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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet Stock Montage, Inc.

John Jacob Astor 1763-1848. German-born American fur magnate and financier who founded American Fur Company. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART. POLITICO BRITANICO. 1809-1898. GRABADO DE LA L'ILLUSTRATION.

Millard Fillmore served as Zachary Taylor's Vice President for 16 months, until July 1850. As President of the Senate, Fillmore presided while the Compromise of 1850 was debated. Photo by Frederick De Bourg Richards (BSLOC_2018_5_151)

Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) English chemist who did research in Heidelberg with Bunsen. Professor of chemistry at Manchester University (1856-1886). From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery' (London, 1890-1894). Woodburytype after photograph by W & D Downey.

Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet, Scottish engineer, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

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. Engraving from The Illustrated News of the World (London, c1860).

Andrew Johnson (1808-75), 17th President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Photograph by Abraham Bogardus, New York, 1865

Portrait of Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887) by Anonymous /Private Collection/c. 1883-1884/Albumin Photo/Germany/Portrait

Portrait Illustration of James Sant RA British Painter b 1820 d 1916 from photo by Negretti and Zambra circa 1889

Vice President Millard Fillmore, in 1849 daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. Fillmore would secede to the presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor in July 1850. He served out the term until the inauguration of Franklin Pierce in 1853 (BSLOC_2019_8_103)

Rufus Choate 1799 to 1859. American lawyer and orator. From painting by Alonzo Chappel

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor and British Prime Minister

Vintage photograph. James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States of America

David Lloyd George, Ist Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945), Welsh Liberal statesman born in Manchester, Lancashire. British Prime Minister 1916-1922.

American Labor Union Leader Samuel Gompers circa 1905-1924.

BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881) - POLITICO Y ESCRITOR BRITANICO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Franz Peter SCHUBERT, 1797-1828, Austrian composer, by A Rieder

George Alexander MacFarren, composer, 1881. Artist: Unknown

Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827 - 1914), Russian geographer, statistician, botanist, entomologist.

Phineas Taylor Barnum, circa 1860

Jean Pons Guillaume Viennet (18 November 1777) (10 July 1868) was a French soldier, politician and writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Baron JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD son of Mayer R., founder of the French branch of the banking family, photographed in 1867. Date: 1792 - 1868

Portrait of the Dramatist Alexander N. Ostrovsky (1823-1886) by Levitsky, Sergei Lvovich (1819-1898)/Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)/1856/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Lewis Cass, 1782, 1866, American officer and politician, Illustration from Gallery of Historical Portraits, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

FRANCE PACHAELMER -, Companist, conducting, Fritz Luckhardt -, Photographs

Alexandre Dumas the Younger, French writer, c1865-1895. Artist: Unknown

Alexandre Dumas the Younger, (1824-95), French writer and novelist. Photograph by Fontaine in 1884

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman. British Prime Minister 1852-55. Supported Free Trade. Engraving published London c1860

Portrait of Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) a Scottish author and government reformer. Dated 19th Century

Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) British statesman. Chancellor of Exchequer 1905-1908. Prime Minister 1908-1916. Photograph

ANDERSEN, HAN CHRISTIAN. ESCRITOR DANES . 1805 - 1875. REPRODUCCION FOTO 1865. SFGP / © KORPA.

Michael Faraday. Photograph by John Watkins.

Lord Napier

FRANCISCO RUIZ ZORRILLA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Albert Schumacher. Bendann Brothers (American, active 1850s - 1873)

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman Stock Montage, Inc.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Scottish mathematician and physicist, at the age of 28. Engraving

Thomas Moore, 1779 - 1852, an Irish poet, writer, translator and ballad singer

Portrait photo, unknown man. Porträttfoto, okänd man.

Anonymous, Daniel Manin (common name). Photographic print laminated on cardboard (business card). Museum of Romantic Life.

Sir Archibald Geikie. Photogravure.

Charles Richard Sumner, 1790-1874. English Lord Bishop of Winchester. Engraved by D.J. Pound from a photograph by Mayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages"" Volume 2. Published in London 1859.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Congregational minister; brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Engraving after a photograph c1861

Alfred Nobel (1833ñ1896), aged 20 / Anonymous / Silver Gelatin Photography / c. 1853 / Sweden / Private Collection /

Zachary Taylor 12th President of the United States Artist Unknown Engraving Culver Pictures Inc.

Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), American Politician, served as U.S. Vice President under Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865, U.S. Senator from Maine 1857-1861 & 1869-1881, half-length seated Portrait, Mathew Brady Studio, 1860's

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), English novelist, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

DON JUAN BRAVO MURILLO MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Y PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTROS - S XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-FOTOGRAFIAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Joseph Skoda. Charcoal drawing by Berger, 1883, after A. F. Baschta.

Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beasconsfield, the English statesman and novelist. Date: 1874

Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792-1868) Italian composer From a photograph by Nadar, pseudonymn of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon

GUSTAV MAHLER EN NUEVA YORK - 1911. Author: Dupont. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

John Calhoun was the leading politician for Southern regional autonomy and slavery. He was one of 'Great Triumvirate', with Senators Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Photograph by Mathew Brady, 1849 (BSLOC_2018_5_143)

Richard Cobden (Dunford Farm, Sussex, 1804-London, 1865). English industrial, economist and politician who fought against protectionism. He favored free trade. Engraving.

Thomas Hughes born 1822 died 1896. English judge and author.

SIR ROBERT JOHN KANE Irish scientist Date: 1809 - 1890

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer, best known for his operas. Date: 1865

Honorable Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, circa 1868

Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), Polish poet, writer and patriot

French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz was an habitual opium user. He is most famous for his orchestral work Symphonie fantastique. Symphonie fantastique is an 'opera without words'. It was first performed in 1830. Each movement is designed to evoke the different stages of the opium experience. A sublimation of his own unrequited love for actress Harriet Smithson, Berlioz's masterpiece is about a tormented lovesick artist who takes an overdose of opium. Instead of killing him, the opium induces astonishing dream imagery.

THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish churchman and philanthropist, promoter of the 'ragged schools'. Date: 1803 - 1873

Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877). Portuguese writer and historian. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration. 19th century. Colored.

RETRATO DE WILLIAM GLADSTONE (1809-1898) - PRIMER MINISTRO DE GRAN BRETAÑA. GLADSTONE WILLIAMS.

Austria, Vienna, Portrait of Franz Peter Schubert

Robert Alexander Schumann (Zwickau, 1810-Endenich, 1856). Compositor y pianista alemán.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881, was a Conservative British statesman and successful novelist. Twice, in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880, he held the office of British Prime Minister, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Joseph Joachim - was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher.

Engraved portrait of Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), the English diplomat, linguist and politician. Date: date unknown.

León Fontova Mareca (1838-1890), actor y autor teatral. Grabado de 1891.

Austria, Vienna, Portrait of Franz Peter Schubert

MADOZ , PASCUAL. POLITICO , ESCRITOR Y ECONOMISTA ESPAÑOL. 1806 - 1870. OLEO RETRATO. GALERIA DE RETRATOS DEL CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS. MADRID.

Arthur Machen, 1863-1947. Welsh author. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, The War""

Portrait of John Bright, the English orator and radical politician, seated in his office, 1885. He also served as President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Date: 1885

Sir Richard Owen. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Reverend Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838-1901), English cleric and writer, 1893.Artist: W&D Downey

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist, inventor and scientist. Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity generated by water turbine. Photograph published c1890. Woodburytype.

JOHN ERICSSON Swedish born American Engineer. Devised screw propeller for Commercial Vessel.

Johann Ludwig Louis Uhland, 26 April 1787, 13 November 1862, was a German poet, literary scholar, lawyer and politician, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) served as minister to Great Britain from 1861 to 1868.

Sir W. Laurier

Sir Rowland Hill (1795 A_i_ 1879). Was a teacher and creator of the first British postage stamp in history: the Penny Black. Engraving. Universal History, 1892. Colored.

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