Article created by: Mariia Tkachenko Before the invention of photography, the appearance of famous and historical figures was documented in statues, paintings, engravings, and written sources. However, such depictions aren’t exactly accurate, as artistic limitations and biases can make the person look different from reality. Thankfully, when photography came about, it changed how well-known people are recorded, and now we can see them truly as they were. To celebrate this and remind us how fortunate we are to be able to take such a glimpse into history, Bored Panda compiled a list of historical figures who lived long enough to be photographed. Scroll down to find it below, and don’t forget to upvote those pictures that left you star-struck. Read More: 50 Photos Of Legendary People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Ever Photographed (New Pics) #1 Vincent Van Gogh, 1873 Image credits: Van Gogh Museum #2 Harriet Tubman, C. 1868 Image credits: Benjamin F. Powelson #3 Tesla Sitting In Front Of A Spiral Coil Used In His Wireless Power Experiments At His East Houston St. Laboratory, 1896 Image credits: Electrical Review #4 Annie Oakley, C. 1903 Image credits: Heritage Auction Gallery #5 Geronimo, Or Goyahkla, 1887 Image credits: Ben Wittick #6 Wedding Photo Of Pierre And Marie Curie, 1895 Image credits: Wikimedia Commons #7 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, 1914 Image credits: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress #8 Mark Twain, 1908 Image credits: The Art Stack #9 Churchill In 1900 Around The Time Of His First Election To Parliament Image credits: Imperial War Museums #10 Pablo Picasso, 1904 Image credits: Ricard Canals #11 Hannah Stilley Gorby, Possibly The Earliest-Born Person To Be Photographed, Born Around 1746 Image credits: Wikimedia Commons #12 Rasputin And His Admirers, 1914 Image credits: Karl Bulla #13 Frederick Douglass, C. 1847-1852 Image credits: Art Institute of Chicago #14 President Abraham Lincoln, C. 1846 Image credits: Library of Congress #15 Daimyo Shimazu Nariakira, Subject Of The Earliest Surviving Japanese Photograph, 1857 Image credits: Ichiki Shirō #16 Leo Tolstoy, 1848 Image credits: Pavel Biryukov #17 Ernest Hemingway At His Typewriter, Circa 1939 Image credits: Lloyd Arnold #18 Roosevelt After Leaving Office In October 1910 Image credits: American Press Association #19 Calamity Jane, 1901 Image credits: Louis R. Freeman #20 Robert Cornelius, The First Person To Photograph Themself, 1839 Image credits: Library of Congress #21 Harriet Beecher Stowe, C. 1852 Image credits: Bowdoin College Museum of Art #22 William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), 1911 Image credits: Library of Congress #23 Wright Brothers, 1909 Image credits: Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum #24 Emily Dickinson, C. 1847 Image credits: Amherst College #25 Sylvia Plath, 1950s Image credits: Giovanni Giovannetti/Grazia Neri #26 Portrait Photograph Of Jack London, 1876-1916 Image credits: Arnold Genthe #27 Charles Darwin, 1869 Image credits: Julia Margaret Cameron #28 Wyatt Earp, C. 1868 Image credits: Wikimedia Commons #29 Portrait Of Karl Marx, 1818–1883 Image credits: International Institute of Social History #30 M. Lefebre, One Of The Last Surviving Veterans Of Napoleon's Army, 1858 Image credits: Brown University #31 A French Veteran Of The Battle Of Waterloo, 1897 Image credits: Emile Lenoble #32 John Herschel, 1867 Image credits: Julia Margaret Cameron/Adam Cuerden #33 Portrait Of Charles Dickens, Between 1867 And 1868 Image credits: J. Gurney/Heritage Auction Gallery #34 Photographic Portrait Of Sigmund Freud, Circa 1921 Image credits: Max Halberstadt #35 Helen Keller And Anne Sullivan, C. 1913 Image credits: Library of Congress #36 Daniel F. Bakeman, The Last Surviving Soldier Of The Revolutionary War, 1868 Image credits: Wikimedia Commons #37 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1857 Image credits: Robert Howlett #38 Billy The Kid, 1878 Image credits: Wikimedia Commons #39 Queen Victoria, 1887 Image credits: National Portrait Gallery #40 Ulysses S. Grant, C. 1870s Image credits: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress #41 Lewis Carroll, 1857 Image credits: National Portrait Gallery London #42 The Duke Of Wellington, 1844 Image credits: Antoine Claudet #43 John Quincy Adams, 1843 Image credits: Philip Haas #44 Martin Van Buren, C. 1849 Image credits: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University #45 Butch Cassidy, C. 1900 Image credits: CDA, Greenmountainboy #46 President Franklin Pierce, C. 1851-1860 Image credits: Library of Congress #47 John Chapman, Aka Johnny Appleseed, C. 1840s Image credits: David R. Johnson #48 Wild Bill Hickok, C. 1860s Image credits: Heritage Auctions #49 President James K. Polk, 1849 Image credits: Brady, Mathew B. #50 Confederate President Jefferson Davis, C. 1861 You Might Also Like: I Decided To Recreate One Famous Classic Painting A Day For A Year, And Here Are My 51 Recreations Image credits: Mathew Benjamin Brady 50 Photos Of Legendary People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Ever Photographed (New Pics)

Article created by: Mariia Tkachenko

Before the invention of photography, the appearance of famous and historical figures was documented in statues, paintings, engravings, and written sources. However, such depictions aren’t exactly accurate, as artistic limitations and biases can make the person look different from reality. Thankfully, when photography came about, it changed how well-known people are recorded, and now we can see them truly as they were.  To celebrate this and remind us how fortunate we are to be able to take such a glimpse into history, Bored Panda compiled a list of historical figures who lived long enough to be photographed. Scroll down to find it below, and don’t forget to upvote those pictures that left you star-struck.

• Read More: 50 Photos Of Legendary People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Ever Photographed (New Pics)

#1 Vincent Van Gogh, 1873

Image credits: Van Gogh Museum

#2 Harriet Tubman, C. 1868

Image credits: Benjamin F. Powelson

#3 Tesla Sitting In Front Of A Spiral Coil Used In His Wireless Power Experiments At His East Houston St. Laboratory, 1896

Image credits: Electrical Review

#4 Annie Oakley, C. 1903

Image credits: Heritage Auction Gallery

#5 Geronimo, Or Goyahkla, 1887

Image credits: Ben Wittick

#6 Wedding Photo Of Pierre And Marie Curie, 1895

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons

#7 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, 1914

Image credits: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

#8 Mark Twain, 1908

Image credits: The Art Stack

#9 Churchill In 1900 Around The Time Of His First Election To Parliament

Image credits: Imperial War Museums

#10 Pablo Picasso, 1904

Image credits: Ricard Canals

#11 Hannah Stilley Gorby, Possibly The Earliest-Born Person To Be Photographed, Born Around 1746

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons

#12 Rasputin And His Admirers, 1914

Image credits: Karl Bulla

#13 Frederick Douglass, C. 1847-1852

Image credits: Art Institute of Chicago

#14 President Abraham Lincoln, C. 1846

Image credits: Library of Congress

#15 Daimyo Shimazu Nariakira, Subject Of The Earliest Surviving Japanese Photograph, 1857

Image credits: Ichiki Shirō

#16 Leo Tolstoy, 1848

Image credits: Pavel Biryukov

#17 Ernest Hemingway At His Typewriter, Circa 1939

Image credits: Lloyd Arnold

#18 Roosevelt After Leaving Office In October 1910

Image credits: American Press Association

#19 Calamity Jane, 1901

Image credits: Louis R. Freeman

#20 Robert Cornelius, The First Person To Photograph Themself, 1839

Image credits: Library of Congress

#21 Harriet Beecher Stowe, C. 1852

Image credits: Bowdoin College Museum of Art

#22 William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), 1911

Image credits: Library of Congress

#23 Wright Brothers, 1909

Image credits: Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

#24 Emily Dickinson, C. 1847

Image credits: Amherst College

#25 Sylvia Plath, 1950s

Image credits: Giovanni Giovannetti/Grazia Neri

#26 Portrait Photograph Of Jack London, 1876-1916

Image credits: Arnold Genthe

#27 Charles Darwin, 1869

Image credits: Julia Margaret Cameron

#28 Wyatt Earp, C. 1868

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons

#29 Portrait Of Karl Marx, 1818–1883

Image credits: International Institute of Social History

#30 M. Lefebre, One Of The Last Surviving Veterans Of Napoleon's Army, 1858

Image credits: Brown University

#31 A French Veteran Of The Battle Of Waterloo, 1897

Image credits: Emile Lenoble

#32 John Herschel, 1867

Image credits: Julia Margaret Cameron/Adam Cuerden

#33 Portrait Of Charles Dickens, Between 1867 And 1868

Image credits: J. Gurney/Heritage Auction Gallery

#34 Photographic Portrait Of Sigmund Freud, Circa 1921

Image credits: Max Halberstadt

#35 Helen Keller And Anne Sullivan, C. 1913

Image credits: Library of Congress

#36 Daniel F. Bakeman, The Last Surviving Soldier Of The Revolutionary War, 1868

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons

#37 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1857

Image credits: Robert Howlett

#38 Billy The Kid, 1878

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons

#39 Queen Victoria, 1887

Image credits: National Portrait Gallery

#40 Ulysses S. Grant, C. 1870s

Image credits: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

#41 Lewis Carroll, 1857

Image credits: National Portrait Gallery London

#42 The Duke Of Wellington, 1844

Image credits: Antoine Claudet

#43 John Quincy Adams, 1843

Image credits: Philip Haas

#44 Martin Van Buren, C. 1849

Image credits: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

#45 Butch Cassidy, C. 1900

Image credits: CDA, Greenmountainboy

#46 President Franklin Pierce, C. 1851-1860

Image credits: Library of Congress

#47 John Chapman, Aka Johnny Appleseed, C. 1840s

Image credits: David R. Johnson

#48 Wild Bill Hickok, C. 1860s

Image credits: Heritage Auctions

#49 President James K. Polk, 1849

Image credits: Brady, Mathew B.

#50 Confederate President Jefferson Davis, C. 1861

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