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Formal portraits of 20th century political leaders and figures, depicted in suits, each image conveying authority and significance in historical contexts.

Sir WILLIAM HUTT CURZON WYLLIE administrator in India, assassinated by a student Maden Llal Dhingra whom he had befriended. 1848 - 1909

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Mr. L. van Lier / Founder - Director / July 14, 1882 - December 14, 1919.

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848 to 1930. British Conservative politician, statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. From the book Gladstone The Man and the Statesman by David Williamson.

'Robert De Flers', c1893. Artist: Unknown.

PERCIVAL LOWELL American astronomer Date: 1855 - 1916

Telegraph Director Lars August Meurling.

Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski (1863 1938) was a seminal Russian theatre practitioner. He was widely recognised as an outstanding character actor and the many productions that he directed garnered a reputation as one of the leading theatre directors of his generation. His principal fame and influence, however, rests on his 'system' of actor training, preparation, and rehearsal technique.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Head and Shoulders Portrait as New York Governor, Photograph by R.W. Thatcher, 1900

1910. An image by Benito Pérez Galdós.

John Clough Thresh. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

City Council Director Lars August Meurling.

Photograph of Albert A. Michelson (1852-1931) an American physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. Dated 20th century

Portrait of the composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Anonymous

Miguel Pordero. Photograph by Cruces y Cia.

Thomas John Barnardo. Lithograph by F. Hager.

COUNT BERCHTOLD the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, in 1915 Date: 1863 - 1942

Peter Ilitsch Tschaikowsky, Classical Composers

Carl Peters, 27 September 1856, 10 September 1918, was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author, and a major promoter of the founding of the German colony of East Africa, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Grigory Orjonikidze (186-1937), Georgian Bolshevik, member of CPSU Politburo and close Associate of Joseph Stalin, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (1880-1933), Anonymous

Wilhelm Meyer (18451917), German classical scholar, circa 1895

KARL LANDSTEINER Austrian-born American immunologist and pathologist Date: 1868 - 1943

Alfred Anton Hallström, telegraph commissioner in Ystad 1.8.1901 - 30.4 1904. Born 6.1.1854 Death 2.2.1914.

Hermann Heiberg, 17 November 1840, 16 February 1910, was a German writer, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown

Theodore Roosevelt, Head and Shoulders Portrait by R.W. Thacher, Albany, New York, USA, 1900

C. R. Th. Baron krayenhoff, penningm.

Prof. Dr. J. h. gall. + +

James Rutherford Morison. Photograph.

Portrait of Airplane Inventor Orville Wright

Count Reginald Ward, portrait bust, copyright: J.E. Purdy, Boston

Joseph Félix Bouchor (1853-1937). "Paul Deschanel (1855-1922), President of the Republic in 1920". Oil on wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 27094-9 French State, Oil on wood, IIIEME REPUBLIC, PRESIDENT FRANCAISE REPUBLIC, Portrait

Arthur William James MacFadden. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

Iosif Iosifovich Kubilis ca. 1906.

Elsevier photo collection. Dr. J. van der Valk, rector Gymnasium Rotterdam, died. 1925. Rotterdam, South Holland

HANS KARL VON EULER CHELPIN Swedish Scientist, Nobel Winner in 1929. Date: 1873 - 1964

'Albert Sorel', c1893. Artist: Charles Reutlinger.

REVISTA LA AVALANCHA-RETRAT0-HERMILIO DE OLORIZ. Location: ARCHIVO DE NAVARRA. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) Scottish-born British statesman. Leader of the Liberal Party, 1899. Prime Minister 1905-1908, the first man to be called by that title rather than the official one, First Lord of the Treasury.

Johannes Fibiger - Danish scientist. Date: circa 1990s

Sir Marc Armand Ruffer. Photograph.

01/31/1907. Don Manuel de Llano y Persé, who died yesterday in Madrid - photo F. cao Duran.

12/31/1889. Jacinto Benavente in his Youth.

CINE CHARLES PATHE PRODUCTOR CINEMATOGRAFICO FRANCES .1863-1957.

W.E.B. Du Bois, Portrait by C.M. Battey, 1918

P. C. Taylor. Photograph of P. C. Taylor, a member of the Titanic's band of eight musicians and one of the many men that died at their post when the ship sank on April 15th, 1912. The band played on until the water was over their feet. Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911 and later sank on April 15th, 1912 after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA, with the loss of 1,522 passe

Robert Pierre-Léon Lespieau. Photogravure by Henri Manuel.

Photographic portrait of Ewert Wrangel (1863-1940) A Swedish literary historian and art historian. Dated 20th Century

J. Franklin Fort, portrait bust

Charles Lecocq (Paris, 1832). Pierre Petit (France, 1832-1909). France, 1876-1884. Photographs. Woodburytype

Portrait of Alfred Werner (1866-1919) a Swiss chemist and Nobel Laurate. Dated 20th Century

D. Bagster Wilson. Photograph by Basil.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) British novelist and poet. Photograph from 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery', London, 1890-94. Woodburytype

Damaso Calvet de Budallés (1836-1891). Spanish engineer, poet and playwright. The Catalan Illustration, 1904. Portrait. Colored.

Sir Alexander Hendry. Photograph by the Morgan Studios.

PAUL LAFARGUE (1842-1911) POLITICO Y ESCRITOR FRANCES.

Sir Alfred James Newton, 1st Baronet, 1845 - 1921. British businessman and Lord Mayor of London. From The Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser, published 1907.

Austria, Vienna, Photographic portrait of Thomas Mann

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz. Photograph by W.J. Stacey ().

Wolrad Gottlieb von der Lancken. Captain in the road and water building corps. Chief Executive Assistant in the Royal Swedish Railway Agency 1874-1887.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Evreinov ca. 1907

Joseph Denys. Photogravure.

Manuel Garcia-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas was a Spanish politician (1859, Astorga, León Province 8 March 1938, San Sebastian) who was prime minister several times in his life. He was a member of the Liberal Party. During his last term, he was deposed by Miguel Primo de Rivera.

Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) Irish-born English soldier, c1890. Commander-in-Chief British Army 1890-95). In 1885 arrived at Khartoum too late relieve General to relieve General Gordon. From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery'. (London, 1890-1894). Photograph. Woodburytype.

James Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937), British politician and labour leader

FRANCIS WILLIAM ASTON Physicist Date: 1877 - 1945

Carl Martin Paulsen born 1876 died 14/9 1943 Stins Charlottenberg 1917

PEREZ GALDOS, Benito (Las Palmas,1843-Madrid,1920) Novelista español. Autor de los "Episodios Nacionales", "Marianela" (1878), "Fortunata y Jacinta" (1886-1887) y "Angel Guerra" (1890-1891). Retrato.

Camilo Fabra and Fontanills (1833-1902). First Marquis of Alella. Industrial, aristocrat and Catalan politician. He was deputy, senator and mayor of Barcelona in 1893. Portrait. Photography. Colored.

Elsevier photo collection. H.A.R. Jonkers, mayor Ophemert. 1924. Ophemert

Photographic portrait of Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dated 20th Century.

President Paul Von Hindenburg (1847 2 August 1934) Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.

Andrey Fotievich Panfilov ca. 1907

Henri Philippe Omer Petain, French soldier and statesman, c1916. Artist: Unknown

Henri Philippe Omer Petain (1856-1951) French soldier and statesman c1916. Commander-in-Chief 1917: Marshal of France 1918: Minister of War 1934: Head of French Vichy government from 1940

Photographic portrait of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927) an Irish philanthropist and businessman. Dated 20th Century

Fernando I. Calderon

Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, dit) (N.1820-04-06-D.1910-03-21), Portrait of Joseph Philippe Simon dit Lockroy. (Dummy title). White charcoal and gouache on bistre paper. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

03/31/1918. Don Ramón de Castro (Artacho), senator for life of the liberal Monarchist circle, in Valencia - Approximate date.

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English journalist, novelist and poet, born in India. Halftone after a photograph.

Mauritz Sahlin Director General of the Railway Board 23/9 1904 - 31/12 1907

Eden Phillpotts, 1862-1960, English science fiction writer, illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

'Robert Spencer', c1923, (1923). Artist: Unknown.

Henri Bergson (1859-1941) French philosopher.

Station writer Torvald Blomgren.

GD M R Sahlin, DG 1904-09-23-1907-12-31

Cecil RHODES, 1853-1902, British imperialist and businessman

Edmund Allenby (1861-1936)

10/31/1909. Mr. Benedicto Antequera. Prosecutor of the Court of Accounts.

Count Maurycy Klemens Zamoyski (1871ñ1939); Polish nobleman (szlachcic), politician, social activist, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Aleksander Sadowski Styfi, Jan (1841 1921), Greim, Jan Wiktor (1860 1886)

Sir Charles Santley (1834-1922), English opera and oratorio singer (baritone), he became the most eminent English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era. Date: 1890

Vladislav Yuzefovich Tyshkevich ca. 1906.

William R. Day, (1849-1923), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

CANALEJAS, JOSE POLITICO ESPAÑOL. EL FERROL 1854-1912 PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO EN EL AÑO 1910 OLEO DE J. DE LA RUTINE ATENEO DE MADRID. Author: J. DE LA ROUTINE.

Knut Wistrand. Provincial doctor and utensiler in Degerfors

'Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824-1895) son of Alexandre Dumas, pere. French writer and dramatist. Author of the novel ''La Dame aux camelias'' adapted as a play ''Camille . Its plot is the basis of Verdi's opera ''La Traviata'''

Leo Baeck (23 May 1873 - 2 November 1956) was a 20th-century German rabbi, scholar, and theologian. He served as leader of Reform Judaism in his native country and internationally, and later represented all German Jews during the Nazi era. After the Second World War, he settled in London, where he served as the chairman of the World Union for Progressive Judaism

Professor J. Haldane - Died 12.01.1964. October 08, 1930.

Vladimir Romanovich Yakubson ca. 1906.

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