Historical Portraits of Explorers

Vintage engravings of notable historical figures, including journalists and explorers, encapsulating the essence of the 19th-century adventure and exploration.

NIKOLAI PAVLOVICH, count IGNATIEV Russian diplomat in Constantinople in 1876 Date: 1832 - 1908

Portrait of Henry Morton Stanley (Denbigh, 1841 - London, 1904), British journalist and explorer before his trip to Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Explorer of the nineteenth century. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Wilhelm Freiherr von Engerth, 1814-1884, Austrian architect and engineer, known for being the designer of the first practical mountain locomotive, Austria, Europe

NIKOLAI PAVLOVICH, count IGNATIEV Russian diplomat in Constantinople in 1876 Date: 1832 - 1908

Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe (1798_1890), Conservative politician, M.P. FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Conservative politician, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Juan Navarro-Reverter y Gomis (1844-1924). Spanish historian and politician who served as Minister of State between 1912 and 1913. Engraving.

Christian IX, 1818, 1906, King of Denmark, woodcut, portrait, 1885, Denmark, Europe

Marco Minghetti (1818-1886). Italian economist and statesman. Portrait. Engraving by Historia Universal, 1885.

Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein, 12 October 1842, 24 September 1912, was a German politician and State Secretary of the Foreign Office of the...

Stefan Franz Viktor, Archduke of Austria, 1817-1867, woodcut from 1864

Engerth, Austrian engineer

Graf Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Karl Graf von Hohenwart (12. Februar 1824 in Wien) (26. April 1899) war ein österreichischer Politiker, der 1871 als ...

ALBERTO BLEST GANA 1830-1920.

Portrait of Carl August von Steinheil (1801-1870) a German physicist, inventor, engineer and astronomer. Dated 19th Century

Isidoro Fernández Flórez (Madrid, 1840-Madrid, 1902) known to Fernanflor, was a Spanish writer, journalist, art critic and humorist, Spain. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Privy Councillor Adolf Wermuth, 1855 - 1927, politician, Reich Commissioner for the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, historical illustration circa 1893

Portrait of Jacques Brun (1807-1858) was a French merchant and explorer. Travels of a naturalist to the Galapagos archipelago, 1858 by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Karl Hermann Peter Thielen, 30. Januar 1832, 10. Januar 1906 in Berlin, preußischer Politiker und Minister für öffentliche Arbeiten, Historisch, digit...

RETRATO DE DON ANTONIO DE ORLEANS DUQUE DE MONTPENSIER - GRABADO - 1861. Author: EUSEBIO PLANAS Y FRANQUESA (1833-1897). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. DUQUE DE MONTPENSIER. LUIS FELIPE DE ORLEANS HIJO. ANTONIO DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). ANTONIO MARIA FELIPE DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). MARIA LUISA FERNANDA DE BORBON-ESPOSO. PADRE DE MARIA DE LAS MERCEDES.

The late Mr. Henry Gamble Blagrove, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. C. V. Bark of '...the eminent violinist...who played in public when only eleven years old. As a boy he was a pupil of Spagnoletti...In 1830 Mr. Blagrove became solo-player...of Queen Adelaide's private band; and, two years later, he went to Germany, and passed some time at Cassel studying under Spohr, who was alike renowned as a violinist and a composer...In a subsequent visit to Germany Mr. Blagrove played in some of the most important towns thereof with brilliant success, and afterwards settled down to a long care

Andres Mellado Fernandez (1846-1913). Lawyer, journalist and Spanish politician. Portrait. Engraving by Carretero. "La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1889.

Leopold Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (7 April 1811 17 December 1888) was a leading Austrian statesman from the Thun und Hohenstein family.

EDGAR FAWCETT American-English writer Date: 1847 - 1904

AZEVEDO, AluÕsio de (1857-1913). Brazilian writer. Engraving.

Portrait of Jacques Brun (1807-1858) was a French merchant and explorer. Travels of a naturalist to the Galapagos archipelago, 1858 by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Tobias Barreto de Meneses, 7 June 1839 - 26 June 1889, a Brazilian philosopher, poet, literary critic, publisher, lawyer and professor of law / Tobias Barreto de Meneses, 7. Juni 1839 - 26. Juni 1889, ein brasilianischer Philosoph, Dichter, Literaturkritiker, Verleger, Rechtsanwalt und Professor für Rechtswissenschaft, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Stanisław Psarski editor, economic activist Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)

Signor fiorini , Signor fiorini, baritone from the flea , Theodor Zasche -, artist

Clovis Carl Viktor Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and of Corvey, March 31, 1819, July 6, 1901, a German politician / Chlodwig Carl Viktor Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prinz von Ratibor und von Corvey, 31. März 1819, 6. Juli 1901, ein deutscher Politiker, Historisch, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Manuel María José de Galdo López de Neira (Madrid 1825 - Madrid 1895) was a progressive politician and Spanish naturalist. Professor of Natural History. In the Democratic presidential term he was mayor of Madrid, Spain. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

THE LATE CAPTAIN BYRNE

Portrait of Narciso Saénz Díaz Serra (Madrid 1830 - 1877). Known as Narciso Serra, he was a Spanish playwright and poet. Old engraving of the book Spa

Portrait of Joaquín Espalter y Rull (Sitges 1809 - Madrid 1880) Spanish painter of the 19th century, author of numerous historical paintings

Rudolf Emil Denhardt, 24 March 1845 i- 24 July 1908, a German physician and founder of a psychotherapeutic treatment method for stuttering, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

THE MARQUIS OF LUTE, 1872 engraving

Portrait of Francesco Graziani (1828-1901), Italian baritone, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 624, Volume XXV, February 10, 1855.

Gerard Keller (13 February 1829) (January 1899) was a Dutch writer and newspaper editor known and popular in Europe in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

SIR WILLIAM PALISSER Irish inventor of devices for killing people, such as 'Palliser's Shot'. For this he was of course knighted by a grateful government... Date: 1830 - 1882

Portrait of Daniel David Veth (1850 - 1885) was a Dutch explorer and photographer, Sumatra Island. Indonesia. Drawing by Eugene Ronjat (1822 - 1912) Across the island of Sumatra 1877 by Daniel David Veth (1850 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Charles George Gordon (1833-1885). British Army officer and administrator. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1884.

Journey of the kings of Spain to Galicia. Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and Mari´a Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena (1858-1929). Visit of the Kings to the frigate "Zaragoza" on August 12, 1881. Illustration by Riudavets. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espan~ola y Americana, 1881.

RETRATO DE RAMON MARIA DE NARVAEZ - GRABADO S XIX. Author: P BARCALA-GRABADOR SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897). Spanish politician and historian. Founder of the Conservative Party. Portrait. Drawing by Llanta. Lithography. "Cronica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia", 1869. Author: Santiago Llanta (fl. 1866-1872). French lithographer who worked in Spain.

Antonio González de Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo born 1824 died 1908. Prime Minister of Spain 4 December 1906 to 25 January 1907. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Francisco Vidal (1801-1863). Peruvian politician and military. Engraving by Nicanor Vazquez. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1892.

Robert Heinrich Ludwig Graf von der Goltz, 6 June 1817 to 24 June 1869, German diplomat and politician in Prussia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century document, exact original date unknown

RUDOLF VON WILLEMOES-SUHM German scientist who exchanged letters with Darwin Date: 1847 - 1875

Emilio Mario (1838-1899). Spanish actor and director. Portrait. Engraving by Rico in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

Alphonse Chodron de Courcel (1835-1919). Diplomático y político francés. Representante de la República francesa en la Conferencia de Berlín. Grabado por E. Gimeno. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.

FEDERICO DE MADRAZO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . 1815 - 1894. GRABADO RETRATO DE LLANTA. BILIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Portrait of George Wilson (1829-1885) a British Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs. Dated 19th Century

Manuel Catalina Rodriguez (1820-1886). Spanish dramatic actor. Engraving by Arturo Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886.

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). German statesman and politician. Artificer of the German unification in 1871. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870.

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

SIR JOSHUA WALMESLEY Statesman Date: 1794 - 1871

DR. R. H. ELLIOTT MR. T. GORDuN MR. J. R. PHILLIPS MR. RALPH F. LOCKE MR. POWIS

RETRATO DE ANTONIO MARIA FABIE (1832-1899) - MINISTRO DE ULTRAMAR.

Antonio De Trueba, 1821-1888. Spanish writer. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Spanish and Portugeuse, Volume 18""

Leandro Alvarez Torrijos (1822-1894). Spanish jurist and politician. Mayor Corregidor of Havana, Cuba (1877-1879). Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Ovejero. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1878. Author: Andrés Ovejero. 19th century Spanish engraver. Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator.

FEDERICO DE MADRAZO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL. 1815 - 1894. GRABADO RETRATO DE LLANTA. BILIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Marco Minghetti (1818-1886). Italian economist and statesman. Portrait. Engraving by Historia Universal, 1885. Colored.

Prévost-Paradol, Lucien Anatole.

CARRERA VERDUGO, Jos_ Miguel (1785-1821). Chilean militar and politician. Litography. ARGENTINA. BUENOS AIRES. Buenos Aires. National Historical Museum of the Town Council.

CALLEJA, SATURNINO. EDITOR ESPAÑOL. BURGOS 1853-1915. RETRATO. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Austin Henry Layard (1817-1894) British diplomat and Archaeologist who excavated Nineveh. Engraving, London, 1851

(Henry) Bartle (Edward) Frere (1815-84) British colonial administrator, born at Clydach, Breckonshire, Wales. Governor of Bombay (Mumbai) 1862-1867. Appointed governor of the Cape and High Commissioner in South Africa in 1877, recalled in 1880 because of his treatment of the Zulus. Engraving from 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 7 June 1884).

George Pouchet (1833-1894), naturalista y anatomista francés. Grabado de 1896.

Lemonnier, Anton Knight of.

Portrait of George V, George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus, in German, Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, 27 May 1819, 12 June 1878, last king of Hanover, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Jose Maria Escriva de Roman≠ y Dusay (1825-1890), III marquis of Monistrol de Noya, 14th baron of Beniparrell, marquess of San Dion≠s. Senator of the Life Kingdom, great cross and necklace of the Order of Carlos III, member of the Real Maestranza of Valencia, councilor and lieutenant mayor of the Barcelona City Council. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1890.

Julius Robert Bosse, geboren am 12. Juli 1832 in Quedlinburg, starb am 31. Juli 1901 in Berlin, war ein deutscher Politiker, letzter preußischer Kultu...

SIR BARTLE FRERE, K.C.B., G.C.S.I., 1872 engraving

Jose Maria Escriva de Romani_ y Dusay (1825-1890), III marquis of Monistrol de Noya, 14th baron of Beniparrell, marquess of San Dioni_s. Senator of the Life Kingdom, great cross and necklace of the Order of Carlos III, member of the Real Maestranza of Valencia, councilor and lieutenant mayor of the Barcelona City Council. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1890.

Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (7 September 1832) (25 May 1899) was a Spanish republican politician and President of the First Spanish Republic, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

BIEITO LOSADA - POETA - SIGLO XIX.

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, 2 February 1807, 31 December 1874, was a French politician, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Sir James Arthur Hanbury (1832-1908), surgeon general, assisted Florence Nightingale in establishing the hospital at Scutari, and was in charge of Netley Hospital until his death

Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra (1846Ð1919), Dominican politician. President of the Dominican Republic between 1899-1902 and 1914-1916. Portrait. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Artistica", 1899.

Samuel Gompers (1950-1924), founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), as an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, after the Haymarket Riots of 1886.

Julius Jordan, 1813 - 1893, also known as Franz Alexander Wilhelm Julius Jordan, a Prussian officer and member of the Frankfurt Parliament, wood engraving, 1880

Ferdinand de LESSEPS - 1805-1894 French canal promoter and diplomat.

MARCIAL VALLADARES NUÑEZ 1821-1903 ESCRITOR. Author: MAYER ENRIQUE CASTRO (1861-1931) GRABADOR.

THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 1876: THE HON. JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (New York 1871 - Havana 1939) was a Cuban politician, son of the father of the country Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Lord Gerard, 1876. 'The Right Hon. Robert Tolver Gerard, who by recent creation has become Baron Gerard of Byrn, in the county palatine of Lancaster, is the representative of an old Lancashire Roman Catholic family, one of whose ancestors was created a Baronet on the day of the first institution of the order in 1611...He entered the British Army in 1837, became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lancashire Yeomanry in 1855, and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1869. He does not appear to have taken any very active part in public life beyond his own county and district, and his peerage would

Rafael Zaldivar (1834-1903). President of El Salvador from 1 May 1876 to 6 April 1884, and from 21 August 1884 to 14 May 1885. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Francisco Camprodon Lafont (1816-1870). Spanish writer. Engraving by Capuz (1824-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870.

'Colonel Kingscote C.B.M.P.', 1879. Creator: Vincent Brooks Day & Son.

Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-1886, Major-General of the U.S. Army, Democratic candidate for the US Presidential elections, historical illustration, circa 1886

Historical print, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Hacklaender, 1816 - 1877, a German writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Historical portrait, Oscar Ferdinand Peschel

THE EARL OF CARNARVON, Ex-Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1886

ANTONIO CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO (1828/1897) - PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO. ANTONIO CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO (1828-1897).

Ferdinand de LESSEPS - 1805-1894 From Robert Rontledge Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century, London, 1896*

Jose de Olozaga Almandoz (1810-1877). Magistrate and Spanish politician. Portrait. Engraving by Capuz. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1877.

BISMARCK, Otto-Leopold, Prince of (1815-1898). German statesman. Nineteenth-century engraving.

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour British politician, Conservative MP Date: circa 1890

Portrait of Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) a British businessman, mining magnate, politician and former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. Dated 19th century

Emil Welti, 23 April 1825, Bad Zurzach, Aargau, 24 February 1899, was a Swiss politician and member of the Federal Council, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century document

Eusebio Lillo (1826-1910). Chilean poet and politician. Engraving by Paris. Spanish and American illustrations, 1875.

Antonio Trueba (1819-1889). Poeta y narrador vasco. Grabado de 1887.

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