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Engravings of distinguished historical figures, showcasing varied attire and styles from the 19th century, with a focus on expression and individuality.

RICHARD BETHELL, first lord WESTBURY statesman, lord chancellor Date: 1800 - 1873

Adolph Franz Friedrich von Knigge, author of Ueber den Umgang mit Menschen, Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature, Leipzig and Berlin 1880, Germany, Europe

Francois Guizot (1787-1874). French politic. Minister of the Louis Philippe. Engraving, Our Century, 1883. Spanish Edition.

Hidalgo Costilla, Miguel (1753- 1811). Mexican priest and patriot, leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Portrait. Colored engraving.

The late Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, 1876. Portrait of 'The Right Hon. Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt, of Estcourt, in the county of Gloucester, and Darrington Hall, in the county of York...Mr. Sotheron-Estcourt, who was educated at Harrow, and at Oriel College, Oxford, was M.P. for Marlborough 1829 to 1832, for Devizes 1835 to 1844, and for North Wiltshire 1844 to 1865. He was sworn a Privy Councillor and appointed President of the Poor-Law Board in 1858, and in March the following year became Secretary of State for the Home Department'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Karl Gustav Nieritz, 2 July 1795, 16 February 1876, a German folk and juvenile writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date unknown

DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER French composer Date: 1782 - 1871

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, 2 February 1807 in Paris, 31 December 1874, was a French politician, a champion of the working class who was forced in...

Pierre Antoine Berryer (1790-1868). French lawyer and speaker. Engraving.

Gustav Ferdinand von Taddel, 1786 - 1868, politician and judge, historical woodcut, circa 1870

James Montgomery, Scottish editor and poet, (1870).Artist: FA Roberts

General CHARLES GREY British military commander, statesman and courtier. Date: 1804 - 1870

Alexandre-August Ledru-Rollin (1807-1874), abogado y político republicano progresista francés. Grabado de 1850.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867), poeta, ensayista, crítico de arte y traductor francés. Grabado de 1867.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792-1882) a British physician and President of the Royal College of Physicians. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of John Ericsson (1803-1889) was a Swedish-American inventor, collaborated on the design of the railroad steam locomotive Novelty, he designed the United States Navy's first screw-propelled steam-frigate USS Princeton. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

Portrait of Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) one of the founders of modern geology. Dated 19th Century

PORTRAIT OF CLAUDE BERNARD (1813-1878). Author: LAEMLIN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German explorer, scientist, and natural philosopher.

Horace Greeley(1811 - 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New York Tribune, one of the great newspapers of its time. He is known especially for his vigorous articulation of the North's antislavery sentiments during the 1850s. The phrase Go west, young man! is credited to him.

SIR GEORGE SMART musician Date: 1776 - 1867

Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg, 29. Oktober 1790, 7. Juli 1866, war ein deutscher Pädagoge, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorla...

Ludwig Uhland in 1848. historic illustration from Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, a history of German literature from 1885

Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, English Painter (1775 - 1851). Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Johann Georg Fischer, 1816 - 1897, German poet and playwright, Germany/ Johann Georg Fischer, German poet and playwright, Germany, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

THE LATE REV. DR. GUTHRIE, OF EDINBURGH, 1873

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Francois Paul Jules Grévy, 1807 - 1891, a French lawyer, politician and president

Gaspard Monge;F.L. Couche

Honorable John Bell of Tennessee, national union candidate for sixteenth president of the United States

Earl of Erne, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Barraud and Jerrard. 'The Right Hon. John Crichton, third Earl of Erne, Viscount Erne and Baron Erne in the Peerage of Ireland, K.P., has just been added to the Peerage of the United Kingdom by the dignity and title of Baron Fermanagh; and he will he an example of a Parliamentary anomaly, inasmuch as he will still sit in the House of Lords as a representative peer for Ireland, as he has hitherto done, it being impossible to displace from the House a representative peer for Ireland, who can only depart from that assembly by death...The uninitia

Henry Bessemer (1813-1893) English engineer, inventor and industrialist. His inventions included the Bessemer steel process and the Bessemer converter, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, 1816 - 1899, a British judge and rose grower

Engraving of William Ewart Gladstone, the English Liberal statesman, at the time of his fourth Premiership (1893). Date: 1898

Józef Kremer (1806 - 1875) Polish historian of art, a philosopher, an aesthetician and a psychologist. 1850

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833), French inventor, now usually credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field. NICEFORO NIEPCE.

Wehrli, Johann Jakob.

Portrait of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, 1746 - 1827, a Swiss educator, philanthropist, philosopher and politician

Charles Lyell (1797-1875). British lawyer and geologist. Engraving by Maynhofer in Our Century, 1883. Colored.

Engraved portrait showing John Scott Russell (1808-1882), the Scottish engineer and naval architect, pictured in 1858. Date: 3 April 1858

Gustav Ferdinand von Taddel, 1786 to 1868, politician and judge, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ori...

Major Genl. Winfield Scott.

Portrait of Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810-1892) a French biologist. Dated 19th century

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, 1781 - 1873, a German historian and politician

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman: British Prime Minister 1852-1855 during Crimean War. Wood engraving 1860

Prince Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte (1822-1891), usually called Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte or Plon Plon. French politician. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, 29 January 1782 - 12 May 1871, French composer, director of the Paris Conservatoire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL naval engineer, associated with the 'Great Eastern'. Date: 1808 - 1882

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) English engineer and inventor, c1870. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (London, c1870).

SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK Diplomat, Britain's first emissary to Japan, who as Envoy Plenipotentiary opened up trade wuth the merchants of that nation. Date: 1809 - 1897

Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859, Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer and influential proponent of Romantic Philosophy and Science, woodcut 1888, Germany, Europe

Augustus Schell, 1812 - 1884. New York lawyer, politician and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Engraving by John Chester Buttre after a photograph by Mathew Brady.

Warren Hastings, 6 December 1732, 22 August 1818, an English statesman, 1880, woodcut, England

Augustin Eugene Scribe was a French playwright and librettist from 24 December 1791 to 20 February 1861, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Jefferson Finis Davis, 3 June 1808 6 December 1889, was an American politician who was President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, Historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Rembrandt Peale, 1778 - 1860. American portrait painter. After a self portrait.

Mr. John Dove Harris, M.P. for Leicester, from a photograph by John Beattie, 1858. British politician, Mayor of Leicester, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, (1886). Artist: Unknown

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, 1815 - 1895, a British politician, Minister of the Interior

Sir Charles James Napier (1782-1853), British General and Commander-in-Chief in India, Conquering Sindh (now Pakistan), Portrait, circa 1860

Allan Cunningham. May 29, 1933.

Portrait of Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) a German composer. Dated 19th Century

Dr. Heinrich Kuenzel, 1811-1873, was Doctor, writer, translator, teacher, journalist, theatre director, a pioneer of German art, Germany, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical, Dr. Heinrich Kuenzel, was Doctor, writer, translator, teacher, theatre director, a pioneer of German art, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical, Europe

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, 1815-1891, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

'Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

Augustin Thomas Pouyer-Quertier 2 September 1820 - 2 April 1891) was a French industrialist and politician, Historic, digitally restored reproduction ...

George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, 1800-1870, British statesman and diplomat, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, 1798 to 1883, was a Russian diplomat and statesman, Russia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original...

Charles Darwin,1809 -1882 aged 45. British Naturalist. From a photograph (1854) by Messrs. Maull and Fox. Engraved for ""Harper's Magazine"", October 1884. From the book ""The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin"", Volume 1. Published London 1887.

Portrait of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840-1909) an American Industrialist and financier. Dated 19th century

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, 1809-1847, German composer, pianist and organist of Romanticism

Portrait of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881) Known as Dean Stanley, English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. Co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund. United Kingdom, England. Europe

Portrait of the mechanic Rudolf Sigismund Blochmann, inspector of the mathematical-physical salon and the Kunstkammer Dresden, co-founder of the Technical University of Dresden. Stitch by photography of Hermann Krone

Historic drawing, portrait of Niels Wilhelm Gade, 1817 - 1890, a Danish composer and conductor

Louis Adolphe Thiers, 16 April 1797, 3 conorhynchos (1877), French politician and historian, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

Cyrus West Field (1819-1892), hombre de negocios y financiero norteamericano. Grabado de1873.

Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), English gardener and architect. Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshire's gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace, 1851.

Albrecht Adam, 16 April 1786, 28 August 1862, a German battle painter, portrait painter and genre painter, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY writer Date: 1828 - 1876

Karl Ritter, 7 August 1779, 28 September 1859, co-founder of comparative geography, writer, geographer, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Silvio Pellico, 1789 - 1854, an Italian writer

Baron Von Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Humboldt,1769-1859.Prussian naturalist and explorer.Engraved by D.J.Pound from a painting by C. Begas. From the book ""The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages"" Volume 1. Published in London 1860

Historical print, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 1769 - 1859, a German naturalist, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

Portrait of Carl Ritter (1779-1859) a German geographer. Dated 19th century

Alejandro Gabriel Real de Azua (1803-1890). Argentinian poet and playwright. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero in "La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1890.

RETRATO DE LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL Y JORIS - PRIMER DUQUE DE TETUAN - LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: MOSQUERA R. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. LEOPOLDO O DONNELL (1809-1867) I DUQUE DE TETUAN. LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL (1809/1867) I DUQUE DE TETUAN.

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, 1814 - 1906. British Conservative politician. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c. 1880.

Fuerst Franz Joseph von Dietrichstein (actually Franz Joseph Carl Johann Nepomuk Quirin von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie, 8th Reichsfuerst von Dietrichstein) (born 28 April or 29 April 1767 in Vienna, died 8 July or 10 July 1854 ibid.) was Major General and holder of the dominion of Nikolsburg in Maehren, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Christoph Perthes, 1772-1843, a German booksellers and publisher

THE RIGHT REV. DR. WORDSWORTH, BISHOP OF LINCOLN, 1869, UK

Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, 1784 - 1885, British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and sheriff of London/Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and sheriff of London, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently colored

Karl Philipp Adolph von Vangerow, 5. Juni 1808, 11. Oktober 1870, Professor der Rechtswissenschaften an den Universitäten Marburg und Heidelberg, digi...

Johann Baptist Bekk, 1797 to 1855, a Baden jurist and politician, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centu...

Portrait of Warren Hastings, first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), Black and White Illustration;

THE LATE SIR GEORGE HARVEY, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, 1876

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of William Morley Punshon, 1824 - 1881, an English non-conformist, preacher and lecturer

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Conservative statesman, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

Francisco Aguero. Artist: Unknown

AUGUSTUS JESSOPP English churchman, rector of Scarning, Norfolk, author of 'Trials of a country parson' and other writings. Date: 1823 - 1914

Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers 1797 1877 French statesman journalist and historian From a 19th century engraving

Historic portrait, Louis Hector Berlioz

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