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Art Institute of Chicago

13,166 works

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a powdered wig and spectacles, reading papers at a draped table beside a bust and b

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas B. Welch, Date unknown

Black and white engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair holding a document, with a printed signature below.

George Read

John Sartain, Date unknown

General Reed

Benjamin Beale Evans, 1783

Engraved bust portrait of a man with tied-back hair, white cravat and ornate embroidered coat, signed Henry Bouquet below.

Henry Bouguet

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and a woman in a shawl walking down a wet, reflective street at night.

Les anglais chez eux: Le gin

Paul Gavarni, 1853

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin seated with a quill pen and inkwell, wearing a powdered wig and period dress.

Benjamin Franklin

likely Samuel Freeman, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of an older man in a fur hat and round spectacles, with a script signature below.

Benjamin Franklin

Henry Wright Smith, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Benjamin Franklin

Henry Bryan Hall, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, with a handwritten signature below.

Thomas Buttters[?]

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a tricorn hat and period military uniform, titled Rochambeau, signed Anna M. Lea, 1869.

Rochambeau

Anna Lea Merritt, 1869

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a dark military coat with epaulettes and a medal, labeled J. Eager Howard.

J. Eager Howard

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark military coat with ornate epaulettes, with the signature G.B. Rodney below.

G.B. Rodney

Unknown artist, 1840

Engraved bust portrait of clergyman David Bogue in black gown and white bands, with caption reading David Bogue, D.D. Gosport

David Bogue, D.D.

Samuel Freeman, Date unknown

Theodosia Burr

Hezekiah Wright Smith, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a curled wig and cravat within an oval frame, with the name Henry Viscount Bolingbroke below.

Henry Viscount Bolingbroke

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of Admiral Boscawen in an oval frame with flags, anchor, sword and ships in battle below.

Admiral Boscawen

W. Proud, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of General James G. Blunt in a dark military uniform with star-marked shoulder straps.

General James G. Blunt

Alexander Hay Ritchie, Date unknown

Engraving of soldiers firing muskets at a crowd on a colonial city street, with smoke and fallen figures in the foreground.

The "Boston Massacre," March 5, 1770

Paul Revere, Date unknown

Black-and-white reproduction of a portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat, with a signature below.

Samuel Humes

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, captioned David Hume, against a dark background.

David Hume

William Holl Sr, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of seated David Humphreys in dark coat and lace cravat, with books, inkwell and printed signature below.

David Humphreys, LL.D.

George Parker, Date unknown

Black and white lithograph portrait of a man in a dark coat, labeled Gen. W.H. Harrison, with a signature below.

General W.H. Harrison

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a military coat with a powdered wig, framed on a pedestal with a printed caption.

William Augustus

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with signature and caption naming Benjamin Williams Crowinshield.

Benjamin Williams Crowinshield

Published by John Chester Buttre, Date unknown

Engraved print of a statue of Cromwell in military dress, holding a sword and standing on a rocky base.

Cromwell

H.C. Balding, Date unknown

Engraved portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat, captioned Alexander James Dallas Esquire, on a cream mount.

Alexander James Dallas Esquire

Possibly William Satchwell Leney, Date unknown

William Cushing

Published by John Chester Buttre, Date unknown

Engraved bust portrait of Colonel Sir John St. Clair in a military coat and cravat, with printed caption and signature below.

Colonel John St. Clair Bart

Max Rosenthal, 1885

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a powdered wig and spectacles, reading a book beside a classical bust.

Benjamin Franklin

George B. Ellis, Date unknown

Engraved bookplate with a rococo coat of arms, cross-patterned shield, motto banner, and the name Sir John St. Clair Bart.

Sir John St. Clair Bart

J. Turner, Date unknown