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Portraits

23,908 works

Charcoal self-portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view against a dark, hatched background.

Self-Portrait

François Bonvin, 1846-1847

Stipple engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and a cravat, labeled Gio: Battista Amici.

Giovanni Battista Amici. Stipple engraving by F. Vendramini after P. Ermini

Pastel portrait of a standing man in a blue coat beside a mirror, fireplace, and chinoiserie screen.

Portrait of John, Lord Mountstuart, later 4th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bute

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1763

Oval engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig beside books, a quill and inkwell, with a name plaque below.

François Quesnay. Heliogravure after J.C. François, 1767, after J. M. Frédou

Jean Martial Frédou

Black chalk portrait drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and wide collar, by Claude Mellan, 1636.

Portrait of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc

Claude Mellan, 1636

Portrait of Émile Augier

Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon], about 1852

Head of an Old Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, about 1755

Hand-coloured lithograph of a seated man in a dark coat with a young woman and an older woman in a hat, with sketches behind.

Jules-Germain Cloquet. Coloured lithograph by C. J. Travies

Stipple engraving of a bust-length man in spectacles, curly hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned Jn. Pre. Maunoir.

Jean-Pierre Maunoir. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu

Ambroise Tardieu

Oval portrait drawing of a woman with powdered hair, a bow, and a dark fur collar over a patterned gown.

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fur Collar

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1760s or early 1770s

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark cloak and cap, titled Giovanni Inghirami, on a cream paper ground.

Giovanni Inghirami. Stipple engraving by F. Vendramini after P. Ermini

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with tousled hair gazing upward, sketched on tan paper.

Head of Saint Francis (recto); Studies of the Head of Saint Francis, Head of an Old Man, and Two Right Hands (verso)

Bernardo Strozzi, about 1610-1620

Pastel double portrait of a boy in a gold coat and a girl holding a flower basket, before a pale landscape.

Portrait of Joseph (1741-1786) and his Brother John Gulston (1750-1764)

Francis Cotes, 1754

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a white headscarf and frilled bonnet, head turned, gazing sideways with a serious ex

Study of the Head of an Old Woman

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, about 1772-1775

Mezzotint portrait of a man in spectacles, dark coat and cravat, against a shadowed background, signed Edward Cock.

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

Pierre Asthasie Théodore Senties

Mezzotint portrait of John Hunter seated beside a desk with skull illustrations, bones and specimen jars.

John Hunter. Mezzotint by W. O. Geller, 1836, after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786

Joshua Reynolds

Stipple engraving portrait of William Cullen, M.D., in powdered wig and academic gown, seated at a table with a book.

William Cullen. Stipple engraving by W. Howison, 1847, after W. Cochrane

William Cochran

Pastel portrait of a young boy with curly hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown jacket and blue waistcoat.

Portrait of a Young Boy with Blue Eyes

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, c. 1750

Drawing of a bearded older man with flowing hair and downcast eyes, in black chalk and white highlights on tinted paper.

Head of Saint John the Evangelist: Study for the Disputation on the Immaculate Conception

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1531/36

Stipple engraving of Thomas Pennant, seated in a dark coat holding a folded paper, with trees behind him.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1793, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of Pietro Aretino

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir Humphry Davy seated at a desk with quill, inkwell, and open book, after Thomas Phillips.

Sir Humphry Davy. Stipple engraving by W. T. Fry, 1825, after T. Phillips

Thomas Phillips

Portrait of a Boy in Profile

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Mezzotint portrait of a bespectacled man in a dark coat and waistcoat, one hand resting on a stack of books.

Albert Isaiah Coffin. Mezzotint by H. B. Hall after Charpentier

Henry Bryan Hall

Wood engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald man with curly white hair in a dark coat and white collar.

Sir James Murray. Wood engraving after T.D. Scott, 1872

Thomas Dewell Scott

Dyer Sharp Wynkoop

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Portrait of a Woman (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Thomas F. Hoppin, ca. 1841

Stipple engraving portrait of Athanasius Kircher, a bearded man in a dark cap and layered clerical robe.

Athanasius Kircher. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper

Stipple engraving of Joseph Hume, a man in a dark double-breasted coat and high collar, hands resting on a book.

Joseph Hume. Stipple engraving by J. Brown after J. Stewart

Mezzotint portrait of a seated older man in a dark coat beside a desk with a quill, inkwell and bookshelves.

Robert Richardson. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1842, after S. Howell

Stipple engraving portrait of Sir John F. W. Herschel seated beside a book, head resting on his hand.

Sir John Frederick William Herschel. Stipple engraving by D. J. Pound, 1862, after J. Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

Albert Gallatin

James Sharples, ca. 1796