Illustrative Artworks

A collection of illustrative artworks featuring narrative scenes with themes of music, nature, and the macabre, rendered in various print styles.

"I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the children's story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller. Showing a piper who played his pipe by the seashore, thinking that the fish would leap and dance to his playing. When nothing happened, he caught some fish in a net and dragged them ashore, and they all began to leap and dance, but he was no longer interested. Date: 1900

"I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the children's story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller. Showing a piper who played his pipe by the seashore, thinking that the fish would leap and dance to his playing. When nothing happened, he caught some fish in a net and dragged them ashore, and they all began to leap and dance, but he was no longer interested. Date: 1900

Andreani, Andrea, Parmigianino, Italy, Trento, Antonio da, Saint Cecilia making music, Saint Cecilia, playing a keyboard instrument and surrounded by angels., print, prints, height 248 mm, width 252 mm, Italian, 1510 - 1550, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1629, first quarter 16th century century, second quarter 16th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24, designed by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1559 - 1629, publisher

Le Temps éprouvant lui aussi le besoin de s'équiper a la mode. Dated: 1867. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Des Todes schwarze Küche,' 1896, by Otto Seitz. The artwork features themes of death, disease, and the macabre, including elements such as monsters, dead persons, and sick individuals. It depicts cauldrons and references communicable diseases like cholera and influenza. The image is presented as a line photoengraving, measuring 27 x 19 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

Headpiece depicting a young woman playing a musical instrument. Illustrated by Louis Davis (1860-1941) an English Water-colourist, book illustrator and stained-glass artist. Dated 19th century

'Tokoyo and the Sea Serpent', 1912. Tokoyo, daughter of a samurai comes face to face with Yofune Nushi the sea serpent who terrorises the Oki Islands From "Myths & Legends of Japan", by F. Harland Davis. George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1912

Historical illustration from the 19th century, Cyclops Polyphemus in La Galatea, 1722, libretto by Pietro Metastasio or Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi, 1698-1782, an Italian poet, librettist, playwright and priest

Clair-obscur woodcut by Giovanni Gallo depicting Perseus holding Medusa's head, created in the 1570s using four plates with orange and reddish-brown tones, illustrating mythological figures and dramatic lighting.

The Norms Vanish - Scene from Gotterdammerung - Twilight of the Gods, Arthur Rackham, 1911

The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759-1838, British

DANTE ALIGHIERI. ESCRITOR ITALIANO. 1265-1231. "EL DIQUE DE FLAGETON AL BORDE DEL DESIERTO".. XILOGRAFIA DE SALVADOR DALI PARA ILUSTRAR SU OBRA "LA DIVINA COMEDIA". CANTO XV. (INFIERNO). ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

Having created the universe, the Earth and all living creatures, including man, God put Adam into a deep sleep and created Eve from Adam's rib. From Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi', (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg, 1493. Woodcut

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4) William Blake (British, 1757-1827). The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4), ca. 1803-1805. Black ink and watercolor over traces of graphite and incised lines on wove paper, Image: 17 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (43.7 x 34.8 cm). After the French Revolution, artists such as the printmaker, painter, and poet William Blake drew subject matter from the biblical book of Revelation to contemplate the tumult of their era. This watercolor refers to the appearance of a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet” and a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns.” The dragon, identified with Satan, attempts to snatch a soon-to-be-born son from the frightened woman, who represents the Virgin Mary, Israel, and the church. Though this imagery is highly personal, like much of Blake’s visionary poetry and art, it relates to his work as a reproductive engraver

Little Red Riding Hood: a man with a knife in between his teeth is tearing open the entrails of a wolf, inside which Little Red Riding Hood is reclining; a woman crying in the background. Wood engraving by H. Linton after H. de Montaut, ca. 1865.

Charles Monnet, Jupiter couvre la Terre de Nuages pour jouir d'Io, published 1767 1771 Jupiter couvre la Terre de Nuages pour jouir d'Io

Le Petit Sou Socialist Magazine', c1879-1923. Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.

This painting, titled Lament for Icarus, was painted by Herbert J Draper in 1898. It shows the deadIcarus, surrounded by lamentingnymphs. The wings of Icarus are based on thebird-of-paradisepattern. In Greek mythology, Daedalus was the builder of the labyrinth at Knossos in Crete (designed to keep the Minotaur within). To escape his confinement on the island by the king, he designed wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus (here). But, Icarus flew too close to the sun. The wax melted, and he fell into the sea (name after the Icarian sea). Daedalus made it to Sicily, where

I Have Heard Thee with the Hearing of the Ear but Now My Eyes Seeth Thee, from Illustrations of the Book of Job William Blake (British, 1757-1827). , 1825. Engraving, 8 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.1 x 16.3 cm). European Art 1825

World Erotic Art Museum. Erotic lithograph printed from metal plates 1900. Unknown artist European. Miami, Florida, USA.

Der heilige Christoph, Holzschnitt aus dem Jahre 1423, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, ge...

Interior detail, wallpaper, panel number 12 'Cupid and Psyche' , Wallpapers, Cupid Roman deity, Psyche Greek deity. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

CONVERSACION 2 - 1998. Author: USLE JUAN 1954-. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Franz von Bayros produced a pencil and gouache study for Dante's Divine Comedy, showing Inferno, Canto XVII, line 7, with gold accents, around 1920.

CARICATURA DENUNCIANDO LA MASACRE FASCISTA. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. FRANCISCO FRANCO.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA - SIGLO XVI/XVII - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: EL GRECO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Pierre Guérin (French, 1774 - 1833). The Vigilant One (Le Vigilant), 1817-1818. Lithograph.

Fasolt suddenly seizes Freia and drags her to one side with Fafner - Scene from Das Rheingold - Arthur Rackham, circa 1910

THE CONFERENCE WITH THE ANGEL RAPHAEL, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Gustave Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for Paradise Lost by Milton. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving

Tokoyo and the Sea Serpent, Japanese Mythology

Fire Fiend - Sheet Music Cover. Winslow Homer

Fasolt suddenly seizes Freia and drags her to one side with Fafner - from Das Rheingold by Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen

A powerful goddess who represents sexual freedom - she has many lovers among the gods.

Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Jerusalem, Plate 28 Proof Impression, ca. 1820. Relief etching with pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, smooth wove paper.

The Reign of Antichrist: woodcut by Michel Volgemuth for Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493

Honoré Daumier, Le Temps éprouvant lui aussi le besoin de s'équiper a la mode, 1867 Le Temps éprouvant lui aussi le besoin de s'équiper a la mode

B. M. Chamberlain & Son, Elgin watches. , Clocks & watches, Sculpture, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese89. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Halny wind; Rudzi Ski, Stanis Aw (1867-1915); End of the 19th century (1890-00-00-1900-00-00);gift (provenance)

Autumn, 19th Century, Anne Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, (1767-1824/French), Chateau de Compigne, Compigne, Oise, Picardie, France

Drawing, Elevation of a Fountain; Italy; pen and black ink with gray and brown wash on off-white paper on secondary paper support

Ryūjin or Ryōjin (神 'dragon god'), also known as Ōwatatsumi, is the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology. This Japanese dragon symbolized the power of the ocean, had a large mouth, and was able to transform into a human shape. Ryūjin lived in Ryūgū-jō, his palace under the sea built out of red and white coral, from where he controlled the tides with magical tide jewels. Sea turtles, fish and jellyfish are often depicted as Ryūjin's servants. Ryūjin was the father of the beautiful goddess Otohime who married the hunter prince Hoori. The first Emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, is said to have been a grandson of Otohime and Hoori's. Thus, Ryūjin is said to be one of the ancestors of the Japanese imperial dynasty.

Engraving depicting Ezekiel's vision of a chariot in the sky. Dated 16th century

Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear, 1776. Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741-1825). Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash; sheet: 30.9 x 42.5 cm (12 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.); secondary support: 31 x 42.7 cm (12 3/16 x 16 13/16 in.).

Allegorical composition on Felix Meritis. Allegorical composition on Felix Meritis with the winged fame that blows on the praise. Left Rust Apollo, seated on the clouds, with the left arm on the Blasso of Felix Meritis that is also held by a putto.

SATIRO OBSERVANDO LA DANZA DE UNAS NINFAS-SALA DE LOS BUCRANEOS DE LA KENT HOUSE DE SIR SAXTON NOBLE EN LONDRES-GRISALLA EN NEGRO/ORO/LIENZO-2,60x71,5. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: BANCO URQUIJO. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Mythological scene embroidered and painted by Lina Sand-Dudevant and her mother in law, the writer George Sand. circa 1865

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner. 17th century Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian. Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner. 343630

The Flight of the Apostles (La fuite des Apôtres) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Flight of the Apostles (La fuite des Apôtres), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 7/16 x 4 7/8 in. (18.9 x 12.4 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese82. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

A Crowned 'Merman' A Sea God Sleeping On A Rocky Shore. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Pen And Brush And Black Ink, Watercolor.

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Dante's Inferno, the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Canto, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angel, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL . ILUSTRACION PARA LA VIDA ES SUEÑO. AGUAFUERTE EN COLOR DE SALVADOR DALI . ATENCION: AUTOR CONTEMPORANEO SUJETO A COPYRIGHT ©. EL CLIENTE FINAL ES RESPONSABLE DE LA GESTION DE LOS DERECHOS DE AUTOR CON LAS SOCIEDADES EXISTENTES DE GESTION DE DERECHOS O DIRECTAMENTE CON LOS ORGANISMOS TITULARES DE LOS MISMOS.

Virtue Overcoming Vice. Dated: 1781. Medium: aquatint in dark and light brown touched with goldink. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Katharina Prestel after Jacopo Ligozzi.

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Museo Civico. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of paintings (Middle Ages through 18th c.), frescoes, a tabernacle, coffin, sculpture reliefs, portal fragments, busts, sculpture, tapestry found in the Pinacoteca, Second floor gallery and Second floor cloister sequences. Antiquities: Many views of Etruscan and Roman fragments, sculpture, sarcophagi, pottery, masks, jewelry and other objects found in the Storeroom sequence (inventory numbers on back of prints), and the Cloister, Second floor Cloister, Valle Giulia, Sala Romana and Sala Etrusca sequences. General Notes: There are eight separate numerical sequences for this location. The cloister as an architectural structure, rather than museum site, is documented in the record and file for S. Maria della Verita, Cloister, all views of which are stored in Medieval core collection. Five views from the Museo Civico Second floor cloister sequence are stored in Medieval. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-19

Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year. Wood engraving, 1870

O wife betrayed, I will avenge, thy trust deceived from Twilight of the Gods - Arthur Rackham, 1911

Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald, 1470 80-1528, German, France, Colmar, Musee d'Unterlinden, 1513-15

Illustration for 'The Mirror of Love' by Marc-Andre Raffalovich by Beardsley, Aubrey (1872_1898) / Private Collection / 1895 / Great Britain / Lithograph / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / Art Nouveau

God of the sky and of thunder, red of beard and fiery of temper, particularly on Thursdays. He will die killing the World Serpent at the battle of Ragnarok. Riding his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisni

Pan by Vrubel, Mikhail Alexandrovich (1856-1910) / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / Symbolism / 1899 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 124x106,3

Drawing, Personification of Justice; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and ink, brush and watercolor washes on laid paper; 21.8 x 15.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

Allegory of painting. unknown, painter

Man who wears an anchor on his shoulders, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1909 print The man is naked and is in wavy water. At the top of the monogram of the General Dutch Diamond Workers 'Association, at the bottom of the text' For the members who served the union in the battle 'and the dates '17 February - 17 June 1904'. paper man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. parts of ship's exterior: anchor. carrying something on the head or on the shoulders. wave

Chariot of Mercury and Virgo, 16th century, detail from the Zodiac frescoes in the dome of the old library, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Swiss lake dwellings in the Neolithic Age. Drawn by Alice. B.Woodward from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 1, published 1920.

Bifurcated Worlds, Boyle, Eleanor Vere, 1868.

DALI Salvador(1904-1989) The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Capricho-43 1977 Based on Capricho Francisco Goya's etchings etching 39x31

A Forget Soldier by Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904) / Regional W. Wereshchagin Art Museum, Mykolaiv / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1870s-1880s / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 455x278

A Corsair rescues Queen Blondine's children.. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Ship figureheads, Boats, Seas, Sleeping, Rescues, Castaways, Abandoned children

The Fall of Icarus, 1655. Artist: Michel de Marolles

Skiopticone image. Press with motifs of battle between Indians and soldiers.

Mephisto flies above the city De temps en temps j'aime à voir le vieux Père (...) 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 485 mm - w 320 mm

'A WOOD NYMPH,' BY C.B. BIRCH, PRESENTED TOTHE MEMBERS OF THE ART-UNION OF LONDON, UK, 1867

William Blake, The Destruction of Job's Sons, 1825, engraving on chine collé on cream wove paper.

Saint George Kills the Dragon, Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley, 1893.

William Blake, 1757-1827, British, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, "The Bard.", between 1797 and 1798. Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page.

Painting allegory; around 1850-1900 (1850-00-00-1900-00-00);Painting (allegories), acts, oval, painting pallets, allegorical performances, wings, rainbow

A political lesson J. Dixon invenit et fecit.. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 667, Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .. Washington : Library of Congress ., 1975, no. 60. United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783,Causes. , Politics & government,Massachusetts,1770-1780. , Horseback riding,Massachusetts,1770-1780. , Accidents,Massachusetts,1770-1780.

This 1912 image by J M Gleeson illustrates Kiplings How whale got its throat. Once upon a time the Whale ate fishes of all kinds and sizes. At last there was only one left in the sea, a small astute fish that hid behind the whales ear and advised him to eat a shipwrecked mariner, to be found at Latitude 50 North and Longitude 40 West. The Whale swallowed the mariner and the raft he was sitting on. But once inside, the mariner jumped about so much that the Whale got hiccups and asked him to come out. He answered that he would not, unless he was taken to the shore of his British home, and dan

Good and Evil (Detail) 1832 Andre Jacques Victor Orsel (1795-1850/French) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France

GEORGES MELIES.

J. Matejko. Fragment of "Grunwald" Jan Matejko (1838-1893), fragment of "Battle of Grunwald"; Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw; 1860-1940); 1910 (1910-00-00-1910-00-00);

And When They Lifted Up Their Eyes Afar...(etc.), from Illustrations of the Book of Job William Blake (British, 1757-1827). , 1825. Engraving, 8 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.1 x 16.3 cm). European Art 1825

The Slaughtered Ox, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1655.

Engraving depicting scenes from the Siege of Syracuse. The siege by the Roman Republic took place in 214212 BC, at the end of which the Magna Graecia Hellenistic city of Syracuse, located on the east coast of Sicily, fell. Dated 20th century

According to Greek mythology, Camilla was a member of the Volsci, an Italic tribe. Her parents were King Metabus and Casmilla. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Metabus was dethroned by his people and forced to flee. He grabbed his daughter and as the Volsci chase him, he fears for Camilla, attaches her to his spear and flings both across the River Amasenus and then swam across and got her. Later Camilla joins with Turnus, king of the Rutuli, and they fight against Aeneas and his followers who have fled Troy after the Trojans lose to the Greeks in the Trojan War. In this illustration that dates t

VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Picture of the novel 'From the Earth to the Moon' (1865). The members of the nave floating because of the weightlessness. Litography.

18th century Gobelins tapestry based on design by Francois Desportes depicting an animal fight, from the series New Indias, 1737-41.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). "Los Disappears - Modo de Volar (Plate 13)". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 34956-10 Wing, print, man, flying machine, fly

'Captive Cupid', 1899. Artist: Unknown

Plate depicting Bacchus' childhood, 1528, by Giorgio Andreoli (born between 1465 and 1470-died 1555), ceramic. Italy, 16th century.

Vampires. The biggest vampire fell on the shoulder of Morales, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

L'Ange Musicien Salvador Dali (1904-1989 Spanish) Wat gou pen on paper

Staggering backward from the ledge fell with an awful thud upon the beach below Illustration by H M Brock from the children's adventure book The Cragsmen A Story of Smuggling Days by W Bourne Cooke published c. 1913

Achilles, in Greek mythology an almost invulnerable hero of the Greeks, in Skyros, wall painting, fresco from historic Pompeii, digitally restored

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila S. Maria di Collemaggio4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, wall painting (13-15th centuries) Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (18th century), sculpture, frescoes, wall painting, metal crucifix Coverage of the paintings; some views of interior architectural features. 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.

Children book illustration by Joseph Noel Paton, lithograph, 1863, 1821-1901, Private Collection

Allegorical composition on Felix Meritis. Allegorical composition on Felix Meritis with the winged fame that blows on the praise. Left Rust Apollo, seated on the clouds, with the left arm on the Blasso of Felix Meritis that is also held by a putto.

This 1912 image by J M Gleeson illustrates Kipling's How whale got its throat. Once upon a time the Whale ate fishes of all kinds and sizes. At last there was only one left in the sea, a small astute fish that hid behind the whale's ear and advised him to eat a shipwrecked mariner, to be found at Latitude 50 North and Longitude 40 West. The Whale swallowed the mariner and the raft he was sitting on. But once inside, the mariner jumped about so much that the Whale got hiccups and asked him to come out. He answered that he would not, unless he was taken to the shore of his British home, and danced harder than ever. So the Whale took him to the beach and the mariner came out. But in the meantime the clever mariner had made his raft into a grating which he fastened in the Whale's throat with his suspenders. Forever after, the Whale could only eat the smallest of fishes. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in British

Panel from an altarpiece showing Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving a Shipwreck 1457 Tempera and gold on panel by Giovanni di Paolo

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