Max Rosenthal (November 23, 1833 – August 8, 1918) was a Polish-American painter, lithographer, draftsman and etcher.

In 1854 he drew and lithographed an interior view of the old Masonic temple in Philadelphia, the plate being 22 by 25 inches, the largest chromolithograph that had been made in the country up to that time.

[2] He designed and executed the illustrations for various works, and during the Civil War followed the Army of the Potomac,[3] and drew every camp, up to the Battle of Gettysburg.

[citation needed] After 1884 he turned his attention to etching, and executed over 150 portraits of eminent Americans and British officers, together with numerous large plates, among which are: He also painted, including a version of Longfellow's Building of the Ship, Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi and Jesus at Prayer.

[1] In 1854, Rosenthal received a silver medal in Applied Science in the Graphic Arts from the Franklin Institute relating to his work with chromolithography.