19th Century Religious Art

Vintage engravings showcasing religious and cultural scenes, depicting historical figures and pilgrims in natural settings.

Illustration showing a group of Ojibway Indians of Red River sitting around a campfire wearing buckskin dresses, capes and feathers in their hair and moccasins on their feet. This image was made during the the Red River Expedition, c.1870. Date: 1870

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 17th century, 1636, the emigration of Thomas Hooker, 1586 - 1647, a puritan of the first generation in New England, founder of the colony of Connecticut

Faithful on a pilgrimage in 19th century Albania, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

The felling of the Donar oak, also thunder oak or thor oak, by the missionary Boniface is one of the most famous events in German church history, ca 723, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical

theatre opera ""Parsifal"" by Richard Wagner washing of the feet after drawing by Emil Doepler the Younger wood engraving 19th century,

Flying dragons, On after the Book of Wonderful, Travel Mandeville, vintage engraving. Flying dragons, On after the Book of Wonderful, Travel Mandeville, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678379

Gustave Doré; An Indian woman lamenting her dead child from Chactas and Atala, a novella by François-René de Chateaubriand

Illustration showing a group of Ojibway Indians of Red River sitting around a campfire wearing buckskin dresses, capes and feathers in their hair and moccasins on their feet. This image was made during the the Red River Expedition, c.1870. Date: 1870

Elijah is fed by ravens, First Book of Kings, chapter 17, verses 1-9, Old Testament, Bible, ancient tree, branches, earth, sit, Elijah, Thisbite, God, bread, meat, Jordan, eat, drink, Sidon, Zarpath, Krith, historical illustration 1890, Asia

Syrian people in typical dresses costumes syriens. Syria, Syrian Arab Republic. Middle East, Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Jesus preaches the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6: 28, 29) New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Reapers and Harvesters, agriculture, work, grain, cutting, grape harvest, grapes, vintage, clay jug, woman, men, landscape, mountains, Bible, Old Testament, The Book of Ruth, chapter 2, verse 3, historical illustration, c. 1850, Near East

Black and White Illustration from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress; Faithful Passing Through Water and Fire To Glory

Engraving depicting Abel, the shepherd, sacrificing the firstling of his flock, and pleasing the Lord. Cain, foreground, the tiller, has his offering of produce rejected, and he becomes jealous of Abel. Dated 19th century

First book of Moses, chapter 4, verse 4, Abel's sacrifice, Bible, first-born animals Abel's flock and their fat, God's goodwill, Old Testament, Genesis, story of creation, law books, sacrifice, fire, smoke, bushes, mountain landscape, historical illustration based on Gustave Doré around 1880

A hermit in meditation: the hermit of Warkworth, Northumbria. Wood engraving by Luke Clennell.

'The ordeal trial practis'd by the Gentoos', c1770. Artist: Unknown

Pagan Laplanders sacrifice to an idol Date: 1835

An angel descends as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac; the ram lurks in the bushes. Line engraving.

Illustration depicting the gathering of Olives in Mentone, Australia. Dated 19th Century

Romani fortune telling. Engraving of Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Munster. 16th century.

Villagers in Lancashire ceremoniously guiding a cart of rushes to church. The rushes would be strewn on the stone floor of the church to prevent worshiper's feet turning to lumps of ice during winter services.

A protestant minister of Hungary with ducks and geese and fowls tied around his body and hunted to death by dogs. Engraving from c 1780 edition of The

James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was elected the 20th President of the United States in 1880. He was constantly harassed by people seeking jobs and was shot by one on July 2, 1881. He died on September 19. This1890s engraving shows his catafalque in Cleveland, Ohio.

Saint Dominic Loricatus. Engraving after M. de Vos.

King Alfred in the Danish Camp AD 895 19th Century Illustration

Adam and Eve enjoy themselves in Eden before The Fall

Cedars of Lebanon taken to construct the Temple in Jerusalem. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Cemetery with grave crosses in spring, 1880, Austria, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown, Europe

Pilgrims of Saint Odile, after the table of G.Brion, vintage engraving. Pilgrims of Saint Odile, after the table of G.Brion, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656289

Sacred tree with miraculous water reservoir, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Angel of the Lord appearing to Elijah on the mountain and telling him not to be afraid and to go down to the king. 'Bible' II Kings I:15. Copperplate engraving 1804

Gethsemane at the stream Kidron on the Mount of Olives, chapter 26, verse 36, Matthew Gospel, courtyard, garden, nature, old olive trees, Jesus, prayer, near death, premonition, disciple, New Testament, Bible, historical illustration 1850

'The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened', mid 19th century. Biblical scene, from Moses 7: 11: 'And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights'. God sends a flood - the only human survivors on Earth are Noah and his family. The rest of the population try desperately to escape the ri

Varek pass. Sami worshiping fetish, vintage engraving. Varek pass. Sami worshiping fetish, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660146

Skiopticone image. Religious motive.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch (1606-1669), Satan Tempting Christ to Change Stones into Bread, 1635-1640, pen and brown ink

The Kingdom of Champasak (1713-1946) was a kingdom in southern Laos that broke away from the Lan Xang kingdom in 1713. Champasak prospered at the beginning of the 18th century, but was reduced to a vassal state of Siam before the century had passed. Under French rule the kingdom was known as Bassac and became an administrative block with its royalty stripped of many of its privileges. The Kingdom of Champasak was abolished in 1946 when the Kingdom of Laos was formed.

An engraving depicting West Indians using a cage of luminous beetles to provide light. Dated 19th century

A witch conjures up visions which terrify a client.

The Knight's Carouse, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

An assembly of Protestant surprise by Catholic troops, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Priestess and retinue in the oracle of Delphi, prophecy site of ancient Greece / Priesterin und Gefolge im Orakel von Delphi, Weissagungsstätte des antiken Griechenlands, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Night Feast of the Bloody Goddess, Kali

CREACION DE LOS VEGETALES CON SUS SEMILLAS. Grabado de 1889. Álbum de Historia Sagrada (La Santa Biblia en imágenes). Dibujo de Julio Schnorr de Carolsfeld.

Abraham and the Angels. Date/Period: 17th century. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 699 mm (27.51 in); Width: 924 mm (36.37 in). Author: French school.

Separation of Abraham and Lot, Abraham, Lot, separate, landscape, many people, valley, mountains, men, women, children, sheep, cattle, camels, riding, trees, goods, baggage, Jordan, Moses, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Moses, Chapter 13, Verse 11, historical illustration 1850, Asia

THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES Mother Chattox, noted local witch, rides to Pendle Hill Date: 1612

'Halt of Armenian Merchants', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

Death approaches two Pulcinellas. Pen and ink drawing by Camille Rogier.

Gipsies fortune telling. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Parable of the Good Samaritan. Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

sacrifice is offered at a Germanic tribal assembly 4th century AD

Drawing by Josef Christ depicting a monk and a cavalier, executed in gray pen between 1750-1770.

Ziziphus spina-christi. Christ's thorn jujube is an evergreen tree. Israel, Middle East, Orient. Syria by Charles Louis Lortet (1836-1909) Le Tour du Monde 1882

Moses and the Burning Bush, 19th century. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

An engraving depicting an Egyptian water sellers with skin and ceramic bottles. Dated 19th century

David showing Saul that he had spared his life. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Invocation of saints, historic steel engraving from 1860

Shepherd of Alava, Spain, 1886. Artist: Unknown

Anglican missionary crucified in Abomey July 1862, Dahomey, Central Africa, Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

A young woman weeping over a tombstone in a graveyard. Etching with engraving.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT MALTA, 1876: 3. The Grotto of St. Paul, Citta Vecchia

Gustave Doré; Black and White Engraving; The Dove Sent Forth from the Ark to find dry land

The Sorrows of Job or Job, Biblical Story, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact origi...

The conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus

The Hermit Gallus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Cremation of the dead in Calcutta, India. Wood engraving, London, 1882.

A large group of boys gather around the bonfire to watch their 'guy', which has been suspended from a tree, disappear in the flames. 1848

Saint John the Baptist. Stipple engraving after T. Stothard.

Birds and children, angels, in a sunbeam from heaven, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

The Flood, Flood, many people, drown, water, fall, mountains, Biltz, dark sky, rain, death, 40 days, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Moses, chapter 7, verses 11, 17, historical illustration 1850

Saint Columba, 521 - 597. Irish abbot and missionary Evangelist. The day before he died Columba feeling tired, sat down to rest beside a cross fixed into a millstone. Whilst there, a passing horse dr

St. Boniface felling the Donar Oak, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar, Robin Hood

Nativity scene, after a drawing by Peter Schnorr, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date not known

1700S 1770S 1778 Gertrude Of Wyoming The Heroine Of Poem By Thomas Campbell About The Massacre Of American Revolutionary Settlers By British Loyalists & Indians

St. Robert's Chapel, Knaresborough, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Shikohabad camp, Uttar Pradesh, India, camels, tents, camp, people, luggage, tea kettle, food, preparation, fire, steel engraving, historical illustration 1834

Engraving from The Dore Bible illustrating Genesis iv 3 to 5 Cain and Abel Offering Their Sacrifices by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator

Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, 2000 year old sycamore, Ficus sycomorus, also known as Adam's fig, donkey fig or sycamore, here in Sycamore in Egypt, under which the Holy Family is said to have rested, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, 2000 year old sycamore, Ficus sycomorus, also known as Adam's fig, donkey fig or sycamore, here in Sycamore in Egypt, under which the Holy Family is said to have rested.

The Witches' Sabbath. Engraving after David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)

Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated, 2000 year old mulberry, Ficus Sycomorus, also Adamsfege, donkey footnap or sykomore, here in Syomore in Egypt, under which the Holy Family is said to have already bridged it under

The cave under the great rock on Mount Moriah, Israel.

Cain and Abel offering his sacrifice. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) in The Bible in Pictures.

The Hermit Gudwaldus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Christ Stripped of His Clothes. Dated: 1909. Medium: transfer lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

THE RETURN OF THE ARK TO BETH-SHEMESH, BY GUSTAVE DORE

A Witches' Sabbath in Middle Ages

Hindoo Festival, Cashmere, India - from a photograph by W. J. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. 'During the summer months in this delightful country the Hindoo population are constantly making pilgrimages to different shrines, where they perform their devotions, which consist principally in sitting up all night, with lamps lit, singing on the borders of a bank, and making offerings to the Brahmins, who, in return, mark their foreheads with yellow paint. They bivouac in the open air, and the rich crimson dresses and white veils of the women make it a gay and animated scene'. From "Illustrated Londo

Holy family runs over small bridge during flight to Egypt.

The Burning of a Woman, a Witch, Witch Burning, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Unveiling of a statue of the Virgin Stone which turns in the mountains of Morvan. On after a sketch of M H Montaut.

China. Cosecha del té. Grabado de 1890.

'He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth', 19th century. Biblical scene, from John 11: 43: 'And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a headcloth. "Unwrap him and let him go", Jesus told them'. Jesus performs a miracle by resurrecting the dead Lazarus. Engraving after 'The Raising of Lazarus' by Rembrandt, c1632.

Scene from 'Emile, ou Traite de l'education' by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Paris, 1762). In this novel by the French political philosopher and educationlist Rousseau (1712-1778), as an educational experiment the hero, Emile, is raised apart from other children. Here Emile is with the priest from Savoy who, as the author's mouthpiece, is propounding the Theology of Nature which assumes Man to be naturally good, contradicting the doctrine of Original Sin.

A sign in the sky for the fighters of the Third Crusade in the Holy Land, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095-99 and the 13th century, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Rif Berbers in a street of Tangier, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

PARAY-LE-MONIAL, FRANCE 1873, WATCHING THE SHRINE LEAVING

Gospel preaching in the 7th and 8th century. Gospel preaching in the 7th and 8th century. A monk spreads Christianity to a crowd of hearers under a tree in the open air.

Superstitions of the American Indians, vintage engraving. Superstitions of the American Indians, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673876

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