Historical Profiles of Influential Men

Photographic portraits featuring prominent historical figures with distinguished expressions, emphasizing their roles and contributions in society.

Samuel F.B. Morse American Inventor of the Telegraph Engraving

Samuel F.B. Morse American Inventor of the Telegraph Engraving

Portrait of Gounod Charles, (1818-1893), (Composer) Portrait of Gounod Charles (1818-1893), Composer. Business card (front). Photography of Chalot & Cie. Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Richard Henry Stoddard, (1825-1903) was an American poet, critic, and editor, more important as a figure in New York literary circles in the late 19th century than for his own verse.Among his works are Abraham Lincoln, An Horatian Ode(1865) and parts ofSongs of Summer(1857) andThe Book of the East(1867).

Eugen Steinach. Photograph by J. Scherb after a painting.

Charles Robert Darwin. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868.

Charles Robert Darwin, 1809 - 1882. English naturalist and writer. After a portrait by English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, dit). Victor Hugo. Albumin paper. Paris, house of Victor Hugo.

William Cullen Bryant. Abraham Bogardus (American, 1822 - 1908)

Charles Darwin. Julia Margaret Cameron; English, 1815-1879. Date: 1863-1873. Dimensions: 26.9 × 21.6 cm (image/paper); 33.8 × 28.1 cm (mount). Carbon print. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Photograph of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. Dated 1868

Walt Whitman, 1872. 1872. Portraits, Photographs. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Portrait of Victor Hugo; Victor Hugo.

Edmund Clarence Stedman (born 1833-1908) was an American poet, critic, and editor, whose writing was popular in the United Statesduring the late 19th century.

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian writer and poet, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 21, May 27, 1906.

William Cullen BRYANT, 1794-1878, American editor and poet. Photograph c.1860

Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch. Photogravure.

Charles Darwin Made 1868 England. Photogravure, plate 17 from the album Lord Tennyson and his Friends (1893); edition 138/140 . Julia Margaret Cameron

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), American Poet, Journalist and Editor of New York Evening Post, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johns

Mr. R. Melvil baron van Lynden. +

Victor Hugo in 1878 ". Photography of Nadar (1820-1910). Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 33066-5 Annat, seated, French writer, hand pocket, hand head

Portrait of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) an English naturalist and geologist. Dated 19th Century

Carjat, Etienne. "Victor Hugo". Albumin paper draw. 1874-1874. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 146151-15 Portrait

Gallot, Charles (n.1838-04-09-D.1904), Victor Hugo, photographed at home, April 12, 1885 (username), 1885. Old N&B drawing paper on cardboard. Museum of Romantic Life.

'Paris (Gaston)', c1893. Artist: Charles Reutlinger.

Charles Robert Darwin. Photograph by L. Darwin.

Leo Tolstoy. Moscow, 1896 by Anonymous /State Museum of Leo Tolstoy, Moscow/1896/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

John Frederick Lewis. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Scottish mathematician and physicist. From photograph taken in 1897

Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), German composer, 1890s. Halftone from photograph

England: c. 1875 Portrait of British scientist and naturalist Charles Darwin.

Photograph of Charles Darwin taken by Lock & Whitfield in 1877 and published in' Men of Mark' 1878.

Portrait of Victor Hugo V.or Hugo (title on object) by anonymous, printer: Dorfer & G. Bataille

Mr. Thompson. Sarony & Co.

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons.

William Cullen Bryant. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Portrait of Artur Bartels (1818-1885), satirist, Pie Rzewuski, Walery (1837-1888); around 1880 (1875-00-00-1885-00-00);Bartels Artur 1818 - 1885, Przewłocki, Janusz (1927-2007) - collection, men's portraits

SAMUEL MORSE Scottish-American inventor with his autograph Date: 1791 - 1872

Siegmund Exner. Photograph by Max Schneider.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) American artist and inventor. Engraving published 1872 showing him with his printing telegraph on table beside him.

Belsham Hutton, Thomas. "Victor Hugo in Guernsey". Albumin paper draw. 1860-1861. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 146148-1

Gideon Welles 1802 to 1878. U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson. From photograph by Matthew Brady

Portrait of D.O. Hill 1867, printed ca. 1900s Thomas Annan British, Scottish. Portrait of D.O. Hill 269420

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American Painter and Inventor, Developed an Electric Telegraph and Morse Cord, Seated Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson

Maurici Vilomara, theatrical designer, 1926.

'Thomas Woolner (1825-1892), English sculptor, illustrator, poet and art dealer. A founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1848. Woolner pictured c1871.'

N. Tchaikovsky

Charles Thomas Newton, CB, DCL, Professor of Archeology at University College London, 1883.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

James Clarke Hook, Royal Academician, 1880.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

William Cullen Bryant - American Romantic Poet, journalist, and longtime editor of the Saturday Evening post 1876

Gallot, Charles (n.1838-04-09-D.1904), Victor Hugo, photographed at home, April 12, 1885 (usual name), 1885. N&B draw on paper. Museum of Romantic Life.

GUILLERMO PRIETO - 1818/1897 - ESCRITOR MEXICANO. GUILLERMO PRIETO (1818-1897).

Darwin, Charles Carlyle

Portrait of Artur Bartels (1818-1885), satirist, singer-songwriter. Rzewuski, Walery (1837-1888), photographer

WILLIAM THOMSON, 1ST BARON KELVIN OF LARGS Mathematician and physicist Date: 1824 - 1907

The author Leo Tolstoy by Scherer, Nabholz & Co. /Private Collection/1900/Phototypie/Russia/Portrait

Portret van Charles Darwin, Julia Margaret Cameron, c. 1888 - in or before 1893 photomechanical print paper historical persons. biology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)

Charles Robert Darwin. Wood engraving.

Karl Robert Darwin , Charles Darwin from illustrated world , Unknown

Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 Naturalist and exponent of the theory of evolution, photographed around 1880

Earl of Ashburnham; Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville (Scottish,1835 - 1906); England; 1860s; Albumen silver print

Historic portrait, Johannes Brahms

WILLIAM MORRIS English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896

Historical picture of Charles Darwin at an older age

The author Leo Tolstoy by Chertkov, Vladimir Grigorievich (1854-1936)/Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow/1906/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Mr. Thompson; Sarony & Co; 1875 - 1880; Albumen silver print

(William) Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), English novelist. Author of sensation novels of mystery and suspense including The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868). From Men of Mark by Thompson Cooper (London, c1880). Woodburytype after photograph by Lock & Whitfield (active 1860s-1880s), English photographers.

Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet, 1842 - 1919. British chemical industrialist and Liberal Party politician. From The Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser, published 1907.

Photographic portrait of Justin McCarthy (1830-1912) n Irish nationalist and Liberal historian, novelist and politician. Dated 20th Century

JOHANNES BRAHMS German musician Date: 1833 - 1897

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Italian composer, photo by Guigoni and Bossi, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVIII, No 5, February 3, 1901.

Engraving of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil (1830-1903), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, English Conservative Statesman, speaking in the House of Lords on the recent death of John Bright. On the death of Disraeli in 1881, Salisbury had become leader of the Conservative party and was British Prime Minister several times in the 1880's and 90's. Date: 1889

This photo of John Ruskin is from a plate take by Miss Acland at Brantwood. John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust,

Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) British physicist and chemist, Portrait engraving

Portrait of Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893) a French composer, known for his Ave Maria, based on a work by Bach, as well as his opera Faust. Dated 19th Century

William Thomson, Lord Klevin (1824-1907), Scottish mathematician and physicist. Photograph published London c1890.

GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH English religious leader and founder of Salvation Army Date: 1829 - 1912

Portrait of Hermann Bahr by Ludwig Wieden, published in 'Die Kunst im deutschen Reich' (Art in the German Reich) was first published in January 1937 by Gauleiter Adolf Wagnerand later issued under the direction Adolf Hitler himself.

MORSE, Samuel (1791-1872). North American painter and physicist, telegraph's inventor. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Charles Robert Darwin. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1877, after W.W. Ouless, 1875.

George Goslett, director at Nässjö - Oskarshamns Railway, noj.

This photo of John Ruskin is from a plate take by Miss Acland at Brantwood. John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home of a number of prominent people. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house being a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

Photographic portrait of Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893) a French composer, known for his Ave Maria, based on a work by Bach, as well as his opera Faust. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of Jacques Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), French geographer and anarchist, photo by Nadar from L'Illustration, No 3254, June 8, 1905.

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824-17 December 1907), Scots-Irish mathematical, physicist and engineer. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Portrait of Walt Whitman, American poet, c. 1860s (BSLOC_2018_4_44)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German composer, in his library. From a photograph. Halftone.

CAROLUS DURAN (born Charles Auguste Emile Durand) French academic painter, photographed in 1897. Date: 1838 - 1917

Portrait of Thomas Phillips, 1871. By James Edgell Collins

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) French artist (one of the last photographs taken of him)

Johannes Brahms, (1833-1897), German composer in his library. Halftone from a photograph

SIR WALTER BESANT English novelist

Moses Gaster (17 September 1856 - 5 March 1939) was a Romanian, later British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. Moses Gaster was an active Zionist in Romania as well as in England, where in 1899 he helped establish the English Zionist Federation

Portrait of Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910), Italian astronomer and engineer, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 28, July 10, 1910.

Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet (3 December 1833 6 January 1911) was a notable English civil engineering contractor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Paddington North from 1887 to 1906, was the first Mayor of Paddington in 1900

Portrait of the author Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), Scherer, Nabholz & Co.

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Victor-Marie Hugo, 1802 - 1885, a French writer

Anthony Trollope, 1815-1882. English writer. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, English, Volume 8""

William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons.

Sigmund Freud in 1923, the founder of psychoanalysis, at age 67 (BSLOC_2020_2_29)

Oscar-Claude Monet, 1840 - 1926, popularly known as Claude Monet. French Impressionist artist.

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