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.

Henry Fielding (1707-1754). October 16, 1954. (Photo by Hulton's Pictorial Feature Services).

An engraved portrait of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary.

OLIVER CROMWELL soldier, statesman, Lord Protector Date: 1599 - 1658

England/UK: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726), English physicist and mathematician. Oil on canvas, English School, c. 1715-1720

Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon. Antoine Jean Baptiste Robert Auget, Baron de Montyon (1733-1820) was a French philanthropist, born in Paris, lawyer of the Châtelet in 1755, state councilor in 1775 under the influence of Luis Juan María de Borbón, Duke of Penthièvre. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

An engraving depicting John Flamsteed (1646-1719) English astronomer and clergyman. Appointed first Astronomer Royal 1675. Dated 18th century

Portrait of Pierre Varignon (1654-1722) a French mathematician. Dated 18th Century

Germany, Leipzig, Portrait of German composer and organist, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730-1805) Scottish traveller and writer, called The Abyssinian Traveller, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Thomas Thomson (1870), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

UK, England, London, Portrait of German-English composer George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759), 1726

Leopold Joseph Maria, Count von Daun, imperial field marshal in the Seven Years' War, 1705 - 1766, historical illustration, portrait, 1880

Johan Sebastian Bach. March 28, 1949.

Samuel Johnson, 1709 - 1784, an English scholar, writer, poet and critic, Samuel Johnson, 1709 - 1784, ein englischer Gelehrter, Schriftsteller, Dichter und Kritiker

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756, 1791, composer of the First Viennese School

William Penn 1644 to 1718, English Quaker leader. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

David Garrick 1717-1779, English actor, director and playwright. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Count Roman Ignacy Franciszek Potocki, 28 February 1750, 30 August 1809, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, writer and publicist, Historical, digitally...

Reverend George Lawrie DD Minister of Loundoun 19th Century Illustration

Voltaire, pseudonym of Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778, French writer and philosopher. From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories volume 3 French, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician Date: 1732 - 1809

H.Ré G.El Victor Riquetti Mirabeau.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, 1739 - 1791, a German poet, organist, composer and journalist

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

Carl von Linne alias Linnaeus, 1707-1778, Swedish botanist and explorer. From the book Gallery of Portraits, published in 1833, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Plaque Portrait of Benjamin Franklin 1776-1883. Plaque Portrait of Benjamin Franklin 470

William Pulteney, 1. Earl of Bath 1684 1764, British noble and politician, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated,

Johann Ludwig Graf von Cobenzl, Johann Ludwig Joseph Graf Cobenzl, 21 November 1753, 22 February 1809, was an Austrian statesman, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette (born 24 May 1763 in Nevers died 13 April 1794 in Paris) was an influential politician during the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Germany, Leipzig, Portrait of German composer and organist, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

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

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793). Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, composer of the Viennese Classical period

Thomas Hobbes, April 1588 - 4 December 1679, was an English mathematician, state theorist and philosopher, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Portrait of Margaret of Austria, Margaret of Parma, (Oudenaarde, Flanders, July 5, 1522 - Ortona, Naples, January 18, 1586), daughter of Carlos I

Robert James Carr 1774 to 1841 Bishop of Chichester and Worcester, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Isaak Walton (1593-1663) English writer and biographer born at Stafford, Staffordshire. His most famous work is 'The Compleat Angler' (1653). He also wrote 'Lives' of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and Richard Herbert. Engraving.

JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer Date: 1732 - 1809

Johann Sebastian BACH, 1685-1750, German composer

Dr Samuel Johnson

Self-Portrait -- This miniature of himself by J. B. Jacques Augustin, noted French artist, was made in 1796. July 08, 1935.

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited

Historical print, engraving, 1845, portrait of Novalis or Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, 1772-1801, German writer of early Romanticism, philosopher and mining engineer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, poet and cleric. Artist: Unknown

George Washington (1732-1799). 1st President of the United States (1789-1797). Portrait. Engraving. Detail. "Historia Universal" by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

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

Georges Cadoudal, 1771 - 1804. Breton politician and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution. From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise

Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679. English philosopher and political theorist. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706 to 1790, American statesman and founding father Signer of the Declaration of Independence 19th century Engraving by JB Longacre after a painting by Martin, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 - 1750, German composer, digital edited according to a painting by Elias Gottlob Haussmann

Portrait, Edward Holyoke, by Copley, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Holyoke, Edward, 1689-1769. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Juan Francisco de Guemes y Horcasitas (1681-1766), 1st Count of Revillagigedo. Spanish general, governor of Havana, captain general of Cuba, and viceroy of New Spain (1746-1755). Colored engraving.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, 2 February 1754, 17 May 1838, 1st Prince of Benevento, then 1st Prince of Talleyrand, was a secular French bishop, politician and diplomat, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with speech bubble

CAMPOMANES, CONDE DE (PEDRO RODRIGIUEZ) POLITICO ESPAÑOL. 1773-1803 OLEO DE EDUARDO BALACA INSTITUTO DE ESPAÑA. MADRID. Author: EDUARDO BALACA (1840-1914).

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Writer Stock Montage, Inc.

Joseph Banks (1743-1820) English botanist and plant collector; sailed with James Cook on 'Endeavour' 1768-71; President of Royal Society for 41 years from 1778. Engraving after portrait by Thomas Phillips

William Aldridge, wheelwright of Acton who died in 1698 aged 114. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited according to a painting by Johann Caspar Füssli Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited according to a painting by Johann Caspar Füssli Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660343

Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh (1762-1811). Commissioner-General (1791-99). Dating: 1862. Measurements: h 80.5 cm × w 65 cm × t 1 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis de Cocq (mentioned on object).

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. Engraving

Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited Portrait of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 1724 - 1803, German poet, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660391

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Artist: Unknown

Laurence Sterne, 1713-1768. English novelist and humorist. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories,Irish and Overseas, Volume 11'

Giuseppe TARTINI 1692-1770 Italian composer violinist and theorist

David Hume (1711-1776). Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

Jonathan Swift or Isaac Bickerstaff Esq, 1667, 1745, Irish writer and satirist of the early Enlightenment, author of Gulliver's Travels

William Whiston, 1667-1752, English theologian, historian, and mathematician

Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790, a North American printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor and statesman, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, colored.

William Penn, 1644 - 1718, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania

Portrait of Lorenzo I de Medici, or Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1449 - 1492, an Italian politician and town lord of Florence, digital edited

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

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