Victorian Era Engravings

Engraved portraits from the 19th century featuring male figures in stylish clothing. Historical and literary context adds depth to their presentations.

Samuel Warren (1807-1877) British lawyer and novelist. Engraving from 'The Illustrated News of the World' (London, c1860).
Samuel Warren (1807-1877) British lawyer and novelist. Engraving from 'The Illustrated News of the World' (London, c1860).
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James William Gilbart, 1794-1863, English banker and author on the subject of banking. Painted by DJPound after a photograph by Williams. 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 stated
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Sir Richard Owen. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
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William Coutts Keppel,Viscount Bury,1832-1894. British soldier and politician.Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph by Mayall. From the book ""The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages"" Volume 1. Published in London 1860
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Dr. W. H. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, / rector 1882-1902.
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'Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet (1821-1915) Canadian Conservative politician picture c1890. 6th Prime Minister of Canada for 69 days 1 May-8 July 1896, the shortest in Canada's history.'
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Rev. John Richardson Major. Photograph.
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Michael Faraday (September 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867) was an English naturalist who is considered one of the most important ex..
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Charles John Canning 1st Earl Canning Lord Viscount Canning 1812 to 1862 English statesman and Governor General of India Engraved by D J Pound from a photograph by Mayall From The History of the Indian Mutiny published 1858
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Grillparzer, Franz .
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Horace Greeley, as the Liberal Republican Party presidential candidate in the 1872 election. He lost the election to the incumbent President, Ulysses Grant, who received 56% of the popular vote to Greeley's 43%. Greeley's wife died in the week before the election, and he followed her a month later (BSLOC_2019_8_108)
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston on engraving from the 1850s. British statesman that served twice as Prime Minister of Great Birtian in the mid 19th century. Engraved by D.J.Pound.
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EDWARD BULWER LYTTON writer and occultist, author of 'Zanoni', 'A strange story', 'The coming race' etc. with his autograph Date: 1803 - 1873
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay of Rothley, 1800, 1859, British historian, poet and politician
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Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martínez (1806-1880). Spanish writer. Representative of the romantic drama. Portrait. Chromolithography. "Historia de las Ordenes de Caballería y de las Condecoraciones Españolas". History of the Orders of Chivalry and the Spanish Decorations. Madrid, 1865.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). British statesman and novelist. Twice Prime minister of the Unied Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880). Leader of the Conservative "Tory" party in England. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.
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Henry Ward BEECHER, 1813-87, American abolitionist and clergyman, author of The Life of Jesus Christ. Photograph c.1860
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JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) - COMPOSITOR ALEMAN - FOTOGRAFIA DE 1866. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Hercules Linton (1837-1900), Scottish surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, best known as the designer of the Cutty Sark. Date: C.1865
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Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 - 25 August 1867) was an English naturalist who is considered one of the most important experimental physicists, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period
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Mitscherlich, Eilhard .
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Richard Chenevix Trent, 1807-1886. Anglican Archbishop and poet. Engraved by D.J.Pound from a photograph byJohn Watkins. From the book ""The Drawing-Room of Eminent Personages"" Volume 1. Published in London 1860
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Karl Friedrich Gerok, from 1868 von Gerok, Friedrich Karl von Gerok, 30 January 1815, 14 January 1890, was a German theologian and lyricist, Karl Gerok, 1815 -1890, a German preacher and religious poet, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist
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David Rice Atchison, ca. 1850s. Mathhew Brady Studio
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Mitscherlich, Eilhard .
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Alban Stolz (1808-1883), catholic professor of theology, writer, educationist
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Great River Road - Lewis Cass. Lewis Cass served as an Army commander, governor of Michigan Territory, and U.S. Senator.
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), British painter, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
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Dollinger, Johann Ignaz von (Bamberg ,1799-Munich, 1890). German theologian and historian.
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German composer, in 1875, from a photograph. The caption reads: Johannes Brahms in friendly memory of Klara (and Fritz) Simrock, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister, 1881. Disraeli (1804-1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880. Under his Conservative government, Disraeli extended the British Empire and in 1876 he conferred on Queen Victoria the title Empress of India. From "Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted
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Aubrey de Vere. Frederick H. Hollyer (English, 1837 - 1933)
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Sir Francis Grant P.R.A. Published in the magazine "Camera Work", 1912, XXXVII. Collection of Juhl
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Michael Faraday, 1791-1867, British scientist. Painted by DJ Pound after a photograph by Mayall. From the book The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages, published in London 1859, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (1804-81) British Conservative statesman. Photograph published London c.1880
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THOMAS BINNEY Nonconformist churchman, writer and noted pulpit orator. Date: 1798 - 1874
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Portrait of Got Edmond, (1822-1901), (actor) Portrait of Got Edmond (1822-1901), actor. Business card (front). Photograph of Nadar (workshop). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.
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Fröbel, Friedrich .
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Hubert von Herkomer, Portrait of Arthur Wellesley Peel (1829-1912), Speaker of the House of Commons, before 1892, mezzotint on laid paper.
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Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Scottish-born British jurist and politician. Social Science: London University. From 'The Illustrated News of the World', London c1861. Engraving
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George Rolleston. Photograph by Barraud.
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FARADAY, Michael (Newington 1791-Hampton Court, 1867). British physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction phenomena.
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Robert John Kane (1809-1890), Irish Chemist, c1860. His name is remembered in Ireland for the book published in 1844 entitled 'The Industrial Resources of Ireland'. From 'Chemistry' by Sheridan Muspratt. (London, c1860). Engraving.
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England/UK: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, writer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland', 1850s
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881) was a British Conservative politician, writer and aristocrat who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or 'Tory democracy'. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He remains, as of 2015, the only British Prime Minister of Jewish (Sephardic) birth.
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Richard Norman Shaw, RA, John Callcott Horsley (London, England, 1817 - 1903) 1886
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Lord Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 1784 - 1865, British statesman and Prime Minister
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Henry Allon (1818-1592) English Congregational divine. Photograph published London c1890. Woodburytype.
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Eliza Cowperthwait. Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)
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Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), British physicist, 19th century. Artist: Unknown
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William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity. Engraving of 1874
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'Renan', French 19th Century philosopher and critic, 1923.Artist: Rischgitz Collection
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804 - 1881, a British statesman and novelist
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Walter Whitman (1819 - 1892) American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse
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Wilhelm Grimm and Jakob Grimm. After Biow, gest. from L. Closure. FrontSpiZ (portrait) from: German dictionary of Jacob and Wilhle Grimm. Bd. 1. Leipzig. 1854. Dresden: Slub 1.B.2127-1
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John Everett Millais (1829-1896) British Pre-Raphaelite painter, c1870. A founder-member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. After 1870 he painted mainly portraits and landscapes. Elected President of the Royal Academy in 1896. From 'The World's Great Men'. (London c1870). Engraving.
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Ludwig Wullner (August 19, 1858 - March 19, 1938) was a German concert and opera singer, tenor, actor as well as reciter, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain photo by Hugo Erfurth..