Historic Political Figures

Formal black and white portraits of 19th-century political figures, showcasing traditional attire with beards and solemn expressions, capturing their historical significance.

Hon. Wm. Irvine of N.Y.
Hon. Wm. Irvine of N.Y.
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Prof. S. Manney
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), 23rd President of the United States 1889-93, Seated Portrait, Photograph by Charles Milton Bell, 1880's
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Jas. A. Gary
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Hon. M.P. Norton of Kansas
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W. O'Brien
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Gov. Warren Garst of Iowa, portr.
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Sec. Edward Bates, Attorney-General. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Portrait of Dr Daniel Pollen black-and-white negatives
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Robert Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) between 1870 and 1880. Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 - July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and Secretary of War, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Born in Springfield, Illinois, United States, he was one of two of Lincoln's four sons to live to adulthood.
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C.E. Hughes, seated, H.F Raess
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English engineer John Nun Milner.
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P- RETRATO DEL EMPERADOR NAPOLEON III - S XIX. Author: ANDRE ADOLPHE EUGENE DISDERI (1819-1889). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. BONAPARTE LUIS NAPOLEON. LUIS NAPOLEON. BONAPARTE CARLOS LUIS NAPOLEON. NAPOLEON III MARIDO DE EUGENIA DE MONTIJO. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1808/73) NAPOLEON III. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 1808/73 NAPOLEON III.
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Judge David Davis
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EMMANUEL CHABRIER (1841-1894) - COMPOSITOR FRANCES. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Alexey Sergeevich Suvorin ca. 1865.
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Ulysses S. Grant in portrait engraving published on Aug. 6, 1885, a few weeks after the former US Civil War general and two term president's death, (BSLOC_2018_10_79)
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Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) English orientalist and explorer. Photograph published London c1880. Woodburytype
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Poincarre
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Hunt, Hon. Wm. H. Ex Secty of Navy
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Vest, Hon. of MO. (Senator)
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Illustration of H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, done in 1861. Drawn from another picture done from life at Buckingham Palace. Husband of Queen Victoria.
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Reverend D Birney (Baptist Missionary to Burma)
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Hon. James G. Blaine of Maine
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Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 1891) Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1875 to 1891, also acting as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891.
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Hamilton, Hon. Morgan Calvin of Texas
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Frank Davis , Mayors. Lawrence
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877-81).
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John W. Goff
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Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States. Photograph, ca. 1870s
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Roselle, T.E., popular proprietor of the Old Arlington Hotel
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Hon. Jefferson Franklin Long of GA.
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Brig. Gen. John Bratton, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right | Library of Congress
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-73), 1st Baron Lytton, English Poet, Novelist and Politician, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company, New
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Gen. James Garfield, U.S.A.
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U.S. Grant.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Dutch-born British painter. Photograph published 1881. Woodburytype
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Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85), 18th President of the United States 1869-77, General of Union Army during American Civil War, Seated Portrait, Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, Brady-Handy Collection, 1870's
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Chandler, Hon. Wm. E. of N.H. (Secty of Navy)
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Theo. Stanton
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ALFRED lord TENNYSON writer of 'In memoriam', 'The lady of Shallott' and other poems. with his autograph Date: 1809 - 1892
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James A. Garfield (1831-81), 20th President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait as Brigadier General during American Civil War, Photograph by Mathew B. Brady, 1865
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Prince PIERRE BONAPARTE nephew of Napoleon I, who murdered journalist Victor Noir who had dared to insult the Bonaparte dynasty... photographed in 1868. Date: 1815 - 1881
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Garibaldi. September 22, 1935.
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1800s 1860s PORTRAIT OF ROBERT E LEE CONFEDERATE GENERAL DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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GRIGORI RASPUTIN (1871-1916).
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Douglas Hancock Cooper, Brigadier General, C.S.A., half-length portrait, in uniform, facing left | Library of Congress
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Prince Leopold of Bavaria circa 1910-1915.
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TIburcio Vasquez, Mexican bandit in California; he was hanged on 19th March 1875. Date: 19th Century
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Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 - 1882), Italian general, politician and nationalist, Gustave Le Gray (1820 - 1884), Palermo, 1860
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Portrait of an African American man, Honorable Jeremiah Haralson, American Legislator of Alabama, killed by wild beasts near Denver, Colorado, circa 1856-1880.
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Bishop J. W. Hood, D. D.. Culp, Daniel Wallace. Portraits. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African American bishops, Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918
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Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.
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S.F. Cody
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English author. Photograph of Dickens seated with dog at side. Taken towards end of his life.