Historical Engravings

Dynamic illustrations capturing historic events and figures, including crusades and conquests, reflecting dramatic moments from the past.

'Edward I. At Berwick', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Illustration for Johann Christoph Mayer's 'History of the Crusades'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1781. Prints; etchings. Etching

Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, vintage engraving. Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, 1844 Exhibition of Painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660578

'Edward I. At Berwick', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

David slaying the Philistine giant Goliath. Old Testament, Old 19th century engraved illustration from History of the Bible 1883

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746-Burdeos, 1828). Grabado. Serie "Los desastres de la guerra" (aguafuerte). Plancha 17ª: No se convienen. Lámina publicada por la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. Primera edición. Madrid, 1863.

Alaric I (c370-410) King of Visigoths from 395. Death of Alaric at Cosenza. Woodcut illustration 1872.

James Duke of Monmouth (1649-1684) Illegimtimate son of Charles II, captured after the Battle of Sedgemoor, 6-7 July 1685. Beheaded 15 July. Engraving

Dramatic scene in 16th-century costume on an ancient forum by Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, showing a young man falling toward a woman in front of a horrified crowd, executed in black pen and brown brush over pencil traces in the second half of the 18th century.

In Andalusia, blades damage the eye, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Joseph Haynes, 1760-1829, British, A Monumental Design (number 45 of Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968), 1784.

Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, Illustrations of Dutch history, Three historical figures for a naval battle, Admirals George Anson, Louis Boizot and Francis Drake are in conversation before a naval battle. Above, an angel blows the trumpet and holds a laurel wreath in his hand. In the foreground, a winged angel crowned with a laurel wreath holds aside a curtain. Below the image a text with the date December 1763., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 132 mm, width 81 mm, North Netherlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings

BOADICEA (or Boudicca) Queen of the Iceni, torches the city of London rather than let it fall intact into the hands of the Romans

Woodcuts to complete the great passion, Christ taken captive, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Travel and trips along the west coast of Africa, 1637, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

Edad de piedra. Escena de pesca en la tercera época de la edad de piedra.

Sketches in Ireland: harrowing under difficulties, mountain farm in County Mayo, 1880. 'The large county of Mayo...is still the poorest and rudest part of Ireland...the greater part of the land consists of barren moors,...incumbered with huge rocks,...either protruding through the thin heathery turf from the mass of granite that lies beneath, or else scattered in loose heaps and detached fragments over the hillside. The difficulty of ploughing, harrowing, or in any way properly cultivating, such land as this, may be imagined...The exact spot where our Artist...made the Sketch we have engraved,

De Wogan tied to a war pole, California. United States of America. Drawing by Jules Pelcoq (1823-1887) Travels and adventures of Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) in California, 1850-1852. Le Tour du Monde 1860

Little Nell talking to the furnace man who has given here and her grandfather a nights shelter. Illustration for The Old Curiosity Shop, London, 1841, by Charles Dickens.

A Caledonian, or Pict, 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

Death of John Thom masquerading as Sir William Courtenay at Bosenden Wood, Kent, 31st of May 1838. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727 - 1804). The Holy Family at the Bank of the River, 1750-1753. From Picturesque Ideas on the Flight Into Egypt. Etching on laid paper. Plate: 190 mm x 248 mm (7.48 in. x 9.76 in.).

A hurricane sinking Santa Maria

Four figures including the knight of the rock, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, a goatherd and a goat. Engraving by William Hogarth.

Death of Pompey the Great. Roman scene- 19th cent. engraving ITALY.

Almogaveres; Soldados de infanteria profesionales al servicio de la corona de Aragón y Cataluña. Tropa emboscada esperando atacar al enemigo.

Historia de España. Asesinato del arzobispo de Zaragoza, García Fernández de Heredia (1335-1411), por los partidarios de Jaime de Urgel en una emboscada en La Almunia de doña Godina. Grabado de 1872.

Champlain Exploring the Canadian Wilderness, 1603, from 'The American Continent and its Inhabitants Before its Discovery by Columbus' by Anne C. Cady, 1893 19th Century American School Lithograph Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA

Fed up with the emperor's excesses and megalomania, a group of soldiers led by Cassius Chaerea assassinate him. No one is particularly sorry. Date: 24 January 41

Hungary. Siege of Eger (1552). Ottoman troops under the command of Kara Ahmed Pasha laid siege to the castle of Eger in the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The defenders, led by István Dobó, repelled the attacks and defended the castle. Heroic defence by the inhabitants of Eger. Engraving by Trichon and Janet Lange. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856. Author: Auguste Trichon (1814-1898). French engraver. Janet-Lange (pseudonym of Ange-Louis Janet 1815-1872). French artist.

The creation of the copper hose (right half).

Sometimes one, sometimes the other, stood up, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

Historia sagrada. Ejecución de un condenado mediante el aplastamiento por un par de caballos arrastrando un trillo dotado de cuchillas metálicas sobre su cuerpo. Grabado de 1862.

Don Quixote, Sancho and the princess Dorotea. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

A charcoal by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione titled 'Circe Changing Ulysses' Men', c1650. Private collection.

The Death of Penthee, Pentheus, in Greek mythology the son of (Echion) and Agaue, the daughter of Kadmos, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The fall of Antiochus. Death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

'Churchill Before Maestricht', 24 June 1673, (c1880). Artists: Unknown, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

Robert Blyth, 1750-1784, The Elevation of the Brazen Serpent in the Wilderness, 1783. Etching.

Wachsmouth, Jeremias, inventor: Philips Wouverman, work, Cavaliers en Maraude, (1000 - 2000), technique text: engraving and line etching, graphics, plate width 31.6 cm, plate height 25.3 cm, leaf width 39.5 cm, leaf height 31.8 cm, image width 24.5 cm, image height 19.8 cm

Death on a Pale Horse. Joseph Haynes (English, 1760-1829); after John Hamilton Mortimer (English, 1740-1779). Date: 1784. Dimensions: 656 × 476 mm (image); 686 × 477 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Clovis I (c. 466-511 or 513). First king of the Franks. Engraving, 1882. Germania.

FELLAH FERRY BETWEEN KENEH AND DENDERA. Egypt, engraving 1879

1861 Exhibition of Painting, The child steals, vintage engraving. 1861 Exhibition of Painting, The child steals, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678056

EL QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA- TOMO I- CAP 29 - GRABADO DEL ENCUENTRO CON DULCINEA- GRAB. S XIX. Author: Gustave Dore (1832-1883). Location: BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUÑA-COLECCION. Barcelona. SPAIN. DON QUIJOTE. SANCHO PANZA. DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO. Rocinante.

Persecution. Early Christianity. Roman Empire. Christian martyrs. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Illustrated by Johan Geroge Heck (1801-1857). Engraved by Henry Winkles (1801-1860). Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

François-Nicolas Chifflart, Surprise, French, 1825-1901, 1865, etching with drypoint on laid paper

Judah Maccabee pursues Timothy, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré (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.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Vallicella6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of 16th church's facade by Fausto Rughesi(1605). Views of interior nave, altars, sacristy, and collection in private rooms. Extensive coverage of frescoes and paintings. Three views of an embroidery with a depiction of the Assumption of the Virgin. General Notes: Views of Oratorio dei Filippini are filed separately, but retain H-numbers within this monument's numerical sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Samsons and Delilah. Samson knocks down the columns. Revenge and dead. Judges Book. Sacred biblical history Old Testament. Old engraving from the book Historia Sagrada 1920 Juan Lagui Lliteras

Frontispiece of Arca Noe, 1675. Artist: Athanasius Kircher

The escape of the Young Pretender, 18th century (19th century). Artist: Unknown

The draught of fishes. Etching by T. Major after D. Teniers the younger.

Piece ca. 1788 British. Piece 219475

Anno 1678, ist diser grosse und starcke Hirsch bey Neuburg an der Donau in der Sogenanten Grüen Aue. von 3 Teutschen jagt Hunden gesprenget und so lange gejaget auch endlich forciert worden, sich samt ihnen über einen Felsen in die Donau zu stürzen und ist derselbe darin von 2 Hunden noch lebendig gefangen und auf der anderen seite an das ufer gebracht worden.. Ridinger, Johann Elias (1698-1767). 1742. Prints, Illustrations, Scientific illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Animals, Hunting, Game & game birds

Rinaldo (2e planche) , Fictitious characters, Knights, Supernatural beings, Renaud de Montauban Legendary character, Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Rinaldo. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Xerxes, angered by the failure to build a bridge in the Dardanelles, lets the sea lash, Xerxes I, 519 BC - 465 BC, reigned from 486 to 465 BC as Achaemenid Great King and Egyptian Pharaoh, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators at Work: Houses of Parliament 1605 19th Century Illustration

A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend. Date: 362 BCE

theatre opera ""The Valkyrie"" (Die Walk»re) by Richard Wagner stage design act 3 Valkyries drawing by Joseph Hoffmann (1831 - 1904) 1876,

Historical engraving, sponge fishing in Dalmatia, 1888

'In pursuit he therefore sped, exclaiming; "Thou art caught"', c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.

David slaying the Philistine giant Goliath, c1870. Artist: Unknown

St Paul shipwrecked, 19th cent. engraving by Gustav Dore.

Persian King in combat with a Monster Symbolizing Ahriman. Ahriman Angra Mainyu, first incarnation of Evil. Animal killed by the king great relief of

The Roman goddess of luck, holding a cornucopia full of nice things, and a strange instrument

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Don Quixote. 1863. Don Quixote with Sancho Panza. Etching. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Image reproduction: Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski (1841-1905), Lech, na Gniezno, finds a nest of white or Z: "Work" 1905, No. 27 (July 3), p. 1098; Fiedler, Antoni (Poznan), Work. Political and literary weekly Illustrated (Poznan; Magazine; 1896-1924); 1905 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) protect a ship, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart

The outgoing Maillotins to Paris to receive Charles VI, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

The abduction and murder of Jenny Macrea on July 27. 1777. by Native Americans accompanying General John Burgoyne on his march south from Canada. Her death prompted thousands of Americans in the northern colonies to rise up against British rule and contributed to the great American victory at the Battle of Saratoga later that year. which is considered a turning point of the American Revolution. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, Illustrations of Dutch history, Count Willem becomes Lord of Friesland, in the year 1188, Willem I is honored as Lord of Friesland, 1195, Representation from Dutch history. Count Willem I is raised on a shield and is honored as Lord of Friesland (according to the print in the year 1188). Illustration numbered at the top: XV., print, book illustration, prints, height 84 mm, width 103 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Nearchos, one of Alexander's generals, sails from the Indus to the Persian Gulf. Date: 325-324 BCE

The First Nail (Le premier clou) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The First Nail (Le premier clou), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 13/16 x 12 11/16 in. (19.8 x 32.2 cm). While Mark devotes just a single verse to the act of crucifixion, Tissot describes the process in exacting detail in four images and his accompanying published commentaries. Following first-century Roman sources, he considers the physical restraints the executioners probably employed to bind Jesus securely to the cross. He concludes that ropes must have been required, in addition to nails, to keep the elevated body from collapsing under its own weight. At right, the Virgin Mary and others look on in horror. European Art 1886-1894

Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book VI lines 410 to 412

The Fishermen. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641.

The Great Flood, 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

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Musee de Perpignan, La Liberte trade, one of four bronze reliefs of the obelisk of Port Vendres Musee de Perpignan, La Liberte trade, one of four bronze reliefs of the obelisk of Port Vendres Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674175

Woodcut print depicting natives from the Congo, Africa. Dated 16th Century

Miraculous draft of fishes (before Resurrection) on Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee). Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) painter c. 1700-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 7' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. Christ on boat with SS. Simon & Peter; in other boat, SS. James & John helping to bring in nets (Luke 5: 1-11) (BRD) narrow chain design Tapestry panel shows only the central portion of the complete composition. The "Acts of Apostles" series was commissioned from Raphael for Pope Leo X in 1515 to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The original cartoons designed by Raphael for the Vatican's "Acts of the Apostles" set are currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 51257 Marillier, English Tapestries (1930) Fermor, Raphael Tapestry Cartoons (1996), 3,4 Shearman, Raphael's Cartoons Que

The Triumph of Cupid. Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (Italy, Bologna, circa 1498-1580). Italy, 1545. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Abruzzo Teramo Teramo Pinacoteca1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Collections include a panel painting of Pope Clement by Giovanni da Sulmona, a polyptych by Giacomo da Campli, painted Castelli ceramics, paintings of St. Sebastian and other saints, and a Last Supper, perhaps by Bernardo Rantvic or the Fiammingo School. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The Beguiling of Merlin was painted by the Pre-Raphaelite British artist Edward Burne-Jones between 1872 and 1877.

German 16th Century, Noli Me Tangere (verso), c 1600 Noli Me Tangere verso

Mary Brotherton encounters Old Sally, a woman on the moor. Line block after R.W. Buss, 1840.

Gustave Doré; A Flight and Pursuit in Hell from Dante Aghlieri's Divine Comedy; Black and White Engraving

Historic drawing, allegory for the decline of the city of Antwerp in the 17th century, after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, 1642, trading in the form of the divinity Mercury or Hermes leaving Antwerp, Belgium, Europe

German face masks, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Raphael talks to Adam and Eve. Illustration for John Milton's "Paradise Lost", Doré, Gustave (1832-1883)

Painting (GUDAL image)

Miriam

The Beguiling of Merlin is a painting by the BritishPre-RaphaelitepainterEdward Burne-Jonesthat was created between 1872 and 1877. The painting depicts a scene from theArthurian legendabout the infatuation ofMerlinwith theLady of the Lake,Nimue. Merlin is shown trapped, helpless in ahawthorn bushas Nimue reads from a book of spells. King Arthur is the legendary British ruler of the late 5th and early 6th centuries. Merlin is the legendary seer, wizard, magician of arthurian legend. Sir E. Burne-Jones (1833-1898) was a British artist and designer.

Cyrus the Great, drawn by W. Camphausen, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome. Illustration from supplement to 'L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures'; (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology.

Abraham Bosse after Claude Vignon, Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane, published 1639 Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane

'Ride of the Valkyries.' Artist: Delitz

'The Raft of the Medusa', 1900. Artist: Unknown

PRINCE JOHN OF MORTAIGNE.

Sater family playing with leopards, Jonas Suyderhoef, after Pieter Bodding van Laer, 1645 - 1669 print A Sater family plays with leopards. A male satap lifts a young leopard and a feminine satap strokes a large leopard. Another Sater holds a bunch of grapes in hand. Haarlem paper engraving satyr(s) (in general). beasts of prey, predatory animals: leopard

'To the gate he came, and with his wand touch'd it', c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.

of 2