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Black and white portraits of historical men in formal attire, showcasing intricate hairstyles and clothing styles from the 19th century.

Portrait of Emile Naudin, light tenor singer at the Italian Theater in 1862 and opera in 1865. Carjat & Cie. Portrait of Emile Naudin, light tenor singer at the Italian Theater in 1862 and Opera in 1865. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.
Portrait of Emile Naudin, light tenor singer at the Italian Theater in 1862 and opera in 1865. Carjat & Cie. Portrait of Emile Naudin, light tenor singer at the Italian Theater in 1862 and Opera in 1865. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.
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Lord Randolph Churchill 1849 to 1895 Father of Sir Winston S. Churchill from A Roving Commission by Winston S. Churchill published by Scribners 1930, Lord Randolph Churchill 1849 to 1895 Father of Sir Winston S. Churchill published by Scribners 1930, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of Sardou Emile, (brother of Victorien Sardou) Géruzet brothers. Portrait of Sardou Emile, (Brother of Victorien Sardou). Business card (front). Coal draw. 1860-1930.Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) (from the waist up, en face). London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (Londyn ; firma fotograficzna ; 1854-1922), photo studioT. T. Fortune. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Editors, Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928Portrait of Jean Sully Mounet (1841-1916), says Mounet-Sully, a dramatic author and actor. Portrait of Jean Sully Mounet (1841-1916), says Mounet-Sully, a dramatic author and actor. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Anonymous photography.Portrait of Josh Billings (Henry W. Shaw), 1818-1885, 1876, Jeremiah Gurney, American, 1812 - 1895, 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (9.91 x 5.72 cm) (image)3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (10 x 6.03 cm) (mount), Albumen print (carte de visite), United States, 19th centuryEDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG Norwegian musician Date: 1843 - 1907August Walter -, violinist and composer, Fritz Luckhardt -, photographerA. Rubinstein, Rijshouwer's Establishment, c. 1880 - c. 1920 photograph The Hague paper historical persons. portrait of composerTheodore Tilton , Journalists, Abolitionists, Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907, Carte de Visite CollectionBaron Sina, financier Hungrois. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910)Engineer J. Gustaf Richert.Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Dated 1878Rudolf Karl Gottschall, 1823-1909, a German playwright, epic poet, narrator, literary historian and critic, historical engraving, c. 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknownMarcellin Gilbert Desboutin, Henri Rochefort, 1880 Henri RochefortPortrait of a man with glasses and mustache, referred to as K. O. Lindblom, Eric Bergquist, 1888 Photograph. visit card Örebro paper. cardboard albumen print adult man. anonymous historical person portrayedPortrait Carl Hüllweck (1852-1912; Violoncellist)Photographer Carl Larsson. Fotograf Carl Larsson.Austria, Vienna, Portrait of Gustav MahlerEwen Wrottesley Hay Cameron. Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer (British, born India, 1815 - 1879) 1865 Inscription: Titled, dated and inscribed recto mount in ink "FreshWater"Max Staegemann, Stägemann, 1843- 1905, a German actor, chamber singer and theatre director, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 1894) Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.(Thomas Henry) Hall Caine (1853-1931) English novelist. Companion of Dante Gabriel Rossetti at the end of the latter's life (1881-1882). From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery' (London, 1890-1894). Woodburytype after photograph by W & D Downey.Moses Clapp.Postcard of 'Wild Bill'. ca. 1908, 77-'Wild Bill,' winner of 32 pistol duels, the quickest and best pistol shot that ever lived. Bured in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Black Hills, S.D. J.F.W. Herschel; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Hawkhurst, Kent, England; April 1867; Albumen silver printFigure 4: The face in repose of a young man 1854-56, printed 1862 Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne French. Figure 4: The face in repose of a young man 623027The actor Dr. Ludwig wullner. Collection of JuhlPortrait of Henri Marteau (1874-1934), French violinist and pedagogue (bust); Dupont, Aimé (1842-1900); 1898 (1898-00-00-1898-00-00);Marteau, Henri (1874-1934), Marteau, Henri (1874-1934)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)-collection, musicians, portraits, men's portraits, violinistHumperdinck, EngelbertPortrait of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Gerschel, Charles (1871-1948)Portrait of the composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Anonymous Josef Nusbaum-Hilarowicz (). Photogravure.Kubelik (composer)Portrait of Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), Albert, Joseph (1825-1886)Sir John Herschel 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India. Sir John Herschel 268302Alphonse Mucha, fullname Alfons Maria Mucha, 1860 - 1939. Czech painter and graphic artist. After an early 20th century work by an unidentified photographer.Portrait of Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908), Spanish violinist and composer (figure view from the knees upwards, with violin). Gerschel, Charles (1871-1930 aut 1948), photographerEUGEN D'ALBERT(1864-1932), COMPOSITOR, PIANISTA Y DIRECTOR DE ORQUESTA ALEMAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN. EUGEN DALBERT (1864-1932).Jan Szczepanik, 1872, 1926, Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and over 50 discoveries to his name, many of which are still applied today, especially in the motion picture industry, 1895, historical image, Germany, EuropeEmil von Sauer (1862-1942). Pianista y compositor alemán, discípulo de Franz Listz.Albert Einstein (1879 1955), a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG Norwegian musician with part of his score for 'Peer Gynt' Date: 1843 - 19071880 (ca.). Isaac Albéniz, in a portrait of his youth.Nivelör Sven Wilhelm Munthe.N.C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator, c. 1920. He painted cowboys and Indians, and illustrated the classic books such as 'Treasure Island' and 'Robinson Crusoe'. He was the father of even more famous painter, realist Andrew Wyeth (BSLOC_2016_8_132)José Julián Martí Pérez (1853-1895). Jefe revolucionario cubano. Grabado de 1895.Camera Work: Herschel, 1913. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879). Photogravure;Cameron, Henry Herschel Hay, Julia Margaret, Sir John Herschel, Portrait of John Frederick William Herschel, recto - printed, photomechanical print, photomechanical impression, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Sir John Herschel, (from life.), height 246 mm, width 181 mm, English, 1815-06-11 - 1879-01-26, photographer, 1867 - 1867, paper, heliogravure, British, cliché maker, 1888 - 1893Johannes Brahms 1833-1897, German composer, 1866. Halbton of a photography., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date not statedGustav Mahler. 1896. Photographs, Portraits. Music Division. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911Unknown photographer, portrait Erwin Barth (without dat.): Portrait photo by Erwin Barth. Photo on cardboard, 25.8 x 18.3 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Fotograf : Portrait Erwin BarthCount Leopold Lazanski-Neuhoff , Count Leopold Lazanski-Neuhoff, actor from Der Floh , Friedrich Graetz Grätz -, Artist, Angerer , Göschl, Print PressEMIL SAUER German musician Date: 1862 - 1942Alexandre Dumas, fils (French novelist and playwright, 1824-1895) Made 1875-1876 France. Woodburytype, from the periodical ìGalerie Contemporaine LittÈraire, Artistiqueî (1876), volume 1 . FontainePhotograph of David Rothschild. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.John Wilkes Booth, 1865Frederic Chopin, (1810-1849), Polish composer and pianistHead and shoulders portrait of the famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (30th March 1853 - 29th July 1890), photograph taken in 1871.Portrait of The Right Honourable J. Ramsay MacDonald by Sir William Rothenstein. Rothenstein (1872-1945) was an English painter, printmaker and draughtsman.Portrait of paymaster Pyotr A. Demidov (1776-1880s), Karelin, Andrei Osipovich (1837-1906)RETRATO DE RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875/1801) - ESCRITOR ALEMAN. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.Albert Schweitzer, Anonymous MAHLER, Gustav (1860-1911). Austrian composer and conductor. Litography.Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and adventurer, 1870. Artist: UnknownPortrait of Gaetano DONIZETTI, 1797-1848 Italian composer, in sickness, 19th centuryPortrait of the cellist Alexander Verzhbilovich (1850-1911), Anonymous Portrait of Victor Cochinat. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)Writer Anton Chekhov ca. 1898Self-Portrait. Arnold Genthe (Germany, active United States, 1869-1942). United States, circa 1906, printed circa 1930. Photographs. Gelatin silver print"I find here the name of Monsieur Pasteur: that is where I will write my name. Monsieur Pasteur is one of the greatest geniuses of our age because, contrary...he proceeds from the unknown...". Paul Nadar (French, 1856 - 1939)Portrait of the Author Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1901-1902/Silver Gelatin Photography/Russia/PortraitJacobus Henricus VAN'T Hoff (1852-1910) Dutch chemist. Nobel prize for chemistry 1901Gustav Mahler 1860 1911) late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century.AMILCARE PONCHIELLI the Italian opera composer, around the time of writing his best known opera, 'La Gioconda', in 1876 Date: 1834 - 1886Johann Baptist Strauss II, 1825 - 1899, also known as Johann Strauss Jr, Austrian composer and violinist, digitally edited according to a photograph by Fritz LuckhardtGustav MAHLER, 1860-1911 German composer, photographAugust Strindberg / Anonymous / Photograph / c. 1900 / Sweden / Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm /Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Schützenberger, Louis Frédéric (1825-1903)RUPERT BROOKE English writer, in 1913 Date: 1887 - 1915Portrait of Daniel Filleborn (born 7 November 1841) (died 3 June 1904), tenor, opera singer, painting by Stanislaw Lentz (1861-1920), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century originalWilliam Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody, 1846 - 1917. American scout, bison hunter, and showman. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.Sir Thomas Henry HALL CAINE, 1853-1931, English novelist and playwrightJames Butler, Wild Bill, Hickok (May 27, 1837 - August 2, 1876) was an American western hero or gunslinger, soldier and law enforcement officer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), English composer and conductor of African and English parentage. He is best known for his cantata, 'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast'. Pictured in The Sketch magazine at the time he composed the incidental music to a production of 'Herod' at Her Majesty's Theatre. Date: 1908United States: c. 1907 A head and shoulders portrait of author Mark Twain.Italy, Lombardy, Bergamo, Portrait of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)Portrait of the Author Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Anonymous Edward GRIEG, 1843-1907, Norwegian composerIgnacy Jan Paderewski 18 November 1860 ñ 29 June 1941) Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independencePortrait of American artist James McNeill Whistler, 1834 - 1903. After an etching by Australian-born artist Mortimer L. Menpes.Alexander Wierth as Romeo in "Romeo and Julia" by W. Shakespeare. Photography (World postcard) from Hahn Nachf. Schauspielhaus Dresden, 1906Leon Trotsky (Russian: Лев Дави́довч Тро́цкй; born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (7 November 1879 - 21 August 1940) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army. Trotsky was initially a supporter of the Menshevik Internationalists faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He joined the Bolsheviks immediately prior to the 1917 October Revolution, and eventually became a leader within the Party. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army as People's Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs. He was a major figure in the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War (1918-23). He was also among the first members of the Politburo. After leading a failed struggle of the Left Opposition against the policies and rise of Joseph Stalin in the 1920s and the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet UniJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud, 1854 1891, aged 17, by Étienne Carjat. Rimbaud was a French poet born in Charleville, Ardennes. As part of the decadent movement, he influenced modern literature and arts, inspired various musicians, and prefigured surrealism. All of his poetry was written as a teenager; he gave up creative writing completely before he turned twenty 1871STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Reproduction of a picture of Stevenson taken in 1885.Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet, 1792 - 1871. English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer. After a portrait taken by English photogra'Portrait of Paul von Heyse, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910'. Author: FRANZ VON LENBACH (1836-1904).Oskar ZwintscherAlexei Ivanovich Rykov (1881 - 1938); Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician most prominent as Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 to 1930 respectively