Historical Political Figures

19th-century illustrations of prominent politicians and statesmen, capturing their likenesses in detailed engravings.

Portrait of Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) a German inventor, industrialist and brother of Friedrich Siemens. Dated 19th Century

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, born von Bismarck-Schönhausen, 1 April 1815 - 30 July 1898 known as Otto von Bismarck was a conservative German statesman / Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, ab 1865 Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, ab 1871 Fürst von Bismarck, ab 1890 auch Herzog zu Lauenburg, 1. April 1815 - 30. Juli 1898, war ein deutscher Politiker und Staatsmann, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Jules Francois Simon, geboren als Jules-Francois-Simon Suisse, 31. Dezember 1814 bis 8. Juni 1896 in Paris war ein französischer Politiker und Philosoph, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999535

Portrait of Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) a German inventor, industrialist and brother of Friedrich Siemens. Dated 19th Century

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Spielhagen, 1829 - 1911, a German writer

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, Paris, 2 February 1807 31 December 1874 in Fontenay-aux-roses, was a French politician, and held the Office of Minister of the Interior from 24 February to 11 May 1848, France, Reproduction of an image, woodcut from 1881, digitally restored, Historical, 2 February 1807 December 31, 1874 in Fontenay-aux-roses, was a French politician, and held the Office of Minister of the Interior from February 24 until May 11, 1848, Europe

Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck 1815-1898 was a German statesman. Engraving by unknown artist signed E.S. from Ny Illustrerad Tidning 1866. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 3254840

Otto Eduard Leopold Fürst von Bismarck (1. April 1815) (30. Juli 1898), bekannt als Otto von Bismarck, war ein konservativer preußischer Staatsmann, d...

Eusebi Dalmau (1841-1886), director de ópera. Grabado de 1881.

Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, 1 April 1815, 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, Prussian statesman, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Etienne LENOIR - 1822-1900

ADELARDO LOPEZ DE AYALA (1828/1879) - DRAMATURGO Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL.

Marcelin Pierre Eugéne Berthelot (1827-1907), químico e historiador francés, librepensador republicano.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich von Flotow, 1812 - 1883, a German opera composer

Estanislao Suarez Inclan (1822-1890). Spanish politician. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1883.

The late Earl of Eglinton and Winton, 1861. Engraving from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins. 'The announcement of the death of Lord Eglinton has created a deep and mournful sensation in the three kingdoms, and especially in Scotland and Ireland...His administration of Irish affairs was characterised by good sense and sound judgment, by an honest and straightforward determination to do his duty to the Irish people regardless of party or religious bias, and by an earnest desire to contribute by all possible means to the material prosperity of the country...In February, 1852, Lord Eglinto

Portrait of Juan Pascual Antonio Emilio de Arrieta Corera (Puente la Reina 1821-Madrid 1894). Spanish composer, theater production

Johann Lutz, from 1866 Ritter von Lutz, from 1883 Freiherr von Lutz, December 4, 1826 - September 3, 1890, was a Bavarian politician / Johann Lutz, ab 1866 Ritter von Lutz, seit 1883 Freiherr von Lutz, 4. Dezember 1826 - 3. September 1890, war ein bayerischer Politiker, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

'John Agustus Sutter (1803-1880) Swiss pioneer in California in the tailrace of whose sawmill an employee James Marshall discovered gold in 1848, so starting the Californian Gold Rush. Engraving.'

Historical print, portrait of Robert Edward Prutz, 1816 - 1872, a German writer and dramatist of the Vormaerz or pre-March period, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Narciso Sáenz Serra (1830-1877). Escritor, dramaturgo y poeta español. Grabado de 1877.

FREDERICK PERKINS, ESQ., 1872 engraving

Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, 12. Mai 1842, 13. August 1912, war ein französischer Komponist der Romantik, der vor allem für seine Opern bekannt war,...

Stanisław Bogusławski (1804 Warsaw 8170 Warsaw) of the Świnka Coat of ARMS Journalist, Actor and Comedy Writer Bogusławski Stanisław Regulski, Aleksander Tadeusz (1839 1884), Tegazzo, Franciszek (1829 1879)

JULES SANDEAU, THE FRENCH DRAMATIST, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE

Historic drawing, portrait of Joseph Joachim Raff, 1822 - 1882, a German composer and music educator

Otto Eduard Leopold Prince von Bismarck (1 April 1815) (30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s to 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880

Portrait of Benjamín Blanco y Unzueta, (Cochabamba 1832 - 1902) Poet, writer and lawyer. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Author of the letter of the Hymn to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, 6. Oktober 1803, 4. April 1879, war ein deutscher Physiker und Meteorologe, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer...

Portrait of Adelardo López de Ayala and Herrera (Guadalcanal 1828 - Madrid, 1879). Spanish playwright, academic and politician, attached to literary r

Philipp Wilhelm Ritter von Hamm, 1820 to1880, German agronomist, entrepreneur and politician, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of ...

CAMPOAMOR, RamÑn de (1817-1901). Spanish poet. Portrait published in the 'IlustraciÑn EspaÐola y Americana' (Spanish and American Illustration) in 1873. Engraving.

Henry Murger, 1822-1861. French man of letters. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories"" volume 4 French

Heinrich Beitzke, February 1798 - 10 May 1867, was a German politician and historian / Heinrich Beitzke, 15. Februar 1798 - 10. Mai 1867, Name Heinrich Ludwig Beitzke, deutscher Militärschriftsteller, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Dom Luis, 31 October 1838, 19 October 1889, was a member of the House of Braganza, and King of Portugal and the Algarve, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Alfred Meissner , Alfred Meissner, writer portrait from unknown printing plant, August Schubert -, Artist, Angerer , Göschl, Zincographer

Gustave Dore, 1833-1883, French painter, historical illustration, 1884

Daniel Friedrich List, 6 August 1789, 30 November 1846, one of the most important German economic theorists of the 19th century as well as entrepreneur, diplomat and railway pioneer, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Max von Forckenbeck(1821-1892). Lawyer and German politician. Mayor of Berlin from 1878-1892. One of the founders of the Liberal National party. Portrait. Engraving by E. Krell. "Historia Universal", 1883.

Portrait of Acisclo Fernández Vallín Bustillo (Gijón 1825 - Madrid 1896) was a 19th century Spanish scientist and professor, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Antonio de los Ríos Rosas (Antonio Sánchez del Río y López de la Rosa) (1812-1873). Spanish jurist and politician. President of the Congress of Deputies during the legislatures of 1863-1864, 1865-1866 and 1872. Portrait. Drawing by Llanta. Lithography. Crónica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias (General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces), Andalucia, 1869.

Johann Liebieg, born 1802, died 1870, from 1868 Johann Freiherr von Liebieg, was a Bohemian textile manufacturer and industrialist, Historical, digita...

Charles-Camille Saint-Saens, French musician and composer. Date: 1835-1921

Jules Brame, born 9 July 1808, died 1 February 1878, a French lawyer and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard, 21 June 1818, 22 August 1893, was the sovereign Duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany...

Adolphe Ferdinand Joseph van Soust de Borckenfeldt, 6 July 1824, 23 April 1877, a Belgian writer and art historian, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich Fuerst zu Leiningen, 1804 - 1856, third Prince of Leiningen, House of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg, wood engraving, about 1880

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Maximilian II Joseph, 1811 - 1864, a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach and King of Bavaria

Heinrich Theodor Fontane geb. 30. Dezember 1819 in Neuruppin, gest. 20. September 1898 in Berlin war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist und Theaterkritiker, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904186

Napoleon III (Paris, 1808-Chislehurst, 1873). French emperor (1852-1870.) He was the son of Louis Bonaparte. Colored engraving.

José María Gálvez Alonso (Matanzas 1834 - Havana 1906) was a Spanish and Cuban lawyer, journalist and politician, a prominent member of Cuban autonomism. He founded the Liberal Autonomist Party of Cuba in 1878 and directed the Economic Society of Friends of the Country. He was president of the ephemeral autonomous government of Cuba in 1898. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Caspar Clemens Eduard Zumbusch, ab 1888 Caspar Ritter von Zumbusch, 23. November 1830 bis 26. September 1915, deutscher Bildhauer und Medailleur, Hist...

Gustave Dore (Paul Gustave Dore) (1832-1883). French artist, painter and illustrator. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Theodor Fontane (1819-1898). German writer. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand von Flotow, 27 April, 24 January 1883, a German opera composer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Karl Ritter von Olschbaur, German Tenor, circa 1895

Werner von Siemens, 1816 - 1892, inventor, founder of electrical engineering and founder of Siemens AG, historical illustration circa 1893

Lieutenant-General Joseph von Radowitz, 1850. Portrait of Prussian statesman, general and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph von Radowitz. 'All parties suspect him; the democrats assert he is a disguised Jesuit; the Prussian Nationalists say he is a traitor sold to Austria; at Vienna he is hated as a too zealous Prussian: the Constitutionalists have broken with him; the ultra-Royalists fear him; and yet, amid all these jealousies and animosities, he keeps his power and influence unimpaired even by his fall from office. He is a soldier with the education of a priest, and a statesman whose acts

Aspa, Urbano (Siguenza 1809-1884). Musician and composer of Spanish religious music. Engraving by Carretero.

Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) German (Prussian) statesman. Bismarck in 1858 as Envoy at the German Diet. Engraving

Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson, the new Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, 1869. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. 'The appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Y. W. Henderson to succeed the late Sir Richard Mayne as Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was announced several weeks ago, and he has since entered upon the duties of his office. Colonel Henderson was, during a period of thirteen years (from 1847 to 1860) at the head of the convict establishment in Western Australia. He returned to England in 1860, and soon afterwards, on the death of Sir Joshua Jebb, was

Portrait of George V. George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus, in German Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, 27 May 1819, 12 June 1878, was the last King of Hanover, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Alexandre Dumas (1824-1895). French author and playwright. Engraving, 1883. Nuestro Siglo, 1883, Spain.

Jules Simon (Jules François Simon Suisse) (1814-1896). French philosopher and statesman. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

Hon. Robert I. Burbank, 1857. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

FRANCISCO AÑON PAZ (1812-1878) PERIODISTA Y POETA GALLEGO.

Otto Eduard Devrient, 3. Oktober 1838, 23. Juni 1894, war ein deutscher Schauspieler und Dramatiker, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalv...

Cerralbo Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, Marquis de (Madrid ,1845-Madrid, 1922). Spanish politician and archaeologist. Engraving by Rico. Coloured.

Jacobus Jan Cremer, 1. September 1827, 5. Juni 1880, niederländischer Schriftsteller, Maler und Dichter, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Origi...

Edouard, comte de TAAFE, 1833-95 Austrian statesman, engraving, October 1880, from French publication L'Illustration

Louis Pasteur. Lithograph by Schultz after P. Petit.

Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 - 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist and polar explorer known for his Antarctic expedition (1901-1903...

Lopez de Ayala, Adelardo (1828-1879). Poet, playwright and Spanish politician. Colored engraving from 1879.

Paul de Kock (Pasey, 1794-Paris, 1871). French writer. Engraving by Llanta. Colored.

Portrait of Johann Philipp Reis (1834-1874) a self-taught German scientist and inventor. Dated 19th century

Urbano Rattazzi, 20 June 1808, 5 June 1873, was a Piedmontese and later Italian politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Philipp Wilhelm Ritter von Hamm, 1820 - 1880, German agricultural scientist, entrepreneur and politician, Germany/Philipp Wilhelm Ritter von Hamm, German agricultural scientist, entrepreneur and politician, Germany, historically, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

Friedrich Spielhagen, 1829 - 1911, German novelist, literary theorist and translator

Karl Schenk, 1823 - 1895, President of Switzerland, historical illustration circa 1893

Marcellin Pierre Eugène Berthelot, French chemist and historian.

Historical drawing, portrait of Julius Schulhoff, 1825-1898, Austrian pianist and composer

Gustav Konrad Heinrich von Goßler (born 13 April 1838 in Naumburg, died 29 September 1902 in Danzig) was a German administrative lawyer, Prussian ministerial official and conservative politician. He was a member of the Reichstag (German Conservative Party) from 1877 to 1884, briefly its president in 1881, Prussian Minister of Culture from 1881 to 1891 and then Chief President of the Province of West Prussia until his death, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, Historical

Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was elected the 21st President of the United States and served from 1881-1885. He succeeded to the president after Garfield's assassination. Arthur had an honest, efficient, dignified administration.

Otto-Leopold Bismarck, Prince of Bismarck (1815-1898). German statesman. 19th-century engraving. Colored.

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Guillaume Victor Emile Augier, 1820 - 1889, a French playwright, lyricist and librettist

Ernst Philipp Karl Lange- 1813 - 1899, a German writer who wrote under the pseudonym Philipp Galen, Germany/Ernst Philipp Karl Lange- 1813 - 1899, a German novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Philipp Galen, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was elected the 21st President of the United States and served from 1881-1885. He succeeded to the president after Garfield's assassination. Arthur had an honest, efficient, dignified administration.

Benjamin Victorica, Argentine politician

JUAN MARTINEZ VILLERGAS (1816-1894) ESCRITOR, POETA SATÍRICO, PERIODISTA Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

NAPOLEON III. EMPERADOR DE FRANCIA. 1808-1870. DE LA ILUSTRACION 1848.

Karol August Freyer (1801 Oberschaar 1883 Góra Kalwaria) Composer, Organist and Teacher, Chopin's Friend, Teacher of Stanisław Moniuszko Styfi, Jan (1841 1921), woodcut K Osów

Lorenzo Montufar y Rivera, 1823 to 1898, Guatamalan born Central American statesman. From a 19th century illustration.

Antonio Fargas Soler (1813-1888). Crítico musical español. Grabado de 1888.

Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto (1815-1901). Spanish writer and politician. 1st Marquis of Valmar. Engraving by Paris. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

CLEVELAND, Stephen Grover (1837-1908). Democrat US president (1885-1889 and 1893-1897).

Don Carlos, 8 July 1545, 24 July 1568, Infant of Spain, woodcut, Spain, Europe

Franc_ois Certain-Canrobert (1809-1895). French Marshal. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

Leopold Hasner, Ritter von Artha, 1818-1891, American lawyer and politician, historical illustration, circa 1886

WILLIAM R. GRACE, MAYOR-ELECT OF NEW YORK, 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Pablo de Sarasate, Martín Meliton Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues, 10 March 1844 - 20 September 1908, was a Spanish violinist and composer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

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