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Portraits

23,978 works

Pencil sketch of a duel with two swordsmen and a fallen figure on gray paper, with a woman's head study on the reverse.

Duel after the Masked Ball (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Thomas Couture, c. 1857

John Gale, known as Dumb Jack, a deaf mute man. Etching after John Faber the elder

Lithographic portrait of a woman with an ornate headdress, drop earrings and off-shoulder gown with puffed sleeves.

Portrait of a Milanese Woman

Pierre Louis Henri Grévedon, 1835

Stippled lithograph portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark coat and white cravat, captioned Aloys Senefelder.

Portrait of Alois Senefelder

Nicolas-Henri Jacob, 1819

Engraving of a nude crowned woman with a severed bearded head in a sack, assisted by an armored man beside a tree.

Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus

Etched portrait of an elderly bald bearded man in a buttoned coat and white collar, with inscription Thos. Smith aged 112.

An old man, designated as Thomas Smith, aged 112. Etching by Jan Lievens

Pen and wash drawing of a standing woman in a patterned robe and headdress, with other women and a mosque in the background.

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Elisabeth Hingelberg née Rosenfeldt

Christian Horneman, 1825

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated young woman in a full skirt and feathered hat, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Lady

Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Chalk portrait of a young man with powdered wig and high cravat, drawn in black and white chalk on tan paper.

Portrait of a Young Man

Claude Hoin, n.d.

Self-Portrait

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etched portrait of an older bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed robe, resting hands on a book, captioned Erasmus Rotterdamus

Desiderius Erasmus. Etching by A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Etching of an elderly woman in a bonnet and shawl leaning on a cane, standing before a house wall with a window and door.

Margaret Standing, a disabled woman. Etching by J. Bruce

Etching of two bearded men in top hats and dark coats before classical columns, one raising his hat.

Thomas Smith Clouston and Douglas Argyll Robertson. Etching by W. Hole

Pencil and chalk portrait of a young man with curly hair and a high dark collar, gazing forward.

Portrait of a Man

Andrew Morton, 1828

Etched full-length portrait of an elderly man in tricorn hat and period coat, smoking a pipe and holding a cane.

Joseph Rullier, aged 106. Etching by J. Leroy

Portrait of a Gentleman

Léon Cogniet, c. 1835

Oval engraved portrait of King Henry VI wearing a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe.

King Henry VI. Etching by G. Gabrielli, 1875

Giuseppe Gabrielli

Sepia tone print of a seated man in a dark robe and white collar, with a draped curtain and pedestal behind him.

Portrait of a Seated Man

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel and Johannes Kornlein, after Cornelis Visscher, 1771

Red chalk drawing of a man in a plumed beret and ruffled collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637

Etching of a laughing man in a cap and cloak, eyes narrowed and mouth open in a broad grin.

Self-Portrait in a Cap: Laughing

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Bust of an Old Woman in a Furred Cloak and Heavy Headdress

Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Black-and-white print of a screaming figure on a boardwalk, with swirling sky, fjord and two figures behind.

The Scream

Edvard Munch, 1895

Coloured lithograph of a man in feathered headdress, face paint, silver armbands and an oval medallion, 1836.

J-Aw-Beance (?), an Ojibwa chief, wearing a medallion. Coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C.B. King, 1836

Charles Bird King

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bust of Diana with putti holding a spear, bow, shield and hunting gear.

Bust of Diana with Putti and Hunting Attributes

Jacob de Wit, 1700-1750

Pen and wash drawing of a very tall man in a top hat before a shoe shop, with a crowd of onlookers gazing up at him.

James Henry Lambier, "the American giant". Drawing

Etching of a standing street vendor in a tall hat holding bootlaces hanging from hook-like hands, 1816.

An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.…

John Thomas Smith

Etched portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair seated in a wooden chair, one hand resting on its back.

Portrait of Meryon

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Engraved portrait of a young man in a dark beret with long wavy hair and a cravat, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of Carl Philipp Fohr

Samuel Amsler, 1818

Etching of a man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning at a window ledge with a sheet and tools, a landscape visible outside.

Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man On the Body of a Fish, plate 5 of 10

Odilon Redon, 1888

Lithograph of three caricatured male figures in feathered hats and period dress, one holding a walking stick.

Three male dwarfs. Lithograph by F. Piloty after J. Callot

Etching of a pedestrian walking along a road past a crowd of caricatured spectators, with a flag on a pole.

George Wilson, a pedestrian, on a road lined with people. Etching by J.T. Smith after himself, 1815

John Thomas Smith