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Historical Portraits of Notables

Engravings of historical figures from various backgrounds, highlighted in classic portrait style with detailed captions.

Portret van Georg Grube, Samuel Donnet, c. 1699 - c. 1734 print Portrait of Georg Grube, Prussian civil servant, in oval. Under the portrait his name and function in Latin. Gdansk paper engraving

Seymour, 6. Duke of Somerset, Charles .

Portrait of the historian and pastor François Valentine. .

Portrait of Friedrich Gabriel Resewitz

Portrait of Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski with the ribbon of the Order of the White Eagle. unknown, painter

Portrait of Willem Surenhuys, Abraham de Blois, after David van der Plas, 1679 - 1717 print Portrait of Willem Surenhuys, professor in Eastern languages and professor of Greek in Amsterdam. Netherlands paper engraving

Portrait of Isaac Newton

Portrait of Gerhardus de Haas, Frederik Christiaan Bierweiler, c. 1806 print Portrait of Gerhardus de Haas, at the age of 69. He was theologian and pastor in various Dutch cities. In the margin his name, age and titles. Amsterdam paper engraving wig

Portrait of Matthäus Betzner. Portrait of Matthäus Betzner, with white bef.

Kolowrat-Liebsteinky, Franz Karl I. Graf von Stecher: Meyssens, Cornelisfactic genesis: Vienna

Portrait of Richard Steele, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, 1738 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Bünau, Heinrich Graf von.

Aguesseau, Henri François d'Étris.

Förtsch, Michael .

Colbert, Marquis de Croissy, Charles.

Sir James Thornhill, English painter, 1675-1734. Artist of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition.. In wig, cravatte and coat. Original print engraved by Samuel Ireland after William Hogarth. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.

Anson, 1. Baron Anson, George .

Coustou, Nicolas .

Portrait of Gerard de Vries, Pieter van Gunst, After Gerard Hoet (I), 1668 - 1731 print Gerard de Vries, professor of philosophy in Utrecht. Amsterdam paper engraving

Knauth, Christoph.

Portrait of Hendrik Nieuhoff, Theodorus Nieuhoff, 1670 - 1690 print paper engraving wig

Schrattenbach, Johann Balthasar Graf von.

Zech, Bernhard von.

Sir Samuel Garth. Line engraving after Sir G. Kneller.

William Laud 1573-1645 Archbishop of Canterbury From the book Lodges British Portraits, London 1823, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Rev. John H. Livingston, D.D., President of Rutgers College. 1801 - 1886. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Livingston, John Henry, 1746-1825

Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Robert .

Sigismund I the Old (11467 1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of IIthuania. From: Kłosy” 1889 (2) 9 Witkiewicz, Stanis

Portrait of Cardinal Armand-Jean du Persis, Duke of Richelieu, Bernard Picart, 1728 print Portrait of Cardinal Armand-Jean du Persis, Duke of Richelieu. He wears a chain with the Order of the Holy Spirit. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving insignia of cardinal, e.g. hat, mantle. knighthood order of the Holy Spirit

Portrait of Charles Chais; Charles Chais. Portrait in half towards the right of Charles Chais, dressed in a gown and resting with his right hand on a book. His name and data in five rules in French.

Portrait of the pastor Petrus Gribius, Jan Caspar Philips, After Thomas van der Wilt, 1740 print paper engraving

Benedictus (Baruch) Spinoza. Line engraving by E. Fessard, 1744.

Hofmann, Karl Gottlob.

William Harvey. Line engraving by T. Cook.

Portrait of songwriter Giovanni da Pistoia, J. Verkruys, 1750 print Numbered at the top right: p. 241. print maker: Italypublisher: Lucca paper engraving historical persons. portrait of a writer. writer, poet, author

Portrait of Georg Friedrich Schröer, Martin Bernigeroth, 1712 - 1733 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV in an oval. In his right hand a command. His name and titles in a framework.

Karl II, King of England Verlag: Merian, Matthew d. J. u. Caspar, & Thomas Matthias Götz 'Heirs Verlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)

Ludwig Ernst, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Bildnis des Richard Bentleius

Karl II., King of England.

'Robert Joseph Phillimore , 1st Baronet Phillimore (1810-1885 English jurist and politician. High Court judge in the Admiralty division, 1867. Phillimore pictured c1877 in judge's wig.'

Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Krause, Johann Martin Berbigeroth, 1734 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Willem van Outhoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, 1691 - 1710

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), French Poet and Critic, Head and Shoulders Engraving

Rauner, Johann Thomas von.

Portrait of Christophorus Koch

Portrait of Andreas Rehberger

Baron Albrecht von Haller. Line engraving by Rausch.

Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke 1690 - 1764. English Lord chancellor. From the book Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Portrait of Andreas Will

Portrait of G.E. Stahl

Portrait van David Langermann, Christian Fritzsch, 1705 - 1737 print paper engraving historical persons

Portret van Thomas Bradbury, George White, after Thomas Gibson, 1690 - 1732 print paper historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

Portrait of Nicolaas Schotsman.

Aguesseau, Henri François d'Étris.

Portrait of Petrus Schols van Asperen, Jeremias Snoek, After Hieronymus Lapis, 1795 print Portrait of the Delft emeritus pastor Petrus Schols van Asperen at the age of 65. Under the portrait in a cartouche, name and title. print maker: Rotterdampublisher: Delft paper etching

Earl of Chatham. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.. Prints. 1792. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Portrait of the pastor Hendrik Husly Viervant, Charles Howard Hodges, 1804 print Amsterdam paper engraving

Portrait of Christianvs Hirsch

Hahn, Hermann Joachim.

Bildnis des John Wesleyus

Portrait van Gottlieb Stolle, Martin Bernigeroth, 1728 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Otto Christophorus

Russell, William Lord .

Lord Chatham.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778

Portrait of IOH: Leonhard Roesner

Portrait of The Honourable Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691), Irish natural philosopher

Portrait of Francis Eginton (1737-1805), 1796. By James Millar

Portret van Francis Burmannus, James Baptist, 1693 - 1704 print Portrait of Franciscus Burmannus, under the portrait his name and titles and a fresh in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Portrait of Gaspar Fagel; Mr. Gaspar Fagel. Bust to the left of Gaspar Fagel in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which its name and data in two lines in Dutch.

Simon Arnauld de Pomponne, Marquis of Pomponne, French diplomat and minister, 1618-1699. S.A. de Pomponne. Copperplate engraving by ADC after a follower of Claude Lefebvre from Marie de Rabutin-ChantalSevignes Collection des Vingt Portraits du Siecle de Louis XIV, Collection of 20 Portraits of the century of King Louis XIV, J.J. Blaise, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, Paris, 1818.

Portrait van Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch, 1730 - 1766 print With caption in German. paper engraving historical persons. bookshelves. book

Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, 1823 - 1921. British lawyer and Conservative politician. He served three times as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, for a total of seventeen years

Portrait of Sybrand Factama, Pieter Willem van Megen, after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1760 - 1785 print Portrait of the poet Sybrand factama. The Hague paper engraving

Portrait of Geeraert burns. Geeraert burns, historian, poet and playwright in Amsterdam at the age of 57.

Portrait of Paulus Wirtz, Christiaan Lodewijk van Kesteren, 1842 - 1897 print Portrait in half in the oval by Paulus Wirtz, field marshal. He is harnessed and wears a scarf. paper steel engraving

Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English hymn writer and non-conformist Christian minister, born at Southampton, Hampshire. 18th century engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815).

Boudot, Pierre Jean.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688) 1651/1750

Isaac Watts (1674-1748) English hymn writer and non-conformist Christian minister 18th century engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815)

Peter II Alexeyevich ( II , Pyotr II Alekseyevich) (1715 ñ 1730) reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his death.

ROBERT SIDNEY first earl of LEICESTER Statesman Date: 1563 - 1626

Corelli, Archangel.

Bailly, David.

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