Theatrical and Dramatic Scenes

Engravings reflecting theatrical narratives and historical moments, highlighting emotions and interactions within ornate settings.

In a room, a young couple sits on a canap, print maker: Martial Deny, (mentioned on object), after: Lawrence, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gérard Vidal, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, publisher: Paris, c. 1782, paper, etching, engraving, h 414 mm × w 291 mm

Copper engraving and etching by Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman from 1785, depicting a figure known as 'The Negromantian'.

Lady rejects a Lord while figures listen in the doorway. .

Departure full of crying people. .

Mr. Clamp. (registered title) | Italian comedy. Blaise the savetier. (title of all)

Lord challenges another for a fight with the ones. .

Interior with a man and a woman in front of a window, Louis Michel Halbou, After Sigmund Freudenberger, 1781 - 1782 print The man is wearing a money pouch in his hand. The woman sits on a chair in front of the window and rejects the money. Bern paper etching interior of the house. purse, money-bag

In a room, a young couple sits on a canap, print maker: Martial Deny, (mentioned on object), after: Lawrence, (mentioned on object), publisher: Gérard Vidal, (mentioned on object), print maker: France, publisher: Paris, c. 1782, paper, etching, engraving, h 414 mm × w 291 mm

L'amour a l'espagnole. Dated: 1783. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin de Saint-Aubin and Noël Pruneau after Jean-Baptiste Le Prince.

La Coupe Enchantee, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795 published in 1795 Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel French. La Coupe Enchantee, from Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III de la République, 1795 369348

Grieving family in one room. .

Interior with figures at candlelight, Izaak Jansz. de Wit, after Jan Gerard Waldorp, 1779 print A richly dressed young woman is forced by two gentlemen on her knees, one of them has an open book. Three other women in the room. Leftboevn: Gr. I and top right: 30. Amsterdam paper etching communal rooms. candle

Le Petit Jour Artist's working dates 1765-1775 France. Etching on paper . Nicolas Delaunay

Supplestation of parliaments. (IT)

Katharina, Infantin by Aragon.

Departure full of crying people. .

Nicolas Joseph Voyez after Pierre Antoine Baudouin, Le chemin de la fortune, 1778 Le chemin de la fortune

Étienne Fessard produced an etching after 1732 depicting a young woman reading a letter by candlelight, representing 18th-century European domestic and figural scenes.

The Bath, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle 1774 France. Engraving on paper . Antoine Louis Romanet

Death Wallen Man steps in a departure, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1791 print A dead man is in the doorway of a storytelling. The people in the room, possibly family members, are shocked by his presence. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving visiting; receiving guests; elegant company. candle

Interior with elegant lady felled by her court ladies, Louis Surugue, after Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1743 print print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching making toilet. hairdresser - AA - ~ women. house personnel, servants

Francesco introduces his children to Lucretia, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1794 print Berlin paper etching father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group). stepmother. vault ~ architecture

Young woman embraces a girl in the midst of a group of people, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1808 - 1809 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving embracing each other, kissing. letter, envelope

The Danger of the Private Conversation Artist's working dates 1762-1813 France. Etching and engraving on paper . Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet

Woman in Katzwijm, Pieter de Mare, after Frans van Mieris (I), 1768 - 1784 print A lady in Katzijm, a letter is on her lap. In front of her is an embroidery on a chair and her maid looks at her with folded hands delivered. A crib in the background. Leiden paper etching / engraving fainting, swooning. letter, envelope. maid ~ house personnel. (other forms of) needlework, e.g.: crocheting, knitting, embroidering

The Occupation, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle 1774 France. Engraving and etching in black ink on cream laid paper . Charles Louis Lingée

Man views a woman with bare torso, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1777 print In a bedroom, a man looks at the bare torso of a sleeping woman by the light of an oil lamp. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving oil-lamp. breasts. nightwear: night-cap

Departure full of crying people, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1779 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving weeping. handkerchief

Peltro William Tomkins, The French Fireside The French Fireside

Interior with a sitting young man who puts his hand on the shoulder of a maid and holds her a money pouch, François Voyez, 1784 - 1785 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving interior of the house. lovers; courting, flirting. maid ~ house personnel

The Boudoir, from Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle 1774 France. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Pierre Maleuvre

Copper engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet around 1769 depicting a Spanish conversation scene, showing figures and composition.

Balthasar Gerards kills Willem I Prins of Orange with gun shots on the stairs of the Prinsenhof in Delft, François van Bleyswijck, after Unknown, 1681 - 1746 print Leiden paper etching / engraving historical events and situations. attempt, political murder. royal children

Charles Louis Lingée after Sigmund Freudenberger, French (1748-1819), Les confidences, 1774, etching and engraving

Young man kneels for girl, Jan Fokke, 1758 - 1812 print In a room a young man kneels for a girl. This print may have been made for the comedian "the minor" (1758) by Jan Jacob Hartsinck. paper etching kneeling figure

Interior with two men for a flaming fireplace, Gérard René le Villain, After Clément Pierre Marillier, 1785 - 1789 print paper etching open hearth, fire-place. flame

Nicolas Delaunay, Qu'en dit l'abbé, 1749-1792, engraving on paper.

Vignette from the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles early 18th century Bernard Picart Bernard Picart was a successful engraver active in France and the Netherlands. This drawing belongs to a group of studies he made after works by Charles Le Brun, the leading painter and coordinator of royal projects under Louis XIV. Rather than transcribe an entire composition, he used each sheet to study a vignette of a few figures.. Vignette from the Galerie des Glaces, Versailles. Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673-1733 Amsterdam). early 18th century. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Drawings

Frank van Borselen Knelt for Jacoba van Bavaria, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1790 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Blind Oedipus led by Antigone, François de Meersman, After Joseph Stallaert, 1879 print Belgium paper etching blind Oedipus wandering, led by his daughter Antigone

Grieving family in one room. .

English Breakfast 1762-1804 France. Etching, with stipple, roulette, and engraving, on cream laid paper . Gérard Vidal

Copper engraving and etching by Johann Georg Wille depicting a family concert, showing figures playing instruments, music activity, and domestic interior. Created between 1767 and 1769.

Before 1790-1810 Dent British. Before 417881

Father with the newborn, Jan Caspar Philips (attributed to), after Jan Caspar Philips, 1740 - 1760 print Interior with a feed woman who hands the ignited newborn baby to man. Print no. 11 in a series of twelve prints with two -line verses about the Dutch habits at the marriage around 1750. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving confinement, birth

Pierre Maleuvre after Pierre Antoine Baudouin, Le curieux Le curieux

Couple leaves offended a departure, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1808 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving taking leave. mocking, insulting; teasing

Louis Bosse after Sigmund Freudenberger, The Happy Union The Happy Union

Love couple in a departure, Jan Punt, 1738 print A few engaged in a close hug kiss each other. A man spies them from behind a curtain. Scene from the play Dom Garcie de Navarre ou Prince Jaloux, van Molière. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (MOLIERE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (lovers) kissing each other

A Miserable Family. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823); after Constance Mayer (French, 1774-1821); after Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823); printed by Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839). Date: 1822. Dimensions: 147 × 100 mm (image); 174 × 115 mm (primary support); 285 × 200 mm (secondary support). Lithograph on cream chine, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

This engraving by Cornelis Brouwer, 1780, depicts a man and lady accompanied by a page, showing clothing, posture, facial features, and interior setting.

Charity, song I, around 333, 1785.

Interior with woman with coil, man with hat and boy with jug, Cathérine Elise Cousinet, 1762 print print maker: FranceParispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving interior of the house. spindle. sitting figure

The Fable of Aracne, or 'The Spinners', after Velázquez 1870 Bartolomé Maura Spanish. The Fable of Aracne, or 'The Spinners', after Velázquez 627331

Le couché de la mariée. Dated: 1768. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Michel Moreau and Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet after Pierre-Antoine Baudouin.

The Lover, from the Seven Ages of Man (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, scene 7) 1825-40 Charles Heath, the elder. The Lover, from the Seven Ages of Man (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, scene 7). After Robert Smirke (British, Wigton, Cumberland 1752/53-1845 London). 1825-40. Etching and engraving. Charles Heath, the elder (British, London 1785-1848 London). Prints

The coat of arms of the city of Paris / the Municipal Corps of Paris (IT)

Men and women in front of a doorway, Etienne Fessard, After François Boucher, 1749 print France paper etching adult woman. adult man

Noblewoman kneels for count; Ada. A noble woman kneels in front of a count and has grabbed his hand. Three women and a man stand around them and hit the scene. This print is made for the torment game "Ada, Countess of Holland and Zeeland" (1765) by F. van Steenwijk.

The Mother, the Nurse and the Fairy. A sprite stands on a baby's cradle in a bedroom. The nanny fears the baby has been swapped for a foolish changeling. Copperplate engraving by Wilson after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

Germanicus ontrolt one paper, Louis Michel HELLBO HAVE HEAR JeanAY, 1781 - 1809 print Numbered at the top right: XIV. Rome paper etching / engraving (story of) Germanicus Netherlands

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Oliver Recovering from the Fever, 1837. Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Last Supper.

La lecon interrompue. Medium: aquatint and etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Geraud Vidal after Nicolas Lavreince.

Gentlemen with a woman with a flag, Daniël Specelaard (I), After Jacob Smies, 1802 - 1809 print A woman with a flag on which the French Fleur-de-Lis in an interior, surrounded by many richly dressed men. Top right: pl. Ii. Bottom right: p. 97. Haarlem paper etching political caricatures and satires

Portrait of Charles X of France; Collection of Historic Portraits of Baron Gérard; Collection of historical portraits of Mr. Baron Gerard. .

Love declaration, David van der Kellen (1804-1879), After Braekeleer (I), Ferdinand de, 1828 - 1843 print A woman looks in thought to a bunch of flowers that is presented by the man next to her. He leans over the balustrade and holds her hand. With his left hand he points to his heart. To his left is a statue of Amor, on the floor is a lute. The company is in a garden house under a wingerd. Utrecht paper. proposal, declaration of love. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. vine

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, Les Heures du Jour: Le Matin, c. 1778, etching and engraving on laid paper.

Unparency of Noun valuesa. The secretary of Nabdalsa, a Numidian, discovers the conspiracy against Jugurtha. He takes the letter from Bomilcar under the kissing of Nabdalsa to sleep in bed.

Opstanding van Cidli, C. Forsfell (possibly), 1804 print The print is part of an album. Haarlem paper etching / engraving raising from the dead

The mother, wife and son of Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt Smekeken Maurits Om Grace, 1623, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), After Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, 1850 - 1899 print The mother, wife and son of Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt are sitting at Prince Maurits at a table and begging for grace for Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt, one of the consemplifiers sentenced to death, March 1623. Netherlands paper steel engraving

Etching by Alexandre Chaponnier, from about 1770-1830, titled Comparison of Small Feet. The image likely focuses on feet as subject, executed in Chaponniers style in the punctuated etching manner.

Le boudoir. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre Maleuvre after Sigmund Freudenberger.

Nicolas Delaunay, L'Epouse Indiscrète, or, Les Indiscrets, 1771, etching and engraving on paper.

Le Billet doux 1778 Nicolas de Launay French. Le Billet doux 360194

Hamlet Vollated Ughelia, Eugene Delacroix, In or AFTER 1834 - In or Befor 1864 print Print is part of a cover with fourteen prints. Paris paper. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Woman lies dead in bed and two men walk away.A Woman with a bare chest is in bed, in her chest is a stab. Two men with Weapons Walk Away.

Shakspeare. Merry wives of Windsor, act I, scene I , Houses, Doors & doorways, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

This 1719-1771 copper engraving and etching by Laurent Cars depicts a blind old man in a rustic interior, emphasizing figure detail and interior composition.

. A father says goodbye to his son who is going to fight for the Fatherland on the fleet. On the wall a painting with a sea battle, probably a reference to the sea battle at Doggersbank on August 5, 1781 between the Dutch and the English fleet. With two-legged caption in fresh form and a reference to "last page".

Alva announces the General Pardon, 1570, 1849 - 1851 print The Duke of Alva lets, sitting on a throne with the king's weapon, read the General Pardon. Antwerp 1570. Netherlands paper steel engraving granting mercy; free pardon Antwerp

Shakspeare. Troilus & Cressida, act V, scene II , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Troilus and Cressida. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

People and cattle at a source, James Mitchell, After Antoine Lenain (L'Aîne), 1766 - 1774 print paper etching / engraving farmers. well. cattle

Goetz von Berlichingen Writing His Memoirs 1836-43 Eugène Delacroix French The subject of this print is based on a scene in Goethe's play (published in German in 1773; and French in 1823) that tells the story of the life of a German knight (1480-1562) who fought to regain the privileges of free knights, nullified by the emperor Maximilian I in 1495.This lithograph is the fourth in a series of seven illustrations to Goethe's play Goetz von Berlichingen, executed by Delacroix between 1836 and 1843. For a preparatory drawing, see the work in the Robert Lehman Collection (1975.1.614).. Goetz von Berlichingen Writing His Memoirs 337113

Abraham and Sara at the table; Scenes from Genesis. Abraham is sitting with his wife Sara at the table, left is Hagar with a tray. Sara gets angrily to Abrahams first son Ismaël who is shocked by his mother Hagar. Isaac, the youngest son of Sara, is crying against his mother's leg. The print is part of a seven-part series with scenes from the Genesis Bible book.

Philippe Triere and Antoine Jean Duclos after Jean Honoré Fragonard, La gageure des trois commeres La servante La gageure des trois commeres: La servante

A 1773 etching by Georg Friedrich Schmidt depicting Abraham with Sarah and Hagar, showing biblical figures, posture, gesture, and compositional arrangement.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is shown seated on a chair with the asp wriggling up her left arm while her maid shields her face in a gesture of horror and grief. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 175-, after C. Netscher.

Man caught his wife with lover, Jacob Folkema, 1702 - 1767 print A man in sleeping clothes enters a scantily illuminated bedroom. Shocked, he looks at a man and woman who leaned together in bed asleep. Print at the top right marked: Tom 1 p. 331. paper etching bedroom. lovers' meeting

Le contretemps. Dated: 1786. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller after Nicolas Lavreince.

Emilia and De Graaf van Olsbach embrace each other, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1776 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'. handkerchief

Man puts his foot on a letter, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1801 print In a departure there is a man and a woman. The man puts his foot on a letter and at the same time seeks rapprochement with the woman who sits in a chair. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving letter, envelope. (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, Canto IV, Verse 328, 1803 Canto IV, Verse 328

Three women at an open window One is reading from a piece of paper, a second has her finger in front of her lips, and a third has a dog on her lap Title page for: Tesselschade, yearbook for 1839, Title page for: Tesselschade Yearbook for 1839, print maker: Johannes de Mare, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Nicolaas Pieneman, (mentioned on object), publisher: Herman Frijlink, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1839, paper, steel engraving, h 138 mm × w 103 mm

Looting a house during the Spanish Furie, 1576, 1782 - 1784 print Looting a house and the killing of the residents during the Spanish Furie, November 4, 1576. Northern Netherlands paper etching plundering ~ soldiers. massacre ~ war Antwerp

Frederick with his teacher. Orgelbrand, Samuel (Warszawa ; wydawnictwo, drukarnia ; fl. 1836-1919), merchant employer, Koenig (König) Fr., graphic artist

A writer receives inspiration from Amor and a muse, Bernard Picart, 1728 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the poet and his muse. specific aspects of Cupid

Cimon in But (Roman Caritas), 1659 Zwolle paper. ink brush Zwolle paper. ink brush

Geraud Vidal after Nicolas Lavreince, Le dejeuner anglais Le dejeuner anglais

Women and Wine, Print made by Thomas Ryley, active ca.1744-1754, ca. 1749, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 inches (27.8 × 38.1 cm), Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (25.1 × 35.2 cm), and Image: 9 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (24.1 × 35.2 cm)

Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, A True Town Picture; or an Old Hag of Drury Presenting a Chicken to his Lordship, 1775. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

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