EditorialWilhelm von Humboldt (1767?1835). German government functionary, diplomat, philosopher and linguist. Monument at the Humboldt University. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialWilhelm von Humboldt (1767?1835). German government functionary, diplomat, philosopher and linguist. Monument at the Humboldt University. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialLouise Labe, la Belle Cordiere, French poet 1526-1566. Musician, equestrian, archer, fencer and linguist. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VIII 82 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiqu...
EditorialPortrait of Jean Hindret, Portrait of the French linguist Jean Hindret. Around the portrait his name and position as royal finance supervisor. Below are his coat of arms. On the pedestal a poem by Jean de Santeul about the universally, in Europe and be...
EditorialPortrait of Willem Sewel, Portrait bust in oval to the right of Willem Sewel, linguist. Around the portrait is an edge lettering, underneath a plaque with a four-line verse in Dutch, Willem Sewel, Jacob de Later (mentioned on object), 1705, paper, engr...
EditorialWilhelm von Humboldt (1767?1835). German government functionary, diplomat, philosopher and linguist. Monument at the Humboldt University. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialHalf-length portrait of Claudius James Rich, c.1803. A brilliant linguist, he studied a numberof Oriental languages at an early age, and applied to the East India Company for a military cadetship. The directors decided his abilities would be better ser...
EditorialCaptain Richard Francis Burton. Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits o. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington: London,. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90). English explorer, linguist and diplomat. Portrait. Image taken from Men of Ma...
EditorialHalf-length portrait of Claudius James Rich, c.1803. A brilliant linguist, he studied a numberof Oriental languages at an early age, and applied to the East India Company for a military cadetship. The directors decided his abilities would be better ser...
EditorialWilhelm von Humboldt (1767?1835). German government functionary, diplomat, philosopher and linguist. Monument at the Humboldt University. Berlin. Germany.