19th Century Literary Figures

Engravings and portraits of prominent 19th-century writers and public figures, showcasing detailed artistic renderings from that era.

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, 1829 - 1912, a British colonial official

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) English novelist and poet. Hardy aged 32. Engraving.

Portrait of T. G. Ramsay, controller of the Post Office Savings Bank. Dated 19th century

Clement Aime Jean Duvernois (1836-1879). French journalist and politician. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal", 1885.

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Stephan, from 1885 von Stephan, 7 January 1831, 8 April 1897, was General Post Director of the German Empire, organiser of the German postal system and co-founder of the Universal Postal Union, was Imperial and Royal Privy Councillor, Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office and Royal Prussian Minister of State, member of the Prussian State Council and the Prussian House of Lords and Canon of Merseburg

Eduardo Viscasillas Blanque (1848-1935). Spanish composer and diplomatic. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration 1892.

Portrait of Friedrich Siemens (1826-1904) a German entrepreneur and brother of Werner von Siemens. Dated 19th Century

Pedro Miguel Juan Buenaventura Bernadino Marqu©s y Garc≠a (1843-1918). Spanish composer and violinist. Engraving by Badillo. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

Manuel Milà i Fontanals, Catalan philologist and writer.

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, 1829 - 1912, a British colonial official

Franz Freiherr von Dingelstedt, 30 silver hake (1814), 15 May 1881, was a German poet, journalist and theatre director, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

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.

Pedro Miguel Juan Buenaventura Bernadino Marquv©s y Garcva (1843-1918). Spanish composer and violinist. Engraving by Badillo. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878. Colored.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe Albert of Orleans, Count of Paris (1838-1894) King of the French. France. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Vicente de la Hoz y Liniers (1831-1886). Catholic journalist and writer. Editor of the newspaper "La Fe". Deputy to the Cortes, 1872. Engraving by A. Carretero. The Spanish and American illustration, 1886.

Portrait of François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) a French chemist, naturalist, physician, physiologist, attorney, and social politician. Dated 19th century

Josep de Letamendi i de Manjarrés (Barcelona, 1828-Madrid, 1897). Physician, philosopher, musician, painter and poet. Engraving, 1879.

Portrait of Charles Eugene Flandrau, American lawyer who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was also a colonel in the Union Army, during the Dakota War of 1862

Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe-Owen. Lithograph.

Benjamin Harrison (1833 Ð 1901). Was the 23rd President of the United States (1889Ð1893). During the American Civil War, he served the Union. Political party: Republican. Engraving. "The artistic illustration". 1885.

Portrait of Gumersindo de Azcárate y Menéndez (Leon 1840 - Madrid 1917) Spanish lawyer, thinker, historian, professor and politician from Kraus, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

USA President Benjamin Harrison, circa 1893

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton,1831-1891. Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith) English stateman and poet, son of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton From a photo by Elliott & Fry. From the book ""The International Library of Famous Literature"". Published in London 1900. Volume XVIII.

Portrait of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (Cartagena 1831 - Madrid 1898) was a Spanish zoologist, explorer and writer, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Leon Gambetta (1838-1882). French politician, one of the founders of the Third Republic. Engraving from La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

Alberto Aguilera Velasco (1842-1913). Spanish politician and lawyer. Engraving by Carretero.

Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881). French architect. Representative of the eclecticism during the reign of Napoleon III. Portrait. Engraving.

Portrait of the author Gustave Geffroy (1855-1926), Anonymous

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, born Prince Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg, 1854, 1921, a British admiral of Hessian origin who served as First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, born Prince Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg, a British admiral of Hessian origin who served as First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914, Historic, digitally res

Wilhelm Wattenbach, 1819 - 1897, a German historian and palaeographer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Maurice Louis Richard, born on 26 October 1832, died on 4 November 1888, was a French lawyer and politician, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

LEOPOLDO II DE BELGICA (1835-1909). Segundo rey de los belgas y propietaria del Estado Libre del Congo. Grabado.

Louis Pasteur, 1822 - 1895. French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. After a 19th century work by a

Pedro Ignacio Noboa Benavides (Arequipa, 1811-ValparaIso, 1875). Peruvian writer and diplomat. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by ParIs. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, January 15, 1876.

Marko Balabanov (1837-1921). Bulgarian journalist, man of law, politician and diplomat. Deputy Governor of Tirnova. He was the first Foreign Minister of Bulgaria (in 1879 and during the period 1883-1884). Portrait. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.

Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton. (8 November 1831 ñ 24 November 1891)English statesman and poet. He served as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880

Francisco Tárrega (Francisco de Asís Tárrega Eixea) (1852-1909). Spanish composer and guitarist. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Portrait of Eugene Gaber, wood engraver, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 647, Volume XXVI, July 21, 1855.

The Duke of Montpensier, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg Gotha, 1844-1900, son of Queen Victoria, lithograph by Rimanoczy after photograph by Maull and Co, 1874

Leon Gambetta (1838-1882). French statesman. Portrait. Engraving, 1883.

Robert Koch (1843-1910). German microbiologist Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1905. ENGRAVING in 1890. ROBERT KOCH. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch.

ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895). German socialist philosopher and political theoretician. Portrait published in the French magazine L'Illustration. Engraving.

Paul Gide, professeur du droit.. 1890 - 1899. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Gide, Paul, 1832-1880

Leon Michel Gambetta, 1838-1882, French republican statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

THE LATE MR. R. YOUNG, SHERIFF ELECT OF LONDON, 1871

Santiago Estrada (1841-1891). Writer and journalist. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana. 19th century. Colored.

PONCHIELLI , AMILCAR. COMPOSITOR ITALIANO. 1834 - 1886. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Marie François Sadi Carnot (born August 11. 1837 in Limoges. died June 25. 1894 in Lyon) was a French politician and engineer. He served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. Historical. authentic. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Jászay, Paul von.

Salvador Cisneros Betancourt (Camaguey 1828 - Havana 1914) Marquis of Santa Lucía, Cuban politician, President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms from 1873 to 1875. Ten Years War. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Wilhem Conrad Roetgen (1845-1943), físico y médico alemán, descubridor de los rayos X. Grabado de 1897.

General Chester A Arthur - USA Civil War

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.

PHILIP PHILLIPS, THE SINGING PILGRIM, 1872 engraving

Adolfo Rivadeneyra y Sanchez (1841-1882). Spanish diplomat, archaeologist, orientalist, writer and traveler. First Spaniard to make a journey to ancient Persia. Author of 'Viaje al interior de Persia' ('Journey to the interior of Persia'. Portrait. Engraving by Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Teodoro Llorente Olivares (1836-1911). Spanish writer. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1890.

Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826 Ð 1905). Was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general. Engraving. "The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872".

Francois van Rijsselberghe (1846-1893) Belgian telephone engineer and communications pioneer

Daniel Gottlob Moritz Schreber, 1808 - 1861, a German doctor and university lecturer at the University of Leipzig and initiator of the Schrebergarten, around 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century model.

Portrait of Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (Sao Paulo 1841 - Santos 1913) Brazilian politician, President of Brazil between 1898 and 1902. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Portrait of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)

LIONEL SACKVILLE-WEST statesman and diplomat, minister to the United States. Date: 1817 - 1908

Guillermo Estrada y Villaverde (Oviedo 1834 - 1894) was a Spanish professor, politician and speaker. He was married to the daughter of Juan María Acebal and was the father of Guillermo Estrada y Acebal. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

James Hamilton, ist duke of ABERCORN statesman Date: 1811 - 1885

Manuel Mila y Fontanals (1818-1884). Spanish philologist, historian and literary critic. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Giovanni Nicotera, 1828, 1894, was an Italian patriot and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Janko Jurkovic (1827-1889), 1898 - 1900, Zagreb, Publisher, Nakl. Maticevog litografskog zavoda, Croatia, Biography

Hans Frh. Von Berlepsch

Historical print, portrait of Gustav Heinrich Gans zu Putlitz, 1821 - 1891, German poet, from the Illustrated History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

General George C Meade was a Union major general and one of the most important commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). He defeated Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and led the main Union army in Virginia until the end of the war.

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 Santos Isasa y Valseca (Montoro 1822 - Madrid 1907) Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of Public Works and the Presidency of the Supreme Court during the regency of María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Pedro Ignacio Noboa Benavides (Arequipa, 1813-Valparaíso, 1875). Escritor y diplomático peruano. Retrato. Dibujo por Badillo. Grabado por Paris. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 15 de enero de 1876. Coloreado.

LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA

Marie François Sadi Carnot geb. 11. August 1837 in Limoges, gest. 25. Juni 1894 in Lyon war ein französischer Politiker und Ingenieur. Er war französischer Staatspräsident von 1887 bis zu seiner Ermordung 1894, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904004

JAMES RICE novelist whose novels are today little read, if at all... Date: 1843 - 1882

Vicente de la Hoz y Liniers (1831-1886). Catholic journalist and writer. Editor of the newspaper "La Fe". Deputy to the Cortes, 1872. Engraving by A. Carretero. The Spanish and American illustration, 1886. Colored.

SIR GEORGE STEPHEN, BART.

John Lubbock, first Baron Avebury (1834-1913) English banker, naturalist and archaeologist. From 'The Modern Portrait Gallery', Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London c.1880. Tinted lithograph

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). American general and politician. 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. 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.

Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet, 1803 - 1887. English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. From Great Engineers, published c.1890

Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour (1827-1896). French statesman. Portrait. Engraving by Passos. "Ilustracion Americana", 1896.

Engraving of Julien-Théophile-Henri Chevreau (1823-1903) A French civil servant and politician. Dated 1870

Adriansens Joaquin ( -1880). Mayor of Spanish Hacienda. Engraving by A. Carretero.

Engraved portrait of Dr. Dyce Duckworth M.D. treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians. Dated 19th Century

Daniel Wilson, 1840-1919, French politician, woodcut, historical engraving, 1880

George Q Cannon - Utah Delegate to Congress - Born in Liverpool , England 1827

'Henry James (1843-1916) American-born novelist and writer, a key figure in 19th century liteary realism. Took British citizenship in July 1915 and appointed to the Order of Merit, l January 1916. Engraving.'

Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897). French poet, novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. 1876

SILVELA , FRANCISCO. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1845 - 1905. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Otto Baensch (1825 - 1898) a Prussian construction officer, leading engineer at the construction of Kiel Canal. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Gerlach, Jacob.

Eugene Pelletan (1813-1884). French writer, journalist and politician. Portrait. Engraving by Eusebio Zarza (1842-1881). "Galeria Universal", 1868.

Santos Isasa Valseca (1822-1907). Spanish lawyer and politician. Engraving by A. Carretero. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored.

Eduardo Gasset y Artime (1832-1884). Spanish politician and journalist. Founder of the newspaper 'El Imparcial' in 1867. Overseas Minister in 1872 under the government of Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 22, 1884. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, Lord Cavendish, Keighley Marquess of Hartington, 1833 - 1908, a British statesman

Manuel Falco d'Adda (1828-1892), XIV Marquis of Almonacid and III Duke of Fernan-Nunez. Spanish diplomat. Portrait. Engraving by Paris. "La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1872. Colored.

Franz Karl Joseph of Austria-Habsburg (1802-1878). Archduke of Austria. Member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Father of emperors Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Portrait. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

Engraving of Léon Gambetta (1838-1882) French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War. Dated 1870

Antonio Sánchez del Río y López de la Rosa, conocido por Antonio de los Ríos Rosas (1812-1873). Orador, jurista y político español, presidente del Congreso de los Diputados durante 1863-1864,1865-1866 y 1872. Dibujo por Llanta. Retrato. Litografía. Crónica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucía, 1869. Coloreado.

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