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Illustrations of notable figures from the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting detailed engravings with classical attire and elaborate hairstyles.

Portrait of Joseph Mallard William Turner (1775-1851) and English Romanticist Landscape Painter. Dated 19th Century

John Hancock

Joachim Heinrich Campe, 29. Juni 1746, 22. Oktober 1818, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Sprachforscher, Pädagoge und Verleger zur Zeit der Aufkläru...

Portrait of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) a French pharmacist and chemist. Dated 19th Century

Vittorio Alfieri, 16 January 1749, 8 October 1803, an Italian poet and playwright in the Age of Enlightenment, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century work

EDWARD STANLEY, 14th earl of DERBY : Tory statesman, thrice Prime Minister ; carried out important reforms, freed West Indies slaves : depicted on becoming Prime Minister, 1858. Date: 1799 - 1869

Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein, 25 October 1757, 29 June 1831, was a German statesman and reformer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, 1750 - 1819, a German poet, translator and lawyer

Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1894, philosopher of the Enlightenment, historical illustration, 1877

Muzio Clementi, 23. Januar 1752, 10. März 1832, war ein italienischer Komponist, Pianist und Musikpädagoge, ferner auch Dirigent, Klavierbauer und Mus...

Portrait of Joseph Mallard William Turner (1775-1851) and English Romanticist Landscape Painter. Dated 19th Century

Historical drawing, portrait of Alessandro Giuseppe Ferruccio Tartini, 1692-1770, Italian violinist, composer and music theorist

Historical drawing, portrait of Louis Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869, French composer and music critic

Georges Jacques Danton, 26. Oktober 1759, 5. April 1794, war ein französischer Revolutionär und Politiker, der während der Französischen Revolution Ju...

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819), dramatist, writer, consul

Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and leading military and political figures. Dated 19th Century

Immanuel Kant, 1724 - 1804, a German philosopher of the Enlightenment, one of the most important representatives of Western philosophy, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

Portrait of Heinrich Friedrich Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein, 1757 - 1831, a Prussian officer, statesman and reformer

Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, 1881. Artist: Unknown

Historical drawing, 19th century, portrait of George Stephenson, 1781 - 1848, an English engineer and principal founder of the railroad industry

Historical drawing, portrait of Johann Gottlieb Naumann, 1741-1801, German composer, conductor and music director of the Classical period

Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Victor-Marie Hugo, 1802 - 1885, a French writer

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756 - 1791, a composer of the Viennese Classic

Moritz August von Thuemmel, 27 May 1738, 26 October 1817, German writer, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). American statesman and diplomat. Sixth President of the United States of America (1825-1829). Previously served as the eighth US Secretary of State (1817-1825). Member of the United States Congress, representing Massachusetts in both chambers. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Christoph Willibald Gluck, from 1756 Ritter von Gluck, 2 July 1714, 15 November 1787, a German composer of the pre-classical period, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 19th century, portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826, the third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Luigi Galvani.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, composer of the Viennese Classical period

Carlo Maria Buonaparte (1746-1785) was a Corsican lawyer and politician who briefly served as a personal assistant of the revolutionary leader Pasquale Paoli and eventually rose to become Corsicas representative to the court of Louis XVI. After his death, his son Napoleon became Emperor of France, and several of his other children received royal titles from their brother. Illustration originally published in Harpers Monthly December 1879

August von Kotzebue, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue, 3 May 1761, 23 March 1819, a German playwright, author and librettist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century work

Moritz August von Thümmel, 27. Mai 1738, 26. Oktober 1817, deutscher Schriftsteller, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 1...

Immanuel Kant, April 22, 1724 - February 12, 1804, a German philosopher of the Enlightenment / Immanuel Kant, 22. April 1724 - 12. Februar 1804, ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Charles James Fox 1749 - 1806. Britain's first foreign secretary, whig statesman and orator. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744 - 1803). German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. Associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism. Engraving, 19th century.

George Washington

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th and 19 century, portrait of Robert Fulton, 1765 - 1815, an engineer who built steamboats and the submarine Nautilus

Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri, 1749 - 1803, an Italian poet and dramatist

William Bligh, British naval officer and Governor of New South Wales, (1886). Artist: W Macleod

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of Martin Van Buren, 1782 - 1862, 8th President of the United States of America

Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (26 December 1762, 29 January 1834) was a Swiss poet, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

DIEGO CLEMENCIN Y VIÑAS, ESCRITOR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-ARCHIVO. MADRID.

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832, a German poet

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck, 2 July 1714, 15 November 1787, was an Italian and French opera composer of the early classical period, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 28 August 1749, 22 March 1832, was a German writer and statesman, in the picture he is 30 years old, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally enhanced, 28 August 1749, 22 March 1832, was a German writer and statesman, in the picture he is 30 years old, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally enhanced

Historic print, copper engraving, 1767, portrait of Christian Fuerchtegott Gellert, 1715 - 1769, a German poet, novelist and moral philosopher of the Enlightenment, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Woodcut, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, portrait

Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 - 1803, poet, historical illustration, 1877

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, 1768 - 1834, a Protestant theologian, classical scholar, philosopher, writer, political theorist, Church politician and educator

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, 24 March 1739, 10 October 1791, was a German poet, organist, composer and journalist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, 1758 - 1794, a lawyer and politician, member of the Jacobins during the French Revolution

Portrait of Charles MacIntosh, Inventor of Waterproofing Rubber by unknown artist

Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803). German philosopher. Engraving. Later colouration.

Robert Fulton, 14 November 1765, 24 February 1815, was an American engineer, he built the first usable steamships and the Nautilus submarine, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Thomas Paine, born Thomas Pain, 1736, 1809, an influential political intellectual and one of the founding fathers of the United States, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, born Thomas Pain, an influential political intellectual and one of the founding fathers of the United States, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured

Jeremy Bentham, 15 February 1748 - 6 June 1832, an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism / Jeremy Bentham, 15. Februar 1748 - 6. Juni 1832, englischer Jurist, Philosoph und Sozialreformer, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

ARTHUR COLLEY WELLESLEY - DUQUE DE WELLINGTON (1769-1852) LITOGRAFIA POR PEREZ Y DONON. Author: FRANCISCO PEREZ Y JULIO DONON (SIGLO XIX LITOGRAFO.

Historical drawing, portrait of Nicolo or Niccolo Paganini, 1782-1840, Italian violinist, guitarist and composer

Porträt von Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray KG, 13. März 1764, 17. Juli 1845, war ein britischer Adliger und Staatsmann, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion...

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, 21 November 1768, 12 February 1834 was a German theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Historical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, 1790-1855, Swedish poet and literary historian

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (2 February 1754) (17 May 1838) was one of the most famous French statesmen as well as a diplomat during the French Revolution, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century print

Portrait of James Perry (1756-1821) a British journalist and newspaper editor. Dated 19th century

Alexander Hamilton, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Josef Haydn, 1732-1809, Austrian composer, historical steel engraving, circa 1850

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794) French politician, radical democrat. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Heinrich Friedrich Karl Baron vom und zum Stein, 1757 - 1831, a Prussian statesman and reformer official

Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic philosophy. Dated 19th Century

One of the authors of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson served as the third president of the United States (1801-1809).

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck, father of Otto von Bismarck, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck, 1771 - 1845, wood engraving, 1880

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, 1719 - 1803, a German poet of the Enlightenment

Graf Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750-1819), poet, translator, jurist

Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Freiherr Knigge, 16 October 1752, 6 May 1796, a German writer and enlightener, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical print, portrait of Amandus Gottfried Adolf Muellner, 1774-1829, German lawyer and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of David Rittenhouse, 1732 - 1796, an American astronomer, mathematician and first director of the United States Mint

Mason Locke Weems, 1759 - 1825, commonly known as Parson Weems. American travelling book agent and author. He wrote the first biography of George Washington soon after Washington's death. From a 1

Historical drawing, US-American history, 18th century, portrait of James Madison, 1751 - 1836, fourth President of the United States of America between 1809 and 1817

Portrait of Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray KG, 13 March 1764, 17 July 1845, was a British nobleman and statesman, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print

Johann Gottlieb Fichte (19 May 1762) (29 January 1814) was a German educator and philosopher, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Karl Otfried Mueller, 1797 - 1840, a German classical scholar and founder of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

Robert Fulton

Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel, 12 January 1721, 3 July 1792, Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel-Bevern and from 1735 Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Horace Smith, English poet and novelist, (1922).Artist: E Finden

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 17th and 18th century, portrait of Benjamin Church, 1639 - 1718, a Puritan minister, New England colonial soldier in King Philip's War

Barthold Georg Niebuhr, 1776 - 1832, historian, portrait, historical illustration, 1880

The late Earl Grey, 1845. Portrait of British politician Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey who served as Prime Minister from November 1830 to July 1834. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Patrick Henry, 1736 - 1799, a prominent representative of the American Revolution

Samuel Huntington 1731 to 1796 American statesman and Founding Father A signatory of Declaration of Independence 19th century engraving by J.B. Longacre

Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich, Christofor Antonowitsch Minich, 19 May 1683, 27 October 1767, was a German-born engineer, field marshal general a...

Casimir-Pierre Perier (11 October 1777) (16 May 1832) was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and owned by the Anzin Coal Co. in the Nord department, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770 -1827, a German composer of the Viennese Classic

John Dryden, 19 August 1631, 12 May 1700, was an English poet, literary critic and playwright, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Francisco Antonio Zea (1766-1822), científico, político, periodista y diplomático grancolombiano, participó en las investigaciones del botánico José Celestino Mutis Bosio en 1789.

JOHANN GEORG ALBRECHTSBERGER Austrian composer and teacher, his most famous pupil being Beethoven. Date: 1736 - 1809

Edmund Burke, 12 January 1729 - 9 July 1797, an Irish statesman and philosopher / Edmund Burke, 12. Januar 1729 - 9. Juli 1797, irisch-britischer Schriftsteller, früher Theoretiker der philosophischen Disziplin der Ästhetik, Staatsphilosoph und Politiker in der Zeit der Aufklärung, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

A Man with the Initials AC 1774 John Bogle. A Man with the Initials AC 435685

Portrait of Benoit Camille Desmoulins, March 2, 1760, April 5, 1794, French lawyer, journalist, and politician, woodcut, France, Europe

The late Duke of Grafton, 1844. Portrait of British peer and politician George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton. 'Men born to ducal dignity and princely revenues are found, at least, as frequently as others, to be deficient in the intellectual aptitude, no less than in the requisite industry, for practical life. To this rule the subject of the present notice cannot be said to have formed any very striking or brilliant exception. He was a man of respectable talents, but of no very great attainments; the records of Parliament, therefore, contain fewer evidences of his ability as a legislator t

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German poet, 1729 - 1781, portrait, historic illustration, 1880

Historical drawing, portrait of Jacques Francois Elie Fromental Halevy or Elias Levy, 1799-1862, French composer and music educator

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