Historical Political Figures

Vintage portraits of notable political figures in formal attire, showcasing a range of styles from different eras, reflecting their status and influence.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Full-Length Standing Portrait, Photograph by Pach Bros., 1907

Portrait of the composer Sergei Rakhmaninov (1873-1943), Anonymous

FRANZ WEDEKIND German playwright Date: 1864 - 1918

JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES EN SU ESTUDIO - CORDOBA - 1913. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Horace Greeley, was a politically active American founder, publisher, and editor, of the New York Tribune newspaper from the 1830s to 1872. He unsuccessfully ran for President against Ulysses Grant in 1872. Photo by Mathew Brady of 1860-65 (BSLOC_2019_2_114)

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour, British politician and Conservative MP, giving an energetic speech in Parliament 1907

Jean Henri Fabre

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Full-Length Standing Portrait, July 1903

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926) by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg/1919/Photograph/Russia/Portrait,History

'Alexei Maximovich Peshko (1868-1936 right, known as Maxim Gorky, Russian and Soviet novelist, playwright, and political activist.A founder of the Socialist Realism literary method. and a political activist.'

Samuel Untermeyer i.e. Untermyer

01/31/1912. Parliamentary Figures. The deputy of the Radical minority, Mr. Emiliano Iglesias.

Gelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified man, Montreal, Quebec, 1907-1910 Albert Dumas (1880-1951)

Alexander Sebald.

EMILE FRIANT French realist painter Date: 1863 - 1932

Leo Tolstoy in Gaspra on the Crimea by Tolstaya, Sophia Andreevna (1844-1919)/State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow/1902/Albumin Photo/Russia/Portrait

12/31/1899. Portrait of doctor Alfonso Espínola.

Portrait of Edward VII (1841-1910) in Scottish costume, accompanied by his dog. Date: 1910

GEORGES-ERNEST-JEAN-MARIE BOULANGER - French soldier turned statesman who attempted a coup d'etat : when it failed he fled to Brussels and shot himself on his wife's grave. Date: 1837 - 1891

A. C. Rose During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: A. C. Rose - Taken During filming of "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

Senator Warren Harding walking on a Washington, D.C. street, ca. 1914-1920. The future U.S. President was a well liked politician and ran in several Republican Primaries in 1920 before won the nomination in the deadlocked GOP Convention of June 1920. (BSLOC_2015_15_8)

Carl Gustav Jung, Anonymous

Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, photographed by Gertrude Käsebier,1852-1934 dated 1906

Black and white photo of Gaston Doumergue (1863-1937), former President and Prime Minister of the French Republic.

ROMERO DE TORRES PINTANDO EN SU ESTUDIO - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - SIGLO XX. Location: MUSEO ROMERO DE TORRES. CORDOBA. SPAIN. JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES.

Photo by Alexander Martin, of Denver, Colorado, showing Houdini with a group of 'spirit extras' Date: 10 May 1923

The Turkish Tom Thumb - Pasha Hayati Hassid. Born 1852 - height 30 inches - weight 34 lbs - spoke seven languages. Introduced to England by Lloyd Forsyth. Sitting on top of a table, with a standard-sized chair giving evidence to the scale of his dwarfism Date: circa 1908

Portrait of Frederick HurtenRhead. Artist, attributed to: Clarence Hudson White, American, 1871-1925

Vladimir Lenin seated on a bench in his garden at his home

Prince Otto von Bismarck 1896 Germany. Oil on canvas . Franz Seraph von Lenbach

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-quarter Length Seated Portrait on Porch, Photograph by Conrad M. Gilbert, April 1904

ALPHONSE KARR French journalist, novelist and passionate gardener, photographed in 1889. Date: 1808-1890

Field Marshall Lord Raglan, Crimea. Artist: Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869). Dimensions: Image: 7 13/16 × 5 7/8 in. (19.9 × 14.9 cm)Mount: 23 5/8 × 17 1/4 in. (60 × 43.8 cm). Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.; Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London). Date: 1855. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) nicknamed The March King American bandmaster and composer of about 140 military marches, including 'Stars and Stripes Forever' (1897) Date: 1903

'Alexei Maximovich Peshko (1868-1936 right, known as Maxim Gorky, Russian and Soviet novelist, playwright, and political activist.A founder of the Socialist Realism literary method. and a political activist.'

Portret van Henri Rochefort, Anonymous, 1904 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper writer, poet, author. politician, e.g. party leader France

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); portrait of Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris (1908-1999; Count from 1940).

Francesc Layret, politician and lawyer, 1929,.

Antonio Oliver

Take-nikisch, Grete

Marty Wilde, MBE (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1897 / Russia / The State Conservatory, Moscow / Portrait

OSCAR WILDE - Irish writer and celebrity. Date: 1856 - 1900

01/01/1900. Portrait of Ceferino Palencia y Álvarez, Spanish playwright and theater entrepreneur.

Johannes (Carl) Andersen, New Zealand, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Portrait of Louis Barizain (1811-1883), said Monrose, actor, professor at the Conservatoire and writer. Portrait of Louis Barizain (1811-1883), said Monrose, actor, professor at the Conservatoire and writer. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Photograph of Franck (said Gobinet de Villecholle).

John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944), English actor, early 20th century.Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co

Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century

05/26/1921. The Minister Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Envoy of the Czechoslovak Republic. Mr. Milos-Kor, who recently presented his Letters of Credence to HM the King.

Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Civil Head of the Admiralty in 1915. This photograph was taken during the political crisis. Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911, and in that capacity, at the outbreak of the First World War, he earned great credit for his promptitude in mobilising the Fleet. He was also Home Secretary, President of the Board of Trade, and Under-Secretary for Colonies. 1915

12/31/1905. The illustrious patrician Mr. Telesforo García.

Lenin, vladimir ilyich ulyanov

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, India, Asia Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Eddie Cantor

Vladimir Lenin at the III Comintern World Congress on July 1921 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1921/Photograph/Russia/History

Maxim Gorky (1868 - 1936), Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. Gorky was active in the emerging Marxist communist movement. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime, and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov's Bolshevik wing of the party. For a significant part of his life, he was exiled from Russia and later the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to the USSR on Joseph Stalin's personal invitation and lived there until his death in June 1936.

(Portrait of) Vicomte Odet de Montault; France; 1852 - 1855; Salted paper print; 15.9 × 13.7 cm (6 1,4 × 5 3,8 in.)

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1919 / USA / The State Conservatory, Moscow / Portrait

Edith Cavell with her pet dogs, c1915. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Anonymous, 1917 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper artist (in general). historical persons France

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of James Joyce, 1926, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Chas. Godfrey Leland

Vladimir Lenin in the Kremlin. October 1918 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1918/Photograph/Russia/Portrait,History

Mr. Victorian Sardou

SEAN CONNERY and VANESSA REDGRAVE in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), directed by SIDNEY LUMET.

Vladimir Lenin, 1921.

Toulouse-Lautrec in his studio, circa 1890. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864 - 1901, French Post-Impressionist artist. Later colorization.

Theodore Roosevelt, The Master Mason, Full-Length Portrait wearing Freemasonry Accessories Standing with Gavel, Photograph by J.L. Phelps, Spokane, 1912

Faud I, Sultan of Egypt and Sudan, the 9th ruler of Muhammad Ali Dynasty, c.1920. The title of Sultan, which he held from 1917, was changed 1922 to King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. He was succeeded by his son King Farouk (BSLOC_2017_1_120)

Portret Van Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin, Alphonse Descave, 1840 - 1890 print paper. steel engraving historical persons. portrait of actor, actress

Ernst Klein in front of Rockelsta in Sörmland. Nordic

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 - 10 November 1891) was a French poet born in Charleville, Ardennes. He influenced modern literature and arts, inspired various musicians, and prefigured surrealism. He started writing poems at a very young age, while still in primary school, and stopped completely before he turned 21. He was mostly creative in his teens. Rimbaud was known to have been a libertine and for being a restless soul. He traveled extensively on three continents before his death from cancer just after his thirty-seventh birthday.

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916), Anonymous

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (187424 1965) British statesman. He served as Prime Minister 1940-1945 and again 1951-1955.

Theodore Roosevelt as a two-faced Janus chess game piece, in PUCK Mag. Cartoon, Nov. 9, 1910. On the left is 'Roosevelt The National Savior'; on the right is devilish 'Roosevelt the National Menace' (BSLOC_2017_8_37)

Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) (1835 - 1910) American writer, standing on a verandah, leaning on a post... Date: 1890

Giacomo Puccini, 1858 -1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by A. Dupont

King Gustaf V in the Royal Carriage.

12/31/1914. Benito Pérez Galdós.

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) by Anonymous /State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg/1914-1916/Photograph/Russia/Portrait,History

QUEEN VICTORIA about 1880

Portrait of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) driving an airplane, photo by Luce, from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LXII, n 12, March 24, 1935.

Vladimir Lenin in Gorki. 1923, summer. Photographer - Ulyanova M. I.

William Butler Yeats, Irish poet awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature (BSLOC_2016_8_146)

Arthur Reed Ropes (1859 - 1933), better known by his pen name of Adrian Ross, pictured at home at Addison Mansions in London. A scholar at Cambridge, Ropes was a musical comedy lyricist who also wrote and lectured on history, edited French and German classics and was a fine chess player. Also a contributor to Punch, The Sphere and The Tatler. His first comic opera, Faddimir, was produced in 1889 and he also collaborated on several other hugely popular musicals including Lilac Time and The Merr

Aubrey Beardsley / Evans, Frederick Henry (1853-1943) / Photograph / ca 1895 / England / Private Collection /

Portrait of the composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) by Anonymous /Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek/1900s/Photograph/France/Portrait

Benjamin Franklin ca. 1876 William P. Babcock. Benjamin Franklin 10082

'Adolf Juell', 1895, (1897). Artist: Unknown.

Lambert Murphy

Charlie Chaplin holding Jackie Coogan, taken from the film 'The Kid.' Date: 3rd July 1935, p29

Oscar Wilde, 1854 - 1900. Irish poet and playwright. After a photogaph made in the early 1880's by American photographer Napoleon Sarony.

Shot: Former Japanese Premier Tojo, who led his country to disaster. September 12, 1945.

Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma - Former Japanese Premier - Personalities. February 20, 1939. (Photo by Sun Photo Service).

ULYSSES S. GRANT, undated.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) / Anonymous / Photograph / End 1920s / England / D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum / Portrait

Arturo Reyes Aguilar, 1864 -1913. Spanish writer, journalist and poet from Málaga. From Mundo Grafico, published 1912.

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM PC (17 January 1863 ñ 26 March 1945) was a British Liberal politician and statesman

Anton Chekhov (1860_1904) in Yalta by Anonymous /Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)/c. 1900/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

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