Rhetorician Collection

MAO TSE-TUNG: POSTER, 1973. March Forward to Achieve Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Mao Tse-tung greeting the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square, Beijing). Chinese poster, 1973

PATRICK HENRY, 1775

PATRICK HENRY (1736-1799). American revolutionary hero and orator. Henry speaking to the First Continental Congress in 1774. After a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1895

HELEN KELLER (1880-1968). American author and lecturer. Photographed in 1905

Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator, 384-322 BC
Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC. One of the most influential rhetoricians in Athens in the 4th century. Demostenes

Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator, 384-322 BC
Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens, 384-322 BC. Demosthenes

Leodamas of Athens, Greek orator, 4th century BC
Leodamas of Athens, Greek orator and rhetorician, 4th century BC. Disciple of Isocrates, ambassador to Thebes, and son of Erasistratus of Acharnae

Portrait of Karel van Mander I, Dutch painter
Portrait of Karel van Mander I, 1548-1606, Dutch painter, rhetorician and historian of Netherlandish art, author of the Schilderboeck of 1604. In doublet with ruff, holding a brush and palette

Isocrates, (436-338 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Isocrates, (436-338 BC), 1830. Isocrates (436-338 BC) Ancient Greek rhetorician and one of the ten Attic orators. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R

Portrait of Matheus de Casteleyn, Priest and Rhetorician in Oudenaarde, 1732-1771

Apuleius, Roman writer, philosopher and rhetorician (litho)
5208294 Apuleius, Roman writer, philosopher and rhetorician (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apuleius (c124-c170), Roman writer, philosopher and rhetorician

Hartwig Schmidenstedt, German rhetorician
6040001 Hartwig Schmidenstedt, German rhetorician. by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hartwig Schmidenstedt, German rhetorician, 1539-1595. Hartvicus Smidenstet Philos)

Marble chair of Polamon, the Lesbian rhetorician still existing at Mitilene (engraving)
5200900 Marble chair of Polamon, the Lesbian rhetorician still existing at Mitilene (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marble chair of Polamon)

Head of the Roman philosopher Apuleius (engraving)
3647856 Head of the Roman philosopher Apuleius (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Head of the Roman philosopher Apuleius (125-170)

Lorenzo Valla, c1407-1457, Italian humanist
6040031 Lorenzo Valla, c1407-1457, Italian humanist

Hugh Blair, (1718-1800), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Hugh Blair, (1718-1800), 1830. Hugh Blair (1718-1800) Scottish minister, author, rhetorician and theorists of written discourse, a valuable part of the Scottish Enlightenment

Apuleius, (c124-170 AD), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Apuleius, (c124-170 AD), 1830. Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c124-170 AD) Latin-language prose writer, philosopher and rhetorician, a Numidian who lived under the Roman Empire

Cicero pronouncing his first oration against Catiline in the Roman Senate in 64 B
CICERO IN SENATE. Cicero pronouncing his first oration against Catiline in the Roman Senate in 64 B.C. After the mural painting by Cesare Maccari

Isokrates (436-338 BC). Bust
Isokrates (436-338 BC). Athenian orator. Bust. Roman copy after a original greek. 3rd century BC. Marble. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

ISOCRATES (436-338 BC). Ancient Greek rhetorician and one of the ten Attic orators. From the book Pinacotheca imaginum illustrium by Gian Vittorio de Rossi (1577-1647). Engraving. SPAIN

KELLER & BELL, 1894. Helen Keller (left) with her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, and Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone and teacher of the deaf. Photographed at Chautauqua, New York, 1894

HELEN KELLER (1880-1968). American author and lecturer. Oil over a photograph, 1905

ROMAN SENATE: CATILINE. Cicero denounces Catiline (c108-62 B)
ROMAN SENATE: CATILINE. Cicero denounces Catiline (c108-62 B.C.) in the Senate. Line engraving, 19th century

PATRICK HENRY (1736-1799). American revolutionary leader and orator. Colored engraving, 19th century

CICERO (106-43 B. C. ) at his villa in Tusculum: after the painting by Georges Labayle
CICERO (106-43 B.C.) at his villa in Tusculum: after the painting by Georges Labayle

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1917

Hugh Blair, 1718 To 1800. Scottish Minister Of Religion, Author, Rhetorician And Theorist Of Written Discourse. From Crabbs Historical Dictionary Published 1825

Isocrates, 436 To 338 Bc. Ancient Greek Rhetorician, One Of The Ten Attic Orators. From Crabbs Historical Dictionary Published 1825

Lucius Apuleius Ad 123-5 To C Ad 180 Platonic Philosopher Rhetorician And Author Frontspiece To The Book The Story Of Cupid And Psyche By Lucius Apuleius Published 1903

Bust of Marcus Annaeus Seneca, the Elder (c55 BC-40 AD), Roman Rhetorician, c1st century

Quintillian ( 35 - after 96). Roman rhetorician from Hispania. Engraving

Vico, Giovanni Battista (1668-1744). Italian political philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist. Oil

HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American writer and lecturer. Helen Keller reading First Lady Grace Coolidges lips with her hand, 11 January 1926

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935). American feminist, writer, and reformer. Oil over a photograph

Decimus Maximus Ausonius (c. 310-395) 1584 (engraving) (b&w photo)
XJF113422 Decimus Maximus Ausonius (c.310-395) 1584 (engraving) (b&w photo) by French School, (16th century); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

SOJOURNER TRUTH (c1797-1883). Assumed name of Isabella Baumfree, American lecturer and reformer. Carte-de-visite photograph, 1864

CORNELIUS TACITUS (55?-after 117 A. D. ). Roman orator, politician and historian
CORNELIUS TACITUS (55?-after 117 A.D.). Roman orator, politician and historian. Lithograph, 19th century

WENDELL PHILLIPS (1811-1884). American reformer

PERICLES (c495-429 B. C. ). Athenian statesman: aquatint, English, 1796, of a Roman
PERICLES (c495-429 B.C.). Athenian statesman: aquatint, English, 1796, of a Roman copy of a Greek bust from the 5th century B.C

ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899). American lawyer and agnostic lecturer. Photographed c1890

HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American author and lecturer. Keller (left) with Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936), American educator. Oil over a photograph, 1893

EDWARD EVERETT (1794-1865). American Unitarian clergyman, orator, and statesman. Original cabinet photograph

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935). American feminist, writer, and reformer. Photograph, c1900

CHARLES JAMES FOX (1749-1806). English politician and orator. Oil on canvas, 1794, by Karl Anton Hickel

CHARLES FOX (1749-1806). English statesman and orator

DEMOSTHENES (385-322 B. C. ). Athenian orator and statesman
DEMOSTHENES (385-322 B.C.). Athenian orator and statesman. Demosthenes practicing oratory. Photogravure from an oil on canvas by Jules Lecomte du Nouy

JOHN BRIGHT (1811-1889). English orator and statesman. Lithograph, c1880

HENRI COCHIN (1687-1747). French lawyer. Lithograph, French, 19th century

JOHN BRIGHT (1811-1889). English orator and statesman. Original carte-de-visite photograph

ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON (1842-1932). American lecturer. Original cabinet photograph

LORD BOLINGBROKE (1678-1751). Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. English statesman and orator. Etching, English, 1819

BURKE & FOX. British statesman and orator, Edmnd Burke (right) in conversation with his friend, Charles James Fox. Oil on canvas by Thomas Hickney

JOHN BRIGHT (1811-1889). British statesman and orator. Canvas by W. W. Ouless, 1879
JOHN BRIGHT (1811-1889). British statesman and orator. Canvas by W.W. Ouless, 1879

EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797). British statesman and orator. Oil on canvas, 1771, by the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds

CICERO: OPERA MANUSCRIPT. First page of Marcus Tullius Ciceros opera. Illuminated ms. Florence, late 15th century

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106-43 B. C. ). Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106-43 B.C.). Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher. Italian manuscript illumination, 1410

Marcus Annaeus Seneca The Elder (c55 BC-40 AD) Roman Rhetorician

Petrus de Montagnana in the Lecture Chair at Padua
MEDICAL LECTURE, 1522. Petrus de Montagnana in the Lecture Chair at Padua. Woodcut attributed to Gentile Bellini from Johannes de Kethams Fasciculus Medicinae, 1522

(1880-1968). American author and lecurer
HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American author and lecurer, and Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936). American educator. Photographed in 1893

American Revolutionary leader. Henrys address in the House of Burgesses
PATRICK HENRY (1736-1799). American Revolutionary leader. Henrys address in the House of Burgesses, May 1765. Oil on canvas by P.F. Rothermel

(1755-1804) on the steps of Kings (Columbia) College
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1755-1804) on the steps of Kings (Columbia) College, New York City, addressing the crowd on the cause of liberty, 1775. Wood engraving, 1884, after Howard Pyle

American Revolutionary leader. Etching, 1888, by Albert Rosenthal
PATRICK HENRY (1736-1799). American Revolutionary leader. Etching, 1888, by Albert Rosenthal

(106-43 B. C. ). Roman orator, statesman
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO. (106-43 B.C.). Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher. The Young Cicero Reading. Fresco, 1460s, by Vincenzo Foppa

(1860-1935). American feminist, writer, and reformer. Photograph, c1900
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935). American feminist, writer, and reformer. Photograph, c1900

Greek statesman. Practicing his oratory by the seashore
DEMOSTHENES (384-322 B.C.) Greek statesman. Practicing his oratory by the seashore. After a painting by Jules Lecomte du Nouy

(1860-1925). American lawyer and political leader
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (1860-1925). American lawyer and political leader. At a Banquet in New York the Auditors Acclaimed Bryan Greater than the Author of the Declaration of Independence

SOJOURNER TRUTH (c1797-1883). Assumed name of Isabella Baumfree, American lecturer and reformer. Photographed, 1863, while a nurse in the Union Army

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935). American feminist, writer, and reformer. Photograph, c1914

HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American writer and lecturer. Oil over a photograph

HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American author and lecturer. Keller (right) with her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy (1866-1936). Photograph, c1910

OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900). Irish writer and wit. An American cartoon of 1882 inspired by Wildes American tour of that year

HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968). American writer and lecturer. Helen Keller with two-year-old Donald Hart on board the ocean liner Independence, after the ship docked in New York City

ROMAN ORATOR. Cippus addressing the Romans. An ancient Roman orator declaring the boundaries between two towns. Line engraving

HERODOTUS (c484-c425 B. C. ). Greek historian
HERODOTUS (c484-c425 B.C.). Greek historian. Herodotus reading his history before an assembly of Greeks. Wood engraving, late 19th century

LUCIUS APULEIUS (c124-c170 A. D)
LUCIUS APULEIUS (c124-c170 A.D.). North African philosopher and rhetorician. Line engraving, c1800, after an ancient medallion

JOSEPH HOLT (1807-1894). American politician. Steel engraving, 1861

ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899). American lawyer and agnostic lecturer. Wood engraving, 1880

RUSSIA: STUDENTS, 1844. Bored students in a Russian university lecture hall dominated by a pedagogue of proven orthodoxy. Wood engraving, 1844

CHARLES FOX (1749-1806). Charles James Fox. English statesman and orator. Line and stipple engraving, English, 19th century

COMTE de MIRABEAU (1749-1791). Full name: Honor

EDWARD EVERETT (1794-1865). American Unitarian clergyman, orator, and statesman. Steel engraving, American, 19th century

FRANCES WRIGHT (1795-1852). American (Scottish-born) reformer. Line and stipple engraving, 19th century

LORD BOLINGBROKE (1678-1751). Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. English statesman and orator. Steel engraving, English, 1836

HENRY WOODFIN GRADY (1851-1889). American editor and orator. Line engraving, 1890

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The art of persuasion has been a powerful force throughout history, with great rhetoricians shaping the course of nations and inspiring generations. From Mao Tse-tung's iconic poster, depicting him greeting the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, to Patrick Henry's impassioned plea for liberty in his landmark speech before the Virginia Assembly, these individuals have left an indelible mark on society. Patrick Henry, an American revolutionary hero and orator, captivated audiences with his fiery speeches advocating for colonial rights. Whether addressing the First Continental Congress or rallying support with his famous words "Give me liberty or give me death. ", Henry's eloquence stirred hearts and ignited a revolution. Helen Keller, despite being deaf and blind from a young age, defied all odds to become an influential author and lecturer. Her resilience and determination serve as a testament to the power of communication beyond traditional means. Throughout ancient times, renowned figures like Apuleius and Isocrates mastered rhetoric as both writers and philosophers. Their ability to craft persuasive arguments elevated their status as intellectuals who shaped public opinion. Even in more recent history, figures like Hugh Blair continued this tradition by teaching rhetoric at universities. His contributions ensured that future generations would carry on the legacy of effective communication. From China to America, from ancient Rome to modern Germany - each culture has produced its own celebrated rhetoricians who have left their mark on society. The marble chair of Polamon still standing in Mitilene serves as a physical reminder of one such influential figure from Lesbos. In essence, these individuals remind us that words possess immense power when wielded effectively. They inspire us to use our voices wisely and purposefully – not just for personal gain but also for positive change within our communities. As we look back at these notable rhetoricians throughout history, we are reminded that true influence lies not only in what is said but also how it is said.