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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.
Aurel Vlaicu cut from 50 Romanian lei banknote for design purpose
a vintage  Emperor Meji Mutsuhito photo postcard of 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Shoqan Walikhanov (1835-1865) portrait from old Kazakhstan banknote
Image from 19th century.
The portrait of Jan Amos Komensky from 20 Czechoslovakian Koruna banknote isolated on a white background
Vintage photograph of Oscar de Négrier, French army General, 19th Century. French general of the Third Republic, winning fame in Algeria in the Sud-Oranais campaign (1881) and in Tonkin during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1887).
Matej Bella a portrait from Czechoslovak money
Portrait of a woman on an old postage stamp from French Indochina.
Postage stamp Haiti 1904 printed in Republic of Haiti shows President Pierre Nord Alexis (1820-1910), circa 1904
a vintage Russian Grand Duke Nicholas photo postcard of 1910s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Close up of postage stamp from the former Republic of Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, showing Bertrand Russell, Nobel Prize winner of 1950
Portrait of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (Paul Kruger), 3rd State President of the South African Republic (1825 - 1904). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Simon Bolivar (1783 - 1830) Portrait from Venezuelan Banknotes. Venezuelan military and political leader
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.
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme portrait from Chilean money
Image from 19th century
A drawing of Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj as depicted on Dinar banknote on a white background
a vintage Kaiser Wilhelm II postcard sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1905,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
Mihai Eminescu cit from 1000 Romanian lei banknote, 1996 Series - paper, for design purpose
Portrait of Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Militia and Defence (1847 - 1917). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Jose Felix Ribas (1775 - 1815). Portrait from Venezuela Banknotes
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
A 19th century illustration two native Greenland Eskimos in traditional dress entitled 'modern Eskimos'.
Image from 19th century
Ninomiya Sontoku a closeup portrait from old Japanese yen
John Albion Andrew (May 31, 1818 – October 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to the Union cause during the American Civil War. He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first African-American units in the United States Army, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
Mihai Eminescu cit from 1000 Romanian lei banknote, 1996 Series - paper, for design purpose
Portrait of Major-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, 6th Commander of the Canadian Army (1848 - 1923). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
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