Portrat Collection

World map by Martin Behaim, 1492, wood engraving, published 1884
World map by Martin Behaim, 1492. Woodcut engraving from my archive, published in 1884

Charlemagne - the first Holy Roman Emperor, published in 1868
Charlemagne (Charles the Great, Latin: Carolus Magnus, possibly 742 - 814), King of the Franks from 768 on and Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) from 800 to his death in 814

Hans Lufft (1495-1584), Luthers Bible printer, wood engraving, published 1879
Hans Lufft (1495 - 1584). Bible printer of Martin Luther. Woodcut engraving after an original (1584), published in1879

Jean Bart (1650-1702), French privateer, wood engraving, published in 1881
Jean Bart (1650 - 1702), naval commander and privateer from Flanders in the service of the French king Louis XIV. Woocut engraving after a contemporary copper engraving (c. 1680/90), published in 1881

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, published in 1871
Victor Emmanuel II (1820 - 1878), was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 1861 and the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century. Wood engraving, published in 1871

Maximilian I, of Habsburg (1459-1519), wood engraving, published in 1881
Maximilian I, of Habsburg, called the last knight (1459 - 1519), was Duke of Burgundy from 1477, from 1486 German king, from 1493 Archduke of Austria, and from 1508 emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Charles V (1500 - 1558, Holy Roman Emperor). Woodcut engraving (1521) after an original by Albrecht Durer (German painter and engraver)

Albrecht DAOErer (1471-1528), German painter, wood engraving, published in 1881
Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528), famous German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and art theorist. Woodcut engraving after a painting (1500) by himself in Alte Pinakothek, Munich, published in 1881

Pocahontas (c. 1596-1617), Native American, wood engraving, published in 1884
Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1596 - 1617), Native American. She was an intermediary between the trunks of the Virginia Algonquian

William Hogarth (1697-1764), English painter, wood engraving, published in 1881
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764), English painter and printmaker. Woodcut engraving after a painting (1745) by himself in the Tate Gallery, London, published in 1881

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), wood engraving, published in 1884
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), American printer, publisher, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Wood engraving, published in 1884

Henry VIII of England (1491-1547), wood engraving, published in 1881
Henry VIII (1491 - 1547), King of England from 1509 until his death. Woodcut engraving, published in 1881

Mary I of England (1516-1558), wood engraving, published in 1881
Mary I (1516 - 1558), Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 until her death. Woodcut engraving, published in 1881

Charles Emmanuel I (1562-1630), Duke of Savoy, published in 1805
Charles Emmanuel I the Great (1562 - 1630), Duke of Savoy. Copper engraving, published in 1805

Mary I of England (1516-1558), copper engraving, published in 1805
Mary I of England (1516 - 1558), Queen of England and Ireland. Copper engraving, published in 1805

Charles II (630-1685), British king, copper engraving, published in 1805
Charles II (630 - 1685), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Copper engraving, published in 1805

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536), Queen of England, copper engraving, published 1805
Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 - 1536), Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Her execution by beheading made her a key figure at the beginning of the English Reformation

Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England, steel engraving, published 1843
Henry VIII (1491 - 1547), King of England from 1509 until his death. Steel engraving, published in 1843

Native people of the South Sea Islands, published in 1882
South Sea Islanders, Asians, and Australians: Top row, from left: Australia (Aborigines), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Papua, Middle row: Fijians, New Zealander (Maori), Tahitian, Samoan

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