19th Century Notable Personalities

Portraits of influential figures from the 19th century, including composers and industrialists, depicted through classic photographic techniques.

JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman with his autograph Date: 1811 - 1889

GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864) - COMPOSITOR ALEMAN DE OPERAS. Author: GASPARD-FELIX TOUNACHON (1820-1910) NADAR. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Photograph.

Portrait of Halevy (Jacques From Fromental, Elie L�vy, said), (1799-1862), Composer Portrait of Hail�vy (Jacques From Fromental, Eli� L�vy, said), (1799-1862), Composer. Business card (front) .Tire on albuminum paper. Between 1860-1890. Photography of DISDIER.

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity. Photograph published c1880. Woodburytype

Halévy, Jacques .

JOHN BRIGHT radical statesman with his autograph Date: 1811 - 1889

Lord Overstone. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)

Louis Agassiz (1807-73), Swiss-American Biologist and Geologist, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Compan

Thomas Nunneley. Photograph by Ernest Edwards, 1868.

Sir Rowland Hill, (1795 - 1879) English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his solution of pre-payment, facilitating the safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters. Hill later served as a government postal official, and he is usually credited with originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service, including the invention of the postage stamp

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. Photograph.

J. Braxton Hicks. Photograph.

LOUIS BLANC French statesman and politial theorist, in 1870 Date: 1811 - 1882

Louis Agassiz (1807-73), Swiss-American Biologist and Geologist, Head and Shoulders Portrait

James Aytoun. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)

Henry Oldham. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.

Portrait of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and classical liberal political theorist. Dated 19th Century

William George Armstrong (1810-1900), British industrialist, inventor and scientist, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Edward Henry Smith Stanley,Lord Stanley,15th Earl of Derby, 1826-1893. English politician. Engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by Mayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages"" Published in London 1859.

George John Douglas Campbell, 8th. Duke of Argyll, 1823-1900. Liberal statesman. Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph by ayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages"" Volume 1. Published in London 1860

Washington Irving 1783-1859. American author known as First American Man of Letters. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

Album of the Municipal Council of the City of Paris and Departmental Commission of the Seine. Dumas (Jean Baptiste), (1777-1861) Album of the Municipal Council of the City of Paris and Departmental Commission of the Seine. "Jean Baptiste Dumas (1777-1861)". Photograph of Pierre Petit (1831-1909). Salted paper fired with gold. 1864.

Sir Charles Lyell. Photograph by Mayall.

Mr. Charles Halle , Pianists, Conductors, Hallé, Charles, 1819-1895, Carte de Visite Collection

Michael Faraday, 1791-1867.British scientist. Engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by Mayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages"" Published in London 1859.

FOTOGRAFIA DEL PINTOR INGRES - 1865. Author: JEAN BAPTISTE ADOLPHE LAFOSSE (1810-1879). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Portrait of Eugène Rouher, (1814-1884), (Male of State, Minister of Justice) Clément Lagriffe. Portrait of Eugène Rouher, (1814-1884), (Male of State, Minister of Justice). Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

William Kellogg.

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot, French politician and historian, 19th century (1894). Artist: Luigi Calamatta.

Horace Greeley (1811-1872), American Editor and Politician, Portrait

John Bright. Photograph by H.J. Whitlock.

Rudolf von Jhering or Ihering, August 22, 1818 - September 17, 1892, a German jurist / Rudolf von Jhering bzw. Ihering, 22. August 1818 - 17. September 1892, ein deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Portrait of Samson Joseph Isidore, (1793-1871), (dramatic author) Auguste Muriel. Portrait of Joseph Isidore Samson, (1793-1871), dramatic author. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1871.

William Harvey. Dimensions: Approx. 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.). Photography Studio: John and Charles Watkins (British, active 1867-71). Date: 1860s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Giacomo Meyerbeer, actually Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer (5 September 1791 - 2 May 1864), was a German pianist, composer and conductor. He was one of the most successful opera composers of the 19th century and is considered a master of the French grand opera, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

Chas Sumner , Politicians, Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874, Carte de Visite Collection

Julius Schnorr from Carolsfeld (1794-1872; Painter, director of the painting gallery). Daguerreotypie by Hermann Krone, Dresden 1850. 14.5 x 11 cm. Tu Dresden, Crown Collection Table 6,15

1800s MID-19TH CENTURY STANDING PORTRAIT WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT SON OF MOGUL CORNELILUS VANDERBILT

Louis Agassiz (1807-73), Swiss-American Biologist and Geologist, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company,

Cesar (August) Franck (1822-1890) Belgian composer. After a photograph.

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was an American newspaper editor and founder of the New York "Tribune" in 1841.

Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Photograph by Barraud's Ltd.

Hon. Francis B. Cutting of N.Y.

After the military defeat of France by Germany in 1870, Ferry formed the idea of acquiring a great colonial empire, principally for the sake of economic exploitation. In a speech before the Chamber of Deputies on 28 July 1885, he declared that 'the superior races have a right because they have a duty: it is their duty to civilize the inferior races'. Ferry directed the negotiations which led to the establishment of a French protectorate in Tunis (1881), prepared the treaty of 17 December 1885 for the occupation of Madagascar; directed the exploration of the Congo and of the Niger region; and above all, he organized the conquest of Annam and Tonkin in what became French Indochina. The last endeavor led to a war with the Manchu Empire, whose Qing Dynasty had a claim of suzerainty over the two provinces. The excitement caused in Paris by the sudden retreat of the French troops from Lang Son during this war led to the Tonkin Affair: his violent denunciation by Clemenceau and other radicals

William Ewart Gladstone 1809 to 1898 Statesman and Prime Minister of Great Britain 1868 to 1874 1880 to 1885 1886 and 1892 to 1894, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Charles Kingsley, 1819 - 1875, an English theologian and writer

Nadar, Portrait of Jules Janin, c. 1856, salt print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative.

Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791-1864 Jakob Liebmann Beer German composer, who settled in Paris and established himself as one of the leading composers of French Grande Opera. After a photography by Nadar, pseudonym from Gaspard-Felix Tournachon 1820-1910., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Portrait of the Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli by Sir John Everett Millais. 1881. Disraeli, (1804-1881) a British Conservative politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. Dated 19th Century

Joseph Lister, (1827-1912), British surgeon and medical scientist who was the founder of antiseptic surgery. Photo by Emery Walker, Edinburgh Ca. 1875.

Laffabalhie, Director du Conservatoire. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon, photographer (French, 1820 - 1910) 1861-1869 Portrait of a man with bushy sideburns sitting at an angle with his head slightly turned to look at the camera. (Recto, print) handwritten in the negative: "16_" (Verso, mount) handwritten in pencil: "Laffabalhie / Dir du Conservatoire"

GEORGE DOUGLAS CAMPBELL Eighth duke of Argyll Scottish nobleman and statesman Date: 1823 - 1900

Sir Henry Manisty, judge of the High Court of Justice, 1880.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Alexander Adamson; Unknown, or possibly Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870); Scotland; about 1867; Albumen silver print

John Bright (1811-1889) English radical statesman, born in Rochdale, Lancashire. Anti-Corn Law League. Reform Act 1867. engraving from The Illustrated News of the World (London, ca. 1860) ., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Photographic portrait of Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) a Russian pianist, composer, conductor, and founder of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of Gottahelf Friedrich Reinicke (around 1814-1895, top teacher). Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.app.1665

Emmanuel Arago. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910)

The Earl of Beaconsfield. May 13, 1948. (Photo by W & D. Downey).

Uhland, Ludwig.

Douglas Jerrold , Authors, Jerrold, Douglas, 1803-1857, Carte de Visite Collection

Prince ALEKSANDR GORCHAKOV Russian statesman Date: 1798 - 1883

Joseph Skoda. Photograph by A.F. Baschta.

WH Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887. Artist: R Taylor

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Artist: Unknown

EDWIN THOMAS BOOTH American actor with his autograph Date: 1833 - 1893

Joseph-François Malgaigne. Photograph after a lithograph.

Mr John Kelk(later knighted), one of the contactors in the responsible for the erection of the 1862 International exhibition building. Date: 1862

Lyon Playfair (1818-1898) Scottish chemist and politician. He studied chemistry at Glasgow under Thomas Graham, and under Liebig at Giessen. Professor chemistry at Edinburgh university 1858-1896. Discovered the nitroprusside class of salts. Chemist to the Geological Survey, 1846. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1848. Engaged in the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Liberal MP for the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh 1868-1885. Secretary of State for Science and Art 1855. Deputy Speaker of the Hosue of Commons 1880-1883. Knighted 1883. Created Baron 1892. From 'Men of Mark' by Thompson Cooper. (London 1877).

Paul Broca (1824-1880 ), French anthropologist, developed the first proof of localized brain function when he discovered articulate speech is processed in the left frontal region of the brain, now called 'the convolution of Broca.'

King, Heinrich Josef.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo .

Lord Palmerston, c1860. Artist: Unknown

Robert Stephenson, 1803-1859, English civil engineer. Engraved by DJPound after a photograph by Mayall. From the book The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages, Volume 2, published in London 1860, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated

Nivelör Sven Wilhelm Munthe.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German composer, in 1875. From a photograph. Legend reads Johannes Brahms zurfreundlichen Erinnerung an Klara (und Fritz) Simrock (In friendly remembrance of Klara (and Fritz) Simrock).

Viscount Henry John Temple Palmerston (1784-1865), a British statesman, and twice Prime Minister. Date: circa 1860

Portrait of Philippe Ricord (1800-1889), surgeon. Portrait of Philippe Ricord (1800-1889), surgeon. Business card (front). Photograph of Pierre Petit (Pierre Lanith Small, said). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

Jean Nicholas Marjolin. Photograph.

Cesar August Franck 1822-1890 Belgian composer. After a photography., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Paul Gustave Froment (1815-1865), inventor y mecánico francés. Grabado de 1873.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-68, 1874-80, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by

'Henry Arthur Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815-1895) Scottish Liberal statesman who served as Home Secretary 1868-1873, and as Lord President of the Council 1873-1874.'

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-68, 1874-80, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Joh

SALMON PORTLAND CHASE American jurist and statesman Date: 1808 - 1873

JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL astronomer, son of Sir William H. with his autograph Date: 1792 - 1871

Historical picture, Charles Darwin at the age of 46, photo taken 1855

Richard Cobden, British politician, economist and Lancashire calico manufacturer, c1870. Artist: Anon

P- RETRATO DE ADELARDO LOPEZ DE AYALA (1828-1879) - S XIX. Author: JEAN LAURENT 1816/1886 FOTOGRAFO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Michael Faraday 1791 1867; English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN German scientist, famed for his invention of the Bunsen burner. In old age. Date: 1811 - 1899

Louis Hector Berlioz 1863. Portrait. French musician, composer, Romantic music critic. One of his revolutionary works was the Symphonie fantastique. contemporary history, historical

(Louis) Hector Berlioz (1803-1865) French Romantic composer. From a photograph by Nadar, pseudonym of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon (1820-1910).

Portrait of Lugueuet Ren�, (R. Enough, said), (1813-1904), (actor) Portrait of Ren� Luguet (R. Enough, says) (1813-1904), actor. Business card (front). Photograph of Ulric Grob (active between 1860 and 1900). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Edward Everett (1794-1865), American, Politician, Diplomat, Pastor, Educator and Orator, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, 15th Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State, head and shoulders Portrait, George Kendall Warren, 1860

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), late 19th century. Artist: Unknown

DE WITT CLINTON (1769 - 1828), American statesman

JOHN WORDSWORTH churchman, bishop of Salisbury, son of the bishop of Lincoln and a relative of the poet. Date: 1843 - 1911

Sir William Fergusson. Photograph by Southwell Brothers.

Portrait of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) by Hanfstaengl, Franz (1804-1877)/Private Collection/1860s/Photograph/Germany/Portrait

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