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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 ca. 1800 Robert Field American, born England. George Washington 10882

President George Washington 1796, Stuart, Gilbert, 1796

George Washington 1796, Stuart, Gilbert, 1796

Portrait of the Staatsman William Pitt. .

Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie, Franz Josef Prince.

1790s PORTRAIT GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IN UNIFORM LOOKING AT CAMERA AT PRINCETON BY CHARLES PEALE POLK

Richard Brinsely Sheridan (1751 - 1816) - playwright and politician

Alexander Hamilton, chromolithograph reproduction of a 1792 John Trumbull portrait (BSLOC_2019_4_86)

L.G. Otto Esq.r (LouisGuillaume). Engraver: P. Roberts After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Portrait, Benjamin Bussey, 1757-1842, by Stuart, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

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

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. Copy of engraving by James Mitan after John Trumbull, published 1808.. 1931 - 1932.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Third President of the United States, Half-Length Seated Portrait, Lithograph, D.W. Kellogg & Co., 1830's

Thomas Jefferson; oil on wood; c. 1821 Gilbert Stuart; American; 1755 - 1828

William Cobbett (1763Ð1835). English radical journalist and politician. Portrait, possibly by George Cooke (1781-1834). Oil on canvas (91,4 x 71,1 cm), c. 1831. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

Thomas Sumter, 1734 to 1832, nicknamed Carolina Gamecock . Hero of the American Revolution and long-time member of the United States Congress, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated

Abbott Lawrence 1792-1855. American merchant and philanthropist. Entrepreneur of the New England textile industry. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Portrait of Judge Pierpont Edwards(1750-1826). Artist: William Jennys, American, active 1795-1806

James Monroe 1818, Stuart, Gilbert, 1818

George Washington.. Trumbull, John (1756-1843). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

James Monroe. Dated: c. 1817. Dimensions: overall: 64.8 x 55 cm (25 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on wood. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GILBERT STUART.

Portrait of U.S. president Alexander Hamilton

GeorgeWashington. Engraver: John Scoles, American, 1793-1844 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

James Parker, 1750-1805, British, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, 1803. Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington. Gilbert Stuart (United States, Rhode Island, North Kingston, 1755-1828). United States, circa 1793-1794. Paintings. Oil on canvas

Thomas Jefferson, 1805, Rembrandt Peale, (1778-1860 American)

William Moultrie 1782William Moultrie was a planter and politician who became a general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. Charles Wilson Peale

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Lithograph after the 1805 portrait by Rembrandt Peale.

Portrait of Mr. William Chase,Sr.. Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby, British, 1734-1797

James Monroe, President of the United States. Monroe was the fifth President of the United States. Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, the third of them to die on Independence Day, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation.

James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, Lithograph Created by Pendleton's Lithography from an Original Painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1828

Portrait of George Washington August 1836 Augustin de Saint-Aubin French. Portrait of George Washington 423254

George Washington.. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Prints. 1800. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Portrait, Colonel Benjamin Pickman, 1708-1773, merchant, by John Greenwood , Portrait paintings, Pickman, Benjamin, 1707 or 1708-1773. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington (1732-1799), LL.D.1781. Artist: Charles Willson Peale, American, 1741-1827

Daniel Webster 1792 to 1852. American orator and politician. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Thomas Bowlby, 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788

Portrait of George Washington, first president of the United States ..

Daniel Boone - American Frontiersman, circa 1820

Gilbert Stuart, portrait of George Washington, portrait-1796

Portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) a prominent British Tory statesman and the youngest Prime Minister at the age of 24. Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) an English portrait painter and fourth President of the Royal Academy. Dated 18th century

James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, (early 20th century).Artist: Gordon Ross

George Washington, 22 February 1732-14 December 1799, from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

Dick, Sir John Baronet .

Engraving: portrait of thomas jefferson, by H.B. Hall after Gilbert Stuart.

President Andrew Jackson, 1833 print by Ezra Bisbee (BSLOC_2017_6_13)

Portrait of a Gentleman 1791 James Peale American. Portrait of a Gentleman 15135

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Alexander Hamilton James Sharples, 1796

White House paintings: Revere Beach by Maurice Prendergast (1896); Brig. Gen. John Hartwell Cocke by Edward Troye (1859); Woodrow Wilson by Sir William Orpen (1919); George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (1823); Storm Clouds by Albert Bierstadt (1880); Abigail Adams by Ralph Earle (1785). Portrait of George Washington, painted by Rembrandt Peale. White House, Washington D.C.

George Washington (G Washington -signature?). Artist: Peter Frederick Rothermell, 1817-1895 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

James Madison 1751-1836, Fourth President of the United States 1809-17, After a painting by Alonzo Chappel, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

James Madison (1751-1836), Fourth President of the United States 1809-17, stipple engraving on paper, David Edwin, W. H. Morgan & Company, 1810

Digitally restored vector painting of President Andrew Jackson.

Portrait of a Man ca. 1790 Barrois French(). Portrait of a Man. Barrois (ca. 1790). ca. 1790. Ivory. Miniatures

Thomas Jefferson.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) French revolutionary leader. Lost power to Robespierre during the Reign of Terror and was guillotined. Engraving.

James Madison, 4th president of the United States. He is hailed as the 'Father of the Constitution' for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights.

Portrait, Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804, from painting at the Essex Institute by John Trumbull , Portrait paintings, Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Portrait of James Cook (Marton in Cleveland, 1728-Hawaii, 1779), 18th Century.

Portrait, Samuel Cooper, by Copley, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

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

PORTRAIT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN 1785 WEARING BIFOCALS PAINTING BY CHARLES WILLSON PEALE

Captain James Cook (1728-1779). British naval officer. Navigator and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean. Portrait by John Webber (1750-1793). Oil on canvas, 1776. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

James Watt (1736-1819). It was the genius of James Watt which did more to bring the practical steamboat into being than anything else.

George Washington (1732-99), Enamel Mosaic, by Victor Facchina, 1930

Portrait, Abraham Clark by James R. Lambdin after Trumbull , Portrait paintings, Legislators, Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Portrait of U.S. president Alexander Hamilton

The portrait was painted when Adams was the second President of the United States from 1797-1801. It was possibly painted from an engraving by H. H. Houston. Williams settled in Philadelphia where he established an art studio and taught the young Benjamin West (BSLOC_2019_5_60)

James Madison (1751-1836) 4th President of the United States Artist Unknown Print Culver Pictures Inc.

Philip Livingston 1716 to 1778 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre after an original painting

Portrait of a Gentleman ca. 1785 Nathaniel Hancock. Portrait of a Gentleman 10986

Gilbert Stuart, American (1755-1828), Captain Joseph Anthony, 1794, oil on canvas

John Nicholson (1765-20 January 1820) was an American lawyer and politician, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

White House furnishings, artifacts. Portrait of Commodore John Barry, by Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1801. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.

Augustus Washington Clason ca. 1820 Attributed to John Wesley Jarvis American, born England. Augustus Washington Clason 11241

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Martin, David (1737-1797) / White House / 1767 / Great Britain / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 127x101 / Rococo

Thomas Jefferson 1743 to 1826 3rd President of USA from an early 19th century aquatint after a portrait by Thaddeus Kosciuszko and engraved by Michel Sokolnicki

Francis Hopkinson 1737 to 1791 American author statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre and J.H. Nesmith from a picture by Pine

Governor Morris (1) (born 31 January 1752 in New York, died 6 November 1816 in the Bronx) was an American politician, one of the founding fathers of the United States, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1878), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

James Madison, President of the United States / T. Sully del. ; D. Edwin fecit. | Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson, Portrait still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

General GeorgeWashington. Artist, copy after: Jean-Antoine Houdon, French, 1741-1828 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

Danton, Georges.

Benjamin Franklin, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

1830s 1840s PORTRAIT MARTIN VAN BUREN 8th AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Portrait of William Pitt d. J.

Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) an American politician, soldier and the first President of the United States of America. Dated 18th Century

G. Washington.. Barralet, John James (ca. 1747-1815). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

USA, Virginia, Alexandria, Mount Vernon Museum, portrait of George Washington

John Adams (1735-1826), LL.D.1788. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin 1800-1883. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin 500

George Bethune ca. 1800 Edward Greene Malbone George Bethune lived in Boston.. George Bethune 15103

John Marshall (1755 1835) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (18011835). Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801 Taken from an illustration of 1800 titled 'Distinguished masons of the revolution'

James Monroe, President of the United States. Monroe was the fifth President of the United States. Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, the third of them to die on Independence Day, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation.

Gouverneur Morris 1798 Pierre Henri French Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) sat for Henri when he returned from his tenure as United States minister to France. He subsequently served as a senator from New York.. Gouverneur Morris 15082

Portrait of John Thornton, Esq. Date/Period: 1727 - 1788. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 914.40 mm (36 in); Width: 711.20 mm (28 in). Author: Thomas Gainsborough.

Portrait of I. P. Frank

USA: James Madison (1751 - 1836) was the 4th President of the United States, serving from 1809 to 1817. Oil on canvas, John Vanderlyn (1775-1852), 1816

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