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Latino Coelho published the lives of Garrett e Castilho [Garrett and Castilho] (1917), based on articles in the journals Panorama and Portugal artístico [Artistic Portugal]and in the aforementioned RCPB, although his biographical activity had been primarily shaped by works on Pombal and the celebrated Galeria de varões ilustres de Portugal [Gallery of the illustrious men of Portugal] by the Corazzi publisher, on Camões and Vasco da Gama. In addition to other more extensive biographies, Pinheiro Chagas successfully adopted the anthology model for the general public and for schools with his Portugueses ilustres [Illustrious Portuguese figures] (1869), a small volume focusing on great Portuguese figures dating back to the nation's beginnings. António Feliciano de Castilho, like his brother José Feliciano to a lesser extent, was concurrently engaged in extensive biographical studies of writers from the modern era alongside his journalistic activities. Even the Glorias portuguezas [Portuguese Glories] by Teixeira de Vasconcelos (whose material was provided by the Gazeta de Portugal) adhered – as would befit a member of the ACL and SGL – to the critical scrutiny of the "historian," who rejected the portraits of personalities who were still alive (T. Vasconcelos, Glorias portuguezas, 1869, p.viii).
Like the RCPB, other publications from the same period made the life story, particularly of contemporary figures, and often their respective portraits (considered aids in the biographical reconstruction process), the anchor of the publication. Depending on the target audience, these more or less popular publications were seen throughout the second half of the century, albeit with varying longevity: the Álbum: publicação foto-biográfica [Album: a photo-biographical publication], the Arquivo biográfico [Biographical Archive] (of which some numbers sold out) and the Retratos de homens ilustres do século XIX [Portraits of Illustrious Men of the 19th Century], mainly based on image reproduction, but also, to some extent and only as an example, the Arquivo Pitoresco [Picturesque Archive] (where Inocêncio published abundantly), the Ilustração, the Gazeta de Portugal – the latter two linked to Teixeira de Vasconcelos – and, above all, the Plutarco português [Portuguese Plutarch] (1881), a title accompanied by the suggestive subtitle Colecção de retratos e biografias dos principais vultos históricos da civilização portuguesa [Collection of portraits and biographies of the main historical figures of Portuguese civilization].
