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Portraits

23,658 works

Chromolithograph with central portrait of a bearded officer in uniform, surrounded by scenes of Civil War military events.

General Ulysses S. Grant: events of his military career around the central portrait. Chromolithograph after Tholstrup…

Colour caricature of ten jockeys on galloping horses at a race finish, with exaggerated faces and bright silks.

The finishing line at a horse race; ten portrait caricatures, including eight of famous jockeys. Colour lithograph af…

Liberio Prosperi

Etching of a capuchin monkey walking past a small engraved portrait of its own head on a stone block.

A monkey (simia apella) walking past its own portrait engraved on stone. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. M…

Nicolas Maréchal

Engraved group portrait of bewigged men in a shield shape, some playing wind instruments, with crossed bones below.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Tayl…

William Hogarth

Etching of an artist at an easel with a portrait, an assistant holding a brush, and a studio with pictures and jugs.

An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Og…

Engraving of a bearded man in a roundel on a pedestal, unveiled by winged Fame beside helmeted Minerva and a carving putto.

A portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, in a roundel, on a pedestal, being unveiled by Fame at the command of Minerva, as a…

Engraved heraldic shield of wigged quack doctors smoking pipes, with a chamber pot, crossed bones and a Latin motto below.

A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Tayl…

William Hogarth

Sepia allegorical etching of a seated artist, a reclining woman, a winged figure with a laurel wreath, and a portrait medalli

The genius of F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino: his works are admired by a seated man representing art and a woman represe…

Francesco Rosaspina

Engraving of Apollo and allegorical figures with cherubs, a portrait roundel, a lion and a distant city view.

Allegorical figures, including Apollo: one supports a portrait roundel of Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine, with attrib…

Engraving of a reclining woman in bed shown a portrait by attendants, with a lion and a kneeling figure reading a book.

A woman lies in bed, lovesick (representing the Netherlands); attendants try to raise her spirits by showing her a po…

Mattheus Smallegange

Line engraving portrait of a man with wavy hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with a signature below.

Louis Agassiz. Line engraving by F. Croll

Two-panel etching: an artist studies five women in a colonnade; below, figures gather before a painted veil and grapes.

(Above) Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives o…

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder

Sepia lithograph of a mounted guard on a white horse with two dwarfs standing beside him on open ground.

Two dwarfs with their owner, a guard of the Raja of Patiala. Lithograph by L.C. Dickinson, 1844, after Emily Eden

Woodcut portrait of a kabuki actor with a dragon tattoo on his bared arm, framed in an ornate round mirror border.

Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and sho…

Utagawa Kunisada

Etching of a chemist in a laboratory confronted by armed men bursting in, with flasks and retorts on the bench.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: his arrest by the revolutionaries while performing a chemical experiment. Etching by J. Du…

Jean Duplessis-Bertaux

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of writers and philosophers in wigs and period dress, labelled by name.

Philosophers and writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Wood engraving grid of ten men in suits and bow ties, shown as bust portraits with hatched backgrounds, by F. Waibler.

Ten German gynaecologists. Wood engraving by F. Waibler, 1890, after photographic portraits

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono holding prayer beads, with vertical calligraphy above and a red dripping borde

Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75

Utagawa Kunihide, c. 1838

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of prelates in clerical dress, arranged in five rows with names below.

Prelates: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Wood engraving portrait of a man with curly grey hair in a dark coat and waistcoat, labelled Rayer.

Pierre-François-Olive Rayer. Wood engraving by L. Desgodetz [?] after H. Rousseau

Dante Alighieri. Colour lithograph, 1859, after S.S. Kirkup after a fresco attributed to Giotto

Engraved sheet of twenty labelled bust portraits of 18th-century writers, arranged in five rows of four figures.

Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Wood engraving of a bearded man in a stone arch, with a telescope, armillary sphere, books and an Inquisition scroll.

Galileo Galilei. Wood engraving by L. Dumont after H. Rousseau

Lithograph portrait of a man with curly dark hair and a dark coat, labelled Jos. Berres, with a small snake emblem below.

Joseph von Berres. Lithograph by J. Kriehuber, 1833

Josef Kriehuber

Engraved plate of twenty labelled bust portraits of poets, classical and Renaissance, in four columns and five rows.

Poets: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Stipple engraving portrait of Henry Baker in an oval, seated beside a microscope and bookshelves, with printed biography belo

Henry Baker. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1812, after J. Thomson

portrait artist Thomson

John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Galileo Galilei: profile portraits taken from medals. Line…

Engraved sheet of twenty bust portraits of 18th-century poets in wigs and period dress, labeled with names.

Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Lithograph portrait of Sarah Biffin in a feathered bonnet, pearl necklace and ruffled dress, holding a paintbrush.

Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by H. Grévedon after S. Biffin

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, in an oval frame with scrolling banners and inscriptions.

Bartholomaeus Nagel. Line engraving by G. Georgi, 1646

Giovanni Georgi

Engraved grid of twenty oval portraits of dramatists and performers, each labelled with a surname, in period wigs and dress.

Dramatists and actors: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Engraved oval portrait of John Patch, surgeon of Exeter, in a powdered wig and dark coat, with a laurel frame.

John Patch. Engraving by E. A. Ezekiel, 1789, after J. Opie