Skip to main content

Smithsonian Website

Donate

Home
National Portrait Gallery
  • Support Us
  • About Us
  • Host An Event
  • Podcast
  • Get Involved
  • Press Room
  • Visit
    Visit
    • Visiting the Museum
    • SMARTIFY App
    • Accessibility
    • Docent Tours
    • Museum Shop
    • Café
    facade of the museum
  • Exhibitions
    Exhibitions
    • Current Exhibitions
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Traveling Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions
    • Online Exhibitions
    • In Memoriam
    Exhibition space with yellow panels displaying portraits.
    What's On

    Explore the museum's diverse and wide-ranging exhibitions.

  • Events
    Events
    • Full Calendar
    • Adult Programs
    • Family Programs
    Day of the Dead dancers
  • The Portraits
    The Portraits
    • Portrait Search
    • Open Access
    • Bache Album
    • Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns
    • Outgoing Loan Program Policy
    • Rights & Reproductions
    • Publications
    • Lunder Conservation Center
    • Contact Us
    Man with taking a portrait from a rack of many artworks
    Search Our Collections

    Thousands of works of art, artifacts and archival materials are available for the study of portraiture.

  • Research
    Research
    • PORTAL
    • Catalog of American Portraits
    • AA/PG Library
    • Linked Open Data
    Perfromance art in the Great Hall
  • Learn
    Learn
    • Participate@Home
    • Access Programs
    • Adults
    • Families
    • Teachers & Students
    • Teens
    Docent working with children on crafts
    Explore with Us

    Visitors of all ages can learn about portraiture through a variety of weekly public programs to create art, tell stories, and explore the museum.

  • Home
  • Research
  • Catalog of American Portraits Search

Catalog of American Portraits

Advanced Search (Smithsonian Collections Search Center)

(168 of 2687)

Research
  • PORTAL
  • Catalog of American Portraits
  • AA/PG Library
  • Linked Open Data
George Washington

George Washington

Peale Family
Painting
c. 1789
Owner: Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations

John Gibaut

Benjamin Blyth
Painting
1782?
Owner: Peabody Essex Museum

Pierre Samuel Dupont

Halle
Drawing
c. 1780-1800
Owner: Winterthur Museum
John Jay (Alleged)

John Jay (Alleged)

Sharples Family
Painting
c. 1785
Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties
Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Paul Revere

P. G.
Silhouette
1781
Owner: Addison Gallery of American Art

Anthony Butler

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1782
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Benjamin West
Painting
1783
Owner: Winterthur Museum
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Print
1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of Samuel Fraunces

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1770-85
Owner: Fraunces Tavern Museum
Baron von Steuben

Baron von Steuben

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Chicago History Museum
Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson

Francis Hopkinson
Painting
c. 1785-91
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1790
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Richard Bache

Richard Bache

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1780-1810
Owner: U.S. Department of State

Nathanael Greene

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1783
Owner: Montclair Art Museum
Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens

Valentine Green
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

Jacob Duché and Son, Thomas Spence Duché, Jr.

Thomas Spence Duché
Painting
c. 1784-85
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Thomas Jefferson

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1789
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

J. Pelicier
Print
1782
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Albert Gallatin

James Sharples
Painting
1780-1811
Owner: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Edward Rutledge

James Earl
Painting
1785-1795
Owner: Mrs. Maurice Moore

Pierre Samuel Dupont

Joseph Ducreux
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Hagley Museum and Library

Bust Silhouette of Thomas Jefferson

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
c. 1790
Owner: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

George Washington

Louis Jacques Pilon
Sculpture
1781
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pages

  • « first
  • ‹ previous
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • …
  • next ›
  • last »

Selected Filter

Remove filters

  • Clear All
  • Date:"1780s"

Refine Your Search

  • Name
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • United States. Army  512
    • Peale, Charles Willson  336
    • Washington, George  219
    • Stuart, Gilbert  165
    • Copley, John Singleton  142
    • Franklin, Benjamin  106
    • Trumbull, John  96
    • Houdon, Jean-Antoine  90
    • United States. Navy  83
    • Earl, Ralph  76
    • Pine, Robert Edge  65
    • Ramage, John  64
    • West, Benjamin  58
    • Sharples, James  56
    • Peale, James  53
    • Brown, Mather  43
    • Savage, Edward  39
    • Wright, Joseph  38
    • Benbridge, Henry  36
    • Jones, John Paul  36
    • Lafayette  35
    • Gullager, Christian  33
    • Du Simitiere, Pierre Eugene  31
    • Blyth, Benjamin  29
    • Dunkerley, Joseph  29
    • Polk, Charles Peale  28
    • Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de  27
    • Steward, Joseph  26
    • Pollard, Robert  25
    • Duplessis, Joseph Siffred  22
    • Fulton, Robert  22
    • Jefferson, Thomas  21
    • Honeywood, St. John  20
    • Salazar y Mendoza, Jose Francisco Xavier de  20
    • Durand, John  18
    • Unidentified Men  18
    • Moulthrop, Reuben  17
    • Multiple Portraits  17
    • Verstille, William  17
    • Wedgwood and Sons  17
    • Williams, William Joseph  16
    • Sansom, Joseph  15
    • Norman, John  14
    • Beardsley Limner  13
    • Chandler, Winthrop  13
    • Ellis, B. B.  13
    • Pratt, Matthew  13
    • Unidentified Group  13
    • Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis  13
    • Johnston, John  12
    • Peale, Rembrandt  12
    • Unidentified Child  12
    • Adams, John  11
    • Ceracchi, Giuseppe  11
    • Cook, James  11
    • Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin  11
    • Prevost, Benoit Louis  11
    • Duche, Thomas Spence  10
    • Dupre, Augustin  10
    • Earl, James  10
    • Hamilton, Alexander  10
    • Jay, John  10
    • King, Samuel  10
    • Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von  10
    • Stiles, Ezra  10
    • Unidentified Girl  10
    • Wright, Patience Lovell  10
    • George III  9
    • Greene, Nathanael  9
    • Hancock, John  9
    • Laurens, Henry  9
    • Gainsborough, Thomas  8
    • Le Paon, Jean Baptiste  8
    • Louis XVI  8
    • Miles, Edward  8
    • Morris, Robert  8
    • Robertson, Walter  8
    • Romney, George  8
    • Caffieri, Jean Jacques  7
    • Campeche y Jordán, José  7
    • Flaxman, John  7
    • Montgomery, Richard  7
    • Murray, William  7
    • Paine, Thomas  7
    • Perkins, Sarah Bushnell  7
    • Reed, Joseph  7
    • Reynolds, Joshua  7
    • Robertson, Archibald  7
    • Thayendanegea  7
    • Unidentified Boy  7
    • Warren, Joseph  7
    • Way, Mary  7
    • Benbridge, Letitia ("Hetty") Sage  6
    • Brehan, Anne Flore Millet de  6
    • Cosway, Richard  6
    • Eliott, George Augustus  6
    • Gates, Horatio  6
    • Green, Valentine  6
    • Huntington, Samuel  6
    • Le Mire, Noel  6
  • Date
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • 1710s  1
    • 1720s  1
    • 1740s  1
    • 1750s  4
    • 1760s  41
    • 1770s  526
    • 1790s  970
    • 1800s  104
    • 1810s  77
    • 1820s  36
    • 1830s  26
    • 1840s  10
    • 1850s  12
    • 1860s  10
    • 1870s  1
    • 1880s  21
    • 1890s  3
    • 1900s  16
    • 1920s  3
    • 1930s  1
    • 1940s  2
    • 1950s  2
    • 1970s  1
    • 1980s  1
    • See All
  • Classification
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Paintings  2050
    • Miniatures  523
    • Exterior views  221
    • Sculpture  185
    • Drawings  176
    • Prints  165
    • Silhouettes  66
    • Medals  25
    • Maps  16
    • Decorative arts  9
    • Sheet music  7
    • Books  3
    • Mirrors  3
    • Artists' materials  2
    • Documents  2
    • Jewelry  1
    • Periodicals  1
    • Photographs  1
    • See All
×

Frequency Alphabetical
Culture
×

Frequency Alphabetical
Culture
×

Frequency Alphabetical
Culture
×

Search Tips

Enter key words, avoiding the use of terms like American, portrait, artist and sitter.

Use quotation marks to ensure all words are included, in exact order, for example “voting rights” or “edwin forrest as macbeth”.

Use a "+" or "-" in front of each word to ensure the search term MUST or MUST NOT be included, for example +baseball -photograph or “civil war” -Brady.

Use filters to narrow search results. For NAMES, search on last name only, and then use the Name filter to find the sitter, artist or owner you are looking for.

Go to Advanced Search redirects you to the Smithsonian Collections Search Center, which provides additional search options. Results are pre-filtered on Catalog of American Portraits records.

Only return results with images limits results to records with images. Please note that CAP images, if available, are for study purposes only and may not be reproduced without permission of the portrait owner.

Only return results on view at the National Portrait Gallery limits results to objects on view at the National Portrait Gallery, including long-term loans to the museum.

Home Smithsonian Institution

Museum Location

National Portrait Gallery
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001

Hours

Open 7 days a week
11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Closed Dec. 25

Sign up for our newsletter:

sign up button
We use MailChimp, a third party e-newsletter service. Their Privacy Policy & Terms of Use apply to your use of this service.

  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • iTunes
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
Back to Top