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Great Men and Famous Women, vol. II (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover, Great Men and Famous Women]

Images from Great Men and Famous Women, an American book from 1894 featuring pen and pencil sketches of famous people together with engravings and also notes on them by well-known writers.

The book was published and printed in the USA before 1922 and hence is in the public domain.

It was edited by Charles Francis Horne (1870 – 1942), a prolific writer who taught English for 43 years at City College of New York.

Despite the book title, the people featured seem to be almost entirely male.

Title: Great Men and Famous Women, vol. II

Author: Horne, Charles F.

Published by: Selmar Hess

City: New York

Date: 1894

Total items: 9

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Nelson at Trafalgar.]

Nelson at Trafalgar.

The picture shows Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 – 1805) at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he died. [more...] [$]

[picture: Nebuchadnezzar]

Nebuchadnezzar

“And he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen” by George Rochegrosse [more...] [$]

[picture: Hannibal Crossing the Rhone]

Hannibal Crossing the Rhone

This painting shows an elephant with a small castle built on it, battlements and all, and people inside that tower. The elephant stands on a raft which men are moving apparently with giant oars resembling shovels on pivots, and punting or fishing with spears. Two shirtless men are in a smaller boat that seems to have the ends of giant logs in it that [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Hannibal from an old coin]

Hannibal from an old coin

Hannibal (247 – 183 B.C.) [more...] [$]

[picture: Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read]

Sheridan’s Ride by T. Buchanan Read

“[Philip Sheridan]’s next operations, however, were the most important, as they have become the most renowned, in his career. Passing through Strasburg [USA], he posted his troops on the further bank of Cedar Creek, while he himself, on October 16th [1864], went to Washington in response to a request from Secretary Stanton, for consultation. Before [...] [more...] [$]


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