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16th Century Historical Scenes

A collection of historical engravings showcasing 16th-century events including a brothel scene, construction projects, and festive gatherings with detailed costumes and expressions.

Scene at a Greek Bakers near Troy Date: 1878
Scene at a Greek Bakers near Troy Date: 1878
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Hamburger Tauchglocke, Taucherglocke / Hamburg diving bell, Germany, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Image of the left part of the front of the painted board with the charity works of the army pot of St. Jacob that used to be hung in the middle choir of the Jacobikerk in Utrecht.
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The Carpenter's Shop in Nazareth Unknown. The Carpenter's Shop in Nazareth, late 18th century. Oil on canvas, 29 5/8 x 31 7/8in. (75.2 x 81cm). Religious paintings in private chapels often had both didactic and devotional purposes. From the sixteenth century, missionaries intent on imposing Catholic doctrine and Christian morality on native people promoted domestic scenes of the Holy Family such as The Carpenters Shop in Nazareth as models for proper family conduct. An oratory would also have been an apt location for a painting such as the Christ Child with Passion Symbols, whose emblematic elements made it particularly suitable for devotion. Las pinturas religiosas en las capillas privadas a menudo tenían objetivos tanto didácticos como piadosos. Desde el siglo XVI, la resolución de los misioneros de imponer la doctrina católica y la moralidad cristiana a los nativos estimuló el uso de escenas domésticas de la Sagrada Familia, tales como El Taller de Carpintero en Nazaret, como mode
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Baptism Procession in the country, preparations for the celebration, Rhineland, Prussia, c.1870, chromolithograph after A Kretschmer
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The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls puts on a display at the Royal Albert Hall; here, all the girls raise their right arms simultaneously. Date: 1888
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A chromolithograph depicting the burning of books as ordered by the self established First Emperor of China. He tried to make literature begin with his reign and ordered the destruction of all books. Dated 19th century
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The leaning tower of the Church of the Resurrection in Tscheboksar, Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, historical engraving of 1883
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Engraving depicting a bible reader in the men's dormitory at the Cow Cross Mission's night refuge near Smithfield. Note fish-tale gas jets were used for illumination.
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Illustration depicting an Occult scene by William Hogarth (1697-1964) an English printmaker, painter, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. Dated 18th Century
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The Alchymist - Alchemist - Trying to manufacture gold
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Boycotting the Pope by Friedrich Graetz, approximately 1840-approximately 1913, artist., 1883.I shows Charles Parnell wearing a tiara and sitting on a throne, with many Irishmen bowing before him and placing bags of money into a container labelled 'Parnell Fund', on a table next to him are papers labelled 'Remission of Rents' and 'Assassination Absolution';sitting on a throne on the left, unattended by anyone, is Pope Leo XIII
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A village orchestra and choir, c. 1800s.
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The invulnerable fakir in Panopticon in Berlin. Castan's Panopticon was a wax museum in Berlin around 1890, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century model
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Louisiana planter showing a voodoo charm to apprehensive plantation workers. Voodoo, a synthesis of Roman Catholic and African magic and beliefs. Engraving, New York, 1886
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