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Black-and-white portraits of prominent 19th-century men in formal attire. The images evoke a historical ambiance with varied poses and settings.

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste François Provost (1798-1865), actor of theater between 1820 and 1864. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste François Provost (1798-1865), actor of theater between 1820 and 1864. Business card (front). Photograph of Franck (François GOBINET DE VILLECHOLE, says). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste François Provost (1798-1865), actor of theater between 1820 and 1864. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste François Provost (1798-1865), actor of theater between 1820 and 1864. Business card (front). Photograph of Franck (François GOBINET DE VILLECHOLE, says). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.
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Album of the Municipal Council of the City of Paris and Departmental Commission of the Seine. Perrier (Antoine Scipio), (1836-1914). Album of the Municipal Council of the City of Paris and Departmental Commission of the Seine. "Antoine Scipio Perrier (1836-1914)". Photograph of Pierre Petit (1831-1909). Salted paper fired with gold. 1864.Sir William Allan, P.R.S.A.. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)Octave Tassaërt. Mulnier (France, active 19th century). France, 1876-1884. Photographs. WoodburytypeElsevier photo collection. Mr. H. Binnerts, province Friesland, died age 79. 1921. FrieslandDr. Monro. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: 1843-47. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Robert Adamson. David Octavius Hill.Sir Samuel Wilks. Photograph by Herbert Watkins.Professor Munro. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)John Peter Gassiot. Photograph.Photograph by Emil Rabending, 1864, showing Andreas von Ettingshausen, captured on albumin paper with detailed portrait and background elements.Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Dimensions: 16.1 x 11.9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in.). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: ca. 1843.In 1843, four hundred ministers of the Church of Scotland met in Edinburgh to sign the Deed of Demission, resigning their positions and privileges in order to establish the Free Church of Scotland. Inspired by the event, the painter Hill determined to create a large commemorative painting portraying everyone present at the signing. Realizing that the ministers would soon leave Edinburgh to return to their parishes throughout Scotland, Hill sought the aid of a local photographer, Robert Adamson, to create individual photographs of the ministers that could serve later as guides for the portraits in the painting. The dramatically lit and psychologically engaging portraJohn Blackie, Publisher; Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848); Scotland; 1843 - 1848; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 20.3 x 14.6 cm (8 x 5 3,4 in.)Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), painter and inventor of the magnetic telegraph, in old age. Ca. 1860.Charles Jourdain, de l'Institut. Jean-Nicolas Truchelut, photographer (French, 1811 - 1890) about 1871-1881 A portrait of Charles Jourdain, a French philosopher. He has light colored hair that curls around his ears. His arms are crossed over his chest. (Recto, print) lower right, black ink on white paper label: "Chles Jourdain/de l'Institut"; (Recto, mount) upper center, black imprinted text: "TRUCHELUT"; (Verso, mount) upper center, black ink: "Chles Jourdain de/l'Institut"; center, black maker's imprint: "Photographie Universelle/GRANDS PORTRAITS/PEINTS A L'HUILE SUR TOILE/Sans autre modèle qu'un Portrait-Carte/CÉLÉBRITÉS CONTEMPORAINES/TRUCHELUT/17, Rue de Grammont, 17/PARIS"; lower center, black imprinted text: "Bureau de Renseignements/au Rez-de-Chaussée"; (Recto, album page) lower center, below image, black ink on white paper label: "E/95 space Mr. Charles Jourdain, de l'Institut";Batut, Arthur, Petit, Pierre, Photographic reproduction of a portrait of Louis-Adolphe Thiers, recto - printed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, foto, carte-de-visite, album sheet, reproduction, photos, A. Thiers, Président de la République Française, height 137 mm, width 95 mm, French, 1832-08-15 - 1909-02-16, photographer, 1871 - 1873, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print, albumine print, 1846-02-09 - 1918-01-19, after a photo byGeorge Rowles. Photograph by Forster.Lord Robertson. Collection of JuhlGlasgow, Annan & Sons, T. & R., Stair, Portrait of John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 196 mm, width 151 mm, photographer, 1886 - 1891, paper, heliogravure, Scottish, cliché makerPortrait of Rembrandt Peale at 84 yearsold. After: Mathew B. Brady, American, 1823-1896 Publisher: Edward Anthony, American, 1818-1888Portrait of Adrien -François Servais, Maurits Verveer (attributed to), 1860 - 1866 Photograph. visit card The Hague paper. cardboard albumen print historical personsJohn Leech. Photograph.Portrait of Aimé Paris (1798-1866), Professor of Music and Musicographer. Carjat & Cie. Portrait of Aimé Paris (1798-1866), Professor of Music and Musicographer. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin.Joseph Sturge, 1793-1859. British abolitionist, Quaker and philanthropist. Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph byWhitlock. From the book ""The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages"" Volume 1. Published in London 1860Portrait of count d'herculais. Part of photo album with 28 cartes-de-visite from French people.Dr. Smyttan 1843-47 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish. Dr. Smyttan 268511Sir John McNeill 1843-47 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish. Sir John McNeill 268944Portrait of Mr. Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, 1875-1881, c. 1875 - c. 1881 photograph. cabinet photograph Batavia paper. photographic support albumen printLord Brougham. Roger Fenton, photographer (English, 1819 - 1869) about 1852-1862 Portrait of a seated man in formal attire. (Verso, print) lower center, in pencil: "Lord Brougham"; (Verso, print) lower left, in pencil: "A72";PORTRET VAN OF MANUOR JOANNES PETRUS ANTONIUS VERSCHUYLEN, HALFFIGUUR; The School of Antwerp. / Portraits Biographies Business cards. / Collection Dupont ...Hess, Heinrich Freiherr.Bishop Daniel A. Payne, the apostle of ministerial education and one of the founders of Wilberforce University, and its first President. Portraits. 1900. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Methodist Episcopal Church , Ohio , Columbus , Congresses, African American Methodists , CongressesProfessor Samuel Morse; Maull & Polyblank (British, active 1850s - 1860s); 1855 - 1860; Albumen silver printWilhelm I. 22. March 1797, 9. March 1888, of the House of Hohenzollern was King of Prussia from 2. January 1861 and the first German Emperor from 18. ...Leverrier Made 1875-1879 France. Woodburytype, from the periodical ìGalerie Contemporaine LittÈraire, Artistiqueî (1879), volume 7 . Goupil et Cie.Henri Monnier; Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910), Paul Nadar (French, 1856 - 1939); negative 1861 - 1869; print after 1890; Gelatin silver printPortrait of Numa Polydore Hareing (1800-1869), says Numa, theater actor between 1823 and 1867. Numa son. Portrait of Numa Polydore Haareing (1800-1869), says Numa, actor of theater between 1823 and 1867. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.Siméon Pécontal.The infusoria researcher Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. .Petit, Pierre, Malgaigne, Portrait of Joseph-François Malgaigne, recto - printed, photograph, photo, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, (Publication de la Revue de literature médicale, du docteur Félix Bremond, 20, Passage Saulnier, Paris., 3e année - No., height 89 mm, width 56 mm, French, 1832-08-15 - 1909-02-16, photographer, 1871 - 1879, paper, albumen printDr. Cook of St. Andrews 1843-47 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish. Dr. Cook of St. Andrews 268486Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, dit). "Victor Hugo". Albumin paper draw. 1878-1878. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 200672-6Portrait of Aleksander Głowacki (Bolesław Prus) (1847-1912). Golcz, Jadwiga (1866-1936), photographerF, Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, German astronomer, Rudolf Hoffmann, Lithographer, Joh, Haller, Printer, George André Lenoir -, publishing housePortrait of Honore Daumier(1808-1879). Artist: Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called Nadar, French, 1820-1910Isambard Kingdom Brunel.Henry John Stephen Smith (1826 - 1883). Camille Silvy (French, 1834 - 1910)Monsieur F. Devinck. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)William Adams. Photograph by Mayall.Portrait of Samuel Philippus Lipman, Nicolaas Johannes Wilhelmus de Roode, 1863 - 1871 print Under the portrait the signature of the portrayed person. The Hague paper. historical personsClinton, Dewitt .PortraT van Alexander von Humboldt, Paul Sigmund Habelmann, After Emma GaggiOioti -Richards, 1833 - 1860 print paper etching historical persons. knighthood orderMr. George Moon, Russell Mill; Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848); Scotland; 1843 - 1848; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 in.)Sir Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, 1800-1873, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Painted by DJPound after a photograph by Mayall. From the book The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages, Volume 1, published in London 1860, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not statedSwinton 1843-47 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish. Swinton 268540Dr. Smyttan. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: 1843-47. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Robert Adamson. David Octavius Hill.Baron J. de Rothschild. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)Robert W. Dunn. Photograph by Ernest Edwards, 1868.John Stuart-Wortley, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust -, statesman, minister, Hermann Heid -, photographerEdwin Booth as RichelieuMr. Robert Browning. London Stereoscopic Company (active 1854 - 1890)Portrait of the author Ivan S. Turgenev (1818-1883) in Academic dress of the University of Oxford, Anonymous Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie. Engraving by D. J. Pound after Maull & Polyblank.William Woodward. Bendann Brothers (American, active 1850s - 1873)Portrait of Józef Poniński (1835-1863), chaplain, participant in the 1863 uprising.. Zeuschner, A. i F. (Poznań ; zakład fotograficzny ; 1855-1910), photo studioPortrait of an unknown man, referred to as uncle Amédée Duparc, Erwin Hanfstaengl, 1855 - 1885 Photograph. visit card Paris paper. cardboard albumen print historical persons. adult manJules JaninPortrait of Mr. Johan Wilhelm van Lansberge, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, 1875-1881.Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust -, statesman, minister, Hermann Heid -, photographerGoupil & Cie, Carjat, Etienne, De Marcère, Portrait of Émile Deshayes de Marcère, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, Galerie Contemporaine, 126, boulevard Magenta - Paris., Né le 16 mars 1828 à Domfront., height 227 mm, width 183 mm, French, 1828-04-01 - 1906-03-09, photographer, 1873 - 1878, paper, Woodburytype, cliché makerZachary Taylor, (1784-1850), 12th President of the United States who died of Taylor died of acute gastroenteritis 16 months after his inauguration. He was elected President after his successful military leadership during the Mexican War (1845-46). Daguerreotype portrait by Mathew Brady.John Murray (Publisher). Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: 1843-47. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Robert Adamson. David Octavius Hill.Ludwig Joseph Ferdinand Gustav Windthorst (born 17 January 1812 on Caldenhof Estate near Ostercappeln near Osnabrück, died 14 March 1891 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Catholic German Centre Party, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, HistoricalVictor Hugo in the Marine Garden Garden. 1853-1855. Photograph by Charles Hugo (1826-1871) or Auguste Vacquerie (1819-1895). Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 56435-2 French writer, marine terrace, profile, portraitPortret Van Henri-Victor de Rochefort-Lucay, Achille Mélandri, 1875-1880 photomechanical print printer: Parispublisher: France paper. cardboard historical persons. adult manGeneral Winfield Scott | Library of CongressPortrait of M Czyzna (a bust in an oval); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1905-00-00);Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915) - collection, portraits, portraits of menMartin Van Buren. Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887). Portraits, Prints. 1850 - 1877. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862Erasmus Darwin. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)Half-figure portrait of a gentleman with blond hair by Carl Mahlknecht, seated, printed on albumin paper, mounted in visite format.Portrait of E.H. s'jacob, born 1827, commissioner of the king in the province of Utrecht (1882-1888), died 1888. Borst statue from the front, in Ovaal.Portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), 1857. Adrien Tournachon (French, 1825-1903). Salt print from wet collodion negative; image: 27.6 x 19.9 cm (10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.); mounted: 48.4 x 36.1 cm (19 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.).Rev Dr George John Craig Duncan. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)Portrait of a.j. Swart in gown. Part of family album from H.W.F. Ligtenberg and L.M. Swart with 149 photos and cartes-de-visite.Portret van J.A.C. Rovers in toga, anonymous, 1862 photograph. cabinet photograph unknown paper. cardboard historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)Philippe Ricord Made 1871-1877 France. Woodburytype, from the periodical ìGalerie Contemporaine LittÈraire, Artistiqueî (1877), volume 4 . Etienne CarjatL'abbé Moigno. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)Portrait of Andrew Reed (1787-1862) an English Congregational minister and hymnwriter, who became a prominent philanthropist and social reformer. Dated 19th centuryClergyman and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher with hat / C.D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, New York ; 108 Calle de la Habana, Habana ; 31 Passage du Havre, Paris. | Library of CongressSamuel Lover, Esq.. Maull & Polyblank (British, active 1850s - 1860s)Portrait Ignacy Maciejowski (pen name Sewer) (1835-1901), writer (bust). unknown, photographerFormer President Martin Van Buren in a daguerreotype taken in Philadelphia, circa 1849-50, by collaborators, Mathew B. Brady, and Henry Elias Howland (BSLOC_2019_7_14)Gen. Richard J. Oglesby, Illinois Also member of Congress 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War PhotographsMr. McNab - Botanical Gardens. Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland); Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821-1848 St. Andrews, Scotland). Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843-1848). Date: 1843-47. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Portrait of Victor Cousin. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)Charles Cowan. Photograph by Ernest Edwards, 1868.Portrait of the author Ivan S. Turgenev (1818-1883) in Academic dress of the University of Oxford by Anonymous /Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)/1879/Photograph/PortraitThomas Chalmers, D. D.. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)James () Spence. Photograph by Barraud.Mr. George Moon, Russell Mill. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)