19th Century Historical Figures

Portraits of notable historical figures, primarily men from the 19th century, portrayed in formal attire, emphasizing their significance and stature.

Abraham Lincoln, Engraving by John Sartain, Bradley & Co, Publishers, 1866
Abraham Lincoln, Engraving by John Sartain, Bradley & Co, Publishers, 1866
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Enoch Bartlett , Mayors. Lawrence
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Portrait of Baudelaire by Nadar, 1859. Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (5 April 1820 - 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist
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Portrait of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Sewall, Edmund Quincy, the Younger (1828-1908)
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1800S 1860S Seated Portrait Abraham Lincoln With Signature
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Abraham Lincoln, President. Photograph Taken in 1864..
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Daniel Webster, in circa 1850 daguerreotype by the New Hampshire photographic firm of Southworth and Hawes. Webster contributed to the passage of the Compromise of 1850, an omnibus bill sponsored by Henry Clay, which settled several issues and enacted a new fugitive slave law (BSLOC_2019_7_34)
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Abraham Lincoln print circa 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln. July 03, 1931.
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Frederick Douglass. Artist: Unknown (American). Dimensions: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.). Date: ca. 1855.Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) escaped his bondage in 1838 and became the most persuasive orator for the cause of abolition, among other reformist causes. In addition to founding a newspaper and penning three autobiographies, he lectured extensively before and during the Civil War, "thundering against slavery," in the words of W. E. B. Du Bois. One of the first critical theorists of photography, Douglass delivered multiple lectures on the topic between 1861 and 1865, including "Pictures and Progress," on the medium's ability to render subjective consciousness in an objective form. He advocated for photography's potential to counteract distorted representations of African Americans and reverse the "social death" caused by slavery. Douglass posed for a series of influential portraits over several decades and circulated his image broadly in multiple photographic f
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PAINTING ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Giuseppe VERDI 1813-1901 Italian composer
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Ulysses S. Grant (died 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
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William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln. His purchase of Alaska from Russia was known as 'Seward's Folly' until gold was discovered in the Yukon. 1866
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Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Cromwell Corner, 1865-1938
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Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, (1806-1857), British soldier and statesman in India, 19th century.Artist: WJ Edwards
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Thomas Wilson Dorr, half plate daguerreotype by Matthew Brady Studio, ca. 1844-54
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Joseph H. Rainey, African American Representative from South Carolina, circa 1875
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Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), 18th President of the United States 1869-77, Seated Portrait while General of Union Army during American Civil War, Photograph by Mathew Brady, 1865
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President Zachary Taylor, in daguerreotype taken at the White House, by photographer Mathew Brady, in March 1849 (BSLOC_2019_8_102)
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Goupil & Cie, Petit, Pierre, Littré, Portrait of Émile Littré, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Galerie Contemporaine, 126, boulevard de Magenta., height 306 mm, width 227 mm, French, 1832-08-15 - 1909-02-16, photographer, 1872 - 1877, paper, Woodburytype, printing block, cliché, cliché maker
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Ulysses Grant, sitting for a portrait in the Mathew Brady Studio, c. 1864-66. Grant was Commanding General of the United States Army from March 9, 1864 until March 4, 1869, when he was inaugurated as President of the US (BSLOC_2018_10_39)
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President Abraham Lincoln. 16th President of the United States of America.
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William E. Niblack.
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John C. Calhoun
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FRANCISCO SILVELA (1843/1905) - ABOGADO Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL.
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Lincoln as Rail-Splitter, US Presidents
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Copper engraving from the 19th Century, portraits of the Presidents of the United States of America from 1797 to 1865, first row left to right: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, second row left to right: Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, third row left to right: Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln