19th Century Illustrative Art

Diverse illustrations including whimsical and dramatic scenes, featuring unique characters and narratives with intricate linework from the 19th century.

'A Figure for a Crown', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

Illustration by George Cruikshank to the poem A Lay of St. Dunstan. From the book The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, published 1865.

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The War in Denmark: Prussian look-out on Broacker Church spire - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. A '...look-out man climbing the church spire of Broacker to obtain a bird's-eye view of the country around...By opening a door in the side of the steeple, which fell back into a horizontal position and so served as a platform, and by planting a ladder upon it he had got to the top of the steeple; then began the ascent of the finial, and that was more difficult, but its base is an iron ball, looking like a cauldron with the cover on, and upon this he had managed to get and thence firmly t

Housemaid startled by a tilt-top table turning spontaneously. John Leech cartoon from Punch, London, 1860, when the fraudulent medium Daniel Douglas Home was holding fashionable séances.

'A Figure for a Crown', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

An engraving depicting a water carrier from Mexico City. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a butter maid churning butter. Dated 19th Century

Japanese musical instruments, Japan, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown, Asia

Two horizontal water wheels, 1673. Artist: Unknown

St. Rosalie, Rosalia, by Tedeschi, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, in 1880 / Die heilige Rosalie, Rosalia, von Tedeschi, Palermo, Sizilien, Italien, im Jahre 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Canofiena game in Italy, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "The Vacquaire Vacquant." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101782-8 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

England, 18th century. A cook skinning a cat. Caricature.

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Illustration showing trowel painting the undercoat on a floor cloth 1842

Den Haag, Nijhoff, Martinus, Arnhem, Thieme, Dirk Anthonie, Nederland, Smits, HL, Schmidt Crans, Johan Michaël, A dangerous support point, Cartoon on the precarious situation of the Fock-De Waal cabinet, 1870, The Hague, Netherlands, Cartoon on the precarious situation in which the Fock-De Waal cabinet finds itself. The cabinet balancing on the edge of a sugar loaf, following the adoption or rejection of the sugar law. Plate published in the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 19, 1870., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 275 mm, width 215 mm, Dutch, 1830-04-30 - 1907-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1870 - 1870, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1830 - 1879, publisher, uitgever, 1826-12-26 - 1894-09-24

Dore, Gustave (1832-1883) Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow 1854 Lithograph Book design France History

Engraving depicting a type of see-saw to work a vertical butter churn in Holland. Dated 19th century

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Mon velocipède!, 1868. From Actualités. Lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 240 mm x 201 mm (9.45 in. x 7.91 in.). Second of two states.

Image of Nebo (Nabu), Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Bellows operated by a camshaft powered by a water wheel. This application of the medieval invention of the cam enabled both bellows to be powered by the same water wheel. From Biringuccio 'De la Pirotechnia' Venice 1540. Woodcut.

Reverie of the painter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

justice torture ladder for using fire to inflict torture illustration from ""Constitutio criminalis Theresiana"" of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Vienna 1769,

Illustration depicting punishment by the stocks. Dated 19th Century

Beobachtungsstand für eine Sonnenfinsternis in Oberägypten, um 1880, Abbildung der benutzten Instrumente, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999801

Illustration of a park scene in 19th Century Britain

Illustration depicting the proportional number of victims of the guillotine, from different classes of society, during the French Revolution. Dated 19th Century

The Plumb-pudding in Danger or, State Epicures Taking 'Un Petit Souper' by James Gilray, cartoon, 1805

Diving bell supposed to have been used by Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Woodcut from a 15th century edition of 'The History of Alexander the Great'.

Folter, Tortur, Inquisition, Folter, Tortur, Inquisitioninstrument, Trophäe, bestehend aus fast allen Arten von Instrumenten, die zur Folter, Tortur, Inquisitionung der heiligen Verurteilter verwendet wurden, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, Mittelater, Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt gallonio-tortures-1591-p46-babc63

Moorish merchant figs, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Engraving depicting a clockwork swimming doll, showing the mechanism.

Diving bell supposed to have been used by Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Woodcut from a 15th century edition of The History of Alexander the Great.

Early match caliver, 1590, from Penshurst, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Hourglass. Engraving 1887.

Titus Oates in the Pillory; Black and White Illustration;

Gobelins Manufactory, A job, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Abbildung aus der Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana, Folter im Mittelalter durch Hochziehen mit der Winde, auch Pfahlhängen oder Strappado genannt, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903546

Man playing a long monochord with bow, 15th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Amerikanische Taucherausrüstung aus dem Jahre 1880, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Diogène still image. Portraits. 1848. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Dogs, Diogenes, d. ca. 323 B.C, Philosophers , To 499, Barrels

Lamps from the ruins of Herculaneum, chapter 25, verse 4, Matthew Gospel, oil lamps, clever, foolish, vessels, figures, decorative, ornemantic, burning, use, object, light, warmth, New Testament, Bible, historical illustration 1850

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The National Emblems of Haiti; Cap of Liberty, caricature of a palm tree, banners, bayonets, cannon, war drum, anchor, and executioner's axe.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Haiti, National emblems

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Karlstadt's escape from Rotenburg. Johann Draconites, (born c. 1494, died April 18, 1566) was a German theologian, humanist philosopher and reformer / German Peasants' War, Karlstadt's escape from Rotenburg. 1494, died April 18, 1566) was a German theologian, humanist philosopher and reformer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

Napoleon’s Cave in Ajaccio, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Woodcut depicting an Astrologer by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) a German and Swiss artist and Printmaker of the Northern Renaissance style. Dated 16th Century

UP-HILL WORK, 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

'An Apology to the Town', 1749. Artist: Unknown

Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Caricature of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora (1499-1552). History of France, 1881.

Witch riding on the Devil, She-goat goaded by amoretti.

J.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.

The tooth-puller, vintage engraving. The tooth-puller, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659951

Raft of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Buoyed by Inflated Skins, Turkey, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Windmotor für landwirtschaftliche Zwecke, Mahlstein, Mühle, um 1890, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt 1f-4999608

Howitzer from the 18th century, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Three of Bells. German playing cards from the 16th century. Engraving. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

Bohrmaschinen mit Preßluftantrieb im Jahre 1895, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Union of a tender virgin & her pious winner

Eurycleia knows then that the beggar is really Odysseus, but Odysseus makes her promise not to tell anyone yet.

Clock bell music, cathedral church of St. Lambert in Liège, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert. Wallonia, Belgium. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

'The Longford Castle Pictures; Portrait of a Man in Black; after Morone, C.1556', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890.

Copper engraving and etching by Comte Anne Claude Philippe de Caylus titled 'The Display', created in 1742.

Blacksmith with hammer and tongs, Le Creusot forge, France. Europe, drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Le Creusot et les mines de Saone-et-Loire, 1865 by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1867

Anglo-Saxon Calendar, April, pre-Norman Conquest of 1066, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Execution of a man who committed high treason, it was Tebaldo de Brusati, commander of Brescia, he was to be dragged through the camp, hanged on the g...

View of New York harbour and the Statue of Liberty, monument to the friendship between the peoples of France and the USA. Chromolithograph c1900.

Fackeltelegraf bei den alten Römern / Torch telegraph with the ancient Romans, 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.

Men with long ears, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Replacing the bell ropes, Notre-Dame cathedral, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 424, Volume XVII, April 11-18, 1851.

Engraving depicting a trunk, used to save lives at sea, which is made from light wood or cork and covered with waterproofing. Dated 19th Century

A Pressoir, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

The Sign Poster. Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692-1765 Paris); After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698-1762 Paris). Dimensions: image: 9 x 7 1/16 in. (22.9 x 18 cm)sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (23.8 x 18.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: Études Prises dans le Bas Peuple où les Cris de Paris: Quatrième Suite. Date: 1742. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Symbol des sozialen Status. Kopfstütze von der Nordküste von Deutsch-Neuguinea. Artefakt aus Ozeanien und Australien. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Symbol of social status. Headrest from the north coast of German New Guinea. Artifact of Oceania and Australia. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23196720

Using bellows to increase draught in furnace for refining copper. Note cupellation cakes of partially refined copper beneath the bellows. From Vannocio Biringuccio 'De la Pirotechnia', Venice 1540.

Early nineteenth century illustration of a man using a lever to lift a weight

'Series: Curtains, 17 pcs. Untitled/"Curtains"-7'. Russia, Moscow, late 20th-early 21th century. Dimensions: 10x15 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Dmitry Prigov.

Metzger, Schlachthof in Berlin, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Engraving depicting the principle of a fountain. Dated 17th Century

A man with a glass in his hand looking downwards and leaning on a table, an illustration from 'El huérfano' ca. 1880-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. A man with a glass in his hand looking downwards and leaning on a table, an illustration from 'El huérfano'. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1880-1910. Etching on zinc. Prints

Folding fire escape.

The wind blowing a ship on the sea while the sun looks on. Date: C.1700

Atmospheric Elevated Railroad Project for New York City Transit, Never Built, USA. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

'Parliament in hot water', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

Engraving demonstrating fulcrum by a see-saw. Dated 19th Century

religion biblical scenes Noah's Ark after copper engraving by Merian 1633,

The Gutenberg monument in Strasbourg, Johannes Gensfleisch, called Gutenberg, around 1400, 26 February 1468, inventor of modern letterpress printing, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Expérience d'équilibre. Dated: 1868. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

justice penitentiary system electrical chair wood engraving circa 1890,

Window of the facade, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.

'Roman Racing Chariot', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Brown slave in Rio de Janeiro, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Ariel on his way back to his master, Prospero, to report on the shipwreck of King Alonso and his party. Illustration for 'The Tempest' for an edition of Shakespeare's Works published 1856-1858. Engraving.

Symbolic of We are away, vacation, boy with angel wings closes a heart shaped shutter / Symbolisch für Wir sind verreist, Urlaub, Junge mit Engelsflügeln schließt einen herzförmigen Fensterladen, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Black African Removing Bottles From a Cooler 18th century François Boucher French. Black African Removing Bottles From a Cooler 394199

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Champollion marble statue by Bartoldi, vintage engraving. Champollion marble statue by Bartoldi, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679825

Holzschnitt aus Luthers Septemberbibel Bau des Tempels aus dem Buch Der Freimaurer von Eugen Lennhoff, erschienen 1932, Woodcut from Luthers September Bible Building the Temple from the book The Freemason by Eugen Lennhoff published 1932, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. century, Record date not stated

Woodcut engraving depicting a member of a one-eyed tribe believed in ancient times to inhabit certain regions of India. Dated 15th century

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