Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States, serving from 1801-1809. Oil on canvas, Rembrandt Peale , 1800.
Mistaken abilities. Woodward. G. M. . approximately 1760-1809. Engraving 1800. Several individuals. Each believing they are better suited to a...
The Battle of Marengo, June 14 fought between the French and the Austro-Hungarian Imperial armies, engraving by Pierre-Philippe Choffard , Napoleonic...
Thomas Jefferson, American president. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence and one of the major figures of early...
Engraving. James Watt was a Scottish engineer and inventor who was at the forefront of the development of steam engines - a vital driving force of...
Engraving by Bollinger of Blanchard who ascended by balloon from the Champ de Mars in Paris, remaining airborn for almost 2 hours. Blanchard, one of...
An electrotherapeutic machine invented by Edward Nairne . Turning the handle rotated the glass drum against a leather pad, thus producing a...
The first recorded steam engine was built in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen . James Watt was asked to improve upon a model of the engine, with his solution...
Detail. The first recorded steam engine was built in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen . James Watt was asked to improve upon a model of the engine, with his...
Technical drawing by Clarence O Becker showing the side elevation of an atmospheric engine at Pentrich Colliery, Derbyshire, based on a design by...
The drawing is captioned 'Mr Watt's Patent Rotative Steam Engine. As costructed by Messrs. Boulton & Watt, Soho, from 1787 to 1800. 10 Horse power'....
Works owner Matthew Boulton and Scottish engineeer and inventor, James Watt formed a partnership in 1773 to produce steam engines. Boulton's factory...
Painting of clouds from the Luke Howard Collection, c 1800s. Luke Howard was a London chemist and a pioneer in meteorology, who in 1820 published the...
Napoleon 1er empereur en 1804-1814 et sa premiere femme Josephine de Beauharnais imperatrice - Napoleon 1st french emperor and his first wife...
The Staffordshire Girl, Mezzotint by WN Gardner after picture by Sylvester Harding Girl is decorating Staffordshire ware in factory. In background is...
Louis Braille French educationalist and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind using raised dots on paper. Braille was blinded in...
Dudley Ryder lst Earl of Harrowby, English Tory politician. As Dudley Ryder held the Parliament seat for Tiverton, Devon until he inherited his...
Francois Certain de Canrobert French soldier and Marshal of France. During the Crimean War he was twice wounded at the Battle of Alma. On the death...
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 19th century. Lincoln joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years...
19th Century, A portrait of John Stuart Blackie , the Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh
History Illustration, pic: circa 1800, This is an illustration of James Madison, , American politician who became the 4th President of the United...
Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln , Washington, DC, 1969. The portriat was one of three painted by Healy .
Image by Joseph Boggs Beale shows American President Abraham Lincoln as a young man as he lies barefoot before a fireplace on the floor of a log...
Image shows American President Abraham Lincoln as a young man as he reads a book and leans against a felled tree, early 1800s. The image was...
Image by Joseph Boggs Beale shows American President Abraham Lincoln as a young man as he steers a flatboat around a semi-submerged tree limb in a...
Photograph of a painting of American President Abraham Lincoln as a young boy as he sits on bench with a woman, likely his mother Nancy Banks...
Colorized engraved portrait of American President Thomas Jefferson , early 1800s. Jefferson served as the third president of the United States, from...
Jean Lannes, Due de Montebello , French soldier, one of Napoleon's commanders, won battle of Montebello , contributed to victories at Marengo,...
Coalition Government 18521855 after Sir John Gilbert: George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll , George...
Daniel Lambert animal breeder from Leicester, England, famous for his unusually large size. In 1805, Lambert weighed 50 stone , and had become the...
Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of the United States. Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves, and served during...
Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of the United States. Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves, and served during...
Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of the United States. Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing all slaves, and served during...
Portrait of Countess Stefania zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, née Radziwill with Daughter Maria, 1846. Found in the collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin,...
Portrait of Vera Dmitrievna Rezvaya , Early 19th century. Found in the collection of State Art Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek. Artist :...
Portrait of Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev , 1800s. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Artist : Argunov, Nikolai...
Rudolf von Habsburg, Cardinal and Archbishhop of Olmuetz. The Archduke was Beethoven's pupil since 1803 and the two men became friends. Since 1809...
Archduke Karl , victor of the battle of Aspern against Emperor Napoleon I, brother of Emperor Franz I . [Erzherzog Karl , Sieger der Schlacht von...