19th Century Notable Personalities

Portraits and sketches of prominent men from the 19th century, emphasizing their contributions and status through their distinctive attire and demeanor.

ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE French sculptor, noted for his animal subjects, photographed in 1862. Date: 1795 - 1875
ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE French sculptor, noted for his animal subjects, photographed in 1862. Date: 1795 - 1875
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Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English poet and editor of the 'National Review' 1883-93 . Poet Laureate from 1896. After a photograph c1905. Halftone.
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E. Davenport
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Giuseppe garibaldi, 1860
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Andrew Carnegie, 1835 - 1919. Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. From The Business Encyclopedia and Legal Adviser, published 1920.
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Nathaniel P. H. Melvin , Mayors. Lawrence
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Dom Pedro II., Dom Pedro de Alcantara Joao Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocadio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Braganca e Habsburgo, 2. Dezember 1825 bis 5. Dezember 1891, war von 1831 bis 1889 Kaiser von Brasilien, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch
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Antonio Dionisi. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt ().
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Photograph of Albert Wagner (1799-1874) a German opera singer and stage director. Dated 19th Century
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Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz, also known as Wilhelm Schulz, named Wilhelm Schulz-Bodmer after his second marriage, 1797 - 1860, a Hessian officer and radical democratic journalist, wood engraving, about 1880
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Andrew Carnegie, ca. 1875-1880, in a Brady Studio photo. He made his first fortune in his early 30s, mostly from his work in the booming railroad expansion. In 1865 he co-founded his first steel company, near Pittsburgh, and for the next 20 years, he grew a steel company that provided materials to the growing US transportation infrastructure (BSLOC_2019_8_136)
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William H. P. Wright , Mayors. Lawrence
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John Sherman of Ohio, 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.. John Sherman of Ohio, 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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James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881) served as the 20th President of the United States (1881), after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-81).
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France: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist, Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon), c. 1890
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Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), 18th President of the United States 1869-77, General of Union Army during American Civil War, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1870's
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ELIJAH STANSBURY, AGED 90, 1880, USA, America, 19th century engraving
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GRANT ALLEN - Canadian author. Date: 1848 - 1899
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Ulysses S. Grant ca. 1870s
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Alfred Nobel (1833-96) Swedish chemist and inventor. Dynamite. Endowed Nobel Prizes
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Sawyer, Hon. Philetus of Wisc.
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Eudald Puig Soldevila (1829-1891), librero y editor catalán. Grabado de 1891.
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Magazine Sv Jönsson.
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Portrait of Mr Frederic(k) Alonzo Carrington, circa 1900, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.
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Benjamin Harrison. Date: 1899. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
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James G. Blaine, 1884 Republican presidential candidate, half-length portrait, seated, wearing hat and coat, facing front, 1884
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Francois Paul Jules Grévy, 15 August 1807, 9 September 1891, was a French lawyer and politician. He was President of the Republic from 1879 to 1887, H...
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Judge Rufus H. Thayer, portrait
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Johann Nepomuk Sepp, 1816 - 1909, a German historian, folklorist, church historian and politician, woodcut, about 1880
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1875. Youth portrait of Leopoldo Alas Clarín.
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John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.
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Ernst Werner von Siemens 19th century German inventor and industrialist, (1900). Artist: Unknown
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento, (1893).Artist: W Holl
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Captain J. N. Watt, circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.
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''Alexandre Cabanel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880
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Austria: Franz Joseph I (1830 - 1916), Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 2 December 1848 until his death on 21 November 1916, photographic portrait, c. 1905
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James Sully. Photogravure by Synnberg Photo-gravure Co., 1898.
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Herman Melville (1819-1991) best-remembered for his novel of the whaling industry 'Moby Dick' (1851).
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Otto von Bismarck, Prince of Bismarck, woodcut
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Robert Browning Rudolph K.E. Lehmann (1819-1892 German) National Portrait Gallery, London
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RETRATO DE EUGENIO MONTERO RIOS (1832-1914) MINISTRO DE FOMENTO. Location: MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Portrait, Photograph, Horace Ingersoll, taken 1901 ,. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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Sam Houston, Senator from Texas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait, circa 1859
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Capt. Orchard.
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Mr. Raymond Poincare, Ex President of the Republique ***** President of the Council, Minister of finance, ***** who has succeeded in raising the French ***** of Mr. Poincare taken for 12 years. October 21, 1934. (Photo by Wide World Photos)
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Luis Ayesteran, (1844-1870), 1920s. Artist: Unknown
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Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian opera composer. Dated 19th Century
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Digitally restored vector portrait of Civil War General Ambrose Everett Burnside.
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Photograph of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian opera composer. Dated 19th Century
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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz, from 1883 von Helmholtz, (born 31 August 1821 in Potsdam, died 8 September 1894 in Charlottenburg near Berlin) was a German physician, physiologist and physicist, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, A man in formal dress sits at a table with a globe and papers
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Robert E. Lee (1807-70), American and Confederate Soldier, Commander of Confederate States Army during American Civil War 1862-65, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Published by Bradley & Company, 1870
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Photographic portrait of William Ewart Gladstone, the English Liberal statesman, on holiday in Cannes, French Riviera, March 1898. Date: 1898
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John Glaister. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons.
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WILLIAM EDWARD FORSTER British statesman responsible for the Education Act of 1870 Date: 1818 - 1886
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Andrew Carnegie, Portrait upon Return from Trip to Europe, New York City, New York, USA, Bain News Service, October 1913
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Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931). French composer and teacher. Portrait. Photography.
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William Arrol (1830-1913), Scottish civil engineer. Artist: Unknown
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C.E. Hughes
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AMBROISE THOMAS (1811-1896) - COMPOSITOR FRANCES DE OPERA. Author: GASPARD-FELIX TOUNACHON (1820-1910) NADAR. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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John Greenleaf Whittier, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Great Americans" series (N76), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. There are two variations of the Beecher card, one where he faces left and one where he faces right. This is the left-facing variation.. John Greenleaf Whittier, from the series Great Americans (N76) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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VESTIBULO - MEDALLON: DON ANTONIO AGUILAR Y CORREA MARQUES DE LA VEGA DE ARMIJO - 1913. Author: JOSE MARIA GAMONEDA (1875-1963). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Chester Alan Arthur (5 October 1829-18 November 1886) was Vice-President from 4 March to 20 September 1881 and subsequently the 21st President of the United States until 4 March 1885, Painting by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.
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(Paul Marie Theodore) Vincent D'Indy (1851-1931) French composer. From a photograph.
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Portrait of Alfred Krupp, industrialist and inventor, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Alexander Crummell. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Clergy, Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898