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Engravings portraying well-known historical figures in distinctive attire and settings, connecting art with cultural narratives.

Portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) founder of the Sikh Empire, which came to power in the Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Dated 19th Century
Portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) founder of the Sikh Empire, which came to power in the Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Dated 19th Century
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Old portrait of a Chinese merchant, China, Asia. Travels in China and Japan by the Marquis Alfred de Moges 1857 - 1858. Old 19th century illustration by Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) from Le Tour du Monde 1860
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Maharaja Ranbir Singh. Culture: India (Jammu). Dimensions: Image (sight): 8 x 5 in. (20.3 x 12.7 cm). Date: ca. 1860-80.This is likely a portrait of Ranbir Singh, an attribution supported by the inscription at the upper left identifying the subject as "Maharaja of Jammu." Great attention has been paid to his facial features, his striking upturned moustache, and his jeweled turban in contrast to the rather formulaic treatment of his body and the throne. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair: Freemasons; 'The Foreign Office', Lord Tenterden, August 17, 1878. Chromolithograph.
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Alfred Thompson, ca. 1833-1895, British, Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'A Living Monument of English Injustice', The Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, April 16, 1870, 1870. Chromolithograph.
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Aziza, niece of the governor of Zanzibar, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.
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Head of man Pierre Puis de Chavannes (1824-1898). "Head of man". Paris, museum of romantic life.
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Portrait of the Moscow metropolitan Innocent (Ivan Wieniaminow-Popow); Unknown, Brosz, K. (St. Petersburg; Fl. Ca 1860-1870), Typography II of the private office of his Empire (St. Petersburg; Fl. Ca 1869); 1869 (1869-00-00-1869-00-00);
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Sher Khan 17th century Son of Bahadur Khan Babi Junagadh Gujarat India Copyright: xDilipxRajgor/DinodiaxPhotox
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Averrhoes.
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Alinari, Fratelli, number illegible Firenze - Galleria Pitti, Photo reproduction of painting Portrait of Julius II by Raphael, Galleria Pitti, Florence, number illegible Firenze - Galleria Pitti Ritratto del papa Julia II (Raffaello), photograph, photo, photos, height 230 mm, width 194 mm, Italian, photographer, 1870 - 1890, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print
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Portrait of widow woman alone and abandoned in Kashmir, India, Asia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Trip to Punjab and Kashmir by Guillaume Lejean, Le Tour du Monde 1870
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Picture of Sultan Seyyid Barghash b. Said, 1870 - 1888, Sultan of Zanzibar, National Museum, House of Wonders, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa
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Captain Leigh and His Dragoman, Sir David Wilkie, 1785-1841, British, 1840 or 1841, Watercolor with brown ink, gouache, black crayon, and gum arabic over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (41.9 × 32.1 cm), captain, costume, dragoman, fezes, figure study, finger rings, fur, hookah, military uniforms, pipes, smoking, swords, tassel
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Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs, Caldesi and Montocchi, of '...a memorial of the gratitude of the inhabitants and English merchants for the munificence with which that distinguished philanthropist has contributed to the various charities of that city, and also as a recognition of his services in the furtherance of education in India...Looking at the statue itself - though we candidly confess we could have wished that, being a national work, it had come from the hands of a native instead of a foreign artis
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Portrait of Sultan Mustafa III (1757-1774) by Turkish master / The David Collection / The Oriental Arts / Second Half of the 18th cen. / Turkey / Gouache on paper / Portrait / 24x17
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Aurangzeb
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Abūl-WalīdMuḥammadbin ʾAḥmadbinRušd(Arabic:أبوالوليدمحمدبناحمدبنرشد‎),betterknownasIbnRushd(Arabic:ابنرشد‎),andinEuropeanliteratureasAverroes(play/əˈvɛroʊ.iːz/;1126-December10,1198),wasaMuslimpolymath;amasterofAristotelianphilosophy,Islamicphilosophy,Islamictheology,Malikilawandjurisprudence,logic,psychology,politics,Arabicmusictheory,andthesciencesofmedicine,astronomy,geography,mathematics,physicsandcelestialmechanics.HewasborninCórdoba,AlAndalus,modern-daySpain,anddiedinMarrakesh,Morocco.HisschoolofphilosophyisknownasAverroism.
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Melik Nussr Ed Deen. Illustrations. 1835. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore, Thomas Hickey, 1741-1824, Irish, ca. 1801, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 50 x 39 1/2 inches (127 x 100.3 cm), allegory, column (architectural element), columns (architectural elements), costume, document, gold (color), green (color), hat, interior, minister, papers, portrait, red, sculpture, statuette
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Nourri dans le sérail, j'en connais les détours (Bajaset). Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1841. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph
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Japanese nobleman in chonmage, wearing kamishimo, kimono, hakama and gloves, with two swords on his belt. Valet with straw hat. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier and Pannemaker after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.
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'Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Seated'. Iran, 1813-1814. Qajar Dynasty. Dimensions: 253x118 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Mihr 'Ali.
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David Ramage, Male Tea Shop Figure, 1937 1941 Male Tea Shop Figure
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Ottoman Sultan Mustafa I (1591-1639), watercolour, 19th century
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A sick old man with the woes of old age. Engraving by B. Lépicié, 1745, after E. Jeaurat.
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Johann Jacobé, 1733-1797, Austrian, Omai, 1777. Mezzotint, published state.
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Sultan Soliman II the Great, 1519-1566, Historical, digitally restored 19th century reproduction, exact date unknown
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Bessarion, Johannes .
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Colossal head in the Assyrian style. Stephen Thompson (British, about 1830 - 1893)
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Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation Paris, 1836-1849 Anatomy, Comparative Animals Classification Identification Nomenclature Zoology Museum of Comparative Zoology, The illustration features a series of detailed facial profiles depicting individuals from different regions or cultures. The top row showcases two men: the left figure is adorned with a turban and traditional attire, while the right figure presents a more contemporary style, marked by a subtle expression. Below them, the bottom row includes a bearded man in a hat, suggesting a distinct cultural background, next to another figure with a stylized beard and elaborate headwear, hinting at historical significance. Each portrait emphasizes unique features and attire, reflecting diverse identities and representing various cultural influences.
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Eilers 'Fasolt' 1876
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Australia, from the Races of Mankind series (T181) issued by Abdul Cigarettes 1881 Issued by Abdul Cigarettes Trade cards from the "Races of Mankind" series (T181), issued in 1881 to promote Abdul Cigarettes.. Australia, from the Races of Mankind series (T181) issued by Abdul Cigarettes 631427
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Jean Journet Departing for the Conquest of Universal Harmony, 1850. Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877). Lithograph;
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CASAS i CARBO, Ramn (1866-1932). Pere Romeu. 1897. Modernism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.
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Portrait of King Henry the Eighth, Henry VIII of England, born 1492, began reign 1509 and died 1547. In feathered cap, doublet with fur trim, within ornate frame. Handcolored engraving by Cosmo Armstrong from Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, John Harris, London, 1830.
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Three of Hearts, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Three of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Male bearded figure depicted in outline, wearing oriental dress including a turban. He sits in a meditative pose on a cushion, his legs folded, and smokes from a long pipe. Three heart symbols integrated into his image, the uppermost heart forming a decoration of his turban, the center heart forming decoration at his chest, and the third heart forming his crossed feet., Paris, France, late 19th century, toys & games, Playing card, Playing card
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Portrait of Pope Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini); Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian, 1547 - 1626, produced in the Galleria de'Lavori in pietre dure, Italian, active 1588 - present, Executed by Romolo di Franceco Ferrucci del Tadda, Italian, active 1555 - 1621; Florence, Italy, Tuscany, Europe; 1600 - 1601; Marble, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, limestone, and calcite (some covering painted paper or fabric cartouches) on and surrounded by a silicate black stone; Unframed: 97 x 68 cm (38 3/
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Louis Dupré (9 January 1789, Versailles - October 12, 1837, Paris) was a French painter, especially noted for his travels in Greece and the Ottoman Empire and his numerous paintings with Orientalist and Philhellene themes. He often traveled and changed his work location, including Paris, Kassel (1811-1814), Naples (1814-1816), Rome (1816-1819, 1824-1831), Naples (1819-1820), Istanbul (ca. 1820), Greece (ca. 1820), Paris (1820-1837), and Vienna (1820-1824). His visit to Greece was on the very eve of the Greek War of Independence.
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Abd Allah al-Sharqawi , Painting by Rigo
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Abd el-Kader ben Deddah. Traras mountains, Northwest Algeria, Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Six month with the Traras Berber tribe in Oran by Charles de Mauprix,1888 from Le Tour du Monde 1889
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Engraving depicts Hien-Fou, Emperor of China. Surrounding his image are landmarks of China. Dated 1860
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Manchu mandarin in fur coat, beard and hat with peacock feather, and Miao mountaineer from southern China. (Sketched from the body of a man killed in the Opium Wars against the British.) Yuchi-Mantchou mandarin and Miao-Tze mountaineer. Caucaso-Mongoles. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species, Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, 1848.
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'Portrait of Metropolitan Palladius'. Russia, 1893. Dimensions: 125,5x107,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Andrey Redkovsky.
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George Lowrey, Catlin, George, 1835.
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Self-Portrait. pencil on paper. Date: 1896. Museum: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN.
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Our Chief Artist. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
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Turkey, from the International Cards series (N238), issued by Kinney Bros. 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "International Cards" series (N238), issued in 1888 to promote Kinney Bros. Cigarettes.. Turkey, from the International Cards series (N238), issued by Kinney Bros.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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Portrait of Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Numbered in the bottom right: fol. 10. paper etching historical persons - BB - woman