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19th Century Portraits of Historical Figures

Collection of vintage engravings featuring notable 19th-century male figures in formal attire, displaying detailed artistry and historical significance.

JOHN WALTER (junior) statesman, proprietor of The Times Date: 1818 - 1894
JOHN WALTER (junior) statesman, proprietor of The Times Date: 1818 - 1894
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Captain Lonsdale.Police magistrate William Lonsdale. September 17, 1946.Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, March 12, 1824 - October 17, 1887, a German physicist / Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, 12. März 1824 - 17. Oktober 1887, ein deutscher Physiker, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. AGUSTIN ARGÜELLES (1776/1844) - POLITICO ESPAÑOL UNO DE LOS REDACTORES DE LA CONSTITUCION DE CADIZ. Author: Martinez.Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Franz Grillparzer, 1791 - 1872, an Austrian writer, Austrian national poetLouis Adolphe Thiers, 16 April 1797, 3 conorhynchos conirostris (1877), was a French politician and historian. He was the first President of the Third Republic from 1871 to 1873. He was a member of parliament from 1830 to (1851) and from 1863 to 1877, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknownHistorical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788 - 1860, a German philosopher, author and university lecturerPortrait of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (Gijón 1744 - Puerto de Vega 1811). Writer, jurist and Spanish illustrated politician. Old engravingWilliam Ewart Gladstone, 29 December 1809, 19 May 1898, a four-time British Prime Minister and one of the most important British politicians in the second half of the 19th century, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryFranz Liszt, 22 October 1811, 31 July 1886, Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, theatre director, music teacher and writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryFriedrich Christoph Dahlmann, 13 May 1785, Wismar, 5 December 1860, Bonn, was a German historian and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknownLouis Adolphe Thiers, 16 April 1797, 3 conorhynchos conirostris (1877), was a French politician and historian. He was the first President of the Third...Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer also known as Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer, 1791 - 1864, Paris, a German conductor and composer of the French Grand OperaJules Claude Gabriel Favre, 21 March 1809, 20 January 1880, was a French statesman. After the founding of the Third Republic in September 1870, he became one of the leaders of the opportunist Republicans in the National Assembly, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownHistorical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann, 1793 - 1851, a German classical scholar and medievalist GermanisticJakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, German author, philologist and mythologist, 1887. Artist: UnknownAnton Alexander Graf von Auersperg, 1806 - 1876, pseudonym Anastasius Gruen, Slovenian Zelenec, a politician and German-speaking political lyricist who was an influential representative of the celebrated Austrian liberal political poetry, historical engraving, circa 1885Retrato del escritor y político Jose Joaquin Mora. JOSE MARIA MORA.Robert Owen (1771-1858) Welsh-born British philanthropist and socialist. Bought New Lanark Mills c1799. EngravingPortrait of Swedish poet Tegner, who died in 1845, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.Jakob Mayer Rothschild (later James de Rothschild) (15 May 1792 - 15 November 1868) was the founder of the French branch of the influential Rothschild banking family, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not knownMartin Friedrich Rudolph Delbrueck, from 1896 von Delbrueck, 16 April 1817, 1 February 1903, was a Prussian and German politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century documentLamartine, 1844. Poet of French author, poet, and politician Alphonse de Lamartine. 'The fall of the empire and the restoration had a considerable change in the destiny of the poet. Nurtured in sentiments and opinions wholly opposed to the revolution, he had never acknowledged the sway of Napoleon. It was to him but the rule of brute force, of numbers, and of the sword...Lamartine lives in that street of splendid houses, the rue de l'Université, where he occupies a spacious hotel and keeps the establishment of a noble, indulging his refined taste for luxury and elegance, and his love of hCharles Sealsfield, real name Carl Anton Postl, 3 March 1793, 26 May 1864, was an Austrian-American writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century workJuan Alvarez de Mendizábal (1790-1853). Spanish politician and financier who had great importance in the Spanish liberal Revolution. He was appointed Minister of Finance in July 1835 by the Count of Toreno, from which he promoted the confiscation of the confiscation of Catholic Church's properties. Portrait. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.ALEJANDRO DUMAS (1802-1870). Author: JULIO DONON-LITOGRAFO SIGLO XIX. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Thomas Jefferson, 13 April 1743, 4 July 1826, one of the founding fathers of the United States, from 1801 to 1809 the third American president, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryAugust Freiherr von der Heydt, 15 February 1801 - 13 June 1874, a banker and Prussian Minister of Trade and Finance under King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryMR. JOSEPH DURHAM, A.R.A., 1866Historical print, engraving, 1850, portrait of Johann Friedrich Herbart, 1776-1841, German philosopher, psychologist and educator, founder of Herbartianism, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887Augustin Eugène Scribe, 24 December 1791, 20 February 1861, was a French playwright and librettist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century playJosé Valero Villavicencio (1808-1891), actor teatral. Grabado de 1891.Portrait of Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) a British physician and President of the Royal College of Physicians. Dated 19th CenturyHistorical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of David Glasgow Farragut, 1801 - 1870, a naval officer in the American Revolutionary War, about 1862Karl Friedrich Gerok, from 1880 von Gerok, 30 January 1815, 14 January 1890, a German theologian and lyricist, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryFranz Sylvester Jordan, December 30, 1792 - April 15, 1861, was a German jurist and liberal politician / Franz Sylvester Jordan, 30. Dezember 1792 - 15. April 1861, war ein deutscher Jurist und liberaler Politiker, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,. Friedrich Whöler (1800-1882), German pedagogue and chemist. Engraving, 1873.Ludwig Tieck, historic illustration from Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, a history of German literature from 1885Ludwig Tieck, 1773 - 1853, poet, portrait, historical illustration, 1880Historical print, engraving, portrait of Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach, 1784-1852, German writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887Friedrich von Gentz, 2 May 1764, 9 June 1832, was a German-Austrian writer, state thinker and politician as well as advisor to Fuerst Metternich, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryRichard Wagner (1813-1883), German Composer and Conductor, head and shoulders profile Portrait, Unidentified ArtistHistorical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1794 - 1872, painter and director of the Dresden Picture GalleryMarquis de Lafayette, Portrait, circa 1820'sJohann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, 28. Februar 1799, 14. Januar 1890, war ein deutscher Theologe, katholischer Priester und Kirchenhistoriker, Histori...Jean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) French historian, linguist and Egyptologist. EngravingHistorical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, 1806 - 1876, a German classical philologist and professorJean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) French historian, linguist and Egyptologist. Engraving.STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE first earl IDDESLEIGH statesman, early in his career when he was Secretary to the Royal Commissioners, whatever that means. Date: 1818 - 1887Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, also Karl, 3 September 1757, 14 June 1828, a German prince, from 1758 Duke and from 1815 Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryJohannes Franciscus Franz hemeroplanes triptolemus (1779) to 1868, German entrepreneur and founder of the company Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknownHistoric drawing, portrait of Franz or Ferencz Liszt, 1811 - 1886, a Hungarian composer, piano virtuoso, conductor, theater director, music teacher and author of the New German SchoolHistorical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, German composerJules Francois Ferry 5. April 1832 bis 17. März 1893 war ein französischer Politiker der Dritten Republik. Er war 1880-81 und 1883-85 Ministerpräsident sowie mehrmals Minister, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999536Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe (1786-1880), British diplomat. Artist: UnknownHistorical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, 1792-1868, Italian composer, Bel Canto opera composerHistoric drawing, portrait of Friedrich Robert Volkmann, 1815 - 1883, a German composerSAMUEL JONES TILDEN American Democrat statesman, presidential candidate Date: 1814 - 1886Niels Wilhelm Gade, 1817 - 1890, a Danish composer and conductor, historical engraving, about 1889Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865). British statesman. He served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.William Lowndes YanceyRene Goblet, 26 November 1828, 13 September 1905, a French politician, 41st Prime Minister of France in 1886-1887, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, EuropeNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (originally Hathorne) American writer Date: 1804 - 1864Heinrich Karl Jaup, 1781 - 1860, a politician and Minister-President of Hesse, wood engraving, about 1880Joseph Banks (1743-1820), portrait, England, botanist, scientist, naturalist, expeditions, from front, Thomas Cook, explorer, travels, historical illustration 1885RUBINSTEIN, Anton Grigorievich (1829- 1894). Russian composer and pianist.CAESAR HENRY HAWKINS Surgeon-general to Queen Victoria. Date: 1798 - 1884Ludwig Barnay, actually Ludwig White, 1842-1924, theater director and hero performer, historical illustration, circa 1886Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of William Wordsworth, 1770 - 1850, a British poet of the English RomanticJohannes Franciscus Franz hemeroplanes triptolemus (1779) to 1868, German entrepreneur and founder of the company Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Historical...Portrait of Manuel Breton de los Herreros (Quel 1796 - Madrid 1873). Spanish playwright, poet and journalist. Romanticism movement. Genre Theater and poetry. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Old engraving of the book Spanish Biographical Year by Ildefonso Fernandez 1899José Francisco de Isla de la Torre Rojo (1703-1781), jesuíta, escritor satírico y novelista español. Grabado de 1903.FRANCOIS MARIE CHARLES de REMUSAT French statesman Date: 1797 - 1875Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Robert Schumann, 1810 - 1856, a German composer and pianist of romanticismHistorical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Franz Paul Lachner, 1803 - 1890, a German composer and conductorCHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH churchman, bishop of Lincoln Date: 1807 - 1885SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE Writer ('Last night among his fellow roughs...') Date: 1810 - 1888Robert Mohl, named von Mohl since 1837, 1799 - 1875, German political scientist, member of the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848 and member of the German Reichstag, wood engraving, 1880Louis Adolphe Thiers, 16 April 1797, 3 conorhynchos conirostris (1877), was a French politician and historian. He was the first President of the Third Republic from 1871 to 1873, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownHistorical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, 1793-1866, Swedish writer and composerCount Nesselrode, 1844. Portrait of Russian German diplomat Charles de Nesselrode. 'It was Nesselrode who conducted the negotiations which brought about the armed neutrality of the northern powers, which provoked the anger of England, and caused the battle of Copenhagen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald, 19. Oktober 1792 -18. September 1848, war ein preußischer Generalmajor, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Orig...Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Ritter von Schelling, 1775 - 1854, a German philosopher of German IdealismJoseph Lewinsky, 1835 to 1907, an Austrian actor, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century print, e...Juan Alvarez Mendizabal (1790-1853). Spanish economist and politician. Portrait by J. Serra Pausas at "Historia de Espan_a", 1882. Engraving.Historic drawing, 19th century, portrait of Karl Robert Count of Nesselrode or Karl Wassiljewitsch Nesselrode, 1780 - 1862, a Russian diplomat, foreign minister and chancellorAntonio de Santa Anna (1794 1876), Mexican who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence. He served as a Mexican politician and generalJEROME BONAPARTE, youngest brother of Napoleon I ; sometime King of Westphalia : Fought at Waterloo, exiled in Italy, returned to France as marechal and senator. Date: 1784 - 1860John 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.Heinrich Marr, 30 August 1797, 16 September 1871, a German theatre actor, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryGiacomo Meyerbeer, 1794 - 1864, composer and conductor, portrait, historical illustration, 1880Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic, 19th century. Artist: UnknownE. T. A. Hoffmann orErnst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776 - 1822), writer, poet, self portraitFranz Grillparzer (1791 - 1872), writer, steel engraving, 1858Francois Arago, French scientist and statesman, 1853. Artist: UnknownBenjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881, was a Conservative British statesman and successful novelist. Twice, in...GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL German philosopher Date: 1770 - 1830Bettino Ricasoli, 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli, 9 March 1809, 23 October 1880, was an Italian statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownHéctor Berlioz (1803-1869). Compositor francés.Franz Peter SchubertGideon Ernst Freiherr von Laudon, 1716 - 1790, Austrian general, portrait, historical illustration, 1880