French Revolution Notables

18th-century engraved portraits of influential figures during the French Revolution, showcasing formal attire and serious expressions, reflecting historical gravitas.

Carl Linnaeus, Swedish physician and botanist

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, 1738 - 1805, a British general during the American Revolutionary War and later Governor General of India

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803). German poet. Portrait. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume IX, 1881.

Portrait of Benoit Camille Desmoulins, 2 March 1760, 5 April 1794, was a French lawyer, journalist and politician, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) German-born English Baroque composer. Portrait engraving from Thomas Arne's edition of Handel's works. Music Musician

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660386

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 22. Januar 1729, 15. Februar 1781, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Dramatiker, Publizist und Kunstkritiker, dig...

Paul Freiherr Kray von Krajowa, 5 February 1735, 19 January 1804, was an Austrian army commander in the rank of Feldzeugmeister, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Sir Joshua Reynolds, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935. Artist: Unknown

William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Member of Parliament for Hull, Yorkshire, For 19 years campaigned for abolition of slave trade, achieved success in 1807, Stipple engraving 1814

Illustration showing Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809); Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, French diplomat, 19th century.Artist: Langlume

Charles Malo de Lameth (1757-1832). French soldier and politician. Engraving in History of France, 1883. Colored.

Immanuel Kant, 22 April 1724, 12 February 1804, was a German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited

George Friedrich Handel 1685-1759 German-English composer

Karl August Fuerst von Hardenberg, 31 May 1750, 26 November 1822, was a Prussian statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Frederick II, The Great (1712-1786) King of Prussia from 1740. Artist: Unknown

Benjamin Franklin, 17 January 1706, 17 April 1790, was an American printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor and statesman, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 - 1750, German composer, digital edited

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English Physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.

George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) German-English composer born in Halle. After the portrait by Denner.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon, French naturalist, 1761. Artist: Unknown

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. American statesman. Copper engraving from Pannemaker-Ligny to de la Charlerie., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Richard Henry Lee, 1732 to 1794, American Statesman and Founding Father Signer of the Declaration of Independence Nineteenth century engraving by P Maverick and JB Longacre after a drawing by Longacre from a miniature, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a nineteenth century original, Record date not stated

Hans Conrad Dietrich Ekhof, also Konrad Eckhof, 1720-1778, considered one of the best German actors of the 18th century, historical engraving, c. 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 - 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788-1805), Schiller struck up a productive friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright.

Benjamin Franklin, c1782. Artist: Unknown

William Bartram (born 20 April 1739 in Kingsessing, died 22 July 1823) was a British and North American naturalist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer. From 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis' Vol. XVI. (London, 1819)

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. American statesman, publisher, philosopher etc. USA.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Austrian composer

ANTON EBERL (1765-1807), Viennese composer

Immanuel Kant, 22 April 1724, 12 February 1804, was a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of Anders Celsius (1701-1744) a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. Dated 18th Century

George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), German composer, c1730s. Artist: Balthasar Denner

Jean Francois Galaup Count de la Perouse, 1741-1788. French navigator and explorer. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 - 1778. Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. After a print by Pierre Michel Alix from the painting by Jean François Garnerey.

Portrait of Jose Patino Rosales (1666-1736), who was General Quartermaster of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy and the Indies, and also of War and Finance during the reign of Philip V of Spain. This work is a copy made in 1828 by Rafael Tegeo from an original by Jean Ranc

Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein, 25. Oktober 1757, 29. Juni 1831, ein preußischer Staatsmann und Reformer, Historisch, digita...

Benjamin Franklin

Portrait of Christopher Fuller (d.1786), 1750-1780. James Coleman

Johann Heinrich Jung, known as genannt Jung-Stilling, (1740 -1817), oculist and writer, steel engraving, before 1880

Alexander Pope, 1688-1744. English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan period. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, 1671 - 1741, a French poet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 18th century Austrian composer, 1819. Artist: John Chapman

An engraving depicting Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) one of the Founding Fathers, polymath, author, political theorist, printer, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Dated 18th Century

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712 - 1778). Philosopher, writer, and composer of the XVIII century Enlightenment. Engraving, 19th century. Later colouration.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Curt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, 1684 - 1757, Prussian Field Marshal, General of Frederick II

William Cowper, 1731-1800. Enlgish poet After a drawing by Romney in 1792.

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1753, La Tour, Maurice-Quentin de

Jeremy Bentham 1748 to 1832 English philosopher economist and theoretical jurist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) French revolutionary leader. Lost power to Robespierre during the Reign of Terror and was guillotined. Engraving.

Adam Philippe de Custine (1740-1793). French General. The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned him to the guillotine, after finding him guilty of conspiracy with enemies of the Republic. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Engraving Portrait John Locke English Philosopher Physician Father Of Liberalism 1632-1704

Portrait dated to 1810, of Benjamin D'Israeli (1730ñ1816) was an Italian-born merchant and financier, the grandfather of the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.

John Sebastian Bach

Charles Michel De L'Epee.1712-1789, Abbe De L'Epee. A philanthropic priest and inventor of the sign alphabet for the instruction of the deaf and dumb. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). German Philosopher. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

Austria, Salzburg, Portrait Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Historical print from the 19th Century, portrait of Count Gasparo Gozzi, 1713 - 1786, an Italian critic and dramatist

Historical print, portrait of Carl Arnold Kortum, 1745 - 1824, a German doctor, writer and local historian, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Historical engraving, 19th century, portrait of Laurence Sterne, 1713 - 1768, English writer of the Enlightenment

Tomás de Iriarte Nieves Ravelo (1750-1791), poeta, dramaturgo y fabulista español de la ilustración. Grabado de 1903.

August Ludwig von Schloezer, 1735 - 1809, portrait, historic illustration, 1880

Andreas Florens RIVINUS, friend of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 German composer

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, 1746 - 1827, a Swiss educator, philanthropist, philosopher and politician

Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller, from 1802 von Schiller, 10 November 1759- 9 May 1805, was a physician, poet, philosopher and historian, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

General John Burgoyne, 1722 to 1792. British army officer, politician and dramatist. General during the American War of Independence.

Laurence Sterne, 24 November 1713, 18 March 1768, was an Anglo-Irish writer in the Age of Enlightenment and Vicar, Parson, of the Anglican Church, dig...

Karl Theodor von Dahlberg, Archbishop and Elector, 1744 - 1817, portrait, historical illustration, 1880

Goethe in his 83rd year, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885

Richard Arkwright (born 23 December 1732 in Preston, Lancashire, died 3 August 1792 in Cromford) was a wealthy textile industrialist and inventor who held numerous patents in the field of spinning, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Geneva, 1712-Ermenonville, 1778), Swiss writer, philosopher and musician. Painting by Anna Fittipaldi.

Alexei Petrovich, 28 February 1690, 7 July 1718, was the eldest son of Peter I and his first woman Yevdokiya Lopukhina. He remained the Tsarevich of Russia until his death. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

André-Hercule de Fleury, 22 June 1653-29 January 1743, was a French cardinal and statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th cent...

Charles Edward Cornwallis (1738-1805) first Marquis and second Earl Cornwallis, Commander of the British forces during the American War of Independence, surrendered at Yorktown 1781

William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616, English playwright, poet and actor

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. Engraving

Portrait Miniature of Benjamin Franklin. Artist: After Jacques Thouron. Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm). Date: 1776-1883. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

George Frideric Handel 1685-1759 German-English Composer.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781). German writer and drramatist. Enlightenment era. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh (1762-1811). Commissioner General (1791-99). Portrait of Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh (1762-1811). Commissioner General (1791-99). Bust to the left, the face turned to the viewer. Copy by Cornelis de Cocq from 1862 to the unknown original from 1800. Part of a series of portraits of the governors-General of the former Dutch East Indies.

Johann Peter Hebel, 1760 - 1826, German poet, Protestant theologian and educator, Alemannic dialect poet, digitally optimized

Cardinal Giulio Alberoni - Jose Maria Galvan y Candela

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited, manuscript of the drama David, handwritten by Klopstock

Portrait of John Locke, 1632, 1704, English philosopher and thought leader of the Enlightenment

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (Augsburg, 1719-Salzburg, 1787), padre de Johann Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg, 1756-Viena, 1791). Compositor de corte del arzobispo de Salzburg; abandonó su carrera musical para dedicarse a la educación y promoción de su hijo.

Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805. Deutscher Dichter, Dramatiker, Philosoph und Historiker. Aus dem Buch Gallery of Portraits,1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) English clergyman, son of anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, Wilberforce in 1845 when he was Bishop of Oxford, sometimes called Soapy Sam or Saponaceous Samuel, an opponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, from The Illustrated London News (London, 22 November 1845), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790, a North American printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor and statesman, historical engraving, 1880

Samuel Johnson, literary critic, poet, essayist, biographer, (19th century). Artist: Unknown

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck , 1714 - 1787. Composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. From The Golden Age of Vienna, published 1948.

Portrait of Niccolò or Nicolò Paganini, 1782 - 1840, an Italian violinist, guitarist and composer, with his handwritten sheet music at the back

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), c1763. Mozart at the age of seven seated at the keyboard.

Italy, Bologna, Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn

Engraved portrait of Charles James Fox (1749-1806) a British Whig statesman. Dated 17th Century

Portrait of Alexandre Theodore Victor de Lameth (1672-1792) Franch general and politician. Charles-Malo-François de Lameth (1757-1832) France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), French composer. Artist: Unknown

Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, Portrait of German composer Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 - 1759)

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