Historic Book Person of the Week #5: Johann Ernst Adelbulner

A whole lot of hair and a little bit of mustache.

Eighteenth-century German printer, Johann Ernst Adelbulner.

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Civil Warrior of the Week #7: Henry Warner Slocum

Henry Slocum proves that no matter how you acted in life, they’ll depict you on horseback waving a sword when they get around to making your statue.

Civil Warrior of the Week #5: Bejamin F. Butler

Benjamin “Beast” Butler.

Civil Warrior of the Week #2: Philip Kearny

Philip Kearny, aka “The One Armed Devil,” aka “Kearny the Magnificent“:

Not to be confused with the Patrick Kearney.

Civil Warrior of the Week #1: Col. Rush C. Hawkins

The Magician of the Week feature goes on hiatus this week. But not to fear: a weekly dose of historic portraiture will still be available, and now we’re increasing the facial hair quotient considerably. Today marks the first of the “Civil Warrior of the Week” posts, and our first image, that of Rush C. Hawkins, offers not only the afore-promised facial hair, but a pretty nice hat too:

Even nicer than Hawkins’ hat: the collection of rare books and art he left to Brown University.

Magician of the Week #5: Mino

Mino, the Zoroastrian Wizard, with tiara, skull and mustache

Taken from The Wizard, Vol. 3, no. 30 (1908):