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Historical Figures of the 18th Century

A collection of portraits featuring notable historical figures from the 18th century, characterized by ornate clothing and elaborate hairstyles, evoking a sense of history.

Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) Irish churchman and writer Shown here in 1710. Date: 1710

Henry Pelham, 25 September 1694, 6 March 1754, was Prime Minister of Great Britain, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) Irish churchman and writer Shown here in 1710. Date: 1710

Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford 1676-1745 British statesman and Britains first Prime Minister 1730-1742 From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

Mertins, Sir George .

Jonathan Edwards (5 October 1703-22 March 1758) was a British Congregationalist preacher, missionary and an important figure in the revival movement of the First Great Awakening, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.

Gérard de Lally-Tollendal

Portrait of Andreas Snape

JOHN JAMES HEIDEGGER Adventurer, operatic manager Date: 1659 - 1749

Abel Roper, London pamphlet publisher and bookseller, died in 1716. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.

Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) (1694-1778). French writer of the Enlightenment. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Portrait of Henry St John, later Viscount Bolingbroke from Cassell's History of England King's Edition Part 29

Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700-1766), writer, dramatist

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC (1653 1727) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of Solebay during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, he served as a captain in the Mediterranean in operations against the Barbary pirates

J. H. Livingston, D.D. S.T.P. Livingston (John Henry).. Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828). Prints. 1820. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Livingston, John Henry, 1746-1825

Portrait of Prof.dr Karel Koenraad REITZ, born Terborg 1708, professor in literature at the Hogeschool van Harderwijk, died Harderwijk 1773. Too half a right, his hand resting on a book about Lucianus, with his family crest.

Portrait of Arnold Drakenborch, Jacob Houbraken, After Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1736 - 1738 print Portrait of Arnoldus Drakenborch. Under the portrait his name and title and a six -line verse in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving

George II (1683-1760), King of Great Britain and Ireland, c1900, Wood engraving

Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773) a British statesman, and man of letters, and wit. Dated 18th Century

Portrait of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (1679-1757) an English diplomatist. Dated 18th Century

Portrait of Johannes d'Outrein. Johannes d'Outrein, Professor Theology in Dordrecht and from 1708 pastor in Amsterdam.

'William Lord Russel', 1784. Creator: Unknown.

Sir Samuel Garth, English physician and poet c1705-1710 (1906). Artist: Unknown

Heath, George Craufurd .

George Berkeley (1685-1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne). Anglo-Irish philosopher. Engraving.

Mechor Rafael de Macanas (o Macanaz) (1670-1760). Secretario de Felipe V. Político y escritor, fiscal del Consejo de Castilla. Grabado de 1870. Melchor Rafael Macanas.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English author, satirist and adventurer. Remembered for his novels "Robinson Crusoe", "Journal of the Plague Year" and "Moll Flanders" Engraving from "The Gallery of Portraits" Vol. VII by Charles Knight

Portret van William Grant, James McArdell, after Allan Ramsay, 1751 - c. 1753 print London paper historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

Walpole of Wolterton, Horatio Baron .

Thomas DIMSDALE (1712-1800) who in 1761 inoculated the Empress Catherine and various Russian princes for smallpox MP for Hertford 1780ó1784

Anne Louis Henri de La Fare (1752-1829). French prelate and statesman. Bishop of Nancy (1787-1816), he was elected deputy for the clergy to the Estates General in 1789, then emigrated. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait of Petrus van Maastricht, Pieter van Gunst, After Gerard Hoet (I), 1659 - 1731 print Petrus van Maastricht, professor of theology and philosophy in Frankfurt, Duisburg and Utrecht. With Latin and Greek caption. Amsterdam paper engraving

THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. London, UK, 19th century engraving

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. Dated 18th Century

Engraving of Philip Livingston, created in 1823, depicting Philip Livingston (1716-1778). Issued in Philadelphia

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL (1685 - 1759) Composer.

Bünau, Heinrich Graf von.

George Frideric Handel, German pronunciation, 23 February 1685-14 April 1759, was a German, later British, Baroque composer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. Portrait. Engraving, 1883. Color.

John Ray, also spelled Wray, 1627-1705. Leading 17th century English naturalist and botanist. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Portrait of Robert Wilks

Retrato de José del Campillo y Cossío(1693-1743). Político español y economista. Colección particular, Madrid. Author: Llanta.

George Grenville became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1763, as the Seven Years War was ending and Britain's treasury was depleted. He strategy for raising revenue from taxing the American colonies, included the Sugar Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765. Engraving after a portrait by Richard Hoare (BSLOC_2019_3_65)

Portrait of Samuel Pitiscus, Johannes Klopper, 1707 print Portrait of the seventy -year -old rector and writer Samuel Pitiscus. He wears a long wig and an embroidered tie. Under the image a four -line text in Latin. paper engraving historical persons

Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target (1733-1806). French lawyer and politician. In 1789 he was elected deputy of the Third Estate in Paris to the Estates General. He supported the law on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, of which he was one of the main authors. He presided over the National Constituent Assembly from 18 January to 2 February 1790. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) German Baroque composer who settled in England. Became a naturalised British subject in 1727. Portrait engraving.

Jonathan Swift (1667 ñ 1745) Anglo-Irish satirist; essayist; political pamphleteer and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral; Dublin

Portrait of serious ludwig aveman. The Chancellor and Ambassador Ernst Ludwig Aveman with a sash. At his centur a medallion with a portrait of a man.

Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802 - 1880), 10th Baronet British jurist who became Lord Chief Justice of England in 1859.

Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist, (c1850). Artist: Unknown.

Portrait of serious ludwig aveman. The Chancellor and Ambassador Ernst Ludwig Aveman with a sash. At his centur a medallion with a portrait of a man. There are family crest in the margin.

Richard Arkwright, 1732-92, Inventor, England.

John H. Livingston, D.D., 1777 - 1890; Livingston, John Henry, 1746-1825

Bach, Johann Sebastian (Eisenach ,1685-Leipzig, 1750). German composer. Served as "Kapellmeister" from 1717 to 1723 the Duke of Ko¨then, the period when he composed his major instrumental works. Engraving by Tourfaut in "El Semanario Familiar Pintoresco" (1877).

Portrait of Samuel Pitiscus; Samuel Pitiscus, Gymnasii Ultrajectini Preafectus. Portrait in half of the seventy-year rector and writer Samuel Pitiscus. He is wearing a long wig and an embroidered tie. Under the image a four-line text in Latin.

'Lord Chatham', c1740, (c1884). William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (1708-1778) British Whig, educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. Wartime leader during the Seven Years' War who served as Prime Minister under reign of George III. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin

CHARLES LORD CORNWALLIS son of the third earl Cornwallis, soldier, Postmaster General, Paymaster General of the forces, member of the Kit-Kat Club. Date: circa 1674 - 1722

Portrait of Jonathan Swift 1774 Nathaniel Bermingham Irish. Portrait of Jonathan Swift 384761

William Penn (1644-1718), jefe de la secta de los cuáqueros; fundador del estado de Pensilvania. Grabado de 1866.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer with a manuscript in his hand Date: 1685 - 1750

'George F Handel', 19th century. Artist: Thomson Scot

John Potter 1674 - 1747 Archbishop of Canterbury From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825

Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brede et de (1689-1755). French erudite philosopher and writer. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Portrait of Alexander Spotswood, Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1723., 1777 - 1890. Spotswood (1676-1740)

George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759. German born English composer of the late Baroque era. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Juan de AcuÒa y Bejarano, 2nd Marquis of Casa Fuerte (Spanish: Juan de AcuÒa y Bejarano, segundo MarquÈs de Casa Fuerte) (c. 1658 ñ March 17, 1734) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain.

Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist. Engraving.

BAPTIST NOEL, fourth earl of GAINSBOROUGH in his peer's robes Date: 1708 - 1751

Joseph Addison, 1672-1719. English essayist, poet and statesman. From the book ""The International Library of Famous Literature"".Published in London 1900. Volume XVIII.

Cotton Mather 1663 to 1728 American Puritan minister From 19th century engraving

DR SAMUEL JOHNSON with his autograph Date: 1709 - 1784

Italy, Bologna, Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel

Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target (1733-1806). French lawyer and politician. In 1789 he was elected deputy of the Third Estate in Paris to the Estates General. He supported the law on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, of which he was one of the main authors. He presided over the National Constituent Assembly from 18 January to 2 February 1790. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Sir Thomas Plumer (1753-1824), British judge and politician, 19th century.Artist: H Robinson

John Strype, 1643 to 1737. English ecclesiastical historian and biographer. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Portret van Mathurin Savary, Gerard Edelinck, After Louis Ferdinand Elle (II), 1683 print Portrait of the French bishop Mathurin Savary, depicted in oval frame with text in Latin and weapon. paper engraving

Sir Robert Sibbald. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars after J. Alexander.

Abbot, 1. Baron Colchester, Charles .

John Somers or Sommers (1651-1716) English lawyer and politician: Counsel for the seven bishops 1688. Lord Chancellor 1697. Friend and patron of poets and writers. Jonathan Swift dedicated Tale of a Tub 1704 to him. 1833 engraving after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller

Joseph Addison 1672-1719. English essayist, poet and statesman From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Edmond Halley, 1656-1742. English astronomer and mathematician. From the book Gallery of Portraits, 1833., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Portrait of Thomas Pellette M.D President of The Royal College of Physicians from 1735-9 by William Hogarth dated 1735-9

Portrait of German composer Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 - 1759). Museum: Music Museum, BOLONIA, ITALIA.

Gen. William Shirley, Gov. of Mass.. Hudson, Thomas (1701-1779). 1873. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Governors, Shirley, William, 1694-1771, Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)

Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (1660-1753) on engraving from 1800s. Ulster-Scot physician and collector. Engraved for ther Naturalists Library.

'Robert Walpole', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Portrait of Saint John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719) French priest, educational reformer, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1890

VICE CHANCELLOR, SIR W.M. JAMES, 1869

'Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819-1885) Irish-born barrister and Conservative politician. Lord Chancellor 1868 and 1874-1880, Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1878-1885.'

'Jonathan Swift', (1933). Creator: Unknown.

Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Lord Chatham.. Brompton, Richard (1734-1783). Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

John Locke Esq.. Kneller, Godfrey, Sir (1646-1723). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Locke, John, 1632-1704

Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) an Italian Baroque composer. Dated 18th Century

George Frederick Handel or George Frideric Handel, 1685, 1759, German-born British composer of the Baroque

Aeneas Munson, M.D., President of the Medical Society of the State of Connecticut. Engraving by William Jennys, dated from 1777 to 1890

"Portrait of John Wesley 1788-89 Oil on canvas by George Romney, English, 1734 - 1802"

William Penn 1644-1718. English Quaker leader. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Portrait of Willem Sautijn, Alderman of Amsterdam, Jean Fournier, 1734

Portret van Thomas Harrison, Edward Fisher, after Joshua Reynolds, 1765 print paper historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

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