Baroque Era Engravings

Engravings from the Baroque period depicting prominent historical figures with distinctive hairstyles and attire, emphasizing elegance and artistry.

Portrait of Charles II van England, Jan van der Vaart, After Willem Wissing, 1682 - 1721 print Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. He wears a harness and a long curl wig. print maker: Londonpublisher: England paper engraving wig

Austria, engraved portrait of German composer and organist, Johann Caspar von Kerll

John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester 1647 - 1680 English libertine and writer of satirical and bawdy poetry From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume III published 1806

Charles II (29 May 1630 - 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of Scotland, England and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke of Leeds 1659 - 1729 English Tory politician From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume IV published 1806

Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne. Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678). "Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne", 1675. Engraving.

Robert Nanteuil, Simon Arnauld, Le Marquis de Pomponne, 1675 Simon Arnauld, Le Marquis de Pomponne

Daniel Defoe 1660 - 1731. English novelist and journalist. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

William Russell, Lord Russell (1639-1683) was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who opposed the succession of King James during the reign of King Charles II, ultimately resulting in his execution for treason.

Thomas Stalker Butler (1855-1928) was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times.

Portrait of Charles II van England, Jan van der Vaart, After Willem Wissing, 1682 - 1721 print Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. He wears a harness and a long curl wig. print maker: Londonpublisher: England paper engraving wig

William III King of England Scotland and Ireland 1650-1702 Aka William of Orange From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

JOHN SHEFFIELD, first duke of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE statesman and poet Date: 1648 - 1721

Print of Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax, from a painting by Kneller. Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax KG PC PRS (16 April 1661 - 19 May 1715) was an English statesman and poet.

Portrait of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles,

Joseph Addison 1672-1719 English essayist poet and statesman From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scotland, 1649 -1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1660 - 1685. From Mezzotints, published 1904.

'Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford', (early-mid 19th century). Creator: WT Mote.

Charles VI 1 October 1685, Serbia Archduke Austria III Painting Engraving Antonius Birckhart, digitally enhanced reproduction 19th century original print, 20 October 1740, successor to his elder brother Joseph I as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia as Charles II King of Hungary and Croatia

Charles Sackville 6th Earl of Dorset 1643 n 1706 English poet and courtier From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume IV published 1806

Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman, 1703-1710 (1906). Artist: Unknown

Charles Hamilton Lord Binning 1697 - 1732 Scottish politician Engraved by Gerimia from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume V published 1806

George Jeffreys, 1st Baron of Wem aka Judge Jeffries, 1648-1689, English judge notorious for his cruelty and corruption.Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice of England.

WALPOLE, Sir Robert (Houghton ,1676-London, 1745). First Earl of Oxford. English politician. Member of the House of Commons since 1701, he emerged as one of the leaders of the Whig party and served as secretary of war in 1708. Accused of corruption was expelled from Parliament and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Engraving.

Lord Robert Raymond 1st Baron Raymond 1673 - 1733 English judge Engraved by Rivers from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume IV published 1806

Karl II., King of England.

Sir Isaac Newton, 4 January 1643, 31 March 1727, was an English naturalist and administrator. In the language of his time natural theology, natural sc...

France, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving

Sir Thomas Littleton,3rd Baron Littleton 1647-1709. Speaker of the House of Commons 1698-1700.

Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke of Leeds 1659, 1729 English Tory politician, Peregrine Osborne 2nd Duke of Leeds 1659, 1729 English Tory politician From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume IV published 1806, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Jean Baptiste Lully, born Giovanni Battista Lulli (1632-1687) Italian-born composer who spent most of his working life in France. From 1652 he was in the service of Louis XIV.

Sir Edward Spragge c.1629 - 1673. English admiral. From the book Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Sir Isaac Newton. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after Sir G. Kneller, 1702.

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist. Date: 1642-1727

James II and VII (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland as James II and king of Scotland as James VII (1685-1688). Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) (1694-1778). French writer of the Enlightenment. Portrait. Engraving. Detail. Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas en Europa (History of political and religious persecutions in Europe). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1865.

Christian V (1646-1699) King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death. Date: C.1680

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 1678 1751 English politician and philosopher Engraved by H Wallis from the book Historical Sketches of Statesmen published London 1843

Robert Blake 1599-1657 English admiral and military commander From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

Portrait of the Honourable Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. Steel engraving by J. Brown after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller from The Life of Joseph Addison by Lucy Aikin, London, 1843.

William Pitt the Elder 1st Earl of Chatham 1708 to 1788, British statesman and twice Prime Minister. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

William Congreve (1670-1729) Restoration playwright

FRANCOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER, MARQUIS DE LOUVOIS French statesman and co-founder of the French police force. Date: 1641 - 1691

William III King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1650-1702, also known as William of Orange, Illustration from Old England's Worthies, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century master, Record date not stated

Philip V, 1683 - 1746. King of Spain, 1700 - January 14, 1724 and again from September 6, 1724 - 1746. After a painting by Joseph Vivien.

Portrait of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686) Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council. Dated 17th Century

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1650 to 1722. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

William III of Orange-Nassau, 14 November 1650, 19 March 1702, was Governor of the Netherlands from 1672 until his death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

CHARLES LENOX, duke of RICHMOND natural son of Charles II by Louise de Keroualle : courtier and statesman, created duke by his fond papa. Date: 1672 - 1723

Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterden 1762 to 1832 Lord Chief Justice Engraved by W Holl after J W Wright From the book National Portrait Gallery volume II published c 1835

Portrait of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament. Dated 18th century

Samuel PEPYS (1633-1703). English diarist and secretary to the Admiralty

George II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1727. Wood engraving.

Louis XIV, at the age of 41, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), 1912. Artist: Willem Wissing

Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, as a young man. Engraving.

King George II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1727. Artist: Unknown

Louis I (1707-1724). King of Spain from 15 January 1724 until his death on 31 August 1724. Portrait. Engraving by Masson. Lithographed by Magin Pujadas. "Historia General de Espana, by Modesto Lafuente". Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1879.

Portrait of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim

Portrait of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1530-1569). unknown, painter

Portrait of George II or George Augustus, 183O - 1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland

Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, English statesman, c1710-1715 (1906). Artist: Unknown

England/UK: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726), English physicist and mathematician. Engraving, English School, 19th century

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, PC, 22 July 1621 - 21 January 1683, known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1630, as Sir Anthony A...

Emanuel von Swedenborg, Swedberg, 29. Januar 1688, 29. März 1772, war ein schwedischer Wissenschaftler, Mystiker und Theosoph, Historisch, digital res...

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). German, later British, baroque composer. Portrait. Engraving. Inspired on a portrait by Thomas Hudson in 1749.

George I was king of England from 1714 to 1727. The great-grandson of James I, he was the first British sovereign of the house of Hanover under the Act of Settlement.

George II (1683-1760). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1 July 1646, 14 November 1716, was a German philosopher, mathematician, jurist, historian and political advisor of the earl...

LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716). German philosopher and mathematician. Portrait.

Philip V (1683-1746). King of Spain (1700-january, 1724 and september 1724-1746). He abdicated in favour of his son Louis and he assumed the throne again upon his son's death. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire. Photograph by E. Desmaisons after a lithograph ()..

William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 1628) (27 January 1699) was an English statesman, writer and diplomat, Historical, digitally restored reproducti...

George II (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover from 1727, member of the Hanoverian dynasty, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

England, London, Greenwich, The Queen's House, Portrait of James II by Nicolas de Largilliere dated 1685

Sir Richard Onslow (1601-1664) English politician. Speaker of the House of Commons. Onslow fought on the parliamentary side during the English civil war.

Lord John Somers Baron Somers of Evesham 1651-1716 English statesman Chief minister to England's William III from 1696-1700 From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790. American author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor and civic activist and diplomat. He was one of the Founding Fathers. From an engrav

Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough 1750 to 1818 English judge and statesman Engraved by G Parker after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery volume II published c 1835

History by Polybius. Volume I. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of military science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Portrait of Claude le Blanc (1669-1728). French royal official and Secretary of State for War. Engraving, detail. Later colouration.

Portrait Of Prince Charles, 1680. British School .

Philip V (1683-1746). King of Spain (1700-1746). Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI. 1857. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Portrait Of Sir Edward Waldo (1632-1716), 1680. By John Riley

Edward Hyde 1 Earl of Clarendon Viscount Cornbury alias Sir Edward Hyde and Baron Hyde of Hindon, 1609-1674, English statesman and historian, Illustration from Old England's Worthies, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Monsieur (1661-1701), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV, Portrait

Portrait of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origins. Dated 17th Century

Edmond Halley, 1656-1742. Englischer Astronom und Mathematiker. Aus dem Buch Gallery of Portraits,1833., Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

Portrait of Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and organist, engraving

Portrait of Joannes Fredericus Gronovius, Philologist and Jurist, Professor in Leiden The Netherlands, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1732 - 1771

John Somers, 1st Baron Somers 1651 to 1716, Lord High Chancellor of England under King William III. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) English diarist and naval administrator. Became Secretary to the Admiralty. Portrait by Godfrey Kneller.

George I George Louis, 1660-1727 King and Elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain and Ireland from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim (born 26 May 1650 in Ash House near Musbury, died 16 June 1722 in Cumberland Lodge) was an English politician and general, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Wolff Caspar Martini

Louis XV (1710-1774). King of France. Engraving. Colored.

Thomas Sydenham 1624-1689. English physician. From the book 'Gallery of Portraits' published London 1833.

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer KG (born 5 December 1661 in London, died 21 May 1724 in London) was a British politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711-1794) a diplomat and statesman of the Holy Roman Empire. Painted by Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) a Swiss-French painter. Dated 18th Century

William Russell, Lord Russell, 29 September 1639, 21 July 1683, was an English nobleman and politician, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a...

King George II of England 1683 to 1760. After the print by RIchard Houston, from the painting by Thomas Worlidge.

Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 1621 - 1683 also 2nd Baronet and The Lord Ashley English politician of the Interregnum Engraved by Rivers from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume III published 1806

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