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Victorian Portraits

American portrait photography from the Victorian era, 1880 to 1901, the height of the formal studio sitting. Source archive and rights statement on every image.

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Percy A. Rockefeller, 1890 (Library of Congress)

Percy A. Rockefeller

1890

Nellie Bly, 1890 (Library of Congress)

Nellie Bly

1890

[John James Stevenson, geologist from New York University, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, taken at I.G.C.], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[John James Stevenson, geologist from New York University, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, taken at I.G.C.]

1891

[Portrait of P.H. Thurber surrounded by five additional photographs showing his physique], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Portrait of P.H. Thurber surrounded by five additional photographs showing his physique]

1890

[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile], 1887 (Library of Congress)

[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]

1887

[Charlie Duffee, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Charlie Duffee, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Shorty Fuller, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Shorty Fuller, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated], 1885 (Library of Congress)

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

1885

[Red Cloud, Oglala division of Lakota, Sioux, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right wearing suit], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[Red Cloud, Oglala division of Lakota, Sioux, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right wearing suit]

1891

[Young Man Afraid of His Horses, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding hat], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[Young Man Afraid of His Horses, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding hat]

1891

[John Casper Branner, state geologist of Arkansas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, taken at I.G.C.], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[John Casper Branner, state geologist of Arkansas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, taken at I.G.C.]

1891

[Patrick S. Gilmore, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing music conductor uniform], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Patrick S. Gilmore, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing music conductor uniform]

1890

[Mathilde Freud, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with left hand on studio prop], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Mathilde Freud, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with left hand on studio prop]

1894

[Arthur Winslow, state geologist of Missouri, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, taken at I.G.C.], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[Arthur Winslow, state geologist of Missouri, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, taken at I.G.C.]

1891

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, rear view, displaying arm muscles], 1893 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, rear view, displaying arm muscles]

1893

[Eugen Sandow, body-builder, full-length portrait, standing, nude except for shoes, facing right], 1893 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, body-builder, full-length portrait, standing, nude except for shoes, facing right]

1893

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing right, leaning on pillar], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing right, leaning on pillar]

1894

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, right arm raised], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, right arm raised]

1894

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, hands on head], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, hands on head]

1894

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left, right arm raised], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left, right arm raised]

1894

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, hands behind head], 1893 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, hands behind head]

1893

[Abram Stevens Hewitt, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Abram Stevens Hewitt, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]

1890

[Mabel Osgood Wright, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing left], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Mabel Osgood Wright, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing left]

1890

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left]

1894

[Susan B. Anthony, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Susan B. Anthony, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1890

[Emmeline B. Wells, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Emmeline B. Wells, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1890

[Richard Maurice Bucke, full-length portrait, seated oudoors, facing front], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[Richard Maurice Bucke, full-length portrait, seated oudoors, facing front]

1891

[Henry Nehrling, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], 1891 (Library of Congress)

[Henry Nehrling, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

1891

[Alexander Campbell, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left], 1894 (Library of Congress)

[Alexander Campbell, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left]

1894

[Henry E. Alvord, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1893 (Library of Congress)

[Henry E. Alvord, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1893

[Norman Hapgood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Norman Hapgood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1890

[Abraham Flexner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Abraham Flexner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1890

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, facing left], 1893 (Library of Congress)

[Eugen Sandow, full-length portrait, facing left]

1893

Milan Rastislav Štefánik, 1895 (Library of Congress)

Milan Rastislav Štefánik

1895

Portrait, little girl, 1894 (Library of Congress)

Portrait, little girl

1894

Portrait of Miss E.H., 1890 (Library of Congress)

Portrait of Miss E.H.

1890

Professor Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von Helmholtz, 1894 (Library of Congress)

Professor Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Von Helmholtz

1894

[Thomas Hovenden, artist, seated, holding a photograph(?), facing front, 1895 (Library of Congress)

[Thomas Hovenden, artist, seated, holding a photograph(?), facing front

1895

[Eadweard Muybridge portrait], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Eadweard Muybridge portrait]

1890

[Two unidentified women being photographed], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Two unidentified women being photographed]

1890

Mr. H, 1899 (Library of Congress)

Mr. H

1899

[Portrait of an elderly woman], 1890 (Library of Congress)

[Portrait of an elderly woman]

1890

Arnold Genthe with a woman friend, 1896 (Library of Congress)

Arnold Genthe with a woman friend

1896

Unidentified man, seated at his easel, 1896 (Library of Congress)

Unidentified man, seated at his easel

1896

Arnold Genthe, 1896 (Library of Congress)

Arnold Genthe

1896

Stone, Galen L., Mr, 1896 (Library of Congress)

Stone, Galen L., Mr

1896

Mrs. Patrick Campbell, 1896 (Library of Congress)

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

1896

An unidentified woman, 1896 (Library of Congress)

An unidentified woman

1896

[E. Spencer Pratt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[E. Spencer Pratt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1880

[James Edward Benedict, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1885 (Library of Congress)

[James Edward Benedict, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1885

[Bertha Honoré Palmer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Bertha Honoré Palmer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1880

[Edwin Forbes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Edwin Forbes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[Herman Hollerith, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Herman Hollerith, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1888

[Lillie Langtry, three-quarter length portrait, facing right], 1887 (Library of Congress)

[Lillie Langtry, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

1887

[Horace Traubel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Horace Traubel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1880

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], 1886 (Library of Congress)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

1886

[Johann C. Gundlach, half-length portrait, facing left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Johann C. Gundlach, half-length portrait, facing left]

1880

[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1887 (Library of Congress)

[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1887

[Woodrow Wilson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1883 (Library of Congress)

[Woodrow Wilson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1883

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of unidentified woman, facing left], 1882 (Library of Congress)

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of unidentified woman, facing left]

1882

[Elliott Coves(?), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1884 (Library of Congress)

[Elliott Coves(?), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

1884

[Ben Sanders, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait], 1887 (Library of Congress)

[Ben Sanders, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

1887

[Ellen Herndon Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1883 (Library of Congress)

[Ellen Herndon Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1883

[Jim O'Rourke, New York Giants, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Jim O'Rourke, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Monte Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Monte Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Icebox Chamberlain, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Icebox Chamberlain, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Yank Robinson, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Yank Robinson, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Red Ehret, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Red Ehret, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]

1888

[Phil Tomney, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait], 1888 (Library of Congress)

[Phil Tomney, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]

1888

[James Holding, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[James Holding, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[Amos Hoffman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Amos Hoffman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

1880

[William Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[William Fox, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

1880

[Henry Fletcher, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right], 1881 (Library of Congress)

[Henry Fletcher, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

1881

[John Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[John Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[James Graham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[James Graham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[Aleksandr Yagodkin, half-length portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Aleksandr Yagodkin, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[Mrs. Petrunkevitch, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Mrs. Petrunkevitch, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

1880

[Bust portrait of educator and lawyer, Ellen Spencer Mussey], 1884 (Library of Congress)

[Bust portrait of educator and lawyer, Ellen Spencer Mussey]

1884

[Full-length portrait of a man], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Full-length portrait of a man]

1880

[Abraham Abulaphia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1881 (Library of Congress)

[Abraham Abulaphia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1881

[Farcesse Fanian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1882 (Library of Congress)

[Farcesse Fanian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1882

[John Emerich, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1882 (Library of Congress)

[John Emerich, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1882

[Henry Katt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Henry Katt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1880

[James Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1882 (Library of Congress)

[James Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1882

[Charles Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1882 (Library of Congress)

[Charles Campbell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1882

[Horace Stevens, half-length portrait, facing slightly left], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[Horace Stevens, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

1880

[Nancy Conner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], 1881 (Library of Congress)

[Nancy Conner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

1881

[John Gill, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], 1880 (Library of Congress)

[John Gill, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

1880

Indian families, 1900 (Library of Congress)

Indian families

1900

[Civil War nurse Mary A.E. Keen Woodworth], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Civil War nurse Mary A.E. Keen Woodworth]

1900

The passing of the picturesque, 1901 (Library of Congress)

The passing of the picturesque

1901

[Unidentified Civil War veteran with young girl, Hazel Miner], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Unidentified Civil War veteran with young girl, Hazel Miner]

1900

[Civil War veteran James W. Connolly in G.A.R. uniform with medals], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Civil War veteran James W. Connolly in G.A.R. uniform with medals]

1900

[Civil War veteran Abner Letts], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Civil War veteran Abner Letts]

1900

[Civil War veteran Alfred Colburn of Co. K, 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery with medal], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Civil War veteran Alfred Colburn of Co. K, 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery with medal]

1900

[Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with two children], 1900 (Library of Congress)

[Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with two children]

1900

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