Influential Collection

Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer, 1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer, 1890. Joachim is regarded as one of the most influential violinists of all time

L'Annee 1917; Les qui dirigeaient la Russie a la veille de la.... 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'Annee 1917; Les qui dirigeaient la Russie a la veille de la revolution: Raspoutine et sa cour de femmes. L'intrique germanique dominait dans cette camarilla

Presumed portrait of Beatrice Portinari, late 19th/20th century. Artist: Elisabeth Sonrel
Presumed portrait of Beatrice Portinari, late 19th/20th century. Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290) was a profound influence on the medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

F. Ximines, (1436- 1517), 1830. Creator: Unknown
F. Ximines, (1436- 1517), 1830. Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (1436- 1517), Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman, twice regent of Spain

Rubens, (1577-1640), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Rubens, (1577-1640), 1830. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) influential and prolific Flemish Baroque artist of the Counter-Reformation, humanist scholar and diplomat

Pythagoras, (c570-c495 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Pythagoras, (c570-c495 BC), 1830. Pythagoras (c570-c495 BC) ancient Ionian Greek philosopher whose political and religious teachings influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and through them

Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1846. Creator: Nathaniel Jocelyn
Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1846

Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Ropespierre, (1758-1794), 1830. Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) French lawyer and politician, influential figure of the French Revolution who campaigned for suffrage

Montaigne, (1533-1592), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Montaigne, (1533-1592), 1830. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) significant philosopher of the French Renaissance, known for the essay as a literary genre

Pericles, (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Pericles, (c 495-429 BC), 1830. Pericles (c 495-429 BC) influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens who led his countrymen during the first years of the Peloponnesian War

H. Peters, (1598-1660), 1830. Creator: Unknown
H. Peters, (1598-1660), 1830. Hugh Peter (1598-1660) English preacher, influential political advisor and soldier who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War

Paley, (1743-1805), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Paley, (1743-1805), 1830. William Paley (1743-1805) English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian educated at Christs College, Cambridge, he lectured on moral philosophy

Bembo, (1470-1547), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Bembo, (1470-1547), 1830. Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) Italian scholar, poet, literary theorist, member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal

Ali Pacha, (1832). Creator: William Finden
Ali Pacha, (1832). Portrait of Ali Pasha of Tepelena (1740-1822), the Lion of Yannina, Albanian ruler who served as an Ottoman pasha of the western part of Rumelia (Balkans)

Marquise De Montespan, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Marquise De Montespan, (1933). Portrait of Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640-1707), chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France

Hubert taken from sanctuary at Boisars, 1232 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Hubert taken from sanctuary at Boisars, 1864. Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, Justiciar of England and Ireland, (1165-1243)

Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, 1614, (1904). Artist: Marcus Gheeraerts, the Younger
Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, 1614, (1904). Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), influential English poet. From James I. and VI, by T. F. Henderson. [Goupil & Co

Hussein Abni Pasha, c1906, (1907). Hussein Abni Pasha (1819-1876), influential military leader, holding positions; General governor of Smyrna in 1872

Ali Pasha of Tepelena, c1906, (1907). Ali Pasha of Tepelena (1740-1822), Albanian ruler who served as an Ottoman pasha of the western part of Rumelia (Balkans)

William Ernest Henley, 1897, (1903). Artist: William Rothenstein
William Ernest Henley, 1897, (1903). William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), influential poet, critic and editor. From The Pall Mall Magazine Volume XXXI, edited by George R. Halkett

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), Venezuelan military and political leader, c1910. Bolivar played a key role in Latin Americas successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744), one of the most influential women of her time through her close friendship with Queen Anne of Great Britain

Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806), English poet and novelist, 19th century. Artist: Ridley
Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806), English poet and novelist, 19th century. Smiths works have been credited with influencing both Jane Austen and Charles Dickens

Mustafa Bairakdar, c1906, (1907). Mustafa Bairakdar (1775-1808), Ottoman military commander and a Grand Vizier, Influential dignitary of Turkey in the Nineteenth Century

The young Galileo and Ostilio Ricci, (20th century). Ricci (1540-1603) was court mathematician to Grand Duke Francesco of Tuscany

Walk-through of an influential critic, from Sketches from the Salon, published in Le Charivari, June 24, 1865, June 24, 1865

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