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19th Century American Portrait of Joseph Stringham
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century American Portrait of Joseph Stringham (1776-1834) Oil on Canvas Later Giltwood Frame
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

19th-Century American School Portrait of a Clergyman
Located in Black Rock, CT
A striking 19th-century American School oil on canvas portrait of a clergyman, painted in rich
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Antique 19th Century North American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century American Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of a Lady
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian oval oil painting portrait of lady in black with cameo in gilt filigree carved
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mary Dwyer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton_Seneca Falls 1870s_2014_acrylic on board,
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
These new paintings illuminate individuals of the American Suffrage Movement. Elizabeth Cady
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2010s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

19th Century Engraving by American Impressionist Herman Hyneman
By Herman Hyneman
Located in New York, NY
. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman N. Hyneman was a noted American portrait and figure painter with ties to both Philadelphia and New
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1880s American Impressionist Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Mary Dwyer, Ida Tarbell, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
has been researching and painting the American Suffrage movement. In this research she discovered that
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Mary Dwyer, Nellie Bly, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
has been researching and painting the American Suffrage movement. In this research she discovered that
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Mary Dwyer, Rachel Carson, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
has been researching and painting the American Suffrage movement. In this research she discovered that
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Horse and Carriage Accident - Gay Female Illustrator Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Bargain" and a portrait bust of Carl Gaertner. Her self-portrait and another painting, "Little Cosette
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1890s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

American School Glass Miniature Portrait of George Washington, Mid-19th Century
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Atlanta, GA
wide by 4.5 inches high, the work reflects the 19th-century American taste for patriotic miniatures
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Antique 19th Century American American Colonial Paintings

Materials

Brass

Portrait of a Working Man
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This finely rendered graphite drawing, attributed to the celebrated American artist Thomas Le Clear
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Mid-19th Century American School Portrait of a Girl Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Middleburg, VA
Mid 19th century American School Portrait of a girl oil on canvas painting. Depicts a young girl in
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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Portrait Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
spirit of the 19th and 20th century impressionists, he often chooses informal and contemporary scenes
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté, Crayon

Portrait of Man with Shovel
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Hudson River School drawing from the 1860s or 1870s. This 19th century unsigned painting comes matted and
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Antique American School Show Dog Portrait Framed 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 9L x 9H.
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1870s Realist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century American Oil Painting of a Gentleman
Located in Water Mill, NY
19th century American portrait of a gentleman in a wood frame.
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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Late 19th Century American Victorian Oil Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Queens, NY
19th century American Victorian gilt framed oil painting portrait of man with beard and black tie.  
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Canvas

The Herbalist; A portrait of John Gerard
By William Rogers (b.1545)
Located in Middletown, NY
herbal book in English in the 17th century. Except for some added plants from his own garden and from
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Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Graphite

Female Portrait Sketch #2
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, New York and Florence, Italy for the last 7 years. An oil painter in the spirit of the 19th and 20th
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté, Crayon

"Lady in a Interior" Addison Thomas Millar, 19th Century American Genre Painting
By Addison Thomas Millar
Located in New York, NY
education, he took some painting lessons from John Bell, a local landscape painter. In his late teens, he
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19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

19th Century American Folk Art Pair of Male and Female Portraits
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Folk Art (19th Century) mahogany and birdseye maple framed oil painting portraits
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Maple, Paper

Frances Sargent Osgood, American poet, antique portrait engraving print, 1872
By Alonzo Chappel
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Poe. Alonzo Chappel was an American artist who depicted many historical scenes and portraits
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Early 19th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

19th Century American Antebellum Portrait of a Lady, Original Giltwood Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century American Antebellum Portrait of a Lady, Original Giltwood Frame Oil on Canvas 36
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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century American Victorian Lady Pastel Portrait in an Oval Frame
Located in Queens, NY
"American Victorian gilt framed oval pastel portrait painting of lady with 2 flowers in hair
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Wood

Set of 6 19th Century McKenney and Hall Portraits of Native Americans
By McKenney Hall
Located in Richmond, VA
Set of 6 19th century McKenney and Hall portraits of Native Americans. Hand colored lithographs
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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

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Paper

American Portrait Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Oil on canvas portrait painting of a man in smart attire in the original gilt frame American 1880
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

American Portrait Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Oil on canvas portrait painting of a lady in wearing a red necklace in the original gilt frame
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

American Portrait Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Oil on canvas portrait painting of a lady in a blue dress in the original gilt frame American 1860
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Driver s License Self Portrait - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Wisconsin - Parkside Portraits and Beyond, Ann Nathan Galley, Chicago, IL, Jan. 9 - Feb 19 2008 Contemporary
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

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Lithograph

American Sunset Landscape by Herman Hyneman, 19th Century
By Herman Hyneman
Located in New York, NY
Herman N. Hyneman (American, 1849-1907) Untitled (Sunset Landscape), 19th Century Oil on canvas 20
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19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Early 19th Century American Folk Art Portraits of a Family
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Fantastic pair of early 19th century American folk art portraits featuring a family. One painitng
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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Portrait of a Chow Chow, Late 19th Century Dog Painting, Slightly Naive
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American, Late 19th Century Signed: H. A. Kleine " Portrait of a Chow Chow ", circa 1880s Oil
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Late 19th Century American Realist Animal Paintings

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Board, Oil

American Victorian Lady Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian gilt framed oil painting portrait of lady with lace collar. (Halley)
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman in a Blue Hat Pink dress, antique frame
By Freeman Willis Simmons
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
. Simmons eventually moved to Ohio, becoming known for his figure, landscape, genre and portrait painting
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Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

American Victorian Gentleman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian pastel portrait of a gentleman wearing a white shirt under a black jacket with
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Gold

Self Portrait (original signed unique charcoal drawing) Kraushaar Gallery label
By John Heliker
Located in New York, NY
Vintage metal frame included Self portrait done in charcoal pencil by distinguished American artist John
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

19th Century Collie Dog Portrait Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Taylor
Located in Tampa, FL
This classic 19th-century oil painting of a Collie dog features rich colors and textures, set
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Antique Victorian American Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting Woman Children
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional large Mid-19th century American School Victorian Folk Art portrait. The painting
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Canvas, Hardwood, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and His Wife, circa 1890s, two oil
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"The Guitarist" Louis Betts, 1920s Portrait American Impressionist Painting
By Louis Betts
Located in New York, NY
studying the portraits of the seventeenth-century painters Frans Hals and Diego Velázquez. That study was
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Country Female Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Country (18/19th Cent) oil painting of a woman wearing a black dress & a bonnet with a red
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Antique 19th Century American Country Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

American Victorian Balding Man Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian style walnut framed portrait, photograph of balding man with beard
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

American 19th Century Portrait of a Royal Lady by R. Hinckley
By William Jaquet
Located in Tarzana, CA
A very well painted American 19th century portrait of a royal lady, by R. Hinckley, signed bottom
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Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Greek Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Self Portrait Sketch" Early conte crayon drawing, head of Ben Fenske, unframed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
for the last 7 years. An oil painter in the spirit of the 19th and 20th century impressionists, he
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Early 2000s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

19th C. Newspaper Illustration of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury 1898
Located in Soquel, CA
Historical late 19th century portrait of Hiram H. Hobbs, Foreman of the Grand Jury of San Francisco
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1890s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Illustration Board

"Self Portrait Conte Sketch" rare Ben Fenske work on paper - academic study
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A colorful self-portrait from Ben Fenske, staring at the viewer straight-on. Hues of red dominate
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Early 2000s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

Late 19th Century Cairn Terrier Puppies, Dog Portrait
By Katherine L Fitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th-century painting of two Cairn Terrier puppies playing in sewing basket by Katherine L
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

"Dark Blond Boy", Portrait by 19th Century American Painter, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
century, this shadowy portrait of a young blond boy is handsome and affecting. The youth is depicted with
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

American Victorian Lady in White Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian (19th Cent) oil painting portrait of a lady in a white dress holding a flower
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

Waiting for Him, 19th Century, French-American signed canvas oil
Located in New York, NY
for his marine, genre, landscape, and portrait paintings and particularly for his paintings of
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Victorian Man with Beard Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian oil painting portrait of man with beard and red tie in gold beaded frame.
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Gold

American Victorian Lady in Black Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian rosewood and gilt framed hand painted photograph portrait of lady in black
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

American Victorian Man Wearing Black Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian rosewood and gilt framed hand painted portrait photograph of man wearing black
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

American Victorian Lady in Brown Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian rosewood and gilt framed hand painted photograph portrait of lady in brown
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

Handsome 19th C American Portrait of a Gentleman with a Scar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th C American portrait of a gentleman with a scar, A fine well proportioned portrait of
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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Isaac L. Williams Signed Portrait of Man with Beard, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
Signed oil on canvas portrait painting of man with a white beard by Isaac L. Williams (1817-1895
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Antique 19th Century North American Victorian Paintings

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Canvas

American Victorian Lady Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian ebonized framed oil portrait, painting of 19th Century lady in blue and red
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

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Paint

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An assortment of 19th century american portrait paintings is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the contemporary, Impressionist and abstract styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add 19th century american portrait paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by McKenney Hall, Willard Dixon, Ben Fenske, (after) Henri Matisse and Henri Matisse are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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19th century american portrait paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,252, while the lowest priced sells for $49 and the highest can go for as much as $850,000.
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    British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.