Historical Portraits of French Politicians

Engravings depicting 18th-century French figures, characterized by formal attire, hairstyles, and intricate details, capturing a serious mood of historical significance.

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, portrait of Moritz August von Thuemmel, 1738 - 1817, a German writer

Charles Antoine Chasset (1745-1824). French lawyer and politician. Deputy of Beaujolais for the Third Estate to the Estates General of 1789. Elected deputy of Beaujolais at the National Assembly (1789-1791), and of Rhone at the National Convention (1792-1798). He was president of the Constituent Assembly (8 to 20 November 1790). He was a member of the Council of Five Hundred (1795) and later at the Council of Elders (1798). Senator from 1799 until the end of the French Empire. Having voted against the execution of Louis XVI, he was allowed to remain in France after the Bourbon Restoration. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Stanislas de Clermont-Tonnerre (Stanislas Marie Adélaïde, Count de Clermont-Tonnerre) (1757-1792). French military officer and politician, supporter of constitutional monarchy. He was elected in 1789 as the first deputy of the nobility of Paris to the Estates General. President of the National Assembly on two occasions in 1789. Portrait. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Antoine-François Bertrand de Molleville (1744-1818). French politician, staunch royalist. Maître des requêtes (Master of Requests) in 1774. Minister of Marine and the Colonies (1790-1792). Before and after 10 August 1792 he tried to organise an escape for the King Louis XVI, but he was finally forced to flee to England himself. Portrait. Drawing by Liénard. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Historical print, engraving, 1798, portrait of Friedrich von Matthisson, 1761-1831, German poet and prose writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Louis Marchand, 1669 - 1732, a French harpsichordist, organist and composer

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, portrait of Moritz August von Thuemmel, 1738 - 1817, a German writer

Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely (Michel Louis Etienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely) (1760-1819). French politician, lawyer and journalist. He was elected deputy of the Third Estate for the seneschalty of Saint-Jean-d'Angely to the Estates General of 1789. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Armand-Gaston Camus (1740-1804). French lawyer and revolutionist. He was elected by the Third Estate of Paris to the Estates General of 1789. President of the Constituent Assembly (28 October to 12 November 1789). Portrait. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, 2 July 1724, 14 March 1803, a German poet, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (1742-1810). French jurist and politician. He was elected deputy for the Third Estate of Paris to the Estates General of 1789 and then to the National Constituent Assembly. President of the National Convention (27 December 1792 to 10 January 1793). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Victor de Broglie (Charles Louis Victor de Broglie) (1756-1794), Prince of Broglie. French general and politician. He served with the Marquis de La Fayette and the Comte de Rochambeau in the American War of Independence. He presided over the assembly of the nobility of the bailiwicks of Colmar and Sélestat, which elected him, on 1 April 1789, deputy of the nobility to the Estates General. He was a member of the Jacobin Club and sat in the National Constituent Assembly. Chief of Staff of the First Republic's Army on the Rhine. During the Reign of Terror, he was denounced, arrested and guillotined in Paris. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). British inventor, industrial and technical. England. 18th century.

Portrait of Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767-1820) French journalist and political. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Austrian composer and musician, Austria, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Charles Chabroud (Jean-Baptiste-Charles Chabroud) (1750-1816). French jurist and politician. Elected deputy of the Third Estate for the province of Dauphiné to the Estates General in 1798. President of the Constituent Assembly from 9 to 23 April 1791. Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Ange-Elisabeth-Louis-Antoine Bonnier d'Alco (1750-1799). French diplomat. Deputy in the Legislative Assembly and then in the National Convention. Engraving in History of France, 1883.

William Pitt the Younger, 28 May 1759, 23 January 1806, was twice Prime Minister of Great Britain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th and 19 century, portrait of James Madison, 1751 - 1836, the fourth President of the United States

Claude Basire (1764-1794). French lawyer and politician. Member of the Legislative Assembly for the department of Côte-d'Or. Elected to the National Convention, he became a member of La Montagne (The Mountain). Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Felix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Preameneu (1747-1825). French lawyer and politician. He was one of the four legal authors of the Napoleonic Code, enacted on 21 March 1804. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Laurent Lecointre (1742-1805). French politician, so-called Lecointre de Versailles. He was elected deputy for the department of Seine-et-Oise to the Legislative Assembly (2 September 1791 to 20 September 1792). Member of the National Convention (6 September 1792 to 26 October 1795). Portrait. Engraving. History.

Jean-Baptitste-Andre Amar, 1755-1816. French lawyer during the French Revolution. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander. Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753-1793). French lawyer and politician. Elected deputy for the department of Gironde in the Legislative Assembly of 1791. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Pierre Dezoteux de Cormatin (1753-1812). French field marshal. He took part in the American Revolutionary War and the Chouannerie. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

'Boswell', (1740-1795), 1830. James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 16 November 1708, 11 May 1778, was Prime Minister of Great Britain, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of ...

Joseph Haydn. Prominent Austrian composer and musician Date: 1732 - 1809

Johann Gottfried Herder, from 1802 von Herder, 25 August 1744-8 December 1803, was a German poet, translator, theologian, and philosopher of history a...

Jacques Necker, 1732 - 1804, Swiss banker and finance minister under Louis XVI, historical woodcut, circa 1880

Adam Smith, 16 June 1723, 17 July 1790, was a Scottish moral philosopher and Enlightenment philosopher and is regarded as the founder of classical national economics, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Mayer Amschel Rothschild, also spelled Anschel, 1744, 1812, was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, Germany, His...

Jacques Necker (1732-1804). French statesman and finance minister of king Louis XVI of France. Portrait. Engraving, 1903. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Franciszek Karpiński (1741 1825), poet. From: Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1872 No. 212 p. 1 Woodroom of Tygodnik Ilustrowany, Regulski, Aleksander Tadeusz (1839 1884)

Raymond de Seze (1750-1828). French lawyer. He defended King Louis XVI, along with two other lawyers, during his trial before the Convention. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Sir William Sidney Smith, 1764-1840. British Admiral. Engraved by S. Freeman from a painting by J. Opie.

Historical print, engraving, 1792, portrait of Michael Denis, 1729-1800, Austrian Jesuit, author, translator, librarian and zoologist from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

JAMES WATT (1736/1819) Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781. 18th century. ENGRAVING.

Johann Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, 2 November 1739, 24 October 1799, an Austrian composer and violin virtuoso as well as forester, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Pierre Francois Joseph Beccard (1754-) French servant, noted for his devotion to his employers. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

John Smeaton 1724 - 1792. English engineer and the founder of the civil engineering profession in Great Britain. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) English potter and industrialist. Wood engraving after portrait by Joshua Reynolds.

William Pitt ""the Younger"" (1759-1806). British politician and statesman. Prime Minister of Great Britain (19 December 1783-31 December 1800). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (10 May 1804 to 23 January 1806). Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712 to 1778 Swiss philosopher from 19th century engraving

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Pierre Carlet de Marivaux also known as Pierre de Chamblain de Marivaux, 1688 - 1763, a French writer

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet of the Enlightenment

Johann Wolfgang Goethe at the age of 30, 28 August 1749, 22 March 1832, German poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ori...

François Chabot (1756-1794). French politician. Deputy to the Legislative Assembly (1791-1792). Re-elected to the National Convention for the department of Loir-et-Cher (1792-1794), he voted for the the execution of King Louis XVI. In November 1793 Chabot was denounced by members of the Convention, accusing him of financial embezzlement. The Revolutionary Tribunal condemned him to death and he was guillotined. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Adam Smith, 16 June 1723, 17 July 1790, was a Scottish moral philosopher and Enlightenment philosopher and is considered the founder of classical economics, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Charles-Francois Lebrun (1739-1824). 1st duc de Plaisance, Prince of the Empire. French statesman. Third Consul of France (12 December 1799-18 May 1804). Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Charles-François Lebrun (1739-1824). 1st duc de Plaisance, Prince of the Empire. French statesman. Third Consul of France (12 December 1799-18 May 1804). Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Antoine Christophe Merlin (1762-1833), known as Merlin de Thionville. French politician. On 4 September 1791 he was elected deputy for the department of Moselle to the Legislative Assembly. In September 1792 he was re-elected deputy for Moselle to the National Convention. He took part in the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the fall of Robespierre and was appointed to the Committee of General Security on 31 July 1794. Member of the Council of Five Hundred under the Directory. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

'Portrait of James Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania', 1783, (1937). James Hamilton (c1710-1783) a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937

Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, 1763-1794. French revolutionary, from ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Frédéric-César de La Harpe (1754-1838), Hasler, Johann Friedrich (1808-1871)

Louis XVI, Louis XVI, Prince Louis-August of France, Duke of Berry, Prince Louis-Auguste de France, duc de berry, August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793, from the House of Bourbon became Dauphin after the death of his father in 1765 and finally King of France and Navarre after the death of his grandfather in 1774. / Ludwig XVI., Louis XVI, Prinz Ludwig-August von Frankreich, Herzog von Berry, Prince Louis-Auguste de France, duc de berry, 23. August 1754 - 21. Januar 1793, aus dem Haus Bourbon wurde nach dem Tode seines Vaters 1765 Dauphin sowie nach dem Tode seines Großvaters 1774 schließlich König von Frankreich und Navarra, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Louis-Michel Lepeletier (Louis-Michel Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau) (1760-1793), Marquis of Saint-Fargeau. French jurist and politician. On 16 May 1789 he was elected deputy for the nobility of Paris to the Estates General of 1789. In the National Constituent Assembly, Lepeletier moved the abolition of the death penalty, the galley sentence and branding with a hot iron. He was appointed president of the Constituent Assembly on 21 June 1790. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Franciszek Karpiński (1741 1825), poet. From: Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1872 No. 212 p. 1 Woodroom of Tygodnik Ilustrowany, Regulski, Aleksander Tadeusz (1839 1884)

Friedrich Ludwig Schroeder, 3 November 1744, 3 September 1816, a German actor, manager, dramatist and prominent masonic leader, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Friedrich Ludwig Schroeder, 3 November 1744, 3 September 1816, a German actor, dramatist and prominent masonic leader, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved

Portrait of John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright; Black and White Illustration;

Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832, a German poet

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750, German composer, organ and piano virtuoso of the Baroque

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). Swedish physician and botanist. Portrait. Engraving.

Claude Francois Verguet (1744-1814). French Catholic priest and politician. Prior of the Royal Abbey of Relecq. Vicar general of the Cistercian order. Elected deputy of the clergy to the Estates General of 1789 for the district of Saint-Pol-de-Leon. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, 1753 to 1822. English admiral, politician and diplomat.

Portrait of Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) an English physician and botanical writer. Dated 19th Century

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Gasparo Gozzi, 1713 - 1786, an Italian poet

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Oliver Ellsworth, 1745 - 1807, an American lawyer and politician, president of the Supreme Court of the United States

Karl Theodor Anton Maria, Reichsfreiherr von und zu Dalberg, chamberlain of Worms, 8 February 1744, 10 February 1817, was a German elector, archbishop and bishop of several dioceses, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of John Locke, 1632 - 1704, an English philosopher and thought leader of the Enlightenment

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German composer and musician

Friedrich Holderlin (Lauffen-am-Neckar, 1770, Tubingen, 1843). German lyric poet. Colored engraving.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist, 18th century, (1835). Artist: Unknown

Friedrich von Steuben ( 1730 ñ 1794), Baron von Steuben was a Prussian-born military officer who served as inspector general and Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 2 April 1719, 18 February 1803, a poet, literary maestro and collector of the German Enlightenment and exponent of the friendship culture of the Enlightenment, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French writer, lawyer and politician. One of the leaders of the French Revolution. President of the National Convention twice, member of the Jacobins and the Committee of Public Safety. Portrait of Robespierre speaking in Convention. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving by Pannemaker. Detail. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Dionisio Aguado y Garcia, compositor y guitarrista clásico español. Grabado de 1858.

François Denis Tronchet (1726-1806). French jurist. He was one of the lawyers who defended King Louis XVI (1754-1793) during his judgment. He participated in the writing of the French civil code. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, also Fritz Jacobi, 25 January 1743, 10 March 1819, a German philosopher, economic reformer, merchant and writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet (1729-1786) Marquess of Méjanes, was a French aristocrat, public servant and book collector. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, 1743 - 1819, a German philosopher, lawyer, businessman and author

Gabriel Bonnot De Mably. Gabriel Bonnot de Mably 1709-1785, French moralist, historian and economist. Engraving 19th century

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793). Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. Engraving. 19th century.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher. From John Kay 'Original Portraits', Edinburgh c1790.

Claude Fauchet (1744-1793). French revolutionary priest. In 1790, together with Nicolas de Bonneville (1760-1828), he founded a revolutionary club, the "Cercle social" (Social Club) or also called "Les Amis de la Vérité" (Society of the Friends of Truth). Portrait. Engraving by Pannemaker. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Barthold Georg Niebuhr, 27 August 1776, 2 January 1831, was a Danish-German statesman, banker and historian who became Germany's leading historian of ...

Porträt von Benoit Camille Desmoulins, 2. März 1760, 5. April 1794, war ein französischer Rechtsanwalt, Journalist und Politiker, digitale verbesserte...

Portrait of Joseph II by Hans Peter Hansen, etching, 1861, 1829-1899, Private Collection

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Johannes von Mueller, 1752 - 1809, a Swiss historian, political writer and statesman

Charles Barbaroux (Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux) (1767-1794). French Girondin politician during the French Revolution. Died by guillotine. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Thomas Paine 1737-1809, Political theorist. Portrait by John Kay, 1742-1826, artist. between 1790 and 1809. etching. shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing right.

Historical engraving, 19th century, portrait of Tobias George Smollett, 1721 - 1771, Scottish writer

$Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794). French revolutionary and politician, most notable for his bloody actions in the War in the Vendée, during the Reign of Terror (1793-1794). After the fall of Robespierre'\''s government, Carrier was tried for war crimes by the Revolutionary Tribunal, found guilty and guillotined at the Place de Grève in Paris on 16 December 1794. Portrait. Engraving. History.$

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Black and White Illustration;

Joseph Le Bon (Guislain-Francois-Joseph Le Bon) (1765-1795). French politician. Deputy of the National Convention (1 July 1793 to 16 October 1795). Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790, one of the founders of the United States of America, the inventor of the lightning rod, historic woodcut, circa 1880

Jean-Marie Roland de la Platiere (1734-1793). French politician. He was a member of the Girondins. Minister of the Interior in 1792. Portrait. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Benjamin Franklin, 17 January 1706, 17 April 1790, was an American printer, publisher, writer, naturalist, inventor and statesman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Jose Moñino y Redondo, 1st Count of Floridablanca (1728-1808). Spanish statesman. Secretary of State (1777-1792). Portrait. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Georg Friedrichc Haendel or George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, German-British composer of the Baroque

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