Historical French Politicians

Engravings of notable French politicians from the Revolutionary period, showcasing formal attire and serious expressions, against a historical backdrop.

Georges-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788) Comte de Buffon, was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist and encyclopédiste. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

Charles Antoine Chasset (1745-1824). French lawyer and politician. Deputy of Beaujolais for the Third Estate to the Estates General of 1789. Elected deputy of Beaujolais at the National Assembly (1789-1791), and of Rhône at the National Convention (1792-1798). He was president of the Constituent Assembly (8 to 20 November 1790). He was a member of the Council of Five Hundred (1795) and later at the Council of Elders (1798). Senator from 1799 until the end of the French Empire. Having voted against the execution of Louis XVI, he was allowed to remain in France after the Bourbon Restoration. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Antoine-Francois Bertrand de Molleville (1744-1818). French politician, staunch royalist. Mastre des requetes (Master of Requests) in 1774. Minister of Marine and the Colonies (1790-1792). Before and after 10 August 1792 he tried to organise an escape for the King Louis XVI, but he was finally forced to flee to England himself. Portrait. Drawing by Lienard. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Stanislas de Clermont-Tonnerre (Stanislas Marie Adelaïde, Count de Clermont-Tonnerre) (1757-1792). French military officer and politician, supporter of constitutional monarchy. He was elected in 1789 as the first deputy of the nobility of Paris to the Estates General. President of the National Assembly on two occasions in 1789. Portrait. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

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.

Jerome Petion de Villeneuve, 3 January 1756, Summer 1794, was a leader during the French Revolution, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 1...

Georges-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788) Comte de Buffon, was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist and encyclopédiste. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

John Hancock, 18th century American statesman, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Third president of the United States of America (1801-1809), one of the Founding Fathers. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence. Portrait. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amrique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Jean-Nicolas Démeunier (1751-1814). French politician and essayist. A supporter of the French Revolution, he was elected deputy of the Third Estate for Paris to the Estates General of 1789. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Frederick William II (1744-1797). King of Prussia (1786-1797). Portrait. Drawing by Liénard. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Portrait of Jean-François Piltre de Rozier (1754-1785) a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. Dated 18th century

Fourcroy, Antoine-Francois de.

Francois Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, Duke of Liancourt, Duke of La Rochefoucauld (1792-1827) was a French nobleman and military. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745-1794). French poet. During the Reign of Terror he wrote several articles against the revolution, which led to his arrest on October 4, 1793. Roucher was imprisoned in Saint-Lazare Prison. Accused of being the leader of a conspiracy among the prisoners at Saint-Lazare, he was guillotined on 25 July 1794 (7 Thermidor year II). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. History.

Goethe in his 30th year, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753-1793). French lawyer and politician. Elected deputy for the department of Gironde in the Legislative Assembly of 1791. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait of Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo (1725-1784) was a Spanish general, the Captain General of Guatemala, and Viceroy of New Spain. Dated 18th Century

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French philosopher

Georges-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788), Count de Buffon. French naturalist. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857.

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). American politician and diplomat. Sixth President of the United States. Portrait. Engraving.

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Salomon Gessner, 1730 - 1788, a Swiss poet, painter and graphic artist

Pierre Roussel. Stipple engraving by C.A. Forestier.

James Watt 1736- 1819. Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Jean-Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Duke of Parma, 18 October 1753, 8 March 1824, was a French jurist and statesman. From 1805 to (1814) and 1815 he was head of government of France under Emperor Napoleon l. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master copy

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Joachim Heinrich Campe, 1746 - 1818, a German writer of the Enlightenment, linguist, educator and publisher

Maximilian Karl Joseph Franz de Paula Hieronymus de Garnerin de la Thuile, Count von Montgelas, Maximilian Karl Joseph Franz de Paula Hieronymus de Garnerin de la Thuille Count von Montgelas, 12 September 1759, 14 June 1838, was a Bavarian politician and state reformer of the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, August 28, 1749, March 22, 1832, was a German poet and naturalist, Goethe in his 30th year, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Jean-Girard Lacuée (1752-1841), Count of Cessac. French general and politician. Minister for War under Napoleon (3 January 1810 to 20 November 1813). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. History.

Antonio Sebasti·n ¡lvarez de Toledo Molina y Salazar, 2nd Marquis of Mancera, Grandee of Spain (c. 1608 ñ Madrid,1715) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat who served as Viceroy of New Spain from October 15, 1664 to December 8, 1673.

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). French politician, leader of the early phases of the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú, Volume VI. 1857.

Johann Gottfried Herder, from 1802 von Herder, 25 August 1744-8 December 1803, was a German poet, translator, theologian, and philosopher of history and culture of the Weimar Classical period, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). French politician, leader of the early phases of the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú, Volume VI. 1857.

Portrait of Alexander Radishchev (1749-1802) a Russian author and social critic. Dated 18th Century

Francois Antoine de Boissy D'Anglas, 1756-1828. French statesman, from ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), matemático y físico suizo. Grabado de 1873.

Lord Thurlow, British lawyer and Tory politician, c1800 (1878). Artist: Unknown.

Giovanni battista pergolesi

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician, so-called Lecointre de Versailles. He was elected deputy for the department of Seine-et-Oise to the Legislative Assembly (2 September 1791 to 20 September 1792). Member of the National Convention (6 September 1792 to 26 October 1795). Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Portrait of Franz I by Hans Peter Hansen, etching, 1861, 1829-1899, Private Collection

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Ewald Friedrich Graf von Hertzberg, 1725 - 1795, a Prussian statesman

Henri Gregoire (Henri Jean-Baptiste Gregoire) (1750-1831), also known as Abbe Gregoire. 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.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Joseph II or Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam, 1741 - 1790, from the dynasty of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria, German King and Holy Roman Emperor

Portrait of Georges Auguste Couthon (1755-1794) French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Portrait of Jean Baptiste André Amar (1755-1816) was a French lawyer and political figure of the Revolution and Freemason. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). French erudite writer and philosopher. Portrait of Denis Diderot. Litography. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Civica Raccolta delle Stampe 'Achille Bertarelli' (Achille Bertarelli collection of prints).

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 21660444

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French writer, lawyer and politician. One of the leaders of the French Revolution. President of the National Convention twice, member of the Jacobins and the Committee of Public Safety. Portrait of Robespierre speaking in Convention. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving by Pannemaker. Detail. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, 1759 - 1805, a German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright

Christoph Martin Wieland, 5 September 1733, 20 January 1813, was a German poet, translator and editor at the time of the Enlightenment, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

Portrait of Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (1755-1841) French politician, freemason, journalist, member of the National Convention. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Thomas Pennant, 18th century British zoologist, writer and traveller, 1823. Artist: Unknown

Thomas Young (1773-1829), físico, médico y arqueólogo inglés.

William Pitt "the Younger" (1759-1806). British politician and statesman. Prime Minister of Great Britain (19 December 1783-31 December 1800). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (10 May 1804 to 23 January 1806). Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Carl Friedrich Zelter, 1758 - 1832, a German musician, music teacher, composer and conductor

Auguste-Henri-Marie-Picot, Marquis de Dampierre, 1756-1795. French general. Engraved by Pannemaker.From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

Louis XVI, 23 August 1754, 21 January 1793, born Louis-Auguste, was also known as Louis Capet during the French Revolution, reproduction of a woodcut from the year 1880, digitally improved, Louis XVI, 23 August 1754, 21 January 1793, born Louis-Auguste, was also known as Louis Capet during the French Revolution, reproduction of a woodcut from the year 1880, digitally improved

GIACOMO GOTIFREDO FERRARI Italian musician from Roveredo, composer of operas. Date: 1759 - 1842

Abbe de Montesquiou, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) British zoologist, writer and traveller. From 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis'. (London, 1823). Stipple engraving.

David Garrick (1717-1779). English actor. Engraving, 1883.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe, from 1782 von Goethe, 28 August 1749, 22 March 1832, a German poet and naturalist, here after the portrait by May from 1779, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne, 20 January 1734, 29 October 1802, was a French statesman. He was Controller General of Finance (1783-1787) and later one of the leading figures of the counter-revolutionary emigration, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master copy

Johann Philipp Carl Joseph, Count of Stadion-Warthausen, 18 June 1763, 15 May 1824 from the dynasty of the von Stadion, was an Austrian statesman, diplomat, foreign minister and finance minister, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick (1735-1806). Duke of Duke of Brunswick (1780-1806). Sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire). He served as a field marshal in the Prussian army. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

'Count Fersen', c19th century. Artist: Unknown

Pius VI, civil name Giovanni Angelo Count Braschi (born 25 December 1717 in Cesena) (Papal States) (died 29 August 1799 in Valence) was Pope from 1775 to 1799, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. century, Pius VI, civil name Giovanni Angelo Count Braschi (born December 25) (1717 in Cesena) (Papal States) (died August 29) (1799 in Valence) was Pope from 1775 to 1799, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Benjamin Constant, Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, 25 October 1767, 8 December 1830, was a writer, liberal politician and state theorist of Swiss origin, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century document

Engraving of William Pitt, the second son of the Earl of Chatham, who came to be known as Pitt the Younger. In 1783, Pitt became Britain's youngest Prime Minister, by taking the post at the age of 24. Date: 1800

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732 - 1809, an Austrian composer and leading representative of the Viennese Classic

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (* 2. Februar 1754 - 17. Mai 1838) war einer der bekanntesten französischen Staatsmänner sowie Diplomat während der Französischen Revolution, der Napoleonischen Kriege und beim Wiener Kongress / Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (* February 2, 1754 - May 17, 1838) was one of the most famous French statesmen as well as a diplomat during the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Cesar Henri de La Luzerne (Cesar Henri Guillaume de La Luzerne) (1737-1799), Count de Beuzeville and Lord of Rilly and Chambon. French aristocrat, military officer and politician. Governor-general of Saint-Domingue (1786-1787), honorary member of the Academie royale des Sciences, lieutenant general des armees, governor of the Leeward Islands (1785-1787) and Secretary of State of the Navy (1787-1790), during the reign of Louis XVI. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Portrait of Don Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte, 1st Marqués de Branciforte (1755-1812) Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain. Dated 18th Century

Christoph Martin Wieland, 5 September 1733, 20 January 1813, a German poet, translator and editor at the time of the Enlightenment, Historical, digita...

Ferdinand VI (1713-1759). King of Spain (1746-1759). Bourbon dynasty. Portrait. Engraving by Masson. Lithographed by Magín Pujadas. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1879.

Alexandre de Beauharnais, Viscount of Beauharnais (1760-1794). French aristocrat, military officer and politician. Elected deputy to the Estates General in 1789, he became a member of the Constituent Assembly in which he supported the abolition of feudal privileges. The Revolutionary Tribunal tried him for treason, sentencing him to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Portrait. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich von Matthisson, 1761 - 1831, a German poet and prose writer

Albrecht, Balthasar Augustin.

Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas .

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th and 19th century, portrait of John Jay, 1745 - 1829, politician and Founding Father of the United States of America

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus 27.1.1756 - 5.12.1791 Austrian musician (composer) portrait allegory frame engraving after painting by Johann Heinrich Tischbein,

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 21660378

Jose Monino, Count of Floridablanca (1728-1808). Spanish politician. Engraving.

William Pitt-Amherst, 1st. Earl Amherst of Arracan. 1773-1857. Statesman, Governor General of India.From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

Jacques Necker, 30 September 1732, 9 April 1804, was a Geneva banker and finance minister under Louis XVI, Historical, digitally restored reproduction...

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, 9 October 1735, 10 November 1806, was a German prince, hereditary duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg and from 26 March 1780 sovereign of the principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Historical print, 1789, portrait of Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

HUME, David (1711-1776). Scottish empiricist philosopher and historian. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

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.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 19 May 1762, 29 January 1814, a German educator and philosopher, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Camille Desmoulins (1760-94) French journalist and revolutionary. Writings in favour of clemency displeased Robespierre. Guillotined. Engraving

Francois-Louis Bourdon (1758-1798), also known as Bourdon de l'Oise. French politician of the Revolutionary period. On 27 July 1794, at the beginning of the Thermidorian Reaction, he was one of the deputies delegated to aid Paul Barras to suppress the insurrection of the Paris Commune in favour of Robespierre. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

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 21660423

Beethoven, Ludwig from.

Carl Friedrich Zelter, 11 December 1758 - 15 May 1832, German musician, professor, music educator, composer and conductor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux (1740-1817). French army commander during the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724-12 February 1804) was a German philosopher of the Enlightenment and, among other things, professor of logic and metaphysics in Konigsberg, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

John Adams 1840 American History

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of Henry Laurens, 1724 - 1792, an American merchant and political leader during the Revolutionary War

Peter III (1728-1762), Emperor of Russia for 6 months in 1762, Portrait, Engraving, 1886

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