Dramatic Historical Scenes

Illustrations capturing intense moments from literature and history, emphasizing the struggle and emotion of characters in stylized engravings.

Memorial Strasbourg seat, girls school bombed day, vintage engraving. Memorial Strasbourg seat, girls school bombed day, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679397

CERVANTES, Miguel de (Alcalá de Henares,1547Madrid,1616). Escritor español. Autor de la obra universal "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (1605). Grabado de H. PISAN sobre un dibujo de Gustave DORE (Estrasburgo,1833-París,1883) .

THE DEFEATED CHAMPION, 'YIELD THEE, RESCUE OR NO RESCUE!'

'The Devout Profession', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 70 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

RICHTER, Ludwig (1803-1884). Die Schonheit. Illustration of the work 'Die Schonheit' (The Beauty). Edition carried out in Dresden in 1909. Romanticism. Engraving.

Engraving by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator of Don Quixote amongst his books in his library from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Engraving depicting fishermen on a riverbank waiting for something to bite. Dated 19th century

General Riddle', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 9 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

Woodcut, the dream of Jacob's ladder, Genesis 28, 12, creation of the world, Old Testament, Catholic Picture-Bible

Memorial Strasbourg seat, girls school bombed day, vintage engraving. Memorial Strasbourg seat, girls school bombed day, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679397

The broken Dam, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Passage of the glacier bergschrund Pilatte, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Germany, Coornhert, Dirck Volckertsz., Amsterdam, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Cologne, Weerdt, Adriaan de, Triumph of Truth, Whoever kills desire and lies is praised by truth, verso center bottom - stamped, With the help of Truth (Operans Veritatem) man has defeated Blind Desire (Amor Coecus), depicted as cupid. He kills him with a lance between the ribs. The shadow figure Lie (Mendacium) also lies defeated on the road. Truth (Veritas) floats through the air and crowns the man with a laurel wreath. In the background two peacocks and two cranes. Just as birds seek out their own kind, so truth always seeks out those who actively pursue the truth. The print has a Latin and a Dutch caption and is part of a series on the triumph of truth., print, prints, verso bottom center - stamped, width 194 mm, height, 257 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1522 - 1590-10-29, print maker, printmaker, 1566 - 1578, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1510 - 15

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 17th century. Sancho convinces Don Quixote that the three peasant women are Dulcinea and two of her attendant in a state of enchantment. Illustrated by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)( Engraved by Heliodore Joseph Pisan(1822-1890). 1864.

Album with Prints recording the Festivities and Decorations organized in Florence for the 1589 Wedding of Archduke Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine. Artist: Orazio Scarabelli (Italian, active Florence, ca. 1589); After Bernardo Buontalenti (Bernardo delle Girandole) (Italian, Florence ca. 1531-1608 Florence); Epifanio d'Alfiano (Italian, ca. 1581-1607). Dimensions: Overall: 10 9/16 x 15 13/16 x 9/16 in. (26.8 x 40.1 x 1.4 cm). Subject of book: About Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian, Florence 1548-1609 Florence); About Christine of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Date: 1589-1592.The wedding celebrations of Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine were held in Florence in 1589. Officially, they had already been married since 1586, but it was not until Christine travelled to Florence in 1589 that the wedding would be celebrated. The preparations required a full year and mobilized most of the artists and artisans in the city of F

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

According to Greek mythology, after Zeus dethroned his father Cronus and defeated the Titans, Gaia (Mother Earth) had the Giants attack the Olympians. The battle was fierce but the Olympians won. Zeus became the king of the gods. This late 1800s illustration shows Zeus with his thunderbolts and the other Olympians defeating the Giants.

Offer Van Abraham ..

Gustave Doré; Samson destroying the house of the Philistines at Gaza; Black and White Engraving

Flood and destruction of mankind. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after) painter c. 1575-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 9'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: J. P. Morgan coll., New York. French & Co. purchased from J. Pierpont Morgan 8/18/1915; unsold as of the 1956 inventory. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: CONFVNDVNTVR LINGVAE / EORVM GENSIS XI In landscape, Noah standing on land (=Mt. Ararat), looks up in sky, as ark floats on waters, & mankind is destroyed by the Flood (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17) (BRD) vases of oversize flowers & fruit; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription Although the tapestry is entitled "Confusion of tongues", the scene depicts the "Flood", not the conclusion of the "Tower of Babel" story (which comes after Noah).

Dorothy disguised as a shepherd. unknown c. 1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 2.56 x W 1.98 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: Jacques Seligmann & Co.; given to (donné à) Roger Lévy 06/30/26. The curate & the barber discover Dorothy dressed as shepherd & bathing her feet in a stream in the mountains (ch. 8) Borders missing (Steele). Copied from Antoine Coypel's Gobelins design (Campbell). Jacques Seligmann & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 10855 Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 157-282 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0243412

To rise and to fall', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 56 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

The Fugitive Huguenot in the Bed-Chamber of the Queen of Navarre, drawn by A. de Neuville, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

L'Ane et les deux voleurs. Dated: 1862. Dimensions: image: 22.8 x 20.2 cm (9 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 45 x 31.6 cm (17 11/16 x 12 7/16 in.). Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

MINOS, BY GUSTAVE DORE

The banks of the Danube, vintage engraving. The banks of the Danube, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660281

The physician Paracelsus (real name Bombast, 1493-1541) is assailed by demons in the form of 'larvae'

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy "Purgatory and Paradise"; Dante On the Terrace of the Wrathful

Primitive Nature Folk Engaged in Fishing by Ferdinand Cormon (1845-1924) a French painter. Dated 19th Century

Cain and Abel offer sacrifices, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful

Engraving by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Inferno by Dante Alighieri Canto XV lines 28 and 29

Similarity of the treasure in the field ..

Disparate de miedo. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA.

Love in the Moonlight' drawing by Giovanni Segatini (1858-1899) Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. In later life he combined a Divisionism painting style with Symbolist images of nature. He was active in Switzerland for most of his life.

'Coming in at the Death', 1800. Artist: Unknown

New Year, New Year's Eve, the dream of youth of wealth, prosperity and woman, young man dreaming, 1868, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduct...

Charon the ferryman rowing to collect Dante and his guide, Virgil, to carry them across the Styx. Illustration by Gustave Dore for Dante 'Inferno', Canto III. Wood engraving 1861.

'Only so far afflicted, that we live desiring without hope', c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.

French history. Session of the Assembly of Notables on February 22, 1789, chaired by King Louis XV. Engraving of the time.

LITERATURA CASTELLANA. "EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA". Obra escrita por Miguel de CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (1547-1616). "DON QUIJOTE DESPIERTA A SANCHO, LA MAÑANA QUE SE HA DE CELEBRAR LA BODA DE CAMACHO" (Libro II). Grabado de Gustave DORE.

Valkyries.

Pottery, hammock, weapons and utensils Galibi indians, French Guiana, Department of France, South America. Voyage of exploration in the interior of the Guianas 1877 by Jules Crevaux. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Engraving from the Illustrated History of the great Castaway, vintage engraving. Engraving from the Illustrated History of the great Castaway, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656549

Neptune. Henry de Groux (1867-1930). Oil on canvas. 90 x 200cm.

Execution by hanging of Lollards in the reign of Henry IV, hung on gibbets of fire in the fields near London. Engraving from c 1780 edition of The New

Sansón ( siglo XII a.JC). Uno de losJueces de Israel. Dotado de una gran fuerza, y traicionado por Dalila, cegdo y esclavo de los filisteos, desquició una columna, destruyó el templo de Dagón y pereció junto a un gran número de filisteos. Grabado de 1866.

Tarija village. Great Chaco, Bolivia, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Expedition to the Pilcomayo Delta by French explorer Emile Arthur Thouar from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Accident in a mine shaft caused by the engine man at the pit head starting the movement of the rope too sharply and causing the tub to tip over. The man being hauled up was standing on the rim of the tub and holding the chain in the normal way lost his balance. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. STEPHEN, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Purgatorio by Dante. Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving

Veleda. Priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri. She achieved prominence during the Batavian rebellion of 69-70 A.C, when she correctly predicted the successes of the rebels against Roman legions. Portrait. Engraving by A. Closs, 1882.

A terrible fall. The diligence rolled on itself, vintage engraving. A terrible fall. The diligence rolled on itself, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656893

Salige women, also called Salkweiber, Salaweiber, wild or white women are figures of the legends mainly of the Alpine region, Austria, in the year 1880 / Salige Frauen, auch genannt Salkweiber, Salaweiber, wilde oder weiße Frauen sind Gestalten der Sagenwelt vorwiegend der Alpenregion, Österreich, im Jahre 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Folly of Poverty, Francisco Goya, Los Disparates, Los Proverbios, The Follies, 1815-1824, Museum Berggruen, Berlin, Germany, Europe

A naked man is tortured and roasted alive on a grate over a blazing fire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Illustration to the mirror of true rhetoric, the fall of Icarus, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Symbol of the Iron Age from about 750 B.C. to 1025 A.D., Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a old template.

Beauty and the Beast, number of servants, cook carrying food, forest, girl and man, illustration from Perrault's Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore

Death of Ivan Susanin in 1613 by Razumikhin, Pyotr Ivanovich (1812-1848)/ A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg/ Russia/ Copper engraving/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ History

Hundingsbane is a hero in norse mythology. One day, he is on his longship and visited by a Valkyrie named Sigrun. Hundingsbane falls in love. Sigrun's father opposes the match but the two get married. Hundingsbane s later killed by the deity Dag. One night someone sees Hundingsbane going into his barrow and tells his widow. Sigrun goes to the barrow and spends the night with Hundingsbane. But the latter must return the next day to Valhallathe scene pictured here, form a painting by E. Wallcousins.

Thousand Martyrs Crucified on Mt. Ararat by Vittore Carpaccio, illustration, (ca.1455-1526)

Entrance of the Val d’Enfer (Black Forest), vintage engraved illustration. From Chemin des Ecoliers, 1861.

William Strang, 1859-1921, British, Shooting the Albatross. Etching on laid paper.

The Maiden Brings Thye Coat of Hair to the Giant (from " The Pink Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang) H.J. Ford Newberry Library, Chicago

Illustration for 'Le Trésor d'Arlatan' 1897 Edition, of the novel by Daudet. Illustrations by H.T. LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX. Alphonse Daudet (French; 13 May 1840 - 16 December 1897) was a French novelist.

Illustration depicting the 1381 Peasants' Revolt. The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.

Fight of an anthropoid against a man, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

LA NOCHE DE LUCHANA (DE PADRO) - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: Narvaez. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

1843 Exhibition of Painting, The towpath, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Historia sagrada. Ejecución de condenados arrojados al mar con una piedra sujeta al cuello, sumergidos en cenizas y despeñados desde las rocas. Grabado de 1862.

Louvre Museum, The flood, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Prehistoric Potter with his Fire, Engraving, 1892

Mining for rock salt, c1890. Artist: Unknown

Epaminondas and his Auntie ' series of books for young children written by Sara Cone Bryant and illustrated by Inez Hogan. published in 1907. The Epaminondas character is a young black boy, and the stories are based on folk tales from the Southern states of the U.S. illustrated with stereotypes of African-Americans, the Epaminondas books have been criticised as having racist overtones and stereotypes.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Horrible espantiah in the abbey." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101789-24 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Poor cousin and high master 2

Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Doré

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

Deutsche Landsknechte besuchen eine Hexe, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Illustration showing The tree of Liberty with the devil tempting John Bull. Satire on Fox and the Revolution by J Gillray. 1798

Sleeping Beauty, prince finds sleeping princess in a room full of roses, illustration from Perrault's Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore

An engraving depicting a Shadoof used in Egypt. The shadoof was an irrigation tool. Dated 19th century

There is plenty to suck', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 45 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

LITERATURA INGLESA. SIGLO XVII. MILTON, John (Londres, 1608-Londres, 1674). Poeta británico, ciego desde 1652. "EL PARAISO PERDIDO". Epopeya religiosa en doce cantos en la que trata la rebelión de Satán contra Dios. Iniciada en 1658 y publicada en 1667. Grabado de Gustave DORE.

The ruins of the Tower of Maurifolet, France, vintage engraving. The ruins of the Tower of Maurifolet, France, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679713

The Stone General, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Engraving depicting a 'poor man's grave'. Dated 1860

El hombre y las fieras. Cacerías y pescas primitivas. Pescador japonés buceando para capturar los peces en su madriguera. Cromo de Chocolates Eduardo Pi. Años 1959. Author: Joan Llaverias Labro.

Painting depicting the David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior defeated by the young David, the future king of Israel, in the Bible's Books of Samuel

Yniol showing Prince Geraint ruined castle, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

Poll photo collection. Film 'Rembrandt in the shelter'. Restorator H.H. Mertens of the Rijksmuseum busy with the Night Watch of Rembrandt van Rijn. 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE. SANCHO PANZA.

Gigantic Christmas-Tree, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Festivities in south London: '...a Christmas-Tree of gigantic proportions, to correspond with the stupendous Palace of Glass. The stupendous festive trophy occupies the centre of the Great Transept. The general design has been very cleverly carried out by Mr. Hurwitz...This monster Tree is loaded with a variety of brilliant ornaments and nicknacks, a profusion ol large and small elegant Chinese lamps, and a number of flags and banners of all nations...The square platform on which the great Tree rests is formed of large mirrors, an

Roma antigua. Orgía del césar romano Lucio Elio Vero (101-138).

Fishing garfish the Foene, vintage engraving. Fishing garfish the Foene, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678737

Illustration by John Tenniel titled 'Mr Punch's view of the future importance of refrigeration'. John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th Century

Excavations at Pompeii revealed the body of a soldier who is depicted here, faithful to his post while all around him the city is destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius Date: 79

The Confession of the Centurion (La Confession du Centurion) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Confession of the Centurion (La Confession du Centurion), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/16 x 10 7/8 in. (16.4 x 27.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Intrepid climber jumping over a crack in an ice wall. Engraving from 'Scrambles Among the Alps' by Edmund Whymper (London, 1872).

The Infant Moses rescued from the Nile by Orazio Gentleschi. Painting is in the possession of the Trustees of the Hon. Geoffrey Howard

Travel in the heads-plates. The Flathead pulls one of his eyes, vintage engraving. Travel in the heads-plates. The Flathead pulls one of his eyes, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656626

Ten Nude Men in a Landscape. Domenico del Barbiere (Italy, Florence, active France, circa 1506-1565). France, 16th century. Prints; engravings. Engraving

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