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Portraits

23,993 works

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, within an oval Rococo frame with an inscribed cartouche.

Georg Erhard Hamberger. Mezzotint by J. J. Haid after J. Günther

active approximately Günther Johann

Profile Head of a Soldier with Helmet

Attributed to Gabriele Caliari, 1588/96

Colored caricature of a man in a green apron standing among laboratory glassware and a furnace.

Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas carrying out a chemical procedure. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier

Honoré Daumier

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a cane, with a landscape and tree behind him.

John Philips, aged 117. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier

Philippe Mercier

Mezzotint portrait of a man leaning on a rock with a top hat, with a pastoral scene of cattle and village at left.

Edward Jenner. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1800, after himself

John Raphael Smith

Etching of a man at a cluttered desk with drawing apparatus and papers, holding a sheet and a pen.

Self-Portrait

William Strang, 1897

Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Linacre in a dark cap and gown, holding a quill pen, with Latin signature below.

Thomas Linacre. Stipple engraving by H. Cook after W. Miller, 1810

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat beside books, titled William Heberden, M.D.

William Heberden. Mezzotint by J. Ward after Sir W. Beechey

William Beechey

Ink sketch of a woman with long dark hair and a light headscarf, drawn in loose brown hatching.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Immanuel Kant. Aquatint silhouette by J.T. Puttrich, 1793

Puttrich Johann Theodor

Head of Nero in the British Museum

Benjamin Robert Haydon, n.d.

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, surrounded by an oval inscription and coats of arms.

Paul Jenisch. Line engraving by L. Kilian, 1631

Monochrome stipple engraving of Thomas Guy, a man in a long powdered wig and buttoned coat, against a dark background.

Thomas Guy. Stipple engraving after a wax model by F. Le Pipre

François Le Pipre

Line engraving of a bust portrait of a man in a long curled wig, on a pedestal with Latin inscription.

Gabriel Clauder. Line engraving by J.C. Sartorius

Johann Christoph Sartorius

Pastel drawing of a blonde woman gazing upward, wearing a studded steel gorget over red drapery.

Head of a Woman (Beatrice)

Rosalba Carriera, 1700-1750

Jojedhiyan Missa. Line engraving by C. Grant

Colesworthey Grant

Oval line engraving of a man with curled hair and a white ruff collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Emanuel Koenig. Line engraving by J. J. Thourneyser, senior & junior, 1703, after J. F. Wettstein

Johann Friedrich Wettstein

Riza Orhan. Pencil drawing by H.C.S. Wright, 1911

Henry Charles Seppings Wright

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red and white makeup and black wig, with patterned robe and blue wave, framed by a decor

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

Utagawa Toyokuni II, ca. 1834

Oval line engraving portrait of Guy Patin, a bearded man in a skullcap and fur-trimmed robe, with caption below.

Guy Patin. Line engraving by P. Sluyter

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a youth with short hair looking upward, shoulders and draped collar sketched below.

Portrait Bust of Youth

Follower of George Henry Harlow, n.d.

Line engraving of a bearded man in dark period dress and white collar seated at a table with a book and inkwell.

John Anthony. Line engraving by T. Cross, 1656

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a wig and clerical collar, hand on chest, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

John Flamsteed. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1721, after T. Gibson, 1712

Line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and gown within an oval frame, with an inscription on the pedestal.

Andreas Ottomar Goelicke. Line engraving by G. P. Busch

Georg Paul Busch

Bust of Faustina

John Downman, c. 1774

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath above a Latin inscription plaque.

Theodor Zwinger, the younger. Line engraving by J. G. Seiller after G. Brandmüller

Gregor Brandmüller

Engraved portrait of Joshua Brookes seated at a desk, writing with a quill beside an open anatomical book and a specimen jar.

Joshua Brookes. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1818, after T. Phillips

Thomas Phillips

Head of a Salmon

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an elderly bearded man with tousled hair wrapped in a dark cloak.

Bust of Old Man

Samuel Shelley, 1776/1808

Line engraving portrait of a man in round eyeglasses and dark jacket, with handwritten German inscription below.

Karl Ernst Bock. Line engraving by G. Planic, 1857

Line engraving of a bearded man in a pleated ruff and fur-trimmed coat within an oval frame, with a caption below.

Joannes Heurnius. Line engraving by S. Furck, 1645

Sebastian Furck

Galen. Line engraving