13 Historical Figures Whose Appearances Were Restored Using Graphic Design (16 Photos)

Even if some of these people are unfamiliar to you, it is extremely interesting to look at how some historical document, be it a portrait, sculpture, old photo or even a death mask, turns into the face of a person who could live next door to us.





Royalty Now's Becca Saladin continues to transform famous figures from the distant past into our contemporaries.

Joan of Arc



The face was created based on a description of the appearance and a statue from the French city of Orleans.

George Washington





The photo is based on the lifetime mask of the American president, made when he was 53 years old.

Olga Nikolaevna





Tatyana Nikolaevna





The appearance of the daughters of Nicholas II was restored based on the work of forensic expert Sergei Nikitin, who was involved in plastic reconstruction of the appearance of the Romanovs.

Jane Austen



The face was reconstructed from a sketch by the writer's sister Cassandra.

Mary Stuart



The Queen of Scots' appearance was restored using a death mask.

Harriet Tubman



This legendary American woman is famous for her struggle against slavery and for women's rights.

William Wallace



The same Scottish knight from whom Mel Gibson's character in the film Braveheart was based. Just by looking at his appearance, one can see how much the image of Wallace in the film differs from reality.

Vincent van Gogh



Queen Victoria



She was Queen of Great Britain from 1937 to 1901, that is, 63 years, 7 months and 3 days, which was a record for British monarchs before the reign of guess which queen.

Prince Albert



The full name of Queen Victoria's husband is Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Anna Klevskaya



The wife of the English king Henry VIII, whom he divorced because, in his opinion, she turned out to be much less beautiful than in the portrait of the painter Holbein. This, by the way, is another portrait of Anna - the artist Bartholomew Brain. Historians suggest that it was he who could have been shown to the king, but in a corrected version with a painted nose. Heinrich was especially disappointed with his nose.

Abraham Lincoln