Historical Figures

19th century sketch portraits of influential European figures, embodying period fashion and cultural significance.

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner. With Speke helped establish sources of Nile. In 1864 reached and named Lake Albert Yanza between Uganda and Zaire. Wood engraving London 1865.

Maurus, Mor Jokai von Asva, baptised as Jokay Moricz, 18 February 1825, 5 May 1904, was a Hungarian writer and journalist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke, 15. September 1834, 28. April 1896, Historiker, Publizist und Mitglied des Reichstags von 1871 bis 1884, Deutschland...

Hans Fredrik Gude, 1825-1903 / Norwegian composer, 1825-1903, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Stephan, from 1885 von Stephan, 7 January 1831, 8 April 1897, was a German Postmaster General of the German Empire, organiser of the German postal system and co-founder of the Universal Postal Union. He was Imperial Privy Councillor, State Secretary of the Imperial Post Office and Royal Prussian Minister of State, member of the Prussian State Council and the Prussian House of Lords, and Canon of Merseburg, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The Emperor of Brazil, 1864. 'His Imperial Majesty Dom Pedro II., Emperor of Brazil...is justly esteemed for his personal qualities and accomplishments, as well as for his loyalty and integrity...His Majesty, we are told, presides at every meeting of the Brazilian 'Imperial Geographical and Historical Society;" and it has been "by his direction that geographical explorations have been made in the important province of Ceará, and also, in 1862, of the River Purus, one of the largest affluents of the Amazon, which is really more unknown than the Nile...at a meeting of the Royal Ge

Rudolf von Bennigsen, born 1824, died 7 August 1902, German politician, Germany, Europe

SIR C.W. DILKE, M.P., 1870

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Stephan, ab 1885 von Stephan, 7. Januar 1831, 8. April 1897, war Generalpostdirektor des Deutschen Reiches, Organisator des deu...

Portrait of John George Wood (1827-1889) an English writer. Dated 19th Century

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner. With Speke helped establish sources of Nile. In 1864 reached and named Lake Albert Yanza between Uganda and Zaire. Wood engraving London 1865.

Historical print, 1875, portrait of George Frederick Rudolph Theodor Herwegh, 1817 - 1875, a German poet of the Vormaerz or pre-March period and translator, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Carl Friedrich Lessing (15 February 1808) (5 June 1880) was a Romantic painter of the 19th century. He is one of the most important history and landsc...

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow, 13 October 1821, 5 September 1902, German physician, pathologist, pathological anatomist, anthropologist, prehistorian and politician, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Joseph Georg Maria Joachim, 28 June 1831, 15 August 1907, an Austro-Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Hans Hermann Freiherr von Berlepsch, 30 March 1843, 2 June 1926, was a German administrative lawyer, politician and social reformer in the Kingdom of Prussia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Lorenz Peter Carl Brentano, President of the Chicago City Council, Congressman Washgton, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, 4 November 1813 to 17 September 1891, jurist and liberal democratic politician from Baden, afterwards exiled in the USA

Portrait of Lord Frederick Cavendish, English Liberal Politician, Chief Secretary to Ireland 1882

THE LATE EDWIN LONG, R.A.

Portrait of J. H. Zukertort

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Gruetzmacher, 1 March 1832, 23 February 1903, a German cellist and composer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Marquis Visconti-Venosta (22 January 1829) (24 November 1914) was an Italian statesman. He is one of the longest-serving foreign ministers in the history of Italy, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Heinrich Carl Joseph Ritter von Mendel, Edler von Steinfels, 1849, 1902, Prussian Land Economist and Member of the Prussian House of Representatives, c. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Prussian Land Economist and Member of the Prussian House of Representatives, c. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864. Artist: Unknown

John Latimer Clark (1822-1898), American civil engineer. Engraving, 1873.

Hermann Zumpe, 9. April 1850 - 4. September 1903, deutscher Dirigent und Komponist, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

Portrait of Francisco de las Rivas y Urtiaga (1857 - 1890) II Marquis of Mudela, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Wilhelm Jensen (* 15 February 1837, 24 November 1911) was a German lyricist and writer, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Eugen Richter, 30 July 1838, 10 March 1906, was a German politician, Progressive Party, German Freisinnige Partei, Freisinnige Volkspartei, and publicist in the time of the German Empire, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

PORTRAIT ULYSSES. S. GRANT 1822-1885 18th AMERICAN PRESIDENT CIVIL WAR GENERAL

THE RIGHT HON EARL SPENCER, K.G., P.C.

MR. W.E. FORSTER, M.P., UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1866

Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo (1823-1894). Spanish composer. Engraving by A. Carretero.

The late Alfred Holmes, 1876. British composer and violinist. 'In his youth he was a distinguished violinist; he and his brother, Mr. Henry Holmes, having been favourite pupils of Spohr...Alfred, however, soon relinquished this career for that of composition, in which he met with wide recognition abroad by the production of many works in the most ambitious forms of the art...Paris had long been his adopted residence, and it was there that he died on March 4'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

THE LATE WILLIAM BROUGH, 1870

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, portrait of John Lothrop Motley, 1814 - 1877, an American diplomat and historical writer

Robert Koch (1843-1910). German physician. Nobel Prize, 1905. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890.

'Henry David Thoreau, American nature writer', 1923.Artist: Rischgitz Collection

Asenjo Barbieri, Francisco (1823-1894), compositor español de música castiza y popular. Grabado de 1894.

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893). 19th President of the United States. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877.

James Longstreet, Confederate General of the American Civil War, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

ALEXANDER TURNEY STEWART Irish born millionaire storeowner in New York who opened the first department store. Date: 1803 - 1876

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verd, 9. Oktober oder 10. Oktober 1813, 27. Januar 1901, Komponist der Romantik, Italien

Adolf Donndorf, ab 1889 von Donndorf, 16. Februar 1835, 20. Dezember 1916, war ein deutscher Bildhauer, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Origin...

Leon Gambetta, 2 April 1838, 31 December 1882, was a French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Leon Gambetta, 2. April 1838, 31. Dezember 1882, war ein französischer Staatsmann, prominent während und nach dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg, Histori...

VISCOUNT MONCK, SECONDER OF THE ADDRESS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, 1869

Pierre Curie (1859-1906) French chemist. Awarded Nobel prize for physics in 1903 joint with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel. Engraving

A OAKEY HALL Mayor of New York Date: 1826 - 1898

'General Anstruther', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

José María Roa Bárcena (1827-1908), literato y escritor mejicano. Grabado de 1879.

AMERICAN HUMORIST

Valentín María de Zubiaurre Urionabarrenechea (1837-1914), músico y compositor español. Grabado de 1874.

Portrait of Henry Cecil Raikes (1838-1891) a British Conservative Party politician. Dated 19th century

Portrait of Horace Vernet (1789-1863) a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist Arab subjects. Dated 19th Century

Viscount Monck, seconder of the address in the House of Lords, 1869. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. '...Charles Stanley Monck, fourth Viscount Monck in the Peerage of Ireland, and first Baron Monck in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...was called to the Bar in Ireland in 1841, and succeeded his father in 1849. Having unsuccessfully contested the county of Wicklow in 1848, he was, in July, 1852, elected member for Portsmouth, for which borough he sat until the general election of 1857, when he was defeated. He was a Lord of the Treasury from March, 1855, to 1858 (in Lord Palmerst

James A. Garfield, President of the United States, Shot July 2, 1881, Died September 19th, 1881, Published by J.H. Bufford's Sons, 1881

Joaquin Lopez Puigcerver (1841-1906). Spanish politician. Engraving by Badillo. La Ilustracion Espanola y Norteamericana, 1886.

Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1821-1892), Spanish politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date...

sir HENRY BROUGHAM first baron LOCH Soldier and colonial administrator, governor of Victoria, Australia. Date: 1827 - 1900

Carl Schurz, also Karl Schurz, 2 March 1829, 14 May 1906, was a radical democratic German revolutionary in the late 1840s and, after emigrating to the United States, a politician there during the second half of the 19th century, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

MAJOR SIR WILLIAM PALLISER Irish-born politician and inventor, MP for Taunton from 1880 until his death in 1882. Buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Date: 1830 - 1882

Wilhelm Wattenbach, 1819 - 1897, a German historian and palaeographer, historical engraving, about 1889

Francisco Tarrega (Francisco de Asis Tarrega Eixea) (1852-1909). Spanish composer and guitarist. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Francisco Tarrega (Francisco de Asis Tarrega Eixea) (1852-1909). Spanish composer and guitarist. Portrait. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Christian Gottlieb Riedel, 1804 - 1882, a German farmer and liberal politician, member of the German Reichstag and the Parliament of Saxony, wood engraving, 1880

KHALIL SHERIFF PASHA, THE NEW TURKISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1872 engraving

Gustav Richter, also known as Gustavus Richter, 1838 - 1904, a German philologist and historian, historical engraving, about 1888

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P. FOR MAIDSTONE, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Portrait of Manuel de Eguilior y Llaguno (Limpias 1842 - Madrid 1931) Lawyer, Spanish politician, Minister of Finance during the regency of María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena, and with the reign of Alfonso XIII, Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Ernst Werner von Siemens, 1816 - 1892, a German inventor, founder of the electrical engineering and industrialist, around 1881

Portrait of Gaspar da Silveira Martins (1834 - 1901) was a Brazilian magistrate and politician, finance minister, and senator of the Brazilian Empire, Brazil. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816-1885). German prince, king of Portugal jure oxuris as the husband of Queen Maria II. Portrait. Drawing by Badillo. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Félix Badillo (1848-1895). Spanish cartoonist and illustrator. Arturo Carretero (ca.1852-1903). Spanish engraver.

Rafael Nunez (1825-1894). Colombian author, lawyer, journalist and politician. Elected President of Colombia in 1880 and in 1884. Engraving by Carretero. Colored.

Benedetto Cairoli, 28 January 1825, 8 August 1889, was an Italian freedom fighter and statesman, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork

Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Stephan, from 1885 von Stephan, 7 January 1831, 8 April 1897, was General Post Director of the German Empire, organiser of the German postal system and co-founder of the Universal Postal Union, was Imperial and Royal Privy Councillor, Secretary of State of the Imperial Post Office and Royal Prussian Minister of State, member of the Prussian Council of State and the Prussian House of Lords and Canon of Merseburg, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER, 1870

Wilhelm von Kardorff, 1828 - 1907, also known as Wilhelm Carl Friedrich August Hellmuth Ludwig von Kardorff, a Prussian politician and entrepreneur, historical engraving, about 1889

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington, British politician, 1873 (1883). Artist: Unknown.

MR. J.E. HODGSON, A.R.A., 1873

Friedrich Wilhelm Fricke, 1810-1891, writer, historical illustration, about 1886

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (Madrid, 1823-1894), compositor, historiador y musicólogo castellano. Grabado de 1892.

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented popularity, and by the twentieth century he was widely seen as a literary genius by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens was forced to leave school to work in a factory when his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor. Patented his telephone in 1876. Engraving from 'A Travers l'Electricite' by Georges Dary (Paris, c1906).

SERRANO , EMILIO. COMPOSITOR ESPAÑOL. VITORIA 1850 - 1939. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Ludwig Knaus, 1829-1910, the most successful Wiesbaden painter in the 19th century, historical engraving, circa. 1870, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Engraving of Robert O'Hara Burke, the Irish explorer, pictured shortly before his death in 1861. Burke had emigrated to Australia in 1853 and whilst an inspector of police in Victoria he accepted the leadership, with William Wills, of an expedition to cross the continent from south to north. Burke, Wills and John King reached the north shore of Australia, but only King survived the return journey to Melbourne. Date: 1862

THE LATE SIR J. SIMEON, M.P., 1870

Marc Louis Benjamin Vautier, 27. April 1829, 25. April (1898), ein Schweizer Maler, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19...

Portrait of the French adventurer Orelie-Antoine de Tounens (1825-1878), King of Araucania, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1083, Volume XLI, November 28, 1863.

EDUARDO WILDE 1844-1913.

COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889). British writer. Portrait of Collins from an English edition of 'My Miscellanies' (London, 1875). Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Salvador Cisneros Betancourt (Camaguey 1828 - Havana 1914) Marquis of Santa Lucía, Cuban politician, President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms from 1873 to 1875. Ten Years War. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was elected the 20th President of the United States in 1880. He was constantly harassed by people seeking jobs and was shot by one on July 2, 1881. He died on September 19.

Camille Saint-Saens, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, (9 October 1835 - 16 December 1921) was a French pianist, conductor, organist, musicologist, music teacher and composer of the Romantic period, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Carlos Marfori y Callejas (1821-1892), Spanish politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Ernst Scherenberg, 21 July 1839 - 19 September 1905, a German lyric poet / Ernst Scherenberg, 21. Juli 1839 - 19. September 1905, ein deutscher lyrischer Dichter, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

'Francis Thoms de Grey Cowpeer, 7th Earl Cowper 1834-1905) English Liberal politican and landowner. Colour-printed wood engraving c1890.'

SIR EDWARD WATKIN engineer, railway promoter, chairman of the Channel Tunnel Company Date: 1819 - 1901

Ernst Catenhusen, born 1841, opera conductor, around 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Frederic Passy (1822-1912) French economist and writer, 1902. Shared the first Nobel Peace prize with Henri Dunant in 1901. Engraving.

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