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Portraits

23,970 works

Large head of a young man

Stefano Della Bella

Head of a woman

Stefano Della Bella

Head of a bald old man

Stefano Della Bella

Stipple engraving portrait of José Celestino Mutis in an oval frame surrounded by botanical flowers and calligraphic text.

José Celestino Mutis. Stipple engraving

Alexander von Humboldt

Etching of a woman's bust seen from behind, with curly hair piled up and a bare shoulder, on cream paper.

Bust of a woman seen from the back

Stefano Della Bella

Head of a young man in profile

Stefano Della Bella

Head of a bald and bearded old man

Stefano Della Bella

Etching of a bearded man with curly hair looking upward, shoulders faintly drawn, signed Stefano Della Bella.

Head of Saint Peter repentant

Stefano Della Bella

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frock coat, with French inscription naming François Doublet.

François Doublet. Stipple engraving by B. Roger, 1809, after C. N. Cochin, junior, 1787

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Head of an old soldier

Stefano Della Bella

Stipple engraving portrait of an older man in a dark buttoned coat and high white collar, with Latin inscription below.

Carlo Careno. Stipple engraving by A. Zaffonato after C. Visconti

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head and shoulders, facing forward with hair parted at the center, on pale paper.

Head of a woman

François-Alfred Delobbe

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with short hair, head and shoulders, on aged paper.

Head of a man

François-Alfred Delobbe

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig holding a book, inside an oval frame, after Johann Zoffany.

Benjamin Stillingfleet. Mezzotint by V. Green after J. Zoffany

Mezzotint portrait of Queen Anne in crown and royal robes, holding a sceptre and orb against a dark background.

Queen Anne, holding an orb and a sceptre. Mezzotint by J. Faber after J. Closterman, 17--

John Closterman

Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Weston, a seated man in a striped robe and wig at a desk with books and instruments.

Thomas Weston. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1723, after M. Dahl

Michel Eugène Chevreul. Colour wood engraving by E. Froment after P. Renouard, 1886

Loose charcoal-style sketch of a woman seen from behind, looking over her shoulder, with hair pinned up and a circular frame.

Portrait Study: Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip

James McNeill Whistler, 1896 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Loose pencil sketch of a standing young woman in a hat and long coat, with soft shading and minimal outlines.

Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Hat [Miss Seaton]

James McNeill Whistler, 1897 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Loose pencil sketch of a young woman in a dark wrap, face lit at centre, hands at lower right, on cream paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman [Miss Seton]

James McNeill Whistler, 1897 (only printed posthumously 1903)

Stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, labelled Rousseau, after a portrait by La Tour.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Stipple engraving by R. Hart after M.-Q. de La Tour

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Head of a man in profile

Francis Tattegrain

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with pink lining against a brown background.

Hugh Hall

John Singleton Copley, 1758

Pencil sketch of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, eyes lowered, wearing a cap, on tan paper.

Head of a man three-quarters

Francis Tattegrain

Mezzotint portrait of a standing man in a dark coat and white cravat beside a draped table and column.

Sir Astley Paston Cooper. Mezzotint by S. Cousins, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and a white cravat, labelled Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel below.

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel. Reproduction of line engraving by E. Mandel after Wolff

Johann Eduard Wolff

Hand-coloured caricature of a surgeon cutting a money bag over a top hat, facing a lancet-shaped figure with a broom.

Bransby Blake Cooper, acquiring gold coins by his appointment to Guy's Hospital, is attacked by a lancet, representin…

Sir Richard Croft. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after Sir G. Hayter, 1801

Coloured mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat, with leather books at left, titled John Wasdale, M.D.

John Wasdale. Coloured mezzotint by E. Bell, 1797, after S. Williams

Solomon Williams

Stipple engraved portrait of seated James Hamilton in dark coat and white cravat before a draped curtain.

James Hamilton. Stipple engraving by T. Gaugain, 1825, after J. Watson (Gordon)

John Watson Gordon

Blue mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, holding a cane, within an ornate rococo frame.

Ambrosius Carolus Bieler. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after M. C. Hirschmann

M. C Hirschmann

Ink title page for Goethe's Faust with a central Goethe medallion, skeletons, an owl and an ornate frame.

Portrait Medallion of Goethe, title page from Faust

Achille Devéria, 1828