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Historical Figures in Portraits

Engravings of notable historical leaders and statesmen, depicted in formal attire with detailed uniforms. The artworks convey a sense of authority and historic significance.

Portrait of Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916) President of the German Confederation. Dated 19th Century

UMBERTO I of Italy (1844-1900). King of Italy (1878-1900). Son of Victor Emmanuel II. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria d'Arte Moderna. Palazzo Pitti (Gallery of Modern Art. Pitti Palace).

Franz Joseph I. August 18, 1830 - November 21, 1916, with a full name Franz Joseph Karl, from the House of Habsburg -Lorraine, was from December 2, 1848 until his death of Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary and King of Bohemia, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

Blas Pierrard (1812-1872). Military and Spanish politician. Portrait. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1872.

Historical drawing, portrait of Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, 1796-1877, Prussian field marshal, Franco-German War or Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918) at the time of his accession to the throne on the death of his father Alexander III, l November 1894. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 11 November 1894.

Leo von Caprivi (Caprivi Georg Leo Graf von Caprara of Montecuccoli) (1831-1899). German political and military. Otto von Bismarck's successor as Chancellor of Germany (1890-1894). Nineteenth-century colored engraving.

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1821-1875, 14th Vice President of the United States (1857-61) and Confederate General during the American Civil War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Vsevolod Vladim irovich Krestockii, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c. 19th century. Russia.

Blas de Villate y de la Hera (1824-1882). 1st count of Valmaseda. Spanish general. Captain General of the island of Cuba, in three appointments between 1867 and 1872. In February 1881, he was appointed Captain General of Castilla la Nueva (New Castile). Portrait. Chromolithography. General History of Spain, by Miguel Morayta. Volume VII. Madrid, 1893.

Czar Nicholas II of Russia, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Portrait of Gyula Szapary (1832-1905) Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary 1890-1892. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Otto von Bismark, 19th century German statesman, (1900).Artist: Loescher and Petsch

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847-1909) by Bergamasco, Charles (Karl) (1830_1896)/Private Collection/between 1870 and 1880/Albumin Photo/Russia/Portrait,Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

GENERAL BLAS PIERRAD. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN. GENERAL BLAS PIERRARD (1812-1872).

Felix Gustave Saussier, 1828 - 1905, French general and member of parliament, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Arsenio Martinez Campos y Anton (1831-1900). Spanish officer, who rose against the First Spanish Republic in a military revolution in 1874 and restored Spain's Bourbon dynasty. Engraving by La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana.

Richard Airey, Baron Airey (1803-1881) English soldier; Quartermaster General to the Crimean army 1854-1855; Governor of Gibraltar 1865-1870. Photograph published 1875. Woodburytype

Otto I (1848-1916). King of Bavaria (1886-1913). Successor of Louis II (1886). 19th-century colored engraving.

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch

Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915). Mexican military and politician. President of Mexico on seven occasions, between 1877 and 1911. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). Later colouration. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1884. Author: Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

''The Late King of Holland, William III. 1817-1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (1830 - 21 November 1916) Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 2 December 1848 until his death

Helmuth Karl Bernhard, graf von Moltke, (1800-91), or Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German Field Marshal and Chief of Staff of the Prussian Army, Portrait , 1870's

Prince Henry of Prussia, also known as Albert Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia, 1862 - 1929, Grand Admiral and commander of the Imperial German Navy, historical engraving, about 1889

JERONIMO SANCHEZ DE CARRANZA - (1535-1606-10) - CABALLERO DEL HABITO DE CRISTO Y GOBERNADOR DE HONDURAS. Author: RAFAEL SENET (1856-1926). Location: BIBLIOTECA COLOMBINA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Manuel de Mendiburu (1805-1885). Peruvian military, politician and historian. Portrait. Engraving by Paris. La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana,, 1876.

Official portrait of Prince Wilhem of Prussia (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) (1859-1941) on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921) in Berlin on 27th February 1881. 1881

Dom Pedro II, Peter II, 1825 - 1891, the magnanimous, the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil/Dom Pedro II, the Magnanimous, the second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, colored later

Photograph of Alvaro de Figueroa y Torres-Sotomayor, 1st Count of Romanones (1863-1950) a Spanish politician and Prime Minister of Spain.

Portrait of Field Marshal Prince Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922) Imperial Japanese Army, twice Prime Minister of Japan. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Portrait of Willem III, King of the Netherlands. Portrait of Willem III. In the undermaster his name and title in letterpress. Completely in an ornamented rectangle.

Leopold II (1835 - 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own efforts, the King-Sovereign of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

Ateljé photography, portrait, of Major General and Cabinet Chamber Lord Otto Mauritz von Knorring.

Photo print from around 1868 depicting Fremy Rudolph Easzam Von Zetroll-Tige (1817-1895), showing a formal portrait of the figure.

Azcárraga y Palmero, Marcelo (Manila. 1832-Madrid, 1915) Militar y político español, presidente del Consejo de Ministros y del Senado, partidario de la Restauración borbónica y miembro del Partido Conservador.

Juan Prim Prats (1814-1870), general, estadista y político español.

ULYSSES S GRANT American Civil War General, and later President Date: 1822 - 1885

Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818 - 1893). Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

The future King George V at his wedding, 1893 (1935). Artist: Unknown.

Nikolai Przevalski the famous Russian explorer ca. before 1888.

Picture, Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven, Woven portrait of Patrice de MacMahon (French, 1808-1893), president of the Third Republic., France, late 19th century, woven textiles, Picture

Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818 - 1893); Studio of Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); about 1864; Albumen silver print

Ulysses S. Grant, 27 April 1822, 23 July 1885, an American general and politician. He was commander-in-chief of the US Army in the War of Secession and the 18th President of the United States of America from 1869 to 1877, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Ulysses S. Grant, 1822 to 1885. Union general in American Civil War and 18th president of the United States 1869 to 1877. From a 19th century illustration.

Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph Johann Maria, 1868 - 1915, until 1911 Archduke of Austria, after which he called himself Ferdinand Burg, ca. 1889, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a model from the 19th century.

Carlos Ezeta (1852-1903). President of El Salvador from 1890 to 1894. He was a military ruler. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. "La Ilustracion Espan_ola", 1890.

Portrait of Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835-1895) 9th head of the Arisugawa-no-miya line. Imperial japanese family. Japan. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Emperor Franz Joseph I, - Memory card to the railway ball , Charles Scolik -, artist

Ippolito Nievo, 1869.

Portrait of Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), Marshal of France by Jacquier, Henri (1878-1921) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / 1915 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 81x65,5 / Realism

Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo (24 May 1821 - 31 October 1885 in Madrid) was a Spanish admiral and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Umberto I of Italy, Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia, 1844 to 1900, King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

BISMARCK, Otto-Leopold, Prince of (Schonhauser, 1815-Friedrichsruhe, 1898). German statesman. Proclamed Chancellor of the Empire in 1871. In 1890 William II forced him to resign. Nineteenth-century engraving.

Don Fernando Fernández de Córdova y Valcárcel, 2nd Marquis of Mendigorrí=_a (1809-1883). Spanish military, politician, and Primer minister of Spain for one day. Engraving, 1876. Colored.

Francois Achille Bazaine (1811-1888). Marshal of France. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored.

Ulysses S.Grant (1822-1885) After lithograph issued in 1863 after his victory at Vicksburg. American general on Union (northern) side during American Civil War and 18th president of the United States

Francois Certain de Canrobert, usually known as Francois Certain-Canrobert and later simply as Marshal Canrobert, 1809, 1895, was a Marshal of France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War or Franco-Prussian War, 1870-, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Frederick William (born 1831), King Frederick William III (1770-1840), Frederick Charles of Prussia (1828-1885), Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Andrei Sergeyevich Bubnov (1883 - 1938) Russian Bolshevik revolutionary leader, Soviet politician and military leader and member of the Left Opposition.

Otto-Leopold Bismarck, Prince of Bismarck (Schonhauser, 1815-Friedrichsruhe, 1898). German statesman. Proclamed Chancellor of the Empire in 1871. In 1890 William II forced him to resign. 19th-century engraving.

General Ulysses S Grant, circa 1865

Emperor Meiji, 3 carcharodus flocciferus (1852), 30 July 1912-) or Meiji the Great, Mutsuhito, was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death on 30 July 1912, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Henry Stokes (1841-1926) an Irish civil servant of the Indian civil service and member of the Madras Legislative Council. Dated 19th Century

Darkest Russia a grand romance of the Czars realm. Poster by American artist Sidney Ellis 1850-1931. c1895. Caption: Rulers of Russia, past and present: Ivan The Terrible ... Nicholas II. (Detail depicting: Tsar Alexander III)

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