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Presidents of the United States: Selected Images

Portrait Gallery: Tyler - Wilson

See below for selected portraits of presidents shown in alphabetical order, from Tyler through Wilson. 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 Tyler

John Tyler, half-length portrait, facing right — John Tyler. Between 1860 and 1862. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13010 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

John Tyler, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing right — John Tyler. After painting by Alonzo Chappel. c1863. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-68952 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right — Martin Van Buren. Between 1840 and 1862. Brady-Handy Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13008 (b&w film copy neg. of detail)

Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right — Martin Van Buren. By John Sartain, after a painting by Henry Inman. Between 1839 and 1841. Mezzotint. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02634 (digital file from original print)

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George Washington

Washington, seated at table in half-length portrait, with hand on document, facing slightly left — George Washington. By Pendleton, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. 1828. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-11874 (digital file from original item)

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left — George Washington. By H.S. Sadd, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. 1844. Mezzotint. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03226 (digital file from original print)

Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby, with soldiers gathered around a campfire on the right and a man watching from behind a tree with a mill in the distance on the left, at Valley Forge — George Washington, the prayer at Valley Forge. By John C. McRae, after a painting by H. Brueckner. c1866. Engraving. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03965 (digital file from original print)

Color illustration of Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background — George Washington, from Life of George Washington: the farmer. By Junius Brutus Stearns. c1853. Lithograph. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02419 (digital file from original print)

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Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left — Woodrow Wilson. By Pach Brothers. c1912. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-13028 (b&w film copy neg. of cropped image)

Woodrow Wilson, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly left — Woodrow Wilson. Circa 1913. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-20570 (b&w film copy neg.)

Woodrow Wilson and wife riding in backseat of a carriage to second inauguration — Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson on Carriage to Wilson's Second Inauguration. 1917. National Photo Company Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-22737 (b&w film copy neg.)

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