Historical Figures

19th century sketch portraits of influential European figures, embodying period fashion and cultural significance.

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner. With Speke helped establish sources of Nile. In 1864 reached and named Lake Albert Yanza between Uganda and Zaire. Wood engraving London 1865.
Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner. With Speke helped establish sources of Nile. In 1864 reached and named Lake Albert Yanza between Uganda and Zaire. Wood engraving London 1865.
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Fritz Mauthner, 22 November 1849, 29 June 1923, was an Austro-Hungarian novelist, theatre critic and satirist, Bohemian, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original
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Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Fritz Reuter, 1810 - 1874, a German poet and writer of the Low German language
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Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828 - 1889) Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, and socialist philosopher, often identified as an utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism
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Friedrich Albrecht Graf zu Eulenburg, 1815, 1881, Prussian statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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Sher Ali Khan, 1825, 21 February 1879, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 until his death in 1879, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known
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Abdur Rahman Khan, 1844-1901, Emir of Afghanistan, historical illustration, circa 1886
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OLIVAN, Alexander (1798-1878). Military and Spanish linguist. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, Nineteenth-century engraving.
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Guillermo de Kardorff (1828-1907). Empresario y político prusiano. Grabado de "La Historia Universal", 1885.
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William of Kardorff (1828-1907). Prussian politician. Engraving. The Universal History, 1885.
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Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-1872). A young lawyer who joined the secret independence movement, the Carbonari in 1830. 1860
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Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900). German social democrat and one of the principal founders of the SPD. Engraving by "Universal History", 1885. Colored.
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King Kalakaua I. Sometimes called The Merrie Monarch, the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii. During his rule hula was revived after having been banned in 1830.
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Pope Innocent II, born Gregorio Papareschi, was Pope from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143
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William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908) British physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. Professor of electrical engineering, South Kensington, London. Engraving published 1892
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Historical drawing, portrait of Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, German composer, pianist and conductor of Romanticism
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Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932) German socialist leader. Lived in England 1808-1901. Associate of Engels. Engraving.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) English popular Baptist preacher, born at Kelvedon, Essex. Called the Prince of Preachers, he drew audiences of over 10,000. By the time of his death, he had preached 36,000 sermons. Colour-printed wood engraving.
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August Christoph Carl Vogt, 5 July 1817, 5 May 1895, German-Swiss natural scientist and democratic politician
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Gustave Eiffel French engineer, responsible for the building of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Date: 1832-1923
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Theophile Gautier (1811-1872). French poet, dramatist, journalist, and art and literary critic. Engraving. Portrait. Colored.
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Historical print, engraving, 1839, portrait of Franz von Gaudy, 1800-1840, German poet and novelist, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887
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Portrait of Jose Ortiz de Tarancon agent of the Spanish Transatlantic Company, a maritime transport company for large transoceanic vessels in Montevideo, Uruguay. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
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Karl Wolff, born 1850, journalist and newspaper publisher in Transylvania, Romania, around 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original.
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Franí§ois-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, prince de Joinville (1818 A_i_ 1900). Son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, king of French. Admiral of the French Navy. Engraving by Robert. "L'Illustration", 1871. Colored.
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Bartolome Mitre (1821-1906). Argentine statesman, military and author. President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
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Edmund Hoefer, 1819 to 1882, one of the leading German novelists of the second half of the 19th century and a well-known literary historian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown
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Portrait of Lieutenant Christopher Charles Teesdale (1833 - 1893) the first South African born recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Kars, Turkey in 1855 during the Crimean War, after which he was catured by the Russians. He was released after the 1856 Treaty of Paris and awarded the Legion D'honneur. Black and White Illustration
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Portrait of Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828-1896) an eminent British physician, anaesthesiologist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. Dated 19th century
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John Fletcher,1579-1625. British dramatist. From the book ""The International Library of Famous Literature"".Published in London 1900. Volume VI.
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Felix Pyat, 1810 to 1889. French socialist journalist and politician. From an illustration from the 19th century., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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Ismail Pasha, 31 December 1830, March 1895, was Wali (governor) from 1863 to 1867 and Khedive (viceroy) of the Ottoman province of Egypt from 1867 to 1879, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Wilhelm Jensen , Wilhelm Jensen, German writer title page of Illustrirte Frauen-Zeitung, edition of the Modenwelt with entertainment sheet , August Schubert -, Artist, Angerer , Göschl, realization
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Giuseppe Garibaldi, 4 July 1807, 2 June 1882, was an Italian freedom fighter and one of the most popular protagonists of the Risorgimento, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Georges Bizet, 1838 - 1875, French composer, historical illustration circa 1893
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Paul Bert (17 October 1833 11 November 1886) was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician. Early in 1886 he was appointed resident-general in Annam and Tonkin, and died of dysentery at Hanoi on 11 November of that year.
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Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1809 - 1892, a British poet of the Victorian era
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Jules Ferry (1832-1893). French statesman and republican. Portrait. Engraving by Cremer. Colored.
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Famous People in American History, John Howard Payne (June 9) (1791 - April 10) (1852 in Tunis) was an American playwright and actor, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century scrapbook picture
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Michael Etienne, also Michael Ettinger, 1827, 1879, an Austrian journalist and publicist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, also Michael Ettinger, an Austrian journalist and publicist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured
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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, 1831 - 1891, top commander of the Russian army, historical illustration, 1877
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Historic drawing, portrait of Johannes Hermann Joseph Verhulst, 1816 - 1891, a Dutch composer and conductor
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Zankoff. Governor of the city of Svishtov, one of the chief leaders of the rebel government formed after the kidnapping of Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1857-1893). It was the first Ottoman city to be liberated, with the help of Russia, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), becoming a territory of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria. Portrait. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume II. 1877.
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Heinrich Barth, 1821-1865, German African explorer and archaeologist, philologist and geographer, historical engraving, ca. 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown
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Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the English poet and Poet Laureate in middle age
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ULYSSES S GRANT (1822 - 1885) American Civil War General, and later President (1869-77)
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José Feliu and Codina (1845-1897) Catalan writer, playwright, Spanish journalist and writer, in Spanish and Catalan, linked to realism. Dramatic author. Spain, Europe. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895
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Leopold II or Leopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, the second King of the Belgians, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist
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Famous people in American history, John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 in New York City; April 10, 1852 in Tunis) was an American playwright and actor, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th-century collectible card .
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Francisco de Salinas (1513-1590). Músico, compositor y humanista castellano, ciego desde su infancia. Grabado de 1879.
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M. Caro, 1835 - 1900, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, historical woodcut, circa 1888
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Jules Vallès
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Jules Vallès
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Pope Nicholas II, c. 990/995, 1061, born Gérard de Bourgogne, was Pope from 24 January 1059 until his death
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BENOIT FOURNEYRON 1802/1867, INVENTOR OF THE HYDRAULIC TURBINE IN 1827.
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James Douglas 4th Earl of Morton c. 1516 1581 Scottish lord who played a leading role in the overthrow of Mary Queen of Scots from the 1825 Crabbs Historical Dictionary book, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891); Irish nationalist political leader