Portrait collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Portrait collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Chiefly portrait prints and photographs collected by Evert Jansen Wendell and about 25,000 newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Edwin Francis Edgett. With an emphasis on American and British men from the 19th century, the collection portrays more than 20,000 people, both notable and unknown...

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Corporate Authors: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Currier & Ives, E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), L. Prang & Co, Whipple & Black (Photographer)
Other Authors: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896 (Photographer), Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 (Lithographer), Grozelier, Leopold, 1830-1865 (Lithographer), Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895 (Photographer), Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918 (Etcher), Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 (Photographer), Sartain, John, 1808-1897 (Engraver), Turner, Charles, 1774-1857 (Engraver)
Format: Photo
Language:English
Published: 1639-1946, bulk 1800-1915
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Portraits
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Portraits
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Portraits
Artists > Portraits
Authors > Portraits
Boxers (Sports) > Portraits
Businesspeople > Portraits
Indians of North America > Portraits
Nobility > Portraits
Portraits, American
Portraits, British
Portraits, European
Statesmen > Portraits
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Portraits
Card photographs > 1850-1930
Clippings > 1850-1950
Group portraits > 1630-1950
Photographic prints > 1850-1950
Portraits > 1630-1950
Prints > 1630-1950
Reproductions
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Call Number: VSCO 230

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