Pensive Collection

The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
Rodin: The Thinker. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Undated photograph

Portrait of German Composer Robert Schumann
(Original Caption) Robert Schumann: Reproduction of an etching by L. Otto, after a Danish photograph. This portrait is preferred by Schumann's family as the most faithful and characteristic

Writer Dorothy Parker
(Original Caption) Dot Parker Drops Gags, Sheds Tears in Plea for Spain

Portrait of a young man

Young man wearing an open plaid shirt in a backyard

Sensual face of a young woman

Young man, portrait

Portrait of a young man, cool tone

Portrait of Romantic Era Music Composer Chopin

Portrait of English Scholar Peter Mark Roget
(Original Caption) Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), English physician and scholar

Portrait of French Novelist Alexandre Dumas
(Original Caption) Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1895)

Portrait of Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
(Original Caption) Czarina Alexandra - Feordorovna Of Russia

Portrait of Matthew Arnold
The English and poet and master of literary criticism, Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), Professor of Poetry at Oxford University from 1857 to 1867

Engraving of George Peabody
George Peabody was an American merchant and philanthropist who endowed many institutes and museums

Portrait of Italian Archaeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni
(Original Caption) Mr. Belzoni

Portrait of Cardinal Reginald Pole
(Original Caption) Cardinal Pole

Portrait of a Reposed Marie Leszczynska
(Original Caption) Marie Leszczynska, daughter of Stanislaw I of Poland, Betrothed to Kin Louis XV of France

Portrait of Astronomer Copernicus
(Original Caption) Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer. abandoned the Ptolemaic system of astronomy and worked out a heliocentric model

Portrait of English Writer Charles Kingsley
(Original Caption) Charles Kingsley

Portraits of English Author Thomas De Quincey
Author Thomas de Quincey. In 1821, Confessions of an Opium Eater was released as a serial, bringing him instant fame

Portrait of John Keats, after a Painting by Joseph Severn
(Original Caption) John Keats

Portrait of American Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Original Caption) Nathaniel Hawthorne

Early Italian Statesman Camillo Benso Cavour in Pensive Pose
(Original Caption) Chavour

Portrait of German Lithographer Aloysis Senefelder
(Original Caption) Aloysis Senefelder (1771-1834), German lithographer, invented lithography

Portrait of Polish King John III Sobieski
(Original Caption) John III Sobieski, 1624-1696. King of Poland, 1674-76. Fought against Tartars and Cossacks (1651-52), relieved Turkish seige of Vienna 1683 acclaimed as hero of Christendom

Portrait of Central Park Advocate Daniel Edgar Sickles
USA: Daniel Edgar Sickles, was a Union General and politician who helped New York City to purchase Central Park

Illustrated Portrait of Marquis De Seste Due De Sanfeuerm
Spanish General

Portrait of British Poet Thomas Campbell
(Original Caption) Thomas Campbell

Portrait of Short Lived Queen Lady Jane Grey
(Original Caption) Lady Jane Grey

Pensive Napoleon on Rock Formation
(Original Caption) Napoleon during his final exile on the Island of St. Helena

Portrait of France's King Louis XVIII
(Original Caption) Louis the 18th, King of France

Poet John P. Keats in Pensive Pose
(Original Caption) John Keats

Illustrated Portrait of Joseph Louis La Grange
Joseph Louis La Grange, (1736-1813), mathematician

The Moneychangers by Quentin Massys
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: The Money Changers. Painting by Masys. Flemish school, 15th century

Profile Statuette Depiction of Greek Philosopher Theophrastus
(Original Caption) Theophrastus

Napoleon in Thoughtful Mode
(Original Caption) Napoleon before his last campaign, 1814

Drawing Depicting Louis XVII Pensively Gazing out of Window
(Original Caption) Le Dauphin Au Secret

Senator Stephen Douglas
(Original Caption) Stephen Douglas standing

Portrait of American Newspaper Editor Charles Dana
USA: American newspaper editor Charles A. Dana. In 1867 he purchased the New York Sun

Profile of French Author Victor Hugo
(Original Caption) Victor Hugo. Photograph taken in 1862 by E. Bacot

Walter Miles Parker
(Original Caption) Portrait of Walter Miles Parker, Confederate private

Sir Georges Etienne Cartier Wearing Overcoat
Portrait of Sir Georges Etienne Cartier, (1814-1873), a Canadian statesman and Prime Minister (1858-62). He labored for the Canadian confederation and expansion in the West

Group of Middle-Eastern Men Study in North Africa
Group of North African men studying

Portrait of Charles Sumner
(Original Caption) Charles Sumner (1811-1874), American politician. His attacks on slavery and its defenders brought on a physical attack by Preston S

Sailor Looking at the Sea
(Original Caption) A sailor with telescope looking across the bay

Author Mark Twain
(Original Caption) Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), ca. 1872

Anna Hall Roosevelt

Oscar Wilde Seated on a Divan
(Original Caption) Oscar Wilde in pensive mood sitting on divan. Photo taken during his stay in America in the 1880's. (Photo by Napoleon Sarony/Bettmann/Getty Images)

Portrait of Prince Albert Reclining
Prince Albert, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, 1819-1861. The Albert memorial in Kensington Gardens was erected to the memory of Prince Albert in 1871

Policeman of late 19th Century
(Original Caption) Small town policeman of the 1880s

Walter Johannes with His Father
German American Composer Walter Johannes Damrosch, with his father Leopold Damrosch

Walter Johannes Damrosch
Portrait of German-American Conductor Walter Johannes Demrosch, ca. 1885 | Location: Damrosch, Walter Johannes

Portrait of Poet James Russell Lowell in His Office
(Original Caption) Massachusetts: James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), American poet, essayist and diplomat. Photo taken in 1886 after his return to Cambridge from Europe

Helen Keller Holding Pet Poodle in Chair
(Original Caption) Keeper Of The Flame: In 1887, at the age of seven, Helen Keller looked like this, as she sat quietly with a pet dog she could feel, but couldn't see or hear

Portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon
(Original Caption) Head and shoulders portrait of George Nathaniel Curzon, (1859-1925), English statesman

Jean de Reszke and His Brother
Polish operatic Tenor Jean de Reszke, left with his brother Edouard circa 1890

Portrait of Officer and Author Gabriele Annunzio Pausing on Street
(Original Caption) Italy: Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian poet and soldier outside Hotel Royal Danielli. He's in military dress

Composer Johannes Brahms in Suit

Annapolis Football Team in 1894
(Original Caption) How Football Grew at Annapolis

Louis Hennepin Riding in Canoe
The Franciscan priest, Louis Hennepin, who explored the Great Lakes with Rene Robert Cavelier and published the first description of that region, riding in a canoe

French Fiction by Theobald Chartran
A portrait of the French dramatist and historical novelist Alexandre Dumas from Vanity Fair magazine

Writer William Hazlitt
A portrait of William Hazlitt (1778-1830), English essayist and drama critic, best known for his writings on Shakespeare

Portrait of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, Union officer, early casualty in American Civil War

English Poet Robert Browning
A sepia-tone photograph of the English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889), resting his head on his hand

Lithograph Depicting a French Soldier and His Company by Georges Jeanniot
(Original Caption) Infantrymen of the French army

Poet Resting His Head on Hand
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170-1330), was a Middle High German poet and a "wandering singer."

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Pausing at Nightclub Display
(Original Caption) New York: Actress Elizabeth Taylor views showcase featuring jewelry designed by artist Salvador Dali at the El Morocco Nightclub at 154 E. 54th Street, New York City

Portrait of Jose Marti
(Original Caption) Jose Marti (1853-1895), Cuban patriot

William Ewart Gladstone Posing
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a British statesman and Prime Minister who also established a national education system in 1870

Portrait of John Galsworthy
(Original Caption) Portrait of John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English novelist and playwright, at the Lowell Celebration

Portrait of Toscanini
(Original Caption) Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), Italian operatic and symphonic conductor, and organizer and conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937.)

Impoverished Irish Farmers
(Original Caption) Impoverished farmers in Kildare, Ireland

Portrait of Robert Browning
In spite of very little formal training, Robert Browning (1812-1889), was a prolific British poet who published several works

King Haakon With Wife and Son

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wearing a Fur Hat
(Original Caption) Benjamin Franklin

William the Conqueror
King William I of England, or William the Conqueror (1028-1087) was one of the Middle Ages finest soldiers and rulers, making himself a mighty feudal lord in France, and then conquering that country

Portrait of Robert Service
(Original Caption) Robert Service, Canadian poet. "The Poet of the Klondike."

Leo von Caprivi
(Original Caption) Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899), German soldier and statesman. Succeeded Bismarck as chancellor of Germany. Photograph

Painting of Vladimir Lenin Speaking to Peasants by V.A. Serov

President Von Hindenburg
(Original Caption) President von Hindenburg in full military uniform. Field Marshall in the German Imperial Army and President of the German Republic after World War I

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff
(Original Caption) Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff. (1865-1937) German general and politician. Head and shoulders photograph

Portrait of Cary Grant
Cary Grant is captured here with a pensive look on his face

King Philippe IV
(Original Caption) Philip IV (1268-1314), called "The Fair." King from 1285 to 1314

Portrait of Marsil Ficin
(Original Caption) Early Italian Philosopher Marsilius of Padua

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