Illustrated Characters and Cartoons

Colorful illustrations and engravings of whimsical characters and folk tales, combining humor and storytelling elements from various cultures.

The Knave, 1930. Artist: John Tenniel

The Knave, 1930. Artist: John Tenniel

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man smoking a pipe

Woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting a standard carrier, created around 1516-1518, showing a figure holding a banner or flag.

Le Canard a Trois Becs', cartoon relating to the Paris Commune, by h nerac, 1871. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards, rebelled against the policies of the conservative government formed after the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The left-wing regime of the Commune held sway in Paris for two months until government troops retook the city in bloody fighting in May 1871. The events of the Commune were an inspiration to Karl Marx as well as later communist leaders including Lenin, Trotsky and Mao. From a series titled Les Communeux. From a private collection.

Hab.t de l'Espagne from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Hab.t de l'Espagne from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415971

London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: Sir Henry Morgan ( c. 1635 1688) Welsh privateer (Pirate), landowner and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

Clair-obscur woodcut in three plates by Ugo da Carpi depicting Olympos, created around 1526-1527, showing mythological figures on Mount Olympus.

Slavnyi rytsar' Evdon.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man with a pipe

Queen of Clubs, from a Set of Piquet Cards late 18th-19th century Claude Fayolle French. Queen of Clubs, from a Set of Piquet Cards 384757

Woman in hunting outfit with rifle and dead bird. She wears a frock coat over a burnoussa skirt, calfskin boots. Remords. Costume de chasse. Il est compose d'une redingote a collets superposes et d'une courte jupe en burnoussa. La cravate est en pique blanc; les bottes en veau naturel. Handcoloured pochoir lithograph by Maurice Leroy from Lucien Vogels Le Bon Genre: 100 Plates fromGazettedu Bon Ton, Brentanos, Paris, 1920.

Chimczek and Paraska; W Sowicz, Wac Aw (1891-1942); 1924 (1924-00-00-1924-00-00);Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Witke-Jeżewski

King of Diamonds, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Playing cards issued as trade cards from the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" (N220), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. King of Diamonds, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Hab.t de l'Autriche from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Hab.t de l'Autriche from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415965

Costumes de Différent Pays, 'Berger des Landes de Bordeaux'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

The Flagellation. Dated: 1480/1500. Medium: woodcut in dark brown, hand-colored in vermilion, gray-blue, purple, peach, and tan. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Tarot Card 12 - Le Pendu (The Hanged Man). Date: 20th century

Martyrdom of Saint Barbara. Dated: 1480/1490. Medium: woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, green, blue, yellow, gold, and orange. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Chimczek i Paraska. Wąsowicz, Wacław (1891-1942), graphic artist

German 15th Century, Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, 1480 1490 Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Turnhout, Glenisson & Van Genechten, The Entertaining Arlequin, verso - stamped, Sheet with a large representation of Harlequin. In the bottom margin a four-line verse in two columns. Numbered center top: (No. 157.)., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 405 mm, width 326 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1833 - 1856, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; colour drawing of a woman standing with wings like the angel of death entitled "Peace" - "Pax vobis (Peace to you)".

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Segawa Kikunojo III as a Samurai. Artist: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (30.8 x 14 cm). Date: ca. 1790. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lausus was the son of the Etruscan king Mezentius. He fought against Aeneas and his followers who escaped Troy after the Greeks conquered Troy and burned the city. The tale of these warriors appears in Virgil's Aeneid. After Aeneas wounds Mezentius in battle, Lausus comes to the defense of his father and Aeneas then strikes both. This illustration from around 1900 shows Aeneas, accompanied by a fellow soldier, right before he kills Lausus.

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Emperors anniversary festival approval Vienna, Group , Zeit Emperor Josephs II , Josef József by Diveky Divéky -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Prince Hansok and Zasawa Lisa / Hansoku, Kayō Kitsune, from the series: Japanese and Chinese stories compared to the chapters of Genji (Monogatari) / Wakan Nazora Genji Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

The Figure represented here is Philipp of Orleans, Duke of Chartres, in 1660. The illustration dates to 1882.

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Vintage playing card showing a man holding a club and riding a horse

London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: William Dampier (1651 - 1715), first Englishman to explore Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has also been described as Australia's first natural historian

Estampería popular. Indio Hute, jefe de tribu. Grabado de 1870.

Running boiler vendor. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 20-Jan-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 111 mm × w 88 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

German partisaner, imperial guard of HRE Charles V, and Swiss halberdier. 16th century. Pertuisanier de la garde du corps de Charles Quint, Hallebardier Suisse. Allemagne et Suisse, XVIe siecle. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed by Ferdinand Sere from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

LEmpereur dAutriche (The Austrian Kaiser), from La Guerre de 1914, first series, no.1. Artist: Auguste Lepère, French, 1849-1918

Playing cards, Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards, Europe, 17th century, toys & games, Playing cards

Playing card from the game of Piquet of Charles VII (sometimes called 'Coursube'). Attributed initially to the 15th Century but published in Lyon at the start of the 17th Century.

Two ladies by Faustin. (IT)

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a miser with bags of gold coins on a table. Death and the Miser. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen from The British Dance of Death, Hodgson, London, 1823.

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1720-1730. Dimensions: 31.3 x 14.7 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Princess of Oz, Wizard of Oz

Sir Ivaine, a brave, kind-hearted, and merry Knight of the Round Table, pours water into a fountain, which brings Black Knight.

Bowman, Poland, 14th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Bowman, Poland, 14th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Europe. Middle Ages. Knight.

Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder from 1511 illustrating book inscriptions by Christoph Scheurl, including the Scheurl and Tucher coats of arms.

Plumb Habit of plumber . Anonymous print. Paris, Carnavalet museum.

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, 'Habit d'Andimion du Balet du Triomphe de l'Amour'. Jean Berain (France, 1637/1640-1711)Jean Lepautre (France, Paris, 1618-1682)Jean Dolivar (Spain, Zaragoza, active France 1670-1690, 1641 - 1692)Jacques Lepautre (France, Paris, 1653-1684). France, Paris, circa 1682, bound 1703-1704. Prints. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Guerrero del imperio romano del siglo V ac. al siglo 10 ac. Cromo de Chocolates Juncosa. Años 1920. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

1871 by Faustin (IT)

Mitología. Ceres, en griego Demeter, diosa de la agricultura, las cosechas y la fecundidad, hija de Saturno. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Beggar with wooden leg; Beggars; By t Geeve Bestaet our Leeve. A beggar with a wooden leg and crutches walk to the right.

Jack of Diamonds vintage playing card

Consecration of the Colors (Fahnenweihe). Artist: Moriz Jung (Austrian (born Czechoslovakia) Moravia 1885-1915 Manilowa (Carpathians)). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (13.9 × 8.9 cm). Publisher: Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1911. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Moriz Jung.

Sistema de señales telegráficas de la marina de guerra. Lenguaje internacional de banderas y código Morse. Letra U. Dibujo de Apel·les Mestres. Años 1930. Author: APEL·LES MESTRES I OÑÓS.

Heads: Publicorum, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1800, Etching, colored, Sheet: 10 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (26.7 x 14cm)

Painting or painted photograph by N. Young. 1863. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Peru

This illustration of Hartmann von Aue is from the medieval songbook titled Codex Manesse.

Take Aim, Storybook Kids

Gigerl-Tarock, Karo Dame

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Woodcut 'The Inertia' by Hans Burgkmair the Elder, circa 1510, depicting a scene representing the concept of inertia in human behavior or moral allegory.

Cinderella , Fairies, Cats, Cinderella Legendary character, Cinderella Tale

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man filling a jug with a liquid substance from a barrel

Torture by fire. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. Later colouration. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Knave vowed he would steal no more, Randolph Caldecott

Cartoon, Two Emperors. Showing Charles I of Austria (Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Marie, left), who succeeded Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916, with the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (right). Charles says he doesn't know who is going to be crowned, 'him or me' -- probably a reference to the fact that he was Charles I of Austria and also Charles IV of Hungary. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The Kaiser's dream (or nightmare) after losing at Verdun -- a ginger-haired angel holding a rabbit. Date: 1916

USA / Japan: 'A Summer Girl'. Woodblock print by Helen Hyde (1868-1919), 1905. Helen Hyde (April 6, 1868 - May 13, 1919) was an American engraver and etcher. Born in Lima, New York, she became well known for her colour etching process, as well as her woodblock prints of Japanese children and women.

Historia de Catalunya. Enlace matrimonial de Fernando II de Aragón (1452-1516), llamado el católico, e Isabel I de Castilla (1451-1504) el 19 de octubre de 1469 en Valladolid. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

'A Man of the Time of Henry VIII', 1907. Artist: Dion Clayton Calthrop.

Cuchulain sets out for Emain Macha, the capital of Ulster. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's Cuchulain The Hound of Ulster, Harrap, London, 1909.

Dauphin of France, 1360, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Dauphin of France, 1360, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

St. Gaudens, 'The Puritan', Merrick Park, Springfield, Mass. , Monuments & memorials, Parks, Chapin, Samuel, d. 1675, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Ludwik Stasiak (1858-1924), Legende legend; Stella (Bochnia; Publisher; 1908-1932), Anczyc, W Adys Aw Ludwik and Spóża (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1875-1948); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he; and he called for his pipe, and he called for his glass, and he called for his fiddlers three.

Woodcut colored print by Georg Lemberger from 1524 depicting Solomon's throne from 1 Kings 10:18-20 in the Luther Bible, showing the king, throne, and court attendants.

Giovanni Grosso of the Swiss Guards Standing before a View of Rome, watercolor over black ink on laid paper, overall: 32.4 x 23.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.), Swiss 17th Century (artist), Francesco Villamena (artist after) Italian, 1566 - 1624

Little Red Riding Hood saved from the wolf. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Little Red Riding Hood (Tale), Hunting, Rifles, Dead animals, Rescues, Canopy beds, Tail coats

French medieval engraving. From Roman de la Rose. The lover plucks a rose.

King of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, King of Spades court playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. A colorful African chief figure shown in traditional costume, holding a spear and shield and with a large headdress. His body is covered with tattoos. Exotic landscape in background. At upper left, a spade topped with a crown., Paris, France, late 19th century, toys & games, Playing card, Playing card

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Little Ted Fauntleroy by Udo Keppler, 1872-1956, artist. published 1907. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt, as little Lord Fauntleroy, helping elderly Uncle Sam, bloated by Overcapitalization and a bandaged right foot labelled Wall Street, walk with a cane.

'The Cheshire Cat looking down at the Red King and Queen having an argument', 1889. Artist: John Tenniel.

Portrait Wellington from military symbols

Meeting, Bilibin - Russian Tales

Coloured illustration of a playing card. 1792.

Azulejos de oficios, siglo XVIII. Museu d'Història de Catalunya.

Azulejo de oficios, percusionista con tambor, siglo XVIII. M.H.C.B.

A wheelwright wields a massive mallet to hammer the spokes into a wooden carriage wheel. Date: 17th century

Walther from the birdweight.

Mitología. Vulcano, llamado Efestos por los griegos, hijo de Júpiter. Dios del fuego y los volcanes. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Hand-painted lantern plate with two men and woman, slide plate slideshope images glass paper, Hand-painted slides with top and bottom edges of white-red checkered paper. Image of two men (left with fashionable napoleonic hairstyle to the right with either boer flat hat or fashionable tricorne) and woman (with canopy fichu and dress in fashionable blue color) optics magic lantern magic lantern toy project caricature

Here I sit with my great lazy moon, and not a single guy around to spoon , Moon, Benches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Paysanne de Quito'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Representant d'une grande nation. A grotesque monster, nude and hairy, representing the Constitution of the Year III, stands against the trunk of L'Arbre de Liberté (right) with upraised hands. The tree, Emblême de l'Arbre de Connoissance, has withered branches in which fantastic serpents are twined. One of these, having a human head and arms...is evidently Talleyrand...

Vulcan, the Iron Man, Birmingham, Ala. , Monuments & memorials, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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