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Classic Portraits of Theatrical Figures

A collection of vintage portraits showcasing men in period attire, exuding a nostalgic and theatrical atmosphere, featuring black and white photography styles.

Ernete Zacconi (1857-1948), Italian actor, photograph by Varischi and Artico, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 5, January 29, 1911.

Dorothy Norman. Alfred Stieglitz; American, 1864-1946. Date: 1927-1936. Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 cm (image/paper/first mount); 32.1 x 25.3 cm (second mount). Gelatin silver print. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) in about 1915. Italian composer. After a photograph.

Reproduction to a photo of Willem Witsen, Anonymous, After Willem Witsen, c. 1860 - c. 1915 photograph Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Hyppolite Kamenka , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Hyppolite Kamenka). Portrait, man, Human being, France , Boulogne , Portraits , Mr Caminca

FERRUCCIO BENVENUTO BUSONI Italian pianist and composer Date: 1866 - 1924

Josep Pla i Casadevall (1897-1981). Escritor español en lengua catalana y castellana. Fotografía de los años 1920.

Poet Galaktion Tabidze by Anonymous /B. Pasternak Memorial Museum, Peredelkino near Moscow/Photograph/Portrait

Reproduction to a photo of Willem Witsen. .

Silver gelatin photograph of Anna Koppitz, taken by Rudolf Koppitz around 1930, showing upper body, attire, and seated pose in a studio setting.

Portrait Otto Daeglau

Tino Pattiera as Manrico in "The Troubadour" by Giuseppe Verdi. Hofoper Dresden, around 1915. Photography (World postcard). Dresden: Slub MB.2.43

Amadeu Vives i Roig (Collbató, el Baix Llobregat, 18 de noviembre de 1871 - Madrid, 2 de diciembre de 1932) compositor y escritor catalán. Museu d'història de Barcelona.

Elsevier photo collection. Dirk Schäfer, pianist, composer music teacher Amsterdam, known, chopin's interpreter. 1922

M. Harden

1880s PORTRAIT OF OSCAR WILDE IRISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT AT AGE 35

Central Committee Leading Party Bodies Departament Head Georgy Malenkov by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1935/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

Photograph of Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) Italian Marxist theoretician and politician. He wrote on political theory, sociology and linguistics. Dated 1935

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in his laboratory. American inventor of the phonograph and businessman.

Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken in 1917 Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken in 1917 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636436

Richard Specht -, poet, playwright, writer, music critic, music scientist, Unknown, photographer

ALVAREZ DEL VAYO, JULIO. POLITICO Y ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL 1891-1975. FUE DIPUTADO EN LA II REPUBLICA.

Sherlock Holmes, the detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1890s, as portrayed by the early English film star, Clive Brook.

Winston Churchill; (30 November 1874 24 January 1965) British politician shown during world war One

Ezra Pound, Kensington, October 22nd, 1913. Photographs, Portraits. 1922. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Poets, American

The writer Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923) by Anonymous /Private Collection/1900s-1910s/Photograph/Czechoslovakia/Portrait

Antonio gramsci

AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY English illustrator, leader of the Aesthetic movement and principal artist in the Art Nouveau manner (aged 11). Date: 1872 - 1898

Tryggvi Þorhallsson (9 February 1889 - 31 July 1935) was Prime Minister of Iceland from 28 August 1927 to 3 June 1932. He was a member of the Progressive Party. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1928 to 1929 and in 1931.

Portrait of Emil von Sauer (1862-1942), German pianist and composer (half figure). Neuhaus (Dortmund ; zakład fotograficzny ; fl. ca 1905), photo studio

Joseph Brodsky, Anonymous

Jan Szczepanik, 1872 - 1926, Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and over 50 discoveries to his name, many of which are still applied today, especially in the motion picture industry, as well as in photography and television, Poland, original print from the year 1899, polnischer Erfinder, mit mehreren hundert Patenten und mehr als 50 Entdeckungen zu seinem Namen, von denen viele noch heute, besonders in der Film-Industrie, sowie in Fotografie und Fernsehen, Polen angewandt werden, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration, digital verbessert.

c. 1896Portrait of Kahlil Gibran by the photographer Fred Holland.

RETRATO DE ALEXANDRE DE RIQUER (1856/1920). Author: RAMON CASAS Y CARBO (1866-1932). Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

JAN KUBELIK Czech musician Date: 1880 - 1940

Joseph Chamberlain 1836 to 1914. Influenced British businessman, politician and statesman. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal, Volume 1 of Louis Creswicke, published in 1900., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

A.D. Lacaille. Photograph by Thea Umlauff, 1933.

Percy Marmont (1883-1977), English actor, 1928.Artist: WD & HO Wills

M. Pilzer

William Orpen, Chelsea, January 14th, 1908.. Ballantyne Press. Photographs, Portraits. 1913. Rare Book Division. Orpen, William, Sir, 1878-1931

Jeffery Farnol (1878-1952), English author, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Renee Prahar, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Nikita Balieff by Anonymous /Private Collection/1928/Photograph/Portrait

United States: 1917 Portrait of violinist Jascha Heifetz

March 1912. Portrait of the bullfighter Martín Vázquez.

Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken in 1910 Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken in 1910 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636598

Carl Perron as Eugen Onegin in the eponymous opera of Pjotr Tchaikovski. Photography (World postcard with autograph) by Hugo Erfurth. Dresden, says May 1913

Portrait of the writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896)/Private Collection/1882/Phototypie/USA/Portrait

Henry AINLEY, 1879-1945, English actor, photograph

Willem Mengelberg. Photographs, Portraits. 1921. Music Division. Musicians , Portraits, Mengelberg, Willem, 1871-1951, Conductors (Music)

Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia: Franz Kafka, German-language author of novels and short stories (1883-1924), 1906

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (187424 1965) British statesman. He served as Prime Minister 1940-1945 and again 1951-1955

The only known photograph of the Composer Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) by Bisson, Louis-Auguste (1814_1876)/Private Collection/1849/Daguerreotyp/France/Portrait

Henry E. Roethe ca. 1914.

Portrait of Gabriel Hauvette Michelin (1887-1910), French aviator, photo by Rol, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 21, May 22, 1910.

Poland: The only known photograph of Frederick Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (1810-1849), Daguerrotype, Louis-Auguste Bisson, Paris, 1849

RUIZ GIMENEZ , JOAQUIN. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. JAEN 1913 -. OLEO DE DANIEL VAZQUEZ DIAZ. MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y CIENCIA , MADRID.

Silver gelatin photograph of Josef Pecsi, taken by Rudolf Koppitz in 1926. The image shows the subject in portrait format.

Sherwood Anderson. Alfred Stieglitz; American, 1864-1946. Date: 1923. Dimensions: 24.3 x 19.3 cm (image/paper/first mount); 56.4 x 45.6 cm (second mount). Gelatin silver print. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Portrait of the Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Anonymous

Martinelli

Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, in Jerusalem. 1923, Israel

Portrait van violist Jan Kubelik, Anonymous, 1923 photograph Czech Republic paper carbon print violin, fiddle. portrait of a musician. historical persons Czech Republic

Selwyn Davies, 1938, by Len Casbolt.

Anton von Webern (1883-1945). Austrian composer and conductor. Member of the Second Viennese School. Portrait. Watercolor.

Philippines: Jose Rizal (1861-1896), Filipino reformer, nationalist, polymath and national hero, c. 1885

Franz Kafka (1883-1924). Czech writer in German language. Portrait. Colored.

AP (Alan Patrick) Herbert (1890-1971) British writer, humourist and politician. Member of Parliament for Oxford University (1935-1950), contributor to 'Punch' and campaigner for reform of the divorce laws and changes in the laws on obscenity. His best-remembered novel is 'The Water Gypsies' (1930). From 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).

Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Born 1878, in Georgia, died March 5, 1953.

Sherwood Anderson. Alfred Stieglitz; American, 1864-1946. Date: 1923. Dimensions: 24.5 x 19.4 cm (image/paper); 56.5 x 46.3 cm (mount). Gelatin silver print. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph and a self portrait Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph and a self portrait Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636471

Silver gelatin photograph by Hugo Erfurth showing artist Käthe Kollwitz, created in 1920 with print made in the 1940s, depicting portraiture and studio setting.

Photograph of Louis Parenti. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1900s / Russia / The State Conservatory, Moscow / Portrait

Portrait of the author Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) by Russian Photographer /The State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) an English writer. Dated 20th Century

Camera Work: Joachim, 1913. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879). Photogravure;

Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken 1923 Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken 1923 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636426

Don José María Carretero, "the Bold gentleman", to whom his Friends and Admirers give a banquet tonight at the Ritz hotel to celebrate the success of his Book "what I know for Me" Autograph Dedication To Torcuato Luca de Tena (26 March 1916).

Austrian composer Gustav Mahler. Portrait, 1898.

Francisco Ascaso (1901-1936). Spanish anarcho-syndicalist. Tribute poster.

Ejnar Mikkelsen, the Danish Polar explorer and author, pictured in 1909. Date: 1880 - 1971

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) English essayist and novelist, best remembered for 'Brave New World' (1932) From card published 1927

Trotsky after his arrest in St Petersburg 1905. Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879 - 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Ukrainian revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Trotskyism.

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