Historical Figures Portraits

Engravings of notable historical figures from the French Revolution era, displaying vintage attire and classic portrait styles.

Edmond Halley (1656-1742) English astronomer and mathematician. Engraving after portrait of Richard Phillips painted c1720 soon after Halley became Astronomer Royal. Engraving 1794.

Honore-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). French politician, leader of the early stages of the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) French composer and musicologist.

Isaac Le Chapelier (1754-1794). French jurist and politician. Deputy for the Third Estate to the Estates General of 1789. President of the Constituent Assembly (3 to 17 August 1789). Portrait. Engraving. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

John Adams 1735 - 1826. First vice president 1789 - 97 and second president 1797 -1801 of the United States. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

Edmond Halley (1656-1742) English astronomer and mathematician. Engraving after portrait of Richard Phillips painted c1720 soon after Halley became Astronomer Royal. Engraving 1794.

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC, 26 August 1676, 18 March 1745, known as Sir Robert Walpole in front of 1742, was a British statesman g...

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.

Historical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Daniel Defoe, 1661-1731, English tradesman, writer and journalist, writer of the novel Robinson Crusoe

Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer, (c1850) Artist: Unknown

James Brindley 1716 - 1772. English pioneer canal builder. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC, 26 August 1676, 18 March 1745, known as Sir Robert Walpole in front of 1742, was a British statesman generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, 1727, 1781, French economist and statesman

Historical steel engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of the French priest, Abbe von Mureaux, philosopher and logician, Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, the Age of Enlightenment, sensationalist epistemology, 18th Century

SIR JOHN BARNARD (1685 - 1764) Merchant, alderman of the City of London and Lord Mayor in 1737, politically active as an opponent of Walpole. Date: circa 1740

Alessandro Scarlatti (16601725), Baroque composer known for operas and chamber cantatas

Portrait of Christian Wolff (1679-1754) a German philosopher. Dated 18th Century

Historical engraving, 19th century, portrait of Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761, English writer

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Jacob Moser, 1701 - 1785, a German professor of constitutional law

Jean-Baptiste Clery (1759-1809). Personal valet to King Louis XVI of France. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Germany, lipzig, Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Engraving by Lemaitre. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Emmanuel de Pastoret (Claude Emmanuel Joseph Pierre de Pastoret) (1755-1840), Marquis de Pastoret. French lawyer, author and politician. Elected deputy for Paris in the Legislative Assembly, of which he was president from 3 to 16 October 1791. President of the Council of Five Hundred from 18 August to 21 September 1796. Lord Chancellor of France and President of the Chamber of Peers from 1829 to 1830. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

FRANCOIS QUESNAY French physician and economist. Physician to King Louis XV at Versailles. Date: 1694 - 1774

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist.

Marie-Joseph Chénier (Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier) (1764-1811). French poet, dramatist and politician. He was a member of the Club des Cordeliers and the Paris Commune. Deputy of the National Convention for the department of Seine-et-Oise. He joined Danton's party and voted for the death sentence on Louis XVI. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Emmanuel de Pastoret (Claude Emmanuel Joseph Pierre de Pastoret) (1755-1840), Marquis de Pastoret. French lawyer, author and politician. Elected deputy for Paris in the Legislative Assembly, of which he was president from 3 to 16 October 1791. President of the Council of Five Hundred from 18 August to 21 September 1796. Lord Chancellor of France and President of the Chamber of Peers from 1829 to 1830. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, 31 May 1753, 31 October 1793, was one of the leaders of the Girondists in the French Revolution, digitally restored repro...

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Johann Mattheson, 1681-1764, German composer and music writer

'James Earl of Abercorn', (1800). Creator: Edward Harding.

Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès (1758-1805). French politician. Elected deputy for the nobility of Gaure, Verdun and Rivière-Verdun to the Estates General in 1789. In the National Constituent Assembly he belonged to the group of moderate royalists. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Pierre Claude Nivelle de La Chaussee, 1692 - 1754, a French playwright

Koenraad van Heuningen (1622-1693), secretary then pensionary of Amsterdam, since 1660 member of the town council and mayor repeatedly. He distinguished himself primarily as a diplomat from 1674 till 1683.

Portrait of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) a British baroque composer. Dated 18th Century

Claude François Verguet (1744-1814). French Catholic priest and politician. Prior of the Royal Abbey of Relecq. Vicar general of the Cistercian order. Elected deputy of the clergy to the Estates General of 1789 for the district of Saint-Pol-de-Léon. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait of Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Jimenez de Urea, 10th Count of Aranda (1719-1798) a Spanish statesman and diplomat.

Portrait of Gabriel Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau (1749-1791) French politician, physiocrat, writer and publicist. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Christian Wolff, from 1745 Baron von Wolff, 24 January 1679 to 9 April 1754, German polymath, jurist and mathematician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703March 22, 1758) was a British Congregationalist preacher, missionary, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1726) English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author

Henri Grégoire (Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire) (1750-1831), also known as Abbé Grégoire. French Catholic clergyman, constitutional bishop of Blois and revolutionary leader. Elected deputy by the clergy of the bailliage of Nancy to the Estates-General of 1789. He was the first cleric to take the oath of the new Civil Constitution of the Clergy on 27 December 1790. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Christian, Freiherr von Wolf, scholar and philosopher of the Enlightenment, 1679 - 1754, historical illustration, portrait, 1880

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Illustration from Harpers Monthly magazine printed in 1883. by the virtue of age

ALEJANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725) CELEBRE OPERISTA ITALIANO, LLEGO A SER DIRECTOR DE LA OPERA VIRREY DE NAPOLES. PADRE DE DOMENICO SCARLATTI. SCARLATTI ALEJANDRO. ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Philosopher, political theoretician, musician, botanist. Pastel. French school. Geneva, Art and History Museum. Author: MAURICE DE LA TOUR QUENTIN (1704-1788). Location: MUSEO DE ARTE E HISTORIA. Genève. Switzerland.

Johan Bach - He lived from 1685 to 1750. His name is Johann Bach. November 25, 1951.

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). French politician, leader of the early stages of the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving in "Nuestro Siglo", 19th century. Colored.

Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet, 21 November 1694, 30 May 1778, French philosopher and writer, author of the Enlightenment, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Francis I, German, Franz Stephan of Lorraine, 8 December 1708, 18 August 1765, in 1745 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Marie-Joseph Chenier (Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chenier) (1764-1811). French poet, dramatist and politician. He was a member of the Club des Cordeliers and the Paris Commune. Deputy of the National Convention for the department of Seine-et-Oise. He joined Danton's party and voted for the death sentence on Louis XVI. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Artist: Unknown

'Portrait of Patrick Gordon, Colonial Governor', c1690, (1937). Patrick Gordon (1644-1736) Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH German organist and composer Date: 1685 - 1750

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676 - 1745, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Italian composer and violinist, born in Verona

Historical drawing, portrait of Arcangelo Corelli, 1653-1713, Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque

Franz I. deutsch, Franz Stephan von Lothringen, 8. Dezember 1708, 18. August 1765, 1745 wurde er als Franz I. zum Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiche...

Portrait of Johann Sebastian BACH, 1685-1750, German composer

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, inventor and statesman, late 18th century Artist: Unknown

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, 1714 - 1787, a German composer of the pre-classical era and a considerable opera composer of the 18th century

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805). Violencelista y compositor italiano. Grabado de 1893.

'Robert Blake, Admiral; 1598-1657', 1810. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James the Second" Samuel Woodburn, London, 1815.

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 1694-1773, a British statesman

Jonathan Swift or Isaac Bickerstaff, 1667 - 1745, an Irish writer and satirist of the early Enlightenment, author of Gulliver's Travels, Portrait von Jonathan Swift oder Isaac Bickerstaff, 1667 - 1745, ein irischer Schriftsteller und Satiriker der frühen Aufklärung, Gullivers Reisen

Johann Sebastian Bach

Henri Francois Xavier de Belsunce de Castelmoron (1671-1755) was a French Jesuit who became Bishop of Marseille. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Austrian composer and leading representative of the Viennese Classical period

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727, English physicist and mathematician, Illustration from Old England's Worthies, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Jacques De Romas

LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist. Engraving. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Civica Raccolta delle Stampe 'Achille Bertarelli' (Achille Bertarelli collection of prints).

David Hume (1771-1776) Scottish philosopher and historian. Portrait engraving.

Dr SAMUEL JOHNSON sketched at Oxford in the last year of his life. Date: 1709-1784

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 - 1750, a German composer and piano virtuoso of the Baroque

Historical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Thomas Otway, 1652-1685, English playwright

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Jonathan Trumbull sr. or Jonathan Trumble, 1710 - 1785, an American politician

George Frideric Handel, German-born British Baroque composer, 1749. Artist: John Faber the Younger.

Charles-Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802). French statesman. Controller-General of Finance (1783-1787), during the reign of King Louis XVI. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1726, an English physicist and mathematician

Silver gelatin cabinet photograph by Wilhelm Dreesen showing Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and musician, around 1899, capturing his portrait and formal attire.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). German-born Baroque composer. Engraving by William Bromley (1769-1842). Universal History, 1885. Later colouration.

Pius VII Count Luigi Barnaba Niccolo Maria Chiaramonti, 14 August 1742, 20 August 1823, Pope from 1800 until his death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Sir Isaac Newton

Joseph Addison, poet and essayist

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

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince of Benevento (1754-1838), French diplomat and statesman. His successful diplomatic career began during the reign of Louis XVI and continued during the French Revolution, then under Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis XVII. engraving, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, (1820). Artist: John Hall

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832. German poet, novelist, playwright, natural philosopher, diplomat and civil servant. After a contemporary print.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706, 1790, North American printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor and statesman

Chretien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, 6 December 1721, 23 April 1794, was a French statesman, minister and later defender of Louis XVI. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Honore Gabriel Riqueti Comte de Mirabeau 1749-1791 French revolutionary statesman Engraved by H B Hall from the book Historical Sketches of Statesmen published London 1843

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) German composer and organist. Chromolithograph card 1912

Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne, 20 January 1734, 29 October 1802, was a French statesman, He was Controller General of Finance, and later one o...

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 - 1750, a German composer and organ and piano virtuoso of the Baroque

Portrait of George Berkeley (1685-1753) an Anglo-Irish philosopher. Dated 18th Century

Benjamin Franklin, 18th century American scientist, inventor and statesman, 1835. Artist: Unknown

Isaac Newton (1642-1726). English physicist and mathematician. Engraving. Portrait. Colored.

Portrait of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Rigaud, Hyacinthe, 1698.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher and author Date: circa 1740s

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