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[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.
The portrait of Jan Amos Komensky from 20 Czechoslovakian Koruna banknote isolated on a white background
Facial Features Pattern Design on Banknote
Balthasar Neumann a closeup portrait from old German money - Mark
Vintage photograph W. G. Grace, an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. Victorian 19th Century
Shoqan Walikhanov (1835-1865) portrait from old Kazakhstan banknote
Portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Postage stamp Romania 1955 printed in Romania shows Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a writer, circa 1955
Christian IX, king of Denmark postcard, sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1904,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
A drawing of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor as depicted on the Tolar banknote on a white background
Image from 19th century.
Ivan Gundulic a closeup portrait from Croatian money - kuna
Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. Wood engraving after a painting (1851) by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (German American history painter, 1816 - 1868), published in 1882.
Historical old coin medallions from medieval times
Vintage photograph of Sergeant of 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regiment of Foot, Victorian British Army
Portrait of Major-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, 6th Commander of the Canadian Army (1848 - 1923). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Close-up of the portrait on the Czech crown banknote. Czech money as economic background with copy space for text
China postage stamp: 2010,Johann Sebastian Bach.
Ottokar I of Bohemia a closeup portrait from Czech money - koruna
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Double exposure of portrait of U.S. presidents Andrew Jackson and Alexander Hamilton
Vintage photograph of Officer of the Highland Regiment, British Army, 19th Century
An engraving of Little Crow published in 1863 by Harper & Brothers Publishers in New York.
Silver Sachsen Thaler 1766 EDC Friedrich August III.
Jose Felix Ribas (1775 - 1815). Portrait from Venezuela Banknotes
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1863 - 1881), Officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Wood engraving, published in 1865.
France Preseren a closeup portrait from Slovenian money - Tolar
Image from 19th century
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