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Portraits

23,878 works

Head of a Black Man in Profile

Anne Claude Philippe Caylus, n.d.

Stipple engraving portrait of Samuel Clarke, a man in a powdered wig and clerical bands, in an oval frame.

Samuel Clarke. Stipple engraving by Nixon after T. Gibson

Pastel portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat with embroidered collar and brass buttons, dated 1800.

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, 1800

Stipple engraving portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat, cravat and medal, labelled Dr Ernst Ludwig Heim.

Ernst Ludwig Heim. Stipple engraving by F. Bolt, 1819, after F. K. Tielker

Franz Karl Tielker

Stipple engraving oval portrait of a man in a dark coat and cravat, with caption naming zoologist Dumont de Sainte Croix.

Charles-Henri-Frédéric Dumont de Sainte Croix. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu, 1827, after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Stipple engraving portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, labelled Thomas Nuttall.

Thomas Nuttall. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1825, after W. Derby

Sketched portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and lace collar, with French handwritten captions above and below.

Blaise Pascal. Stipple engraving, 1844, after J. Domat, 1637

Black and white portrait of a seated man with a mustache holding an open book, printed on a light mount.

David Livingstone. Photogravure after F. Havill

Frederick Havill

Jean-Theophile Gahn. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

A Portrait of Welby Sherman Asleep in a Chair

George Richmond, 1828

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head turned right, with long wavy hair and curled beard on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Giovanni Andrea Sirani, c. 1655

Georg Wolfgang Augustin Fikenscher. Stipple engraving by C. W. Bock, 1798, after himself

Christoph Wilhelm Bock

Head of a Woman in Profile (George Sand)

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1833

Stipple engraving oval portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Jacques-Louis Marin de France.

Jacques-Louis Marin de France. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu, 1827, after himself

Ambroise Tardieu

Mezzotint portrait of Sir Samuel Garth in a full periwig and dark coat, with an inscribed coat of arms below.

Sir Samuel Garth. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1733, after Sir G. Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

Portrait of William Michael Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti, c. 1853

Stipple engraving portrait of Samuel Crompton, seated with his hand to his head, dark coat and white cravat.

Samuel Crompton. Stipple engraving by J. Morrison after C. Allingham

Charles Allingham

Mezzotint portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, before a draped curtain.

Sir Lachlan Maclean. Mezzotint by J. Young, 1818, after J. G. Strutt

Jacob George Strutt

Stipple engraving portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S.

Thomas Young. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1840, after Sir T. Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

Mezzotint portrait of a man with wavy hair and white cravat, signed John Sims M.D. below the image.

John Sims. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1839, after C. R. Leslie, 1824

Charles Robert Leslie

Stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair, labelled Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleeff.

Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev. Stipple engraving by G. J. Stodart after W. Brookes

Warwick Brookes

Stipple engraving portrait of seated Professor William Thomas Brande in dark coat, holding a closed book.

William Thomas Brande. Stipple engraving by C. W. Sharpe after L. Wyon

Sheet of sketches with a seated man in red chalk, a grey dog head above, and a seated woman in brown ink.

Sheet of Studies: Seated Man, Head of a Dog, Seated Woman

Black chalk drawing of a young girl with hair pulled up, turned to the right, wearing a ruffled collar on tan paper.

Head of a Young Girl Turning toward the Right

François-Hubert Drouais, 1758?

Grey wash portrait of a man in a dark robe with a white collar, holding a quill over an open book beside bookshelves.

Michiel Boudewyns. Drawing by A. van Diepenbeeck, 1664

Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Engraved bust portrait of a smiling man in a long curled wig and dark coat, with French verse below.

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux

the elder François Chereau, 1710

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet holding a book, with ruffled white cuffs.

Portrait of the Poet Pietro Aretino, from Cabinet Reynst; Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pictarum Caela…

II Cornelis van Dalen, 1655-1660

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and waistcoat, resting his hand on an open book beside a chair.

John Fothergill. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1781, after G. Stuart

Engraved oval portrait of a man with wavy hair in a riveted breastplate, set in an ornate cartouche with armor and a helmet.

Portrait of Jean-Victor, Baron de Besenval

Claude Drevet, n.d.

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with engraved caption below.

Sir William Jackson Hooker. Mezzotint by W. Walker after S. Gambardella

Spiridione Gambardella

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall hat and white cravat, gazing upward against a hatched background.

Portrait of Abraham Bosse

Anton Graff, n.d.

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a wig and embroidered coat, with bookshelves and an open book behind him.

Robert Conny. Mezzotint by J. Faber, 1722, after A. Vanderhagen

Alexander van der Hagen