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Historical Portraits of U.S. Presidents

Vintage portraits featuring a notable U.S. president, emphasizing formal attire and classic photography styles from the 19th century.

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

The caption for this image reads: 'Lincoln in 1865. from a photograph by Moses Parker Rice.' Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He served from March 1861 to his assassination on April 15, 1865. He was chosen as the Republican candidate at the Convention in 1860. Lincoln was a lawyer, but before he went to law school, he held a variety of jobs.

Abraham Lincoln 1809 to 1865 16th President of the United States 1861 to 65

Political campaign button for the 1864 United States Presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), facing right. Photograph by Barady, 8 January 1864.

Portrait of President Lincoln. Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

President Abraham Lincoln in Galesburg, Illinois, October 7, 1858

The caption for this image reads: 'Lincoln in 1857 from a photgraph in collection of Charles Carleton Coffin.' Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He served from March 1861 to his assassination on April 15, 1865. He was chosen as the Republican candidate at the Convention in 1860. Lincoln was a lawyer, but before he went to law school, he held a variety of jobs.

Photo of Lincoln (Cooper Union photo, 1860).

Anonymous. "Portrait of Abraham Lincoln". Albumin paper draw. 1860-1860. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 158745-7

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), American Politician, 16th President of the United States, half-length seated Portrait, Anthony Berger, Mathew Brady Studio, 1864

AbrahamLincoln. Artist: John A. O’Neill, American, 1837-1892

Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States. Currier & Ives, between 1861 and 1865

President Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, 1809 - 1865. 16th President of the United States. After a portrait by Alexander Gardner. This famous photograph is known as the Gettysburg Portrait because it was taken just two we

Head and Shoulders Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Published by Caldwell & Co., New York, 1860's

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

Half-length Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, USA, Reproduction Print, 1860

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln 1865. 16th President of the United States of America. Kimmel & Foster

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Head and Shoulders Portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Kurz & Allison, Chicago, 1875

Abraham Lincoln, Copied by Permission from the Original Picture by Matthew Wilson, Published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, Mass., 1865

AbrahamLincoln. Artist: Samuel Sartain, American, 1830-1906

President Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln portrait by Cooke and Fassett in Chicago, Oct. 4, 1859. Cooke requested Lincoln, then a prominent politician, sit for the portrait. Mary Todd Lincoln said this was the best likeness she had ever seen of her husband (BSLOC_2018_6_52)

Abraham Lincoln.

Portrait of Antoni Edward Oryan; Fajans, Maksymilian (1825-1890); 1876 (1876-00-00-1876-00-00);Odyniec Antoni E., Przewłocki, Janusz (1927-2007) - collection, Men's Portraits

Abraham Lincoln. oil on canvas. Date: 1916. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Émile de Girardin. G. Fontaine (French, active 1855 - 1888)

Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States, Lithograph by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, Published by George Whiting, New York, 1860

Abraham Lincoln, 1865, (1930). Creator: Unknown.

John H. Reagan.

Portrait of General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) an American soldier, General in the Union Army, businessman, educator and author. Dated 1865

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Abraham Lincoln. Date/Period: 1865. Photograph. Albumen print. Height: 450 mm (17.71 in); Width: 86 mm (3.38 in). Author: Alexander Gardner.

Daguerreotype - Joseph Savage, about 1850

Abraham Lincoln, 1846

Abraham Lincoln, 1857, (1930). Creator: Unknown.

Ex. Pres. Lincoln , Presidents, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Leon Abdalian Collection

Timothy Cole, Abraham Lincoln, American, 1852 - 1931, 1919, wood engraving

John Greenleaf Whittier , Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

Abraham Lincoln (1812-65), 16th President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Lithograph by Strobridge & Co., 1877

Abraham Lincoln American. Abraham Lincoln, after 1860-1890. Oil on canvas, 49 5/16 x 38 3/16 in. (125.3 x 97 cm). American Art after 1860-1890

Abraham Lincoln. Alexander Hesler (United States, 1823-1895). United States, 1860, printed 1870s-1880s. Photographs. Salt print

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) .

Charles Robert Leslie. Photograph by Mayall.

President Abraham Lincoln, August 9, 1863. Cropped version of photograph made by Alexander Gardner in a session at Mathew Brady's Washington DC photo studio. At the time Alexander and his brother James were employed by Mathew Brady (BSLOC_2018_6_67)

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States - born Feby. 12th 1809, died April 15th 1865.

James K. Barker , Mayors. Lawrence

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), American Politician, 16th President of the United States, full-length Portrait, Thomas Le Mere, Mathew Brady Studio, 1863

Portrait of a Man. Jacob Byerly (American, 1807 - 1883)

Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil, February 5, 1865

Hon. Charles Sumner, Massachusetts 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

New York, Anthony & Co., E. & HT, Brady, Mathew Benjamin, Portrait of Jefferson Davis, New York (city), verso - handwritten, This photograph is part of an album., photograph, foto, carte-de-visite, albumblad, foto's, Jefferson Davis 1808, 89, Pres. Z-Am Staten, (photo Brady), recto - handwritten, Published by, E&H.T. ANTHONY, 501 Broadway., New York., FROM, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE, in, BRADY'S, National Portrait Gallery, verso - printed, Jefferson Davis, 8, height 85 mm, width 53 mm, American, 1823 - 1896-01-15, photographer, 1855 - 1870, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

D. S. Reid.

Jefferson Davis (1808-89), President of the Confederate States during American Civil War, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Mathew Brady, 1861

Warner L. Underwood.

Portrait of the architect Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider (1802-1865), Photo studio Ivan Gokh

Abraham Lincoln. ink on paper. Date: c. 1899-1920. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

WILFORD WOODRUFF Mormon leader, photographed in June 1866 Date: 1807 - 1898

William Robson , Abolitionists, Robson, William, 1785-1863

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi. Chardon, Francis ainé et Fils (Paryż ; drukarnia ; ca 1821-1880), printing house, Geoffroy, Michel Charles (1819-1882), graphic artist

Émile Pereire, financier. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910)

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 19th century, portrait of Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808 - 1889, American politician, president of the Confederate States of America and leader of the southern states during the Civil War

Portrait of naturalist, painter and graphic artist Marian Czapski (1816-1875), 1857. By French engraver Adolphe Lafosse (1810-1879).

Andrew Johnson (18018-75), 17th President of the United States, Photographed while U.S. Senator from Tennessee, attributed to Jesse Harrison Whitehurst, 1860

James Knox Polk. Date/Period: 1858. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 1,576.32 mm (62.06 in); Width: 1,197.10 mm (47.13 in). Author: GEORGE P. A. HEALY.

Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the USA 1767-1845

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). American Politician and lawyer.16th President of the United States. Portrait. Engraving.

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

USA: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), photographic portrait, Alexander Helser, 1860

Abraham Lincoln, 12 February 1809, 15 April 1865, served as the 16th President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Abraham Lincoln.

President Abraham Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln 1864 . 16th President of the United States of America.

Abraham Lincoln American. Abraham Lincoln, after 1860-1890. Oil on canvas, 49 5/16 x 38 3/16 in. (125.3 x 97 cm). American Art after 1860-1890

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Portrait, Seated next to Table, Washington DC, USA, by Alexander Gardner, August 1863

Cassius M. Clay , Politicians, Abolitionists, Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903, Carte de Visite Collection

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Artist: Unknown

Joshua Bates , Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864

ULISES GRANT (1822-1885). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France. ULYSSES GRANT.

William Henry Harrison ca. 1850 Southworth and Hawes American. William Henry Harrison 268344

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th President of the United States, Portrait by Joseph Ward, late 1860's

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), 18th President of the United States 1869-77, General of Union Army during American Civil War, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Photograph, Carte de visite, 1865

Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States

President Andrew Johnson in portrait engraving by William Sartain, 1865 (BSLOC_2019_5_100)

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - 1865) U.S. President

Melchor Ocampo (1814-1861) Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician. Served as Treasury Minister and as Minister of the Interior. Abducted by Conservatives, court-martialled and executed 3 June 1861.

Portrait of Colombian President Rafael Nunes (1825-1894), who promulgated the Constitution in 1886 and the establishment of centralism. Painting by unknown artist, late 19th century. Colombia, 19th century.

Abraham Lincoln, Healy, George Peter Alexandre, 1869.

Hon. L.Q.C. Lamar of Miss.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), 18th President of the United States 1869-77, General of Union Army during American Civil War, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Lithograph, Strobridge & Co., 1877

Portrait of Edwin Forrest. Jeremiah Gurney (American, 1812 - 1895)

President Us James Polk Painting Portrait

Portrait of Freeman Cary. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1856. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

PIERCE, Franklin (Hillsboro, New Hampshire, 1804-Concord, New Hampshire, 1869). Político norteamericano. Presidente de Estados Unidos (1853-1857), opuesto al abolicionismo.

Zachary Taylor 1784 to 1850. 12th president of the United States 1849 to 1850. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Charles J. Faulkner.

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