Samuel Peter Heintzelman . American general, West Point Mexican War, 1846-47, in Civil War, commanded a division at first Bull Run, July 1861,...
Portrait of American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk . Toured the US , South America, and Europe as a pianist and composer with much success, wrote...
Portrait of American financier Jay Gould . Practiced stock market manipulation of railroad securities from c.1860, eventually controlled the Erie RR,...
Edward Bates , Lawyer, politician; Whig member of US Congress, 1826. Appointed by Lincoln to Attorney General, 1860-64.
American author Frederick Swartwout Cozzens wrote humorous works such as 'The Sparrowgrass Papers,' 1856, and 'Sayings of Dr. Bushwacker,' 1867....
James Harper , American publisher who began in the printing business with his brother, John in 1817, later with brothers Joseph and Fletcher,...
Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de Lesseps . French diplomat and engineer. He entered consular service minister to Spain, 1848 While serving in Egypt,...
American journalist and politician William Gannaway Brownlow , was the editor of the Knoxville 'Whig' from 1839 until it was suppressed by the...
John Lothrop Motley . American historian, secretary, US legation at St Petersburg, Russia 1841. Published two histories of The Netherlands 1856,...
James Pollock . American lawyer and politician. Member, US Congress 1844, governor of Pennsylvania 1855-58, sold Western Division of State Works,...
Charles Loyson . Ordained Roman Catholic priest excommunicated married founded Gallican Catholic church in Paris aka 'Pere Hyacinthe'. Engraved after...
Solomon Franklin Smith . American actor and theater manager. Joined J H Caldwell Theatrical Company 1823, and with Noah Ludlow as partner, built...
Henry Wheeler Shaw . American humorist and lecturer. A former explorer, coal miner before he settled in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. As an auctioneer and real...
American soldier and politician Lovell Harrison Rousseau . Born Kentucky, Whig member, Indiana State legislature 1844, in Mexican War '46-47, member,...
James Renwick . American architect. Known for his buildings in the Gothic Revival style, he designed Grace Church, New York City 1843, the...
John Aaron Rawlins . American soldier. Studied law and practised in Illinois. In the Civil War commissioned assistant adjutant general and ADC to...
Theodore Fitz Randolph . American merchant, mining executive, president, Morris & Essex Railroad. Member, New Jersey state senate 1862-63, governor...
William Anderson Pile . American clergyman in Methodist Episcopal church, Missouri. In the Civil War he was a chaplain to the First Missouri...
French composer Louis Hector Berlioz , a leader of the musical Romanticism movement in the 19th century, renowned for his revolutionary Symphonie...
Henry Jarvis Raymond . American journalist and politician. Worked at Horace Greeley's 'New Yorker' 1840, at 'New York Tribune' 1841-48, at 'Harper's...
Schyler Colfax . American statesman. He was Vice President of the United States . Colfax was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives , and...
Edward Dalziel, circa 1860s. British illustrator, wood-engraver and publisher Edward Dalziel provided the illustrations for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in...
Unknown man, possibly Horatio MacCulloch, circa 1860s. Horatio McCulloch was a Scottish landscape painter. Creator: J. G. Tunny.
John Leech, circa 1860s. British caricaturist and illustrator John Leech was best known for his work for "Punch" magazine, and as the first...
John Leech, circa 1860s. British caricaturist and illustrator John Leech was best known for his work for "Punch" magazine, and as the first...
Joseph Cundall, circa 1860s. Joseph Cundall was a British pioneer photographer, publisher, artist and author . He provided employment for many of the...
From the roof of Burlington House, Piccadilly, looking towards the back of Albany., circa 1860s. Creator: Stephen Ayling.
