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19th Century Political Leaders

Engravings of notable political leaders from the 19th century, displaying classic clothing and sophisticated poses, reflecting their status.

THOMAS SPRING-RICE, first baron Monteagle Irish statesman Date: 1790 - 1866

Antoine Vechte was a French goldsmith, jeweller and medallist (died 30 August 1868), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

JEFFERSON DAVIS American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy. with his autograph Date: 1808 - 1889

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Belli Raimondo, 1791 - 1863, an Italian poet

Karl August Hase, from 1883 von Hase, also Karl von Steinbach, 25 August 1800, 3 January 1890, Protestant theologian, Professor of Theology at the University of Jena and Grand Ducal Saxon Privy Councillor, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of English inventor, Sir Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), inventor of the electric telegraph in 1816. He fitted his garden in Hammersmith with an electric telegraph but was refused when he offered his invention to the Admiralty. He published a detailed pamphlet on the invention in 1823, and was knighted in 1870. Date: April 30th 1870

Becquerel, Antoine-Cesar (1788-1878), físico francés. Grabado de 1865.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Robert Hamerling, 1830 - 1889, an Austrian poet and writer

David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish scientist, naturalist, inventor and writer. Engraving, 1873.

Portrait of James Syme (1799-1870) a pioneering Scottish surgeon. Dated 19th Century

John Breckinridge (1760-1806) served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1805 to his death the following year.

Kock, Paul de (Pasey ,1794-Paris, 1871). French writer. Engraving by LLanta.

Kock, Paul de (Pasey ,1794-Paris, 1871). French writer. Engraving by LLanta.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883, a German composer, playwright, philosopher, poet, writer, theater director and conductor

Louis-Philippe I. 6. Oktober 1773, 26. August 1850, war in der sogenannten Julimonarchie von 1830 bis 1848 französischer König, sein offizieller Titel...

Ernest Petin (1812-1878), French aeronaut. Engraving, 1873.

EDWARD PEASE British railway promoter Date: 1767 - 1858

Portrait of Alejandro Gabriel Real de Azua (1803 - 1890) Argentine poet and playwright, Argentina. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, 14 May 1781, 14 June 1873, was a German administrative lawyer, historian and politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Gustav Albert Werner, 1809-1887, Protestant pastor and founder of the Gustav-Werner-Stiftung, foundation, woodcut, historical engraving, 1880

Franz Paul Lachner, 2 April 1803 - 20 January 1890, a German composer and conductor / Franz Paul Lachner, 2. April 1803 - 20. Januar 1890, ein deutscher Komponist und Dirigent, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Woodcut, George Stephenson, portrait

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Gustav Albert Lortzing, 1801-1851, German composer, librettist, actor, singer and conductor

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, 1809 - 1885, a British man of letters, patron of the arts, politician

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, labbe Sieyes, 3 May 1748, 20 June 1836, a French priest and statesman, one of the main theorists of the French Revolution and ...

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of Henry Clay, 1777 - 1852, a US-American politician

ARCHIBALD WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE, thirteeth earl of EGLINTON and first earl of Winton ; as Lord-lieutenant of Ireland. In 1839 he staged the famous Eglinton tournament. Date: 1812 - 1861

M. PLICHON, 1870

Portrait of John Webster (1810-1891) a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician. Dated 19th Century

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury or Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Ashley, 1801 -1885, a British politician and philanthropist of the Victorian era

John C. Calhoun

Johann Ludwig Tieck, 31. Mai 1773, 28. April (1853), deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Übersetzer der Romantik, digital restaurierte ...

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of Jefferson Finis Davis, 1808 - 1889, an American politician, president of the Confederate States of America and leader of the southern states during the American Civil War

Historical print, portrait of Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Roscher, 1817 - 1894, German historian and economist, from the from the Illustrated History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

François Vincent Raspail (1794-1878), chemist, doctor, naturalist and French socialist politician. Etching 1850. FRANCOIS VINCENT RASPAIL.

David Livingstone (19 March 1813 - 1 May 1873) was a Scottish missionary and an explorer of Africa. He is considered the discoverer of Victoria Falls, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Johann Ludwig Tieck, 31 May 1773, 28 red shiner (1853), German poet, writer, editor and translator of the Romantic period, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original

GEORGE STEPHENSON, AFTER THE PAINTING BY JOHN LUCAS

Salvador Vidal de Vidal (1805-1874), diputado provincial de Tarragona, fusilado por las facciones carlistas. Grabado de 1874.

Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, 1784 to 1885, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London, Historic, digitall...

Manzoni, Alessandro (1785-1873). Italian writer. Leader of the National Romantic movement. Participated in the revolt of Milan in 1848, and was a senator (1860). Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

Illustration showing Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet (1783-1867), physician; prolific author and philosopher; Surgeon to Queen Victoria

Antoine Clesse, born 30 May 1816 and died 9 March 1889, Belgian poet and singer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origina...

Woodcut, Hans Christian Ørsted, Oersted, portrait

Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871) German/Austrian musician

Philipp Eduard Devrient, August 11, 1801 - October 4, 1877, a German actor, singer of the vocal register bass-baritone, and theater director / Philipp Eduard Devrient, 11. August 1801 - 4. Oktober 1877, ein deutscher Schauspieler, Sänger der Stimmlage Bassbariton und Theaterleiter, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Jefferson Finis Davis, 3. Juni 1808, 6. Dezember 1889, ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, von 1861 bis 1865 der einzige Präsident der Konföderierten Sta...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), English engineer and inventor, 1890. From 'The Sea' by F Whymper. (London, c1890).

JOSE MARIA QUEIPO DE LLANO, CONDE DE TORENO, POLITICO E HISTORIADOR ESPAÑOL. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID.

Johann Gustav Wilhelm Moritz Heckscher, 1797 - 1865, a German lawyer and politician, wood engraving, about 1880

Portrait of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 27 August 1770, 14 November 1831, was a German philosopher, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, 1784 to 1885, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, 1804 - 1881, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, a conservative British statesman and novelist, British Prime Minister

Sir Archibald Geikie (1835 - 1924), Scottish geologist and writer. Portrait 1892

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Henry John Rous, 1795 - 1877, a British naval officer and sportsman

Baron Ludwig Windthorst, 17 January 1812, 14 March 1891, woodcut, Germany, Europe

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792) (28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell in front of 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER, ESQ R.A.

Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle, French historian and journalist, France, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original, ...

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE British statesman. Date: 1809 - 1898

Porträt von Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 27. August 1770, 14. November 1831, war ein deutscher Philosoph, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Or...

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine, 1790 - 1869, a French poet, writer and politician

André-Marie-Constant Duméril. Lithograph by N.-E. Maurin.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). German philosopher.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1. Earl of Beaconsfield, 21. Dezember 1804, 19. April 1881, war ein britischer Staatsmann der Konservativen Partei und zweimaliger ...

Karl Theodor Georg Philipp Welcker, 1790 - 1869, lawyer, university professor and liberal politician, wood engraving, about 1880

Jules Verne (1828-1905), escritor francés especialmente conocido por sus novelas de aventuras basadas en temas científicos. Año 1868.

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865). British statesman. He served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Johann Nikolaus Dreyse, ab 1864 von Dreyse, 20. November 1787, 9. Dezember 1867, war ein deutscher Unternehmer, Konstrukteur und Erfinder des Zündnade...

Historic drawing, portrait of Ferdinand Moehring, 1816 - 1887, a German composer, song writer, conductor and organist

Johann Ludwig Tieck, 31 May 1773, 28 red shiner (1853), often just Ludwig Tieck, was a German Romantic poet, writer, editor and translator, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) a British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Dated 19th century

Hermann von Beckerath (1801-1870). Prussian politician and banker. Engraving in World History, 1885. Colored.

Pope Leo XIII, 1810-1903, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, pope from 1878 to 1903, historical illustration

Historical print, engraving, portrait of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770-1831, German philosopher of German Idealism, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Jacques Babinet (1794-1872), matemático, físico y astrónomo francés.

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 1769 - 1859, German naturalist

F.J. Willich, politician of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Germany, wood engraving, around 1880, Europe

Historical print, 1842, portrait of Ignaz Franz Castelli, 1781 - 1862, an Austrian poet and dramatist, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI, the Italian composer in old age Date: 1792 - 1868

Franz Leopold Ranke, from 1865 von Ranke, 1795-1886, a German historian, historiographer of the Prussian state, university lecturer and Royal Prussian Privy Councillor, historical engraving, ca. 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 21 December 1804, 19 April 1881, was a British statesman of the Conservative Party and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Johann Ludwig Uhland, 26 April 1787, 13 spongia officinalis (1862), was a German poet, literary scholar, jurist and politician, Historical, digitally ...

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, (1816-1903), 19th century.Artist: R Taylor

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), novelista estadounidense. James Fenimoore COOPER.

John Stuart Mill, (20 May 1806 ñ 8 May 1873) was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called 'the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). German naturalist and geographer. Engraving of A. Neumann in Our Century, 1883.

'James Arthur Froude', 1923.Artist: Rischgitz Collection

Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), poet, writer, steel engraving, 1848

William Wordsworth Engraving by Edward Whymper b1840 d1911

Charles Kingsley 1819-1875. Pastor of the Church of England, novelist, Christian Socialist, Protestant controversy, amateur, natural scientist, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, 11 May 1815, 31 March 1891, a British statesman. He was several times foreign and colonial minister, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc was a French politician and historian from 29 October 1811 to 6 December 1882. A socialist who advocated reform, he called for the establishment of cooperatives to guarantee employment for the urban poor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknown

John Tyler (1790-1862), Tenth President of the United States 1841-1845, Seated Portrait, Engraving, C.M. Bell, 1870's

HENRY DODGE American soldier and statesman, governor of Wisconsin. Date: 1782 - 1867

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer.

WILLIAM WILSON CORCORAN American financier and philanthropist. Date: 1798 - 1888

David Friedrich Strauss, 1808 to 1874, a German writer, philosopher and theologian, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured

Johann Ludwig "Louis" (1787 - 1862) poet, politican, steel engraving from 1848

Andrew Jackson 7th President of the United States Date: 1767 - 1845

Mikhail Timofeevich Vysotsky ca. unknown date

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