[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in...
Copyright Alex. Washn. Lodge #22, A.F.& A.M., Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Warren G. Harding, half-length portrait, seated in vehicle, facing ri...
National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photographer unidentified. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
[Lucy Stone, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[William Robertson Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: Dr. Grant, 1840. Labels on cover glas... More
[Walt Whitman, Sr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval...
Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).
[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right...
LC-BH824-5239. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Actor. Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Written in pencil on back of plate: E. Forrest. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Dag... More
[John Lane Gardner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Colonel, U.S. Army. Scratched on back of plate: 13; Col. Gardner. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Scratched on back of plate: 361. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Charles James Napier, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]
Alternative identifications: G.F. (or Q.F.) Yung (cat. 5); Hunt. Identified by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on a similar image in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (London). Transfer; U.S. War Col... More
[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]
Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Alternative identification: John J. Crittenden or Thomas L. Crittenden. Scratched on back of plate: Crittendon. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of ... More
[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing righ...
Case: tendrils and floral motif. Label on case: "50"; label on cover glass: "47". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.15). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms par... More
[William Wierman Wright, head-shoulders portrait facing right]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[John Griffin Carlisle, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Ann Minerva "Nannie" Rodgers Macomb, three-quarter length portrait, f...
Photographer unidentified. Case: mixed flowers printed in gold on plain leather case. Accompanying label: Mrs. John N. Macomb (Ann Rodgers) 1826-1916. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms... More
Josiah Johnson Hawes - [Josiah Johnson Hawes, head-and-shoulders portr...
Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Date based on hallmark. Label attached to cover glass: "10." Written in pencil on back of plate: J.J. Hawes. Possibly a self-portrait. Provenance: probably purchased by Marian Carson in 1... More
[José Tomás de Cuéllar, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]
In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 10, upper left.
[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Henry Rodgers, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Photographer unidentified. Case: oval red velvet push button case. Accompanying label on case: Henry Rodgers, 1823-1854. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1993; (DLC/PP-1993:211). Forms part of: Rodgers Family Pap... More
[Unidentified man, possibly David Hostetter, head-and-shoulders portra...
Case: Rinhart 271. Embossed on inside of case: H.B. Swift, No. 312, Market Street. Labels on case: "33" and "64." Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.12). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection ... More
[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.
[Ann Minerva "Nannie" Rodgers Macomb, three-quarter length portrait of...
Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Mrs. Stevens Everett, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Case: plain leather, push button. Label in case: Mrs. Stevens Everett (Dear). No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot family papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:044). Forms part... More
[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]
From Brady daguerreotype. LC-BH821-6628. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Photographer unidentified. Alternately identified as Nathaniel Green based on similarity to DAG no. 1059. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: double case, Rinhart 185. Note on inside of case behind image of man: Mrs. M... More
Meyerbeer, portrait - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right.
[William E. Burton, actor and theatrical impresario, three-quarter len...
Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Halevy, portrait - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Fromenthal Halévy, French composer, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. No. 1336. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
[Ethan Allen Hitchcock, three-quarter length portrait, seated in chair...
Photographer unidentified. Case: floral motif in central oval, surrounded by scrolls. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
[Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, half-length portrait, facing right]
Scratched on back of plate: C... Ex mayor, 1852. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on portrait in: Wall Street in History, by Martha J. Lamb, p. 69. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC... More
[Ann Minerva "Nannie" Rodgers Macomb, three-quarter length portrait, f...
Hallmark: 40 [image obscured]. Case: central bouquet of mixed flowers. Accompanying label: Mrs. John N. Macomb (Ann Rodgers) 1826-1916. Embossed on inside of case: J. H. Whitehurst Galleries, New-York, Baltimor... More
Captain Lilley, field train - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
Captain Lilley, full-length portrait, dressed in uniform, seated on a horse, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860 / original photograph by F. de B. Richards.
Photograph shows Rembrandt Peale, half-length portrait, facing right, with right elbow resting on table or studio prop. Inscribed in pencil on mount: from his personal collection. (DLC/PP-1998:151.31) Forms pa... More
Lieutenant Gayner [i.e., Gaynor], 47th Regiment
Lieutenant Gaynor, full-length portrait, facing right, wearing uniform, seated on large rock, holding sword.
General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photogr...
Sir James Simpson, three-quarter length portrait, wearing hat and coat, standing, facing right with left arm resting on stone wall. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of... More
Lieutenant General, the Honourable Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. - ...
General Scarlett sitting on horse facing left and Colonel Lowe standing in front of horse facing right, with bell tents in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Invent... More
The Honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Divi...
Major Cathcart, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
[President Franklin Pierce, three-quarter length portrait, seated, fac...
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH82-5118. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lieutenant General Sir H.J.W. Bentinck, K.C.B.
Sir Henry John William Bentinck, three-quarter portrait, standing, facing right with hand in shirt.
[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right]
Photograph shows the American stage actor Charlotte Saunders Cushman, who was known as one of the greatest actresses of her day. Case: plain leather case with push button and dark red velvet pad with an urn emb... More
Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs
Maréchal Pélissier, full-length portrait, wearing hat, standing in front of building, facing right. Title transcribed from verso. Print marked for cropping with vertical line at left of image. "202" written or ... More
Zouave & officer of the Saphis [i.e., Spahis] - Roger Fenton's Crimean...
Zouave, full-length portrait, seated, facing right and Spahi officer, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humani... More
[President James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Reproduction of a daguerreotype taken between 1845 and 1849. LC-BH82-8.
The honourable Major Cathcart, Dep. As. Adj. General to the Light Divi...
Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, seated, hands resting on his sword. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crime... More
Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Ph...
Major Keane, full-length portrait, standing next to horse, facing right; wooden huts in background. Title transcribed from verso. "124*" written or printed at top of photo. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Fo... More
Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General to the British forces in the Crim...
Major-General James B. Estcourt, full-length portrait, wearing uniform and hat, facing right with left arm resting on wall. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton ... More
[Dr. Ed. Aveling, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]
Half-length portrait photograph of Dr. Edward Bibbins Aveling, seated, facing right. 22350 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright record. Copyright by Joseph Holler, Brooklyn, Oct. 5, 1886.
[Sam Houston, full-length portrait, facing right]
Photograph is a gift from: Jay and Jean Kislak; Thomas and Kay Martin; Ed Cox; John Garvey; Carolyn Rose Hunt; James A. Elkin; Ruth Altshuler; Henry J. and Jame M. Smith; Albert Small; Barbara Pine; and Nancy ... More
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton holding her daughter Harriot, half-length portrait, facing right. Photograph of a daguerreotype taken in 1856. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1979:169. BIOG FILE reference copy NOS 1/97.
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
[Jefferson Davis, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]
Gift; Miss M. Sweedale; April 23, 1921; (DLC/PP-46294) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More
[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commi...
In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
[Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi, Thirty-fifth Congress, hea...
Title devised by Library staff based on name provided in book's index. Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washingt... More
[Charlotte Cushman, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]
Photograph shows the American stage actress Charlotte Saunders Cushman. Case: Leather; grape medallion design. Purchase; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:113). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Libr... More
[Painting of John McAllister, Jr., by Anna C. Peale, head-and-shoulder...
Note found behind plate: Cleaned July 1974 with a solution of water, thiourea, and phospheric acid. Wm. B. Becker, Phila. Pa. Paper label on back of frame: The following was written on the back of this daguerre... More
Sontheim, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite
Photograph shows Heinrich Sontheim, German tenor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 1269. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
[John G. Stephenson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right]
Photo shows John G. Stephenson, Librarian of Congress, 1861-1864. Attributed to Anson, 589 B'way, N.Y.
[Maria Christina, Queen regent, full-length portrait, standing, facing...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H.D. Terry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Henry Dwight Terry, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Copy of t...
A copy photograph probably made from the 1860 mezzotint by Thomas Doney, which was based on a photo taken in 1857 by Alexander Hesler. "A likeness based on Hesler's photograph is Thomas Doney's mezzotint, first... More
[Eldad Holmes, New York City merchant, half-length portrait, seated ho...
Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Henry Laurens Dawes, senator of Massachusetts., three-quarters length...
Date based on similar image in the Brady-Handy Collection (LC-BH824- 5365).
H.D. Terry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Henry Dwight Terry, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gallmayer, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite
Photograph shows Josephine Gallmayer, German singer/actress, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 1413. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12,1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Kaulbach, portrait - Public domain portrait engraving
Photograph shows Wilhelm von Kaulbach, German illustrator and painter, half-length portrait, facing right. No. 1321. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
[Lucretia (Coffin) Mott, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing...
Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Andrew Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with ta...
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH834-40 (cracked). No print in P&P.
[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Brig. General John D. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ri...
Photograph from Brady negative. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H.D. Terry, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
Henry Dwight Terry, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 29 Meserve, no. 27 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 49.
[President Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, seated, facing righ...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Getty, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
George W. Getty, full-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Charles A. Atwell, bust portrait, facing right, wearing military unif...
Carte de visite by Purviance's Photographic Rooms, corner Fifth & Wood sts., Pittsburgh, PA. Enlisted into Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Battery (Sept. 21, 1861). Died of wounds received in the Battle... More
[Jacob Walter, half-length portrait, facing right]
LC-BH824-4679 (b&w glass neg. - missing) Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified officer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, with lef...
In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 82, surrogate p. 21 (upper right). Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.
Types Algériens. Fileuse de laine / ND.
Woman, full-length portrait, seated on ground, facing right, spinning wool, Algeria. No. T. 249.
Ole Bull, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph showing Norwegian violinist Ole Bornemann Bull as head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Gift ; Virginia S. Benjamin ; Feb. 12, 1946.
[Ezra Booth Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
From a Brady negatiave. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jauner-Krall, three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Austrian opera singer Emilie Jauner-Krall, in costume, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. No. 1439. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference cop... More
Prince George of Wales, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph showing King George V as a young man in head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.
[President John Tyler, half-length portrait, facing right]
Reproduction of a print(?). Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH824-5391.
General Getty, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
George W. Getty, full-length portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Georges Bizet - Bizet, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Georges Bizet, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Bain News Service photograph. GG Co. 5124. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
[James Hagan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Christine McDonald [i.e., MacDonald] & her uncle
Photographs show (top) Christine MacDonald, wife of a Hudson's Bay Company trader, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing European dress, and (bottom) her uncle, full-length portrait, seated, facin... More
[Francis B. Spinola, General in the U.S. Army, half-length portrait, f...
From a Brady negative. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
V. Van Antwerp, Bv't. Brig. General
Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5879.
[M. Miller, Colonel, 18th Mo. Infantry, full-length portrait, facing r...
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2882. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bv't. Brig. General Horace Capron, col. 14th [...] Cavalry.
Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 4471.
[A.D. Streight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bv't Brig. General H.H. Wells. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[T.T. Garrard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 8204. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description