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Illustrations of prominent men in the 19th century, highlighting their distinguished attire and societal roles, displayed artistically.

Engraved portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), the English Astronomer Royal, pictured in 1858. Date: 20 March 1858

'William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881) British lawyer and Liberal statesman. Served as Lord Chancellor of Britain 1868-1872 in Gladstone's first administration. Tinted lithograph, ondon, c1880.'

Chopin, Frederic. Polish composer.

Robert Emmet (1778 - 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, and to establish a national representative government.

FARADAY, MICHAEL. QUIMICO INGLES. 1791-1867. GRABADO.

Augustin Eugene Scribe, 1791-1861. French dramatist

Portrait of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, British politician and one time Lord High Chancellor. Brougham played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act in 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. . Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Jacques Offenbach, 1819-1880. German-Jewish composer and cellist. Portrait by Chase Emerson American artist 1874-1922

An engraving depicting Charles James Fox (1749-1806) a British Whig statesman. Dated 17th Century

William Rufus King, Vice President of the United States., 1789 - 1880, 1852, New York, Publisher, J.C. Buttre, King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853, Engravings

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. British politician and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice. Portrait. Engraving by Klose.

Alessandro Manzoni ( 1785- 1873) 18th-19th Century. Italian poet and novelist. The Bretothed, famous book. Engraving.

'George Catlin ( 1796-1872) American atist, traveller and author, famous for his portraits of Native Americans of the Old West. Many of his paintings are now in the Smithsonian Institution. Engraving, 1896.'

Aleksander Rozza (1807 Zamranice 1875 Chałimgródek) a poet, a reduced creator of the so called Ukrainian schools Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)

Franklin Pierce

Karl Joseph Georg Sigismund Waechter, also Carl Georg Waechter, from 1835 von Waechter, 24 December 1797 to 15 January 1880, German jurist, chamber president, university teacher and politician, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Major-General the Hon. Sir Henry Ramsay, C.B., K.C.S.I., Commissioner of Kumaon, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Saché. 'This gallant officer has seen over forty years' service in India, and during the greater part of that time has been in charge of Kumaon in Uttarakhand. His name has been so long and intimately associated with that district that he is known as the "King of Kumaon." It is a large territory, extending from the Terai away through the Himalayas to the snowy range. While the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII) was in British territory all the arrangement

Francisco Javier Zaldúa (Francisco Javier Martínez de Zaldúa de Racines) (1811-1882). Colombian lawyer and politician, member of the Partido Liberal Colombiano (PLC) (Colombian Liberal Party). President of the United States of Colombia (1 April 1882 to 21 December 1882). Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1901). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

JUAN DONOSO CORTES (1809-1853) FILOSOFO PARLAMENTARIO POLITICO Y DIPLOMATICO ESPAÑOL. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. DONOSO CORTES JUAN. MARQUES DE VALDEGAMAS.

STRAUSS, David Friedrich (Ludwigaburg ,1808-Ludwigaburg, 1874). German theologian and philosopher. Colored engraving.

F. Gobbi. Lithograph by E. Kaiser, 1850.

Edouard Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881). French statesman and diplomat. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal",1885. Colored.

David Strauss (1808-1874). German liberal Protestant theologian and writer. Engraving, Our century, 1883.

Charles Locock (1799-1875) English obstetrician. Physician-Accoucher to Queen Victoria. Engraving, 1875.

Augustin Grisolle. Lithograph by A. Maurin.

DANIEL DEWEY BARNARD American lawyer and congressman Date: 1796 - 1861

Kreysig, Friedrich Ludwig.

Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph.

Estanislao Figueras y Moragas (1819-1882). Spanish politician. First President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, November 22, 1882.

Portrait of Don Mariano, California, United States of America, drawing by Etienne Ronjat (1822-) from a photograph, from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 2, June 8, 1876.

John Lee. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

Engraving of Dr. David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, published in 1870. The discoverer of Victoria Falls, his extensive explorations of Central Africa were chiefly driven by the strength of his missionary ideals. He died in Zambia in 1873, while searching for the source of the Nile. Date: 1870

Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), English politician and economist, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Postmaster-general (1880-1884), he introduced the parcel post in 1882. Blinded in a shooting accident in 1858. From The National Portrait Gallery (London, c1880).

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, 14 January 1798, 4 June 1872, was a liberal Dutch statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century,...

Portrait of Baron Bettino Ricasoli. Goupil & Comp., Paris et New-York, printing house, Metzmacher, Pierre Guillaume (1815-post 1870), graphic artist, London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. (Londyn ; wydawnictwo ; fl. ca 1858-186.), publishing house

Charles Robert Forrester (1803) (London 15 January 1850) (London) was an English lawyer and writer, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Hal Willis, frequently with illustrations provided by his brother Alfred Henry Forrester (18041872) who shared the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill

Portrait in oval frame of Johannes Petrus Hasebroek, poet and prose writer. Bust to the right. Hasebroek is dressed in a black suit. With the signature of the person portrayed., Portrait of Johannes Petrus Hasebroek, print maker: Friedrich Wilhelm Burmeister, (mentioned on object), 1855 - 1915, paper, steel engraving, h 315 mm × w 234 mm

'"Portrait of Doctor Hintze"'. Russia, 1857. Dimensions: 20x16,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Woldemar Hau.

The late M. Dupin, Sen., Senator and Procureur-General of the Court of Cassation, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by M. Pierre Petit. 'The veteran French lawyer and politician, M. Dupin, who was called "Dupin l'Ainé," to distinguish him from his two brothers...expired at Paris at the age of eighty-three...In the elections which took place immediately after the Revolution he was returned, though last on the list of the Democratic candidates for the Constituent Assembly, by the electors of the Nièvre and his long experience of Parliamentary business, both as Deputy and Spea

Manuel de Llauder, 1789-1851 Marques de la Vall de Ribes, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Baron Ludwig Windthorst, 17 January 1812, 14 March 1891, was a German politician and leader of the Catholic Centre Party, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Thomas Holloway - d. 1883 Proprietor of 'Holloway's Pills and Ointment

Charles Sturt 1795-1869 British explorer of Australia particularly associated with Murray river. Dated 1850

Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine, 21 October 1790 - 28 February 1869, a French writer and politician / Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine, 21. Oktober 1790 - 28. Februar 1869, ein französischer Schriftsteller und Politiker, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). American writer. Portrait executed in 1826. Engraving.

'Joseph Pease (1799-1872) English railway pioneer including Stockton and Darlington Railway, colliery owner. First Quaker Member of Parliament, 1832, supporter of the anti-slavery movement. Engraving.'

SCHELLING, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (1775-1854). German philosopher follower of Kant and Fichte. Etching.

Estanislao Figueras y Moragas (1819-1882). Spanish politician. First President of the First Spanish Republic from 12 February to 11 June 1873. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, November 22, 1882. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish cartoonist and illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca.1852-1903). Spanish engraver and xylograph.

Martin Eduard Simson, from 1888 von Simson, 10 November 1810- 2 May 1899, was a German judge, university lecturer and parliamentarian in the Kingdom of Prussia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Jefferson Davis served as the president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.

Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, national Republican candidate for sixteenth president of the United States c 1860.

Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph.

CARDINAL ANTONELLI, ENGRAVING 1873, ITALY

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859). German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Antonio Brusi Ferrer (1815-1878). Periodista, escritor y empresario, fundador y propietario del diario de Barcelona. Grabado de 1875.

Ignaz von Doellinger (1799-1890). German theologian and Catholic priest. Engraving, 1883.

Albert Christian Friedrich Schott, 1782 to 1861, a Wuerttemberg jurist and politician, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reprodu...

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist. In 1813 became laboratory assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution, London. In 1833 he succeeded Davy as professor of chemistry at the RI. From James Sheridan Muspratt Chemistry (Londo

Samuel Lover,1797-1868. Anglo-Irish fiction and poetry writer, songwriter, and painter. From the book ""The International Library of Famous Literature"".Published in London 1900. Volume XIII.

EDGAR ALLAN POE American writer Date: 1809 - 1849

Benito Juarez (1806-1872). Mexican lawyer and liberal politician. 26th President of Mexico. Portrait. Engraving.

Karl Ferdinand Count von Buol-Schauenstein, 17 May 1797 - 28 October 1865, was an Austrian statesman, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.

Vintage Photograph. William Henry Seward (1801-1872), Secretary of State During the Civil War American History

Joseph Chamberlain, 1885, U.K., liberal statesman, attracting much attention, born 1836

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de.

Emanuel von Geibel (17. Oktober 1815) (6. April 1884), deutscher Dichter und Dramatiker, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus d...

Portrait of Peter Squire (1798-1884) British President of the Pharmaceutical Society. Dated 19th Century

Francisco Lopez Fabra (died 1891). Military, printer and political Catalan. Portrait. Engraving by Paris. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1875.

Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875). British writer and historian. Engraving.

Benito Juarez (1806-72), President of Mexico 1858-72, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Steel Engraving, Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America by Evert A. Duyckinck, Published by Henry J. Johnson, Johnson, Wilson & Company, New York,

Nikola i Gerasimovich Ustri a lov, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c. 19th century. Russia.

GEORGES-EUGENE HAUSSMANN Baron; French administrator and town planner Date: 1809 - 1891

King, Heinrich Josef.

Francisco Javier Zaldúa (Francisco Javier Martínez de Zaldúa de Racines) (1811-1882). Colombian lawyer and politician, member of the Partido Liberal Colombiano (PLC) (Colombian Liberal Party). President of the United States of Colombia (1 April 1882 to 21 December 1882). Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1901). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

Portrait of Italian poet, Giacomo Zanella, engraving

George William Curtis, 1824-92, American author, editor and reformer. From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, America, Volume 15, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Martin Friedrich Rudolf von Delbrück, 16 April 1817- 1 February 1903, a Prussian statesman at the time of Otto von Bismarck, digitally restored reprod...

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859). German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Ashbel Woodward. Line engraving by E.G Williams & Bro. after Bogardus.

Portrait of Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor, illustration by Smeeton Tilly from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1851, Volume LXXII, August 17, 1878.

Historic chromolithography from the 19th century, portrait of Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, 1812-1895, a British lawyer and politician

CARDINAL NEWMAN, 1879

Dudley S Gregory - First Mayor of Jersey City, 1838

Hon. Abraham Lincoln: of Illinois, national Republican candidate for sixteenth president of the United States | Library of Congress

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Franz, Ferencz or Ferenc Liszt, 1811-1886, Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, theatre director, music teacher and writer of the New German School

David Friedrich Strauss, 1808 to 1874, a German writer, philosopher and theologian, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproducti...

William Chambers (1800-1883), Scottish publisher and author. In the 1820s, with a small second-hand hand press, William and his older brother Robert laid the foundations of what, by the end of the 19th century, became one of the largest English language publishers in the world, W & R Chambers, Edinburgh. From The Modern Portrait Gallery (London, c1880). Tinted lithograph.

Historical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Manuel de los Herreros Bretón, 1796-1873, Spanish playwright

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

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Mathy, 1807-1868, journalist and politician from the Baden region, historic woodcut, c. 1880

Henry Allon, English Nonconformist divine, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

Baron Ludwig Windthorst, January 17, 1812 - March 14, 1891, was a German politician and leader of the Catholic Center Party, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century..

Thomas Bazeley (1797-1885) English cotton manufacturer, merchant and politician. A member of the Anti-Cornlaw League. Member of Parliament for Manchester 1858-1880. Engraving from 'Great Industries of Great Britain' (London, c1880).

Robert Patterson. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

Adolf Suess 1797-1852, industrialist, father of geologist Eduard Suess, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1781-1862), poeta, dramaturgo y político español. Grabado de 1903.

John Alexander Macdonald (1815-1891) Canadian statesman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family in 1820. The first Canadian Prime Minister (1867-1873), he served a second term in office (1878-1891). From 'The Modern Portrait Gallery' (London, c1880). Tinted lithograph.

Bernhard Joseph Hubert Windscheid (26 June 1817) (26 October 1892) was a German jurist who had a great influence on German civil jurisprudence, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Aureliano Fernandez Guerra (1816-1894). Spanish writer.

Zipser, Christian Andreas .

ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian writer, author of 'I promessi sposi', generally (and rightly) considered the greatest Italian novel. Date: 1785 - 1873

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