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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.
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Revolutionary chiefs in Cuba. José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (Santiago de Cuba 1845 - San Pedro 1896) was a Cuban general, second military chief of the Liberation Army of Cuba, nicknamed "El Titán de Bronce". Cuba. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895
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Walter Q. Gresham of Illinois, from the Presidential Possibilities series (N124) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Presidential Possibilities" series (N124), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1888 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco.. Walter Q. Gresham of Illinois, from the Presidential Possibilities series (N124) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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Ismail Pasha (Isma'il Pasha), known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and conqueror of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain. He served as viceroy of Egypt under Ottoman suzerainty from 1863 to 79. His administrative policies, notably the accumulation of an enormous foreign debt, were instrumental in leading to British occupation of Egypt in 1882.
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Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897). French novelist, writer and journalist. Portrait. Engraving19th C.
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Frederick Leighton, British artist and Royal Academician, 1877.Artist: Lock & Whitfield
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Lisznyai-Damo, Kálmán.
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Samuel van Houten (February 17; 1837 ñ 14 October 1930) Dutch liberal politician.
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Edgar Degas, Alphonse Hirsch, 1875 Alphonse Hirsch
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Àngel Guimerà, Spanish writer in the Catalan language, 1912. Author: JAUME PAHISSA I LAPORTA.
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Carl Joseph Milloecker, also Karl Milloecker, 1842 - 1899, an Austrian operetta composer, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Pierre Marie. Photograph by Eug. Pirou.
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Louis Alexandre Antoine Mizon, 1853 to 1899. French discoverer and colonial administrator from Africa, Dets Opdagelse, Erobring OG colonization, published in Copenhagen, 1901., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1811-1876). Ottoman statesman. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.
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THE LATE LORD LYTTON, 1873
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Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe-Owen. Coloured lithograph by L. Ward Spy.
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Portrait of Charles Guiteau, assassin of President James Garfield, circa 1881
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James G. Blaine ca 1884.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) English popular Baptist preacher, born at Kelvedon, Essex. Called the Prince of Preachers, he drew audiences of over 10,000. By the time of his death, he had preached 36,000 sermons.  From The Modern Portrait Gallery (London, c1880). Tinted lithograph.
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Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) German philosopher. Engraving by A. Etching Newmann. Colored.
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Historic lithography from the 19th century, portrait of Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert, 1817 - 1908, a French painter
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Count Edmund Zichy, Count Ödön German Edmund Zichy, statesman and art promoter  Humoristic leaves of K, Klic , Karl Klic -, Artist, Angerer , Göschl, realization
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Karl Marx (1818-1883). German Philosopher, political economist and communist. Portrait. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1872.
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Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), político francés, presidente de la Tercera República de Francia de 1887 hasta su asesinato en 1894.
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Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902). German physician and pathologist. Engraving, 1883.
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'John Huss', (c1369-1415), 1890.   Creator: Unknown.
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Portrait of Prince Royal of Sweden, Charles XV in traveling costume. Carl Ludvig Eugen. Charles XV in Swedish Karl XV and in Norwegian Karl IV (1826-1872) was King of Sweden and Norway. Scandinavia, Northern Europe. Travels in the Scandinavian States by Saint-Blaise 1856
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Portrait of Professor Fryderyk Zoll, the elder; Nich, Edward (1851-1916), Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915); 1887 (1887-00-00-1887-00-00);
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'George Du Maurier', c1900. Franco-British cartoonist and writer. Engraving after a photograph by Messrs. Barraud Ltd. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
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ABDUL AZIZ (1830-1876). Sultan of Turkey. Deposed and murdered and 1876. Engraving.
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Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870. English writer, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated
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Portrait of Gustave-Auguste Ferrie (1868-1932), French radio pioneer and army general, engraving by Delzers.
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DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). French composer. Portrait of Bernardino de Pantorba. Litography.
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WALT WHITMAN, May 31, 1819 _ March 26, 1892, was an American poet, essayist and journalist, ENGRAVING 1876, US, USA, America, United States
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Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903). Leader of the Liberal-Progressive Party. President of the Spanish Council of Ministers on several occasions between 1870 and 1902. Portrait. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VIII. Madrid, 1894.
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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder, 1519-1579, an English merchant and financier
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Giuseppe VERDI, 1813-1901, Italian composer
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Stanislaw Grabski, (born on 5 April 1871, died on 6 May 1949) Polish statesman, politician, economist, political writer. May 1949) Polish statesman, politician, economist, political writer, member of the Council of the Non-Party Union and the Polish National Committee, in the Second Polish Republic Chairman of the Main Board of the People's and National Union (1919-1923) and Member of the Legislative Sejm and the Sejm of the first legislative period, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an original from around 1919, exact date of depiction unknown
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Garibaldi Wycinka from the German or French press stuck on the album's card. unknown
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Karl Eduard von Holtei, also Carl, Holtei, actually Karl Eduard von Holtey, 24 January 1798, 12 February 1880, was a German writer, playwright), actor, reciter, theatre director and theatre manager, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown
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Midhat Pasha or Pasa,1822-1883. Ottoman Grand Vizier. From a photograph by Adele.
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Portrait of Jan Matejko; unknown, Rzewuski, Walery (1837-1888); 1876-1890 (1876-00-00-1890-00-00);
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