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Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. Circa 1909.
Oscar Wilde circa 1882. Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, standing with hands behind back, facing front, leaning against a wall. Photographer: Napoleon Sarony
Frederick Douglass January 26, 1874. By John Howe Kent. Albumen silver print. Additional permission required from George Eastman Museum. ID: 1992.1048.0001
Parsee group. About 1865. Studio portrait of a man and a woman sitting with an ornate table between them. The man wears a headgear that is typically worn by members of the Parsi community, and places one elbow on a desk that is ornately carved with cranes.
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849. Please note that the face has been digitally improved adding clarity to eyes and some texture to the face. Not altered. This daguerreotype was made several months before Poe's death at age 40. After his wife died two years earlier in 1847, Poe turned to two women for support and companionship. He met Annie Richmond at a poetry lecture that he gave when visiting Lowell, Massachusetts. Although she was married, they developed a deep, mutual affection. Richmond is thought to have arranged and paid for this portrait sitting. Poe is so forcibly portrayed that historians have described his appearance as disheveled, brooding, exhausted, haunted, and melancholic.
Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist, with her chignon. Circa 1902. By George Charles Beresford.
Walt whitman. ca. 1860-65. Grey eyes. No description about his eye colour found on the web. Contemporary paintings have shown blue, grey versions. By Mathew Brady.
Two Arab Legion members on horseback patrol. Location: Between Amman and Jerusalem. Photographer: Willem van de Poll. Date: Possibly early 1950s
General William Tecumseh Sherman, who sits stern-faced wearing a black mourning armband in a formal portraits after President Lincoln’s assassination. 1865. By Mathew Brady.
Eugène Marcel Prévost (1 May 1862 – 8 April 1941) was a French author and dramatist. By Bain News Service, publisher. No date.
Portrait of Samuel Clemens, "Mark Twain" seated in chair reading a book. Ca. 1907. Photographer: Underwood & Underwood. Note: The photo frame on the wall depicts a poster of the movie "There Will Be Blood". Wallpaper has been improvised too.
Bertha Benz around circa 1871-1872. Probably 23-year-old Bertha Benz. Photographed by Mannheim Bühler.