19th Century Illustrations and Satire

Illustrations and satirical artworks from classic literature and political commentary, capturing the essence of the 19th century cultural scene.

Artists' Models on the Steps of the Trinita de Monte - Rome, 1850. '...a sketch of characters peculiar to the streets of Rome, viz. artists' living models ready attired in some peculiar costume requisite for the painter or sculptor. They are chiefly to be seen waiting for hire on the lofty flight of steps ascending from the Piazza di Spagna to the Promenade on the Pincian Hill. On the left of the Illustration is a Bandit and Aged Man; in the centre, a Madonna, Infant, and St. John, with a "Gentle Shepherd" half reclining above them; and, on the right, other subjects dressed in charac

Cartoon commenting on Robert Lowe's proposed reducing bullion weight of the Sovereign. Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892) a British statesman who served as both the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Dated 19th century

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Honor in Dangier." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-1 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Illustration of a woman selling fresh lavender on the streets of London. Circa 1820

Monsieur Victor, qui flanait sous certaine fenetre, a recu de Monsieur Prosper une foule de coups decanne.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

'Wisdom and Wind-Bag', 1866. Artist: John Tenniel

The Tour de France a small Parisian, How do you call yourself asked the dancer, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Francois Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691). French Secretary of State for War. Reign of Louis XIV. Visiting the Tournay mina. Engraving. 19th century.

A woodcut engraving depicting the practice of Cannibalism: a man is cooking a human body on a spit. Dated 16th century

An engraving depicting a flypaper merchant with a gruesome self-advertisement on his hat. Dated 19th century

Robert Louis Stevenson 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' first published 1886. Mr Hyde letting himself in after his night's adventures to take the antidote and to resume the character of Dr Jekyll. Illustration by Edmund J Sullivan from an edition published 1928.

An engraving depicting an illegal whiskey still in the Connemara countryside. Dated 19th century

Rint' v. Potatoes - The Irish Jeremy Diddler. Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) Irish political leader continued to collect repeal rents to fund Home Rule movement while Irish poor were starving. Cartoon from 'Punch', 15 November 1845. Wood engraving.

House-breaking, before sun-set. British cartoon Prints collection . Great Britain,Treasury. , Politics & government,Great Britain,1780-1790. , Robberies,Great Britain,1780-1790.

Dating Nuccia and Meo Patacca Campo Vaccino, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857

Illustration showing Cottager spinning. From Charles Tomlinson The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, London. (c 1845)

Artisans, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869

'The Abyssinian Question', 1867. Artist: John Tenniel

Robert Louis Stevenson 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' first published 1886. Dr Jekyll trying desperately to find the chemicals that will enable him to cast off his Mr Hyde persona. Illustration by Edmund J Sullivan from an edition published 1928.

A Jew runs into a barrel by the Romans, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857

The Smoker. Engraving after a painting of Jean-Louis-Ernst Meissonier (1815-1891). Almanaque de La Ilustracion, 1887.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Hanging." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101782-26 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

'They are hot', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 13 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Farewell to the Lover on Horseback, 1881, France, Historic, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork, Europe

'The House in the Wood', 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert.

Young Moidart, kneeling, swearing allegiance to Prince Charles Stuart aboard the Du Teillay, 1745. Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Elder son of James

ANTESALA DE UN MINISTRO DE LA PRIMERA REPUBLICA - 1873. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cup and ball fair, during the reign of Louis XIV, France, 17th century (1882-1884).Artist: Smeeton

Crushing the Cane, 1886.Artist: W Mollier

Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Peace Conference held in London, December 1912, ending First Balkan War. An aprehensive figure of Europe stands at the door. Cartoon by L. Ravenhill for 'Punch', London, 18 December 1912.

Cartoon commenting on the behaviours of the modern woman. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

The flight from Egypt, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Representation of a german family at the Colonna Antonina in Rome, 1880, woodcut, Italy, Europe

Drawing on wood by Meissonier, Engraving by facsimile Lavoignat, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Illustration by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a scene from Wilkie Collins' 'Moonstone' - Sergeant Cuff interviews Rachel Verrinder the morning after the theft of the Moonstone. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Wilkie Collin's (1824-1889) an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Dated 19th century

Campaigning cartoon by John Tenniel suggesting Parliament should bring in safety regulations for the handling and transport of explosives after the destruction of a barge carrying gunpowder on the Regent's Canal, London. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

Bow manufacturer, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

A cartoon depicting Edward Watkin (1819-1901) a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. Dated 19th century

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. ALCALA DE HENARES 1547-1616. " DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA ", ILUSTRACION. EDICION MADRID 1780. IMPRENTA JOAQUIN IBARRA. DIBUJO DE ANTONIO CARNICERO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

China mill wood engraving second half of the 19th century,

Wealth and respectability. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Cartoons, Br. 1805; Justice; Wealth; Negroes Occupations; Publ. Ind.

Woodcut, yearbook "Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten", German for "modern art in masterful woodcuts", 1900

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU AND THE KIT-KATS. London, UK, 19th century engraving

"The Photographer", by W. Bromley, in the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Look...at the little boys...How laughably they copy the mysterious proceedings and apparatus of a photographer! They have placed the music-stool on a chair, and...have constructed something which bears a general resemblance, in form, to a camera and stand...they have evidently posed the group to be photographed; and one boy, in mimicry of the "photographic artist," puts his head under a shawl and looks through the music tube in order to adjust the focus...

Portada de la revista El Obrero, número 1, editada en Londres. Herrero trabajando en el yunque. Grabado de 1869.

Print from the 'Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) a German and Swiss artist and printmaker. Dated 16th Century

Cartoon commenting on the contrast of behaviours between the Upper and Lower-Classes at the beach. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Manoh, Manol, o master Manol enough that game, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

One of the Museum of Ethnography entrance halls, Trocadero, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1882.

Last residence of Napoleon at Malmaison, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Italian court of muses at the time of the Gaspara Stampa, 1523 - 1554, an Italian poet and courtesan, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable woman, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

Alice Helps the White Queen to Dress Alice Through the Looking Glass Illustration by Sir John Tenniel 1820 to 1914

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe .... Woodcut illustration from an early nineteenth century book of English nursery rhymes.

Death of the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, 1820, (1900). Artist: Unknown

1842 Exhibition of Painting, The Crossing of Le Havre Honfleur, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

1861 Exhibition of Painting. The Gladiator, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Chinese customs, Chinese Food, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Cartoon depicting Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928) an influential Scottish Liberal and later Labour imperialist politician, lawyer and philosopher. Dated 20th Century

Bad luck, the handle on the basket with the wine bottles has snapped and the bottles are broken, the winegrower looks annoyed at the mishap, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century painting, original date unknown

QUEEN ISABELLA TRAVELLING IN A LITTER. FROM AN OLD MS.

festivity Fishermen Joust on the Pegnitz river near Nuremberg 1804 wood engraving 19th century,

"Diane and the Goldfish" by William Dobell kindly lent by Sir Lawrence & Lady Oliver for the society of Artist's Exhibition at the Education Dept. Galleries. June 22, 1950.

'A Very (Im)Pertinent Question.', 1830. Artist: Unknown.

John Gilpin arrives, hatless and wigless once more, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott.

CALVIN AND FAREL, Switzerland

Winter, Allegory, vintage engraving. Winter, Allegory, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660230

THE GONDOLA.

Historical engraving from 18th Century, copper engraving, 1744, cover illustration of the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1661-1731, English tradesman, writer and journalist

Cutting, vintage engraving. Cutting, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656831

Officers of the king's mouth, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845

Historical drawing, German lute maker, around 1568

Engraving titled 'The Cockfight' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. Dated 18th Century.

Baron Friedrich von der Trenck in his cell, a Magdeburg, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846

Handmade pipe maker, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Serge could go out for the first time, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

John Lombeof Derby (l693-1722), disguised as a poor out of work young man, secretly making drawings of the machinery in the Leghorn silk mills where he managed to get a job. He returned to England and it is said that the angry Italian silk weavers sent over an agent who poisoned him. 1888,

Hogarth's Satire on False Perspective, Facsimile of the original engraving of 1754 made for his friend John Joshua Kirby.

The great Thomas on the Pont Neuf, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

The visit of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) to Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, 1877. Artist: Unknown

A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope attached to upper thighs and held by a man standing at left; the man on all fours looks back at a wild-eyed devil standing behind him. 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. 669. Tarring & feathering,Massachusetts,Boston,1770-1780. , Customs employees,Massachusetts,Boston,1770-1780. , Devil,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

'The Two Wanderers', 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert.

An engraving depicting clamping jaws used for attaching extension handles to brooms and brushes. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting Benjamin Franklin with the printing press he used in London and which is now preserved in America. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, polymath, author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason and postmaster. Dated 19th century

At the Zuider Zee, after a painting by R Jordan, woodcut, historical engraving, 1880

The court gardener is in love with the mistress and she rides through the forest on horseback, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

A Troubadour. Engraving after a watercolour by the Spanish painter Casto Plasencia (1846-1890). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), April 30, 1884.

The fountain of the Rue de Sevres, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.

CAJA DE CERILLAS - ESTAMPA DE VENDEDORA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: Gustave Dore (1832-1883). Location: FOSFORERA ESPAÑOLA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Engraving showing Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the wife of King Louis XVI of France, being taken from her prison cell to the guillotine, October 1793. Date: 15 March 1873

Feed those who are hungry. Enamelled terracotta bas-relief by della Robbia. Del Ceppo hospital, Pistoia. Tuscany, Central Italy. Europe. Small Towns and Great Art in Tuscany by Henri Belle 1871. Le Tour du Monde 1879

The old man with two flutes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Germany Berlin market on the flower market wood engraving after photograph by G. Schauer 19th century,

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet. Jan Lievens, attributed to; Dutch, 1607-1674. Date: 1620-1645. Dimensions: 18 3/8 x 23 7/8 in. (46.8 x 60.6 cm). Oil on paper mounted on wood. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'A Difficult Part', 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Knights of the Round Table, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Cartoon by John Leech (1817-1864) an English caricaturist and illustrator. Dated 19th Century

"The Grapeseller". By J. Phillip, R.A., in Mr. Flatou's collection, 1861. Engraving of a painting. 'This picture, which forms part of the interesting collection by modem artists now exhibiting at Hayward and Leggatt's City Gallery by Mr. Flatou, and which we believe was expressly painted for that gentleman, is a fine specimen of the artist's vigorous conception and florid handling. The Andalusian beauty, with full, laughing eye, mouth entr'ouvert, and showing a row of pearly teeth, with black hair clustering in admired disorder beneath a gaily-striped kerchief, is the very picture of

SERRA Y PAUSAS, Joan (s.XIX). D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. 1860s. Illustration of chapter XXVIII. Scene titled 'D'Artagnan threw the dice with a trembling hand, and turned up the number three'. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

King Louis XIV discusses the building of Les Invalides. Royal tapestry from the Gobelins. Louis XIV (1638 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715

Engraving of St George's Pier, the Liverpool and Birkenhead ferry landing stage, from the Illustrated London News, 6th February 1886. Despite the opening of the Mersey Tunnel Railway in 1886, the Woodside Steam ferry was still running a busy service between St George's Pier and Birkenhead. 1886

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