19th Century Historical Figures

Digital reproductions of historical portraits from the 19th century. These illustrations depict notable figures in formal attire, showcasing detailed artistry.

THORPE PEED English singer and teacher of singing. Date: CIRCA 1859

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, 26 August 1819, 14 December 1861, was the man of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Morny, Karl August (1811-1865), financier and politician, Conde Duque de Morny, Hermano Bastardo de Napoleon III. Grabado de 1865, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Donizetti, Gaetano.

Maximilian I. 28. November 1811, 10. März 1864, regierte zwischen 1848 und 1864 als König von Bayern, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Original...

Eugenio Garcia Ruiz (1819-1883). Spanish essayisy and politician. Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.

Morny, Karl August (1811-1865), Finanzier und Politiker, Conde Duque de Morny, Hermano Bastardo de Napoleón III. Grabado de 1865, Historisch, digitale...

THORPE PEED English singer and teacher of singing. Date: CIRCA 1859

General Sir Archdale Wilson, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Baron Alexander von Bach (1813 - 1893) was an Austrian politician. His most notable achievement was instituting a system of centralized control at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

Prince Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas von Lichnowsky, Count of Werdenberg, 5 silver hake (1814), 18 September 1848, was a Prussian politician, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Portrait of Auguste Dupont (1827-1890)

Maximilian (1832-1867) emperor of Mexico from 1864, shot 9 June 1867. Wood engraving 1864.

Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon (1788-1855). Infante of Spain, the second surviving son of king Charles IV. He was the first Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne as Charles V. Portrait. Engraving by José Gómez. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Madrid, 1842. Author: José Gómez. Spanish engraver.

GENERAL ESPARTERO - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. JOAQUIN BALDOMERO FERNANDEZ-ALVAREZ ESPARTERO. GENERAL BALDOMERO ESPARTERO (1793-1879).

Cristián IX de Dinamarca (1818-1906), rey desde 1863 hasta 1906.

Portrait of Leon Foucault, French physicist

Giovanni Giolitti, 27. Oktober 1842, 17. Juli 1928 war ein italienischer Staatsmann. Zwischen 1892 und 1921 war er fünfmal italienischer Ministerpräsi...

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), principal novelista inglés de la era victoriana. Grabado de 1860 con su firma autógrafa.

Emanuel von Geibel (17 October 1815) (6 April 1884), German poet and playwright, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Adelardo Lopez de Ayala y Herrera (1828-1879). Spanish writer and politician. Lithography. Later colouration. Drawing by Llanta. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Extremadura, 1870.

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, portrait of Nikolaus Lenau or Nikolaus Franz Niembsch, Edler von Strehlenau, 1802 - 1850, an Austrian writer of the Biedermeier period

Elisha Kent Kane (born 3 February 1820, died 16 February 1857) was an American explorer, discoverer and physician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Camille Roqueplan, died in Paris September 29, 1855, French romantic painter. France. Engraving

John A King (1838-72) Scottish explorer. Survived Burke and Wills Expedition to become first European to cross Australia and survive.

Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev ca. before 1906

Carl August von Steinheil, German physicist, astronomer, optician and entrepreneur, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th cent...

Portrait of Giovanni Prati (1814-1884), Italian poet. Engraving.

Henri Duveyrier (1840-1892), French explorer of the Sahara, engraving.

Carl August von Steinheil, German physicist, astronomer, optician and entrepreneur, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical drawing, portrait of Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, 1797-1848, Italian composer, opera composer of the Bel-Canto

Historic drawing, portrait of Pablo de Sarasate, Martin Meliton Pablo Sarasate y Navascues, 1844 - 1908, a Spanish violinist and composer

JOVAN RISTICH (or Ristics) Serbian diplomat, delegate to the Berlin Congress of 1878. Date: 1831 - 1899

Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878). Last King of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1849-1861) and the first King of Italy (1861-1878). Portrait as King of Sardinia. Drawing by B. Blanco. Lithography by J. Donon. Detail. "Reyes Contemporaneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume III. Published in Madrid, 1854.

SIR RICHARD WALLACE art patron, whose collection was donated by his widow to the nation to form the Wallace Collection in London's Manchester Square, Date: 1818 - 1890

Charles George Gordon (1833-1885). British Army officer and administrator. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1884.

Mariano Jose de Larra y Sanchez de Castro (1809-1837). Spanish writer, journalist and politician. He belonged to the literary movement of Romanticism. Drawing by Jose Cebrian. Portrait. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869.

Prince Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas von Lichnowsky, Count of Werdenberg, April 5, 1814, September 18, Prussian politician, woodcut, Germany, Europe

FERNANDEZ Y GONZALEZ , MANUEL ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL . SEVILLA 1821 - 1888 GRABADO DE J . ARAGON BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Eötvös, Josef Freiherr.

Linage and Armengol, Francisco Ventura Valiente.

Sir Archdale Wilson 1803 -1874. British General. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

Portrait of George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford (1818-1857) a British Conservative politician. Dated 19th Century

Louis Kossuth, 19 September 1802, 20 March 1894, was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Revolution of 1848-49, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880

Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg, 1806, 1876, pseudonym Anastasius Gruen, Slovenian Zelenec, was an influential and celebrated representative of Austrian liberal political poetry as a politician and German-language political lyricist, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, pseudonym Anastasius Gruen, Slovenian Zelenec, was an influential and celebrated representative of Austrian lib

Kamehameha IV., the late King of the Sandwich Islands, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. 'The young King, whose untimely death is now lamented by all who feel an interest in the moral and intellectual progress of the Hawaiian race or in the political independence of the Sandwich Islands, was indeed a fine fellow, with the mind and manners of an English gentleman...he stood over 6 ft. in height, was of an olive complexion, a very pleasing countenance, and an agreeable gentlemanly demeanour... He spoke English...without the slightest foreign accent...Never, perhaps, did any Sovereign more since

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Aleardo Aleardi, 1812-1878, an Italian poet

Woodcut, Oscar Ferdinand Peschel, portrait

Hochler, Joseph Vinzenz.

Prince Felix Maria Vincenz Andreas von Lichnowsky, Count of Werdenberg, 5 April 1814, 18 September 1848, was a Prussian politician, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Mariano Jose de Larra (Mariano Jose de Larra y Sanchez de Castro) (1809-1837). Spanish writer, journalist and politician. He belonged to the literary movement of Romanticism. Portrait. Drawing by J. Cebrian. Portrait. Lithography. Later colouration. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869.

Napoleon III. Napoleon III 1808-1873 Emperor of the French. Engraving 19th century

'Mr. J. W. W. Birch', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Herr Wachtel, the new tenor singer at the Royal Italian Opera, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Mayall. 'Herr Wachtel...has gained so much favour with the audience and the critics by his performance of the parts of Manrico in "II Trovatore," and Arnoldo in "Guglielmo Tell," during the present season of the Royal Italian Opera...He certainly possesses a voice of extraordinary compass and power. Though he may not be esteemed the rival of Tamberlik in his high chest notes, the effect of his ut de poitrine, or C in alt, has never failed to astonish and delight the a

Charles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855 Memoir of Charles Dickens

Lucien Anatole Prevost (1829-1870) French journalist, essayist and diplomat. Portrait, engraving by E. Bocourt. Published in 1866.

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 19th century.Artist: Jenkins

Otto von Bismarck, 1815 - 1898, wood engraving, 1880

Portrait of Charles René Gaston Gustave de Raousset-Boulbon (1817 - 1854) was a French adventurer, filibuster, businessman, pirate and theorist of colonialism. Count de Raousset-Boulbon, shot in Mexico in 1854, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833-1900) Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Copy Photograph of an Engraving of Neville Chamberlain; India; 1858 - 1869; Albumen silver print

Eduard von Bauernfeld, pseudonym Rusticocampius, Feld (13 January 1802, 9 August 1890) was an Austrian writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Sir Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford 1593 1641 Baron of Raby aka Sir Thomas Wentworth Baron of Newmarch and Oversley. Portrait and signature. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Germany, portrait of German writer and composer, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Nikolaus Lenau or Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau, 1802 - 1850, an Austrian writer of the Biedermeier era

Portrait of Ramón Nocedal y Romea (Madrid 18421 - 1907) Spanish writer, journalist and politician, founder of the Partido Politico Integrista, director of the newspaper El Siglo Futuro, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

DEVRIENT, KARL AUGUST.

CHARLES ELIOT NORTON American art critic, friend of Elizabeth Gaskell. Date: 1827 - 1908

Louis Kossuth, was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 184...

Pyotr Kakhovsky was a Russian Imperial officer and active participant of Decembrist revolt, known for the murder of General Mikhail Miloradovich and Colonel Ludwig Niklaus von Sturler.

Wojciech Urbański prof. Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)

Portrait of Ramón Nocedal y Romea (Madrid 18421 - 1907) Spanish writer, journalist and politician, founder of the Partido Politico Integrista, director of the newspaper El Siglo Futuro, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536). Spanish poet. Engraving by Penoso. Almanac of the Illustration, 1879.

CARLOS LUIS DE BORBON Y BRAGANZA - CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN - GRABADO S XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. MONTEMOLIN CONDE DE. CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN. CARLOS MARIA ISIDRO HIJO. CARLOS VI DE BORBON. CARLOS VI SOBRINO DE FERNANDO VII. BORBON Y BRAGANZA CARLOS LUIS. CARLOS MARIA ISIDRO BORBON-HIJO.

PHILARETE CHASLES French journalist and literary critic, Anglophile, librarian. Date: 1788 - 1873

Albert Dulin de Laponnerraye (1808-1849), Political Inmate at Sainte-Pelagie Prison Auguste Toussaint Leclerc Or Lecler (1788-1833). Albert Dulin de Laponnerray (1808-1849), Political Detained at Sainte-Pelagie Prison. Pencil enhanced, Charcoal.

Portrait of Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817-1895) an Austrian Habsburg general. Dated 19th Century

RETRATO DE PEDRO BOSCH - FUNDADOR DEL FOMENTO DEL TRABAJO NACIONAL - SIGLO XIX. Author: Federico de Madrazo (1815-1894). Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-PINTURAS, MADRID, SPAIN.

Louis Kossuth, 19 September 1802, 20 March 1894, woodcut, Hungary, Europe

Portrait of George Wilson (1829-1885) a British Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs. Dated 19th Century

Franz Emanuel August Geibel (1815 - 1884), poet, steel engraving according a drawing from 1843

Ferdinand Lassalle, a prominent worker for the cause of social democracy in Germany.

IVAN V The sickly half-brother of Peter I the Great, who ruled with Peter as Tsar until his death in 1696 Date: 1666 - 1696

Julius Hammer, 1810 - 1862, poet and founder of the German Schiller Foundation, historical illustration, 1877

Maximilian II, King of Bavaria.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Karl August Georg Maximilian Graf von Platen-Hallermuende, 1796 - 1835, a German poet

GENERAL BOXER, R.A., 1870

General Sir Arthur Cunynghame (1812 - 1884) British Army commander and memoirist. From 1873-78, he commanded the forces at the Cape of Good Hope, serving through the Xhosa Wars in 1877, when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony

VEGA , VENTURA DE LA. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. BUENOS AIRES 1807 - 1865. OLEO DE F. AZNAR. ATENEO DE MADRID.

Gaetano DONIZETTI 1797-1848 Italian composer, lithograph 19th century

Portrait of José de Espronceda and Delgado (Almendralejo 1808 - Madrid 1842). Spanish poet, writer and journalist of the Romantic era. Old engraving o

Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador from King James I to the Court of the Emperor of India between 1615 and 1618.

Portrait of Francisco de Paula Santander (1792-1840) nominated in 1819 by Bolivar to be president of Gran Colombia. Colombia, 19th century.

MR. JOPLING, WINNER OF THE QUEEN'S PRIZE, THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING ON WIMBLEDON COMMON, JULY 20, 1861

JUAN BAUTISTA ANTEQUERA Y BOBADILLA (1824-1890) MILITAR, POLITICO ESPAÑOL Y VICEALMIRANTE DE LA ARMADA ESPAÑOLA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Historic drawing, portrait of Angelo Neumann, 1838 - 1910, a German singer and artistic director

E-PERIODICO-GACETA ILUSTRADA ALEMANA-SEP 1913-RETRATO DE VERDI. GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901).

Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo born 1856 died 1912. Spanish scholar, historian literary critic. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

JOAQUIN MARIA LOPEZ (1798/1855) MIEMBRO FUNDADOR DEL PARTIDO PROGRESISTA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: P BARCALA-GRABADOR SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sir Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford 1593-1641 Baron of Raby aka Sir Thomas Wentworth Baron of Newmarch and Oversley From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

General Benjamin Butler - USA Civil War

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