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Theater Actors of the 1800s

Portraits of various male actors from the 19th century, captured in classic poses and clothing, highlighting the theatrical culture of the time.

HENRY WARD BEECHER American clergyman Date: 1813 - 1887
HENRY WARD BEECHER American clergyman Date: 1813 - 1887
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Rev. Dr. John Reid Omond; Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848); 1843 - 1847; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 19.8 x 14.4 cm (7 13,16 x 5 11,16 in.)John Griffith "Jack" London (1876-1916) was the American author of the classic novels "White Fang" and "The Call of the Wild." No location, no date. August Wilhelmj, 1845 - 1908, a German violinist, historical engraving, 1883Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) (to the waist); Hartook Photo (San Francisco, Los Angeles; Studio Photo; Post 1906-1928); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941), Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941)-iconography, Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860-1941)-collection, American (culture), composers, musicians, pianists, portraits, portraits, men's portraits, Testament record (provenance)Fréderick Lamaître (French actor and playwright, 1800-1976). Etienne Carjat; French, 1828-1906. Date: 1871-1876. Dimensions: 23.9 × 19.1 cm (image/paper); 33.9 × 26 cm (mount). Woodburytype, from the periodical "Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique" (1876), volume 1. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Sir John Herschel. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Date: 1867. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lord Byron George Byron 1786 - 1824, 6th Baron Byron, British poet. Vintage postcard. Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikle15x 3631724Photograph of Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) a Polish Jewish pianist and composer. Dated 19th centuryJohannes Brahms, (1833-1897), German composer (seated), Joseph Joachim, (1831-1907), Hungarian violinist and composer. Halftone from a photographRichard Berry Harrison (1864-1935), Canadian-born actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer, recipient of NAACP 1931 Spingarn Medal for Distinguished Achievement, seated Portrait, Doris Ulmann, 1932Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'A man of position'. Lord Lyttelton. 1 April 1871, 1871. Chromolithograph.Victor Novacek (1873-1914) after the premiere of Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Jean Sibelius, Anonymous Franz Liszt; Nadar, Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910); 1886; Gelatin silver print; 15.3 x 11 cm (6 x 4 5,16 in.)Norway, Portrait of Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907), Norwegian composerPortrait of Joseph Shield (1841-1905, singer). Albumin tray on cardboard (Carte de-visit with studio print Recto and Verso)Sir John Herschel Made 1867 England. Photogravure, from Sun Artists, Number 5 (1890) . Julia Margaret CameronHarry Marion-Sims. Photograph by Barraud.Mr Joseph Joachim Made 1868 England. Albumen print . Julia Margaret CameronFranz Liszt (1811-1886) - Franz Hanfstaengl, 1869FRANZ LISZT in old age, at the keyboard Date: 1811-1886Portrait of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Nadar, Gaspard-Félix (1820-1910)EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG Norwegian musician Date: 1843 - 1907Rudolf Koppitz's photograph of Prof. Georg Brandlmayr, produced before 1924, is printed on silver gelatin paper and mounted on three layers of paper and cardboard.Rollin Heber Neal (American, 1808-1879). Date/Period: 1843/1862. Daguerreotype. Width: 16.5 cm. Height: 21.5 cm (Image). Author: Southworth & Hawes.Life of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, , from the Histories of Poor Boys and Famous People series of booklets (N79) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Miniature booklets from the "Histories of Poor Boys and Other Famous People" series (N79), issued in a set of 50 booklets in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. Each booklet consists of 16 pages with covers and includes the rags to riches biography of a famous figure.. Life of Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, , from the Histories of Poor Boys and Famous People series of booklets (N79) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919), English actor, early 20th century. Artist: Vandyk.Edvard Grieg and Wife. Beethoven, Ludwig from.London, Elliott & Fry, Edvard Grieg, Portrait of Edvard Grieg, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, compositeur de musique, height 138 mm, width 97 mm, British, photographer, 1897 - 1902, paper, collotype, photoprint, cliché makerPortrait of Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894) Russian pianist, composer and conductor, He founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Russia. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894H. J. Pollitt. Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853 - 1943)Portrait of the astronomer Sir John Heschel, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867 photograph Kent paper. cardboard albumen print adult man. historical persons CollingwoodRev Dr John Reid Omond. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)Portrait of violinist Hugo helmet, signed. .MARK HAMBOURG Russian-born pianist Date: 1879 - 1960Artur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), filósofo alemán.Photograph of Frederic Chopin taken by Bisson in 1849, Royal Carthusian Monastery, Valldemossa, SpainMoir () and John Wilson 1843-47 Hill and Adamson British, Scottish. Moir () and John Wilson. David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802-1870 Edinburgh, Scotland). 1843-47. Salted paper print from paper negative. PhotographsAlexander Alexandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921) Russian lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator, literary critic.Sir John Herschel. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)Johan August STRINDBERG as young man 1849-1912 Swedish playwright, dramatist and author, photographJohn Angell James, 1785-1859, English Congregationalist and vicar of Birmingham. Painted by DJPound after a photograph by J. Whitlock. From the book The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages, Volume 1, published in London 1860, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not statedAlfred Nobel (1833-1896) Swedish inventor, manufacturer and prize-giver aged about 30 (ca 1863) Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen, 1817- 1903, German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist, Germany, original print from the year 1899, Christ Matthias Theodor Mommsen, 1817 - 1903, deutscher klassischer Gelehrter, Historiker, Jurist, Journalist, Politiker und Archäologe, Deutschland, ursprünglicher Druck vom Jahr 1899, historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, koloriert, handcoloriert, Koloration, digital verbessert.Herr Joseph Joachim. Julia Margaret Cameron; English, 1815-1879. Date: 1868. Dimensions: 32.8 × 25 cm (image/paper); 39.3 × 31.5 cm (mount). Carbon print. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Photographic portrait of Torgeir Audunson (1801-1872) a Norwegian violinist. Dated 19th centuryBjornstjerne Bjornson, 1832-1910, Norwegian writer and political leader, Nobel Prize for Literature 1903, Illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedRVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Willem. zd}Portrait of Georg Balthazar von Neumayer, Ritter von Neumayer, 1826 - 1909, German polar explorer, geographer and geophysicist, best known for cooperation of meteorology and scientific observations, digitally optimizedPortrait of Georg Balthazar von Neumayer, Ritter von Neumayer, 1826 - 1909, German polar explorer, geographer and geophysicist, best known for cooperation of meteorology and scientific observations, digitally optimizedAnton Rubinstein (1829-1894), Russian Pianist, Composer and Conductor, head and shoulders portrait, Illustrated Color Postcard, Unidentified Artist, T. Presser Company, Philadelphia