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Portraits

23,970 works

Lithograph of a standing woman in a dark jacket and pale full skirt, with a flower in her hair, by Amand Gautier.

A mentally ill patient known as the 'princess of Salpêtrière'. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1885

Engraving of Christ gesturing to a kneeling Saint Peter as apostles gather around, with a city on a hill behind.

Christ Making Saint Peter Head of the Church

Diana Scultori after Raphael, c.1567

Lithograph portrait of an elderly seated man with white hair holding eyeglasses, resting on books, signed and dated 1852.

James Coleman, aged 102. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1852

Thomas Herbert Maguire

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a headcloth and dark shawl, seated beside a crosshatched bed hanging and wooden bedfra

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812

Charcoal portrait of a smiling woman in a frilled lace bonnet and lace collar, drawn within a tan oval.

Portrait of a Lady

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1767-1855

Engraved oval portrait of a young woman with upswept hair and lace trim, in an ornate border with dolphin motifs and inscript

Monseigneur le Dauphin de France (Portrait of Louis, the Dauphin of France)

Jean Daullé, 1730/33

Etching of a standing eccentric man in a tricorne hat holding two canes, with a small dog at his feet.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by J. MacArdell

James MacArdell

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1730/40s

Etching of men shaving and eating breakfast in an interior, with a seated man drawing, after William Hogarth, 1781.

William Hogarth making a drawing of his companions and himself as they shave and take their breakfast. Etching by Ric…

William Hogarth

Black and white woodcut portrait of a man with a waxed moustache and suit, labelled William Watson.

Sir William Watson. Woodcut by R. Bryden

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair holding a flaming urn, inscribed Adrienne Le Couvreur, on a stone pedestal

Portrait of Adrienne Le Couvreur

Pierre Imbert Drevet, 1730

Head of a Young Man in a Cap

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, first half 18th century

Lithograph of many men crowded around a dining table with glasses and decanters, some seated and others standing behind.

Contributors to Frazer's Magazine, sitting around a dining table, talking, smoking and drinking. Lithograph by D. Mac…

Aquatint portrait of a standing boy in a dark suit and lace collar, holding a riding crop, with a countryside landscape behin

George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite

Large Head and Bust Portrait of the Oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya

Chokosai Eisho, probably 1798

Engraved portrait of Daniel Dancer seated at a table in a wooden booth with a cat at the window, by G. Scott, 1805.

Daniel Dancer, a miser. Etching by G. Scott, 1805

Lithograph of Michelangelo in a central oval, surrounded by a laurel wreath of smaller portrait medallions of Italian artists

Italian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842

Vincenzo Mollame

Lithograph of Karl Bryullov lying on a pillow with eyes closed, drawn from life by Cherubino Cornienti in 1852.

Karl Pavlovich Bri︠u︡llov (Bryullov) on his deathbed. Lithograph by C. Cornienti, 1852

Cherubino Cornienti

Coloured frontispiece etching with a heraldic shield, draped banner and title for John Thomas Smith's 1815 book of London str

Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its en…

John Thomas Smith

Engraved portrait of a man in feathered headdress and fringed coat smoking a pipe, with palms and a canoe in background.

Peter Williamson, kidnapped as a child and transported to the American plantations; became traveller and writer. Repr…

Etching of a young woman with center-parted hair and a beaded necklace, turned to the left, shown in half-length portrait.

Head of Woman Looking Right

Wenceslaus Hollar after Lorenzo di Credi

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and white collar in an ornate scrolled frame, by Wenceslaus H

Self-Portrait

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Lithograph of four robed men at a table with open books and an hourglass, translating the Bible.

Four Protestant reformers translating the Bible. Lithograph by L. Noel after P.A. Labouchère, 1847

Pierre-Antoine Labouchère

Etching of a small man in a coat beside a standing woman in a wide hat, with a printed caption below.

Wybrant Lolkes, a dwarf with his wife. Etching by P. Mequignon, 1790

Peter Mequignon

Sepia lithograph of a well-dressed couple before a barred window where a prisoner reaches out, with ragged figures around the

Salomon de Caus incarcerated in the mental asylum of Bicêtre. Lithograph by Lafosse after J.J. Lecurieux, 1845

Jacques-Joseph Lecurieux

Lithograph of a young nun with a veil and flower bouquet beside apothecary jars and mortar, in a Gothic church interior.

A nursing nun in a pharmacy: with the hospital in the background. Lithograph by A.L. Noël, 1838, after F.J.J. Goetzen…

Franz-Jacob-Julius Götzenberger

Pencil drawing on grey paper of an elderly woman's head in a layered veil, eyes gazing upward.

Head of an Old Woman

Hans Holbein, c. 1500

Colour lithograph of William Ball, a very stout man in top hat, blue waistcoat and gaiters holding a riding crop.

William Ball, a man weighing forty stone. Colour lithograph

Drawing of a young man with curly hair turned to the side, in black and red chalk on brown paper, with a hand near his collar

Head of a Young Man (recto)

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1780s

Head of a Beggar (Tete de mendiant)

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Satyr (Tete de satyre)

Alphonse Legros

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full beard, face lit against a dark hatched background.

Head of a Man (Tete d'homme)

Alphonse Legros