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Ada Byron daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet 1843 or 1850 - cropped (Ada Lovelace)

Ada Lovelace

Ada Byron daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet 1843 or 1850 - cropped · 2019-10-01

Antoine Claudet

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

File:Ada Byron daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet 1843 or 1850.jpg , Own work

Aeschylusathens (Aeschylus)

Aeschylus

Aeschylusathens · 2014-04-29 22:06:20

Tilemachos Efthimiadis

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

https://www.flickr.com/photos/telemax/5710524254

Alan Turing (1951) (crop) (Alan Turing)

Alan Turing

Alan Turing (1951) (crop) · 1951-03-29

Elliott & Fry

Source page · Public domain

https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1949/

Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) (Alexandre Dumas)

Alexandre Dumas

Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) · 1855

Nadar

Source page · Public domain

ZgHm9RK24bLVIg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty · before 1922

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

https://www.alamy.com/anna-sewell-author-of-black-beauty-image697931150.html

Anthony Trollope 1 (Anthony Trollope)

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope 1 · 1883

Trollope

Source page · Public domain

An autobiography (free pdf from archive.org)

Apuleius-Kontorniat (Apuleius)

Apuleius

Apuleius-Kontorniat · 4 th century

Johann Jacob Bernoulli

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Johann Jacob Bernoulli, Römische Ikonographie , Bd. 1: Die Bildnisse berühmter Römer mit Ausschluss der Kaiser und ihrer Angehörigen . Stuttgart u.a. 1882, Münztaf. 5,117.

Bust of Aristophanes (Aristophanes)

Aristophanes

Bust of Aristophanes · 2018-10-07 12:13:15

Alexander Mayatsky

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Aristotle Altemps Inv8575 (Aristotle)

Aristotle

Aristotle Altemps Inv8575 · after 330 BC

After Lysippos

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Jastrow (2006)

Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b (Arthur Schopenhauer)

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b · March 1859

Johann Schäfer

Source page · Public domain

Frankfurt am Main University Library

Saint Augustine Alternative title: Saint Augustin (Augustine of Hippo)

Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine Alternative title: Saint Augustin · between circa 1645 and circa 1650

Philippe de Champaigne

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: online database: entry 171584

Portret van Aulus Cornelius Celsus, RP-P-1908-2809 (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)

Aulus Cornelius Celsus

Portret van Aulus Cornelius Celsus, RP-P-1908-2809 · 1719

Georg Paul Busch

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC0

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.89565

Crucifixion with Saints (Benedict of Nursia)

Benedict of Nursia

Crucifixion with Saints · 1441

Fra Angelico

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 .

Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · circa 1785

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis

Source page · Public domain

ZgEyj5EEKdux-g at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

Bernhard von Clairvaux (Initiale-B) (Bernard of Clairvaux)

Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernhard von Clairvaux (Initiale-B) · circa 1267

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Initial B from a 13th century illuminated manuscript: Legenda Aurea (Keble MS 49, fol 162r)

Blaise Pascal (1623-1672) (Blaise Pascal)

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal (1623-1672) · circa 1690

unknown; a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck en 1691 [réf. nécessaire] .

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Own work

Boethius initial consolation philosophy (Boethius)

Boethius

Boethius initial consolation philosophy · 2008-09-26 19:10:47

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/treasures/boethius.html

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/treasures/boethius.html

Bram Stoker 1906 (Bram Stoker)

Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker 1906 · circa 1906

unidentified photographer

Source page · Public domain

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/travel/bram-stoker-dracula-yorkshire.html

Bruce Chatwin 5 (Bruce Chatwin)

Bruce Chatwin

Bruce Chatwin 5 · 2017-03-24

Viaggio Routard

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY 2.0

https://www.flickr.com/photos/viaggioroutard/32778675934/in/photolist-BdSTE-SzMwoq-7agemG-2maDNeo-oUcXb7-6ZNXgc-RWxhn5-aqQGpN-3hbDBX-pJD3-rUnxtX-iFgxYW-7BVm2c-3JwuMX-3sLJmF-7Uy6nN-r6qgY5-4Euy2Q-4bmCF5-noFxq-9Gn76-TjTNjL-SCrTBL-SF986M-TF36qW-TjTNu5-TjTNK5-4EuxZL-q1uNgZ-qhSSAJ-rMT4k-SF9892-5F3obH-JSFvnS

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) (Carl von Clausewitz)

Carl von Clausewitz

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) · 19 th century

Wilhelm Wach

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Unknown source Unknown source

Monnaie. Denier, indéterminé, Charlemagne (Charlemagne)

Charlemagne

Monnaie. Denier, indéterminé, Charlemagne · 2023-08-29 14:11:28

Charlemagne. Autorité émettrice de monnaie indéterminé. Atelier monétaire. Émetteur

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Charles Babbage - 1860 (Charles Babbage)

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage - 1860 · 1860

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=Charles+Babbage&prev=/search%3Fq%3DCharles%2BBabbage%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D916%26tbs%3Disz:l%26tbm%3Disch&imgurl=19fc9fba4ea4a1cb

Dickens Gurney head (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens

Dickens Gurney head · between 1867 and 1868

Jeremiah Gurney

Source page · Public domain

Heritage Auction Gallery

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Charles Spurgeon)

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1885

Alexander Melville

Source page · Public domain

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ClaudeShannon MFO3807 (Claude Shannon)

Claude Shannon

ClaudeShannon MFO3807 · 2015-12-02

Jacobs, Konrad

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

https://opc.mfo.de/detail?photo_id=3807

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 1939

Unknown author

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive .

Donald Barthelme (author) (Donald Barthelme)

Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme (author) · Unknown date

University of Houston

Source page · Public domain

Donald Barthelme , Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries .

Young Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)

Dorothy Parker

Young Dorothy Parker · est. in the 1910s or early 1920s

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

http://www.litkicks.com/DorothyParker

Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off (Edgar Allan Poe)

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off · 1849-06

Unknown author Unknown author ; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden

Source page · Public domain

Derived from File:Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored.jpg ; originally from http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=39406

Elizabeth Gaskell (Elizabeth Gaskell)

Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell · 2011-08-08 23:20:09

George Richmond

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Originally from de.wikipedia ; description page is (was) here

Emily Brontë (Emily Brontë)

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë · circa 1833

Branwell Brontë

Source page · Public domain

http://www.abm-enterprises.net/emily.htm

Euripides Pio-Clementino Inv302 (Euripides)

Euripides

Euripides Pio-Clementino Inv302 · 2006

Marie-Lan Nguyen

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Own work

Eusebius (Eusebius)

Eusebius

Eusebius · 1911

Artaud de Montor, Alexis François

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

https://archive.org/details/livesofpopes01artauoft

Frances Burnett (Frances Hodgson Burnett)

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Burnett · 2006-05-12 19:29:37

Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896)

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

scan by Phrood

Portrait of Francis Bacon. (Francis Bacon)

Francis Bacon

Portrait of Francis Bacon. · 1617

Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger

Source page · Public domain

pl.pinterest.com

StFrancis part (Francis of Assisi)

Francis of Assisi

StFrancis part · 2006-09-10

Parzi

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Own work basing on Stfrancis.jpg from WikiCommons

Frederick Douglass as a younger man (Frederick Douglass)

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass as a younger man · 1855

Engraved by J.C. Buttre from a daguerreotype.

Source page · Public domain

Frontispiece: Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom: Part I- Life as a Slave, Part II- Life as a Freeman, with an introduction by James M'Cune Smith. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan (1855)

Nietzsche187a (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche187a · circa 1875

Friedrich Hermann Hartmann

Source page · Public domain

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/04/10/0b/04100baec90c105729b47f33c371476b.jpg

Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky · 1872

Vasily Perov

Source page · Public domain

Google Arts & Culture — kgHBFHS7SpcayQ

Galenus (Galen)

Galen

Galenus · 18 th century

Georg Paul Busch (engraver)

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

The Lancet image Much better source with US-GOV license: 2037x3566 TIFF JPG

Geoffrey Chaucer (Geoffrey Chaucer)

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer · 19 th century

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

This image is available from the National Library of Wales You can view this image in its original context on the NLW Catalogue

George Washington (George Washington)

George Washington

George Washington · 1803

Gilbert Stuart

Source page · Public domain

https://www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Detail/George-Washington

George Whitefield (head) (George Whitefield)

George Whitefield

George Whitefield (head) · 1770

John Russell

Source page · Public domain

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?sText=George+Whitefield+&submitSearchTerm.x=9&submitSearchTerm.y=12&page=1&search=ss&OConly=true&firstRun=true&role=sit&LinkID=mp04806&rNo=1

German: Bildnis des Philosophen Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Portrait of Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), German philosopher (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German: Bildnis des Philosophen Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz Portrait of Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716), German philosopher · 1695

Christoph Bernhard Francke

Source page · Public domain

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, online

Graham Greene angol író, 1975 Fortepan 84697 (Graham Greene)

Graham Greene

Graham Greene angol író, 1975 Fortepan 84697 · 1975

FOTO:Fortepan — ID 84697 : Adományozó/Donor: Magyar Hírek folyóirat. archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

http://www.fortepan.hu/_photo/download/fortepan_84697.jpg archive copy at the Wayback Machine

Maupassant par Nadar (Guy de Maupassant)

Guy de Maupassant

Maupassant par Nadar · circa 1888

Nadar

Source page · Public domain

This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b53155773n/f1

H. P. Lovecraft, June 1934 (H. P. Lovecraft)

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft, June 1934 · 1934-06

Lucius B. Truesdell

Source page · Public domain

Original publication : 1934 Immediate source : http://www.hplovecraft.com/life/gallery.aspx

Erich Ohser Hans Fallada 1943 (Hans Fallada)

Hans Fallada

Erich Ohser Hans Fallada 1943 · 1943

e.o.plauen, das ist Erich Ohser

Source page · Public domain

Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21. Januar 2017, S. 19 (akg-images)

Henry James (Henry James)

Henry James

Henry James · 1913; bequeathed to NPG in 1916

John Singer Sargent (died 1925)

Source page · Public domain

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Ca' Rezzonico - Eraclito 1705 - Giuseppe Torretti (Heraclitus)

Heraclitus

Ca' Rezzonico - Eraclito 1705 - Giuseppe Torretti · Taken on 4 May 2019

Didier Descouens

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton (Herman Melville)

Herman Melville

Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton · May 1870

Joseph Oriel Eaton

Source page · Public domain

Houghton Library - Harvard University - Modern Books and Manuscripts

Hermann Hesse 2 (Hermann Hesse)

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse 2 · Unknown date

Unknown author

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl

[1] [2] Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989

Marble bust of Herodotos (Herodotus)

Herodotus

Marble bust of Herodotos · 2nd century A.D.

This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC0

This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy

Hippocrates rubens (Hippocrates)

Hippocrates

Hippocrates rubens · 1638

Paulus Pontius / After Peter Paul Rubens

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine [1] .

Homer bust, Farnese collection (Naples) (Homer)

Homer

Homer bust, Farnese collection (Naples) · 2022-04-02

NikonZ7II

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Hugh Latimer (Hugh Latimer)

Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer · 1555

Unidentified painter

Source page · Public domain

one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof . This may be due to recognition of the " sweat of the brow " doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions. As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement . Please see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for more information.

Portrait of writer Ivan Turgenev (Ivan Turgenev)

Ivan Turgenev

Portrait of writer Ivan Turgenev · 1874

Ilya Repin

Source page · Public domain

http://lj.rossia.org/users/john_petrov/866634.html

Kerouac by Palumbo (Jack Kerouac)

Jack Kerouac

Kerouac by Palumbo · circa 1956

Tom Palumbo from New York, NY, USA

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

Jack Kerouac

James Madison (James Madison)

James Madison

James Madison · 1816

John Vanderlyn

Source page · Public domain

Ths White House Historical Association . the painting is in the White House collection [1]

CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810) hires (Jane Austen)

Jane Austen

CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810) hires · circa 1810

Cassandra Austen

Source page · Public domain

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Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) · third quarter of 18 th century

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Source page · Public domain

Unknown source Unknown source

Contemporaine afb jeanne d arc (Joan of Arc)

Joan of Arc

Contemporaine afb jeanne d arc · 1429-05-10

Clément de Fauquembergue

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Transferred from nl.wikipedia to Commons by Koektrommel using CommonsHelper .

John Adams (John Adams)

John Adams

John Adams · circa 1800

Gilbert Stuart

Source page · Public domain

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection

Dutch: Portret van Johannes Calvijn (1509-1564) Portrait of John Calvin (John Calvin)

John Calvin

Dutch: Portret van Johannes Calvijn (1509-1564) Portrait of John Calvin · Circa 1550

Anonymous ( France ) Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

www.catharijneconvent.nl : Home : Info

Johnchrysostom (John Chrysostom)

John Chrysostom

Johnchrysostom · 2011-02-05 10:14:11

Unknown creator

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Unknown creator

John Donne (copy after an original of 1616) (John Donne)

John Donne

John Donne (copy after an original of 1616) · Unknown date, but author died in 1622

After Isaac Oliver

Source page · Public domain

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Portrait of John Locke (John Locke)

John Locke

Portrait of John Locke · 1697

Godfrey Kneller

Source page · Public domain

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

John Steinbeck 1939 (cropped) (John Steinbeck)

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck 1939 (cropped) · 1939-11

McFadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited; photo likely the work of Sonya Noskowiak, as Steinbeck is wearing the same clothes from her 1935 studio session that produced the work shown here: https://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.74

Source page · Public domain

Photoplay , November 1939 (page 22) Photograph is flipped horizontally for magazine publication

John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870 (John Stuart Mill)

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870 · circa 1870

London Stereoscopic Company

Source page · Public domain

Hulton Archive

Portrait of John Wesley (John Wesley)

John Wesley

Portrait of John Wesley · between 1788 and 1789

George Romney

Source page · Public domain

https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/103826

Jonathan Edwards (Jonathan Edwards)

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards · 1860

Henry Augustus Loop after Joseph Badger

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Princeton University Art Museum

Jonathan Swift (Jonathan Swift)

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift · 1710 (See Swift's Journal to Stella, Number 3, Dated 9 September 1710)

Charles Jervas

Source page · Public domain

one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof . This may be due to recognition of the " sweat of the brow " doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions. As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement . Please see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for more information.

Joseph Conrad-remastered to black and white (Joseph Conrad)

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad-remastered to black and white · 1904

George Charles Beresford

Source page · Public domain

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01005/joseph-conrad

Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped) (Julius Caesar)

Julius Caesar

Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped) · 2022-05-27 03:13:06

Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Retrato de Julio César

1925 kurt gödel (Kurt Godel)

Kurt Godel

1925 kurt gödel · between 1924 and 1927

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

Familienalbum der Familie Gödel, Scan from Gianbruno Guerrerio, Kurt Gödel - Logische Paradoxien und mathematische Wahrheit , S.24

L.N.Tolstoy Prokudin-Gorsky (Leo Tolstoy)

Leo Tolstoy

L.N.Tolstoy Prokudin-Gorsky · 23 May 1908

Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii

Source page · Public domain

http://vm1.culture.ru/gosudarstvennyy_muzey_tolstogo/catalog/0003600108/

Headliner Leslie Marmon Silko at the banquet reading (6233509362) (Leslie Marmon Silko)

Leslie Marmon Silko

Headliner Leslie Marmon Silko at the banquet reading (6233509362) · 2011-03-01 02:59

Uche Ogbuji from Superior, Colorado, USA

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

Headliner Leslie Marmon Silko at the banquet reading

Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870 - Warren's Portraits, Boston (Louisa May Alcott)

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870 - Warren's Portraits, Boston · 1870

Adam Cuerden

Source page · Public domain

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.53264 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing .

Lucretius1 (Lucretius)

Lucretius

Lucretius1 · 2012-04-04

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC0

File:Lucretius1.jpg

Marcus Aurelius Louvre MR561 n02 (Marcus Aurelius)

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Louvre MR561 n02 · circa 161–169 AD

Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY 2.5

Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)

Azuela mariano (Mariano Azuela)

Mariano Azuela

Azuela mariano · 2015-06-04

Tomjc.55

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Marie de France detail from BNF Arsenal MS 3142 f 256 (Marie de France)

Marie de France

Marie de France detail from BNF Arsenal MS 3142 f 256 · 2020-06-29 19:47:43

Richard of Verdun

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

englishare.net

MarkTwain.LOC (Mark Twain)

Mark Twain

MarkTwain.LOC · Copyright 1907

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a08820 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing .

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Color Portrait (high quality) (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Martin Luther King Jr.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Color Portrait (high quality) · 1966

Associated Press

Source page · Public domain

Sepia June 1968

Freskenzyklus mit Szenen aus dem Leben des Hl. Martin von Tours, Kapelle in Unterkirche San Francesco in Assisi, Szene: Der meditierende Heilige, Detail (Martin of Tours)

Martin of Tours

Freskenzyklus mit Szenen aus dem Leben des Hl. Martin von Tours, Kapelle in Unterkirche San Francesco in Assisi, Szene: Der meditierende Heilige, Detail · 1322-1326

Simone Martini

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 .

Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by unknown painter in the Musée Condé (Michel de Montaigne)

Michel de Montaigne

Portrait of Michel de Montaigne by unknown painter in the Musée Condé · 1578

anonymous

Source page · Public domain

Unknown source Unknown source

Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (1547-1615) (Miguel de Cervantes)

Miguel de Cervantes

Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (1547-1615) · circa 1600

Attributed to Juan de Jáuregui

Source page · Public domain

1. Unknown source Unknown source 2. cervantesvirtual.com 3. Bridgeman Art Library : Object 119216

Михаил-Булгаков (Mikhail Bulgakov)

Mikhail Bulgakov

Михаил-Булгаков · 1928

Moisej Nappelbaum

Source page · Public domain

Mikhail Bulgakov Museum

French: Molière Molière (Molière)

Molière

French: Molière Molière · 1658

Pierre Mignard I

Source page · Public domain

The png version was converted to jpg at Quality "8" with Photoshop Elements 10

Montesquieu (5) (Montesquieu)

Montesquieu

Montesquieu (5) · 25 January 2021, 15:43:58 (according to Exif data)

Archives départementales de l'Hérault (France) DAASI

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Own work

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries · 1812

Jacques-Louis David

Source page · Public domain

zQEbF0AA9NhCXQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne · between circa 1860 and circa 1865

Mathew Benjamin Brady

Source page · Public domain

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Natsume Soseki photo (Natsume Sōseki)

Natsume Sōseki

Natsume Soseki photo · 1912-09

Ogawa Kazumasa

Source page · Public domain

1. Jiten [1] , 2. The Japan Times article, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts [2]

NellaLarsen1928 (Nella Larsen)

Nella Larsen

NellaLarsen1928 · 2023-01-21 00:35:43

Unknown creator

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Unknown creator

Nelson Mandela 1994 (Nelson Mandela)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela 1994 · Taken on 4 October 1994

Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

Flickr : NELSON MANDELA

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli)

Niccolo Machiavelli

Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli · from 1550 until 1600

Santi di Tito

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Cropped and enhanced from a book cover found on Google Images.

Norbert wiener (Norbert Wiener)

Norbert Wiener

Norbert wiener · 2009-03-04 17:06:46

Konrad Jacobs

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

https://opc.mfo.de/detail?photo_id=4520

Ovid by an anonymous sculptor (Ovid)

Ovid

Ovid by an anonymous sculptor · 2020-08-05

Lucasaw

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Pablo Neruda 1963 (Pablo Neruda)

Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda 1963 · 1963

Unknown ( Mondadori Publishers )

Source page · Public domain

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/three-quarter-face-portrait-of-a-thoughtful-pablo-neruda-news-photo/174306045

Paul Auster BBF 2010 Shankbone (Paul Auster)

Paul Auster

Paul Auster BBF 2010 Shankbone · 2010-09-12

David Shankbone

Source page · CC BY 3.0

Shankbone

Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377 (Plato)

Plato

Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377 · 2009

Marie-Lan Nguyen

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY 2.5

Own work

Grande Illustrazione del Lombardo Veneto Vol 3 Plinio Secondo 300dpi (Pliny the Elder)

Pliny the Elder

Grande Illustrazione del Lombardo Veneto Vol 3 Plinio Secondo 300dpi · 1859

Geoffrey

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Cesare Cantù, Grande Illustrazione del Lombardo Veneto ossia storia delle città, dei borghi etc., Milano 1859, Vol. III

Plutarch of Chaeronea-03 (Plutarch)

Plutarch

Plutarch of Chaeronea-03 · 2013-10-12 21:08:53

Odysses

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Own work

Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650) (Rene Descartes)

Rene Descartes

Portrait of the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650) · 1649

After Frans Hals

Source page · Public domain

André Hatala [e.a.] (1997) De eeuw van Rembrandt , Bruxelles: Crédit communal de Belgique, ISBN 2-908388-32-4 .

Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson (Robert Burton)

Robert Burton

Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson · 1635

Gilbert Jackson

Source page · Public domain

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/robert-burton-157615771640-221716

Robert Louis Stevenson by Henry Walter Barnett bw (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson by Henry Walter Barnett bw · 1893

Henry Walter Barnett

Source page · Public domain

State Library of New South Wales

Saint Patrick Catholic Church (Junction City, Ohio) - stained glass, Saint Patrick - detail (Saint Patrick)

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick Catholic Church (Junction City, Ohio) - stained glass, Saint Patrick - detail · 2015-03-21 14:44:21

Nheyob

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 4.0

Own work

Saul Bellow (Saul Bellow)

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow · 1999

Zoran Tucić

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Book Razgovori (Conversations), Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999

Duble herma of Socrates and Seneca Antikensammlung Berlin 07 (Seneca)

Seneca

Duble herma of Socrates and Seneca Antikensammlung Berlin 07 · 2004-05-21

Calidius

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Own work

Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt (cropped) (Sigmund Freud)

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt (cropped) · circa 1921

Max Halberstadt

Source page · Public domain

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6116407

Solomon Northup 001 (cropped) (Solomon Northup)

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup 001 (cropped) · 1855

Frederick M. Coffin (engraved by Nathaniel Orr)

Source page · Public domain

Solomon Northup (1855) Twelve Years a Slave ( Archive.org )

Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek - Sophokles (Sophocles)

Sophocles

Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek - Sophokles · 2008-07-23

Wolfgang Sauber

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

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Own work

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) - (cropped) (Soren Kierkegaard)

Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) - (cropped) · circa 1840

La Biblioteca Real de Dinamarca

Source page · Public domain

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45270502@N06/9645352916/

The beheading of Saint Dymphna (St. Dymphna)

St. Dymphna

The beheading of Saint Dymphna · 1688

Godfried Maes

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=X001222&objnr=71495&nr=12

Saint Vitus in Memphis (St. Vitus)

St. Vitus

Saint Vitus in Memphis · 2012-09-15 23:43:27

Debbie Ramone

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

Flickr : St. Vitus

Zweig Setzer 1927 (Stefan Zweig)

Stefan Zweig

Zweig Setzer 1927 · 1927

Franz Xaver Setzer (1886-1939)

Source page · Public domain

https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2015/10/vigtigt-stridsskrift

Stella-gibbons-web (Stella Gibbons)

Stella Gibbons

Stella-gibbons-web · 2009-03-24

Jburlinson

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Own work

Saints Cosmas and Damian, miniature from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany . (Sts. Cosmas and Damian)

Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Saints Cosmas and Damian, miniature from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany . · circa 1503–1508

Jean Bourdichon

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID ark:/12148/btv1b52500984v/f355.item

Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian (Sts. Roch and Sebastian)

Sts. Roch and Sebastian

Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian · circa 1700

North Italian Painter

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Ildikó Horányi: Beszél majd az utókor..., in: Artmagazin, 2013-05-10

Suetonius etching (cropped) (Suetonius)

Suetonius

Suetonius etching (cropped) · 1815–1851

Achille Réveil

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1901-1022-1554

吴司马孙武 (Sun Tzu)

Sun Tzu

吴司马孙武 · Qing Dynasty

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Qing Palace Collection Picture Book. Beijing: Palace Museum Press. 1994.

Te lawrence (T. E. Lawrence)

T. E. Lawrence

Te lawrence · 1919 (Interwar)

Harris & Ewing

Source page · Public domain

pavellas.blogspot.com This photograph Q 73538 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .

Tacitus, Cornelius (50 - 116) (Tacitus)

Tacitus

Tacitus, Cornelius (50 - 116) · 18 th century

Unknown author

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

https://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/ImageDetail.aspx?p_iBildID=8095637

Teofrasto Orto botanico detail (Theophrastus)

Theophrastus

Teofrasto Orto botanico detail · 2009-02-11 21:34

Teofrasto_Orto_botanico_PA.jpg : tato grasso derivative work: Singinglemon ( talk )

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.5

Teofrasto_Orto_botanico_PA.jpg

Saint Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas)

Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas · 1476

Carlo Crivelli

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

This file was derived from: St-thomas-aquinas.jpg :

BecketHenryII (Thomas Becket) (Thomas Becket)

Thomas Becket

BecketHenryII (Thomas Becket) · between 1307 and 1327

Peter of Langtoft

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/SODimages3/108_BecketHenryII.jpg ; original held in British Library, Royal 20 A II folio.

Thomas Hobbes (copy after an original of c.1669–1670) (Thomas Hobbes)

Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes (copy after an original of c.1669–1670) · 2008-11-16 05:44:48

John Michael Wright

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

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Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson)

Thomas Jefferson

Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson · 1800

Rembrandt Peale

Source page · Public domain

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/presidential-portraits

Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809) (Thomas Paine)

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809) · circa 1876

Auguste Millière / After George Romney / After William Sharp

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

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Thucydides pushkin01 (Thucydides)

Thucydides

Thucydides pushkin01 · 2008

user:shakko

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Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Own work

Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880 (Ulysses S. Grant)

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880 · between 1870 and 1880

Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Source page · Public domain

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Vannevar Bush, 1938, Harris & Ewing (cropped) (Vannevar Bush)

Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush, 1938, Harris & Ewing (cropped) · 1938

Harris & Ewing

Source page · Public domain

MIT Museum, GCP-00003581

Parco della Grotta di Posillipo5 (crop) (Virgil)

Virgil

Parco della Grotta di Posillipo5 (crop) · 2010-04-11

Armando Mancini

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Own work

Virginia Woolf 1927 (Virginia Woolf)

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf 1927 · circa 1927

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University

French: Portrait de Voltaire (1694-1778) en 1718 Voltaire the age of twenty-four (?) (Voltaire)

Voltaire

French: Portrait de Voltaire (1694-1778) en 1718 Voltaire the age of twenty-four (?) · from 1718 until 1724

Nicolas de Largillière

Source page · CC0

Nicolas de Largillière

Sculpture of Vyasa (Vyasa)

Vyasa

Sculpture of Vyasa · 2012-01-28 17:39:45

Yogesa

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 3.0

Own work

Walt Whitman - George Collins Cox (Walt Whitman)

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman - George Collins Cox · 1887

George Collins Cox / Adam Cuerden

Source page · Public domain

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Willa Cather ca. 1912 wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett (cropped) (Willa Cather)

Willa Cather

Willa Cather ca. 1912 wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett (cropped) · 1912

Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York

Source page · Public domain

Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation

Carl Van Vechten - William Faulkner (greyscale and cropped) (William Faulkner)

William Faulkner

Carl Van Vechten - William Faulkner (greyscale and cropped) · 1954-12-11

Carl Van Vechten

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William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped) (William James)

William James

William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped) · circa 1907

Alice Boughton

Source page · Public domain

National Portrait Gallery

Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1646) (William Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1646) · 1648

Attributed to John Taylor

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Official gallery link

William Tecumseh Sherman (William Tecumseh Sherman)

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman · 2007-12-18 02:57:39

Mathew Benjamin Brady

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · Public domain

Library of Congress , Prints and Photographs Division , Brady-Handy Collection , reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-04445 .

The Roaring Lion (Winston Churchill)

Winston Churchill

The Roaring Lion · 30 December 1941

Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill

Source page · Public domain

Flickr : Sir Winston Churchill

Bust of Xenophon (Xenophon)

Xenophon

Bust of Xenophon · 2020-02-15

Carole Raddato

Posthumous or imagined likeness.

Source page · CC BY-SA 2.0

https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/53387950886/

Zamjatin (Yevgeny Zamyatin)

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Zamjatin · 2009-12-20

Unknown author

Source page · Public domain

http://orwell.ru/people/zamyatin/img/ez01w.jpg