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19th Century Theatrical Portraits

Vintage portraits of actors and playwrights in formal wear, emphasizing theatrical flair and artistic personas from the 1860s to 1890s.

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Giovanni Golinelli -, Ballettregisseur, Franz Neumayer, Photo Studio

Jake Beckley, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, baseball card portrait

Lilian Swain, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Lilian Swain, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 657279

Portrait of Grisi, (Tenor) Portrait of Grisi, tenor. Business card (front). Photography of DISDIER. Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Bernhard Baumeister -, actor, Carl Herberth -, photographer

Friedrich Halm -, poet, Ludwig Angerer -, photographer

Africa, Zimbabwe, South Matabeleland province, Matobo National Park, the Matobo Mounts classified on the World Heritage of Unesco list since 2003, portrait of the British child Cecil John Rhodes who founded the Rhodesy

Portrait of Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Minister to Napoleon III. Mayer & Pierson (French, active 1855 - 1878)

Maude Waldemere, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Maude Waldemere, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 414960

Emmor Cowperthwait . Thomas Eakins, photographer (American, 1844 - 1916) 1880-1890

Portrait of Lacaze Portrait of Lacaze. Photograph of Bertrand Verneuil, 1870-1871.

Robert Emmerke, Pitcher, Des Moines Prohibitionists, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1889 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.. Robert Emmerke, Pitcher, Des Moines Prohibitionists, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 404514

Portrait of Hilary Dyliński (1855-1919) as Bartol in The Barber of Seville’ by Gioacchino Rossini. Pusch, Maurycy (Warszawa ; zakład fotograficzny ; 1892-1914), photo studio

Portret Van Ferrand Pimentel D'Almeida, R. Santos, 1908 Photograph. visit card Évora baryta paper. cardboard priest (Roman Catholic). historical persons Évora

Portrait of Jean-Henri Fabre, Anonymous, 1880 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper science and technology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist). historical persons France

Portrait of Prince Antoine Bonaparte (1816-1877), (Member) Portrait of Prince Antoine Bonaparte (1816-1877), (MP). Business card (front). Photograph of Andr� Adolphe Eugene Dissier (1819-1889). Draw on albuminum paper. Before 1877.

Félix Galipaux, (1860-1931), playwright, novelist, actor, humorist ". Anonymous photography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 100238-26 Comedian, playwright, in the foot, humorist, portrait, romance

From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 5) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 5), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. From the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 5) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 415364

Portrait of Adolf Mostowski, dedicated for Kazimierz Alchimowicz of May 28, 1899 photography from the public after the painter; around 1899 (1890-00-00-1899-00-00);

Bliżej Kultury Marek, Ignacy

Professor Spence; Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848); Scotland; 1843 - 1848; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 20 x 14.6 cm (7 7,8 x 5 3,4 in.)

Eugen de Beauharnais 5th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1891-1901) by Photo studio H. Rentz & F. Schrader /Private Collection/1860s-1870s/Photograph/Russia/Portrait,Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

Etienne Carjat (1828-1906). The actor Frédérick Lemaître. 1870. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 79198-7 French actor, French, front, American plan, portrait

Auguste Vacquerie (1819-1895). "Victor Hugo in the hat". Photograph by Charles Hugo (1826-1871), around 1853-1855. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 25950-11 French writer, portrait, hat

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808 - 1879). André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

Mr. Henry Irving

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON the Scottish novelist at Vailima - this is said to be the last portrait taken of him Date: 1850 - 1894

Portrait of Louis Fossier (officer) Portrait of Louis Fossier, officer. Photograph of Gustave Cosson (said Gustave). Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. Before 1865-1895.

Dr. John Brown, alias the Devil Killer, poet and philosopher, author of the Book of Fame, discoverer of the Perpetual Motion, 1819. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Portrait of Touris, actor Portrait of Tourism, actor. Business card (front). Photograph of Billon (Alfred Francois Cordier, said). Draw on aluminum paper, 1860-1890.

Portret van Auguste Davis, Gustave Touzery (Le Jeune), 1855 - 1885 Photograph. visit card Orléans cardboard. paper albumen print youth, adolescent. historical persons Orléans

Dora Friese, actress, Th, Meier, photo studio

Frankie Raymond, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Frankie Raymond, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 656258

Peter Rosegger -, writer, Josephy, Photo Studio

Portrait of Pierre everyone Bocage (1799-1863), (young first romantic) Portrait of Pierre everyone Bocage (1799-1863), (young first romantic). Business card (front). Photography of D�d�ri & Cie. Drawings at album paper. 1870-1890.

Portrait of Franz Neruda. unknown, photographer, Willnow, Teodor J. (Warszawa ; zakład fotograficzny ; fl. 1851-ca 1863), photo studio

Portrait of Roman heir, (Paul Thomas said), (1809-1885), (actor) Portrait of Romain Lherier (said Paul Thomas-1809-1885), actor. 1860-1890. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. Photograph of Ulric Grob (active between 1860 and 1900).

H. Whitmore. Unknown, photographer about 1850-1865 A portrait of a man identified as H. Whitmore. He has a full dark beard and is seated with his arms crossed. The chair he is seated on is covered with a spotted cloth. (Recto, mount) lower center, below image, pencil: "H. Whitmore";

Prince Imperial Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte. Unknown maker, French

Portrait of Richard Dix

Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Fugere, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 412045

Portrait of Gabrielle Gauthier (-vers 1883), (actress) Portrait of Gabrielle Gauthier (dead around 1883), actress. Photograph of Charles Reutlinger. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. Before 1883-1883.

The port Van Wilhelmina Strandberg in Kostuum, Augusta Zetterling, 1863 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Stockholm cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons - BB - woman. portrait of opera-singer. stage costume

Portrait of A.H. Metelerkamp. Knee piece left, standing.

Edward Enoch "Jersey" Bakely, Pitcher, Cleveland, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.. Edward Enoch "Jersey" Bakely, Pitcher, Cleveland, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes. 1888. Albumen photograph. Issued by Goodwin & Company

Elsevier photo collection. Actor Eduard Verkade "Hamlet" farewell performance. June 1926

General Sir Hope Grant; India; 1858 - 1869; Albumen silver print

Portrait of Paweł Kochański (1887-1934), Polish violinist of Polish origin (figure view from the knees upwards, with violin) framed photograph behind glass pane. Idzikowski, Jan Wacław (1861-?), photographer

Chief Zimmer, Cleveland Spiders, baseball card portrait

Granada. Retrato de Mariano Fernández Chorrojumo.

Madrid. Retrato del general Juan Prim.

Charlie Getzien, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait

Calamity Jane (1852-1903), in a studio portrait. She gained fame in the 1870s and later toured in Wild West shows. Ca. 1885.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854) (30 November 1900), an Irish writer. A lyricist, novelist, playwright and critic, he became one of the best known and at the same time most controversial writers in Victorian Britain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Arthur Irwin, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait

Man, visit format, Carte de Visite, photograph fixed on cardboard in the format from approx. 6 × 9 cm, from approx. 1860 the Carte de Visite became ve...

King Edward VII (1841 - 1910) of Great Britain and Ireland, photographed in Highland attire with a badger sporran. Date: c.1905

Ed Seward, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait

Count of Flanders, Prince Philipp photo after a lithograph, Unknown, photographer

le petit en preivre () Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte. E. Thiébault (French, active Paris, France 1850s - 1870s)

Stuart Robson

Humbert Umberto -, Crown Prince of Italy, Chanaz, photographer

Baron Hammerstein, Emil Rabending , Photographer

Portrait of Samson Joseph Isidore, (1793-1871), (dramatic author) Portrait of Joseph Isidore Samson, (1793-1871), dramatic author. Business card (front). Franck (François Gobinet de Villechole, said). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1871.

Dailly, Palais Royal, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (7 x 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: ca. 1888.Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portrait of Albert Geloso (1863-1916), Spanish violinist (entire figure with violin). unknown, photographer

Portrait of Józef Miączyński (1835-). unknown, photographer

Pianist P. Sigismund Conrad , Pianists, Alexandre Benois Collection

JAN KUBELIK Czech musician Date: 1880 - 1940

Charles F. O'Malley. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852 - 1934)

Portrait of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch of Russia (1850-1908) by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1860-1861/Albumin Photo/Russia/Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

Portrait of G.J. Langhout, Willem Gerhardus Kuijer, 1888 Photograph. visit card Amsterdam cardboard. photographic support historical persons Amsterdam

Heir to the Throne of Russia, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, 1865. Issued in S.-Petersburg by Izdavaemyĭ G. Denʹerom. Depicts notable figures, including Alexander III, Emperor of Russia (1845-1894)

Alexander Wierh as Bertram

Pianist P. Sigismund Conrad , Pianists, Alexandre Benois Collection

Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868) by Albert, Joseph (1825&amp#87221886)/Private Collection/1862/Photograph/Germany/Portrait

George I (1845-1913). King of Greece from 1863-1913. House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. Engraving "La Ilustracion Artistica", 1880.

Napoleon Eugène Lodewijk Bonaparte in Camp de Châlons Nabij Châlons-en-Champagne, Anonymous, c. 1860 - After 1865 photograph This photo is part of an album. Chalons Champagne paper emperor Chalons Champagne

"Sophia". Vaudeville Theatre./Actor in white wig, standing. Window & Grove

British actor Felix Morris in One Change, 1886. Artist: Barraud

Portrait of Laure Dubree (actress) Portrait of Laure Dubree (actress). Business card (front). Photograph of Hippolyte Vauvray. Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Prince Philipp von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha, Duke zu Saxony, Ludwig Angerer -, photographer

Theodore Roosevelt, Full-Length Portrait Holding Ice Axe While Mountain Climbing, 1880

Félix Galipaux, (1860-1931), playwright, novelist, actor, humorist ". Anonymous photography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 100238-30 Comedian, playwright, in the foot, humorist, portrait, romance

Barney Williams, Actor 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Portrait of Prince Imperial Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte (1856 - 1879) Portrait of Imperial Prince Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte (1856-1879). 1855-1865. Anonymous photography.

Eugenie Marie de Montijo de Guzman and Napoleon III Made 1860-1869 France. Albumen print . André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Studio Portrait of Archibald James Campbell. Date/Period: 1880. Image. Photograph Photograph. Author: UNKNOWN.

Portrait of Edouard Hermil (1833-1898), says Milher, actor of theater. Portrait of Edouard Hermil (1833-1898), says Milher, actor of theater. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. Around 1873. Photography of Ulric Grobe.

Photo production of a painted portrait of King Louis Philip I of France, Anonymous, 1855 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. queen

Portrait of Louis Franc-Hector Monier, theater actor. Portrait of Louis Franc-Hector Monier, theater actor. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Anonymous photography.

09/30/1914. The wedding of a Prince. The Infante D. Fernando who today marries the Duchess of Talavera.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor Date: 1889 - 1977

Card Number 244, Harrison, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-1), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the first subset, N145-1. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 244, Harrison, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. 1880s. Albumen photograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Sir Henry Morton Stanley, born John Rowlands, 1841 to 1904. Welsh journalist and explorer.

Photograph by Rosa Jenik showing actor Alexander Girardi, printed on albumin paper on underground cardboard, visit card format after 1868, depicting the subject and facial expression.

F. Robson

Claude DEBUSSY, 1862-1918, aged five, composer, photograph

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