19th Century Literary Figures

Engravings of influential writers and intellectuals from the 19th century, showcasing their importance in culture and society.

FERRAN, Jaime (1852-1929). Spanish bacteriologist. Engraving by A. Carretero.

FERRAN, Jaime (1852-1929). Spanish bacteriologist. Engraving by A. Carretero.

LORD FREDERICK CHARLES CAVENDISH, M.P., THE LATE NEWLY-APPOINTED CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND, BORN NOVEMBER 20, 1836; ASSASSINATED MAY 6, 1882

GASPAR NUÑEZ DE ARCE - PRESIDENTE DE LA SOCIEDAD DE ESCRITORES Y ARTISTAS - 1834/1903. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. GASPAR NUÑEZ DE ARCE (1834-1903).

MOYA , MIGUEL. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1856 - 1920. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Mo_r Jo_kai (1825-1904). Hungarian dramatist and novelist. Engraving by Mayerhofer. "Nuestro Siglo", 1883.

Engraving of Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of Newcastle (1811-1864) a British politician. Dated 1860

Portrait of José Zorrilla and Moral (Valladolid 1817 - Madrid 1893). Spanish poet and playwright, author of the romantic drama Don Juan Tenorio. Write

Henry Abbott (1834-1876). British merchant. German consul in the Ottoman city of Thessaloniki in 1876. Portrait. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Engraved portrait of James Hamilton (1811-1885), 2nd Marquis of Abercorn, later 1st Duke of Abercorn, pictured in 1866 when he was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Date: 8 September 1866

PIDAL Y MON , ALEJANDRO. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1846 - 1913. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1891.

Pedro Miguel Juan Buenaventura Bernadino Marque_s y Garci_a (1843-1918). Spanish composer and violinist. Engraving by Badillo. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

ALFRED NOBEL Swedish scientist, inventor, businessman and founder of the Nobel prize. Date: 1833 - 1896

Henry Abbott (1834-1876). British merchant. German consul in the Ottoman city of Thessaloniki in 1876. Portrait. Engraving. ""La Guerra de Oriente"" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Portrait of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Swedish chemist and inventor. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897

Eduardo Basabilbaso (1835-1907). Argentine politician. Engraving of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879.

Louis de Wecker (1832-1906). French ophthalmologist. Portrait. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

James Abram Garfield (1831-1881). American politician, leader of the Republican party. 20th President of the United States, from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year. Portrait. Engraving.

Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre-Damaze, Count of Chaudordy (1826-1899). French politician and diplomat. Ambassador of France to Switzerland and Spain. Representative of France at the Conference of Constantinople (1876-1877). Portrait. Engraving by Rico. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1877.

EDWIN LAURENTINE DRAKE American oil discoverer and exploiter. Date: 1819 - 1880

Mikhail Katkov (1818-1887). Russian journalist. Engraving by Kaeseberg, Universal History, 1885.

Jaume Ferran Clua (1852-1929), Spanish doctor and bacteriologist. Engraving, 1888.

TOM TAYLOR, 19 October 1817 12 July 1880, was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851-1884). Prince of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, prince of the House of Orange-Nassau. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). July 22, 1884.

Baron Von Pawel-Rammingen, 1880. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Byrne. 'The marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Frederica Sophia Maria Henrietta Amelia Theresa of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, elder daughter of his Majesty the late King George V. of Hanover, with Luitbert Alexander George Lionel Alphonse Freiherr Von Pawel Rammingen, was solemnised at three o'clock on Saturday in the private chapel within Windsor Castle'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.

'The Earl of Shannon', 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son.

AZCARATE MENENDEZ, Gumersindo (1840-1917). Spanish politician and sociologist. Engraving.

Pierre Curie (1859-1906) French chemist. Awarded Nobel prize for physics in 1903 jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel. Engraving

Augusto Ulloa Castanon (1823-1879). Spanish lawyer and politician. Engraving, 1879.

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JOSE ZORRILLA ( 1817-1893). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812 1887) Novelist Krausse, Alfred (1829 1894)

Leon Gambetta, 2 April 1838, 31 December 1882, was a French statesman of the Third Republic, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Victor Balaguer born 1824 died 1901. Catalan politician and author. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Charles XV of Sweden (1826-1872). King of Sweden and Norway. First monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

Eduard Lasker (1829-1884). German politician and jurist. Lasker was a German nationalist who promoted the unification of Germany during the mid-19th century. Engraving. 19th century.

Fermi_n de Lasala Collado (1832-1917). Spanish diplomat. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890.

William John Wills 1834 to 1861 English surveyor second in command to Burke on first expedition to cross Australia from south to north

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

MR. W. GORDON, M.P. FOR CHELSEA, 1874

ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general in later life Date: 1807 - 1870

Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet (1837 Ð 1908). British diplomat. Engraving. 19th century.

Miguel Moya Ojanguren (Madrid 1856 - San Sebastián 1920) was a Spanish journalist and politician, director of El Liberal, president of the Editorial Society of Spain, deputy and senator in the Cortes de la Restauración, Spain. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

THE RIGHT HON. LORD LYTTON, THE NEW VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, 1876

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, best known for his 'Hiawatha' and for the line 'ships that pass in the night'... in middle age. Date: 1807 - 1882

Portrait of Francisco Martinez de las Rivas founder of the shipyards Nervion, Bilbao. Vizcaya, Basque Country. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: Leon Gambetta, 1838 - 1882, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND WAR

Juan León Mera Martínez (Ambato 1832 - 1894), was an Ecuadorian essayist, novelist, politician, and painter. Among his most outstanding works are the lyrics of the National Anthem of Ecuador and the novel Cumandá in 1879. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896). German pioneer of aviation. The Gilder King. Engraving by "La Ilustracion Artistica", 1890.

Prince Philippe of Orleans, Count of Paris (1838-1894). Orleanist pretender to the French throne from 1848 until his death. Portrait. Engraving.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895). Was an influential American, lawyer, and justice from Massachusetts. He was appointed U.S. Attorney General in 1869 by President Ulysses S. Grant. Engraving by The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870.

Portrait of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) Swedish chemist and inventor. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897

Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822-1895). Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator. Portrait. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1877.

Joaquin Lopez Puigcerver (1841-1906). Spanish politician. Engraving by Badillo. La Ilustracion Espanola y Norteamericana, 1886. Colored.

Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906 Norwegian playwright. From a portrait taken about 1858 by H.P.Hansen. From the book ""Prose Dramas by Henrik Ibsen"" published in London 1890.

Illustration of Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844-1918) a French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoons. 1877

Gaspar Nunez de Arce (1832-1903). Spanish poet and politician. He took an active part in the Glorious Revolution of September 1868 to dethrone Isabella II. Minister of Overseas in 1883 in the government presided over by Sagasta. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Jose Maria Rey Heredia (1818-1861). Spanish philosopher and mathematician. Member of the Royal Academy of Cordoba. Drawing by Cebrian. Portrait. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward .

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. Pierre Petit (French, 1832 - 1909)

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, 1843 - 1910. Portrait. German physician and microbiologist. Robert Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905. After a 19th century illustrat

Antonio Rodrigues Sampaio born 1806 died 1882. Portuguese politician. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Spencer Compton Cavendish (1833-1908), Marquis of Hartington, British Liberal statesman, 1906. Artist: Unknown

Robert Koch (1843-1910). German physician. Nobel Prize, 1905. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored.

Federico Hoppe (1826-/). Functionary and politician. Engraving by A. Carretero. The Spanish and American illustration, 1879.

Professor Arminius Vambery,1832-1913.Hungarian philologist and traveller.From a photograph by Professor K. Koller, Budapest.

EARL BROWNLOW, 1867

George Meade (George Gordon Meade) (1815-1872). American major general. He was one of the most important commanders in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Portrait. Engraving. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Portrait of Joseph Joachim at the age of 59, Gustav Eilers, 1890 print Berlin paper. etching portrait of a musician. historical persons

Robert Applegarth (1834-1924) prominent English trade union leader.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903). British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister. Known as Lord Salisbury. Portrait. Engraving.

Portrait of Frederick Cavendish, Jean Baptiste Pierre Michiels, 1883 print paper etching historical persons. adult man. beard

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States. He served from 1889-1893.

Friedrich Emil Rittershaus, Pseudonym Friedrich Emil Viggo geb. 3. April 1834, gest. 8. März 1897, deutscher Kaufmann und Dichter, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber, 1808, 1861, a German doctor and professor at the University of Leipzig and initiator of allotment gardens, c. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

MR. A.J. MUNDELLA, SECONDER OF THE ADDRESS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1869

Josika, Nikolaus Freiherr von.

Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid (30 March 1848 18 July 1909) was the senior member of the House of Bourbon from 1887 until his death. He was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos VII from 1868 (his father's Spanish abdication), and the Legitimist claimant to the throne of France under the name Charles XI after the death of his father in 1887.

Antoine d'Orléans (1824-1890). French Prince. Duke of Montpensier. Infante of Spain by his marriage to infanta Maria Luisa Fernanda, sister of Queen Isabella II. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878.

George MacDonald (10 December 1824) (18 September 1905) was a Scottish writer, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and a mentor to fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald also wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, George MacDonald Dece

Prince Philippe of Orleans, Count of Paris (1838-1894). Orleanist pretender to the French throne from 1848 until his death. Portrait. Engraving.

Bronisław Dąbrowski (1815 Warsaw 1880 Winna Góra) Independence Activist, Insurgent unknown, Mercier, Liebmann

Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-1848) Australian explorer

MR. GEORGE JESSEL, Q.C., M.P., THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL, 1871

Victor Balaguer (1824-1901). Catalan politician and author. Portrait. Engraving, 1863, History of Catalonia and the Crown of Aragon by Victor Balaguer,1863.

Claudio Lopez Bru, second Marquis of Comillas (1853-1925). Spanish businessman and philanthropist. Engraving by J. Dieguez. The Illustration. Spanish-American Magazine, 1890. Colored.

Portrait of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832) a French military engineer and physicist. Dated 19th century

Retrato de Francisco Pi y Margall (1824-1901). El Motin(04.06.1891) Político republicano.Ministro de Gobernación de la I Rep. Colección Particular, Madrid.

Benjamin Pierce (1809-1880) American mathematician.

Jos Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish civil engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1904. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

THE HON. J. HAGOOD, GOVERNOR-ELECT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Charles Auguste Heriot (1825-1879). French businessman. The principal proprietor of the Grands Magasins du Louvre. Engraving. "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1879.

William Draper Brinckle, M. D, 1798-1862, author, naturalist, Historic digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

MANUEL ALONSO MARTINEZ (1827-1891). Político español. Ministro de Fomento (1855-1863) y de Hacienda entre 1865 y 1866, en el Gobierno de O'Donnell. Grabado S. XIX.

Professor Arminius Vambery, 1832-1913. Hungarian philologist and traveler, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Ruperto Chapi (1851-1909). Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. Portrait. Engraving by Ovejero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1878.

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) American Inventor From "A Travers l'Electricite" by Georges Dary (Paris, c1906) Engraving

Portrait of Emil von Behring (1854 - 1917) German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. Germany. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Portrait appeared in the French magazine 'L'Illustration'. Etching.

Portrait of Claudius Chervin, 1824-1896 French specialist in speech impediments, educationalist and therapist, founder of Institute of Stammering in Paris, France. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Ruperto Chapi (1851-1909). Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. Portrait. Engraving by Ovejero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1878.

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