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18th-19th Century Portraits

A collection of historical portraits featuring male figures dressed in formal attire, showcasing classical styles and somber tones, primarily in black and white.

Gijsbert Karel; Count van Hogendorp (27 October 1762 ñ 5 August 1834) conservative Dutch statesman

John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804) British courtier and book collector. The Roxburghe Club was inaugurated in his memory by keen bibliophiles on the day in 1812 when his collection was sold for £23,341. Engraving after portrait by William Hamilton.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN the German composer Date: 1809 - 1847

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet born at Cockermouth, Cumbria. Succeeded Robert Southey as Poet Laureate in 1843. Engraving from 'National Portrait Gallery' (London, 1833).

James Monroe (1758-1831) Fifth President of the United States (1817-1825) . The Monroe Doctrine was introduced during his term of office. Colour lithograph, ca. 1897

John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company, New York, 1873

Utkin, Nikolai .

Archduke John of Austria (1782 ñ 1859), member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and German Imperial regent (Reichsverweser) during the Revolutions of 1848.

Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, third Marquis Hertford (1777-1842): Vice-Chamberlain to George, Prince of Wales. The original of the Marquis of Steyne in Thackeray's novel 'Vanity Fair'. Engraving after portrait by Thomas Lawrence.

B&W Illustration; Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Charles Upham Shepard (1804-1886), American mineralogist and specialist in meteorites, born in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Compton lectured at Yale (1827-1844) and at Amherst College (1844-1877). Engraving, 1896.

George Combe. Mezzotint by R. M. Hodgetts after Sir D. Macnee.

Wieland, Christoph Martin.

John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800-1973) was a British statesman, and served as Speaker of the house of commons 1857-1872.

Warren Hastings 1732 - 1818. English politician and colonial adminstrator. Governor General of India. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 1764 to 1845 English Prime Minister 1830 to 1834, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Heinrich Gottfried Theodor Crone, Founder of the H.G.Th. Crone Company in Amsterdam, Jan Philip Simon, 1810 - 1838

Portrait of the author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) by Stieler, Joseph Karl (1781-1858)/ Neue Pinakothek, Munich/ 1828/ Germany/ Oil on canvas/ Romanticism/ 78x63,8/ Portrait

Portrait of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with two major free trade campaigns, the Anti-Corn Law League and the CobdenñChevalier Treaty. Dated 19th Century

John Rickman, 1771-1840. English statistician and government official. Engraved by S Lane after S Bellin published 1843. From the book The Life of Charles Lamb Volume I by E V Lucas published 1905.

Sir Henry Raeburn, David Anderson, 1790 David Anderson

Timothy Pickering, a Senator and a Congressman, also served as Secretary of State for Washington and Adams, Secretary of War, and Postmaster General. He led the New England secession movement during the War of 1812. (BSLOC_2019_6_155)

Dugald Stewart (1853-1828) Scottish philosopher and mathematician, born in Edinburgh, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (1785-1809), engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Thomas Thomson (1870), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Leonhard Euler 1707-1783, Swiss mathematician and physicist. From the book Gallery of Portraits, published in 1833, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2. Graf Fitzwilliam, 1748-1833. Lord-Lieutenant von Irland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

Edmund Cartwright 1743-1823. Inventor of first wool combing machine. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Portrait, John Page , Portrait paintings. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

William Lamb (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1836.Artist: Samuel Freeman

Sir Humphrey Davy, 1880, New York, Engravings

Harrison Gray Otis. From a Photograph presented by Mr. Samuel E. Morison of the portrait by Gilbert Stuart.

The Home Of Christopher Fry -- Painting of J. Liston, the comedian by James Ward, R.A. September 5, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Sir Benjamin Hobhouse 1st Baronet 1757 to 1831 English politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Josef Dobrovský, 1753 - 1829. Czech philologist, historian and leading figure in the Czech National Revival. After a print by Tommaso Benedetti from a work by Franz Kadlik.

Bishop William Grant Broughton founder of kings school and ***** Bishop of Australia. November 26, 1954.

William Cox, J.P. December 3, 1947.

Portrait of Reverend Thomas Garnier. unknown, graphic artist, London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. (Londyn ; wydawnictwo ; fl. ca 1858-186.), publishing house, Smith, Herbert Luther (1809-1870), painter

EDWARD GIBBON author of The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire with his autograph Date: 1737 - 1794

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1749, 1832, from 1782 by Goethe, a German poet and naturalist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Joseph Dugan by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) an American portrait painter. Dated 19th Century

Charles Burney (1726-1814) English musicologist, born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Studied in London under Dr Arne. Travelled in Europe in 1770-1772, collecting material for his 'General History of Music' (1776-1789). Father of the novelist and diarist Fanny (Frances) Burney, Madame D'Arblay. Engraving from 'The European Magazine' (London, 1819).

ANDREW JACKSON, by James Tooley, Jr., 1840, watercolor on ivory. Tooley painted this work from a larger portrait displayed during New Orleans' a Silver Jubilee for Andrew Jackson in 1840. At the time of the portrait, Jackson was in the last months of his second term as President (BSLOC_2018_6_63)

Edward Jenner, (1749 - 1823), English physician and scientist, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine

Engraving of William Pitt, the second son of the Earl of Chatham, who came to be known as Pitt the Younger. In 1783 Pitt became Britain's youngest Prime Minister, by taking the post at the age of 24. Date: 1800

Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby 1762 to 1847 British politician Foreign Secretary 1804 to 1805 under Pitt the Younger after painting by Thomas Phillips engraver H. Robinson

Daniel Francis Schas (1772-1848), Member of the Council for Commerce and the Colonies from 1814 to 1820. Portrait of Daniel Francis Schas, from 1814 to 1820 a member of the Commerce Council and Colonies. His half with gray jacket and white tie. Pendant of SK-A-4154.

Germany: Portrait of Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804), German philosopher and writer. Oil painting by Gottlieb Doebler (c. 1762 - 1810), 1791. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher considered by many as a vital figure in the development of modern philosophy. Kant argued that the human mind forms the structure of human experience, and that reason was the source of morality, among many other ideas. He was one of the earliest exponents of the belief that perpetual peace could be achieved through universal democracy and international cooperation.

JOHAN WOLFGRANG GOETHE - 1749-1832 -POETA NOVELISTA Y DRAMATURGO ALEMAN. Author: STIELER KARL.

James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer. Print after portrait by John Partridge

JOHN ADAMS AT AGE 88, by Jane Stuart, 1824, American painting, oil on canvas. Jane Stuart was a miniaturist and portrait painter, and daughter of renowned painter of American presidents, Gilbert Stuart (BSLOC_2019_5_56)

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Jan Willem Pieneman, 1821

'Portrait of Johann Wolfgang Goethe'. Germany, 1818. Dimensions: 73x57 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FERDINAND JAGEMANN.

Prince Klemens von Metternich 1773 1859. German-born Austrian politician and statesman. Portrait of Prince Metternich (c. 1825) by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772 - 1834. English poet, critic and philosopher. From an illustration by A.S. Hartrick.

Martin van Buren Artist Unknown

Joseph Michael Böhm (born 4 March 1795 (1) in Pest, died 28 March 1876 in Vienna) was an Austrian violinist and composer, he was one of the most important violin teachers of the 19th century and is considered the founder of the Viennese violin school, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

William Heath, 1737 to 1814. American farmer, soldier, political leader and major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

William Hyde Wollaston 1766-1828, British scientist and philosopher. From the book Gallery of Portraits, published in 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Poet Stock Montage, Inc.

Portrait of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), 1877. By William Thomas Roden

John Rickman, 1771-1840, English statistician and government official, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), English inventor and industrialist, born at Preston in Lancashire. Inventor in 1769 of the spinning frame (water frame). In 1771, in partnership with Jeddiah Strutt, he built the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire. His innovations contributed significantly to the Industrial Revolution and he died one of the richest men in England. Engraving after the portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol V, by Charles Knight (London, 1835).

The Rev. Humphry Gainsborough, Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, British

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Anglo-Irish orator, political philosopher and writer, member of the Whig political party. Engraving after the portrait by Joshua Reynolds. From 'The Gallery of Portraits', Vol III, by Charles Knight (London, 1834). Engraving.

Portrait of Thomas Wright Hill, 1831. By Mary Martha Pearson. Thomas Wright Hill (Born 1763 in Kidderminster -1851) was a mathematician and schoolmaster. He is credited as inventing the single transferable vote in 1819. His son, Rowland Hill, was the originator of the modern postal system.

Provost George Henry (1850-1853), John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867) 1845

'David Cox, W.S. (1783-1859)'. Creator: Unknown.

Just Christian von Loder. Engraving by J.G. Müller after F. Tischbein, 1801.

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie 1783 to 1862 British surgeon philosopher writer and statesman Engraved by J Brain From the book The National Portrait Gallery Volume 1 Published c1820

Benjamin West, 1738-1820. American neoclassical painter and president of the Royal Academy. Engraved by J. Jenkins after G.H.Harlow.From the book 'National Portrait Gallery Volume I' published 1830.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Poet Stock Montage, Inc.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, bust of Carl Rumpf, 1896, Goethe and Schiller Archive, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Portrait of William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. Lived from 21st August 1765 20 June 1837. The third son of George III and younger brother and successor to George IV.

James Madison 1833 T.B. Welch Engraving

William Powell Frith, 1819-1909, British, Self-Portrait at the Age of 83, 1901. Oil on canvas.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, circa 1824. oil on panel. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

Prince Klemens von Metternich 1773 1859. German-born Austrian politician and statesman. Portrait of Prince Metternich (c. 1825) by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Francesco Taddeo de REYER c.1836 Founder of Lloyd Triestino passenger liner service

Perthes, Friedrich Christoph .

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) FILOSOFO POLITICO Y ECONOMISTA INGLES. Location: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Aribau, Bonaventura Carles (1798-1862); Poeta, escritor y estadística catalán.

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