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Portraits

23,993 works

Oval black-and-white portrait of a woman with curled hair, bonnet and lace shawl, hand resting on her chest.

Sarah Annis Sully (Mrs. Thomas Sully)

Thomas Sully, 1832

Black and white view of a painted portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark military coat with epaulettes.

George Washington

Thomas Wilcocks Sully, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, hands clasped over a cane.

John Walsh

John Neagle, ca. 1840

Portrait of a woman in a red wrap and pearl necklace holding a small sprig of flowers against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady (Possibly Hannah Stillman)

Pieter Vanderlyn, 1720-30

Grayscale painting of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, face lit against a dark background.

Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain

James McNeill Whistler, after 1872

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned to the left, with a red drape at the right.

John A. Sidell

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1830

Portrait of a white-haired man in a black coat and ruffled white cravat against a red oval background.

Egbert Benson

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1794

Portrait of a Man

Thomas Hicks, ca. 1850

Half-length oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black jacket and bow tie against red drapery.

Francis Lucas Waddell

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1837

Portrait of a seated woman in black holding a young blond child in white on her lap against a dark green background.

Mrs. Marinus Willett and Her Son Marinus, Jr.

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1802

Grayscale portrait of a man with curly dark hair, wearing a dark jacket and white cravat against a plain background.

William Conklin

Chinese Painter, ca. 1800

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding gloves, against a brown background.

Edward Kellogg

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1831-32

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat and white ruffled cravat before red drapery.

Matthew Clarkson

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1823

Portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a folded letter, against a muted landscape background.

Henry La Tourette de Groot

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1825-30

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and white lace bonnet, holding a red book, against a dark background.

Mrs. Edward Kellogg

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1831-32

Black and white view of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a small book, against a dim background.

Portrait of a Man

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1820

Black and white image of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet and black dress, holding spectacles over an open book.

Portrait of a Lady (Possibly of the Buloid Family)

Samuel Lovett Waldo, 1832

Black and white reproduction of a painting of a girl in a white puffed-sleeve dress reaching toward flowers.

Portrait of a Girl with Flowers

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1835

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat against a dark background.

The Reverend John Brodhead Romeyn

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1817-20

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white dress against a grey brushed background, painted around 1826.

Mrs. Samuel L. Waldo

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1826

Painted self-portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a palette and brush against a dark background.

Self-portrait

Samuel Lovett Waldo, ca. 1815

Half-length portrait of an older military officer in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulettes against a dark smoky background

General Winfield Scott

Robert Walter Weir, ca. 1855

Half-length portrait of an older man in powdered wig, dark velvet coat and lace jabot against a brown background.

George Washington

Adolph-Ulrich Wertmüller, 1795

Oil portrait of a man in a gray periwig, brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, 1749-52

Portrait of a seated man in dark jacket, white cravat and spectacles, against a soft grey background.

Thomas Macdonough

Joseph Wood, ca. 1818

Painted portrait of a woman in a dark dress, white fichu and ruffled cap against a dark background.

Mrs. Cadwallader Colden

John Wollaston, ca. 1749-52

Black and white reproduction of an oval portrait of a man with tousled hair, dark coat and white cravat.

Gentleman of the Hale Family

William Jennys, ca. 1807

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat beside an open book and stacked volumes, in a painted portrait.

Gulian Verplanck

John Wesley Jarvis, ca. 1811

Portrait of a young child in white satin and red shawl, holding roses, with a dark curtain and landscape behind.

Elizabeth Greenleaf

John Singleton Copley, 1753-54

Portrait of a young child in a plumed red turban and embroidered gown, seated beside a white lamb before a landscape.

John Greenleaf

John Singleton Copley, 1753-54

Oil portrait of a seated woman and a child on a wooden bench in a shaded woodland with a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Lady and Child

George W. Twibill Jr., 1833

Mary of Burgundy

Master H.A. or A.H., 1528