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Historical Portraits of Notable Figures

A collection of 18th and 19th-century portraits depicting distinguished individuals, showcasing vintage engraving styles and formal attire.

SPENCER PERCEVAL son of 2nd Earl Egmont, opposed Catholic emancipation, insisted on continuance of Napoleonic war

Edmund Randolph, 1753-1813., 1777-1890., 1888

Tobias George Smollett. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after Sir J. Reynolds.

Matthew Boulton, engineer and industrialist, c1801. Artist: William Sharp

SPENCER PERCEVAL son of 2nd Earl Egmont, opposed Catholic emancipation, insisted on continuance of Napoleonic war

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Eraser: Woolnoth, Thomas a.Dation: 1829/1857

Sir Samuel Romilly 1757-1818. English legal reformer From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Field Marshal Conway, 1777 - 1890, 1777 - 1890; Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795

sir joseph banks, 1743-1820

Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 1764 to 1845 British Prime Minister 1830 to 1834 Engraved by J Cochran after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery volume III published c 1835

Charles B J Févret de Saint Mémin, Thomas Tudor Tucker, 1805 Thomas Tudor Tucker

Thomas Paine (1736 - 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776-1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain

The Rt. Hon. William Pitt (1759-1806) by Horace Hone (1754-1825), miniature painter, son of Nathaniel Hone.

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716) Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England. Engraving from 'A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen' by Thomas Thomson (1870).

Joseph Banks (1743-1820) English botanist and plant collector; sailed with James Cook on 'Endeavour' 1768-1871; President of Royal Society for 41 years from 1778; engraving after portrait by Thomas Lawrence.

Dugald Stewart (1853-1828) Scottish philosopher and mathematician born at Edinburgh. Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh university (1785-1809). Engraving from 'National Portrait Gallery' by William Jerdan (London, 1830).

Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, Leading British Military and Political Figure, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1828-30, 1834-34, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men an

Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818). Irish-born British politician and pamphleteer. He belonged to the Whig party. Portrait. Engraving by A. Ronmer after a painting of John Hoppner (1758-1810). Historia Universal, 1881. Colored.

Lord Francis Jeffrey 1773 to 1850 Scottish judge and critic editor of the Edinburgh Review Engraved by G Parker after Calvin Smith From the book National Portrait Gallery volume IV published c 1835

Portrait of George Washington

Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1734 to 1801. British lieutenant-general during the Napoleonic Wars.

Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), third Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1796 through 1800 was appointed by George Washington

Warren Hasting, 6 December 1732, 22 August 1818, was Governor General in British East Indies, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt (1716-1795), naturalist, military and Spanish writer. Engraving, 1854.

Edmund Burke 1729-97 Born British Whig Liberalist, statesman and philosopher. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

George Canning (1770-1827) English Tory statesman. Prime Minister 1827. Tinted lithograph.

Alexander Hamilton by Albert Rosenthal, 1895

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) scientist

Sir William Jones 1746-1794. British Orientalist and jurist. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

M. Gauci, 1810-1846, Luke Thomas Flood, Justice of the Peace, undated. Lithography on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with gray chine collé.

Robert R. Livingston was one of the five drafters of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He served as the first US Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1781 to 1783, and US minister to France from 1801-1804, when Livingston negotiated the Louisiana Purchase. (BSLOC_2019_4_158)

Edmund Burke. Dated: published 1790. Medium: mezzotint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Jones after George Romney.

'Henri-Benjamin Constant De Rebecque', c1800, (1896). Artist: T Johnson.

William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd. Earl Fitzwilliam, 1748-1833. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Engraved by R.Hicks after W. Owen. From the book 'National Portrait Gallery Volume I' published 1830.

Portret van William Pitt, Charles Howard Hodges, after William Owen, 1799 print London paper engraving historical persons. adult man

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1749-1832. German writer. From the book ""Goethe's Werke"" by Erster Band & Heinrich Kurtz.

Portrait of the Staatsman William Pitt. .

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English writer, Date: 1770 - 1850

Edward Jenner 1749-1823. English surgeon discoverer of Smallpox vaccination. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

'John Julius Angerstein, Esq.', 1832. Creator: Edward Scriven.

Leonhard Euler 1707-1783. Swiss mathematician and physicist. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. 1860

George Read 1733 to 1798 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre from a painting by Pine

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY (1778-1829), scientist and President of the Royal Society, London, England.

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, 1718 - 1792, a British Fleet Admiral

ELBRIDGE GERRY American politician. A signer of the Declaration of Independence. Vice president (1813-1814). Date: 1744 - 1814

Pierre Casimir-Perier, 1777-1832. French banker, political leader and minister. Photo-etching after the painting by Hersent.From the book ' Lady Jackson's Works XIV. The Court of the Tuileries II' Published London 1899.

'Sir Samuel Romilly', c1790, (c1884). Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), British lawyer, abolitionist, politician and legal reformer, largely self-educated from a Huguenot family, he entered Gray's Inn and was made a King's Counsel in 1800. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin

Thomas Graham 1st Baron Lynedoch 1748 to 1843 Scottish aristocrat politician and soldier Engraved by H Meyer after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery volume III published c 1835

Johnathan Trumbull James Peale American ca. 1792 Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809) was a United States senator and later governor of Connecticut. He was the brother of the portrait and history painter John Trumbull (1756-1843). View more. Johnathan Trumbull. James Peale (American, Chestertown, Maryland 1749-1831 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). American. ca. 1792. Watercolor on ivory

William Wordsworth, 1770-1850. English poet. Drawn in 1798 by Hancock. From the book The Life of Charles Lamb Volume I by E V Lucas published 1905.

Portrait of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718-1792) a British naval officer. Dated 19th century

John Downman, George Mills, 1792 George Mills

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquis Wellesley (1760-1842) Irish-born British statesman, older brother of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Governor-general of India 1797-1805. Engraving after portrait by Thomas Lawrence.

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley 1760-1842. Politician and Governor-General of India: brother of Wellington.Engraved by G. Adcockafter Sir. T. Lawrence.From the book 'National Portrait Gallery Volume I' published 1830.

Portrait of Count Herman Wedel Jarlsberg (1779 - 1840), a Norwegian politician and Count. Dated 1829

Captain Charles Pinckney, by Charles Balthazar Julien Saint-Mémin, 1806. He served in the Washington administration as Ambassador to France in 1796. The former Major General of the American Revolution, was the unsuccessful presidential nominee of the Federalist Party in 1804 and 1808. (BSLOC_2019_4_132)

Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) British soldier and statesman. Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Hand-coloured engraving after portrait by Thomas Lawrence.

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Marquis of Londonderry,Ireland. 1769-1822. From the painting by Sir. Thomas Lawrence.

CHARLES EWING American jurist with his autograph Date: 1780 - 1832

Matthew Baillie. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson after J. Hoppner.

Spencer Perceval born November 1, 1762 in London, died May 11, 1812 Ibid was a British statesman and prime minister. He was the only British prime minister to be a victim, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Thomas Jefferson Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828 American)

Frederick William III, August 3, 1770, June 7, 1840, King of Prussia and Margrave of Brandenburg also Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Portrait of Joseph Fouche (1759-1820) French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon I. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

John Wilson Croker 1780 to 1857 British statesman and author Engraved by T H Parry after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery volume III published c 1835

Dr. Abel Sherman 1817 American. Dr. Abel Sherman. American. 1817. Watercolor on paper

Roger Kemble. Portrait by Thomas Beach, c.1786. Roger Kemble (1721 - 1802) was an English theatre manager, strolling player and actor. In 1753, he married Irish actress Sarah "Sally" Ward (1735-1806) at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and they had 13 children, who formed the Kemble family of 19th-century actors and actresses

Thomas Jefferson in 1816 portrait by Bass Otis. Otis was a successful painter, and painted many public figures in his long career (BSLOC_2019_6_146)

Thos. Addis Emmet, 1880, New York. Engraving of Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919)., 24 x 16 cm

Born, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini, although later (after 1790) adopting the French version of his name, Marie Louis Charles Z鮯bi Salvador Cherubini Italian born composer, spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Was highly regarded by Beethoven. Date: 1760-1842

Schiller, Frederick von.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by C. Cook after H. Raeburn.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804). French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution. Engraving. Universal History, 1885, Spain. Later colouration.

William Henry Harrison 1773 -1841. 9th President of the United States of America. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

Charles James Fox, 24 January 1749, 13 September 1806, was a British statesman and orator, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Robert Nares 1753 to 1829 English philologist antiquary and Archdeacon of Stafford Engraved by S Freeman after J Hopner From the book National Portrait Gallery volume II published c 1835

Humphry Davy (1778-1829) English chemist. Engraving after portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Portrait of Sir William Chambers (1723-96), Richard Houston (Dublin, Ireland, c.1721 - 1775) 1775

Edward Baines 1774 to 1848 English newspaper proprietor and politician Engraved by J Cochran after T Hargraves From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835

Portrait Of James Lloyd, 1806. John Constable. The sitter was the son of Charles Lloyd of Birmingham,the Quaker banker and philanthropist. Born at Bingley House, he became a partner in Lloyd's bank.

Weimar, Schwerdgeburth, Carl August, Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber, recto bottom - handwritten in ink, print, prints, etchings, verso - stamped, Wie Gott will! Carl Maria von Weber, height 202 mm, width 133 mm, 1785-08-05 - 1878-10-25, print maker, prentmaker, 1823 - 1823, paper, papier, crayonmanier

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. American statesman. From a drawing by M. Chamberlin, engraved by S. Freeman.

Edward Gibbon

Muzio Clementi 1752 to 1832 Italian composer and pianist Engraved by H Cook after J Lonsdale From the book National Portrait Gallery volume V published c 1835

Georges Leopold Cuvier, Baron Cuvier 1769-1832

John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823) English philanthropist, merchant, Lloyds underwriter. His picture collection formed basis of the National Gallery. Engraving after portrait by Thomas Lawrence.

Captain James Cook; Black and White Illustration;

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE German writer and scientist

Jacques-Pierre Brissot (1754-1793) (1754-1793). French journalist and political leader. He led the Girondins during the French Revolution. Portrait. Engraving. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876.

Ward, George Raphael, inventor: Thomas Lawrence, work, Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, 1839, mezzotinto, graphic, plate width 28.8 cm, plate height 38.7 cm, leaf width 35 cm, leaf height 48 cm, image width 23.9 cm, image height 28.9 cm

John Wakefield Francis. Stipple engraving by J. F. E. Prud'homme after J. Herring.

Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845. 7th President of the United States of America. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

Portrait of Willem Nicolaas de Pesters, born June 13, 1717, Heer van Wulperhorst, leader of the Orange party in Utrecht, died November 4, 1794. at half -lit, standing.

Gray, 2. Earl Gray, Viscount Howick, Charles Head: Frommel, Carl Ludwigstecher: Hessloehl, Wilhelmverlag: Art-Verlag <Karlsruhe> Dating: 1825/1843 publisher: Karlsruhe

Sir William Jones 1746 - 1794. English philologist and student of ancient India. From the book Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Mr Necker Minister of State Chief Financial Officer (title registered (letter)) | Jacques Necker (1732-1804). (Tititice title)

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critic in middle age Date: 1772 - 1834

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