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[b]Adam Smith was an economist who wrote [i]The Wealth of Nations[/i]. [/b]Born June 16, 1723, in Scotland.\n\nPortrait of Adam Smith is from [i]The National and Domestic History of England: Volume the Third[/i] By William Hickman Smith Aubrey. Published in 1867 in London. The publication is now in the public domain as the copyright protection has expired. \n\nI've selected interesting, old 19th century graphic images for digital restoration and editing. The images were enhanced, adjusted, and brightened to make the images suitable for display and other purposes.
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme portrait from Chilean money
Shoqan Walikhanov (1835-1865) portrait from old Kazakhstan banknote
Simon Rodriguez Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
February 2023. Old European bank notes. Close ups
Vintage photograph of Oscar de Négrier, French army General, 19th Century. French general of the Third Republic, winning fame in Algeria in the Sud-Oranais campaign (1881) and in Tonkin during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1887).
Aurel Vlaicu cut from 50 Romanian lei banknote for design purpose
Image from 19th century.
a vintage  Emperor Meji Mutsuhito photo postcard of 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
William Blake a closeup portrait from British money
Close up of postage stamp from the former Republic of Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, showing Bertrand Russell, Nobel Prize winner of 1950
Simon Bolivar Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on 10 Pesos 1975 Banknote from Mexico. Priest and leader of the Mexican war of independence. Also known as ''father of the nation''. Less than 30% of the banknote is visible.
Antique photograph of Amédée Courbet a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86) and the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885).
Simon Bolivar (1783 - 1830) Portrait from Venezuelan Banknotes. Venezuelan military and political leader
Portrait of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (Paul Kruger), 3rd State President of the South African Republic (1825 - 1904). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
a vintageNapoleon Bonaparte postcard sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1904,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Ninomiya Sontoku a closeup portrait from old Japanese yen
John of Saxony (1801-1873) ruled after the death of his brother Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, the Kingdom since 1854. He also worked as a translator under the pseudonym Philalethes. Wood engraving, published in 1854.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Portrait Pattern Design on Bangladeshi Taka Banknote
Antique photograph of Henri Laurent Rivière (1827 – 1883) was a French naval officer and a writer who is chiefly remembered today for advancing the French conquest of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) in the 1880s.
Jose Felix Ribas (1775 - 1815). Portrait from Venezuela Banknotes
Portrait of Field Marshal Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (1845 - 1932). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Christian IX, king of Denmark postcard, sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1904,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Louis Pasteur a closeup portrait from money
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) on 25 Pesetas 1928 banknote from Spain. Dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. Less than 30% of the banknote is visible.
Simon Rodriguez Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
State of Oman 1972 postage stamp printed in State of Oman shows Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), circa 1972
Vintage photograph W. G. Grace, an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. Victorian 19th Century
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