ca. 1859-ca. 1930
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of portraits and other illustrations used in publications issued by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Collection Description
This collection consists of engravings and photomechanical reproductions used in MHS publications, including the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Most of the collection comprises portraits of members that accompanied memoirs published in the Proceedings following their deaths. The collection also includes reproductions of artwork, manuscripts, books, maps, and artifacts. Engravers represented in the collection include W. H. Forbes & Co., F. T. Stuart, H. Wright Smith, and J. A. J. Wilcox. Photomechanical reproductions were produced by the Heliotype Printing Co. and A. W. Elson & Co., among others.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Portraits
Arranged alphabetically.
Adams, Brooks (1848-1927)
Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886)
Adams, John (1735-1826)
From the portrait by Mather Brown in the Boston Athenaeum.Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
Aiken, John Adams (1850-1927)
By A. W. Elson & Co., Belmont.Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold (1841-1908)
Amory, William (1804-1888)
Engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox.Andrew, John Albion (1818-1867)
Appleton, Nathan (1779-1861)
Engraved by S. A. Schoff after a painting by G. P. A. Healy.Appleton, Samuel (1766-1853)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith.Appleton, William (1786-1862)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith from a photograph by Whipple.Appleton, William Sumner (1840-1903)
Aspinwall, Thomas (1786-1876)
Barker, James Madison (1839-1905)
Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757)
Reproduction of an engraving by Richard Phillips by Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757)
Reproduction of a painting attributed to Thomas Hudson by Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757)
Reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist.Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798)
Reproduction of an engraving by Heliotype Printing Co.Bell, Luther V. (1806-1862)
Engraved by H. W. Smith.Bigelow, George Tyler (1810-1878)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart, Boston.Bigelow, Jacob (1786-1879)
Engraving of a bust by J. A. J. Wilcox, Boston.Bigelow, Melville M. (1846-1921)
Bangs, Edward (1825-1894)
Bowditch, Charles Pickering (1842-1921)
Reproduction of photograph of Bowditch as a young man.Bowditch, Charles Pickering (1842-1921)
Reproduction of photograph of Bowditch as an older man.Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll (1805-1861)
Engraved by J. Andrews from a miniature by Saunders.Bowles, Francis Tiffany (1858-1927)
Bradford, Alden (1765-1843)
Reproduction of a portrait miniature by an unidentified artist.Brayton, John Summerfield (1826-1904)
Brigham, Lincoln Flagg (1819-1895)
Engraved by A. H. Ritchie.Brimmer, Martin (1829-1896)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Brooks, Charles (1795-1872)
Printed by Wilson & Daniels, Boston.Brooks, Mary Barrow, (1726-1801)
Reproduction of a painting by Joseph Badger.Brown, Mather (1761-1831)
Reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist.Brown, Stephen (1728-1760)
Reproduction of a painting by Joseph Badger.Bullock, Alexander H.(1816-1882)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Burnet, William (1688-1729)
Reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist.Bynner, Edwin Lassiter (1842-1893)
Cabot, James Eliot (1821-1903)
Chadbourne, Paul Ansel (1823-1883)
Chamberlain, Daniel Henry (1835-1907)
Chamberlain, Mellen (1821-1900)
Champlin, Christopher Grant (1768-1840)
Chandler, Peleg Whitman (1816-1889)
Channing, Edward (1856-1931)
Chase, George Bigelow (1835-1902)
Chipman, Ward (1754-1824)
Reproduction of a painting by Gilbert Stuart.Choate, Rufus (1799-1859)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith from a photograph by Southworth & Hawes.Church, Benjamin (1639-1718)
Reproduction of an engraving by Paul Revere.Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Clarke, Richard (1711-1795)
Reproduction of a painting by John Singleton Copley.Clement, Edward Henry (1843-1920)
Clifford, John Henry (1809-1876)
Cobb, Samuel Crocker (1826-1891)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Codman, Charles Russell (1829-1918)
Coe, Henry Waldo (1857-1927)
Coolidge, Archibald Cary (1806-1928)
Reproduction by Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Copley, John Singleton (1639-1718)
Reproduction of a miniature self-portrait.Copley, Mary
Reproduction of a sketch by Benjamin West.Copley children (Master Copley & his elder Sister)
Reproduction of a sketch by Benjamin West.Crapo, William Wallace (1830-1926)
Reproduction by A. W. Elson, Belmont.Crocker, Uriel Haskell (1832-1902)
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins (1809-1874)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Dalton, Charles Henry (1826-1908)
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. (1815-1882)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Davis, Andrew McFarland (1833-1920)
Davis, Isaac P. (1771 or 1772-1855)
Engraved by W. H. Forbes & Co.Davis, John (1761-1847)
Heliotype reproduction of a painting by J. G. Cole by Heliotype Printing Co.Dawes, Thomas (1757-1825)
Reproduction of a painting by Joseph Badger.Deane, Charles (1813-1889)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.De Normandie, James (1836-1924)
Derby, John (1767-1831)
Reproduction of a silhouette.Devens, Charles (1820-1891)
Dexter, George (1838-1883)
Reproduction of a photograph by Heliotype Printing Co.Dexter, Henry Martyn (1821-1890)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Dexter, Henry Morton (1846-1910)
Donald, E. Winchester (1848-1904)
Dowse, Thomas (1772-1856)
Engraving by J. Andrews after a painting by M. Wight.Dowse, Thomas (1772-1856)
Engraving by H. Wright Smith after a painting by M. Wight.Dowse, Thomas (1772-1856)
Dowse, William Bradford Homer (1852-1928)
Reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist by A. W. Elson & Co.Drake, Francis (1540?-1596)
Reproduction by A. W. Elson & Co. of a painting.Dudley, Joseph (1647-1720)
Reproduction of a painting by an unknown artist by Heliotype Printing Co.Dummer, Jeremiah (1681-1739)
Dunbar, Charles Franklin (1830-1900)
Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926)
Eliot, Samuel (1821-1898)
Ellis, George Edward (1814-1894)
Engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox after a portrait by F. P. Vinton.Emerson, George B. (1797-1881)
Engraving by H. W. Smith after a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes.Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
Engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox.Emerson, William (1769-1811)
Endecott, John (1588?-1665)
Reproduction of a painting by Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Endicott, William (1826-1914)
Endicott, William Crowninshield (1826-1900)
Ernst, Harold Clarence (1856-1922)
Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
Engraving of a bas relief by J. H. Bufford, Lith.Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
Heliotype of unfinished sketch by Gilbert Stuart.Everett, Edward (1794-1865)
Photogravure by John Andrew & Son of a portrait.Everett, William (1839-1910)
Felton, Cornelius Conway (1807-1862)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith.Field, Walbridge Abner (1833-1899)
Fiske, John (1842-1901)
Fitz, Reginald Heber (1843-1913)
Foote, Henry Wilder (1838-1889)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Forbes, Robert B. (1804-1889)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Freeman, James (1782-1835)
Reproduction of an engraving by Edwards after a painting by Stuart.Frothingham, Nathaniel L. (1793-1870)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith.Frothingham, Octavius B. (1822-1895)
Frothingham, Paul Revere (1864-1926)
Reproduction by A. W. Elson & Co., Belmont.Frothingham, Richard (1812-1850)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Gay, Frederick Lewis (1856-1916)
Gilbert, Edward Hooker (1859-1921)
Goddard, Delano Alexander (1831-1882)
Reproduction by the Heliotype Printing Co. of a photograph.Goodell, Abner Cheney (1831-1914)
Goodwin, William Watson (1831-1912)
Gordon, William (1728-1807)
Engraved by Chapman after a painting by Hayter.Gore, Christopher (1758-1827)
Heliotype by the Heliotype Printing Co. of a painting.Gray, Edward (d. 1923)
Gray, Francis Calley (1790-1856)
Gray, Horace (1828-1902)
Gray, John Chipman (1793-1881)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Gray, John Chipman (1839-1915)
Green, Samuel Abbott (1830-1918)
Greenough, Charles Pelham (1844-1924)
Greenough, William Whitwell (d. 1899)
Gross, Charles (1857-1909)
Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
Hale, George Silsbee (1825-1897)
Hall, Edward H. (1831-1912)
Hassam, John Tyler (1841-1903)
Haven, Samuel Foster (1806-1881)
Heliotype of a photograph by the Heliotype Printing Co.Hawkins, John.
Engraving by A. W. Elson & Co., from a painting.Haynes, Henry Williamson (1831-1912)
Heath, William (1737-1814)
Reproduction of an engraving by I. R. Smith after a painting by H. Williams.Henshaw, William (1735-1820)
Herrick, Samuel E. (1841-1904)
Higginson, Henry Lee (1834-1919)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
Hill, Clement Hugh (1836-1898)
Hill, Don Gleason (1847-1914)
Reproduction of a photograph by A. W. Elson.Hill, Hamilton Andrews (1827-1895)
Hillard, George Stillman (1808-1879)
Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood (1816-1895)
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904)
Engraving by A. H. Ritchie.Hodges, George (1856-1919)
Hollingsworth, Zachary Taylor (1848-1925)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
Howe, Henry Saltonstall (1848-1931)
Reproduction of a photograph by Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Reproduction of an engraving by Sidney Lawton Smith after a painting by G. C. Stuart.Jenks, Henry Fitch (1842-1920)
Kinnicutt, Lincoln Newton (1849-1921)
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier (1757-1834)
Reproduction of a painting or print titled "Lafayette in Virginia."Lamson, Alvan (1792-1864)
Engraving by W. H. Forbes & Co.Larabee, John
Reproduction of a portrait by Joseph Badger.Latham, Williams (1803-1883)
Engraving by A. H. Ritchie.Lathrop, John (1835-1910)
Lawrence, Abbott (1828-1893)
Lee, Henry (1817-1898)
Lincoln, Levi(1782-1868)
Engraving by W. H. Forbes & Co.Lincoln, Solomon (1804-1881)
Engraving by F. T. Stuart.Lincoln, Solomon (1838-1907)
Livermore, William Roscoe (1843-1919)
Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)
Long, John Davis (1838-1915)
From an 1897 photograph by J. E. Purdy.Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
Lord, Arthur (1850-1925)
Engraving by A. W. Elson & Co.Loring, Charles Greeley (1828-1902)
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland (1804-1886)
Engraving by F. T. Stuart.Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland (1830-1913)
Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Reproduction by A. W. Elson & Co., of a painting.Lovering, Henry Morton (1840-1918)
Lowell, Augustus (1830-1901)
Lowell, Edward Jackson (1835-1894)
Engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox.Lowell, Francis Cabot (1855-1911)
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Lowell, John (1824-1897)
Lowell, John Amory (1798-1881)
Lyman, Arthur Theodore (1832-1915)
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897)
McCall, Samuel Walker (1851-1923)
McCleary, Samuel Foster (1822-1901)
Mason, Charles (1812-1862)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith.Mason, Robert Means (1810-1879)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Mather, Cotton (1663-1728)
Reproduction of engraving by Peter Pelham.Minot, George R. (1758-1802)
Heliotype Printing Co. reproduction of a painting.Monroe, George Harris (d. 1903)
Moore, George Foot (1851-1931)
Elson Co. reproduction of a photograph.Motley, John Lothrop (1814-1877)
Nichols, Charles Lemuel (1851-1929)
Noble, John (1829-1909)
Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908)
Nourse, Henry Stedman (1831-1903)
Oliver, Fitch Edward (1819-1892)
Olney, Richard (1835-1917)
Paige, Lucius R. (1802-1896)
Paine, Nathaniel (1832-1917)
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop (1831-1889)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Park, Edwards Amasa (1808-1900)
Park, Lawrence (1873-1924)
Reproduction of a photograph by Bachrach.Parker, Francis Edward (1821-1886)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Parker, Joel (1795-1875)
Parkman, Francis (1823-1893)
Engraved by H. E. Hall's Sons, New York.Paxton, Charles (1708-1788)
Peabody, Andrew Preston (1811-1893)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Peabody, George (1795-1869)
Engraved by W. H. Forbes & Co.Pelham, Henry (1749-1806)
Reproduction of a painting by John Singleton Copley.Pelham, Peter (1697-1751)
Reproduction of a painting by John Singleton Copley.Perkins, Augustus Thorndike (1827-1891)
Perkins, Charles C. (1823-1886)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Phillips, John Charles (1838-1885)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
Engraved by H. W. Smith after a painting by Stuart.Pierce, Edward Lillie (1829-1897)
Photogravure by John Andrews & Son.Pierce, Henry Lillie (1825-1896)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Pitt, William (1759-1806)
Porter, Edward Griffin (1837-1900)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805)
Reproduction of a painting by A. W. Elson & Co.Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859)
Punchard, George (1806-1880)
Putnam, Frederic Ward (1839-1915)
Pynchon, William (1590-1662)
Reproduction of a painting in the Essex Institute by A. W. Elson & Co.Rawlyn, Robert
Reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist by A. W. Elson & Co.Rhodes, James Ford (1848-1927)
Reproduction of a 1920 portrait by John Singer Sargent.Robbins, Chandler (1810-1882)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Rogers, John (1500?-1555)
Reproduction of a portrait by John Singleton Copley by the Heliotype Printing Co.Ropes, John Codman (1836-1899)
Ropes, John Codman (1836-1899)
Reproduction of a photograph by the Heliotype Printing Co.Russell, Jonathan (1771-1832)
Reproduction of a miniature portrait.Russell, William Goodwin (1821-1896)
Salisbury, Stephen (1798-1884)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Salisbury, Stephen (1835-1905)
Saltonstall, Leverett (1825-1895)
Saltonstall, Richard (1586-1661)
Engraved by H. W. Smith from a portrait by Rembrandt.Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin (1831-1917)
Savage, James (1784-1873)
Reproduction of a portrait by the Heliotype Printing Co.Schaff, Morris (1840-1929)
Reproduction of a photograph by the Elson Co., Belmont, Mass.Scudder, Horace E. (1838-1902)
Sears, David (1787-1871)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Seaver, Edwin P. (1838-1917)
Shattuck, Frederick C. (1847-1929)
Shattuck, George Otis (1829-1897)
Shaw, Samuel Savage (1833-1915)
Shurtleff, William Steele (1830-1896)
Sibley, John Langdon (1804-1885)
Engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox.Sidney, Algernon (1622-1683)
Slafter, Edmund F. (1816-1906)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Smith, Charles Card (1827-1918)
Smith, Lydia
Reproduction of a portrait by Gilbert Stuart.Smith, William Loughton (1758-1812)
Reproduction of a miniature portrait by Jonathan Trumbull.Smyth, Egbert Coffin (1829-1904)
Photoreproduction by Elson & Co.Somerby, Horatio Gates (1805-1872)
Sparks, Jared (1789-1866)
Engraved by J. Andrews after a portrait by Stuart.Sprague, Charles (1791-1875)
Stanwood, Edward (1841-1923)
Stevenson, Isabella Duncan (1744-1775)
Reproduction of a painting by Joseph Badger.Stevenson, Thomas (1736-1775)
Reproduction of a painting by Joseph Badger.Storer, Charles (1761-1829)
Storey, Moorfield (1845-1929)
Story, Joseph (1779-1845)
Engraved by J. Cheney after a portrait by W. W. Story.Strong, Caleb (1745-1819)
Engraved by J. B. Longacre after a portrait by Stuart.Sullivan, James (1744-1808)
Sullivan, Thomas Russell (1849-1916)
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
Reproduction of a photograph.Taft, Henry Walbridge (1818-1904)
Thacher, Peter (1752-1802)
Heliotype Printing Co. reproduction of a miniature portrait.Thayer, Nathaniel (1808-1883)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Thayer, James Bradley (1831-1902)
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin (1813-1878)
Thorndike, Samuel Lothrop (1829-1911)
Toppan, Robert Noxon (1836-1901)
Torrey, Henry Warren (1814-1893)
Trumbull, John (1756-1843)
Reproduction of the portrait by Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull.Tuttle, Charles Wesley (1829-1881)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Upham, Charles Wentworth (1802-1875)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart from a photograph by Jones.Vaughan, Charles Richard (1774-1849)
Villari, Pasquale (1827-1917)
Walker, Francis Amasa (1840-1897)
Heliotype Printing Co. reproduction of a photograph.Walker, James (1794-1874)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Wallcut, Thomas (1758-1840)
Heliotype Printing Co. reproduction of a silhouette.Warren, James (1726-1808)
Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)
Warren, Winslow (1838-1930)
Elson Co. reproduction of a portrait.Washburn, Emory (1800-1877)
Washburn, John Davis (1833-1903)
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Engraved by William E. Marshall from a portrait by Gullagher.Washington, George and John Washington
Heliotype Printing Co. reproduction of silhouettes.Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1833-1913)
Waters, Thomas Franklin (1851-1919)
Waterston, Robert Cassie (1812-1893)
Watson, Benjamin Marston (1820-1896)
Wendell, Barrett (1855-1921)
Wheatland, Henry (1812-1893)
White, Daniel Appleton (1776-1861)
Engraved by H. Wright Smith.Whitmore, William Henry (1836-1900)
Whitney, Henry Austin (1826-1889)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
Photograph of the bust of Whittier by David French.Winslow, Edward (1595-1655)
Winsor, Justin (1831-1897)
Winthrop, Adam (1498-1562)
Winthrop, Fitz-John (1638-1707)
Winthrop, James (1752-1821)
Winthrop, John (1587-1649)
Winthrop, John (1606-1676)
Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Winthrop, Robert Charles (1834-1905)
Winthrop, Thomas Lindall (1760-1841)
Winthrop, Wait Still (1643-1717)
Wolcott, Roger (1847-1900)
Woods, Henry Ernest (1857-1919)
Worcester, Joseph Emerson (1809-1894)
Engraved by F. T. Stuart.II. Miscellaneous graphics
Illustrations from MHS publications of artifacts, library materials, and miscellaneous views.
Artifacts
Bookplates
Broadsides
Manuscripts
Manuscript autographs
Maps
Massachusetts Historical Society buildings
Massachusetts Historical Society members, group portraits
Medals and seals
Views
III. Oversize materials
Clarke, Richard (1711-1795)
Reproduction of a painting by Copley.Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson (1831-1920)
Dowse, Thomas (1772-1856)
Engraving by J. Andrews after a painting by Moses Wight.Dummer, Jeremiah (1681-1739)
Dummer, William (1677-1761)
Gay, Frederick Lewis (1856-1916)
Green, Samuel Abbott (1830-1918)
Guild, Curtis (1860-1915)
Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
Hall, Edward H. (1831-1912)
Hunnewell, James Frothingham (1832-1910)
Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924)
Lyman, Theodore (1833-1897)
McKenzie, Alexander (1830-1914)
Monroe, George Harris (1826-1903)
Noble, John, (1829-1909)
Norton, Charles E. (1827-1908)
Robbins, [H. H.]
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Sanford, John E. (1830-1907)
Schouler, James (1839-1920)
Strobel, Edward H. (1855-1908)
Upham, William P. (1836-1905)
Wendell, Barrett (1855-1921)
Winthrop, Robert C. (1809-1894)
Engraved by J. A. J. Wilcox.Young, Edward J. (1829-1906)
Preferred Citation
Massachusetts Historical Society graphics collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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