Historic Figures in 19th Century Art

19th-century artistic depictions of prominent historical figures, showcasing formal attire and traditional styles.

Portrait of Merlin de Thionville. Antoine Christophe Merlin (1762-1833) was a member of several legislative bodies during the era of the French Revolution. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Portrait of Richard Lander

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Ludwig Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein, 1791 - 1870, a Bavarian prince and statesman

03/31/1912. Don Juan Álvarez Mendizábal.

Ferdinand Raimund, actually Ferdinand Jakob Raimann, 1 June 1790, 5 September 1836, was an Austrian actor and playwright, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century play

Louis Jacques Thenard, 4 May 1777, 21 June 1857, French chemist, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Illustration showing Joseph Lakanal (July 14, 1762 - February 14, 1845) was a French politician, and an original member of the Institute de France.

Thomas Paine, born as Thomas Pain, 1736 - 1809, an influential political intellectual, one of the founding fathers of the United States, historical engraving, 1880

Portrait of Merlin de Thionville. Antoine Christophe Merlin (1762-1833) was a member of several legislative bodies during the era of the French Revolution. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Louis Jacques Thénard, 4. Mai 1777, 21. Juni 1857, französischer Chemiker, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhun...

Francisco Javier de Istúriz Montero (1790-1871). Spanish politician and diplomat. He took part in the Peninsular War. Conspired for liberalism during the Absolutist Sexennium period and had to take refuge in Gibraltar. One of the main inspirers of the pronouncement of Cabezas de San Juan that led to the Liberal Triennium (1820-1823). Elected deputy in the first Courts of the Triennium following the elections of March 1820. President of the Council of Ministers for four months in 1836. Portrait. Engraving by José Gómez. Panorama Español, Crónica Contemporánea. Volume III. Madrid, 1845. Author: José Gómez. 19th century-Spanish engraver.

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of Jacob van Lennep, 1802-1868, Dutch writer

'H. W. Betty (The Infant Roscius)', c1876. Creator: Unknown.

George Canning, 11. April 1770, 8. August 1827, war ein britischer Politiker, der als Außenminister und für kurze Zeit als Premierminister diente, His...

Portrait of Leonhard Euler, 1707 - 1783, a Swiss mathematician and physicist

The Duke of Richelieu, vintage engraving. The Duke of Richelieu, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656517

Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff, 10 March 1788, 26 November 1857, was an important lyricist and writer of the German Romantic period, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

Johann Wolfgang Goethe in his youth, Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature, Leipzig and Berlin 1880, Germany, Europe

Sir Julius Benedict (November 1804 in Stuttgart, died 5 June 1885 in London) was a British composer and conductor of German origin. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Portrait of Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763-1837) a prominent Belgian physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. Dated 19th century

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, 12 December 1766, 3 June 1826, a Russian writer and historian, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of Jerome Pétion de Villeneuve (1756-1794) Politician and Mayor of Paris. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Abbe de Montesquiou, vintage engraving. Abbe de Montesquiou, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656536

Joseph Louis Proust (1754-1826), French chemist. Engraving, 1873.

Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1826) French mathematician and physicist. Electrodynamics. 19th century portrait engraving.

John James Audubon, John James La Forest Audubon, 26 April 1785, 27 January 1851, an American ornithologist and draughtsman, Historical, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Louis Lazare Hoche (1768-1797) French general of the Revolutionary army. France. Old XIX century engraving illustration. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897

Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, 28 November 1772, 31 December 1848, a German classical philologist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Christoph August Tiedge, 14 December 1752, 8 March 1841, German poet, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of David Ramsay, 1749 - 1815, an American physicist and historian

August Wilhelm Iffland, 19 April 1759, 22 September 1814, a German actor, intendant and playwright, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century work

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the 'Father of Railways'

Johann Heinrich Voss, 20 February 1751, 29 March 1826, German poet, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Louis-Mathieu Mole (24 January 1781) (23 November 1855), also 1st Count Mole from 1809 to 1815, was a French statesman, close friend and associate of Louis Philippe I. King of the French during the July Monarchy (1830-1848), Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Historical print, engraving, of Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff, 1788-1857, poet and writer of the German Romanticism, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, 1776 - 1861, a German historian

EUGENE de BEAUHARNAIS adopted son of Napoleon I, military, viceroy of Italy : depicted - unusually - wearing a wig. Date: 1781 - 1824

Portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, (1764 - 1845). Whig politician, MP. who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Christian OErsted

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1769 - 1860, a German writer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly

George Stephenson, 9 June 1781, 12 August 1848, was an English engineer and the main founder of the railway system, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882) an English actor-manager and dramatist. Dated 19th Century

FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician Date: 1810 - 1849

John Abernethy (1764-1831). English surgeon and physiologist, pupil of John Hunter. Woodcut published London 1842

James Watt, 30 January 1736 to 25 August 1819, Scottish inventor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Friedrich Wilhelm von Thiersch, 17 June 1784, 25 February 1860, German philologist, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Portrait of Baron vom Stein by Johann Veit Schnorr von Carolsfeld, etching, 1821, 1764-1841, Private Collection

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). 3rd President and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Engraving in The Universal History, 1892.

Samuel Adams 1722 - 1803. American statesman and Founding Father. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse, 1746 1818, French mathematician Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse, 1746 1818, French mathematician Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660400

Historical print, engraving, 1831, portrait of Barthold Georg Niebuhr, 1776-1831, German historian, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish philosopher and political thinker. Dated 18th Century

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French composer, 1900.Artist: Brinzhofer

Adam George Prince of Czartoryski (1770-1861), Polish politician, President of the National Government. Poland, 19th century.

Ernst Moritz Arndt, 26 December 1769 -29 January 1860, German nationalist and democratic writer, historian and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Christian Charles or Karl Josias von Bunsen, 25 August 1791-28 November 1860, also known as Baron von Bunsen, was a German diplomat and scholar, Histo...

Carlo Bonaparte, father of Napoleon Carlo Maria Buonaparte 1746-1785 was a Corsican lawyer and politician who briefly served as a personal assistant of the revolutionary leader Pasquale Paoli and eventually rose to become Corsicas representative to the court of Louis XVI. After his death, his son Napoleon became Emperor of France, and several of his other children received royal titles from their brother. Illustration originally published in Harpers Monthly December 1879. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 3636731

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, 1772 - 1848, a German classical philologist

Sir Henry Clinton, 18th century British general, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Historical print, portrait of Joachim Heinrich Campe, 1746 - 1818, a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Karl von Rotteck, 1775 - 1840, historian and politician, portrait, historical illustration, 1880

Christian Charles or Karl Josias von Bunsen, 25 August 1791-28 November 1860, also known as Baron von Bunsen, was a German diplomat and scholar, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknown

Juan Alvarez de Mendizábal (1790-1853). Spanish politician and financier who had great importance in the Spanish Liberal Revolution. He was appointed Minister of Finance in July 1835 by the Count of Toreno, a role in which he promoted the ecclesiastical confiscations. Portrait. Engraving. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1853.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of Robert Morris, famous American patriot and financier of the American Revolutionary War

Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803). German philosopher. Engraving.

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Charles Thomson, 1729 - 1824, an American writer and politician of Irish origin

THOMAS HART BENTON American statesman and editor, Democratic leader in Senate. Date: 1782-1858

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait Frederic Francois Chopin or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, 1810-1849, Polish-French pianist and composer of music for piano

Johann Peter Hebel (1760 - 1826), poet, writer, steel engraving after an image by Fr. Mueller, before 1880

Portrait of Samuel Watt (1876-1927) an Irish (later Northern Irish) civil servant. Dated 20th Century

Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet, 1746 - 1825. French politician of the Revolutionary period. From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise

John Scott 1st Earl of Eldon, 1751 - 1838. Lawyer, judge, statesman and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Thomas Paine (1737-1809). British-American author. Political activist, philosopher and revolutionary. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 1762 - 1814, a German educator and philosopher of German Idealism

Esaias Tegner, 1782-1846, Swedish poet and Lutheran bishop, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882

JOAQUIN MARIA DE FERRER Y CAFRANGA, POLITICO Y MILITAR ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-ARCHIVO. MADRID.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Frederic Francois Chopin or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, 1810-1849, Polish-French pianist and composer of works for piano

Engraved portrait of James Montgomery (1771-1854), the Scottish poet and writer, pictured c.1854. Date: 6 May 1854

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Moira or Lord Rawdon, 1754 - 1826, an Irish - British politician and officer, Governor General of India

Silas Deane, 18th century American statesman and diplomat, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Juan Alvarez de Mendizabal (1790-1853). Spanish politician and financier who had great importance in the Spanish liberal Revolution. He was appointed Minister of Finance in July 1835 by the Count of Toreno, from which he promoted the confiscation of the confiscation of Catholic Church's properties. Portrait. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Gideon Ernst Freiherr von Laudon or Laudohn or Loudon, 1717 - 1790, an Austrian general

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Pietro Giordani, 1774 - 1848, an Italian writer

Karl Braun, 1822 - 1893, a German politician, who campaigned for free trade as part of his social work, wood engraving, about 1880

René Caillié (19 November 1799 - 17 May 1838) was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. In April 1827 he set off across West Africa. He arrived in Timbuktu a year later and stayed there for two weeks before heading across the Sahara Desert to Tangier in Morocco. On his return to France, he was awarded the prize of 10,000 francs by the Société de Géographie and helped by the scholar Edme-François Jomard, published an account of his journey. In 1830 he was awarded the Gold Medal by the Société de Géographie.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of August Wilhelm Iffland, 1759 - 1814, a German actor, director and playwright

T. S. Duncombe Esq., M.P., 1844. Portrait of British politician Thomas Slingsby Duncombe. 'Mr. T. Duncombe is well known as the Parliamentary advocate of popular rights and personal grievances. In bringing forward both of them, he has on many occasions met with more success than could have been anticipated for one who holds extreme political opinions, and who is not attached very closely to any one section of the house as a party man. He owes his success partly to personal qualities, such as earnestness and boldness of speech, but more to the ability with which he chooses his ground of attack,

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of James Jackson, 1757 - 1806, an American politician and Governor of Georgia

Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1798), French Enlightenment philosopher and sociologist, 1874. Artist: Unknown

Historical illustration from the 19th century, digitally edited portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832, a German poet

Thomas Hart Benton American Politician Stock Montage, Inc.

A great Englishman and the "Father of Railways": George Stephenson, a portrait reproduced from our issue of September 2, 1848, which chronicled he great railway engineer's death, a hundred years ago. November 19, 1948.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). American general and statesman. 7th President of the United States of America (1829-1837). Portrait. Engraving. Detail. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Franz de Paula Wirer, Ritter von Rettenbach. Lithograph by Kramer after L. Kupelwieser.

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue, 1761 - 1819, writer and playwright, portrait, historical illustration, 1880

Portrait of Jean Pierre Frédéric Ancillon (1767-1837) Friedrich von Ancillon, wavy hair, self-confident, suit, stand-up collar, history, Prussian statesman, philosopher, educator, state theory, representative of the corporative state, social status, privileges, philosophy, Prussia, Germany, historical illustration 1882

Benoit Camille Desmoulins, 2 March 1760, 5 April 1794, a French lawyer, journalist and politician. From the beginning one of the leaders of the French Revolution, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Portait of Muzio Clementi, 1752 - 1832, a composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), German historian, 1886.Artist: Wilhelm Auguste Rudolf Lehmann

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Baron vom Stein, Freiherr vom Stein, 1757 - 1831, Prussian statesman and reformer

'Warren Hastings', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

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