Dramatic Historical Scenes

Illustrations depicting intense historical moments, combining satire and storytelling, with elaborate settings and expressive character interactions.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: frontispiece to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: frontispiece to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War

The Reconciliation between Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Charles I (1500-1558). King of Spain and Emperor of Germany. Charles V at Yuste. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1879.

MANON LESCAUT Selected Works of Father Pr�vost, Volume 3, "Manon Lescaut", Volume III: Page 36: My niece had fallen into a deep fainting. Illustration of prevost Dexiles (Abbe Antoine Fran�ois, said Father Pr�vost), 1783. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

'THE MAGIC MIRROR.' BY C. CATTERMOLE, IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, 1868

Wandelaar, Jan, Northern Netherlands, Title page for: G. de Flines, De Ontrouwe Voedster, 1719, Man kneels before woman in bedroom, verso bottom left - stamped, In a bedroom a man kneels before a woman, he holds his hands before his heart. On the left stands a servant who looks on. In the background a bed., print, title page, prints, height 140 mm, width 85 mm, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1719 - 1719, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Charles Jattiot (19th century), engraver. "First picquer of love." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Dranitiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101791-20 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Interrogation and torture of Cornelis de Witt, 1672. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 1787 - 1788. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 62 mm × w 89 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

gastronomy, tavern, taproom, lithograph, by Philipp von Foltz (1805 - 1877), ""Aus dem Volksleben I, 19th century,

Louis XVI (1754-1793). King of France. The monarch taking leave of his family. Engraving.

Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 - 1878, a German illustrator, Verrina and Leonore, The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genua, a drama on Giovanni Luigi de Fieschi by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

LOUISE de la Baume-le-Blanc, duchesse de LA VALLIERE Louis XIV urges her to become his mistress rather than the bride of Christ, which she obligingly does Date: 1644 - 1710

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, scene from Miss Sara Sampson, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the first bourgeois tragedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Vrijage for the Dutch bride, ca. 1647-1648, Crispijn van de Passe (II) (attributed to), 1647 - 1648 print Allegorical performance in which the Dutch bride is courted by a Spaniard and a Frenchman, ca. 1647-1648. Allegory on the peace negotiations with Spain, against the will of France. On the left in the background the peace negotiations in Munster. Elements in the performance are indicated by letters; However, the legend is missing. In addition to their personifications, the countries are also represented by symbolic animals: the French Haan, the Dutch Lion and the Spanish lion. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching peace negotiations. presents offered to the beloved

France, Louis XV (King of France), Huquier, Gabriel, Du Fresne de Francheville, Joseph, Gillot, Claude, Scènes comiques du Théâtre italien, Scenes from the Commedia dell'arte, Serenade to Isabella by Pierrot and Scaramouche, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 191 mm, width 222 mm, French, 1695 - 1772-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1729 - 1732, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1673-04-27 - 1722-05-04, after a design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, 1710-02-15 - 1774-05-10, grandeur van privilege

'SCENE FROM 'THE HYPOCRITE,' ' BY R. SMIRKE, R.A., IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY (BRITISH SCHOOL) SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM, 1869

King John and the Jew of Bristol, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Marie Antoinette or Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, 1755 - 1793, Queen of France, on trial, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

In an Elevator. Dated: 1916. Dimensions: image: 25.6 x 20.3 cm (10 1/16 x 8 in.) sheet: 41.3 x 29.9 cm (16 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: lithograph in black on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Bellows.

Sayer, Robert, Penny, Edward, Pether, William, The Continence of the Chevalier Bayard, print, prints, height mm, width mm, English, 1731, print maker, printmaker, 1741 - 1800, paper, papier, mezzotint, 1714 - 1791-11-15, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1725 - 1794-02, publisher

French Revolution. Judgment of King Louis XVI of France (1754-1793). Meeting of Louis XVI with his lawyer Malesherbes (1721-1794). Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

Middle Ages. Germany. Musical contest. Scribe. Detail engraving, Germania, 1882.

Cultural state in the late 15th and early 16th century, princely room, Fuerstenzimmer, after a woodcut by Hans Burgmeier in the Weiss-Kunig, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown

Marie de' Medici (1573-1642). Queen of France. Second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Regent for her son. Maria and Henry IV. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal, 1851.

'Queen Elizabeth striking the Earl of Essex', 1773.

DOROTHY FORSTER

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Murder of Aleid van Poelgeest, 1392, Jonkvrouw Aleid van Poelgeest murdered in her bedroom at night by Hoekse soldiers with torches, September 22, 1392., print, prent, historical print, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 200 mm, width 149 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1794 - 1794, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Düsseldorf, Schulte, Ed., Dresden, Bürkner, H., Rethel, Alfred, Jungtow, Richard Julius, Dance of Death, Der Tod als Freund, Death Rings the Bell, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 304 mm, width 275 mm, 1828-09-12, print maker, printmaker, 1851 - 1851, paper, papier, houtcut, Work conception, German, 1816-06-15 - 1859-12-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, verkoop

Master singer (Meistersinger). Germany. Contest of music. 14th-16th century. Engraving, 1882.

Interrogation of Student Wallenstein in front of the Rector of the Altdorf School, c. 1626, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, 1583-1634, also von Waldstein, later Bohemian military leader and nobleman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master copy

Queen Anne on her deathbed, 1714. Queen Anne, 1665 -1714. Queen of Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland from 1702 to 1714. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

THE QUEEN'S LODGE, WINDSOR, IN 1786, FROM A PAINTING BY MRS. E.M. WARD, 1872 engraving

The death of Queen Elizabeth. She was buried at Westminster Abbey. Following her death, the House of Tudor was replaced by that of Stuart.

Lady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P. Mercury after H. Delaroche.

An engraving depicting Captain Blood attempting to steal the crown from the Tower. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting teatime on a monkey boat on the Regent's Canal, London. Dated 19th century

Francois II 1544 to 1560 tells the parliamentary deputies that the Duke of Guise and the Cardinal will govern the State from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Engraving titled 'The Rake's Progress' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) showing the Rake launched in the fashionable world with all the social parasites around him ready to spend all his money. Dated 18th Century

Duke Philip the Good, whilst ill, entrusting the education of his son Charles, Comte de Charolois, to Georges Chastelain, the poet and chronicler. After the miniature from the 15th century manuscript Instruction d'un Jeune Prince. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Northern Netherlands, Buys, Jacobus, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Gift to Admiral Bailli de Suffren on behalf of the States-General, 1784, verso - stamped, Presentation of the gift of a golden sword to the French Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez, for his services in the battle against the English in the East Indies, 1784. The sword is presented on behalf of the States-General by G. Brantsen and l'Estévenon van Berkenrode., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 225 mm, width 145 mm, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1792 - 1792, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Walter VI, Count of Brienne (1302-1356). Count of Conversano and Lecce. Duke of Athens. Expulsion of Florence of the Duke of Athens. Engraving.

Conrad I of Germany (c. 881-918). King of Francia from 911-918. Not Carolingian dynasty. Elected by the nobility. Conradines House.

A chapter of the Golden Fleece under Charles the Bold. From a 15th century manuscript. Chapitre de la Toison dor, tenu sous Charles le Temeraire. Woodcut by Etienne Huyot and Jules Huyot after C. Maradan from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

Louis XI, so-called the Prudent (1423-1483). King of France. House of Valois. Louis XI at the Castle of Plessis-les-Tours. Engraving by Dupre, 1851.

Recognized Innocence, 1786, (1885).Artist: Binet

Ines de Castro (1325-1355). Queen consort of Portugal. Murder of Ines de Castro at the Monastery of Saint Claire the Older by Alonso Gonzalvez, Pedro Coelho and Diego Lopez Pacheco. Engraving. 18th century.

EL PADRE GORIOT - SIGLO XIX. Author: HONORE BALZAC (1799-1850). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610), assassinated by Roman Catholic fanatic Ravaillac, 19th century

The Innkeeper's Wife and Daughter Taking Care of ye Don after Being Beaten and Bruised. 1756. by William Hogarth (1697ñ1764), English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist. One of six Illustrations for Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Maximilian de Robespierre (1758-1794) Wounded by a bullet. Politician, French deputy during the French revolution. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

The seizing of Mortimer. Roger de Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March 1287 - 1330. After a print by James Fittler from the work by John Opie originally featured in Robert Bowy

Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France, with his grandson. Engraving.

Alfonso V the Magnanimous (1396-1458). King of the Crown of Aragon (1416-1458). General Courts of the Crown of Aragon in Teruel, 1427. Francisco de Villanueva, Judge of Teruel, was executed by the king himself at the beginning of the Courts, drowning him in the same hall where the Council was being held. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Galant French copper engraving by L Lurugue, 1744

The contradiction of Spirit, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

METHOD OF CURING ANCHOVIES IN SICILY ITALY

Marie de' Medici (1573-1642). Queen of France. Second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Regent for her son. The regent showing her son, Louis XIII of France. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal, 1851. Colored.

"An Incident in the Revolution of 1792," by W. W. Ouless, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1871. Engraving of a painting. 'Marquis Cazotte, the aged figure in the picture was a spirituel visionnaire, an author of operas comiques and of the romance of the "Diable Amoureux." He was, however, not the less a hated aristocrat; and there were, besides, written proofs against both him and his daughter of Royalist plotting. These were the crimes for which he was seized and conducted to the prison of L'Abbaye, as here represented...this was, be it remembered, at the period of the co

The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, July 13, 1793 by Charlotte Corday. French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Twelfth night, or, what you will. Act III. Scene IV. Olivia's garden. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio. From the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, published at the end of the 19th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) in a prison cell at the Conciergerie, Paris. France, French Revolution 18th century. Old engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1845

Illustration for V. Weber's 'Stories from Antiquity'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1791. Prints; etchings. Etching

Le Medecin Empyrique. Engraving by Jean Nicolas Tardieu (1718-1795), called Cochin, after the painting by David Teniers.

The Archduke greets Philippine Welser, 1527, 1580, was the morganatic woman of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. She was granted the titles Freifrau von Zinnenburg, Markgraefin von Burgau, Landgraefin von Mellenburg und Graefin von Oberhohenberg und Niederhohenberg, reproduction of a woodcut from 1880, digitally enhanced, The Archduke greets Philippine Welser, was the morganatic woman of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. She was granted the titles Baroness of Zinnenburg

Death of Lord Nelson. Horatio Nelson,Lord Nelson,Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805. British naval commander. Engraved by J.Rogers painted by A.W.Devis. From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orleans (1371-1408). Daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. Valentina of Milan makes that her sons swear to revenge the death of his father, who was killed. Engraving. 19th century.

España. Encuentro de los reyes Carlos V de España y Francisco I de Francia, año 1526.

Guerra del Rosellón, también llamada Guerra de los Pirineos o Guerra de la Convención, (1793-1795). Conflicto entre la España de Carlos IV y la Primera República Francesa. Ni Francia ni España podían continuar la guerra, la situación del tesoro no lo permitía. La Convención de Francia nombró a Barthelemy y España a Dominto Iriarte para que, reunidos en Basilea, firmaran la paz. "Domingo Iriarte y Barthelemy firman la Paz en Basilea el 22 de julio de 1795". Grabado por Algarra. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Reinoud IIe eighteenth lord of Brederode, by the bishop of Utrecht, David van Bourgondien, the knightly order of the Golden Fleece is torn away, Reinoud II van Brederode, is torn away from the knightly order of the Golden Fleece by the bishop of Utrecht, 1470, David van Bourgondië, because of the (false) accusation that he had planned an attempt on the life of Charles the Bold, 1470., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 195 mm, width 115 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

THE PRINCE IN THE BANQUETING-HALL, BY GUSTAVE DORE, 1832 - 1883, French. Fairy tale of the Sleeping Beauty. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color

John V, Duke of Brittany (ca.1340-1399) called the Conqueror. Chronicles of Jean Froissart. Engraving, 1881.

John V, Duke of Brittany (ca.1340-1399) called the Conqueror. Chronicles of Jean Froissart. Engraving, 1881.

Maria Alfonso Tellez de Menezes (1265-1321), know as Maria de Molina. Wife of Sancho IV of Castille. Regent for her son Ferdinand IV and her grandson Alfonso XI. Maria de Molina defending the infant Don Juan. Engraving. 19th century.

Aimee Cecile Renault, 1774-1794, in front of the Revolutionary Committee, 17 June 1794. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

Men, women and children are playing and sitting on the grass near a fountain in a park. Lithograph after P.P. Rubens.

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA-CONFERENCIA DE FELIPE V CON EL MARQUES DE BOUNAC. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Music quartet in the convent painting of Enrique Mélida y Alinari (1838-1892) Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button John Simpson aqua forti.. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 754. George,III,King of Great Britain,1738-1820. , Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , North, Frederick,Lord,1732-1792. , Politics & government,England,1770-1780. , Tailor shops,England,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, the Swabian imperial knight Gottfried von Berlichingen zu Hornberg in court in the town hall of Heilbronn, a scene from the play Goetz von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554). English noblewoman who was proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland on 10 July 1553, reigning for only nine days until she was deposed by the Privy Council of England, which proclaimed her cousin, Mary I (Mary Tudor), as the new Queen on 19 July 1553. Grey was charged with high treason, along with her husband, two of her brothers and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, for treacherously assuming the title of Queen and the powers inherent in it. She was beheaded on 12 February 1554. Feckenham's Interview with Lady Jane Gray in the Tower. Engraving. Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas en Europa (History of political and religious persecutions in Europe). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1865.

Anne Arfet. Anne breathed his last in the arms of Robert, vintage engraving. Anne Arfet. Anne breathed his last in the arms of Robert, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656683

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, drawing on Turandot, Princess of China, by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

'Macbeth Act V. Scene I', c1870. Artist: Henry Linton.

Emperor Charles V at Anton Fugger's in Augsburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Lord William Russell Taking Leave Of His Children, 1683, Photogravure after a Painting by Bridges, from "The Diary of John Evelyn", M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901

A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.

Historia de España. Poetas de la Edad Media. Ausias March (1397-1459), Jorge Manrique (1440-1479), Iñigo López de Mendoza (1398-1458), marqués de Santillana, y Juan de Mena (1411-1456). Grabado de 1872.

Cambridge, The Eumenides, U.K., 1885. Performed by the undergraduates

The Salon of 1855, The Pillory, painting by M. Glaize. engraving 1855

Marie-Antoinette before the revolutionary tribunal,October 14 1793. Engraved by Meyer-Heine after De La Charlerie. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc.

Illustration from Tom Jones. Jan Punt (Holland, Amsterdam, 1711-1779). Holland, published 1750. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Illustration to the story Das Scherenrecht by Otto Sigl / Illustration zu der Erzählung Das Scherenrecht von Otto Sigl, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

A Turkish man about to bid farewell to his lover, while gazing out of a window to the sea. Engraving by H. T. Ryall after H. Andrews.

Shakspeare. Merry wives of Windsor, act IV, scene II : A room in Ford's house : Falstaff in women's clothes led by Mr. Page , Houses, Interiors, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Ramon Folch VI of Cardona (1259-1320). Viscount of Cardona (1276-1320) and governor of Girona. Ramon Folch in the Council of Girona, presided by the King of Aragon Peter III (1240-1285). Drawing by Daniel Vierge (1851-1904). Engraving. Later colouration. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Catalonia. 1866.

Hamlet: The Queen Endeavors to Console Hamlet, 1834. Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863). Lithograph;

Alexandre Gonsse de Rougeville presents a carnation to Marie Antoinette in front of her warder Jean-Baptiste Michonis. The carnation held a note with a plot to free her from the Conciergerie gaol. Stipple copperplate engraving by Noel after an illustration by Sebastien Leroy from Marie Antoinette, Archiduchesse d'Autriche, Reine de France, chez le Fuel, Paris, 1815.

The celeste-al cabinet. A mildly satirical image on Former US President Jackson and his Cabinet: (Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson, Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler, Secretary of War Lewis Cass, Postmaster General Amos Kendall, Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury, and Vice-President Martin Van Buren.) With French dancer Madame Celeste being presented to them by Jimmy ONeal. Accompanying the image is text supposing what each member is thinking. Circa 1850.

Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, The Secret of Women. Four women stand at the fountain and talk discreetly. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, The Secret of Women. Four women stand at the fountain and talk discreetly.

Jerónimo de Praga (1360-1416), predicador bohemio, compañero y defensor de Juan Hus, encarcelado y sometido a tormento en Constanza antes de ser quemado en la hoguera por herejía. Grabado de 1864.

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