Bildnisse der berühmtesten Menschen aller Völker und Zeiten: ein Supplement-Kupferband zu jedem biographischen Wörterbuche, besonders zu dem Conversations-Lexikon
This 1827 German supplement of copperplate portrait engravings, issued by Heidelberg University Library's digitised collection, gathers likenesses of famous people from all nations and eras as a companion to biographical dictionaries and the Conversations-Lexikon. The pictures are uniform octagonal-framed bust portraits in fine line engraving, showing men in early nineteenth-century dress with cravats, high collars, powdered or curled hair and orders on their coats. A designer could borrow the octagon frame, the cross-hatched shading and the consistent bust crop for a set of period character portraits.
