Portraits of notable historians

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Linschoten

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I thought it might be a nice idea to start a gallery of portraits of notable historians, whether in works of art or photographs. To start off on a not too serious note, here is a psychedelic (and I fear rather ugly) portait of A.J.P. Taylor by Maggi Hambling:

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And a caricature of the rather ugly Edward Gibbon with his pot belly:Esward Gibbon.jpg
 
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deaf tuner

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Tammuz

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This is a picture of HERODOT from 1963 by Oskar Kokoschka, one of the most visionary painters ever. Unfortunately the image resolution is small and the image colors very pale.

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Swamp Booger

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Linschoten said:
I thought it might be a nice idea to start a gallery of portraits of notable historians, whether in works of art or photographs. To start off on a not too serious note, here is a psychedelic (and I fear rather ugly) portait of A.J.P. Taylor by Maggi Hambling:

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And a caricature of the rather ugly Edward Gibbon with his pot belly:View attachment 21096
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Not nice to call other people ugly.
 
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Kirialax

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Niketas Choniates, 12-13th c. Byzantine historian and court functionary. His account centres around the crusader sack of Constantinople in 1204 and how it is all the fault of the Komnenoi and some bad Angeloi and definitely no blame should be applied to Niketas Choniates, who had some sort of senior position in the government of the latter. After the establishment of the Imperium Romaniae by the crusaders he went to the nascent Laskarid court in Asia Minor, where he failed to find much sympathy despite writing some encomiastic orations about Theodore I Laskaris and a major theological work (which was likely a commission by the government).

 
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Talbot Vilna

Talbot Vilna

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Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), History of Rome, Vols. I - IV, 1894-1908

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Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.
 
Linschoten

Linschoten

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Mommsen was a man of striking appearnace, and there are several portraits of him by Franz von Lenbach:

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Tulius
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Tulius

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Portugal
Alexandre Herculano:

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Major Works:

“History of Portugal: 1st period, from the origin of the monarchy to D. Afonso III” - 1846-1853
“History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal” - 1854-1859
“Portugaliæ Monumenta Historica” - 1856-1873 (collection of primary sources)
 
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