19th Century Historical Figures

Engravings of notable historical figures from the 19th century, showcasing detailed portraits with classic attire and refined expressions.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait drawing of Daniel Webster with his autograph below

Jefferson Davis

The Hon William Lowndes Yancey, senator and cotton planter came to the UK and France with a deposition from the Confederates to try and promote trsde between the Southern States and Europe, maintaining that the differences between North and Southern America were irreconcilable. Date: 1862

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Peter von Cornelius, 1783 - 1867, a German painter

Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), poet, writer, steel engraving, before 1880

Giovanni Caselli, 25. Mai 1815, 5. Oktober 1891, war ein italienischer Physiker, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. J...

Casimir Pierre Perier (1777-1832). French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

THE LORD WENSLEYDALE, 1868

Portrait of Henri Victor Regnault (1810-1878) a French chemist and physicist. Dated 19th century

WILLIAM PITT. London, UK, 19th century engraving

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish Historical Novelist, Playwright and Poet, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Etching by H.B. Hall, 1876

Wilhelm Richard Wagner, born 22 May 1813, died 13 February 1883, a German composer, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe

Johann Jacoby, 1 May 1805 - 6 March 1877, a Left-wing German-Jewish politician / Johann Jacoby, 1. Mai 1805 - 6. März 1877, ein deutscher Arzt und Radikaldemokrat in Preußen, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Historical engraving, portrait with autograph of Georg Gottfried Gervinius, 1805-1871, German historian and national-liberal politician, 19th century, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, illustrated atlas, 1887

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Samuel Morley, 1809 - 1886, an English politician, industrialist, philanthropist

Bogumil Goltz, 20 March 1801, 12 November 1870, a West Prussian humorous-pedagogical writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Franz Liszt, 22 October 1811 - 31 July 1886, Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, theatre director, music teacher and writer / Franz Liszt, 22. Oktober 1811 - 31. Juli 1886, ungarischer Komponist, Pianist, Dirigent, Theaterleiter, Musiklehrer und Schriftsteller, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

DR. ELLICOTT, BISHOP DESIGNATE OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL, 1862

Salustiano de Olozaga y Armandoz (8 June 1805 - 26 September 1873) was a Spanish writer, politician and Prime Minister of Spain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1746 - 1825, an American politician

Johann Joseph Ignaz Döllinger, since 1868 Knight von Döllinger (28 February 1799 - 10 January 1890), was a German Catholic theologian and church histo...

Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet, 17 June 1797, 4 May 1847, Swiss Reformed theologian and literary historian, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

efferson Davis served as the president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.

Wilhelm Richard Wagner, 22. Mai 1813 - 13. Februar 1883, war ein deutscher Komponist, Dramatiker, Dichter, Schriftsteller, Theaterregisseur und Dirigent / Wilhelm Richard Wagner, May 22, 1813 - February 13, 1883, was a German composer, dramatist, poet, writer, theater director and conductor, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Alexandre de Humboldt

Portrait of John Ericsson.

Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau, 11 hemeroplanes triptolemus (1779) -21 May 1854, German jurist, astronomer, minister and patron of the arts, Histo...

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of Emil Aarestrup, 1800-1856, Daenish poet of the late Romantic

William Thomson, English church leader, Archbishop of York, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

James Odams (1815-), botánico y agricultor británico, miembro de la Royal Agricultural Society. Grabado de 1875.

Lord John Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, 1850, (1888). Artist: Unknown

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Ludwig Uhland, 1787 - 1862, a German poet, literary scholar, lawyer and politician

GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT, ESQ; NEW ROYAL ACADEMIANS

Andrew Johnson (1808-75), 17th President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Engraving, J.H. Bufford, 1865

Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 14 September 1769, 6 May 1859, was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer and influential advocate of Romantic philosophy and science, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Olivier Emile Ollivier, 2 July 1825 - 20 August 1913, was a French statesman, French Minister of Justice and Grand Sealkeeper, France 1870 / Olivier Emile Ollivier, 2. Juli 1825 - 20. August 1913, war ein französischer Staatsmann, französischer Justizminister und Großsiegelbewahrer, Frankreich 1870, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Robert Franz, actually Robert Franz Julius Knauth, 28 June 1815 - 24 October 1892, was a German composer and conductor, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

C.B. VIGNOLES, F.R.S., PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS , 1870

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse, 1746 1818, French mathematician Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse, 1746 1818, French mathematician Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660365

Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio, as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln, and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Engraving from an english magazine printed in 1864

Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, 29 March 1799 -23 October 1869, was a British politician and three-time Prime Minister, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

The late Mr. G. W. Thornbury, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Charles Watkins of Parliament-street. 'George Walter Thornbury, a well-known and popular author, whose death we announced last week, was born in 1828, the son of Mr. Thornbury, a solicitor. His numerous contributions to the literature of the day were highly appreciated; the best remembered are: "Monarchs of the Main," "Shakspeare's England during the Reign of Elizabeth," "Songs of Cavaliers and Roundheads," "True as Steel," "British Artists from Hogarth to Turner," "Ice

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer or Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer, 1791 - 1864, a German conductor and composer of French Grand Opera

Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau, 11 hemeroplanes triptolemus (1779) -21 May 1854, German jurist, astronomer, minister and patron of the arts, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of William Whewell (1794-1866) an English polymath, scientist, Anglican Priest, philosopher, theologian, historian of science and Master of Trinity College. Dated 19th Century

Antoine Vechte was a French goldsmith, jeweller and medallist (died 30 August 1868), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origi...

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1809 - 1865, 16th President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Maximilian I Maria Michael Johann Baptist Franz de Paula Joseph Kaspar Ignatius Nepomuk, 1756 - 1825, as Maximilian IV Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Juelich and Berg and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

James Buchanan (1791-1868). American politician. 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). Engraving in World History, 1885.

George Stephenson (1781-1848) English mechanical engineer and railway pioneer. Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825), made a survey for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1824) and was appointed engineer to the line, 1826. In 1829 he won the Rainhill Trials with his locomotive 'Rocket' which had a tubular boiler. Engraving from 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 2 September 1848)

Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 - 1875, Danish poet, historical illustration, 1877

Antoine Clesse, born 30 May 1816 and died 9 March 1889, Belgian poet and singer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) American showman, co-founder of the famous Barnum and Bailey Circus, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Georg Gottfried Gervinus, 1805 - 1871, a German historian and politician

Black and White Illustration; Portrait of Henry James, Lord James of Hereford, was an Anglo-Welsh lawyer and statesman, Attorney-General 1873-1874

Adolphe-Joseph Simonis Empis (29 March 1795) (11 December 1868) was a French writer and member of the Academie francaise, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (1792 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on two occasions during the mid-19th century

Edmont Frémy (1814-1894), químico francés, investigador del ácido ósmico, de los ferratos, estannatos, plumbatos y del ozono.

Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB (28 June 1806 ñ 4 July 1857) was a British soldier and statesman in India, who died defending Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny

William Farrer Ecroyd, 14 July 1827, 9 November 1915, was an English politician, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Alexis Emile Segris, born on 4 March 1811, died on 7 September 1880, was a commercial lawyer in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and a French politician. Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Lord Heytesbury, the newly appointed Viceroy of Ireland, 1844. Portrait of William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, British diplomat and politician. 'Lord Heytesbury...is the successor of Earl De Grey in the Lord-Lieutenantship of Ireland'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

Baron Ludwig Windthorst, 17. Januar 1812, 14. März 1891, war ein deutscher Politiker und Führer der katholischen Zentrumspartei, Historisch, digital r...

Charles Robert Darwin, 12. Februar 1809, 19. April 1882, englischer Naturforscher, Geologe und Biologe, bekannt für seine Beiträge zur Wissenschaft de...

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE physicist and inventor, instrumental in the electric telegraph Date: 1802 - 1875

Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1868) French socialist and journalist 'Property is Theft'. Engraving

Sir Charles Wheatstone. Wood engraving.

Charles Robert Darwin, 12 February 1809, 19 April 1882, English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

THOMAS WILSON DORR American lawyer and statesman. Leader of 'Dorr rebellion'. Widened suffrage in Rhode Island. Date: 1805 - 1854

Portrait of Swedish poet Tegner, who died in 1845, vintage engraving. Portrait of Swedish poet Tegner, who died in 1845, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673462

Henry Warnots, 1832 - 1893, famous Belgian opera singer and tenor, professor at the Conservatory of Brussels, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784 - 18 October 1865), known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Popularly nicknamed 'Pam', or 'The Mongoose', he was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal. He is best remembered for his direction of British foreign policy through a period when Britain was at the height of its power, serving terms as both Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. Some of his aggressive actions, now sometimes termed liberal interventionist, were greatly controversial at the time, and remain so today. He was the most recent British Prime Minister to die in office. Palmerston was actively involed in both the First Opium War (1839-1842) and the Second Opium War (1856-1860).

Richard Wagner (1813-1883). German composer. Portrait. Engraving, 1883.

THE LATE REV. DR. WHEWELL, MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, UK, 1866

Thomas Osborne Davis (1814 ñ 1845) Irish writer. chief organiser of the Young Ireland movement.

Portrait of Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) an American politician, jurist and former Chief Justice of the United States. Dated 19th century

Antonio de Santa Anna (1794 1876), Mexican who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence. He served as a Mexican politician and general

AUGUSTUS CAESAR DODGE American statesman, son of Henry Dodge ; senator and minister to Spain 1855-59. Date: 1812 - 1883

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Charles John Ellicott, 1819 - 1905, an English theologian, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol

Portrait of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867) an Irish astronomer. His work was conducted at Birr Castle, where he had built the largest telescope - the Rosse Telescope/Great Telescope, until the completion of the Hooker telescope. Dated 19th century

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American artist and inventor, 1873. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897) a British medical professor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Wells was also surgeon to Queen Victoria. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897) Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland. Dated 19th century

Sir Rowland Hill, 3 December 1795, 27 August 1879, a reformer of the English postal system, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

EDWARD BATES, ESQ., M.P., 1872 engraving

Franz Paul Lachner, 2 April 1803, 20 January 1890, was a German composer and conductor, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

Dzialynski, Titus Graf.

Field Marshal Colin Campbell; 1st Baron Clyde 1792 1863; British Army officer. he became Commander-in-Chief; India

Karl Schnaase, 7 September 1798, 20 May 1875, was a German lawyer and art historian, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Elihu Burritt, December 8, 1810 - March 6, 1879, American diplomat, philanthropist and social activist / Elihu Burritt, 8. Dezember 1810 - 6. März 1879, US-amerikanischer Diplomat, Philanthrop und Friedensaktivist, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Karl August Traugott Vogt, also known as Carl Vogt, 1808 - 1869, a German theologian and professor of the University of Greifswald, wood engraving, about 1880

Howell Cobb (18151868) was a United States Congressman from Georgia (18431851, 18551857). He also served as the secretary of the Treasury from 1857 to 1860. Cobb chaired the convention in Montgomery, Alabama, that organized the Confederacy.

JÛzef Gouchowski (1797ñ1858) was a Polish philosopher

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, 1827 - 1904, a British lawyer, journalist and liberal statesman

Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885). American politican. 21st US Vice president. Engraving in The Artistic Illustration, 1884. Colored.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Gustav Schwab, 1792 -1850, a German theologian and writer

Prince von Metternich, (1773-1859), 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Alexander von HUMBOLDT - 1769 - 1859

Justus Joseph Georg Friedrich Karl Zimmermann, 23. August 1803bis 12. Juni (1877), evangelischer Theologe und großherzoglich hessischer Hofprediger un...

Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust, 13. Januar 1809, 24. Oktober 1886, war ein Staatsmann im Königreich Sachsen und in der Habsburgermonarchie, digita...

Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, (1822 -1872), styled Lord Naas between 1842 and 1867. Statesman and member of the British Conservative Party from Dublin, Ireland. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1872. Colored.

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