Historic Architectural Engravings

Vintage engravings of notable historical buildings and palaces, capturing the grandeur and intricate details of architecture through time.

St Clare, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, the family seat of the Vernon-Harcourt family. A castellated mansion with extensive grounds and a view across to Portsmouth on the mainland, it was often visted by Queen Victoria and Albert. Princess Alice, the Queens daughter, stayed there with her husband Prince Louis of Hesse on their honeymoon following their wedding at Osborne House on 2 July 1862. St Clare house has since been demolished. Date: 1862

Hampton Court Palace, built by Cardinal Wolsey and given to him by Henry VIII who added to it.

Aberdeen University (King's College),

Pinkie House, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, seen here in the 18th century. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published c.1890.

Seventh Palace Homptoncourt raised by Wolsey, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AFTER THE FIRE, IN 1834. London, UK, 19th century engraving

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Danish writer's home in Denmark, the Villa Rolighed (meaning Peace) where he died Date: 1805 - 1875

St Clare, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, the family seat of the Vernon-Harcourt family. A castellated mansion with extensive grounds and a view across to Portsmouth on the mainland, it was often visted by Queen Victoria and Albert. Princess Alice, the Queens daughter, stayed there with her husband Prince Louis of Hesse on their honeymoon following their wedding at Osborne House on 2 July 1862. St Clare house has since been demolished. Date: 1862

George Sidney Shepherd, 1784-1862, British, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berks, undated. Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

Dr. William Crotch, 1775-1847, Windsor Castle View - King George IV Gate and the Round Tower, July 28, 1832, 11:30 am, 1832. Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, blued white, laid paper.

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, Bohemian, St. James's Palace. Engraving.

South view of Holland House, Middlesex, the Seat of Lord Holland, John Buckler FSA, 1770-1851, British, and John Chessell Buckler, 1793-1894, British, 1812, Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 × 19 3/4 inches (35.6 × 50.2 cm) and Image: 11 1/4 × 17 1/4 inches (28.6 × 43.8 cm), architectural subject, balustrades, bay windows, country house, Dutch gables, Elizabethan, facade, Jacobean, loggia, mullions, parapets, towers, windows, England, Europe, Greater London, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Engraving. - St George's Church, Birmingham. Wilkinson Collection, Vol I

Illustration depicting the little boys' home at Swanley. Dated 19th Century

Thomas Higham, 1796-1844, British, Lambeth Palace as Restored under the Authority of Bishop Howley. Engraving.

North East View of Wrexham, Church in the County of Denbigh, John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, 1748, Etching, Sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 9/16in. (52.2 x 39.5cm)

Samuel Ireland, active 1760-died 1800, British, Lincoln's Inn Gate, between 1794 and 1800. Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Kalisz. Poland. View of a city square. Engraving by S.Cholet, 1850. Panorama Universal-Polonia.

St. Stephen's Chapel, Speaker's House, & c. From the River as Before the Fire on Oct. 16th 1834, Print made by Andrew Picken, 1815-1845, British, after J. Shury, active 1812, AND John S. Shury, active 1818-1848, ca. 1835, Lithograph on smooth, thin, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 5/8 inches (16 × 21.9 cm) and Mount: 7 1/4 × 9 5/8 inches (18.4 × 24.4 cm), architectural subject, exterior view, City of Westminster, England, London, Palace of Westminster, St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster, United Kingdom

Oriel College, Oxford: panoramic views. Line engraving by G. Hollis, 1829, after himself.

Lilleshall, Shropshire: West Front, Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766-1840, British, 1826, Watercolor and pen and black ink on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot, Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 3/8 inches (31 × 46.7 cm), architectural subject

View of the Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht from the northeast.

Amsterdam, Daiwaille, Jean Augustin, Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis, Environs de Namur, verso - stamped, On a hill in a wooded landscape stands a castle. In the foreground sit two figures and a dog., print, prints, height 340 mm, width 480 mm, Dutch, 1803-10-11 - 1862-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1833, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Work conception, after own design of, 1786-08-06 - 1850-04-11, printer, drukker

St John's Abbey Church, above, and St John's Gate, below, Clerkenwell, London. Engraving by G. Vertue after J. Deane after a manuscript.

t. Casteel te Montfoort

The End of the Ruin'd Bridge at Rouen, Samuel Davis, 1757-1819, British, 1778, Watercolor and pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slighltly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 3/4in. (14.3 x 19.7cm), Image: 5 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (14.3 × 19.4 cm), Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 5/16in. (21.7 x 28.7cm), and Contemporary drawn border: 7 3/8 × 9 3/8 inches (18.7 × 23.8 cm), architectural subject, boat, bridge (built work), moat, ruin, Europe, France, Rouen

't Hof in Kuilenburg. Artist: Cornelis Pronk. Draughtsman: Maria Feitama. Dating: 1752. Measurements: h 79 mm × w 109 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Massacre at the chapel by the barriers hunters, / in January 1791. (IT)

Kirkstall Abbey, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, seen here in the 19th century. From Picturesque England its Landmarks and Historic Haunts, published, 1891

The Idiot Asylum at Earlswood, near Reigate, 1862. 'Dr. Reed...saw no public provision save the workhouse or the lunatic asylum...His institution was not designed to afford shelter only to the helpless sufferer; but by the application of the best scientific and medical skill to elevate him to physical enjoyment and rational life. No expense was spared to arrive at this object, and the best ameliorative results have ensued. Desirous to obtain all possible information with respect to the treatment of idiots, Dr. Reed, in 1851, visited France, Germany, Danmark, and Sweden. In those countries he

The Grand Chtelet, Paris, about 1780, 1861. Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868). Etching;

in Kensington Date: 1804

South West View of Fountains Hall, near the Abbey, Yorkshire belonging to Miss Larvience of Studley Royal, John Buckler FSA, 1770-1851, British, and John Chessell Buckler, 1793-1894, British, 1811, Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 × 19 3/4 inches (35.6 × 50.2 cm) and Image: 11 × 15 3/8 inches (27.9 × 39.1 cm), architectural subject, battlements, country house, Dutch gables, Elizabethan, mullions, windows, England, Europe, Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

College and Asylum for Blind, Bristol. Unknown, lithographer Rock & Co., printer (English, active mid-19th century) 19th century Gated buildings and grounds.

Eton College as seen from the river and fields, Berkshire. Line engraving by J. Smith, 1801, after E. Dayes.

Ancient Palace Savoy, London, England, engraving 19th century, Britain, UK

Christ's hospital, London, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 423, Volume XVII, April 4-11, 1851.

Funerary monuments of the Scaliger in Verona, Italy, c. 1890, Europe

Sweetheart Abbey, or New Abbey, outside the village of that name near Dumfries, Scotland. It was indeed new at one time, but that was in 1275 -- today it is much the worse for wear, though much remains. Date: 19th century

View Anif Castle near Salzburg, Austria, vintage engraving. View Anif Castle near Salzburg, Austria, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673765

Etched State with revisions of Design 11, Plate 9 of A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats, James Malton, 1761-1803, British, 1802, Gray wash, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10in. (18.1 x 25.4cm) and Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 inches (20 × 25.4 cm), architectural subject, castle, country houses, retreat, turrets

Great Britain London Westminster Abbey exterior view wood engraving 19th century,

The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury, Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758, British, 1757, Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper on contemporary mount, Sheet: 8 1/8 × 15 3/16 inches (20.6 × 38.6 cm)

Ely House, afterwards Hatton House, Holborn, 18th century, (1908).Artist: R Godfrey

Westfassade des Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire, England, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals von John Buckler aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, West Front of Thornbury Catle, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, Record date not stated

Tower front 1860 with Gothic window group above Romanesque portal, condition 1869, Lund Cathedral in Sweden, Historic, digitally restored reproduction...

The Tower of St Alban's Cathedral, late 19th century. Black and White Illustration from Our Own Country Vol III published by Cassell's

DRYBURGH ABBEY, FROM THE EAST, UK. Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.

Le Chateau de Talcy, Loir et Cher, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Palace of St. Germain-en-Laye, France. Photo-etching from an old print. From the book ' Lady Jackson's Works, V. The Court of France, I' Published London 1899.

'North Terrace and Winchester Tower', 1895. Artist: Unknown.

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, in the United Kingdom _ is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, the architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. UK

The castle of the Bastille de Paris, off the door Saint Antoine Israel Silvestre and Israel Henriet. "The castle of the Bastille de Paris, off the door Saint-Antoine". Forte, 1650-1660.

Stage Design, Exterior of Gothic Buildings, Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872, Alessandro Sanquirico, Italian, 1777 - 1849, Pen and sepia ink, brush and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Exterior of a group of Gothic buildings resembling churches on public square., Italy, 1831, theater, Drawing, Drawing

James Lambert of Lewes, 1725-1788, British, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: North View of the Green Court, undated. Graphite and watercolor within triple-ruled and wash border on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

'The Mahala of Stella at Bucharest', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

unknown artist, The Great Court of the Tower, 1799. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Nordostansicht von Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire, Eigentum von George Boscawen Esqre, erbaut von Sir G. Trevor, England, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals von John Buckler aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, North East View of Trevalyn Hall, the property of George Boscawen Esqre, Built by Sir G. Trevor, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, Record date not stated

'GATEWAY OF SANTA MARIA, BURGOS.' BY T.R. MACQUOID, AT THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, 1891

A View of the Mosque at Chunar Gur (the Gateway), Chunangarh, William Hodges, 1744-1797, British, ca. 1781, Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on laid paper, laid down on 19th century wash mount, Sheet: 19 x 25 11/16in. (48.3 x 65.2cm)

James Malton, 1761-1803, British, Preparatory drawing for Design 9, Plate 6 of A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats, 1802. Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The Belgrave Hospital for Children, Kennington Park Road: the street elevation from the west, with a plan inset below. Photolithograph by Sprague after C. Holden, 1903.

WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM THE HOME PARK, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

The Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France, in 1883, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Lange Ludwig (1808-1868), Villa Reali near Venice (without dat.): Upper side view. Tusche watercolor on paper, 54.7 x 71.8 cm (including scan edges) Lange Ludwig (1808-1868): Villa Reali bei Venedig

'Castle of the Popes, Avignon', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

View of the Gothic church from the cemetery located in the oak grove; Schinkel, Karl Friedrich (1781-1841); 1810 (1810-00-00-1810-00-00);

Futtypore Siere Fatehpur Sikri near Agra Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

France. Castle of Marcoussis, near Rambouillet, ca. 17th century. Engraving. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

The ruin of Brederode, Jan de Beijer, 1746 - 1748, draughtsman: Jan de Beijer, 1746 - 1748, paper, pen, brush, h 73 mm × w 199 mm

Print made by Thomas Talbot Bury, 1811-1877, British, Elevation of the River Front, ca. 1835. Line engraving and etching on smooth, moderately thick, white wove paper.

Andrew Picken, 1815-1845, British, This View of the Remains of St. Stephen's Chapel on the Morning after the Fire of 16th October 1834. Hand colored lithograph.

Church of St Mark the Evangelist, Pentonville, Islington, London, 1828.Artist: S Lacey

Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, Thomas Malton, 1726-1801, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 inches (18.1 × 25.4 cm), architectural subject, barrels (containers), buildings, cart, castle, cityscape, crenelations, horses (animals), keep, men, people, ramparts, tower (building division), walls, windows, women, England, Europe, United Kingdom, Windsor and Maidenhead, Windsor Castle

Ilkley Wells Hydropathic Establishment (and Hotel), 1856. 'The village of Ilkley, in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, has long been celebrated for its fine scenery, its invigorating air and the purity of its water, and is the resort of invalids from all parts of the country...the invigorating effects of a plunge in the "Old Wells" having been known and appreciated long before the name of hydropathy was heard...The grounds...have been very tastefully laid out by Mr. Major, of Knosthorpe...The building has been erected from the designs of Mr. Cuthbert Brodrick...Dr. Rischanek, formerly of Vienna

Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France, seen here in the 19th century. The construction of this large Gothic Catholic church and former Benedictine monastic church began in 1318, interrupted by the Hundred Y

Dr. William Crotch, 1775-1847, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, West End, July 19, 1832, 10 am, 1832. Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

St. Winifred's Well, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales with the Artist in the Foreground..., Attributed to Edward Edwards, 1738-1806, British, undated, Watercolor, gouache, pen, ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 7/8 inches (22.2 × 30.2 cm), architectural subject, artist, artist, chapel, horses (animals), pilgrimage sites, self-portrait, sketching, trees, well (container component), Europe, Flintshire, Holywell, St Winefride's Well, United Kingdom, Wales

The Town and Camp of Colchester: the Abbey Gate, 1869. 'The interesting town of Colchester...is, beyond all question, one of the most ancient places of historical importance in Britain, as it was the Roman colony of Camulodunum...St. John's Abbey, founded in the year 1096, upon the site of an old Saxon hermitage, where miracles were rife, was a convent of Benedictine monks, the chief of which, a mitred peer and baron of the realm, had a seat in Parliament and exercised a civil and criminal jurisdiction over his neighbours at Colchester. But the last Abbot, John Riche, was hanged at Greenstead

Frederick James Havell, 1801-1840, British, Lincoln from the Castle, ca. 1836. Etching with stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Ingestrie, Staffordshire Date: circa 1830

1813-1823. Culture: British. Accession number: B1975.2.512., Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Gate-way, Saint Mary's Wiggenhall, Norfolk. Date

'St. Katherine's Hospital - The Brothers' Houses in 1781', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

Dunkeld Cathedral, cathedral, nave, exterior, park, visitor, historical illustration 1889, Scotland, Great Britain

Gore Hall at Harvard College, Cambridge Massachusetts in the 1870s. From American Pictures Drawn With Pen And Pencil by Rev Samuel Manning c. 1880, United States, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

Shakespeare's garden and the old Guild Chapel, Stratford. Date: 1564 - 1616

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk. Etching by W. French, 1837, after J. Salmon.

Engraving showing three views of the exterior of Westminster Hall, London, 1884. On the right is a view of the ancient buttressing of the building at that time. At top left, a view of the same buttress after a proposed restoration. At bottom right, a view of Westminster Hall and New Palace Yard. Date: 13 September 1884

Italy, Bologna, The Loggia dei Mercanti in VeNice

John Buckler FSA, 1770-1851, British, South West View of Bourn Hall, Cambridgeshire; the Seat of the Right hon'ble, Earl Delawarr, 1818. Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, cream wove paper.

Saint James of the butchery, vintage engraving. Saint James of the butchery, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648623

't Huis Wijnestein / from the collection v. Pastor v. Heukelum

Schoolyard of Eton College in Eton in the English county of Berkshire, in 1860, England, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown

Dunrobin Castle is the seat of the Clan Sunderland in Scotland and is located on the east coast of northern Scotland,

Costessey Hall, auch Cotesby Hall genannt, ein Herrenhaus in Costessey, Norfolk, England, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals von John Buckler aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, also written as Cotesby Hall, a manor house in Costessey, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, Record date not stated

Baths and laundries are erected in Greenwich to keep both the residents and their clothing nice and clean in Exhibition Year. Date: 1851

English Renaissance architecture. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Architecture, Elizabethan, Architecture, Renaissance , England, Architecture, Tudor

Old Paris The tip of the Saint Eustache church, 1899 Henri Chapelle (1850-1925), French draftsman. Old Paris. The tip of the Saint Eustache church. Feather, ink of China. Paris (IER ARR.), 1899.

Castle of Peronne in 15th century, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The new municipal reservoir, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the St. Peter s Square, vintage engraving. The new municipal reservoir, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the St. Peter s Square, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648816

Magdalen College, Oxford: Founder's tower. Process print by V.H. Bailey, 1902.

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