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19th Century Portraits

Historic portraits of notable figures, showcasing formal attire and classic photography styles, reflecting their prominence in society.

Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Anonymous

A 1899 silver gelatin cabinet photograph of poet Ferdinand Freiligrath, showing a studio portrait with facial features and attire.

Carl Braun. Photograph by Julius Gertinger.

Ignacio Salomón Bauer (1827 - 1895) was a Spanish banker of Hungarian origin, representative of the Rotschild bank in Madrid, Spain. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Portrait of Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828-1896) an eminent British physician, anaesthesiologist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. Dated 19th century

Octave Feuillet, 1821-1890. French novelist and dramatist.

José María Esquerdo Zaragoza (1842 - 1912) was a Spanish Republican, psychiatrist and politician. As a doctor, he was especially interested in assisting the mentally Ill, Spain. Europe. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Anonymous

MIJAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA (1804-1857) COMPOSITOR RUSO.

ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVORAK Czech musician Date: 1841 - 1904

Alfred Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, English poet newspaper wood stitch made of unknown printing plant, Unknown

José Zorrilla y Moral (1817-1893). Spanish poet and dramatist. Portrait. Engraving by Payá and P. Ross. La ilustración. Revista hispano-americana, 1884.

Portrait of Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (1814-1876), Nadar, Gaspard-Félix (1820-1910)

Stafford Henry Northcote, first Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) English statesman. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1874. In 1876 he became leader of the Conservative party in the House of Commons. Tinted lithograph published London c1880.

Ludwig Karl Heinrich Fluegge (30 July 1819) (20 June 1906) was a Mecklenburg jurist and member of the Vorparlament in Frankfurt am Main, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Josef Spáth. Photograph.

Hermann Ferdinand Freiligrath, 17 June 1810, 18 March 1876, was a German poet and translator, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Gustav Richter, also Gustavus Richter; 1838-1904, was a German philologist and historian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Hermann Ferdinand Freiligrath, 1810 - 1876, a German lyricist, poet and translator, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, colored.

William L. Dewart.

Friedrich Gustav Adolf Neumann, 1825 - 1884, a German painter, draftsman and copyist, graphic artist and marine painter as well as copper and steel engraver, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, colored.

James A. Garfield (1831-1881). Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives

Salvador Albacete Albert (1827-1890). Spanish politician. Engraving.

Portrait of Albert Skate Lafizeli�re, (1819-1878), (Literator) Portrait of Albert Skate Lafizeli�re (1819-1878), Literator. Photography of Carjat & Cie. Visit card. Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Modest Petrovich Mussorgski 1839-1881. Russian composer., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Portrait of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx (1818-1883), from a photograph by M Wunder, illustration from the magazine L'Illustration, Journal Universel, volume LVII, no 1496, October 28, 1871.

Gustav Freytag, July 13, 1816 - April 30, 1895, a German writer / Gustav Freytag, 13. Juli 1816 - 30. April 1895, ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

PORTRAIT OF WERNER SIEMENS, GERMAN ENGINEER AND ELECTRICIAN - ENGRAVING 19TH CENTURY. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818, 11 October 1889) was a British brewer who achieved great distinction as a physicist, 1895, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Thorsten Nordenfelt.

Ernst Werner Siemens was a German inventor and industrialist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, sociologist, economic historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. 1858

Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, Norwegian playwright, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Rudolph Loewenstein, 1819, 1891, a German humorist and political writer of Jewish origin, c. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, a German humorist and political writer of Jewish origin, c. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Anonymous

JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPOSITOR MUSICAL ( HAMBURGO EL 7 de mayo de 1833 - VIENA 3 de abril de 1897).

Karl Vogt (1817-1895). German scientist, philosopher and politician. Engraving, 1883.

Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget, 1824 - 1904. French physiologist. From Selected Readings in the History of Physiology, published 1930.

Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, British statesman, c1890.Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

LOUIS PASTEUR French chemist and microbiologist Date: 1822 - 1895

Portrait of Karl Marx (1818-93) from 'L'Illustration', 11th November 1871 - engraving. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. KARL MARX (1818-1883).

Aleksei Feofilaktovich Pisemskii, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c. 19th century. Russia.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Giosuè Carducci or Enotrio Romano, 1835 - 1907, an Italian poet, orator and literary historian

Portrait of Nicolás María Rivero (Morón de la Frontera 1814 - Madrid 1878). Spanish politician and journalist. Militant of the Democratic Party, Mayor

12/31/1889. Johannes Brahms.

Line Drawing. Antonin Dvorak Czech Composer.

August Christoph Carl Vogt, 5. Juli 1817 - 5. Mai 1895, war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Naturwissenschaftler sowie ein demokratischer Politiker / August Christoph Carl Vogt, July 5, 1817 - May 5, 1895, was a German-Swiss natural scientist as well as a democratic politician, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Paul Ludwig Adalbert Falk, 10 August 1827, 7 July 1900, was Prussian Minister of Culture, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist. Ca. 1870.

Sergey Mikhaylovich Solovyov (1820 - 1879) Russian historian.

Jakob Dubs (26 July 1822 - 13 January 1879) was a Swiss politician, journalist, public prosecutor and judge, Historical, digitally restored reproducti...

Albert Richard Smith. Stipple engraving by D. J. Pound, 1852, after J. Mayall.

ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVORAK Czech musician Date: 1841 - 1904

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German composer. After a photograph. Halftone.

Theodor Esche (* 3 April 1817 in Limbach) ( 3 April 1873 in Chemnitz) was a German textile entrepreneur and politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) by Anonymous /Antonin Dvorak Museum, Prague/1893/Photograph/Portrait

Robert Blum, 10 November 1807, 9 November 1848, politician, publicist, publisher and poet, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Hatfield 1830 - 1903) III Marquis of Salisbury, prominent British politician, better known as Lord Salisbury. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

James A. Garfield (1831-81), 20th President of the United States, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Published by J. Winter, 1881

Josep Feliu i Codina (1845-1897). Catala_n journalist and novelist. Engraving. 19th century.

John Marshall. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.

August Christoph Carl Vogt, 5. Juli 1817, 5. Mai 1895, war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Naturwissenschaftler sowie ein demokratischer Politiker, Histor...

Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Alfred Krupp, 1812 - 1887, a German industrialist and inventor, now ThyssenKrupp AG

James Garfield (20th President) by Henry R. Rittenberg, b.1879

Anton Dvorak, Classical Composers

Théodore Ribot

Alexander Serafimovich Gatsisky ca. before 1893.

Portrait of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist. Made remarkable advances in finding the cause and prevention of disease. Developed vaccines for Rabies and Anthrax.

MARX, Karl (1818-1883). German philosopher, politician, economist and revolutionary. Signed portrait of Karl Marx. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS. Montreuil. Mus_e de L'Histoire Vivante (Museum of Living History).

Karl Marx (1818-1883) 19th. Century. Economist, philosopher and revolutionary socialist. Engraving. The communist Manifesto.

Julius Roderich Benedix, 21 January 1811, 26 September 1873, was a German comic poet, actor and theatre director, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Woodcut, Henrik Johan Ibsen, portrait

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). American poet and educator. Engraving, Our Century, 1883. Spanish Edition.

WILLIAM FREDERICK WOODINGTON, A.R.A., ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1876

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881). Russian composer. Portrait. Photography.

Theophile Gautier, 1811-1872. French romantic poet and journalist. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories"" volume 4 French

Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895), German philosopher, historian, political scientist and revolutionary socialist.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer and pianist, 1911. Artist: C Brasch

Pierre Jules Hetzel "(1814-1886), French publisher. Photography of Nadar (1820-1910). Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo. 33071-11 Announcement, writer, French publisher, armchair

Right Rev Alfred Blomfield, DD, Bishop of Colchester, 1883.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph (1809-1865). French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. Colored engraving.

Robert E. Lee (1807-70), American and Confederate Soldier, Commander of Confederate States Army during American Civil War 1862-65, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Lithograph, Strobridge & Co., 1877

Franz Bobies (1826-1891), First Chairman of the Schubert Association in Vienna, District School Inspector, Viennese Councillor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Georges Bizet (1838-1875) a French composer of the Romantic era. Dated 19th Century

PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN NOVELIST HENRY JAMES WITH SIGNATURE

Photographic portrait of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) a French poet. Dated 19th Century

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). French composer, organist, conductor and pianist. Romantic era. Portrait. Photography. Colored.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 ñ February 15 1857) first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country

Paul Ludwig Adalbert Falk, 10 August 1827, 7 July 1900, was Prussian Minister of Culture, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centur...

Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov, 8 October 1823, 8 February 1886, was a Russian writer and influential Slavophile, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Hermann Ferdinand Freiligrath, 1810 - 1876, a German lyricist, poet and translator, historicl wood engraving, 1886

' The Late Mr. W. A. Fisher. 1840-1891. Typographical Artist on 'The Graphic'', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Victor Hugo title sheet of Humorist Leaf, Karl Klic -, artist

Ulysses S. Grant, in detail of engraving by William Edgar Marshall. It was published in March 1885, while Grant was publically known to be gravely ill (BSLOC_2018_10_78)

Portrait of Peter Benoit (1834-1901) a Flemish composer. Dated 19th Century

Salvador Albacete Albert (1827-1890). Spanish politician. Colored engraving.

Josep Feliu i Codina (1845-1897). Catalan journalist and novelist. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.

Portrait of Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1836-1865) a German Heldentenor and the creator of the role of Tristan in Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. Dated 19th century

Historic portrait, Georges Bizet

ANTONIO DE ORLEANS (1824-1890) - DUQUE DE MONTPENSIER -CASADO CON LA INFANTA MARIA LUISA FERNANDA HERMANA DE LA REINA ISABEL II - SIGLO XIX. Author: EDUARDO CANO DE LA PEÑA (1823-1897). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN. DUQUE DE MONTPENSIER. ANTONIO DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). ANTONIO MARIA FELIPE DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). MARIA LUISA FERNANDA DE BORBON-ESPOSO. PADRE DE MARIA DE LAS MERCEDES.

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