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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
Vintage Photograph. Portrait drawing of Daniel Webster with his autograph below
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SOREN AABYE KIERKEGAARD  Danish philosopher
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Friedrich Wilhelm Wilhelmi, actually Friedrich Wilhelm von Pannwitz (born 21 April 1788 in Schlichow, Lower Lusatia, died 2 May 1852 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian actor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Sir Walter Scott, (15 August 1771, 21 September 1832) was a Scottish poet, writer, publisher and literary critic, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873). British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. Engraving by An Neumann. Published, Spain, 1883. Later colouration. Author: NICCOLO DI LIBERATORE.
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer or Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer, 1791 - 1864, a German conductor and composer of French grand opera
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, from 1808 Ritter von Schelling (27 January 1775, 20 August 1854), was a German philosopher, anthropologist, theorist of the so-called Romantic Medicine and one of the main representatives of German Idealism, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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John Caldwell Calhoun, American politician, 1850 (1955). Artist: Unknown
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SIDNEY DILLON American financier  with his autograph       Date: 1812 - 1892
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François Jean Dominique Arago (1786-1853), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, politician, minister and head of the French Government. Engraving, 1865.
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Portrait of James Wood (1760-1839) an English mathematician, and Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, and later Dean of Ely. Dated 19th Century
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Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc was a French politician and historian from 29 October 1811 to 6 December 1882. A socialist who advocated reform, he ca...
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Historical engraving, portrait with autograph of Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann, 1793-1851, German classical scholar and Germanic medievalist, lecturer and professor at the University of Berlin, 19th century, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, illustrated atlas, 1887
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Historical print, engraving, portrait of Johann Friedrich Cotta, 1764-1832, German publisher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887
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Historical engraving, 19th century, portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863, English writer
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HORACE GREELEY American journalist, noted for  urging young men to go West :  he also befriended the table- rapping Fox sisters. with his autograph     Date: 1811 - 1872
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Otto Theodor Freiherr von Manteuffel, 3. Februar 1805, 26. November 1882, war ein konservativer preußischer Politiker, von 1850 bis 1858 war er preußi...
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Johann Joseph Ignaz von Doellinger, 28 February 1799, 14 January 1890, woodcut, Germany, Europe
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi, 1804 - 1873, an Italian writer and politician
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THOMAS DUNDAS, second earl of  ZETLAND prominent Freemason, at the  time of his death.       Date: 1795 - 1873
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Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770 - 1831, a German philosopher of German Idealism
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Justus Joseph Georg Friedrich Karl Zimmermann, 23 August 1803to 12 conorhynchos (1877), Protestant theologian and Grand Ducal Hessian court preacher and prelate, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown
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Portrait of Aristide Auguste Stanislas Verneuil (1823-1895) a French physician and surgeon. Dated 19th Century
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Franz Theodor Kugler, 18 January 1808, 18 March 1858, German historian, art historian and writer, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original
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Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) an English politician, philanthropist, and social reformer. Dated 19th Century
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William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), English photographer, inventor, archaeologist, botanist and mathematician. Engraving, 1873.
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Richard Wagner (1813-1883) on engraving from 1908. German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist best known for his operas. Engraved by unknown artist and published in The world’s best music, famous songs. Volume 8", by The University Society, New York,1908.
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John Brown Abolitionist Harpers Ferry 1859
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol. I 1834 James Herring American. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol. I 368756
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Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe
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Gustav Benjamin Schwab, 19 June 1792, 4 November 1850, was a German pastor, grammar school professor and writer, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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CAYLEY, Arthur (1821-1895). British mathematician and lawyer. Engraving by George Stodart (1844-1917). Litography.
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Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist, researcher into electricity.      Date: 1789 - 1854
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Cobden, Richard (Dunford Farm, Sussex ,1804-London, 1865). English industrial, economist and politician who fought against protectionism. He favored free trade. Engraving.
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Johann Peter Hebel, theologian and German poet, 1760 - 1826, portrait, historic illustration, 1880
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Rene Goblet, 26 November 1828, 13 September 1905, French politician, 41st Prime Minister of France in 1886-1887, Historic, digital reproduction of an ...
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Historical manuscript, Shakespeare translation of Hamlet's "to be or not" monologue, portrait of August Wilhelm von Schlegel, 1767 - 1845, German literary historian, translator, writer, philosopher and Indologist
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Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Francis Hopkinson, 1737 - 1791, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
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Anton Grigorjewitsch Rubinstein, 28. November 1829 - 20. November 1894, russischer Komponist, Pianist und Dirigent, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch
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Johann Gottfried Boltze, 1802 to 1868, a German entrepreneur in agriculture in the province of Saxony, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe
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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, 1800 - 1867.  English astronomer, naturalist, engineer and president of the Royal Society.  From Cassell's Illustrated History of England.
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JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES  British playwright,  born in Ireland       Date: 1784 - 1862
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Engraving of Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, made in 1886 when he was serving as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.  On Gladstone's retirement in 1894 he became Liberal Prime Minister.  As a devoted race-goer and horse owner, he won the Derby three times.     Date: 1886
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Johann Rudolf Kutschker, Prince-Archbishop of Vienna, 1810 - 1881, Historical Illustration, 1877
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Ludwig Chronegk, 1837-1891, director of the Court Theatre at Meiningen, historical illustration, circa 1886
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Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Karl Theodor George Philip Welcker, 1790 - 1869, a German lawyer, professor and politician
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Theodor Mundt, 19 September 1808, 30 November 1861, was a German writer, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA (1781/1836) - GENERAL ESPAÑOL.
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Thomas Alva Edison(1847-1931). American inventor and businessman. Portrait. Engraving by E. Paya. "La Academia", 1878.
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Vintage Photograph. Portrait drawing of Horace Greeley, 19th Century Journalist.
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Richard Wagner (Leipzig, 1813-Venecia, 1883) Compositor de óperas alemán: Rienzi, El Holandés errante, Tannhäuser. Grabado de 1900.
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Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, 10 August 1810, 6 June 1861, was an Italian statesman, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia and first Prime Minister of the new Kingdom of Italy, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print
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Thomas Alva Edison (11 February 1847) (18 October 1931) was a US inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur specialising in the field of electricity and electrical engineering, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy
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Otto Peitz, one of the winners of the distance march Vienna - Berlin 1893, historical illustration circa 1893
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Historical drawing, portrait of August Wilhelmi, 1845-1908, German violinist
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José Robrenyo Tort (1780-1838). Actor, comediógrafo y poeta catalán. Grabado de 1878. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (died 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln.
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Francis Place (3 November 1771, London  1 January 1854, London) was an English social reformer
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Stendhal, French writer, early 19th century.Artist: Sodermark
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Historical engraving, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, 1792-1868, Italian composer, 1888
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Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner, from 1850 von Kerner, 18 September 1786, 21 February 1862, a German physician, medical writer and poet, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Historical print, engraving, portrait of Franz Theodor Kugler, 1808-1858, German historian, art historian and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887
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Jules Edouard Xavier Malou, 1810, 1886, was a Belgian statesman, a leader of the clerical party, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Ludwig Van Beethoven.
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Famous Persons in American History, Winfield Scott (born13 June 1786 in Laurel Branch near Petersburg) (Dinwiddie County) (Virginia) (died29 May 1866 in West Point) (Orange County) (New York) was a U.S. general, diplomat, and politician, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century collector's picture
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Engraved portrait of Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865), the second president of Liberia who served from 1856-64, pictured in 1862.     Date: 9 August 1862
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Cremieux, Isaac Adolphe (1796-1880), político francés. Grabado de 1865.
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Khachatur Abovyan. He was an Armenian writer and national public figure of the early 19th century who mysteriously vanished in 1848 and was eventually presumed dead. He was an educator, poet and an advocate of modernization.
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Famous People in American History, William Henry Seward (born16 May 1801 in Florida) (Orange County) (New York) (died10 October 1872 in Auburn) (New York) was a U.S. politician (R) who served as Secretary of State of the United States from 1861 to 1869 under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century collector's item
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Ben Jonson, 1572-1637. English Jacobean dramatist, lyric poet and literary critic. Engraved by J.W.Cook.
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