19th Century Political Portraits

Engravings of notable political figures from the 19th century, showcasing styles and attire of the period, emphasizing their solemn expressions.

Sir Theophilus Shepstone was Secretary for Native Affairs in the Natal Government, the constant adviser of various successive administrations.

Adolphe Billault (1805-1863). French politician. Engraving of The Illustration, Journal Universel, 1870.

Hon. James A. Pearce, U. S. Senator from Maryland, 1859. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Pichler, Karel .

Sir Theophilus Shepstone was Secretary for Native Affairs in the Natal Government, the constant adviser of various successive administrations.

William Henry Seward (1801-1872) was one of the foremost politicians of nineteenth century America. Seward was a New York State Senator, Governor of New York, a United States Senator, and served as Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations. He is credited with spearheading the purchase of the Alaskan Territory from Russia in 1867.

Richard Harris Barham, pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby,1788-1845. English humorist. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, English, Volume 7""

Mariano Lagasca y Segura (1776-1839). Spanish botanist. Director of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Illustration by Santiago Llanta, detail. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Aragon, 1866.

Sir George Biddell Airy. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1852.

FERMIN CABALLERO ESCRITOR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. 1800 - 1876 GRABADO RETRATO DE LLANTA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Plush, Théophile Jules.

GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK HOWARD, seventh earl of CARLISLE Statesman, lord-lieutenant and viceroy of Ireland. In 1855. Date: 1802 - 1864

Theodor Fontane (1819-1898). German writer. Portrait. Engraving.

Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (1798-1883) Russian statesman and diplomat, one of the most influential diplomats of the 19th century. Pushkin described him as 'Fortune's favoured son'. Colour-printed wood engraving.

Encke, Johann Franz .

Riancey, Henri Léon Camusat de.

Portrait of Johannes Henricus Scholten. The portrait is sitting on a chair and leans with his right arm on a table. He is wearing a bow and a knighthood. His signature under the portrait.

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). Spanish neoclassical statesman, author and philosopher. Portrait. Illustration by J. Cebrian. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.

Portrait of Tieleman Franciscus Suys, Joseph Arnold Demannez, 1836 - 1902 print paper engraving / etching adult man. historical persons

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Franz Albrecht August Karl Emanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony, August 26, 1819 - December 14, 1861, was a German prince from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha / Prinz Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Prinz Franz Albrecht August Karl Emanuel von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Herzog zu Sachsen, 26. August 1819 - 14. Dezember 1861, war ein deutscher Prinz aus dem Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

George Renny. Lithograph by H. O'Neill, 1848.

Leonor-Joseph Havin (2 April 1799 - 12 November 1868) was a French publicist and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877). Portuguese writer and historian. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877.

Victor Cousin (1792-1867). French Philosopher. Founder of Electicism. Engraving, 19th century.

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811). Spanish neoclassical statesman, author and philosopher. Portrait. Illustration by J. Cebrian. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.

Theodor Fontane (1819-1898). German writer. Portrait. Engraving.

Scott, Sir Walter .

Leonor-Joseph Havin (2 April 1799 - 12 November 1868) was a French publicist and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th cen...

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Franz Albrecht August Karl Emanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony, 26 August 1819, 14 December 1861, was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Auguste Lemoine and Pierson (according to). Portrait of Adolphe Guéroult. Paris, Museum of Romantic Life. 34982-1 French, man, bow tie, advertising, portrait

Horowitz, Leopold .

THE LATE DR. BENCE JONES, 1873

Ramon de Mesonero Romanos (1803-1882). Writer and Spanish historian. Engraving in Picturesque Family Seminary, 1878.

Mayr, Leopold .

Edward Everett, an engraving from 1881, issued in New York. Everett (1794-1865) is depicted in this work

ROSSINI , JOAQUIN. COMPOSITOR ITALIANO. 1792 - 1868. GRABADO RETRATO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

William Yarrell. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

George Stephenson (1781-1848). British engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. Made by George Setphenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Sir Edmund Buckley of Manchester (1834-1910) was an English landowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865-1878.

Agustin Arguelles (Agustin de Arguelles Alvarez) (1776-1844). Spanish politician and diplomat. President of Congress of Deputies in 1841 and tutor to Queen Isabella II. Portrait. Drawing by Jose Cuevas. Lithography. ""Historia de la guerra civil y de los partidos liberal y carlista"" (History of the Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist parties), by Antonio Pirala. Volume VI. Madrid, 1870.

Portrait of Eeltje Halbertsma, Willem Troost (II), 1865 print Under the portrait the biographical data of the portrayed person. Printer: The Haguipublisher: Leeuwarden paper historical persons

Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi, 1804-1873, an Italian writer and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Spohr, Ludwig.

James Forbes Young. Lithograph by G. B. Black, 1846.

Mathy, Karl .

Pierre-Antoine Berryer (4 January 1790 - 29 November 1868) was a French lawyer and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th c...

CHARLES GREEN English aeronaut who pioneered the use of coal gas in place of hydrogen in hot air balloons. Date: 1785 - 1870

Portret Van Vincenzo Fardella of TorreaSa, Priolo, 1800 - 1899 print Italy paper historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

John Edward Gray. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851.

Pascual Madoz (1806- 1870). Spanish politician. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana,1870.

baron JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD (also known as Jakob) founder of a French branch of international banking family Date: 1792 - 1868

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States. He won the nickname of "Old Rough and Ready" in army campaigns against native Americans. He commanded troops in the Mexican War, winning victories at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Buena Vista. He was elected president on Whig party ticket and took office in 1849. He died in 1850 and Millard Fillmore became president.

Prince Edward (Later King Edward VII of England) as Prince of Wales 1860

Hoser, Josef Karl Eduard.

Cormenin, Louis Marie Vicomte.

Antonio Lopez y Lopez (1817-1883). First Marquis of Comillas. Businessman, banker and philanthropist Spanish. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1876.

Portrait of Hans Järta (1774-1847) a Swedish administrator and Revolutionary. Dated 19th Century

Wright, William .

Eichendorff, Josef Freiherr.

Poerium, Carlo.

Archiac, Etienne-Jules-Adolphe Desmier de Saint-Simon Vicomte D '.

Portrait of Mariano Fernandez (Madrid 1814 - 1890) Spanish actor and comedian, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

CAPTAIN J. SINCLAIR, M.P. for Forfarshire, UK, 1897

Portrait of George William Frederick Villiers, the 4th Earl of Clarendon, printed in the year of his death. Clarendon was a leading English Whig politician, who served as Lord Privy Seal, President of the Board of Trade and was three times Foreign Secretary. Date: 1870

François Vincent Raspail. Lithograph by Bornemann after Deroche.

Hochler, Joseph Vinzenz.

Portret van Johann Heinrich Lubeck.Portrait of Johann Heinrich Lubeck, Concertmaster in Amsterdam.

Henry Grinnell, 1799 - 1874. American businessman and philanthropist. Grinnell's fascination with the fate of the Franklin Polar Expedition resulted in him funding several expeditions to search for

Charles Lyell (1797-1875). British lawyer and geologist. Engraving by Maynhofer in Our Century, 1883.

The late M. Auber, 1871. 'The greatest of all French musicians, Daniel François Esprit Auber, has just passed away, at the advanced age of eighty-nine...Not only was his a long career, it was also a very active one even up to within two years of his death...At first intended for commercial pursuits, and placed when a youth in a London counting-house, young Auber soon took a dislike to an occupation of business routine...His earliest efforts as a dramatic composer were not successful. The one-act operetta "Le Sejour Militaire," produced in 1813, made no impression...Admirable as

MR. W.H. SMITH, M.P., FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY, 1874

L. E. Bosch Sr.

Kingswerter, Jonas Freiherr.

Gabriel Lacayo Aguero (1817-1886). Nicaraguan politician. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886.

'George Job Elvey (1816-1893) c1880, English organist and compose , mainly of church music. Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor 1835-1882.'

Henry Bessemer (1813-1893) English engineer, inventor and industrialist From "Great Industries of Great Britain" (London, c1880)

J. I. Doedes.

George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) British mathematical physicist born in County Sligo, Ireland. Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, England (1849-1903). President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1869).

Domingo Santa Maria González (1824-1889). Chilean politician. 11th President of Chile (1881-1886). Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Members of the Princely Regency of Serbia 1869, Jean Gavrilovich, Third Regent, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Portrait of a.j.l.m. Lux, founder of the Vincentius association in the Netherlands. .

Metternich Winceburg, Klemens Wenzel Lothar Prince of Lithography by Antoine Maurin

Portrait of unknown man, Carel Frederik Curtenius Bentinck, after Augustin Luc Demoussy, 1824 - 1849 print The man is wearing a high collar and tie. print maker: Netherlandsafter design by: Parisprinter: The Hague paper. historical persons

Emile de Girardin 22. Juni 1806 bis 27. April 1881 war ein französischer Verleger und Journalist, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999527

Hess, J. J. .

Thomas Hodgkin, as a young man. Photograph by E. Edwards, 1868, after a drawing.

Hendrik Tollens, Hendricus Franciscus Caroluszoon Tollens, 24 September 1780 - 21 October 1856, was a Dutch writer of Flemish origin, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Rufus Putnam, 1738-1824., 1777 - 1890

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, usually Lord Melbourne (1779-1848). British Whig statesman. Portrait. Engraving at "Historia Universal", 1883.

Mitscherlich, Eilhard .

ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE - POETA ROMANTICO Y POLITICO - LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: NICOLAS EUSTACHE MAURIN (1799-1850). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Portrait of Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828-1896) an eminent British physician, anaesthesiologist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. Dated 19th century

Ollivier, Emile (Marseille 1825-Saint-Gervais-Lesbains, 1913). French politician.

Portrait of Angel of Saavedra and Ramírez de Baquedano (Córdoba 1791 - Madrid 1865). III Duke of Rivas and great of Spain, playwright, poet, historian

Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (born 19 June 1764 in Dragley Beck, Ulverston died 23 November 1848 in London) was a British civil servant and historian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America, engraving from a sketch by E Saintin, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, vol 37, no 943, March 23, 1861.

Portrait of Ludovicus Roelandt. .

Count Charles Marie Tanneguy Duchatel (1803-1867). French politician. Portrait. Engraving by Thiele. "Historia de Francia", 1881.

MARIANO ROCA DE TOGORES MARQUES DE MOLINS (1812-1899). MARIANO ROCA TOGORES-MARQUES DE MOLINS.

Paul de Kock (1793-1871). French writer. Engraving by Llanta. Universal Gallery, 1868. Colored.

Carl Eduard Eichwald. Lithograph by P. Kröger.

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