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Presidents of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Adams - Cleveland

See below for selected portraits of presidents shown in alphabetical order, from Adams through Cleveland. For full caption/reproduction information, or to download an uncompressed tiff or higher resolution JPG image, click on the picture or caption. (These will open on a new tab.) Please note that dates listed here may refer to the date a print was made, which may be after the subject's life dates.

John Adams

Print shows John Adams, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with book in hand. — John Adams. By Gilbert Stuart. 1828. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-11886 (digital file from original print)

John Adams, full-length portrait, standing next to globe, facing left, holding document — John Adams. After a painting by John Singleton Copley. Between 1850 and 1900. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15705 (digital file from original print)

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John Quincy Adams

Illustration of John Quincy Adams, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding book — John Quincy Adams. Engraved from original painting by G.P.A. Healy. c1898. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-117119 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

Full-length portrait of President Adams, seated in a library, facing slightly right, holding book. — John Quincy Adams. Engraved by A.B. Durand, after a painting by Thomas Sully. Circa 1820-1830. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15717 (digital file from original)

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Chester A. Arthur

Chester Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — Chester A. Arthur. By C.M. Bell. 1882. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13021 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

Chester Arthur, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing overcoat — Chester A. Arthur. Between 1870 and 1886. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-80432 (b&w film copy neg.)

Illustration of Justice John R. Brady, Justice of New York State Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Vice President Arthur in a private ceremony in Arthur's residence at 123 Lexington Avenue, New York. — Chester A. Arthur being administered the presidential oath after the death of President Garfield. 1881. Wood engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7615 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Joseph R. Biden

Bust-length portrait of Joe Biden, taken in the Library room at the White House — Joseph R. Biden, taken in the Library room at the White House. By Adam Schultz. 2021. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-15717 (digital file from original)

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James Buchanan

James Buchanan, full-length portrait, standing by table, facing left, holding book — James Buchanan. Engraved by J.C. Buttre. Circa 1860. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-96357 (b&w film copy neg.)

A bust-length portrait of Buchanan (apparently taken from Mathew Brady's 1854 daguerreotype portrait) is flanked by American flags and laurel branches. — James Buchanan. By Baker & Godwin. c1856. Wood engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03522 (digital file from original print)

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George H. W. Bush

George Bush, half-length portrait, facing front — George H. W. Bush. By David Valdez. 1989. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-98302 (b&w film copy neg.)

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George W. Bush

Head and shoulders-length portrait of George W. Bush in the Roosevelt Room, wearing a blue tie — George W. Bush. By Eric Draper. 2003.. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00371 (original digital file)

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Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, next to an American flag — Jimmy Carter. By Karl Schumacher. 1977. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-599 (color film copy transparency)

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Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland, half-length portrait, facing right — Grover Cleveland. By C.M. Bell. c1888. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-91490 (b&w film copy neg.)

Grover Cleveland, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding hat — Grover Cleveland. 1888. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7618 (b&w film copy neg.)

Grover Cleveland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right — Grover Cleveland. By Napoleon Sarony. c1892. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13024 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

Illustration depicting the marriage of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom — Grover Cleveland: The President's Wedding. Drawn by T. de Thulstrup. 1886. Wood engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-5946 (b&w film copy neg.)

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