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Portraits

23,908 works

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir John Herschel in an oval frame, wearing a dark coat and white cravat.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving by G. Gabrielli, 1875, after himself

Giuseppe Gabrielli

Engraved full-length portrait of a bishop in lace-trimmed robes holding a biretta, with books and a draped curtain behind him

Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux

Pierre Imbert Drevet, 1723

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir Henry Charles Englefield in dark coat and cravat, holding a rolled document.

Sir Henry Charles Englefield. Stipple engraving by C. Picart, 1822, after H. Edridge

Black chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a lace collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Andrea Previtali, about 1520-1525

Mezzotint portrait of a seated white-haired man in a dark coat beside an inkwell and quill, with a draped curtain behind.

Charles Macintosh. Mezzotint by E. Burton after J. G. Gilbert

Head of an Old Man

Jacques de Gheyn III, about 1616

Stipple engraving portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a book, titled Carolus Linnaeus, 1806.

Carolus Linnaeus. Stipple engraving by W. Evans, 1806, after Ehrensverd

Carl August Ehrensvärd

Bust of an Angel

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Stipple engraving portrait of Pietro Rubini, a man in a dark coat and cravat, with Italian biographical text below.

Pietro Rubini. Stipple engraving by G. Rados, junior, after R. Focosi

Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Wakley, a man with curly hair in a dark coat and bow tie, with signature below.

Thomas Wakley. Stipple engraving by H. Fernell, 1835, after J.K. Meadows

Drawing of an older woman in a headscarf looking forward, with an inscription and the date 1647 on her apron.

Portrait of Dame Étiennette

Philippe de Champaigne, 1647

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat and ruffled cravat, with an Italian biographical inscription below.

Marsilio Landriani. Stipple engraving by G. Rados, junior, after Bruni

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and a slight smile, wearing a dark coat against a dark background.

Portrait of Claude Charles Deschamps

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1779

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair holding compasses, set in an oval frame with a Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait

Marco Benefial, 1731

Coloured stipple engraving of Benjamin Martin in a wig and green coat, with a globe and telescope vignette below.

Benjamin Martin. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815

Engraved double portrait of a man and a woman in tall headdresses against a patterned background, c. 1490.

Double Portrait of Israhel van Meckenem and His Wife Ida

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1490

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

Richard Anthony Stafford. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran, 1839, after W. Salter

Engraved portrait of Edward Jenner, a man with powdered hair and cravat, with French inscriptions around the head.

Edward Jenner. Wood engraving by W. Brown after J. R. Smith, 1800

John Raphael Smith

Seated man in a powdered wig and silk jacket with lace cuffs, drawn in chalk on blue-grey paper with white highlights.

Portrait of a Man

Hyacinthe Rigaud, about 1712

Stipple engraving of a man in a wig and dark coat beside a laurel-crowned bust, a quill and inkwell on a desk.

William Cullen. Stipple engraving by F. Holl after D. Martin

Pastel self-portrait of a bearded man in pince-nez against a yellow halo on brown paper, signed and dated 1877.

Self-Portrait

Francesco Paolo Michetti, 1877

The Veronese Print

Carroll Beckwith, ca. 1890

Charcoal drawing of a sleeping woman with closed eyes and leafy wreath in her hair, by Gustave Courbet, 1847.

Head of a Sleeping Bacchante

Gustave Courbet, 1847

Portrait of an Egyptian Fellah

Jean-Léon Gérôme, about 1856

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a dark jacket and bow tie, one hand holding his lapel, against a dark background.

Edward Cock. Mezzotint by W. T. Davey after P. A. T. Senties, 1843

Pierre Asthasie Théodore Senties

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling figure beside three pencil studies of faces, by Eugène Delacroix.

Marguerite in the church with studies of the head of Mephistopheles

Eugène Delacroix, 1826-1827

Engraving of Saint Luke kneeling to draw the Virgin and Child in a Gothic interior, with an angel above.

Saint Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Virgin

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1475

Sepia portrait of an elderly bearded man in round spectacles and dark suit, with handwritten signature below.

Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow. Photogravure by Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. after G. L. Meyn

Georg-Ludwig Meyn

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman with a parasol and draped dress beside a straw hat on grass.

Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal Resting, Holding a Parasol

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, about 1852-1855

Stipple engraving of a curly-haired man in a coat and cravat, with an Italian name caption below.

Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli. Stipple engraving by Fratelli Bordiga, 1806, after G. Longhi

Giuseppe Longhi

Stipple engraving of Reverend John Wesley in a black gown and white bands, gesturing over an open book.

John Wesley. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after J. Jackson

Head of an Aged Man

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480/1490