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Historical Portraits from the Early 20th Century

A collection of early 20th-century portraits featuring men in formal attire, displaying thoughtful or relaxed poses, with a vintage monochrome aesthetic.

Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician. He was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. He was great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales and consequently, great-great grandfather of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Date: 1913

12/31/1899. Portrait of the socialist Long Knight known as the "Spanish Lenin", early 20th century.

Dimitri Rizow

Ludwig Mark

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) in 1910. Italian composer, mainly of opera. After a photograph.

Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician. He was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912 in the Liberal administrations headed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith. He was great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales and consequently, great-great grandfather of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Date: 1913

Arthur du Cros

Larz Anderson.

06/30/1914. The process of Mme. Caillaux. M. Vaillaux, husband of the Accused.

Carlo Moreschi. Photograph by Italo Pacchione.

12/31/1921. August L. Mayer.

Georgi Dimitrov Mikhailov (1882 - 1949), Bulgarian communist politician. He was the first communist leader of Bulgaria, from 1946 to 1949. Dimitrov led the Communist International from 1934 to 1943

Cecil John Rhodes (1852-1902) English-born South African statesman. Photographic portrait published 1901

'Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) Italian poet, dramatist, novelist and journalist. An ultra-nationalist, his ideas strongly influenced the fascism of Benito Mussolini.'

12/31/1934. Blas Cabrera.

Alfred Milner, lst Viscount Milner (1854-1925) British statesman: high commissioner to South Africa 1897-1905.

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British statesman, c1900. Artist: Anon

01/01/1910. Portrait of Enrique Gómez Carrillo.

Portrait of D.J.E. Schrek, born 1885, Mathematics teacher at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Utrecht (1912-1951), died 19. Bust from the front.

GRANADOS, Enrique (1867-1916). Spanish composer and pianist.

Orville Wright (1871-1948) American aeronautical pioneer, the younger of the Wright brothers. Photograph.

Porträt Boris Y. Polonsky, son of the poet Yakov Polonsky, Russian Photographer

Alphonse Théophile Schloesing. Photogravure after Pierre Petit.

Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray, 1856 1927, aka Sir Weetman Pearson, and Lord Cowdray. British engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician. From The Business Encycl

10/31/1911. The Marquis of Al Hoceima Spanish Minister of State.

March 1914. Mr. Carlos Prats, Ministerial, yesterday elected senator for Madrid.

LARRETA, Enrique Rodriguez (Buenos Aires,1875-Buenos Aires,1961). Novelista y autor teatral argentino, representante del modernismo.

Photograph of Harold Laski. Harold Joseph Laski (1893-1950) an English political theorist and economist.

THOMAS HARDY writer, circa 1890 Date: 1840 - 1928

Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole. The Norwegian explorer made it there in 1911. Photo taken in 1912

Hurtado y Miró, Amadeo (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1875-Barcelona, 1950). Abogado, licenciado en Derecho Civil y Canónico. Entró en política por el federalismo republicano, y figuró en la comisión directiva de la Solidaritat Catalana (1906). Elegido diputado a cortes por Terrassa (1907). Hurtado y Miró. Amadeu.

ALBERTO GHIRALDO NOTABLE POETA Y AUTOR ARGENTINO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Figueroa y Torres, Alvaro "Conde de Romanones" (Madrid,1863-1950). Abogado y político español. Fue Presidente del Senado, 17 veces ministro y 3 veces Presidente del Consejo de Ministros con Alfonso XIII. Formó parte del Partido Liberal de Sagasta y Canalejas.

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), Italian writer and playwright, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XVLII, No 35, August 29, 1920.

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Alexandre Moret , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Alexandre Moret). History, art history, scientific personality, portrait, antiquity, higher education, sarcophagus, man, Sciences , techniques, personality, human beings, art, teaching, France , Boulogne , Mr Morel

03/14/1932. Portrait of Francois Mauriac.

JOHN JAMES RICHARD MACLEOD (1876-1935) Canadian physiologist Nobel prize 1922

Calvet y Pintó, Eduardo (Barcelona, 1875-1917). Industrial algodonero y político. Militó en el Partit Nacionalista Republicà, y fué diputado por Arenys de Mar (1907) a la Solidaritat Catalana y senador por Tarragona (1914). Presidente del Fomento del Trabajo Nacional.

'Ctc Boni De Castellane', c1893. Artist: Count Stanislaw Walery.

Dr. J. J. G. Vürtheim, / Conrector 1902-1909.

H.G. Wells

French politician Jean René Viviani (1863-1925) served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I.

Helarión Friás y Soto. Photograph.

Gabrielle D'Annunzio, 1863-1938. Italian poet, novelist and playwright. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories"" volume 2 Italian.

12/31/1909. Don Federico Carlos Bas.

Ernest Psichari in Rosmapamon, around 1912 (common name). Glass photographic plate. Museum of Romantic Life.

11/01/1923. The illustrious poet Alberto Casañal who has paid tribute to himself in Zaragoza, naming him an adopted son and awarding him the city's gold medal.

Djemal Pasha (1909) when he was Vali of Adana

Jerome Bonaparte

Jose A. Gonzalez Lanu, (1865-1910), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

ENRIQUE GRANADOS Spanish composer. Date: 1867 - 1916

12/31/1899. Portrait of the musician and zarzuela composer Tomás Barrera.

J.M. Barrie, Adelphi Terrace, October 18th, 1909.. Ballantyne Press. Photographs, Portraits. 1913. Rare Book Division. Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

ANATOLE FRANCE (real name Jacques Thibault) Prolific French writer, awarded Nobel Prize 1921. Date: 1844 - 1924

Portrait of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), photograph by Guigoni and Bossi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIII, No 8, February 23, 1896.

12/31/1911. Mr. Melquiades Álvarez, defender of "Clavel", palero and Sapiña -photo Marquerie (Gijon) -approximate date.

Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 29 December 1960) was an English author; poet and dramatist

R. Esnault Pelterie

H. Sienkewiczk, portrait bust

JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES CON CAPA ESPAÑOLA Y SOMBRERO CORDOBES - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - SIGLO XX. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Max Von Baden, 1867-1929. Heir to German principality of Baden. Chancellor of Germany, 1918.

The Iron Master,Actor with turned-up moustache, standing; Cummins (American, active 1870s); about 1880; Platinum print

Ernest Schelling (1876-1939) - American Pianist, Composer, Conductor and Musical Director. Date: circa 1910

Portrait of Luis Eytier Benítez. Artillery captain, one of the most distinguished officers in Marahuit (Mindano). From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Camille Chevillard

Coles Phillips

JOSE SIXTO ALVAREZ. FRAY MOCHO. ESCRITOR ARGENTINO 1850 -1903.

J. Ogden Armour

Portrait of Kurt von Schuschnigg, circa 1923

Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660547

'Lord Randolph Churchill', 1889, (1945). Creator: Nadar.

EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER English novelist and critic Date: 1879 - 1970

Dr. Victorino Marquez, President Venezuela ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 9 November 1940) British Conservative politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Photo dated 1914

MELQUIADES ALVAREZ (1869-1936) ABOGADO, PERIODISTA ASTURIANO Y CATEDRATICO DE DERECHO - CREADOR DEL PARTIDO REFORMISTA - FOTOGRAFIA DE 1914. Author: ROVELLY. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID.

Avetis Aharonian, Anonymous

Photograph of Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner of St James's and Cape Town. In 1906 he was facing Censure by the House of Commons over some decisions he had made when High Commissioner of South Africa and Governer of the Transvaal. Date: 1906

Melquíades Álvarez González-Posada (1864-1936). Político y jurista español republicano.

Giacomo Puccini (1858 1924) Italian composer of operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot.

James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish playwright and novelist; 'Peter Pan', 'The Admirable Crichton', 'Quality Street', among his best known works. Barrie c1895

March 1911. The Duke of Almodóvar del Río, who just died in Switzerland.

Josef Robert Wiegandt, telegraph commissioner in Ystad. 1.7.1934 - 31.10.1937. Born 10.1.1882.

Rev. Frank H. Wright

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 - 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings

Elsevier photo collection. Former Minister War J.M.J.H. Lambooy, appointed mayor Hilversum. 1929. Hilversum

Elsevier photo collection. Jhr. Mr. H.A. Van Karnebeek, named Commissioner Queen South Holland January 1928. 1927. South Holland

04/30/1912. Jury of the Architecture section. Mr. Antonio Flórez. Photo: Mateu -Approximate date.

Arturo Toscanini Symphony Conductor (1867-1957)

Richard E. Cicero. Photograph, 1913.

name illegible studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

EDITORIAL Clarence Charles Hatry, 1888-1965. Company promoter, financier, bankrupt, bookseller and publisher. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

12/04/1906. Casa-Riera trial, in the Barcelona hearing, for falsification of Documents in the succession of the Title of "Casa - Riera" - in image one of the Accused: Pedro Torrents Claret, son of the municipal judge of San Martín de Sarroca - photo N. Fontcuberta.

Elsevier photo collection. AND. Van Kleffens, Minister Foreign Affairs. 1945

The writer Ricardo León in 1922.

12/23/1906. Winners in the Christmas lottery draw, Mr. Molas owner of a Decimo who shipped to the Philippines before the Draw - photo Cantos.

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Edouard Kahn , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Edouard Kahn). Business personality, portrait, man, Personality, human beings, Mr Edouard Kahn 17, 8 1917 France , Boulogne , Portraits , Mr Edouard Kahn

12/31/1922. D. Juan Pérez Caballero, new royal commissioner of the Isabel II canal. -.

Andrew Bonar Law, (1858-1923) Canadian-born Scottish statesman, leader of the Opposition.

05/31/1906. Ilmo. Mr. Natalio Rivas, secretary of the presidency of the council.

BLANCO FOMBONA , RUFINO. ESCRITOR , POETA Y POLITICO VENEZOLANO . 1874 - 1944.

12/31/1932. Photo Dedicated to Alejandro Carreras: Very Affectionately, Ricardo León.

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