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19th Century Statesmen and Figures

Detailed illustrations of prominent historical figures in formal attire, representing European politics and culture from the 1800s.

Sir THOMAS DYKE ACLAND Ithe younger) Statesman, depicted in 1881 Date: 1809 - 1898

Franz Emanuel August Geibel, 17 October 1815, 6 April 1884, was a German lyric poet, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Karl Stieler, 1842 - 1885, a German poet, mostly worked in Bavaria, also an archivist and lawyer, historical engraving, about 1889

John Keast Lord (1818-1872), naturalist and veterinary surgeon. Old engraving from a magazine printed in 1873

Carl Riedel or Karl Riedel, 1827 - 1888, a German conductor and composer, historical wood engraving, 1886

Portrait of Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887) an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. Dated 19th Century

COLONEL BERESFORD, M.P., 1870

Colour portrait of James Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States of America. Dated 1881

SIR HENRY DRUMMOND WOLFF, K.C.M.G., M.P. FOR CHRISTCHURCH, 1830, an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, ENGRAVING 1876, UK

CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer Date: 1818 - 1893

Ferdinand Hiller, from 1875 von Hiller, 24 October 1811, 11 May 1885, a German composer, conductor and music pedagogue, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Gustav Reichsritter von Gröller, 20.04.1829 - 10.01.1984, Kommandant der Panzerfregatte Habsburg, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

Prince Philippe d'Orlaans, Count of Paris (1838-1894). Claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death. Grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of France. Following the fall of the monarchy in 1848, he fled France. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

Robert Zeller, 1829 - 1901, Lord Mayor of Berlin between 1892 and 1898, historical picture, about 1893

Karl Reinthaler, Paedagoge, 1794, 1863, German pedagogue, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, pedagogue, German pedagogue, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

KOCH, Robert (1843-1910). German physician, discoverer of the tuberculin. Nobel Prize in 1905. Picture from 'La IlustraciÑn EspaÐola y Americana'. Engraving.

Portrait of Francisco Martinez de las Rivas founder of the shipyards Nervion, Bilbao. Vizcaya, Basque Country. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

AZCARATE MENENDEZ, Gumersindo (1840-1917). Spanish politician and sociologist. Engraving.

Portrait of Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-1882) a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist. Dated 19th Century

Fritz Reuter, Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter, 7 November 1810, 12 July 1874, was and is one of the best-known and most important poets and writers of the Low German language, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of William Edward Forster, Liberal MP for Bradford and Chief Secretary for Ireland, engraved shortly after his death in 1886. Date: 1886

Historical print, portrait of Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker, 1811 - 1886, German historian and politician, from the Illustrated History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig, 25 March 1829, 25 July 1900, was a Prussian official, German journalist and politician, Member of the Reichstag, Germany, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical, March 25, 1829, July 25, 1900, was a Prussian official, German journalist and politician, Member of the Reichstag, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical, Europe

Historical print, portrait of Julius Wolff, 1834 - 1910, German poet and writer, from the Illustrated History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Baron Hans Philipp Werner von und zu Aufseß, 7 September 1801, 6 May 1872, a German antiquarian and founder of the Germanic Museum in Nuremberg, Historical, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

José Amador de los Ríos y Serrano (Baena, 1818-Seville, 1878). Spanish literary critic, poet and historian. Professor of Spanish literature at the University of Madrid. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator. Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

WILLIAM EDWARD AYRTON Electrical engineer, professor, Fellow of the Royal Society. Date: 1847 - 1908

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

FRANCIS PETTIT SMITH Engineer who invented the screw propellor Date: 1808 - 1874

Gaspar Nunez de Arce (1832-1903). Spanish poet and politician. He took an active part in the Glorious Revolution of September 1868 to dethrone Isabella II. Minister of Overseas in 1883 in the government presided over by Sagasta. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Historic drawing, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Kuecken, 1810 - 1882, a German musician and composer of the Romantic period

'Major-General Sir A. Alison', c1882. Artist: Unknown.

Santos Gutierrez, President of Colombia, 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

THEOPHILE GAUTIER French writer Date: 1811 - 1872

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

Manuel Falco d'Adda (1828-1892), XIV Marquis of Almonacid and III Duke of Fernan-Nunez. Spanish diplomat. Portrait. Engraving by Paris. "La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1872.

John C Fremont, American soldier, explorer and presidential candidate, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Portrait of Francis Magnard (1837 - 1894) French journalist. France. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen (1818-1874). Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879.

John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) born at Bideford, Devon, England. Officer in the British Indian Army and explorer of Africa. Accompanied Richard Burton's expedition (1855-1858), sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, when he discovered Lake Victoria Nyanza. On a subsequent expedition of 1860-1862 he discovered the exit from the lake into the White Nile which he named Ripon Falls. Engraving from 'Heroes of Britain in Peace and War' by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880).

Gaspar Núñez de Arce (1832-1903). Spanish poet and politician. He took an active part in the Glorious Revolution of September 1868 to dethrone Isabella II. Minister of Overseas in 1883 in the government presided over by Sagasta. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

Johann Jakob Sturz, 1800 - 1877, Prussian consul general in Brazil, human and animal lover, historical woodcut, circa 1870

Louis Favre (d. 1879) Swiss railway engineer who was commissioned to build a railway tunnel through the Alps under the St Gothard Pass, from La Science Illustree (Paris, 1895), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

MR. JOSEPH WHITWORTH, OF MANCHESTER. FOUNDER OF THE WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIPS OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, 1868

Portrait of Federico Sánchez Bedoya (Seville 1844 - 1898) deputy to the Cortes for Seville, vice president of Congress, civil governor of Madrid, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Ignacio Salomón Bauer (1827 - 1895) was a Spanish banker of Hungarian origin, representative of the Rotschild bank in Madrid, Spain. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Víctor Hugo (1802-1885), escritor romántico francés. Grabado de 1874.

Johann Jakob Sturz, 1800 to 1877, Prussian Consul General in Brazil, philanthropist and animal lover, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digitally restor...

HENRY HOLLAND, first viscount KNUTSFORD, statesman, when he was appointed Colonial Secretary, before he was viscounted. Date: 1825 - 1914

Ricardo Augusto Pereira Guimaraes (1830-1889). Portuguese writer, journalist and politician. 1st Viscount of Benalcanfor. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1877. Colored.

Luis Matos de Potestad (b. 1828). Marquis of Heredia and Spinola. Politician. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1877.

Manuel de Eguilior Llaguno (1842-1916). Count of Albox. Spanish politician of the Liberal Party. Engraving in Spanish and American Illustration, 1890.

Andrew Crombie Ramsay 1814-1891, British geologist. Professor of Geology at University College London 1847. President of the Royal Geological Society 1862-1864. From the life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison by Archibald Geikie London, 1875. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated

Louis Pasteur, 1822 -1895. French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.

Portrait of Gaspar Núñez de Arce (Valladolid 1832 - Madrid 1903) Spanish poet and politician who evolved from Romanticism to literary realism, governor of Barcelona, deputy for Valladolid in 1865 and minister of Overseas, Interior and Education with the Liberal Party of Sagasta. Academic of the RAE in 1874. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Thomas William KENNARD - 1893 engineer and contractor for the Crumlin viaduct (Warren & Kennard truss system) 1854-57.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) British poet. Poet Laureate 1850. Tinted lithograph published c1880.

Sir Edward B. Malet (1837-1908). British diplomat. Representative of Great Britain at the Berlin Conference. Portrait. Engraving by E. Gimeno. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca.1890. Spain.

Ernst Julius Haehnel, 1811 - 1891, a German sculptor and professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, historical engraving, about 1889

Portrait of Tomás Rodríguez-Rubí y Díaz (Málaga 1817 - Madrid 1890) Spanish writer, playwright and politician, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Count Edoardo de Launay. Italian ambassador of Berlin, 1867-1892. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.

ENGELS, Friedrich (Barmen, 1820-London, 1895). German social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx.

Historical print, portrait of Georg Moritz Ebers, 1837 - 1898, German Egyptologist and writer, from the Illustrated History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Historic drawing, portrait of Johannes Brahms, 1833 - 1897, a German composer, pianist and conductor of the Romantic period

Portrait of Francisco Pi (1824-1901). National Library, Madrid, Contreras.

Jean-Baptieste Sebastian Frantz (1817-1899). Ingeniero y político francés. Elegido en 1876 el Comisario General de la Exposición Universal de París de 1878. Grabado.

Portrait of John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist. Dated 19th Century

Eduard Graf Lamezan-Salins, 1835-1903, American jurist, historical illustration, circa 1886

Henri Brisson, 1835 - 1912, politician and Prime Minister of France, historical picture, about 1893

Franz Emanuel August Geibel (1815-1884) was a German lyric poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Franz Emanuel August Geibel (1815-1884) was a German lyric poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Giambattista Donati, Giovanni Battista Donati, 16. Dezember 1826, 19. September 1873, war ein italienischer Astronom, Historisch, digitale Reproduktio...

Portrait of Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903) a British nobleman, Conservative politician and courtier. Dated 19th century

Brigham Young (1801-77) American Mormon leader. Founder of Salt Lake City. Died of Cholera morbus. Wood engraving, Paris 1877.

Engraving of Professor Alfred Henry Garrod, F.R.S., the eminent ornithologist, who died of tuberculosis on 17th October 1879. Date: 1879

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 23 July 1833, 24 March 1908, a British nobleman and politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Juan Mañé Flaquer (1823-1901). Periodista y escritor, director del Diario de Barcelona. Grabado de 1875.

Engraved portrait of Dr. Dyce Duckworth M.D. treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians. Dated 19th Century

SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE Statesman, appointed President of the Local Government Board. Date: 1843 - 1911

CERVERA Y TOPETE , PASCUAL MARINO ESPAÑOL . SAN FERNANDO 1839 - 1909 GRABADO RETRATO DE L' ILLUISTRATION.

Marko Balabanov (1837-1921). Bulgarian journalist, man of law, politician and diplomat. Deputy Governor of Tirnova. He was the first Foreign Minister of Bulgaria (in 1879 and during the period 1883-1884). Portrait. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.

Stafford Henry Northcote, first Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), tinted lithograph, published London circa 1880

Portrait of George Smith (1840-1876) an English Assyriologist. Dated 19th Century

Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900) German social democrat. Took part in Baden Insurrection 1848-1849 and fled into exile. Elected to Reichstag 1867. Engraving.

Adhemar de Guilloutet was a French politician who was born on 6 April 1819 and died on 10 November 1902, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Wilhelm Luebke, Lübke, 1826 - 1893, a German art historian, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) scientist

Gustav Heinrich Freiherr von Biedermann, 1789 - 1862, a German lawyer and politician, owner of a manor, wood engraving, 1880

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Giuseppe Giacosa, 1847 - 1906, an Italian poet, actor and librettist

Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851-1884). Prince of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, prince of the House of Orange-Nassau. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver and xylograph.

BRET HARTE American writer Date: 1836 - 1902

JOSE LUIS ALBAREDA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, German physicist, 1902. Artist: Anon

Portrait of Francisco de Paula Rius y Taulet (Barcelona 1833 - Olérdola 1889) and Spanish politician of the 19th century, monarchist and liberal, was mayor of Barcelona during the period of the Democratic Sexennium and the Restoration of the late 19th century, main promoter of the Universal Exhibition from 1888, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general in later life Date: 1807 - 1870

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington, British Liberal statesman, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

Alfred Edmund Brehm, 1829-1884, a German zoologist and writer, Brehms Tierleben, historical engraving, circa. 1870, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1809 - 1892, a British poet of the Victorian era

Ernst Haeckel (Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel) was born Feb. 16, 1834, in Potsdam, Prussia Germany). He died Aug. 9, 1919, in Jena, Germany. A German zoologist and evolutionist, he was a strong proponent ofDarwinismand proposed new notions of the evolutionary descent ofhumanbeings.

Ferdinand Gregorovius, 1821 - 1891, a German writer and historian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Pieter Arnoldus Cronje, commonly known as Piet Cronje, 1836 to 1911. General of the South African Republic's military forces. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

Portrait of Francis Pettit Smith (1808-1874) an English inventor. Dated 19th Century

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