221 illustrations of famous people including: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Samuel Adams, Alexander Agassiz, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander the Great, Ethan Allen, Washington Allston, Hans Christian Andersen, Major John Andre, Queen Anne of England, Susan B. Anthony, Marie Antoinette, Aristotle, Benedict Arnold, and many more
George Armistead was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during…
(1755-1816) Explorer and soldier who was a militia officer in the American revolution.
John Armstrong was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary…
(1741-1801) Soldier who betrayed his country to Britain during the Revolutionary war.
(1741-1801) Soldier who betrayed his country to Britain during the Revolutionary war.
(1741-1801) Soldier who betrayed his country to Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
(1822-1888) Critic and poet that wrote such poems as The Scholar Gipsy and Sohrab and Rustum
"General Arthur, twenty-first President of the United States, born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt.,…
Captain Charles Asgill was a British prisoner during the American Revolutionary War and was the subject…
"Pericles, after divorcing a wife with whom he had lived unhappily, took his mistress Aspasia to his…
"This enterprising merchant, founder of the American Fur Company, was born in a village near Heidelberg,…
Atahualpa was the last of the Incas rulers. When the Spanish under Pizarro defeated the Incas, they…
(1825-1908) Served as a member of the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress from…
"General Augur, born in New York in 1821, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843.…
Augustine of Canterbury, (born c. first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604) was a Benedictine…
"Augustus ruled for about forty-two yeras, that is, from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D., and this period is known…
(--) European volunteer to the Continental Army to fight in the Revolutionary War
Augustus, born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was adopted by his great-uncle Julius Caesar in 44 BC, and between…
"The most powerful of the Great Monguls, the last who ruled with energy and effect." — Chambers'…
"This sovereign was the last of the Mogul emperors of India who displayed the talent and energy of a…
(1793-1836) Known as the "Father of Texas," he led the Anglo-American colonization of the region.
William Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry General in the American…
"General Averill, born in Cameron, Steuben County, N. Y., November 5th, 1832, was graduated at the United…
This is an engraved portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Germany. He was a cardinal priest…