Famous People Collection (page 2)

George Carlin. Creator: Dan Springer
George Carlin

Bruce Springsteen. Creator: Dan Springer
Bruce Springsteen

Charles Barkeley. Creator: Dan Springer
Charles Barkeley

David Bowie. Creator: Dan Springer
David Bowie

Philip Seymour Hoffman. Creator: Dan Springer
Philip Seymour Hoffman

U2-1. Creator: Dan Springer
U2-1

Miles Davis. Creator: Dan Springer
Miles Davis

U2-2. Creator: Dan Springer
U2-2

Al Pacino. Creator: Dan Springer
Al Pacino

Bob Dylan. Creator: Dan Springer
Bob Dylan

Chaptal. Late Professor of Chemistry at Montpellier, 19th century. Creator: C Cook
Chaptal. Late Professor of Chemistry at Montpellier, 19th century. Portrait of French politician and chemist Jean Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832)

N. Copernicus, (late 18th early 19th century). Creator: J Chapman
N. Copernicus, (late 18th early 19th century). Portrait of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), considered to be the father of modern astronomy and founder of heliocentric cosmology

Prince Rupert, c1640, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: J Cochran
Prince Rupert, c1640, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of Prince Rupert, Royalist cavalry commander of the English Civil War

Sir Isaac Newton, c1700, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: William Thomas Fry
Sir Isaac Newton, c1700, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Creator: James Northcote
Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, British engineer and inventor (1769-1849)

Otto Von Bismarck, 1884, (1886). Artist: Hünemann
Otto Von Bismarck, 1886. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) became the Prussian prime minister in 1862. Victory against the Austrians in 1866 led to the reorganisation of Germany under the leadership of

Thomas Gainsborough, 1810. Artist: Henry Meyer
Thomas Gainsborough, 1810, taken from an original picture painted by himself

A Mansion House treat - or smoking attitudes, London, 1800. On the right Lord Nelson, smoking a long pipe, phallic in design. He and Lady Hamilton are making metaphorical remarks on the subject

Political candour - i. e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805
Political candour - i.e. Coalition resolutions of June 14th 1805.... Fox makes a speech in the House of Commons. Pitt sits alone on the Treasury Bench

The grand triumphal entry of the Chief Consul into London, 1803. Napoleon Bonaparte is mounted backwards on a white horse, which is led by two London Volunteers, one of whom bears a staff

A smoking club, House of Commons, London, 1793. Depicting the House of Commons burlesqued as a smoking club whose quarrelsome members - Fox, Dundas, Pitt, etc. are puffing smoke at each other

The Grand Triumvirate or Champions of Liberty... 1763. Three portraits, from left to right: Wilkes, in frame with Cap of Liberty; the Earl of Bute, in frame with thistles, Hogarth in frame with dog

Images relating to Winston Churchill Memorial Library, St Mary Aldermanbury, London, 1989
Montage of images relating to the Winston Churchill Memorial Library, St Mary Aldermanbury, London, 1989. Big Ben; coat of arms of the Dukes of Marlborough; Winston Churchill painting in front of

Sir Henry Segrave, American-born British world speed record driver, 1930. Sir Henry O Neil de Hane Segrave (1896-1930) was the first person to break the 200 mph barrier when he set a new Land Speed

Liutenant Verney Lovett Camerons reception by Katende, 19th century. Sent to Africa in 1873 to assist David Livingstone, Cameron (1844-1894)

Henry Morton Stanley approaching Lake Tanganyika, Africa, 19th century. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr Livingstone

Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Artist
Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr David Livingstone

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857. Artist: Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857. Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the Great Eastern

Oscar Wilde, Irish born wit and playwright, 1882. Wilde (1854-1900) studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a reputation for his intelligence

Oscar Wilde, Irish born playwright and wit, 1882. Wilde (1854-1900) studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a reputation for his intelligence

Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Artists: Unknown, James Mollison
Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Johnson (1903-1941) saying goodbye to her husband, fellow pilot James Mollison, before starting off

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory. (Colorised black and white print)

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. - Selbstbildnis, 1934
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. 1934. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is best known for his development of the calotype

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English mathematician and pioneer of computing, 1871. In the 1820s, Babbage began to develop a Difference Engine which could perform simple mathematical calculations

Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Artist: Giulio Monteverde
Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire

Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Artist: J Cook
Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Mrs Flora Drummond, arrested in Hyde Park, London, 1914, (1935). General Flora Drummond joined the suffragette campaign to obtain the vote for women

Sir John Herschel, astronomer and scientist, 1810s. Artist: Gaspare Gabrielli
Sir John Herschel, astronomer and scientist, 1810s. Portrait of John Herschel as a young man. The son of astronomer Sir William Herschel, John Herschel discovered 525 nebulae and clusters

Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda (1843-1921) Swedish operatic soprano, 1911
Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda (1843-1921), Swedish operatic soprano. From an original photograph by Elliot & Fry. Taken from Wills Cigarette card, Musical Celebrities series

Adelina Patti (1843-1919), Spanish-born opera singer, 1911
Adelina Patti (1843-1919) often refered to as Madame Patti was one of the most highly acclaimed sopranos of the 19th century. From an original photograph by The Dover Street Studios Ltd

Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and explorer, late 19th or early 20th century. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr Livingstone

Portrait of Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, early 20th century (1933). Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German general

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, 1898 (1951)
Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory. 1898, (1951). Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, c1890. Wilde (1854-1900) was an exponent of art for arts sake. His best known novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857, (1956). Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the Great Eastern

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