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[Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, bust portrait, facing right]

Sculptor & painter. K32153 U.S. Copyright Office. Halftone reproduction of painting. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heinrich Aldegrever - [Jan van Leyden], 16th century

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 182. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait by Zucchero

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of 17th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The art critic / C. Hassman̄. - Public domain portrait painting

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt wearing his Rough Rider uniform, with a "Nobel Prize" extending from one pocket and "The Big Stick" leaning against the wall, changing the title to a large painting of Geor... More

Algernoon Piercy [i.e. Algernon Percy], Earl of Northumberland & c. / ...

Sir Algernon Percy, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing armor. No. 45.

Portrait of Master Hare painted by Sir Joshna Reynolds ; engrav'd by R...

Print shows Francis George Hare, three-quarter length portrait, facing left with right hand raised, in landscape with trees. After painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Title from online source. Ownership stamp on v... More

Thomas Paine / Romney pinxt. ; W. Sharp sculpt.

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Engraving of a 1792 painting by George Romney.

Henry Raeburn - T.P. Baillie, 1810, head-and-shoulders portrait

Title devised by cataloger; Caption on negative: Portrait of T.P. Baillie, 1810. Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting, done 1810, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detroit ... More

Charlotte Brontë - Public domain portrait Cartes de visite

Reproduction of a painting by George Richards, 1850. Stamped on verso: Sewell Collection. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

T.R. Peale, U.S. ship Vincennes, Decr. 14th 1841 / Chas. W. Peale, pin...

Photograph shows Titian Ramsay Peale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform. Halftone print after oil painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1819, when Titian was part of a scientific expeditio... More

Gilbert Stuart - John Adams, second president of the United States

Title from another impression. From another impression "From the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. Doggett of Boston." Publication information from the American Antiquarian Society. Inscribed in... More

Andrew Jackson engraved by James B. Longacre from an original picture ...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Mounted with: PGA - Longacre (J.B.) Andrew Jackson of Tennessee. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Stamped on verso: 4186... More

[James Monroe, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly l...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol buildi...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 668. (DLC/PP-1996:032.13). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Gilbert Stuart - Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United State...

Print shows Thomas Jefferson, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly left, with hand folded and resting on the desk, on which are books and papers, and a bust sculpture of Benjamin Franklin. "Fr... More

Francesco Arban, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Francesco Arban in a circle of clouds. Tissandier collection.

Original study in oil by Henry Inman of head of Columbia designed for ...

Inscribed in ink on accompanying board: Original study in oil by Henry Inman of head of Columbia designed for U.S. coins. Also inscribed in ink on accompanying board: The above is in the handwriting of H.L.C. ... More

Major general Philip Schuyler / painted by J. Trumbull ; engraved by T...

Print shows Philip Schuyler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform. Facsimile of signature below title. After ca. 1792 miniature painted by John Trumbull.

Henry Clay / painted by James Wise ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, gesturing with right hand, left hand resting on table; a globe and two books are on the floor in lower left corner. Entered accor... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Adoniram Judson, D.D. Lith. print by Nagel & Mayer, N.Y. ; drawn on st...

Print shows Adoniram Judson, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, with hands resting on a "Holy Bible in Burmese", with the top of the title towards him. Includes a facsimile signature. 522 U.S. Copyright... More

Adoniram Judson, D.D. painted by Harding ; drawn on stone by J.L. Mage...

Print shows Adoniram Judson, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, with hands resting on a "Holy Bible in Burmese". Includes a facsimile signature. 549 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to... More

[Slave woman and child] - Public domain scan / drawing

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Slave.

[Napoleon I, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Public domain image of a French military uniform, Napoleonic Wars, armed forces, France, revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Addison / M. Dahl pinx, 1719. - Public domain portrait engraving

Joseph Addison, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, writing. Photograph of painting by Michael Dahl.

[John James Audubon, 1785-1851, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ri...

Wood engraving from: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854 - 6:273. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Painting of James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Case: scroll motif surrounded by flowers. Hallmark: Rinhart 20b. Date based on hallmark. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). For... More

The Duchess of Devonshire 1784 Sir J. Reynolds, P.R.A. pinxt ; P. Ligh...

Print shows Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, with her infant daughter Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish. Caption continues: From the picture in the Royal Collection. Ownership stamp on verso, with... More

Clara - Public domain scenic painting

Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James Madison / from the original portrait by Gilbert Stuart.

James Madison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Painting of John McAllister, Jr., by Anna C. Peale, head-and-shoulder...

Note found behind plate: Cleaned July 1974 with a solution of water, thiourea, and phospheric acid. Wm. B. Becker, Phila. Pa. Paper label on back of frame: The following was written on the back of this daguerre... More

James Kent, Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Copy photograph of a portrait painting by an unidentified artist. Public domain photograph of 19th-century English painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington Campbell, secretary of the treasury, 1814

Photograph of painting shows George Washington Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Yokohama kenbutsu zue - Public domain portrait painting

Japanese print shows a foreign visitor standing outside a building in Yokohama, Japan. He is looking up and appears to be thinking, his thoughts depicted on the right, outside the space occupied by him, as a fr... More

Joseph Fesch, Cardinal Buonaparte, full-length portrait, seated, facin...

Stamped on mount: F. D'Atri, via Condotti no. 82, Roma. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 42 (bottom right). Photograph of painting. Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is avail... More

Mary Queen of Scots / G. W. Wilson & Co.

Photograph of portrait painting shows Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Mrs. Jefferson Davis, full-length studio portrait, standing, facing s...

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (gift, Gist Blair, 1936); 1963 July. Public domain photograph of female portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Olive Logan, actress and feminist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facin...

Photograph is reproduction of a portrait painting of Olive Logan. Reference print in BIOG FILE.

[Maj. General G.B. Cadwalader, half-length portrait, facing right]

Civil War Photograph Collection. Photoprint of painting. No. 5408. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Irving, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, 3/4, facing left. Photo by M.B. Brady. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

James Kent / from the original painting by Chappel in the possession o...

James Kent, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly left. Facsimile signature on piece.

Ph: Schuyler / painted by [Chappel, name scraped out] ; [eng'r, scrape...

Print shows Philip Schuyler, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, map on table next to a fireplace and saddle on floor by the table, hat on chair in the background. Title is f... More

Your friend John Brown - "his soul is marching on" / enlarged and pain...

Photograph shows John Brown, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right with hands in pockets. Entered According to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.W. Dodge, in the Clerks Office of the Dist... More

Your friend John Brown - "his soul is marching on" enlarged and painte...

Photograph shows reproduction of painting by J.W. Dodge, possibly John Wood Dodge, of abolitionist John Brown standing with hands in pockets. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D07... More

Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis). American Civil War 1861-1865.

Abraham Lincoln embracing George Washington as Washington holds a laurel wreath over Lincoln's head. Stamped on mount: S.J. Ferris, pinxt. Photo and Pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut. Copyright by J.A. Arthu... More

Dr. Martin Luther / photographed by C.S. Roshon, Harrisburg, Pennsylva...

Martin Luther, half-length portrait, facing right. Copyright by D.C. Burnite. No. 404.

Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart ; engraved by H.B. Hall and G.E. ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval with rectangular frame. Baker, 243 Hart, 393 Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949.

T. Carlyle / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams, Ber...

Photograph of painting shows Thomas Carlyle, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[The Peale family] / Julius F. Sachse fecit.

Print shows a reproduction of Charles Willson Peale's painting of his family, begun in 1773 and completed in 1809; it shows Peale seated at left at a table around which are gathered members of his family, with ... More

Jacob Albrecht, gründer der ev. gemeinschaft

Photographic reproduction of a portrait painting, head-and-shoulders of Jacob Albrecht (Albright). K30521 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Charles Sumner, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]

E(?)4714 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edgar Parker.

Hiram Powers / painted by Alonzo Chapprl (i.e. Chappel)

Hiram Powers, three-quarter length portrait, standing by sculpture, facing right, holding tool for sculpting.

Thomas Paine - Public domain portrait engraving

Painting shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Photographic reproduction of a ca. 1859 painting attributed to Bass Otis, possibly after the Thomas Thompson copy or from ... More

H. Berlioz / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting by Ernst Hader shows composer Hector Berlioz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

G.H. Lewes / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams, Ber...

Photograph of painting of George Henry Lewes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Joanette Clark Benjamin, Frances Benjamin Johnston's maternal grandmo...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The marriage of Queen Victoria, in the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Van Dyck, Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz--Wien, Hofmuseum

Prince Rupert, full-length portrait, facing front, dog at his side. No. 1474. Reproduction of painting done 1631-1632.

Whistler in his studio - Public domain painting

Photograph shows artist James McNeill Whistler painting in his studio, large painting of a woman behind him. Title from negative sleeve. Film copy negative: LC-J201-7. James and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collect... More

G. Cuvier / E.Hader, pixnit ; photo. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting shows Baron Georges Cuvier, French naturalist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Printed on verso: George Baron von Cuvier; stamped: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Re... More

[Pierre Jean de Béranger, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] /...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Darwin - Public domain portrait drawing

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Public domain photograph related to Great Britain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.

[Frederick Marryat, British naval officer and novelist, head-and-shoul...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin Luther, 1483-1546 - Public domain portrait engraving

Half lgth., standing, facing right. Photocopy reproduction copyrighted by J. Albert Cole. Engraving by Fr. Müeller after painting by Lucas Cranach. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Captio... More

[Madame de Staël, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / E. Hader...

Photograph of painting by E. Hader. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Livingstone / E. Hader, pixnit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Willia...

Photograph of painting shows David Livingston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 602. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

G.W.F. Hegel / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams, B...

Photograph of painting shows Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. No. 242. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Domenico Cimarosa, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front E. Hader,...

Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Ludwig, Freiherr v. Holberg / E. Hader, pinxit. ; phot. u. verl. v. So...

Photograph of painting shows Ludwig, Freiherr von Holberg, Danish poet and dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Secondat du Montesquieu / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus ...

Photograph of painting shows French political philosopher Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, head-and shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 265. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S.... More

J. Stuart Mill / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams,...

Public domain photograph of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Revere, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, looking left. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Dickinson, nat. 1732 - ob. 1808 / etched by Albert Rosenthal, Phi...

John Dickinson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James McClurg, nat--1747 - ob--1823 / etched by Albert Rosenthal, Phil...

James McClurg, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. From a photograph of the original painting furnished by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmett.

George Washington - Public domain engraving

George Washington, full-length portrait, with right arm extended holding sword, on horseback. Reproduction of painting: "Washington receiving a salute on the field of Trenton"(?).

[Galileo Galilei, half-length portrait, facing left]

Possibly a reproduction of a painting by Giusto Sustermans. "Edne. Alinari...no. 104." Captioned in Italian.

Coleridge / from a painting by Washington Allston in the possession of...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804, half-length portrait, facing right]

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Edward Jay Allen, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing rig...

Reproduction of a painting by John White Alexander. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mrs. John B. Henderson, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Photograph of painting of Mary F. (Mary Foote) Henderson (1842-1931) by Benjamin Constant.

A Toltec princess / P. Fritel, pinx. ; photogravure, Gebbie & Husson C...

Young woman standing, facing left; holding a jug above a fountain. Copyright by Gebbie & Co. "From a drawing in the museum at Madrid." "America at time of invasion by Spain."

Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows an interior view of the Red Room in the White House, with portrait paintings of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, R.B. Hayes of Ohio, and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. No. 81289. Forms part of: Frances Benja... More

Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. No. 936. Reproduction of 1845 painting by E. Magnus.

Col. Lovelace, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Col. Richard Lovelace, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of portrait print, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Brown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front H. Sartorius

On card mount: Dennington, No. 947 Water St., Meadville, PA. Photograph of painting by H. Sartorius. Unpublished finding aid available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Rose, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Reproduction of a painting by Adolfo Müller-Ury showing a woman with flowers, head-and-shoulders portrait. W8930 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from back of print.

Marcella, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Reproduction of a painting by Adolfo Müller-Ury showing a woman facing right, head-and-shoulders portrait. W8931 U.S. Copyright Office.

The South Carolina delegation in the first congress under the constitu...

Illustration show reproductions of portrait paintings of William Houghton Smith, Daniel Huger, and Thomas Sumter. Four of the portraits show Smith and Sumter at older ages. Artists represented are: John Trumbul... More

A. Lincoln showing Sojourner Truth the Bible presented by colored peop...

Photograph of a painting. R.D. Bayley, Battle Creek, Mich. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Field Marshal Count Yamagata, the von Moltke of Japan

Aritomo Yamagata, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left...

17386 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting(?). Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait painting of Arnold Genthe's grandfather

Title devised. Photographic reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a painting by an unknown artist. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Portrait painting of Arnold Genthe

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More