Historical Engravings

Dramatic black and white engravings showcasing significant historical events and figures. Emphasizes emotion through intricate details and somber tones.

Cinderella. Girl trying on shoes that fit her, illustration from Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Die Ermordung von Philipp von Schwaben durch Otto von Wittelsbach, Philipp von Schwaben, 1177, 21. Juni 1208, aus dem Adelsgeschlecht der Staufer war ...

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy "Inferno" or "Visions of Hell";

Debora Wilkins discovers a baby, Jan Punt, after Hubert François Gravelot, 1749 print Debora Wilkins finds a baby in her bed in a sleeping room. Another woman comes with a burning candle in hand. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific works of literature. bedroom. infant, baby

"J'ai cherché pour ta sœur un homme riche et sage, et n'ai rien trouvé de mieux que moi-même", (opp. p. 2). Thierry, Augustin, 1795-1856. Illustrations. 1887. General Research Division. France , History , Carlovingian and early period, Merovingians

Cinderella. Girl trying on shoes that fit her, illustration from Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vredeman de Vries, Hans, Doetechum, Johannes of Lucas van, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Daniel, Daniel's dream of the four animals, Daniel lies in a bed under a canopy sleeping and dreams. Top left his dream of the four animals: a winged lion, a bear, a four-headed panther and an animal with ten horns. Above that the old sage. In the landscape on the left his vision of the ram and the goat. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Dan. 7:1. This print is part of an album., print, album page, prints, height 239 mm, width 328 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1576 - 1576, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1527 - 1607, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Illustration for William Shakespeare's work 'Romeo and Juliet', written in 1595. Scene of Romeo's death. Engraving from the 19th c. Engraving.

'They say yes and give their hand to the first comer', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Louis XVI (1754-1793). King of France (1774-1792). In 1770 he married Marie-Antoinette. Louis XVI farewells his wife and children on the night of 20 January 1793. On the following morning he was guillotined on a gallows installed in the Place de la Révolution in Paris. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Carbonneau. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist. Jean Baptiste Charles Carbonneau (1815-1871). French engraver.

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Souvenirs de l'Exposition Universelle, 1867. Wood engraving on newsprint paper.

Several figures near a dead woman in a barn, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Amsterdam, 1780, paper, etching, engraving, h 214 mm × w 150 mm

The Curate and the Barber Disguising Themselves to convey Don Quixote Home. by William Hogarth (1697ñ1764), English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist. One of six Illustrations for Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Interior of a room for opium smokers, China, illustration by Borget from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 406, Volume XVI, December 6-13, 1850.

Faust tries to persuade Gretel to flee the dungeon Faust: Reviens à toi! Un seul pas et tu es libre (...) Faust (series title) Faust, tragédie de M. de Goethe (series title), print maker: Eugène Delacroix, (mentioned on object), printer: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, printer: Goyer & Hermet, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1828, paper, h 484 mm × w 321 mm

Plate 3 for Thomas Smollett's 'The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1785. Prints; etchings. Etching

Agamenón, Rey legendario de Argos y Micenas, asesinado por su esposa, Clitemnestra, y su amante, Egisto. Grabado de 1866.

Amsterdam, Smit, Jan Willem, J., Vermandel, Willem, Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, King, Theodoor, Scenes from the life of Prince William I, 1568-1584, He grabs the blade with passion, etc., Failed attack on the Prince of Orange, 1572, who is awakened while sleeping in his army tent near Bergen (Hainaut) by the barking of his dog, 11-12 September 1572. Seventh song., print, prent, historical print, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 220 mm, 1748-02-03 - 1829-01-31, print maker, prentmaker, 1780 - 1780, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, after a design by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Discovery of a lover, Benjamin Martini, After Cornelis Troost, 1777 - 1780 print Interior with a down woman, the character Geertruy, who begs her husband, Filibert, for forgiveness after her lover has been discovered in the basket in the background. Scene from the comedy the discovered Schijndugd by David Lingelbach from 1687. Amsterdam paper etching kneeling on both knees - AA - female human figure (+ relations with sad character (expressive connotations)). hidden love discovered. hiding, hiding oneself. container made of plant material other than wood: basket

Paris, Chéreau, widow François (II), Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Livre De tombeaux, Tomb with mourning figures, verso - stamped, A tomb on lion's paws with a mourning man and woman, above it hangs a censer., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 182 mm, width 137 mm, 1736 - 1782-01, print maker, printmaker, 1755 - 1782, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher

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

Louvre Museum, Marcus Sextius, or The Return of the Outlaws, vintage engraving. Louvre Museum, Marcus Sexius, or The Return of the Outlaws, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660178

Louis Michel Halbou and Antoine Jean Duclos after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Le gascon puni Le gascon puni

LArmoire. Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French, 1732-1806

An engraving depicting a senior woman who has arthritis. Illustrated by William Small (1834-1929) a Scottish artist. Dated 19th century

A 1727 drawing by Bernard Picart depicting a fainting person revived by a dog, executed in black ink, brown wash, and white highlights on ocher paper.

Goetz von Berlichingen, Act V: Death of Goetz, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

LA LOGE DAVANT-SCENE. Veux-tu souper avec nous, beau page?. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

He shall find her flea, gallant French engraving by P Surugue, 1735

Goetz von Berlichingen, Act V: Death of Goetz, vintage engraving. Goetz von Berlichingen, Act V: Death of Goetz, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660441

The death of Sophonisba. Sophonisba, Carthaginian noblewoman who poisoned herself rather than be humiliated in a Roman triumph. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.

Interior views of Albrechtsburg, Murals in Albrechtsburg, Altenburger Prinzenraub, 1920, Meißen, Inneres der Albrechtsburg, Prinzenraub, Germany

The Wooden Midshipman on the look out. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Dombey and Son by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

Preparations for the masked ball, by Francois Boucher (1703-1770), engraving.

Plate XX from Life and Adventures of the Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha

'THE ANNIVERSARY,' BY F. HUARD, IN THE FRENCH GALLERY, 1871

Bourgeois family in the living room. Engraving, 19th century.

Engraving depicting a maid holding a coal scuttle, which features an angled opening at the top, making it easier to scoop coal. Dated 19th century

A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.

GETTING AROUND HIM. F. WIDNMANN

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

Michel de Nostredame magic mirror. Magic mirror to prophesy the fate of the Kings of France to Catherine de Medici. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

'THE DEATH OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR,' DRAWN BY J. GILBERT, 1861

Illustration depicting a young woman reading by an open window. Illustrated by Mary Ellen Edwards (1838-1934) an English artist and illustrator of children's books. Dated 19th century

Trachten in Venedig um 1750, Rokoko, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Act IV: Goetz writing his memoirs, his wife Elisabeth, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Une Imitation bourgeois du Zéphir de Prudhon. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1847. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Illustration for 'History of the Night of Saint Bartolomew'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1799. Prints; etchings. Etching

Jahel et Sisara Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883. still image. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Biblical events, assassinations, Jael (Biblical figure), Tents

Figurine: Turbaned Man Bending Back with Raised Arms. Salvator Rosa (Italy, Naples, 1615-1673). Italy, circa 1656-1657. Prints; etchings. Etching

David saves Saul's life on the Chachila, Simon Fokke, 1766 print David stops Abisai who wants to kill the sleeping king Saul with a spear. The print is part of a series about the story of David and Saul. Amsterdam paper etching David and Abishai invade Saul's encampment at night, while Saul and his soldiers are sleeping

'BEGGARS AT A CHURCH DOOR AT ROME' PAINTED BY MRS. MURRAY, AT THE EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTION OF FINE ARTS

Othello. / PL. 15. (title registered)

Augustus and Cleopatra, 1759, by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779), bold black lines and watercolor, 33.3 x 25 cm.

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MAGO, THE CHILD HAD FOUND THE LEAK, ENGRAVING 1876

An old man plays a harp as a young couple sit together by a fire, with two dogs at their feet. Engraving by Frederick Heath after D. Maclise.

Gilbert composition and drawing, vintage engraving. Gilbert composition and drawing, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678055

Middle Ages. Courtly dance. Private Collection. Germania, 1882. Juan Scherr.

A gray brush drawing over pencil by Joseph Anton Bauer on blue paper around 1840 showing Joseph interpreting the dreams of fellow prisoners in Egypt, emphasizing figures and interaction.

Antonio Perez del Hierro (1540-1611). Councilor of State and Secretary of the Chamber of King Philip II of Spain. Antonio Perez receiving his family after the torment. Antonio Perez is depicted prostrate in an armchair, covered with a blanket, being visited by his dejected wife, Juana Coello, and his children. The episode took place in Madrid in 1590, after suffering torture in which he confessed his involvement in the death of Juan de Escobedo (1530-1578). Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) after a painting in 1884 by Vicente Borras y Mompo (1837-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

JUDIT CORTA LA CABEZA A HOLOFERNES. Grabado de 1889. Álbum de Historia Sagrada (La Santa Biblia en imágenes). Dibujo de Julio Schnorr de Carolsfeld.

Bad news, 1773, print, Germany 18th Century.

Mary Queen of Scots in Imprisonment, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Queen Anne (1665-1714) and Mrs Danvers in the presence chamber. Artist: Unknown

The Maid Of Orleans French History

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO a boy brings in a letter, which he doesn't seem particularly pleased to receive Date: 106-43 BC

press/media tabloid illustration ""Terrifying crime: a priest is killing a young girl who rejected his will"" woodcut Paris circa 1830 private collection,

An Interesting Game Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928). An Interesting Game, 1881. Oil on canvas, 37 3/16 x 57 11/16 in. (94.4 x 146.6 cm). Depictions of the Middle East were very popular during the nineteenth century. Frederick Arthur Bridgman intended to evoke a Cairo café in this painting, with its architectural details and costumes. As was the case for the William Merritt Chase painting nearby, however, the real setting was the artists studio. Bridgman painted this scene in Paris and included souvenirs from his travels in Algeria. The work received praise both for its masterful handling of light and shade and its portrayal of figures not simply as cultural stereotypes but as individuals, through expressive use of gesture and pose. American Art 1881

Saint Alexandrine Octave Tassaert (1800-1874). Saint Alexandrine. Charcoal on cream paper, nineteenth century.

France, Paris, Portrait of Polish art collector, Adolphe Cichowski, Aquatint

Four well-dressed prostitutes sharing the booty or dividing the spoils of their ill-gotten gains. Date: 1796

Francia. Muerte de Esteban junto con catorce sectarios más acusados de herejes en Orleans en 1022. Grabado de 1864.

Frank van Borsselen receives his death sentence while playing chess, 1433, Jacobus Buys, 1785 - 1787, Frank van Borselen is imprisoned at the castle Rupelmonde by Philip the Good after his secret marriage to Jacoba of Bavaria. Here he receives his death sentence during a board game with the castle guardian, 1433. Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, 1785 - 1787, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 90 mm

Couple having an argument, gallant French engraving by Nerbe, 1810

Prostitution, Young Woman Taking Money from a Man, c. 1700, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward I's arm. Line engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig.

In Foreign Climes. Dated: 1882. Dimensions: plate: 31 x 37.5 cm (12 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.) sheet: 47 x 58.5 cm (18 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES JACQUES JOSEPH TISSOT.

The death of Socrates. From an engraving by Jean François Pierre Peyron.

Man and on the ground woman in a Moors departure, Charles Rochussen, 1824 - 1888 drawing In a Moors departure, a man, with Fez on the head, is pointing to a woman lying on the ground. paper. watercolor (paint). ink pen / brush interior of the house. the corpse

He shall find her a flea, gallant French copperplate engraving by P. Surugue, 1735, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Louis XI (1423-1483). King of France. Death of Louis XI. Engraving by Dupre. Universal Library. Popular editions. 1851.

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

Lot and his daughter, Robert John Dunkarton, After Aert de Gelder, 1787 print London paper Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)

Children's Toilette Václav Brožík (Czech, 1851-1901). Children's Toilette, late 19th century. Oil on panel, Panel: 37 x 51 1/2 in. (94 x 130.8 cm). European Art late 19th century

Those specks of dust, Perrico the cripple', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Perrico caught giving love potions to lovers, plate 23 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.

death of Juan de Escobedo (1530 ñ 1578), Spanish politician, secretary of John of Austria (Don Juan de Austria)

The Day of the Dead, Woodcut Engraving from the Original Painting by Pierre-Auguste Cot, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

'How they pluck her!', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 21 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.

Mum's helpmate, illustration from the Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten yearbook, 1900

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Arrival of the fall." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101790-6 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 - 1878, a German illustrator, scene from The Bride of Messina or The Hostile Brothers, a drama by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Illustration by Gustave Dore for 'Le Capitaine Fracasse' by Pierre Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)French, Writer, poet, painter, art critic. Gautier was a defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. Captain Fracasse (Le Capitaine Fracasse) is an 1863 novel by the French writer Théophile Gautier. It is an adventure novel set in the seventeenth century.

Mérope. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The skein of thread gets tangled. A man helps a woman with a skein of yarn, painting by Arturo Moradei (1840-1901) Italian painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

LUIS XIV, el REY SOL (Saint Germain-en-Laye,1638Versalles,1715). Rey de Francia (1643-1715), primogénito de Luis XIII. "Luis XIV con Luisa de La Valliè (1644-1710", amante de Luis XIV.

Louis XIV (1638-1715). King of France. Louis XIV and his mistress Louise de La Valliere (1644-1710). Engraving.

or MEMOIRS OF A WOMAN OF PLEASURE A woman enters the room to find a man in a state of sexual excitement Date: First published: 1749

Christopher Columbus being received by Ferdinand and Isabella at Santa Fe, Spain. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

A terrible fairy tale according to Artur Grottger's album was drawn by Karol Młodnicki. A clipping of ears 1874 (1) 53 Unknown, Grottger, Artur (1837 1867), M Rzenicki, Karol (1835 1900)

Satire on an old woman in love, 16th century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, Satire on an old woman in love, 16th century. century, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

fashion 18th century France ladies fashion party in the theatre ""The Goodbye"" copper engraving Nicholas De Launay after Jean Michel Moreaeu le Jeaune circa 1775,

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