsuccessful presidential nominee of the Federalist Party in 1804 and 1808. 1787 engraving after a portrait by Joseph Paul (BSLOC_2019_4_25)

George WashingtonEsq.. Engraver: James Fisher, active 1801 After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

George Washington; 1859 Oil on canvas Rembrandt Peale; American; 1778 - 1860

Richard Henry Lee (20 January 1732-19 June 1794) was the sixth President of the Continental Congress and, as a signer of the Constitution of the United States, is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original

George Washington ca. 1846 Rembrandt Peale American When he was eighteen, Rembrandt Peale painted a portrait of Washington from life in the presence of his father, Charles Willson Peale. During the remainder of his career, Rembrandt demonstrated a near obsession with Washington and replicated this famous portrait seventy-nine times. The stone oval derives from the seventeenth-century European fashion for tromp l'oeil stone casements, a format Peale may have observed during periods of study in Europe.. George Washington 11739

Edward Shippen, LL.D.. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806

George Washington.. Couder, Louis-Charles-Auguste (1790-1873). Prints. 1830. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

John Adams, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800-15, American painting, oil on canvas. Painted when the second president was in his eighties, Stuart copied it from a preliminary portrait made of Adams during his presidency (BSLOC_2016_5_66)

Joseph Haydn 1792 Thomas Hardy (1757-1805 British) Royal College of Music, London, England

Portrait of George Canning

Millard Fillmore, Full-Length Portrait, Engraving by J. Sartain, Published by William Smith, Philadelphia, early 1850's

Portrait of the statesman William Pitt, Charles Howard Hodges, after William Owen, 1799 print London paper engraving

Portrait of Josiah Wedgwood - Joseph Priestley, 1892

Colonel Robert Abercrombie. Date/Period: 1788. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 76.5 cm (30.1 in); Width: 63 cm (24.8 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, statesman and general, (19th century).Artist: WT Mote

Portrait of Louis Jean Saint-Just de Reichebourg - Former captain of Gendarmerie - Chevalier de Saint-Louis - Pere du Convention Portrait of Louis Jean Saint-Just de Richebourg, Train Captain of Gendarmerie, Chevalier de Saint-Louis, Father of the Conventional . Drawing

George Washington, 1732, 1799, First President of the United States, Illustration from Gallery of Historical Portraits, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

George Washington Thomas Sully (1783-1872 American) Oil on paper David David Gallery, Philadelphia

George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, 1796-1805, American painting, oil on canvas. This Washington portrait is based on Stuart's 1796 sitting with the President, the unfinished 'Athenaeum Portrait' (BSLOC_2019_4_176)

Samuel Miles. Date: c. 1800. Oil on wood panel. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait). Date/Period: April 12, 1796. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,219 mm (47.99 in); Width: 940 mm (37 in). Author: GILBERT STUART.

John Adams, Gilbert Stuart, circa 1800-1815, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Gouverneur Morris 1752-1816. American statesman and financial expert. Helped write the final draft of the Constitution of the United States. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

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