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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
THOMAS SPRING-RICE, first baron Monteagle Irish statesman Date: 1790 - 1866
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Portrait of W.E. Gladstone, the English Liberal statesman, engraved in 1880; the year that Gladstone became Prime Minister (again) and MP for Midlothian. Date: 1880
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Francis Matthew Hilmar (1803 - 1881), Czech composer
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Sir Walter Scott, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935. Artist: Unknown
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Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of August Wilhelm von Schlegel, 1767 - 1845, a German literary historian, translator, writer, philosopher and Indologist
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Herman Melville (1819-1991) best-remembered for his novel of the whaling industry 'Moby Dick' (1851).
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Sir Colin Campbell,G.C.B. Lord Clyde,1792-1863, field marshal. From the portrait by Sir. Francis Grant.
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Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), poet, steel engraving, before 1880
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Aaron Burr. Third Vice-President of the United States, circa 1800
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Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Ludwig Tieck, 1773 - 1853, a German poet, writer, editor and translator of the Romantic era
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Franz Liszt, 1811, 1886, was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist, philanthropist, author, nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary, 1889, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe
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Jules Claude Gabriel Favre, 21 March 1809, 20 January 1880, statesman, woodcut, France, Europe
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Ludwig I. born as Ludwig Karl August, 25 August 1786 to 29 February 1868, was King of the Kingdom of Bavaria from the Wittelsbach dynasty, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century portrait of Karl Joseph Georg Sigismund Waechter oder Carl Georg Waechter, 1797 - 1880, a German lawyer, professor and politician
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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
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Famous people in American history, James Fenimore Cooper (15 September 1789 in Burlington) (New Jersey as James Cooper) ( 14 September 1851 in Cooperstown) (New York) was an American writer of the Romantic period, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century collectible picture
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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet, critic and translator. Engraving after a photograph taken in 1864.
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Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Joseph Chamberlain, 1836 - 1914, a British statesman
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Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait by Franz Peter Schubert, 1797-1828, Austrian composer
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Portrait of Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787-1835) Polish lawyer, writer and politician. He was one of the leaders of Polish National Government during the November Uprising. Dated 1800
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Johann Albrecht Friedrich Eichhorn, 2 hemeroplanes triptolemus (1779), 16 January 1856, was a Prussian statesman and Prussian Minister of Culture from 1840 to 1848, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, Carolus Fridericus Gauss, 30 April 1777, 23 February 1855, was a German mathematician and physicist and Wilhelm Eduard Weber, 24 October 1804, 23 June 1891, a German physicist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Engraved portrait of the Reverend Patrick Bronte (1777-1861), the father of Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Date: 25 November 1893
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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT German traveler and naturalist with his autograph Date: 1769 - 1859
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Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald, 19 October 1792 -18 September 1848, was a Prussian major general, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.
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Portrait of American Historian, George Bancroft. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1800, he studied History at Havard and Gottingen Universities. In 1834 the first volume of his 6 volume 'History of the United States from the descovery of the American Continent' was published to great acclaim. Date: 1858
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JOHN TIMBS journalist and writer, collector of curious and eccentric facts Date: 1801 - 1875