Historical Illustrations

A collection of intricate engravings depicting various historical scenes, including cotton cleaning, fairy tale illustrations, and dramatic confrontations.

The life of a miner in California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

THE GEORGIAN MODE OF CLEANING COTTON.

Riquet a la Houppe. Riquet with the Tuft a French literary fairy tale published by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

'General Riddle', 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya

THE COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION, 1886: THE FOREST SCENE, VICTORIAN COURT

Gustave Doré; Chactas held captive by the Muscogulges and Siminoles from Chactas and Atala

Gustave Doré; Sinbad Amongst the Serpents in The Valley of Diamonds; Black and White Engraving

From Theuerdank: On the advice of Unfalo, a Bavarian makes the horse of Theuerdank shy in a dangerous place, 1517, Historical, digital reproduction of...

Difficulties of the expedition, Republic of Panama. Central America. Drawing by Gaston Vuillier (1845 - 1915) Explorations of the Isthmus of Panama and the Darien region by Armand Reclus (1843 - 1927) Le Tour du Monde 1880

The life of a miner in California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

"Frau Venus". Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1919. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Watteau paper

Saint Peter and Saint John Follow from Afar (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean suivent de loin) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Peter and Saint John Follow from Afar (Saint Pierre et Saint Jean suivent de loin), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 6 1/16 in. (24.9 x 15.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The banks of the Danube, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

'Home-from Holland House', 1872. After the death of 4th Baron Holland, his wife continued to entertain London society at Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, in Kensington. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C., 1872.

Picture tableau on the theme of Southern Africa from an encyclopedia from 1880, Germany / Bildtableau zum Thema Südliches Afrika aus einem Lexikon aus dem Jahre 1880, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo61. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Tabernacle from S. Maria delle Grotte in Fossa with scenes of the Presentation at the Temple, the Flagellation, the Annunciation, and the Betrayal by Judas. Museo Nazionale housed in Castle: several exterior views (The Archeological Museum is one gallery (Sala IV) of the Museo). Remaining views of museum collection, including paintings, processional crosses, reliquaries, chalices, ceramics, textiles, manuscripts, and a number of eighth century Abruzzan Madonna sculptures. Works from the church Madonna del Soccorso also stored in Museo. Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo Roman inscriptions, sculpture and relief 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

Alliance between the king of the Marcomanni and another Germanic prince, depicted on Marcus Aurelius' Victory Column in Rome, Italy, digitally restore...

Vornehme Damen am Sonntag im Park, um 1890, Deutschland, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

England, Thornton, Robert John, Blake, William, Illustrations of imitation of Eclogue I, Shepherd chases away wolf, The shepherd chases away the wolf, recto bottom center - printed, A shepherd, at a fence with his flock, chases away a wolf., print, book illustration, prints, verso middle - stamped, verso middle right - stamped, Thenot, height 34 mm, width 74 mm, 1757 - 1827-08-12, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1821, first quarter 19th century, paper, wood engraving, Work conception, after own design by, Engels, 1768 - 1837-01-21, client

Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) in battle. unknown c. 1480 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 8'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Sir Edgar Speyer coll., London. French & Co. purchased from Antiquities Inc.; sold to Tournai, Musée d'Histoire et d'Archéologie 1/18/1967. Belgium, Hainaut, Tournai, Musée d'histoire et d'archéologie. Inscriptions: In field on Hercules's left arm: ERCULLE King Laomedon, beheaded, thrown off horse & lies on ground (center, foreground), Hercules in full armor, with plumed helmet, mounted on armored & plumed horse (center, middle ground), holds in left hand severed head of Laomedon, Troy (background) Fragment of tapestry. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 55223 also lists: 21399 Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 82 Asselberghs, Tapisserie tournaisienne (1967), 22, no. 8

A mirage of the Matterhorn. vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

THE CAVERN, BY CELESTIN NANTEUIL; La Caverne, par C©lestin Nanteuil

Piece. Culture: British. Dimensions: L. 31 3/4 x W. 14 inches (80.6 x 35.6 cm). Date: ca. 1788. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Belagerung einer Stadt durch die Assyrer, Relief aus der Zeit des Sencherib, Sin-ahhe-eriba, ca 730 v. Chr, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reprodukt...

Peasants going to market, mid-15th century, facsimile of copper engraving by Martin Schongauer, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th cen...

Landscape with Cannon (The Great Cannon). Albrecht Dürer; German, 1471-1528. Date: 1518. Dimensions: 219 x 324 mm (image/plate); 222 x 327 mm (sheet). Etching in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Girl dragging a wagon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Peasants going to market, mid-15th century, facsimile of copper engraving by Martin Schongauer, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Who lives Illustration for Honoré de Balzac," Les Contes Drolatiques ", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855". Woodcut. Paris, Balzac house. 101790-25 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Leyenda del Mal Cazador. Personaje diabólico ubicado en la zona de Santa Fe del Montseny. Dibujo de F. Xumetra. Grabado de 1905.

A mill arm, German allegorical engraving of the seventeenth century, vintage engraving. A mill arm, German allegorical engraving of the seventeenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673533

Charlatan and peep show. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, 1734-46) painter Besnier, Nicolas (French, b.1686-d.1754) (workshop) weaver Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver c. 1736-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 2.35 x W 5 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: San Donato sale, Rome, 3/15/1880, no. 36. French & Co. . Italy, Lazio, Roma, Rome, Palazzo Venezia (). Inscriptions: Woven signature on building building stone on left: BOVCHER Charlatan wearing turban & standing on platform beneath canopy holds flask in 1 hand & places other on cupboard, next to him is seated young woman assistant holding wand & accompanied by monkey, & male assistant blowing trumpet; 6 spectators stand on L; below charlatan 4 figures around cylinder with clocklike top gamble for oublies or plaisirs; 3 spectators to R of platform; to R of groups young man operates peep show wit

Bruyas Museum in Montpellier, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.

Soon the boat, vintage engraving. Soon the boat, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647525

Offering to Flora, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

The Tour de France a small Parisian, John held her, vintage engraving. The Tour de France a small Parisian, John held her, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659713

Murder of Edith Cavell "The War Series" George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925). 1918. Lithograph on wove paper, Image: 18 7/8 x 24 13/16 in. (48 x 63 cm). American Art 1918

Frühlingstag in San Remo, Italien, drei junge Frauen beim Spaziergang, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert...

Taormina From the Theatre Joseph Pennell (American, 1860-1926). , 1913. Etching, plate: 10 1/4 x 14 15/16 in. (26.1 x 37.9 cm). American Art 1913

Engraving showing a large group of people, some carrying paintings and other objects, running out of the Alexandra Palace as it burnt down in June 1873. This image was originally captioned 'Taking out the last of the art treasures just before the doors were closed'. Date: 14 June 1873

'Bas-reliefs from an Indian Temple; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India', 1875. From 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London and Galpin.

Landscapes missing ages no human eyes do you contemplated, no o Landscapes missing ages no human eyes do you contemplated, no orcille not understood your harmonies, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647557

Ancient Rome. Death of Vergina (ca. 465-449 B.C.), young Roman plebeian, by her father Lucio Verginio, reputed centurion, to free her from the Consul Appius Claudius (451 B.C.) who had her as a slave after falling in love with her. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Artistica", 1884.

Butcher of fox, Tartary, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

CHRISTMAS EVE IN BRITANY, 1854

Engraving depicting a man with a storm lantern, whilst another man tries to release a boat from it's stilts. Illustrated by Arthur Hopkins (18481930) an English artist. Dated 19th century

"The Goddess of Discord in the Garden of the Hesperides",1806, painted by J.W.M. Turner, R.A. - in the Marlborough House Gallery, 1857. 'This picture is full of grand invention...the Immortals are given with all the beauty and grace of the tangible flesh and blood of those delicious southern regions...A dragon is a piece of machinery that either tells with great effect or provokes ridicule. Here this daring feat is successful. We do not deride, but curiously examine, the vaguely-defined monster, guardian of the fruit, who was destined in the sequel to be destroyed by Hercules; and we

Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up: Canto XI. Illustration by Gustave Dore for Dante Inferno, 1863. Wood engraving

Bringing goods into Covent Garden, London, early in the morning. 19th century. After an illustration by Gustave Doré in the 1890 American edition of London: A Pilgrimage written by Blanchard Jerrold

The Fishing Party Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910).. Wood engraving American Art

According to the drawing Loutherbourg engraved by Patas, vintage engraving. According to the drawing Loutherbourg engraved by Patas, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673718

Floral chapter page design with castle by the water. Floral chapter page design with castle by the water. From Chemin des Ecoliers, vintage engraving, 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648279

Amalfi, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

An engraving depicting fossil hunters in the Crayford pits near Erith, Kent, in the Thames Valley, momentarily alarmed by the skull of a Musk Sheep (Ovis Moschatus) peering out of strata. Dated 19th century

The ship is wrecked & Crusoe is left stranded, clinging to a rock for his dear life... Date: First published: 1719

Rudolph of Habsburg and the Priest, Brend'amour, Richard (1831-1915)

Maximilian I, one of the most remarkable rulers of the Renaissance, served as the Holy Roman Emperor* from 1493 until 1519. In 1477 he married Mary of Burgundy, one of the wealthiest women in Europe and heir to the duke of Burgundy. When her father died two years later, the French tried to seize Burgundy. Maximilian defeated the French at the Battle of Guinegate and added Burgundy to the Habsburg possessions.

"A Dead Town of the Aztecs, by Artist A. Bobbett, Book Illustration from “Indian Horrors or Massacres of the Red Men, by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891

Satirical copper engraving on the vices of lust, after a painting by Breughel

Juive d'Alger Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863). , 1833. Etching with Chine collé, Plate: 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (21.6 x 17.5 cm). European Art 1833

transport transportation railway railway station waiting room Gonesse France wood engraving 19th century,

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, Pierrot, House on the canal in Amsterdam, recto lower left - pencil, Two men in the doorway of a house on the canal in Amsterdam, probably on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. One is scooping water from the canal with a bucket., print, prints, etchings, verso lower middle - stamped, JW imp, The Oudezijds Acherburgwal, backside of the Zeedijk, no. 52., height 229 mm, width 161 mm, American, 1834-07-10 - 1903-07-17, print maker, printmaker, 1889 - 1889, fourth quarter 19th century, Oriental paper, etching, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design of, printer

Near Sorrento, vintage engraving. Near Sorrento, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679748

Cartoon commenting on British seaside resorts, each given prominence it earned by the number of visitors it attracted. Illustrated by Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) an English cartoonist and illustrator. Dated 19th century

Tanning. From the Book of English Trades, London, 1821.

Campania Napoli Naples S. Lorenzo Maggiore79. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, architecture, architectural sculpture (including Roman spolia) 13-14th century Chapter house; sarcophagi, gravestones; wall painting. Fragment of mosaic; sculptural fragments in the Sala Capitolare. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, ceiling painting fresco cycle; prints depicting Venice c. 1845 (4), sculpture; life-size creche figures dressed in original Neapolitan costume Church restored in 1882, 1926, 1944; excavations under the transept undertaken between 1958-1962, and in the cloister in 1976, have revealed remains of a Roman macellum (market), street, and the paleochristian basilica of the 6th c. AD. Antiquities: Pottery: black-glazed, archaic banded, domestic wares, bucchero; architectural terracottas, statuettes, lamps, sculpture fragments Object Notes: 3 color negatives with no prints at the end. General Notes: Most objects/paintings/frescoes unidentified. Three batches

Old Nineteenth century illustration. Plutonic uplifts in the ocean. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Creole Garden and Creole Family, Saint Denis, Reunion island. Western Indian Ocean, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833 - 1900) Journey to Reunion Island, 1861 by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Public washing and dyeing grounds. Date: 1582

Netherlands, Hondius, Hendrick, Bloemaert, Abraham, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Pastoralen en dieren, Ooievaars, print, prints, height 103 mm, width 140 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, after a print by, Northern Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Industrial Revolution. Capital and labour. Comic strip depicting the social inequalities which arouse as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Drawing published in the magazine Punch (1848). Engraving. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

The night washerwomen, illustration by Maurice Sand for Les Visions de George Sand la nuit dans les campagnes (Visions of the night in the countryside), from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 459, Volume XVIII, December 11-18, 1851.

Estudio para la flauta de pan/ 1923. Museum: GALERIA ROSENGART. Author: PABLO PICASSO.

THE EASTERN QUESTION, WITH THE TURKS

Bandits of the sea pushed abruptly, vintage engraving. Bandits of the sea pushed abruptly, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656610

Bridal Train in Spring, after a painting by Ludwig Richter, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century painting, original date not known

Piskarev, Nikolai Ivanovich (1892-1959) Private Collection 1928 Woodcut

History of explorations, 19th century. Chile. Easter Island. Moais at Rano Raraku. Journal of French corvette La Flore. Engraving from Illustralia, August 17, 1872

Decors opera, The chariot of Apollo, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

The Barrister's Dream Date: First published: 1876

Valhalla, or Palace of Heroes in the Danube plain, in Bavaria, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Hot air balloon above the ice, plans for a hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole, illustration from Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica, Year II, No 59, November 16, 1890.

Mozart (1756-1791) playing the piano with the imperial family (Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor). Vienna. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882.

An Adventure of Baron Munchausen, printmaking Mr Schroedter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

Fountain with dog design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler

Engraving depicting Henry Bessemer's anti-roll Channel Steamer. Bessemer mounted the saloon of the vessel on gimbals so that it remained stable while the ship rolled. Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th century

Christ Healing the Sick, after Rembrandt (from Sketchbook). Artist: Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm). Date: 1810-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Poll photo collection. Travel to France. Photo of a reproduction of a drawing from Van Gogh. undated. France, Saint-Remy-de-Provence

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy "Inferno" or "Visions of Hell";Dante and Virgil meet the Lustful

Historic drawing from the 19th century, tomb in the Frauenkirche church in Munich, tomb of Conrad Paumann, 1409 - 1473, a German organist, composer and lutenist

The Ruins of Tyre; From Landscape Illustrations of The Bible 19th century Black and White Illustration;

Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona (Italian, Marchigian School, documented 1472-1511). Predella with Annunciation and Scenes from the Lives of Four Saints, ca. 1475-1480. Tempera on panel, Image: 6 1/4 x 72 3/4 in. (15.9 x 184.8 cm). This predella depicts defining events in the lives of the Madonna and Saints John the Baptist, Lawrence, Stephen, and Anthony of Padua, all represented on the main panel of an altarpiece now in a Roman private collection. Decorated pilasters capped with Corinthian capitals divide the predella into clearly defined scenes of martyrdom and wonder, while a verdant, mountainous landscape in the distance provides a rhythmic continuity of peaks and valleys that draws the eye across the panels individual narratives. Traditionally the devotional focus of an altarpiece, the Virgin receives the widest section at the center of the predella with a depiction of the Annunciation, the moment when Marys

Brother and sister painting by Edouard Girardet, vintage engraving. Brother and sister painting by Edouard Girardet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679831

Within a Tyrolean house, vintage engraving. Within a Tyrolean house, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673098

A RUDE AWAKENING

The Good Samaritan Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). , 1633. Etching and burin on laid paper, Plate: 9 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (24.4 x 20.5 cm). European Art 1633

Illustration depicting the White Ship, a vessel which sank in the English Channel in 1120, drowning William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England

Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo32. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued 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.

SPARTANS asking the ORACLE AT DELPHI whether they should make war against the Athenians. PE0L0P0NNESIAN WAR (Second, or Great) 431-404 BC BETWEEN Athens and Sparta. Illustration by W. Gordon Mein 1910

La Fontaine, painting by Jules Breton, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

The Prodigal Son Feasting ca. 1540 After Pieter Coecke van Aelst Netherlandish. The Prodigal Son Feasting. Flemish, Antwerp. ca. 1540. Stained glass. Glass-Stained

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