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Portrait of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830). Canvas Simon Bolivar was a South American revolutionary leader. Credited with leading the fight for independence in what are now the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia, he is revered as a hero in these countries and throughout much of the rest of Latin America.
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Portrait of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830). Canvas Simon Bolivar was a South Americ...

The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Date: published in Vanity Fair 6 February 1869 Watercolour; 302 mm x 178 mm
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The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) was a British Liberal s...

William Booth (1829–1912) preaching against slavery, 1890. William Booth was the founder and 1st General (1878-1912) of The Salvation Army.
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William Booth (1829–1912) preaching against slavery, 1890. William Booth was th...

Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778). The French pilosopher in his study. Canvas
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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778). The French pilosopher in his study...

Carl Michael Bellmann (1740-95) playing guitar, 1779. Bellman, born in Stockholm, first attracted public attention in the 1760s with his drinking songs, generating such popular esteem that Gustav III gave him a government position to allow him to carry on his work and spare him the drudge of having to earn a living.
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Carl Michael Bellmann (1740-95) playing guitar, 1779. Bellman, born in Stockhol...

Count Istvan Szechenyi (1791-1860), known as "The Greatest Hungarian", was a Hungarian politician and writer, one of the founding fathers of "New Hungary" after the revolution of 1848. He is the son of Hungarian statesman Ferenc Szechenyi (40-06-03/16).
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Count Istvan Szechenyi (1791-1860), known as "The Greatest Hungarian", was a Hun...

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880). Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel "Madame Bovary" and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste ("the precise word"). Canvas
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Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880). Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist who is cou...

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), founder of French Congo in bush clothing, 1886. He was an explorer of Italian nationality, who single-handedly opened up for France entry along the right bank of the Congo River that eventually led to French colonies in West Africa. His easy manner and great physical charm and his pacific approach among Africans were his trademark. Canvas; 1.04m x 1.58m.
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Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905), founder of French Congo in bush clothing...

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. Wallace's independent proposal of a theory of evolution by natural selection prompted Charles Darwin to reveal his own more developed and researched, but unpublished, theory sooner than he had intended.
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was a British naturalist, geographer, anthropo...

Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a German classical archaeologist, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer, and an important excavator of Mycenaean sites, such as Troy, Mycenae and Tiryns. Photography from the 1891 publication of "Schliemann's Excarvations".
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Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a German classical archaeologist, an advocat...

Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) on horseback Canvas; 3,83 x 2,91m Cat. 1503
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Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) on horseback Canvas; 3,83 x 2,91m Cat. 1503

Dauphin Louis (1729-1765), son of King Louis XV Canvas; 0,68 x 0,57m Cat. 2377 Louis, dauphin de France (1729-1765), was the eldest and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and Queen Marie Leszczynska, and thus heir apparent (dauphin) to the throne of France. The dauphin Louis died of tuberculosis at Fontainebleau in 1765 at the age of 36, while his father was still alive, thus never becoming king of France. His eldest surviving son Louis, duke of Berry, became the new dauphin, and later ascended the throne as Louis XVI at the death of Louis XV.
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Dauphin Louis (1729-1765), son of King Louis XV Canvas; 0,68 x 0,57m Cat. 2377...