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Constantine the Great (272-337) on 100 Drachmai 1950 Banknote from Greece. Roman Emperor during 306-337. Best known for being the first Roman emperor to be converted to Christianity. Less than 30 percent of the banknotes is visible.
High resolution photograph of a detail from a portrait of an Turkish ottoman Janissary soldier carrying red flag 16th Century
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The Lusiads, Portuguese epic poem written by Luis Vaz de Camoes, in the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, a public library and lusophone cultural institution
Vintage book of 1829: safe and unmistakable means of exterminating mosquitoes, german language
Shoqan Walikhanov (1835-1865) portrait from old Kazakhstan banknote
USA Stamp: Benjamin West, American Artist
Ninomiya Sontoku a closeup portrait from old Japanese yen
Portrait of Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Militia and Defence (1847 - 1917). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Postage stamp Romania 1955 printed in Romania shows Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a writer, circa 1955
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.
Stripe of 3 Kingdom of Sicily 2 Grana stamps from 1859 held by tweezers.
Image from 19th century.
Jose Felix Ribas (1775 - 1815). Portrait from Venezuela Banknotes
China postage stamp: 2010,Johann Sebastian Bach.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1978: stamp printed by Central African Republic, shows Durer, Self-portrait, circa 1978
Portrait of Major-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, 6th Commander of the Canadian Army (1848 - 1923). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme portrait from Chilean money
Vintage photograph of Ernst Schweninger, a German physician and naturopath who developed the Schweninger method, a reduction of obesity by the restriction of fluids in the diet. 19th Century
Aurel Vlaicu cut from 50 Romanian lei banknote for design purpose
Postage stamp, a painting by Eug
Mihai Eminescu cit from 1000 Romanian lei banknote, 1996 Series - paper, for design purpose
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The portrait of Jan Amos Komensky from 20 Czechoslovakian Koruna banknote isolated on a white background
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Jose Ballivian portrait from Bolivian money
Vintage photograph of William Frederick Yeames Victorian British painter, 19th Century
John Amos Comenius (1592 - 1670) portrait from Czech money banknote
[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.
Mihai Eminescu cit from 1000 Romanian lei banknote, 1996 Series - paper, for design purpose
19th century illustration of a scientist with microscopes, books, vials and bottles delving into the mysteries of the natural world. From a 1876 copy of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
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