Dramatic Historical Scenes

Engravings capturing poignant moments from history, featuring characters in tense interactions, set within richly detailed interiors.

Madame De Bouvillon opens the door for Ragotin, Pierre Louis Surugue, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1735 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving comedy

Wilhelm Heuer (1786-1886); C.A. Lorentzen (1746-1828), Barselstuen, III akt, 6. scene, Before 1816

Madame De Bouvillon opens the door for Ragotin, Pierre Louis Surugue, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1735 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving comedy

William Hogarth, A Harlot's Progress pl2, 1732 A Harlot's Progress: pl.2

. King priam kneels for Achilles and begs him to be the body of his son Hector. Eventually Achilles will take the request. A caption in French in the margin.

Reproduction of a painting: Florian Cynk (1838-1912), Jan Długosz as a teacher; from: `Dzieje Polski Ilustrowane`, t. II , p. 180. Styfi, Jan (1839-1921), engraver

Dood van de Graaf, Simon François Ravenet (Le Vieux), After William Hogarth, 1745 print De Graaf, who caught his wife and Silvertongue in a brothel, was stabbed by Silvertongue. He leans against a table and his sword falls to the floor. Before him, his crying woman kneels with folded hands. At the front right are masks and a paper that says 'The Bagnio'. Silvertongue flees on the right the window. London paper etching satire on marriage. partner deceived. murder. violent death by sword. brothel. mask. flight, running away; pursuing

La Félicité villageoise. Dated: 1784. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicolas Delaunay after Sigmund Freudenberger.

Borderscène, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 print A woman brings a young man to a prostitute in a box bed. His pants hang on his knees. paper etching built-in bedstead (Dutch: 'bedstee'). madam (brothel scene). match-making scene

Jean Dambrun and Jean Baptiste Tilliard after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Le faucon Le faucon

Tardy Repentance Artist's working dates 1857-1905 France. Etching on paper . Ferdinand Levillain

The feeling, Cornelis Dusart, 1670 - 1704 print The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses. Haarlem paper engraving feeling (one of the five senses). owls. (Feeling of) Attraction

L'Enfance ca. 1744 Jean-Joseph Baléchou. L'Enfance. Jean-Joseph Baléchou (French, Arles 1716-1764 Avignon). ca. 1744. Engraving. Bernard Lepicié (French, Paris 1698-1755 Paris). Prints

Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1771, after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Interior with minus and children at the fire, Claude Augustin Duflos, After Jean Baptiste Bénard, c. 1759 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving wet-nurse. open hearth, fire-place. feeding a baby

A cobbler purposely disturbing his beautiful wife and a rich merchant from beginning to repay his debt with sexual favours. Etching by P. Fillœul, 1736, after Paterre.

Francois Nicolas Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince, Le contretemps, 1786 Le contretemps

Marriage A-La-Mode (Plate III) The Scene with the Quack. 1745. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Return of Ludwik to his family home Illustration No. 2 (from 4) to the story of Hiemer Familie Helmuth Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Design for a print, Wolf, the mother and the child Designs for illustrations for an edition of Jean de la Fontaine's Fabelen (title series), draughtsman: anonymous, 1668 - 1740, paper, pen, brush, h 67 mm × w 80 mm

5. Death of the Earl Date: 1745

Le faucon. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Dambrun and Jean-Baptiste Tilliard after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, The Voyage to Paris, 1798 The Voyage to Paris

Colonel Kirke draws the attention of a distressed young lady to the body of her brother whom he had hanged in an adjoining room. Engraving by F. Deeves after W. Hamilton.

Morals and customs of the former Paris

A young woman sits looking longingly at a locket which holds the portrait of the man she loves, who is away from her. Engraving by N. De Launay after N. Lavreince.

Plate Six, from Marriage à la Mode. Gérard Scotin II (French, 1698-1755); after William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764). Date: 1745. Dimensions: 352 × 440 mm (image); 386 × 465 mm (plate); 404 × 480 mm (sheet). Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Wolf, de moeder en het kind. Ontwerpen voor illustraties voor een uitgave van Jean de la Fontaine's Fabelen (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1668 - 1740. Measurements: h 67 mm × w 80 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Harlot's Progress 1. An innocent country girl is ensnared by a procuress Date: 1732

Clément Pierre Marillier after Jean Honoré Fragonard, La famille du fermier, 1791 La famille du fermier

Living room concert with three musicians and a singer, Léopold Flameng, After Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1873 print paper etching small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band

A boy is shovelling bread into the baker's oven as one picks up sheaves of wheat and another holds up a tray. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.

Woman tries to hit sparks with a flint, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching kinds of non-precious stone: flint. picture, painting. chimney

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Mr. Wood Offers to Adopt Little Jack Sheppard, 1835. Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé.

Auguste-Claude-Simon Legrand after Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French (1765-1815 or after), Ma chemise brule, 1789, stipple and etching

Alma Tadema, Lourens, The Hague, Stam, Willem Hendrik, Classicist scene with a man on a sofa, verso center - stamped, A man lies on a sofa with a chalice and a bunch of grapes in a bowl next to him. Two women sit in a chair opposite him., print, engraving, prints, height 234 mm, width 292 mm, Dutch, 1831-06-29 - 1874-01-03, print maker, printmaker, 1841 - 1874, paper, papier, houtgravure, Work conception, Belgian, English, 1836-01-08 - 1912-07-25

Couple is getting ready to go out for a walk, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching preparations ~ travelling. dog

Illustration for fashionable spasms by Wojciech Bogusławski (from the same, Dramatic, original and translated works , vol. 2, Warsaw 1820); (according to Michał Stachowicz) Langer, Sebastian (1772 1841), Stachowicz, Michał (1768 1825)

Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1789. Prints; etchings. Etching

Müller, A., London, Bruckmann, Friedrich, Returning home, Photographic reproduction of a drawing of a scene from Das Lied von der Glocke by Friedrich Schiller, by A. Müller, recto - printed, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, Registered., height 291 mm, width 228 mm, German, 1814 - 1898, photographer, 1870 - 1875, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, intermediary draughtsman

Woman points to the vanitas symbols on the table in front of her, Jan Luyken, 1710 print Amsterdam paper etching 'Vanitas' symbols. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'. hourglass

Marriage a la Mode Death of the Earl from the original by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Landscape with rainbow. Clément, Albert (Paryż ; zakład graficzny, wydawnictwo ; fl. ca 1860-1900), printing house, Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artist, Jasiński, Zdzisław (1863-1932), painter

Discovery of a lover; The false sham likes discovered. Interior with a downled woman, the Geertruy character, holding her husband, filibbert, forgiveness after her lover is discovered in the basket in the background. Scene from the Blijspel The discovered seem to David Lingelbach from 1687.

Troost, Cornelis, Houbraken, De ontdek schijndeugd: Bely en Dirk, verso lower left - stamped, Interior with a couple by candlelight; the maid Bely is having fun with her suitor Dirk. Scene from the comedy De ontdek schijndeugd by David Lingelbach from 1687., print, prints, height 404 mm, width 291 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1754 - 1764, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1696-10-08 - 1750-03-07

Interior with three ladies at the table, Antonie van der Beek, After H.P. Oosterhuis, 1832 print Interior with three ladies at the table with coffee and tea set. Under the show is a quote from the book. The title page of the book is stuck on the verso of this magazine. Deventer paper etching interior of the house

Etching by Nicolaas van Haeften from 1702 depicting an interior scene where two women, two men, and a child recite a table prayer, showing domestic life and family interaction.

Jupiter changes king Lycaon into a wolf; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Lycaon tried to cheat Jupiter by slaughtering his son Arcas and to offer him as a sacrament, then Jupiter turns him into a wolf. In the background the king's palace is affected by lightning.

Woman creates the shaft from the fireplace; The axle shovel.

A physician examining a person dressed as Pierrot who lies in bed, in the background another person in a similar costume is grieving. Etching by E. Champollion after T. Couture.

She put a few momens to get her and then she sings Ilustracja. Goucher, C.S.

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, The Black Knight & the Clerk of Copmanhurst, 1837. Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

John Howard visiting a prison: a group of inmates sitting or lying on the floor. Etching by J. Hogg after F. Wheatley, 1787.

Paris and Helen; Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825); 1786; Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash; 18.3 x 22.9 cm (7 3,16 x 9 in.)

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, The Voyage to Paris, 1798 The Voyage to Paris

Historical interior with figures around a table. .

Reproduction of a painting: Chodowiecki, Daniel Mikołaj (1726-1801), Des Kunstlers Kinderstube; excerpt from an album. unknown, publisher

Le contretemps. Dated: 1786. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince.

After from "Before and After" William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). 1736. Engraving on laid paper, 15 15/16 x 12 7/8 in. (40.5 x 32.7 cm). European Art 1736

La gageure des trois commeres: La servante. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Philippe Triere and Antoine-Jean Duclos after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Le Brelan, pièce appelée aussi Les Joueurs de Cartes et L'Enfant Produgue Trompé par une Troupe de Filous (Three of a Kind, also called The Card Players and The Prodigal Son Tricked by a Group of Thieves) 1628-29 Jacques Callot French. Le Brelan, pièce appelée aussi Les Joueurs de Cartes et L'Enfant Produgue Trompé par une Troupe de Filous (Three of a Kind, also called The Card Players and The Prodigal Son Tricked by a Group of Thieves). Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1628-29. Etching and engraving; second state of two (Lieure). Prints

The Peeler 1742 Bernard Lepicié. The Peeler. Bernard Lepicié (French, Paris 1698-1755 Paris). 1742. Engraving. Prints

Elegant dinner, drawing by Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger (1741-1814), engraving by Isidore-Stanislaus-Henri Helman (1743 to 1806-1809).

Two performances from the stories of Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Numbered in the top left. Berlin paper etching conversation, dialogue; conversation piece. adolescent, young woman, maiden. bedroom

Studio of a print maker; The Art of Etching and Engraving. Interior with inspiration In addition to a draftsman at a table, a print maker in front of the window, a man who birts a candle, a boy next to an etching pool and details of various tools from a print maker.

Illustration for F. Bretzner's 'Life of a Disorderly Person,' part 3. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1788. Prints; etchings. Etching

Hudibras Catechiz'd Engraved by G Presbury after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Jean Baptiste Michel Dupreel after Jean Honoré Fragonard, La coupe enchantee La coupe enchantee

Moll Hackabout, the mistress of a wealthy Jewish merchant, in a richly decorated apartment room, kicks over a tea table as her young lover tip-toes out aided by a manservant. Engraving after William Hogarth.

Punchinello in the House of Death. Artist: George Bellows (American, Columbus, Ohio 1882-1925 New York). Dimensions: image: 16 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (41.3 x 48.9 cm)sheet: 18 3/4 x 25 in. (47.7 x 63.5 cm). Printer: Printed by Bolton Brown (American, Dresden, New York 1864/65-1936 Woodstock, New York). Publisher: Published by George Bellows (American, Columbus, Ohio 1882-1925 New York). Date: 1923. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Francisco Goya's 1799 etching and aquatint 'Los Caprichos: Hilan Delgado' depicts figures spinning thread, emphasizing posture, gesture, and composition.

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Thanks to the Millet (Gracias á la Almorta), 1810-1815, printed 1863. From The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra). Etching and aquatint.

Animal feast. Caricature like Hommes - Betes; Grandville, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847); before 1829 (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902), Bloch, Jan Gottlib (1836-1902)-collections, Grandville, Jean Jacques (1803-1847). Scenes de la Vie Priveé et Publicque des Animaux, Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, caricatures, moral caricatures, men, birds, French drawings, genre scenes, feasts, feasts, animals

Painting the drunk couple by Jan Steen.

The flight from Hugo de Groot from Loevestein, 1621. The maid Elsje van Houwen caught Hugo de Groot who, helped by his wife Maria van Reigersberg, the book box, March 1621.

The Abbé Raynal ... (ti)

Reproductions of two engravings: Daniel Mikołaj Chodowiecki (1726-1801), embroidery, letter writing; Z: "Wędrowiec", 1903, No. 27, p. 534; Wierzbicki B. and S-ka (Warsaw; Zakłady Graphicczne; 1897-1944), Wędrowiec (Warsaw; magazine; 1863-1906); 1903 (1903-00-00-1903-00-00);

'PASSION AND PATIENCE,' BY E.C. BARNES, IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, 1866

Left a lady, standing on a spinet. In the middle, sitting at a table, a violinist. On the table a lute and a violin (viola da gamba). In the foreground a cello and a lute. Furthermore a fighting dog and cat can be seen, Musicians in an interior., draughtsman: Leonaert Bramer, 1606 - 1674, paper, brush, h 372 mm × w 463 mm

Blind Milton reciting Paradise Lost to his daughters, from a painting by Mihaly Munkacsy exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1850, Volume LXXII, August 10, 1878.

Illustration of 'Various Subjects'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1779. Prints; etchings. Etching

Moments before the death of Louis XVIII on September 16, 1824. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire contemporaine

Print made by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Plate 7, The Idle 'Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute, 1747. Etching with line engraving.

. Joost, an old widower and the father of Lucia's loved one, confesses his love to Lucia. At the bottom of the margin a four-line verse in Dutch and French. Scene from the play De Wanheigbeyke love, from Philippe Quinault.

An Oriental Astronomer in His Study. Artist: Martin Johann Schmidt (Austrian, Grafenwörth 1718-1801 Stein). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (20.6 x 16 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Innkeeper's Wife and Daughter Taking Care of ye Don after Being Beaten and Bruised (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote). Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Author: Illustration of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish, Alcalá 1547-1616 Madrid). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in. (25.2 x 18.3 cm). Date: 1756 or after. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Turkish Bath. 1723. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate I April 1745 Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin French. Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate I 406311

Lady Preparing for Evening at a Ball, unknown artist, 1776, Engraving in brown ink

La mort du Poussin (The Death ofPoussin). Artist: Félix-Henri Bracquemond, French, 1833-1914 After: François-Marius Granet, French, 1775-1849

A Harlot's Progress, Plate 6 Her funeral. 1732. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Two maids offer the day's catch of fish and lobster to a gourmet with an eyeglass in an armchair in his parlour in a Gothic hall. His gouty foot is bandaged and rests on a stool. Indecision. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrisons The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831.

Abraham Francen, 1657, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669, 6 3/16 x 8 3/16 in. (15.72 x 20.8 cm) (plate), Etching and drypoint, The Netherlands, 17th century, By one estimate, 1.5 percent of the Netherlandish population-some 30,000 people-had portraits made in the seventeenth century. That number included an apothecary named Abraham Francen. This detailed print reflects Rembrandt's affection for his dear friend, who lived in the modest neighborhood where Rembrandt moved in 1658 after his insolvency. Francen helped the artist with his financial troubles and even became guardian to Cornelia, the child Rembrandt had with his housekeeper, Hendrickje Stoffels. As his surroundings and the album on his desk attest, Francen collected art of all kinds but had a special fondness for prints.

James Sayer, 1748-1823, British, The Patriot Exalted, c. 1788. Etching, hand-colored.

On Salatklauberinn / Excerptrix Lactasc. Rugendas, Georg Philipp (1666 1742), Rugendas, Johann Lenenz (1775 1826), Vind, August

Drawing by Étienne Aubry showing a shepherd girl in the Alps, executed with brown brush and wash, 1775.

Interior with a cake-eating family, Jean Jacques Flipart, After Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1777 print France paper engraving (family) meal

Monkey as caught lover, ca. 1720; Monkey game. A monkey flight like caught lover from a window when the husband comes home. Verses in French and Dutch in the caption. Print No. 13 in a series of 16 prints of approx. 1720 in which monkeys like people figurine in all kinds of household scenes.

La curiosité' by Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681), created in approximately 1868

New Mackrel, Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, after Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British, 1795, Aquatint, Sheet: 17 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches (43.8 x 34 cm), Plate: 16 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (41.9 x 32.7 cm), and Image: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (35.9 x 28.3 cm)

Lazarus is lying in bed. His sister Mary is bent over him. On the left, Martha and the physician Thaddeus enter. Deathbed of Lazarus, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Adriaan Pietersz. Loosjes, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Haarlem, 1795, paper, etching, engraving, h 244 mm × w 186 mm

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