Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES 
[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.
Jose Ballivian portrait from Bolivian money
Confident, medieval person, senior man posing wearing old-fashioned clothes posing with sword against vintage studio background. Concept of comparisons of eras, fusion of modernity and history. Ad
Alexander Suvorov Portrait Pattern Design on Transnistria
Serrant castle interior (Chateau de Serrant), Saint-Georges-sur-Loire,  Maine-et-Loire department, France
Handsome redhead traditional dutch man wearing historically correct outfit by candlelight in a typical townhouse drawing room
Shoqan Walikhanov (1835-1865) portrait from old Kazakhstan banknote
Major Sir Samuel Benfield Steele of the North-West Mounted Police sent for the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry for the Second Boer War in South Africa. Vintage etching circa 19th century.
Postage stamp Romania 1955 printed in Romania shows Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a writer, circa 1955
Old portrait photo of a man with a Kaiser Wilhelm beard. The face have been made unrecognizable. The memory of the person and her life story are destroyed.
Statues of Carlo Goldoni, comedy writer, City of Venice, Italy, Europe
a vintage Stepan Osipovich Makarov photo postcard of 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Historical regency man in hat holds hand in jacket.
A close-up of the intricate details of the Empress Maria Theresa statue at Maria Theresien Platz in Vienna, showcasing the artistry and historical significance of this monumental sculpture.
Looking at mirror. Vintage portrait of young man in brown vintage suit and white wig like medieval royal hunter isolated on dark background. Comparison of eras concept, renaissance style.
Distressed passport photo booth photo lying on a textured surface with copy space.
Gabriel Garcia Moreno portrait from Ecuadorian money
Francisco de Miranda Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
February 2023. Old European bank notes. Close ups
Vintage image from the 30s serious senior man dressing as a politician looking at the camera
Man, dressed as king in classical attire and glasses sitting working online in modern laptop against vintage studio background. Concept of comparisons of eras, modernity and history, technology.
Handsome redhead traditional dutch man wearing historically correct outfit reading a book by candlelight in a typical townhouse drawing room
Vintage photo of a young man in typical clothing in the USSR in the 1930s. Photo from 1937.
Statue of Capitan Cook, Detail of bronze statue Captain James Cook, The english explorer, navigator and cartographer 1728-1779, by sculptor Thomas Woolner 1879 in Hyde Park Sydney Australia, full frame horizontal composition with copy space
Ninomiya Sontoku a closeup portrait from old Japanese yen
Christian IX, king of Denmark postcard, sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1904,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
HyperFocal: 0
\
Elderly man wearing in baroque costume holding red flag, sitting on playful horse-toy against vintage studio background. Concept of comparisons of eras, fusion of modernity and history,
Portrait of Private Douglas Leeds Moore of the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (1877 - 1900). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Free Images: "bestof:Preben Brahe 1711-1786 02.jpg Portrait of male Preben Brahe 1711-1786 Danish estate owner and army officer century 18 oil unknown http //www reventlow dk/..."
Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Zamor_portrait_by_Lemoine.jpg
Shakespeare.jpg
Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg
Pietro_Bembo_by_Cranach_the_Younger.png
Barthelemi_Tremblet_Gallica.jpg
General Joan Prim BNF Gallica.jpg
Victor_Massé_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Julien_Hayneuve_Gallica.jpg
Cornelis_Cornelisz._van_Haarlem_-_The_Fall_of_the_Titans_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Pyrame_de_Candolle,_Alphonse_Louis,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
GSskater.jpg
Triple_Portrait_of_Cardinal_de_Richelieu_probably_1642,_Philippe_de_Champaigne.jpg
Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Jane_Seymour,_Queen_of_England_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Hans_Baldung_Grien_-_Portrait_of_a_Man_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Jan_van_Eyck_-_Kardinal_Niccolò_Albergati_(?)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
N.Gogol by F.Moller (1840, Tretyakov gallery).jpg
Lady_Elizabeth_Hamilton_(1753–1797),_Countess_of_Derby.jpg
Ludvig_Mylius-Erichsen_by_Marius_Christensen_02_cropped.jpg
Sultan_Mehmed_IV_(2).jpg
Carl_Bloch_-_In_a_Roman_Osteria_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke.jpg
David_Etienne_Maurice_Gerard.jpg
Wilhelm_Bendz_-_Ung_kunstner_(Ditlev_Blunck_betragter_en_skitse_i_et_spejl).jpg
Leo_Delibes_1888_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Alexis_I_of_Russia_(1670s,_Ptuj_Ormož_Regional_Museum).jpg
Guillaume_Budé,_by_Jean_Clouet.jpg
Taras Shevchenko - portrait by Ivan Kramskoi.jpg
Théodore_Labrouste_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Zlatovratsky by Grandkovsky.jpg
François_Victor_de_Breteuil.jpg
Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg
Tamati_Waka_Nene,_by_Gottfried_Lindauer.jpg
Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-Périgord_-_Pierre-Paul_Prud'hon.jpg
Antoine_de_Favray_-_Portrait_of_the_Countess_of_Vergennes_in_Turkish_Attire_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Raffaello Sanzio - Ritratto di Papa Giulio II (National Gallery, London).jpg
Pope_Julius_II.jpg
Whistler_Selbstporträt.jpg
Carl_von_Linné.jpg
Gérôme-Black_Bashi-Bazouk-c._1869.jpg
William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_-_Gabrielle_Cot_-_Sotheby's.jpg
Sargent_-_Lord_Ribblesdale.jpg
RobertCornelius.jpg
Palamedes_-_portrait_de_femme_en_Granida.jpg
Nikolai_Pomyalovsky_by_Nikolai_Nevrev.jpg
Self-portrait_by_Salvator_Rosa.jpg
PeterOliver.jpeg
William_Fisk_-_George_Catlin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Edward_Savage_-_The_Washington_Family_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Antoine_de_Favray_-_Portrait_of_Charles_Gravier_Count_of_Vergennes_and_French_Ambassador,_in_Turkish_Attire_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
George_Eliot_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Hermann_David_Salomon_Corrodi_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Abel de Pujol Disderi BNF Gallica.jpg
Jeanniot,_Pierre_Georges,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Pompeo_Batoni_-_Ritratto_di_Papa_Pio_VI_(National_Gallery_of_Ireland).jpg
Alexander_Roslin_Konstnaren_och_hans_hustru_Marie_S.jpg
Louis_Meijer_-_Zelfportret.jpg
Rahula_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Abdul_Hamid_II_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Armand_David_Berillon_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Henri_Milne_Edwards_Pirou_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Rudolf_von_Auerswald_Haase_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Eugène_Auguste_Albert_de_Rochas_d'Aiglun_Maurice_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Goyon,_Charles_Marie_Augustin,_général_de,_Pesme_photo,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Hesse,_Nicolas_Auguste,_par_Galimard,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Fuchs,_Edmond_Philippe_Jacques,_photo_Lopez,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Jean_Domat_Gallica.jpg
Gérard_Audran_Gallica.jpg
George_Peter_Alexander_Healy_-_John_C._Calhoun_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
T.C._Steele_-_Sunrise_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Edmond_du_Sommerard_photograph_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Duc_de_Saldanha_photograph_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Alphonse_Milne-Edwards_par_Truchelut_et_Valkman_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Edouard_Drumont_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Henry_Walter_Bates_Maull_&_Fox_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Régnault_de_Saint_Jean_d'Angély_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Jacques_Marie_Joseph_Louis_Comte_de_Mas_Latrie_Reymann_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Gustav_Nachtigal_par_Adolph_Ludwig_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Mac_Guckin_de_Slane,_William._Ch.Reutlinger._BNF_Gallica.jpg
Malte-Brun,_Victor_Adolphe,_par_Alexandre_Quinet,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Ségalas,_Anaïs,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Cain,_Henri,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
P S Krøyer 1899 - Sommeraften ved Skagens strand. Kunstneren og hans hustru.jpg
Edouard Drumont BNF Gallica (cropped).jpg
Antonio_del_Pollaiolo_Apollo_and_Daphne.jpg
ModernEgypt,_Muhammad_Ali_by_Auguste_Couder,_BAP_17996.jpg
Workshop_of_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Portrait_of_Henry_VIII_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Francesco_Buoneri,_called_Cecco_del_Caravaggio_-_The_Resurrection_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Rogier_van_der_Weyden_-_Portrait_of_a_Lady_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Pierre-Cécile_Puvis_de_Chavannes_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Alfred_de_Falloux_Disderi_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Verdi_Mulnier_BNF_Gallica.jpg
François_Vincent_Raspail_Neurdein_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Costantino_Nigra_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Charles_Cordier_sculpteur_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Necker,_Jacques,_par_Boillet,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Seurre,_Bernard_Gabriel,_aîné,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Larrey,_Félix_Hippolyte_baron,_par_Truchelut,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Barbier_de_Meynard,_Charles_Adrien_Casimir,_par_Eugène_Pirou,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Belot,_Adolphe,_par_Etienne_Carjat,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
Terms of Use   Search of the Day