Great Men framed prints

Historical figures in portraits and history paintings: statesmen, generals, scientists, and thinkers. 40 works in this category, dated 1509 to 1941. Sources include Hamburger Kunsthalle, Library and Archives Canada, and Library of Congress.

Wanderer above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich, c. 1818
The Roaring LionYousuf Karsh, 1941
Henry FordFred Hartsook, 1919
The School of AthensRaphael, 1509–1511
Alexander HamiltonJohn Trumbull, 1792
The Distribution of the Eagle StandardsJacques-Louis David, 1810
James MadisonJohn Vanderlyn, 1816
Ulysses S. GrantOle Peter Hansen Balling, 1864
Thomas JeffersonRembrandt Peale, 1800
Benjamin FranklinJoseph Siffred Duplessis, 1778
Louis Pasteur in His LaboratoryAlbert Edelfelt, 1885
Andrew JacksonRalph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, c. 1830
Hannibal Crossing the RhôneHenri-Paul Motte, 1878
Vasco da GamaAntónio Manuel da Fonseca, 1838
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the TuileriesJacques-Louis David, 1812
Marquis de LafayetteAry Scheffer, c. 1822
Davy CrockettChester Harding, 1834
Entry of Alexander into BabylonCharles Le Brun, 1665
George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait)Gilbert Stuart, 1796
Theodore RooseveltJohn Singer Sargent, 1903
The Battle of Alexander at IssusAlbrecht Altdorfer, 1529
Ludwig van BeethovenJoseph Karl Stieler, 1820
Abraham LincolnGeorge Peter Alexander Healy, 1869
William T. ShermanGeorge Peter Alexander Healy, 1866
Napoleon as King of ItalyAndrea Appiani, 1805
BelisariusAttributed to François Gérard, c. 1799–1837
Leonidas at ThermopylaeJacques-Louis David, 1814
Napoleon Crossing the AlpsJacques-Louis David, 1801
Galileo GalileiJustus Sustermans, 1635
Grant and His GeneralsOle Peter Hansen Balling, 1865
Adam SmithAnonymous (Scottish), c. 1787
Nicolaus CopernicusAnonymous (Torún school), c. 1580
Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851
Robert E. LeeEdward Caledon Bruce, 1865
Francisco PizarroAmable-Paul Coutan, 1835
Garibaldi on HorsebackFilippo Palizzi, 1860
Lord Byron in Albanian DressThomas Phillips, 1813
Napoleon I in Coronation CostumeRobert Lefèvre, 1807
The Death of SocratesJacques-Louis David, 1787
Napoleon I on His Imperial ThroneJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1806