Historical Portraits

Classic engravings depict notable historical figures. Each portrait highlights intricate details of attire and has a formal presentation style.

GIOVANNI LANFRANCO Italian artist from Parma Date: 1581 - 1647

Portrait believed to be that of the father of Thomas More, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Sir Francis Drake, c. 1540, 28 January 1596, was an English privateer and explorer, later vice-admiral and the first English circumnavigator of the world, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Doctor Johannes Faust after an opera by Hermann Reutter, after a painting by Rembrandt, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). French painter. Portrait of Poussin after an etching by Louis Ferdinand the Elder (1612-1689). Engraving. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

Roche Braziliano, sometimes spelled Rock, Roch, Roc, Roque, Brazilliano, Brasiliaan or Brasiliano, (c. 1630 - disappeared c. 1671) was a Dutch pirate born in the town of Groningen. His pirate career lasted from 1654 until his disappearance around 1671. He was first made famous in Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of America

Francisco Drake, (1540-1596), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

Born in 1644, Guy completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He moved to London and spent eight years as a bookseller's apprentice. Through his astute business sense he made his fortune with investments and printing. In 1704 Guy was appointed Director of St Thomas's Hospital and through his donations paid for three new wards. At the age of 76, he founded Guy's Hospital, on a site near London Bridge. He died four years later, leaving a large fund for the hospit

Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland Baron Spencer of Wormleighton 1641 1702 English statesman From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume IV published 1806

1400S 1470S Portrait Edward Iv King Of England

Charles VI (1685-1740). Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740). Portrait. Pretender to the throne of Spain as Charles III. Engraving by Geoffroy. Detail. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Doctor Faustus Frontspiece to the book The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe published in 1897.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Viscount S Albans, Engraving

Sir Philip Sidney 16th century poet, courtier and soldier; Black and White Illustration by Isaac Oliver

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Giovanni Pico Conte della Mirandola, 1463 - 1494, an Italian philosopher of the Renaissance

GERHARD ZEGHERS Flemish artist Date: 1589 - 1651

Gabriel Metsu, Dutch school, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

John Milton (1608-74) English poet, imagined here in later life when blind seated by a small chamber organ. Wood engraving 1870

JACOB BINK German artist & engraver Date: 1500 - 1568

Ole Worm, Danish scholar. Artist: Unknown

Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner, from 1850 von Kerner, (born 18 September 178, died 21 February 1862) was a German physician, medical writer and poet, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

LUIS I REY DE ESPAÑA (1707-1724) I.H.5119. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. LUIS I DE ESPAÑA. FELIPE V DE BORBON HIJO.

Doctor John Jefferies, American physician and balloonist. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after E. Thomas from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, Portrait of Flavius Belisarius, circa 505 - 565, Eastern Roman commander and general of Emperor Justinian I

Portrait of Perugino, painted by himself, in the courtroom of the college of Currency Exchange, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

John III, born 1797, was Negus Negest, Emperor, of Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia / Johannes III., geboren 1797, war Negus Negest, Kaiser, von Äthiopien, früher Abessinien, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Emperor Maximilian I. Facsimile after a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, Germany, Maximilian I. 1459, 1519, was King of the Romans, also known as King of th...

Historical drawing, portrait of Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643, Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque

Claudio Coello (1642-1693), pintor barroco español. Grabado de 1877.

Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb .

Martin Behaim (1459-1506) designed the first metal astrolabe for nautical navigation, historical illustration from 1881

Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540). Valencian scholar and humanist. Portrait. Engraving.

Algernon Sidney or Sydney, 1623 to 1683, English politician, political theorist, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

'Sir John Godsalve', c1532-1534 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Portrait of a Man. Jan Baptist Weenix, attributed to; Dutch, 1621-1660/1669. Date: 1640-1660. Dimensions: 36.5 x 30.2 cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.). Oil on copper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Jacob Jordaens, Flemish Baroque era painter, (1825).Artist: John Corner

Pierre Terrail of Bayard, (c1820s). Artist: Maurin.

Portrait of cardinal by Claude Mellan, woodcut, 1598-1688, 17th century, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Walter Raleigh, English courtier and navigator, woodcut, 16th century

'J. Fletcher', (1579-1625), 1830. John Fletcher (1579-1625) Jacobean playwright for the King's Men, a prolific and influential dramatist during the early Restoration who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and William Shakespeare. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Louis XIV, known as ""the Sun King"" (1638-1715). King of France (1643-1715). Portrait. Lithograph by Urrabieta based on a painting by French artist Antoine Benoist (1632-1717), 1706. Chromolithography. XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

Walter Raleigh (1552-1612) English courtier and navigator. Favourite of Elizabeth I. Half-brother of Humphrey Gilbert. Said to have introduced Tobacco and Potatoes into England. 19th century woodcut.

Anna Schurman portrait painted by herself, vintage engraving. Anna Schurman portrait painted by herself, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679451

Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1540-1617) English lawyer and statesmand.

Steel engraving, ca. 1860, Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313, 1375, Italian writer, democrat, poet of humanism, Decameron

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish Baroque painter. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Portrait, detail. Later colouration. Cronica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867. Author: Eusebio de Letre. Illustrator and lithographer of the mid-nineteenth century in Spain.

Alexander Pope, 21 May 1688, 30 May 1744, was an English poet, translator and writer of classicism in the early period of the Enlightenment, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

John Bradshaw, 1602 to 1659. Judge in the trial against King Charles I, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

DEODATO DELMONT Flemish artist and architect of Antwerp, in the service of the archduke Albert and archduchess Isabela. Date: 1581 - 1634

Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki, 1787-1860, was a Polish general, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Byron (Poet). December 03, 1951.

'Horne', (1730-1792), 1830. George Horne (1730-1792) English churchman, academic, writer, and university administrator educated at Maidstone Grammar School and University College, Oxford. He was ordained priest in 1753. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Historical print, 1790, portrait of Baron Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, 1744-1817, archbishop and statesman, writer, from the Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Friedrich von Sakket, Friedrich von Sallet, 1812 - 1843, a German writer known for his critical political and religious poems, wood engraving, 1880

SALINAS , FRANCISCO. MUSICO ESPAÑOL . BURGOS 1513 - 1590. GRABADO RETRATO DE " VARONES ILUSTRES ". BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Ulrich von Württemberg (born 8 February 1487, died 6 November, 1550) was Duke of Württemberg 1498-1519 and 1534-1550. Er war der erste protestantische Fürst seines Territoriums / Ulrich von Württemberg (born February 8, 1487, died November 6, 1550) was Duke of Württemberg 1498-1519 and 1534-1550. He was the first Protestant prince of his territory, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. century, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt, nachträglich farbiert

Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford 1593 1641 Baron von Raby alias Sir Thomas Wentworth Baron von Newmarch und Oversley / Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford 1593 1641 Baron of Raby aka Sir Thomas Wentworth Baron of Newmarch and Oversley Engraved by Bocquet from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume II published 1806, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

James Cook (born 7 November 1728 in Marton near Middlesbrough, died 14 February 1779 in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii) was a British navigator, cartographer and explorer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822, British Romantic poet, historical illustration circa 1893

Adrien Guignet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

Begum Sumru, vintage engraving. Begum Sumru, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660040

ENRIQUE VII DE INGLATERRA REY DE INGLATERRA Y SEÑOR DE IRLANDA . 1457 - 1509 FUNDADOR DE LA DINASTIA TUDOR.

Portrait of Andre Palladio, 1508, 1580, Italian architect in Republic of Venice

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Ritter von Schelling, 1775 - 1854, a German philosopher of German Idealism

HERNAN CORTES 1485/1547-CONQUISTADOR ESPAÑOL DE MEXICO. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Jean Paul Marat, 1743 - 1793, physician, publisher and journalist, leader of the Jacobins in the French Revolution, historical woodcut, circa 1880

SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.

Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911220

Erasmus Desiderius von Rotterdam, 1465 - 1536, Dutch humanist, theologian, philosopher, scholar and author

William Prynne, 1600 to 1669, English lawyer, author, polemicist and politician, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Gregory VII (born between 1025 and 1030 possibly in Sovana as Hildebrand (of Soana), died 25 May 1085 in Salerno) was Pope from 22 April 1073 to 1085, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

EDWARD BRIGHT, of Maldon, Essex, who died at age 30 looking like this... Date: 1720 - 1750

Portrait of a Man, 1500s. Italy, 16th century. Black and red chalk, with brown and purple chalk, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 27.6 x 18.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.); secondary support: 28.3 x 19.5 cm (11 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.).

Gottfried August Bürger, 31. Dezember 1747 - 8. Juni 1794, deutscher Dichter in der Zeit der Aufklärung, der dem Sturm und Drang zugerechnet wird. Bekannt geworden sind vor allem seine Balladen sowie die Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

historical illustration

CARDENAL LUIS MARIA DE BORBON Y VALLABRIGA- 1777/1823- GRABADO SIGLO XIX. LUIS ANTONIO DE BORBON (FAMILIA). BORBON Y VALLABRIGA LUIS MARIA. CARDENAL LUIS MARIA DE BORBON Y VALLABRIGA. BORBON LUIS MARIA CARDENAL. CARDENAL INFANTE LUIS MARIA DE BORBON.

Marshal Berthier, Prince of Wagram.Artist: Juliannau

Donato Bramante, auch Donino oder Donnino, 1444-1514. Italienischer Architekt. Aus dem Buch Gallery of Portraits, 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1497 to 1543, German artist. Court painter to Henry VIII of England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

FELIPE IV. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE III HIJO. MARGARITA DE AUSTRIA HIJO. AUSTRIA MARGARITA HIJO. FELIPE IV REY DE ESPAÑA.

Pier Francesco Mola, Italian Baroque era painter, (1825).Artist: John Corner

Antoine-Pierre-Joseph-Marie Barnave, 22 October 1761, 29 November 1793, was a French politician during the French Revolution, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy After Roger van der Weyden (Dutch, 1399/1400-1464). Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 16th century. Oil on panel, 6 x 5 1/4 in. (15.2 x 13.3 cm). European Art 16th century

Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664), pintor del Siglo de Oro español. Grabado de 1877.

Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouque, 1818, historic illustration from Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, a history of German literature from 1885

Anefo photo collection. Painting Michiel Adriaan De Ruyter. November 22, 1947

Monsieur de Bellefourière French Painter French. Monsieur de Bellefourière 436338

William Warham. Portrait of William Warham 1450-1532, archibishop of Canterbury. Painting by Hans Holbein the young 1497/8-1543, 16th century, 82 x 67 cm. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.

Johann Heinrich Voss, 1751 - 1826, portrait, historic illustration, 1880

Schiller during his on the Hohe Karlsschule school, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885

Robert Southey (1774-1843) on engraving from 1833. English poet of the Romantic school. Engraved by E.Finden after a painting by T.Phillips and published by J.Murray.

Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner, from 1850 by Kerner, 18 September 1786 - 21 February 1862, a German doctor, medical writer and poet / Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner, ab 1850 von Kerner, 18. September 1786 - 21. Februar 1862, ein deutscher Arzt, medizinischer Schriftsteller und Dichter, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911194

Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luther in Warburg castle. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

RAMON CABRERA (1806-1877). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. RAMON CABRERA. CABRERA GRIÑO RAMON. CONDE DE MORELLA.

Historical portrait, Albrecht Duerer the Younger

Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited according to a painting by Albrecht Dürer, 1518 Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited according to a painting by Albrecht Dürer, 1518 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911352

Portrait of Jonathan Wild (1683-1725) a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crime fighter entitled the 'Thief-Taker General'. Dated 18th Century

Illustration depicting an English judge in his wig. Dated 19th Century

Andreas Hofer, 1767 - 1810, portrait, historic illustration, 1880

The student or young architect of the Middle Ages, pastel by Marshal, vintage engraving. The student or young architect of the Middle Ages, pastel by Marshal, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673848

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