Historical Social Scenes

19th-century illustrations depicting social issues, charitable acts, and the interactions of people in historical contexts.

During reconstruction many freed slaves moved west to try and avoid persecution and to begin a new life.This picture shows African Americans emigrating to Kansas.

fine arts, Cruikshank, George (1792 - 1878), graphic, series ""The drunkard`s children"", plate 1 ""The Gin Shop"", etching, 1848, private collection,

A group of men in uniform hand out bread and soup to children and adults with their arms outstretched. Wood engraving by H. Linton after M. Rocourt after M. J. Pils.

An engraving depicting a blind man walking through a street in Paris as his dog bites the leg of a man walking past them. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting a policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child by Fred Barnard. Fred Barnard (1846-1896) a Victorian English illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter. Dated 19th Century

Poverty in Sheffield. Needy kids going to the distribution of food in Vestryhall. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1879 by Ovejero.

Smart young official distributing relief tickets in the turf market, Westport, County Mayo. The miserable conditions of the poor seen here were brought on by the potato famine in the mid 19th century and further compounded by the forced evictions of poverty-stricken peasants from their homes and farms. Date: 6 March 1880

Street scene in front of the Shepherd Hotel in Cairo in 1869, Egypt, Historical, Reproduction of an original with a scene from the 19th century.

During reconstruction many freed slaves moved west to try and avoid persecution and to begin a new life.This picture shows African Americans emigrating to Kansas.

An engraving depicting famine in Ireland: Sir Henry and Lady Gore-Booth hand out food to the starving. Dated 19th century

French refugees at a clearing station in Paris; during World War One

Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston , City & town life

Hunters meeting for a drink in the forester's lodge after the hunt, Austria, 1887, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

The Cafe Florian, in the piazza San Marco. Date: 1854

World War I (1914-1918). Stopping a spy (woman's dress). Street in Berlin, Germany. Drawing by Felix Schwormstadt (1870-1938). La Esfera, 1914.

Flooding at Tynewydd Colliery, Rhondda Valley, Wales, 11 April 1877. Scene at the pit head as anxious relatives and colleagues wait for the cage containing trapped miners to reach the surface - dead or alive after to day underground. Engraving from 'Heroes of Britain' by Edwin Hodder (London, c1880).

MEDICINE. VACCINATION IN THE STREET. ENGRAVING FRECH ENLIGHTMENT, 19th CENTURY.

The effect of his speech was to cause the whole of them to extend their arms towards us with the forefingers of both hands together. DRAW N BY W.H. OVEREN D.

Engraving showing the large crowds on Hampstead Heath during May holidays, 1872. A number of attractions, including an ice cream stall and a coconut shy, are shown drawing large crowds. Date: 25 May 1872

Policeman escorting two pretty young women across Broadway, New York City, while surrounded by the chaos of horse and wagon traffic endangering less attractive citizens. 1870.

Engraving depicts a group of wealthy women, men and children gathering in Hyde Park, London. Dated 1870

Illustration, Scene at an archery event of the 1790s, featuring the Bowmen (and Women) of Kent in historical costume, apparently held on Blackheath (which was then in Kent, but is now in south east London). Date: 1832

Bostonians reading the Stamp Act. Conjectural works. 1882. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. United States , 1760-1769, Boston (Mass.) , 1760-1769, Great Britain. Stamp Act (1765), Broadsides, Crowds

Engraving depicting slaves waiting to be sold in New Orleans. Dated 19th century

Refreshment tent on the race course, horse racing at Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1372, Volume LIII, June 12, 1869.

A cartoon depicting a chimney sweep carrying his brushes through the streets of London. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting an older brother pushing his younger brother, in a walking frame, out of the way of a carriage that is barrelling towards them. Dated 19th Century

Travelers sailing on a raft on a Scandinavian river, Sweden. Travel in the Scandinavian states, 1856, Sweden and Lapland. Text and drawings by Saint Blaise. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Engraving of the crowded Liverpool railway station, with children sitting on baggage in the foreground, and a huge luggage trolley holding hundreds of trunks in the background. These passengers were mostly emigrants, about to board a steamship for Canada. Date: 1884

In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston, John Nixon, ca. 1760-1818, British, undated, Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (12.4 × 20 cm), boat, bonnets, breeches, knee, children, coats, dresses, genre subject, men, parasol, riverbank, stockings, umbrella, women

Girl With Rolled Umbrella In A Storm Wind, 1868 - 1931 drawing A girl walks on a street in strong wind and rain. She has an umbrella that has been folded. Next to her is a grinning boy with her hands in the pockets. paper. India ink (ink). pencil pen street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). storm on land. umbrella

Midnight under the Linden, Berlin, boulevard, many people, distinguished clothes, top hat, lamps, cafe, houses, tables, drinking, nocturnal pleasure, promenade, Germany, historical illustration around 1989, Europe

Audience to a horse racing, Hoppegarten, Germany, illustration by Carl Hermann Kuechler, woodcut by Richard Bong (1853-1935) from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, No 14, Berlin.

The visit of Prince and Princess of Wales(later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain) to Ireland in 1885. The royal party passing over Parnell Bridge, Cork. Date: April 1885

LENIN: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) speaking to young Russians -circa 1920

Brautmoeckele, old wedding custom in Wuerttemberg, Germany, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman, watching a trial of a new patent steam tree feller, near Tulse Hill, South London. 1878

Andalusian customs and traditions of the 19th century, Judas. Andalusia, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Billy Waters, a one legged busker, in a crowded London street. Coloured aquatint, 1822.

LE PROMENADE DE LONGCHAMP - fashionable Parisiens and Parisiennes enjoy a fine Spring day Date: 1802

Three men at a table in a restaurant. .

Denmark, A hostel on the island of Amager, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guyana) Wood engraving 1888

Traditional life in a canteen in the village of Bordo, Patia. Cauca Department, Colombia, South America. Journey through Equinoctial America 1875-1876 by Edward Francois Andre. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Cartoon commenting on the frequency of accidents on overcrowded excursion trains. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN)

Jobseekers in the courtyard of the Berliner Lokalanzeiger trying to get the first editions of the daily newspaper to look for job offers, Germany, 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

christmas christmas market after contemporary etching Berlin 1776,

France. Paris. Men awaiting the results of the "Grand Prix" in a telegraph. Engraving from L'Illustration, 1901.

Lettergieterij van Johannes Enschedé in Haarlem. View in the Lettergortij van Johannes Enschedé in Haarlem. In the middle a man and a woman seen on the back. Left and right people are working under the windows.

Three men talk about a newspaper report, Honoré Daumier, 1848 Paris paper caricatures (human types). newspaper, news-sheet

The Ale Wife History of Alcoholism C. 1810 Artist Unknown Woodcut print

Boys are being told off for breaking a window, two more boys are hiding behind the pump. Engraving by H. Lemon after W.H. Knight.

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was an English reformer and Quaker philanthropist visiting women convicts with aristocratic women. She worked of more humane treatment of convicts, and was supported in her work by the young Queen Victoria.

. Some men study plants at a table. The old sitting man writes in a book. Right a man wears a basket of plants. Through the windows view of a garden and a country house.

Three men dance in the street as a crowd gathers on Blackfriars Bridge, London, to celebrate the destruction by fire of Albion Mills. Etching by J. Barlow, 1791, after S. Collings.

The International Exhibition: "The Auction - Last Day of the Sale", by G.B. O'Neil, 1862. Auction after a clergyman's death. '...the aged partner and his comely daughter, in the first bloom of womanhood, are left without the means of preserving the family treasures endeared by so many associations of affection...Already-although both are still in the deepest mourning - everything must be sold...Not one person in the room has a look or a care for the widow and the fatherless...Our auctioneer is the very type of his class - an arch-hypocrite, hard-featured, impassible, yet perfectly aw

. Some men study plants at a table. The old sitting man writes in a book. Right a man wears a basket of plants. Through the windows view of a garden and a country house.

Cartoon depicting women watching a game of cricket. Dated 19th century

Cartoon on the abolition of load on fuels, 1864. Cartoon about the abolition of the load on fuels. Two men are talking to each other at the Binnenhof, a fire in the Lower House in the distance. Plate published at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 11, 12 March 1864.

Listening to The Old Curiosity Shop in the West. Illustration for Bret Harts poem Little Nell, based on a popular anecdote. When Charles Dickens book was published in serial form in 1841 boats arriving in New York were beseiged by people wanting the next episode and it was then passed westwards. Engraving.

Illustration showing the Prince of Wales making a speech at the opening of the 'National Gallery of British Art', later known as the 'Tate Gallery' and now 'Tate Britain', London, 1897. Those in attendance were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke and Duchess of Fife, Mr. and Mrs. Tate and the Trustees of the Museum (Lord Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Brownlow, Alfred Rothschild, Sir Charles Tennant, J.P. Heseltine and Murray Scott). Date: 31

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1922. Banquet in his honour at Britannia hotel in Trondhjem. Sketch of Mr. Forestier in "The Artistic Illustration", 1896. Engraving.

Five people skating, skating as winter fun, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknow...

Sir Herwles, Lady Robinson leaving govt, house. April 10, 1933.

Cultural state in the late 18th and early 19th century, citizens sitting in a beer pub, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Illustration depicting a destitute men applying for admittance to a London night refuge. Dated 19th Century

Séguin, F., Chez Fradin, end of the century hotel, rue Saint Denis. Men waiting under a shame (dummy title), 1898. Black Pierre Rehaut de Blanc. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Vintage Photograph. President Lincoln entering Richmond, Virginia after its Surrender, April 3, 1865

Illustration depicting holidaymakers on the beach. Dated 19th century

SUNDAY MORNING AT HAWARDEN, 1880

Beaver hats; 'felting' the body of the hats in the 'kettle'. Mercury was used during the manufacture and many hatters suffered from the uncontrollable shaking typical of mercury poisoning. From 'The Penny Magazine', London, 1841. Woodcut

Our Women and the War, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, A series of four vignettes, showing women assisting in the war. In upper center, women sewing; at upper right, women washing; at lower left, a nun praying with a man; at lower right, a woman writing a letter, dictated by a wounded man., USA, September 6, 1862, figures, Print, Print

Engraving showing a soldier of the Horse Guards on sentry duty in Whitehall, London, 1872. A crowd of spectators, including a girl selling flowers and two children in a pram, are pictured around the guard. Date: 31 August 1872

Colour illustration depicting Londoners enjoying trip along a river in Paris on a steam pleasure boat. Illustrated by Mars (Maurice Bonvoisin) (1849-1912) a French illustrator. Dated 19th century

A MOUNTAIN CHEESEMONGER IN TYROL, 1872 engraving

Coolies resting, Shanghai.. Postcards, Genre photographs. 1907 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Chinese, Shanghai (China), Contract laborers, Rest periods

The cheese market in Hoorn, Holland. Europe. Netherlands 1878 by Charles de Coster (1827 - 1879) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1880

Customers seated round the samovar in a Caucasian tea shop.

Augustin Théodule Ribot, French (1823-1891), Card Players, watercolor and gouache, with pen and black and brown ink over black crayon on heavy wove paper

A lithograph by Honoré Daumier from 1859 depicting a figure named Cristi and a beef dish, illustrating a domestic or social scene.

The parliamentary Christmas market, The parliamentary Christmas market of the United Left from humorous leaves , Unknown

Modes for laughter./2./- One p'tit hand by that ... sir! ... (letter registered (letter)) | Modes for laughter. (Title of all)

'Our next president' , Toasting

Illustration depicting boys making an effigy of Guy Fawkes. Dated 20th Century

Illustration depicting Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672) the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland. Dated 17th Century

ORANGS-OUTANGS ... / N ° 2. (registered title)

High change in Bond Street, ou la Politesse du Grande Monde, Gillray, James, 1756 1815, engraver, London, engraving 1796, fashionably dressed pedestrians on Bond Street. In the foreground, five men crowd a woman and girl off the sidewalk as they leer at them. The women, seen from the back, are oddly dressed. In the background, three ladies, also in exaggerated costumes, walking arm in arm in the roadway.

THE ESCAPE OF LIONS FROM THE MENAGERIE AT BIRMINGHAM, UK, 1889: UNDER THE BACON BOX, INTO THE CAGE.

Norfolk Estuary - the Procession in Lynn, 1850. The inhabitants of King's Lynn in Norfolk celebrate a civil engineering project to divert the course of the River Ouse and enable land reclamation. 'The assembling on the Tuesday Market-hill was a pleasing and interesting sight...the different processions of Odd Fellows, Foresters, navvies, and sailors, marched to their position, each being preceded by a band of music and banners...The whole cortege left the Tuesday Market-place soon afterwards...The procession, which extended a very considerable distance, was graced by the presence of Lady Ffolk

Basket weavers, Basket weaving, Hungarian gypsy women weaving baskets, illustration, woodcut from 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

LENIN, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov (1870-1924). Russian theoretician and communist leader politician. Lenin and his staff at the headquarters of the Smolny Palace in 1917. Oil on canvas.

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Addressing the constituents gathered at Blackheath regarding the Hungarian atrocities. 1876

A mule crossed train - a mule stops on the railroad tracks while a train is coming and an African American family desperately tries to get him to move 1883

Crowd of people in the street reading a posted announcement. Crowd of people in the street reading a posted announcement. From Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, vintage engraving, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659896

Vintage antique illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical scouts of Israelites are returning with fruit. Two men carry large bunch of grapes.From Biblische Geschichte des alten und neuen Testaments, Germany 1859.Numbers 13.. Vintage Drawing of Biblical Story of Scouts of Israelites Returning with Fruits. Two Men Carry Large Grape Bunch

Scene in the 'Salle de Conversation' in the Kurhaus. Date: 1865

Accidental transport of stollen, the baker's boy loses the Christmas stollen from his board, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Shake their hands warmly, vintage engraved illustration.

Public Bath, Leukerbad Switzerland, 1870

Queues poor to eat free. Madrid. Shop Asylum opened by Queen of Spain, Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929). Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1889. Colored.

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