LibGuides: Resources in Art and Architecture on the Web: Portraiture

Portraiture

Emmet Collection of Manuscript Relating to American History
The images in this digital presentation offer an extensive array of visual documentation-in portraits, scenes, and views-of the people, places, and events that shaped the new American nation. From NYPL.
Fairclough Collection
Collection of portrait prints and illustrations relating to 17th century British history. From the University of Leicester via JSTOR.
Joseph Muller Collection of Music and Other Portraits
Contains over six thousand images dating from the 16th to early 20th centuries, mostly engravings and lithographs, with some drawings, predominantly of composers and musicians. From NYPL.
Print Collection Portrait File
In order to help meet picture research needs in the early 20th century, librarians culled portraits from the Print Collection and arranged them alphabetically by subject. From NYPL.
Russkie Portrety XVIII i XIX Vekov
Engravings made during 1905-1909. From NYPL.
The Updike Collection Book Trade Portraits
Providence Public Library site featuring historical portrait prints of printers and booksellers.

Sofonisba Anguissola. The Chess Game. Oil on canvas, ca. 1556. Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu. Luna Insight collection.