Entrepreneur Collection

John D Rockefeller, American industrialist, late 19th century (1956). Rockefeller (1839-1937) made his fortune in the petroleum industry

The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Rhodes Colossus, 1892. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), English-born South African businessman and statesman, shown striding across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo with a telegraph wire

Louis De Geer d.ä. 1587-1657. Creator: Anon
Louis De Geer d.a. 1587-1657, Unknown date

Emanuel De Geer, 1624-1692, 1656. Creator: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Emanuel De Geer, 1624-1692, 1656

Louis De Geer d.y. 1622-1695, mill owner, 1656. Creator: Bartholomeus van der Helst
Louis De Geer d.y. 1622-1695, mill owner, 1656

Private office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov. Creator: Unknown
Private office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov

Private office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov. Creator: Unknown
Private office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov

General office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov. Creator: Unknown
General office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov

Arch. Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Arch. Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917
Arch Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917. American entrepreneur, publisher, editor and management theorist

Arch. Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Arch. Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917
Arch Wilkinson Shaw of Chicago, 1917. American entrepreneur, publisher, editor and management theorist

'Mr. J.R.Whitley, Founder and Organiser of the Exhibitions at Earls Court, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Mr. J.R.Whitley, Founder and Organiser of the Exhibitions at Earls Court, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Tous les entrepreneurs d'affaires, ca adore... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tous les entrepreneurs d'affaires, ca adore... 19th century. Parisian sketches - All business entrepreneurs

Ferdinand de Lessepps [sic], 1914. Creator: Unknown
Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1914. Designer of a Panama Canal project, and instigator of the construction of the Suez Canal

Hon. H.A. Rucker, Internal Revenue Collector, Atlanta, Ga. (1899?). Creator: Unknown
Hon. H.A. Rucker, Internal Revenue Collector, Atlanta, Ga. (1899?)

Hon. H.A. Rucker, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Hon. H.A. Rucker, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902

H. A. Rucker; Collector Internal Revenue, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902. Creator: J. H. Cunningham
H. A. Rucker; Collector Internal Revenue, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902. African-American entrepreneur and politician Henry Allen Rucker. From The Negro in revelation, in history, and in citizenship

Junius G. Groves; Potato King, Edwardsville, Kans. 1907. Creator: Unknown
Junius G. Groves; Potato King, Edwardsville, Kans. 1907

'The Late Charles Henry De Soysa J.P. of Ceylon; 1836-1890. Creator: Unknown
'The Late Charles Henry De Soysa J.P. of Ceylon; 1836-1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

The recent inspection of the Panama Canal works by M De Lesseps, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The recent inspection of the Panama Canal works by M. De Lesseps - Reception of M De Lesseps in Cathedral Place, Panama, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920
Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920. Left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag [Arch Wilkinson Shaw, entrepreneur, editor and management theorist: publisher of System

Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920
Chicago businessmen, between 1910 and 1920. Left to right: A.W. Shaw, pub. System Mag [Arch Wilkinson Shaw, entrepreneur, editor and management theorist: publisher of System

Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. M.P. for Derby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. M.P. for Derby, 1850. Portrait from a photograph by Kilburn, of British merchant Lawrence Heyworth, of the firm Peter Heyworth & Sons

G.V. Yudin and V.I. Klochkov - bibliophile and St. Petersburg owner of an antique bookshop. 1890. Creator: Levitskii
G.V. Yudin and V.I. Klochkov - bibliophile and St. Petersburg owner of an antique bookshop, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in

The Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton at Islington-green, sculptured by the late John Thomas, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton at Islington-green [in London], sculptured by the late John Thomas, 1862....a fine public monument...to the memory of the great engineer, who

Mr. George Peabody, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Mr. George Peabody, 1862. Mr. George Peabody, the well-known American banker in London, [made]...an extraordinary gift to the poor of the metropolis..."My object being to ameliorate

The builders of the International Exhibition Building: Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr. Kelk... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The builders of the International Exhibition Building: Mr. Charles Lucas, Mr. Kelk, Mr. Thomas Lucas, 1862. Lucas Brothers undertook the construction for the International Exhibition of 1862

The Commissioners of the International Exhibition of 1862. Creator: M Jackson
The Commissioners of the International Exhibition of 1862. Top row: the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Thomas Baring; centre: Earl Granville; bottom row: Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke and Mr

The Chairing of Sir John Arnott at Cork on the completion of his three years mayoralty... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Chairing of Sir John Arnott at Cork on the completion of his three years mayoralty: the procession passing the Commercial Buildings, 1862. After the inauguration, on the 1st January, of Mr

Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Kaiser Karl V. Bei Fugger in Augsburg, 1530. German businessman

Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Creator: NASA
Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Dr. Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal

Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel
Cape to Cairo, 1899. Cecil Rhodes asking the German Emperor Wilhelm II for permission for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line to be laid across German territories in Africa

George Francis Train, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Geo. Francis Train, between 1855 and 1865. [Entrepreneur: organised the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; involved in the formation of the Union Pacific Railroad

Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. [Co-founder of Western Union, first president of Western Electric Manufacturing Company, Union Army officer

Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Jewell, Hon. Marshall, Post-Master General, between 1865 and 1880. [Manufacturer, pioneer telegrapher, telephone entrepreneur

Chester William Chapin of Massachusetts, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Chapin, Hon. Chester Wm. of Mass. between 1865 and 1880. Early mail contractor, running post coaches and steamboats, Pres. of Boston & Albany R.R

Sen. Morrill, Vt. between 1870 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Sen. Morrill, Vt. between 1870 and 1880

Thomas Baldwin Peddie of New Jersey, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Baldwin Peddie of New Jersey, 1865-1880. Thos. Baldwin Peddie, M. of C. [Member of Congress?] of N.J (b. Edinburgh, Scotland 1808; d. Newark 1889), between 1865 and 1880

John H. Starin of New York, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
John H. Starin of New York, 1865-1880. Starin, Hon. John H. Rep. of N.Y. between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, entrepreneur and businessman; founded Starins Glen Island Resort

F. de Lesseps, c. 1876. Creator: Nadar
F. de Lesseps, c. 1876. Woodburytype, from the periodical "Galerie Contemporaine Litteraire, Artistique" (1876), volume 1

Samuel Blodget, c. 1784. Creator: John Trumbull
Samuel Blodget, c. 1784

Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 1770. Creator: JSC Schaak
Portrait of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 1770. Matthew Boulton was one of the leading entrepreneurs and visionaries of the eighteenth century

Harriet Hubbard Ayer, 1881. Creator: Eastman Johnson
Harriet Hubbard Ayer, 1881

Mr. G. Hudson, M. P, - "The Railway King", 1845. Creator: Unknown
Mr. G. Hudson, M.P, - " The Railway King", 1845. Portrait of British railway financier and politician George Hudson. In proof of the extent of Mr

Long Thomas and Mad-le G-d Going to the Pantheon in Their Natural Masks, May 1, 1773

Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle), 1881-83. 1881-83
Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle), 1881-83

Sr. H. Myddleton, (1560-1631), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sr. H. Myddleton, (1560-1631), 1830. Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560-1631) Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer, appointed Royal Jeweller by King James I

Signor Marconi, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Signor Marconi, 1927. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian inventor and electrical engineer, Nobel prize winner, entrepreneur and businessman

In the Bund The Enterprising Foreigner Has Come To Stay, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

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