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Illustrations showcasing various activities from the 19th century, including posters, games, and satirical depictions, characterized by detailed line work and historical themes.

Man up a ladder putting up a poster with paste.      Date: 1885
Man up a ladder putting up a poster with paste. Date: 1885
182 assets in this story
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Grotesque figures drawn from a painting of Pompeii, vintage engraving. Grotesque figures drawn from a painting of Pompeii, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660182
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Chalon, Christina, Leiden, Mare, Pieter de, Churning man, verso middle - stamped, A farmer stands next to a churn and churns the milk. A milk jug stands next to the barrel., print, engraving, prints, engravings, width 65 mm, height, 92 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1758-01-30 - 1796-06, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1748 - 1808-12-13, intermediary draughtsman
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justice penitentiary system prison Bagno at Arcona Italy convict driving the director's wife wood engraving 1887,
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General election, (1874).  Artist: Joseph Swain
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Vignette design, Mexican women in their underwear.     Date: circa 1910s
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Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes), (1431-1476) Wallachian (now Romania) ruler impales  his victims - here the Burghers of Brasso.  Basis for Stoker's 'Dracula'
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Historia de Catalunya. Entrevista en Valladolid de Fernando II de Aragón (1452-1516), llamado el Católico, con Isabel I de Castilla (1451-1504) para contraer matrimonio. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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"I did send for a cup of tea, a China drink of which I never had drunk before"."Mr. Pepys Tastes Tea". From the original Painting by R.O.Dunlop, A.R.A. Mr. Pepys was one of the first Englishmen to mention tea in his writings. - A Tea Centre Postcard. December  16, 1948.
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Kiel, Kiel Fjord in winter, three-master, soldier, shore, dolphins, coat of arms, maritime scene, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe
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Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. One screams and rushed another irritating, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).
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Historia de Catalunya. Muerte de Carlos de Viana (1421-1461), príncipe de Viana, en Barcelona. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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Hannong earthenware made in Strasbourg and Haguenau, Ceramic Museum of Sevres, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.
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Bayeux Tapestr, an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetre tall, that depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, detail, arms, Illustration 1880  /  Teppich von Bayeux, Wandteppich von Bayeux oder Bildteppich der Königin Mathilda, in der zweiten Hälfte des 11. Jahrhunderts entstandene Stickarbeit, Detail, Rüstungen, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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The roller coaster of the Barriere du Roule in 1816, Paris. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886
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Engraving depicting a birch broom maker selling his brooms from door to door in Kent.
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Historic print, 1767, titles page by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729 - 1781, a poet of the German Enlightenment, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887
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Gerard Dou, Gerard Douw, Gerrit Dou, 7 April 1613, 9 February 1675, was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original
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Werkstatt für die Herstellung von Papier in China, 1562, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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Quadriga, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.
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Sakata Kintoki Riding on Bear's Back 18th-19th century School of Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Sakata Kintoki Riding on Bear's Back. School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. 18th-19th century. Ink and red color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings
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Cartoon - One More River. John Collins (1917-2007)
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The Jacquemart. Notre Dame Cathedral, Dijon, Burgundy, France, Europe. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Examples of the houppelande, 14th century, (1910). Artist: Unknown
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people profession cook ""Der Koch nimmt einen Hasen aus"" (Gutting a hare) studio of Hans Baldung Grien (1484 1485 - 1545) coloured woodcut from ""Ein geistlich Bedeutung des Haesleins"" (A bunny`s spiritual meaning) Strasbourg Germany 1511 private collection,
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The Jews of Cologne burnt alive on the night of 23-24 August 1349. Facsimile from an engraving in "Liber Chronicarum Mundi". Nuremberg, 1493. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.
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Pere Prat Ubach (1892-1969), dibujante y escritor catalán. Autocaricatura de 1923.
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Alice and the Red Queen.Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, 1820-1914. From the book ""Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"" by Lewis Carroll. Published London 1912.
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Pin Maker  | Library of Congress
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Settlers working the land, 12th century. Engraving after a miniature in a manuscript called "de la Sainte-Chapelle". "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.
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Have another  | Library of Congress
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Inca. Season of Agricultural Labour, Peru. 16th cent.
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A woodcut engraving depicting "The Fool among the books" from the Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), a satirical allegory, by Sebastian Brant. Sebastian Brant (1457-1521) a German humanist and satirist. Dated 15th century
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A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world   Mathina or Mattina ; Darly, sc.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Heads: Allegora, 1800. Etching, colored.
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Cartoon depicting Britannia during a bad summer in Britain. Dated 19th century
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Illustration depicting punishment by the stocks. Dated 16th Century
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Hand-colored engraving from 'Moeurs, Usages, et Costumes de tous les Peuples de Monde, d'apres des Documents Authentiques et les Voyages les plus Recents', by Auguste Wahlen (Brussels, 1843-44).
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España. Catalunya. Arriero catalán. Grabado de 1867.
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An Artificer or Pyrotechnist firing a rocket. Woodcut from 'Recreations mathematiques' by Jean Leurechon (Rouen, 1628).
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Engraving depicting the Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent with the Robert brothers. Dated 18th Century
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Azulejo, Barrio de Triana, Seville, Spain, Europe
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'Kan-Gro "Kenikbah," or Harpist; An Excursion in Dahomey', 1871. Musician from what is now Benin in West Africa. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C.
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Image 61 of William H. Taft Papers: Series 25: Miscellany, 1831-1930; Cartoons  | Library of Congress
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Cartoon - U.S Liberty and U.S. Justice Arthur George Racey (1870-1941)
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Amnesty, personified as Clemence-Angelique Amnistie, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist
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GRABADO-EL ASTROLOGO-S XIX.
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Engraving depicting a capataz and a peon, each with a bolas. Dated 19th century
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Ascension of a Montgolfier balloon, late 18th century, (1910). Artist: Unknown
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Arbeiter und Handwerker, Germania, Germanen im 11. Jahrhundert, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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Cartoon - A Contract Rostap (1866-1949)
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Masquerade invented by French artists in Rome in 1748, vintage engraving. Masquerade invented by French artists in Rome in 1748, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659918
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Cartoon - Britannia in a Miniskirt. John Collins (1917-2007)
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China: Silk Production - preparing silk thread for weaving. Qing Dynasty watercolour painting by an anonymous artist, mid to late 19th century
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The Italian pictured here dates to A.D. 1300 and is a magistrate. The illustration dates to 1882.
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Weavers, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.
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Escena ilustrada de la ópera de Richard Wagner, El anillo de los Nibelungos, editada por Ediciones Diana, de Barcelona. Haguen y Krimhilda en el castillo de Vorms. Grabado de 1926. Author: Joan Llaverias Labro.
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Engraving depicting a London costermonger selling Cos lettuce at two a penny.
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Wetnurse Napoleon III no longer breastfeeds Pio IX after the September Convention. Lithography by T. Signorini, 1864.
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Engraving depicting Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Dated 19th century
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Wilhelm I (born 22 March 1797 as Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Preussen) (died 9 March 1888) from the House of Hohenzollern was regent since 1858 and King of Prussia since 1861, from 1866 President of the North German Confederation and from 1871 first German Emperor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known
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Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Chinese lounge, decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey. South wall, panel with acrobat. Polychrome engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 77436-12 Acrobat, acrobatics, craftsmanship, decorative arts, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chair, chinoiserie, balance, oriental influence, orientalism, wooden panel, character, Chinese living room, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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L'Academie francaise or French Academy, personified as Brigitte Angelique Balbine, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist
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The Astonishing Captain!!! Where is the Sentinel, Puzzles & Optical Illusions
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Corte de Juan I de Aragón, conocido como el "amador de la gentileza". Historia popular de Catalunya, de Alfons Roure. Editada en Barcelona, 1919. Dibujo de Joan Vila i Pujol (Joan d'Ivori) (Barcelona, 1890-1947).
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Mark of Robert Estienne, printer in Paris 1536, France. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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 'God save you Merrie Gentil  Men'        Date: 1889
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Historical stock certificate, detail of the vignette, allegorical representation of a woman holding tobacco leaves beside two sides of the globe and packets of Reynolds products, producer of tobacco, Richard Joshua Reynolds, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, RJR Holdings Corporation, 1990, Delaware, USA, North America
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Louvre Museum, A smoker, by Adriaen Brouwer, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.
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Eugene Rouher, a French statesman of the Second Empire, political caricature, 1882, by Alphonse Hector Colomb pseudonym B. Moloch, a French caricaturist
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John Byrom (1692-1763) English writer and poet born in Manchester, 1821. Byrom invented a system of shorthand. Frontispiece of 'Introduction to Byrom's  Short-Hand' by Molyneux. (London, 1821). Engraving. British. Stenography.
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The two admirers, satirical allegory on the marriage of convenience, Petr Floetner, woodcut, 16th century
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Artwork: "Mans Dream of Flight" Artist: Nancy Ohanian. Country: Unknown
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The first 'street' or age group of women, a weaver of thirty-three years - 16th century - woodcut. Author: FELIPE GUAMAN POMA DE AYALA (1535-1617). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire, frontispiece to News from Nowhere, c1892 (1901).Artist: William Morris
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Alvin M Gully, The Windham Bacchus, 1937 The Windham Bacchus
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Book illustration, Die Geschichte vom Hanns Guck-in-die-Luft, The Story of Hans Look-in-the-Air, Der Struwwelpeter, Shaggy Peter, Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, 1876
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Yakut people, man and woman of Tatar people, Turkic people, Sakha autonomous republic, Yakutia, Russian Federation, Siberia, illustration from 1880  /  Jakuten, Mann und Frau des tatarischen Volkes, Turkvolkes, autonome Republik Sacha, Jakutien, Russische Föderation, Sibirien, Illustration aus 1880, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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Dance hall. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany, 1880-1938). Germany, 1911. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut on wove paper
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Don Quijote de la Mancha. Sancho Panza, gobernador de la ínsula Barataria. Grabado de 1920. Author: Netty Heyligers.
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Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. El estañasartenes.
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