Dramatic Historical Illustrations

Captures intense historical moments through engravings depicting significant events and figures, blending narrative and dramatic expressions.

Adaloald, 602-628, the Lombard king of Italy from 616 to 626, being forced to drink poison

alcohol, wine, production, pressurage, after miniature, bok of hours, 16th century,

''That Unfortunate Marriage, by Francis Eleanor Trollope, "What on earth my mother did with her money I can't conjecture', 1888. From, 'The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888'.

Do not disillusioned if she cried, sublime contempt and virtue, vintage engraved illustration.

Black and White Illustration: "The Laughing Audience". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)

James II receiving news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, (c1890). Artist: Frederick Heath.

Heirat in Frankreich zur Zeit der Ersten Republik 1792, 1804, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Originaldrucks aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Torchlight door, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Fountain of Lisieux hotel in Rouen, vintage engraving. Fountain of Lisieux hotel in Rouen, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673137

Venice, Cavalli, Nicolo, Italy, Maggiotto, Francesco, Colle, Pellegrino dal, Fighting women, Three women attack a man, verso - stamped, View into a room where three women attack a man. The man is trying to escape. In the foreground on the left are baskets with pots., print, prints, height 227 mm, width 291 mm, Italian, 1737 - 1812, print maker, printmaker, 1747 - 1812, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1730 - 1822, publisher

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (born 15 July 1606 in Leiden, died 4 October 1669 in Amsterdam) and his wife Saskia van Uylenburgh, steel engraving after a painting by Rembrandt, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original.

Frederick the Great and the sleeping Zieten at a table, Germany, Illustration from 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Johann Heinrich Voss (1751-1826). German poet and translator. He was one of the founders of the German literary group Gottinger Hainbund (Grove League of Gottingen). Engraving, 1882.

Charles, Prince of Viana (1421-1461). Infante of Aragon and Navarre, Prince of Viana and Gerona, duke of Gandia and Montblanc. He was also called Charles IV of Navarre (1441-1461). Engraving by Rico after a painting by Moreno Carbonero. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1882.

Kerstkaart. Krijgsgevangenenkamp Stalag IVB in Mühlberg aan de Elbe (series title). Draughtsman: Wim van Hooff. Dating: 1944 - 1945. Place: Mühlberg. Measurements: h 10 cm × w 13.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Robert Harley (1661-1724), Conde de Oxford. Político británico. Jefe de Gobierno entre 1710 y 1714, desempeñó un papel decisivo en el tratado de Utrech. Grabado de 1866.

Painting by Per Hilleström d.ä. "A women's timber warms its rear and an old man will be rare rice". Nordic

Frederick the Great and the Sleeping Zieten at a Table, Germany, illustration from 1880 / Friedrich der Große und der schlafende Zieten an einem Tisch, Deutschland, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Phaeton, 1601 - 1700, Etchings, 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Paper / Sheet 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (8.7 x 5.7 cm), Cream laid

'OUR FRENCH WATERING PLACE,' BY LIONEL SMYTHE, IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, 1866

Figures designed by Inigo Jones for the Masque of 'The Fortunate Isles'. Date: early 17th century

Illustration of Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) a German actor, playwright, and inventor of the printing technique of lithography. Dated 19th Century

The Truth, after a painting by Alexander Frenz, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date not known

A Bookseller eighteenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1882.

Illustration depicting a lady ringing a bell to call a servant to the drawing room. Dated 19th Century

Wilhelm Meister von Philinen wreathed, drawing by L. Pietsch. Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature. Leipzig and Berlin 1880

Louvre Museum, Sculpture, Colossal head of Lucilla, Roman empress, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

$Humorous sketch by Dudley Hardy showing a frustrated artist trying to deal with a cheeky model. Artist (to refractory model): Do sit still! You are a little devil. The Model: Well, I'm not as bad as I'm painted, anyway. Date: 12th December 1906$

PITT THE ELDER 1ST EARL OF CHATHAM English politician Picture as a harlequin with the devil. Date: 7 April 1778

Schiller Monument in Vienna, Austria, historic illustration, 1877, Europe

public scriber, scrivener / Öffentlicher Schreiber, Stuhlschreiber, 1522, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Cartoon depicting a portable shower bath which were in common use in the second half of the nineteenth century. Illustrated by John Leech (1817-1864) an English caricaturist and illustrator. Dated 19th century

Der Abschied Alexanders I. von Friedrich Wilhelm III. und Luise am Sarg Friedrichs des Großen in der Garnisionskirche zu Potsdam in der Nacht vom 3. a...

Young couple sitting on a sofa, relieved facial expression. Woodcut after a painting by P. Bedini, The End of the Thunderstorm, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

The return, Drawing Pauquet, of a published after lithography, vintage engraving. The return, Drawing Pauquet, of a published after lithography, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679474

'Sidney Was Sheltered in the House of His Friend Walsingham', c1929. 'Philip Sidney was happily sheltered in the house of Sir Francis Walsingham, the English Ambassador in Paris, on the night of August 24, 1572, a night made for ever memorable by the massacre of St. Bartholomew, or he might have fallen a victim to the intolerance of the times'. The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots. From "Heroic Deeds of Great Men", by C. Sheridan Jones and Alfred Miles, illustrated by Howard Davi

'The Battle of the Rubric', 1866. Artist: John Tenniel

She has given him a bun and a roll. Illustration by George Cruikshank to the poem Bloudie Jacke of Shrewsberrie. From the book The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, published 1865.

Painting Salon 1861, Claude Lorrain 1600-1682, Poussin 1594-1663 and, E Guaspre 1613-1675 in the Roman countryside, vintage engraving. Painting Salon 1861, Claude Lorrain 1600-1682, Poussin 1594-1663 and, E Guaspre 1613-1675 in the Roman countryside, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674074

Portrait of Marchesa Balbi, Fine Art

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist & mathematician. Artist's impression of Newton in the orchard at Woolsthorpe when an apple fell and set him thinking about gravity. Wood engraving c1880.

JEAN WORMBERGH Swiss dwarf, 96.5 cm tall, who visited London circa 1690 Date: flourished 1688

Woman Carding Wool (La Cardeuse) Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875). Woman Carding Wool (La Cardeuse), 1855-1856. Etching on old laid paper, 10 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (25.7 x 17.2 cm). European Art 1855-1856

Concert at time of Bach, 1732, Engraving by Lipsia. Museum: Society Friends of Music, VIENA, AUSTRIA. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.

Illustration to the epic poem 'The Knight in the Panther's Skin' by Shota Rustaveli by Kobuladze, Sergo (1909-1978) Private Collection 1937 Lithograph Georgia Book design Mythology, Allegory and Literature Book Art

Roma antigua. Lucio Domitio Claudio Nerón (37-68), emperador, antes de suicidarse.

Interior of Munich Residenz, Munich, Germany. Drawing by Dieudonne Lancelot (1823-1895) Trip from Paris to Bucharest, 1860 by Victor Duruy (1811-1894) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Cartoon depicting a mother punishing her son by making him stand facing the wall. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Santa Cecilia de Roma, noble romana, convertida al cristianismo y martirizada por su fe. Grabado de G. Hener de 1870.

A matinee at Liszt's, 1846, from left, musicians and composers Kriehuber, Hector Berlioz, Carl Czerny, Franz Liszt, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, historical drawing after Josef Kriehuber, 1800-1876, Austrian painter and lithographer

Maria Therese, Empress of Austria. Maria Theresa (13 May 1717 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. Reigned 1740-1780

Parmentier, vintage engraving. Parmentier, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660696

Morning Note, Charles Dana Gibson

1530s JACQUES CARTIER FRENCH EXPLORER NAVIGATOR WHO DISCOVERED THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND CLAIMED CANADA FOR FRANCE

Historic drawing from the 19th century, Paul Hofhaimer or Hoffhaimer, 1459 - 1537, an Austrian organist and composer, from the triumphal procession of the Emperor Maximilian I., 1459 - 1519, after the woodcut from the 16th century

The Room with the Portrait. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

The Museum of Orleans, The flute player, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Historical engraving, wood carver, 1888

Im Englischen Garten in München, Bayern, Deutschland, im Jahre 1840, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, ...

Family Holbein painting of this artist, retains a Bale, vintage engraving. Family Holbein painting of this artist, retains a Bale, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660711

French copper engraving by Chavillet after a painting by Peters, images depicting the painter's wife, 1800

Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby. Victoria was deeply attached to Beatrice and was determined to keep her unmarried and at home. Beatrice married Henry of Battenberg in 1885 (this picture being part of a special supplement to celebrate the event) but the Battenberg family remained living with Victoria for much of the remainder of her life. Date: 27th Jul

Curious woman peeking through a keyhole, anonymous copper engraving around 1810

Roman Emperor Hadrian (76 AD-138 AD) and your favourite Antinous (111 AD-130 AD). Drawn by Otto Knille (1832-1898). Artistic Illustration, 1885, Spain.

The baby held out his arms to his father, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

***** pamited by Miss O' Dilla Meagher.Madonna by Botticellis in the Ujjizi galleries florence. March 28, 1933.

Pythia on the Tripod, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Historic drawing from the 19th century, musicians with shawms, trombones and krummhorns, from the triumphal procession of the Emperor Maximilian I., 1459 - 1519, after the woodcut from the 16th century

Otto IV of Brunswick, 1175 - 1218, and the murder of Philip of Swabia, 1177 - 1208, historical illustration from Bildnisse der Deutschen Koenige und Kaiser, Portraits of German Kings and Emperors, by Professor Heinrich Schneider, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1889

Voltaire, 18th century French author, playwright, satirist and man of letters. Artist: Unknown

Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. My First Love

'Alfred found much pleasure in reading', 9th century, (1905).Artist: A S Forrest

Christopher Columbus sought economic support for an expedition west across the Atlantic Ocean to the rich lands of the East. After the courts of Italy and Portugal refused to fund an expedition, he met with success at the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella. In this nineteenth-century illustration, Columbus is shown signing legal documents that stated the command given him by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and that he would be well rewarded if he found a new route to the riches believed to be to the west of Europe.

Wattenkur ". Lithography after drawing Fritz von Dardel. Nordic

Poll photo collection. Rome: visit to the Vatican City. Cherubs at a water basin of the sculptor Agostino Cornacchini in the Sint-Pietersbasiliek. December 1937. Italy, Rome, Vatican City

Unemployed worker, 1818, by Dominique Doncre (1743-1820).

17th CENTURY. Galileo Galilei condemned for contravening Copernicus. Years 1940. Drawing of Mestre. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Single Keyboard Organ, 14th Century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

The Vigil, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain

Eselsbank, bench for naughty pupils, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882

Single Keyboard Organ, 14th Century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Murals in De Waal Street, Wale Street, Bo-Kaap or Malay Quarter, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

'The Sick Goose and the Council of Health', 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank

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