Images Dated 13th July 2009 (page 2)

Anarchism: Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist, 19th century (1956). Bakunin (1814-1876) was the leading proponent of the doctrine of Collectivist Anarchism. From the Picture Post Library

Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Wright, together with his brother Orville, was an American co-inventor of aircraft

Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright and wit, c1891 (1956). Pictured at the age of thirty-seven. Wilde (1854-1900) studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford

Richard Wagner, German composer, 19th century (1956). A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Walt Whitman, American poet, 19th century (1956). A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist, late18th or early 19th century (1956). Self-portrait detail from a woodcut book showing Utamaro (1753-1806) painting a phoenix on the walls of a Yoshiwara house

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, British poet, 1855 (1956). Tennyson (1809-1892) succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850

JMW Turner, British artist, 19th century (1956). Known as the painter of light, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) is regarded as posibly the greatest British landscape painter

Sir JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1932 (1956). In 1896 Thomson (1856-1940), began experiments on cathode rays, proving that they are particles with a negative charge and much smaller than an atom

Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist, c1900 (1956). Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina

James McNeill Whistler, American-born British artist, 1878 (1956). A Vanity Fair Cartoon. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and adventurer, 1895 (1956). Rimbauds (1854-1891) career as a poet was brief but dazzling. He wrote his last poem at the age of 19

The Duke of Wellington, Irish-born British soldier and statesman, 19th century (1956). Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragette, and her daughter Christabel, early 20th century (1956). Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1918) and her daughter Christabel (1880-1958)

Giaochino Rossini, Italian composer, 19th century (1956). Rossini (1792-1868) composed 39 operas amongst the best known of which are The Barber of Seville and William Tell

Samuel Palmer, British artist, 19th century (1956). Palmer (1805-1881) was a landscape painter, etcher and printmaker and was an important member of the English Romantic movement

Voltaire, French writer, 18th century (1956). Voltaire (1694-1778) was a central figure in the French Enlightenment. From the Collection AMH de Lessert, Geneva

John Ruskin, British artist, poet and critic, 1872 (1956). A Vanity Fair cartoon. Ruskin (1819-1900) was a supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites and an inspiration for the Arts and Crafts movement

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 19th century (1956). Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was President of the French Second Republic from 1849 until 1852

William Morris, British artist and designer, 19th century (1956). Morris (1834-1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts movement

John Stuart Mill, British philosopher and social reformer, 19th century (1956). An advocate of utilitarianism, Mill (1806-1873) was probably the most influential liberal thinker of the 19th century

Marquise de Pompadour, 1759 (1956). Born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) was the mistress of Louis XV of France. From the Wallace Collection, London

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian, c1840 (1956). A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Henry James, American-born British novelist, 1890 (1956). Although born in the USA, Henry James (1843-1916) travelled extensively to Europe and lived primarily in England from 1876 onwards

Florence Nightingale, British nurse and hospital reformer, c1836 (1956). Artist: William White
Florence Nightingale, British nurse and hospital reformer, c1836 (1956). Seated beside her sister, Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney

Louis XIV, King of France, 1701 (1956). Although Louis (1638-1715) inherited the French crown in 1643, he did not actually take the reigns of power until the death of his Chief Minister

Hokusai, Japanese artist, 1839 (1956). Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is best known for his series of woodblock prints Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, that includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Goethe, German poet, 19th century (1956). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher

Friedrich Holderlin, German poet, 19th century (1956). Holderlin (1770-1843) is today regarded as one of the greatest German poets

Babur superintending in the Garden of Fidelity, 1508 (1956). Babur (1483-1530) was the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India. Illustration from Memoirs of Babur

Elizabeth Fry, British prison and social reformer, c1798-1800 (1956). Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was a Quaker minister and prison reformer

Thomas Edison, American inventor, c1878 (1956). Edison (1847-1931) aged thirty-one, with an early model of his phonograph

El Greco, Greek painter active in Spain, c1604 (1956). A presumed self portrait. The Spanish Renaissance artist commonly known as El Greco was born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Crete in 1541

Edward Gibbon, British historian, 1773 (1956). Gibbon (1737-1794) was an influential historian who wrote The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Gustave Courbet, French artist, 19th century (1956). Courbet (1819-1877) led the Realist movement in 19th century French painting

Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman, 19th century (1956). Disraeli (1804-1881) was twice Prime Minister of Britain, first in 1868 and then again between 1874 and 1880

Charles Dickens, British novelist, 19th century (1956). Considered one of the English languages greatest writers, Dickens (1812-1870) was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era

Honore Daumier, French artist, c1870s (1956). Daumier (1808-1879) is best known for his caricatures of French political figures and satirical observations on 19th century French life

Francis I, King of France, c1520-1525 (1956). Francis (1494-1547) ruled France from 1515. He is regarded as Frances fist Renaissance monarch

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1548 (1956). After Titians portrait of Charles (1500-1558) At the battle of Muhlberg in 1547. From the Prado, Madrid

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, British politician, 18th century (1956)
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, British Whig politician, 18th century (1956). Pitt (1708-1778) was Prime Minister between 1766 and 1768

Jean-Simeon Chardin, French artist, 18th century (1956). A self portrait from The Louvre, Paris. Chardin (1699-1779) is acknowledged as a master of still life painting

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 1787 (1956). Portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796) who came to the throne in 1762. A German princess

Sir Edwin Chadwick, British physician and social reformer, 19th century (1956)
Sir Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer, 19th century (1956). Chadwick (1800-1890) was largely responsible for devising the system under which the country was divided into groups of parishes

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and politician, 1782 (1956). Franklin (1706-1790) was a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776

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

The killing of Adham Khan by Akbar, c1600 (1956). Scene from the Akbarnama. The Mughal Emperor Akbar killing Adham Khan, one of his generals, by throwing him down the stairs of the Red Fort in Agra

The Painter and the Connoisseur, c1565 (1956). This is thought to be a self-portrait of the Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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