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Portraits

24,421 works

Line engraving portrait of a seated man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, labelled John Haygarth M.D.

John Haygarth. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1827, after J. H. Bell

Black and white print of a woman with a decorated hat and a direct gaze, drawn with angular, hatched linework.

Portrait of a Lady

Max Pechstein, 1925

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding a plant sprig beside an open book, under an arched inscription.

Leonard Fuchs. Line engraving by T. de Bry

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man in an oval frame with coat of arms, winged lions and Latin inscription.

Otto von Guericke. Line engraving by C. Galle, 1649, after A. von Hulle

Anselmus van Hulle

Grey wash drawing of a rococo frame with empty oval center, scrolling foliage, and a reclining cherub at lower left.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Loose lithograph sketch of a woman with a ruffled collar beside a classical column, in soft gray tones.

Sarah Bernhardt

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, inscribed with Latin verse below.

Christian Franz Paullini. Line engraving

Loose sketch of a man with curly hair, a ruffled collar and a wide-brimmed hat, drawn in black lines on pale paper.

Coquelin Aîné

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Lucien Guitry

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig, resting his hand on a book beside a botanical sprig and a column.

Christoph Jacob Trew. Line engraving by G. Lichtensteger, 1770, after D. van der Smissen, 1748

Dominicus van der Smissen

Pencil sketch of a figure seen from behind, wearing a cap and coat, on cream paper with a museum stamp.

James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown and white wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and frock coat pointing, with a faint rearing horse sketched behind him

The Sculptor Antoine Coysevox

Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving by A. Collas after N.M. Gatteaux

Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Line engraving portrait of Jean Antoine Peyssonnel in an oval frame, wearing a wig and lace cravat, holding a flask.

Jean Antoine Peyssonnel. Line engraving by E. Fessard after J.-C. Allais

Jacques-Charles Allais

Graphite drawing of a man with a long curly wig and white collar, turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Portrait of Fleury

Georges-Edmond Dargouge

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace collar, with Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Charles Patin. Line engraving by M. Desbois from the life

Martial Desbois

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head and shoulders, turned three-quarters, with hair coiled and braided under a band.

Bust of a Young Woman

Hans Baldung Grien, 1500-1545

Line engraving portrait of a man in a curled wig and lace cuffs, seated before bookshelves, with Latin inscription below.

Johannes Dolaeus. Line engraving by A. M. Wolfgang

Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang

Pen and grey wash drawing of an armored rider on a rearing, ornately decorated horse against a sparse landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Henry IV

Auvrest, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a uniformed rider on an ornately decorated horse crossing a hilly landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul

Line engraving portrait of a bewigged man in academic gown, with Latin inscription below, in an ornate architectural frame.

Pieter van Musschenbroek. Line engraving by J. Houbraken, 1738, after J. M. Quinkhard, 1738

Jan Maurits Quinkhard

Drawing of seated Saint Catherine with curled hair and a spiked wheel, in brown ink on a dark blue ground.

Saint Catherine

Lucas Cranach the Elder, late 15th-mid-16th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and lace cravat, framed by laurel wreath and German inscription.

Matthaeus Gottfried Purman. Line engraving by S. Blesendorff, 1691

Samuel Blesendorff

Pen and wash drawing of a man in military uniform and bicorne hat on an ornately decorated horse in a landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and embroidered coat with a star order, holding a quill at a desk.

Portrait of J. J. Régis de Cambecérès

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Oval line engraving portrait of a man with curled hair and a pleated white cravat, captioned Gia. Bar. Beccari.

Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari. Line engraving by F. Rosaspina

Francesco Rosaspina

Line engraving of a bearded older man in a beret, with an inscription on a plinth naming Jean Pitard.

Jean Pitard. Line engraving by C. Dupuis after A. Humblot

Antoine Humblot

Brown ink and wash drawing of a uniformed man with a sword leaning on a cannon beside a flag, with a landscape behind.

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man in military uniform with a sash and star, leaning on a pedestal.

Portrait of Alexander I, Czar of Russia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Line engraving of a bearded man in a curled periwig and dark gown, inside an oval frame with Latin inscription and coat of ar

Agostino Pivati. Line engraving by M. Desbois, 1682

Martial Desbois

Portrait of Mark Akenside

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.