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

TAPIZ - SIGLO XVIII - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Location: MONASTERIO-TAPIZ. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

A Gipsy Encampment in 1868, France

The Tabernacle in the Wilderness including the Court of the Tabernacle. From a 19th century illustration.

Manners of Prehistoric Peoples - Feast in the Age of Bronze

Pre-animist religion worshiping snakes. The temple of snakes at Dahomey, Africa.

The Grotto of Santa Rosalia, Palermo - from a drawing by the Rev. S.C. Malan, 1860. 'The Convent and Grotto of Santa Rosalia are situated near the summit of Monte Pellegrino. So great is the veneration in which this saint is held by the inhabitants of Palermo that, at all hours, pilgrims and devotees are to be seen ascending the steep road of La Scala, which leads to the rocky shrine...The history of Santa Rosalia is connected with the history of Palermo. The sanctity of her character has been the subject of the most romantic legends. It is said that her saintly influence has more than once mi

Joan of Arc (born c. 1412; died 1431), a French saint and national heroine, led the French army to several victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War. She said she heard the voices of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret , who ordered her to aid the king of France and assured her that God will help her. Here, in this illustration by Edward Dalziel, Joan of Arc is shown tending her flock. This drawing accompanied Charles Dickens' account of the tale in his book "A Child's History of England.".

Religious Ceremony Of The Caves In Prea - Teuk, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ruins of the Clonmacnoise monastery complex with cemetery, Clonmacnoise on the Shannon River, County Offaly, Ireland, Celtic cross, priest, praying people, kneeling down, path, round towers, decay, landmark, steel engraving, 19th century, historical illustration from 1845

A girl is rescued from the stream while a vicar kneels on the bank praying for her life. Aquatint.

A funeral in the Vosges, painting by M. Brion. engraving 1855

New Testament. Flight into Egypt. Engraving by M. Weber. The Artistic Illustration, 1879.

Stroll of distinguished ladies in China, women in the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known

American Indian holding up the scalp of a died man, that he has just been in combat with. Date: Circa 1870s

Illus. opp. p.1, showing Jesus telling woman in garden "if you have a healthy body and are in good spirits, then search for the redemption of your soul and praise the goodness of God" | Library of Congress

STATUE IN OUR LADY'S WELL, AT HALYSTONE

The Banishment of Satan from Heaven, Lucifer, Devil, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original

Photor production of the drawing by Arthur Grottger from the Lithuania series, representing a man who travels an oath. .

The dramas of India. The flowers fall from my hands, vintage engraving. The dramas of India. The flowers fall from my hands, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656825

The Ardennes. The Oratory of St. Remacle, vintage engraving. The Ardennes. The Oratory of St. Remacle, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679598

RELACION DE MICHOACAN - DE LA MANERA QUE SE CASABA LA GENTE BAJA. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Finding of Moses, Second Book of Moses, Chapter 1, Verses 8-10, Old Testament, Bible, Egypt, King, Children of Isreal, Child, Baby, Water, Shore, Daughter, Box, Swim, Women, Group, Virgins, Pharaoh, Moses, Save, Hill, Building, Historical Illustration 1890, Africa

The Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Leveridge's Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook.

The Testing of Abraham's Faith (Genesis 22:10-12) Abraham and Isaac carrying the sacrificial wood. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

The disciples Peter and John go to the tomb of Jesus. Colored Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

Six thousand miles through South America. Two men in a tent reading books by candlelight. Six thousand miles through South America. Two men in a tent reading books by candlelight. From Travel Diaries, vintage engraving, 1884-85. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659833

superstition ghosts necromancy engraving 16th century,

Adult baptism of the Baptists Date: 1820

Six thousand miles through South America. Two men in a tent reading books by candlelight. From Travel Diaries, vintage engraving, 1884-85.

LAY THY SWEET HAND IN MINE, AND TRUST IN ME.

Historical scene, US-American history, 18th century, burning dummy with the name of John Jay on it, 1745 - 1829, a politician and one of the founding fathers of the United States, first chief justice, Jay Treaty of 19th November 1794 between Great Britain and the United States during the American Revolutionary War

Calvary at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Mount Virgl in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Witches with their familiars, one of which has learnt to fly a broomstick on its own ! Date: circa 1600

Consigning bodies of the plague to a communal grave in the plague pit - Plague of London, 1665, Illustration by John Franklin (fl 1800-61) for W Harrison Ainsworth Old Saint Pauls, London, 1855, first published 1841

The legends of the Iroquois, the dances before the great spirit. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Molokans. Molokan is a Slavic term for members of various spiritual Christian sects that developed from Eastern Christians in the lands of Rus and who...

Historical views of Hindoostan (India). The chariot festival at the temple of Jaggernaut (Jagannath) at Puri 52, widow stepping onto her husbands funeral pyre with a torch in the suttee ritual 53, and Christian missionary preaching under a tree 54. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Asia, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

The caption reads: Boone Undergoing ceremony of adoption by the tribe. Here, Blackfish, chief of the Shawnee, performs the adoption ceremony of Boone into the tribe. Blackfish adopted Boone as his son (Blackfish's favorite son had died in battle). Boone agreed and remained for a while - when the Shawnee were preparing another attack, Boone escaped and returned to Boonesborough. This illustration is from the book titled: Story of the Wild West and Camp Fire Chats: Being the Complete and Authentic History of the Great Heroes of the Western Plains, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Kit Carson, Daniel Boon

Illustration depicting a Turkish funeral procession near Smyrna. Dated 19th Century

Joseph's dream, Joseph, dreaming, lying, outdoors, landscape, fortress, hill, pen, animals, night, stars, crescent moon, sun, light, shine, brothers, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Moses, Chapter 37, Verse 9, historical illustration 1850

Scene from the biblical story, Cain and Abel, a central story from Genesis, the Bible, in which the farmer Cain kills his brother Abel, a shepherd, out of jealousy, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900

Adam naming the Creation, (1818). Creator: Unknown.

The Conversion of Galen March 1, 1775 Robert Sayer British. The Conversion of Galen 343739

Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground (Genesis 8:12) Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Samson or Samson lifts the gates of Gaza, Book of Judges, Chapter 16, Bible, city of Gaza, Mount Hebron, heavy load, carry, city gates, mountain, ascend, ray of light, cloudy sky, rock, Old Testament, historical illustration 1885

The Puseyite Moth and the Roman Candle: Edward Pusey (1800-1882) English theologian and leader of Oxford Movement, shown as Anglican moth in danger of being singed by the flame of Roman Catholicism. Cartoon from 'Punch' London 1850. Engraving

Destruction of Perth Charterhouse or Perth Priory. a monastery of Carthusian monks based in Perth. Scotland. by Protestant reformers on 11 May 1559. digital reproduction of a historical original

1872 Exhibition of Painting, The Blue Mosque in Tabriz by Jules Laurens, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Illustrated Bible. New Testament. Jesus stilling the tempest. Drawing by Gustave Dore. 19th century. Engraving.

Medicine man of the Crow or Blackfeet people : he is wearing the skin of a young bear, Date: 1862

Four-faced pillars at Banh- yong, each with a different aspect of Buddha. Date: 1895

Ball Game with the Conibos, Peru, 1869

The plunder of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 793 AD, (c1920). Artist: Margaret Dovaston

Arab Merchant Facing Mecca During Morning Prayer, Arabia, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Menhirs, Cromlechs near Peshawar, 1880, India, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Asia

WATER CARRIERS, INDIA

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

St. Boniface (675-754) destroying the Donar's Oak. Missionary work in Germania. Engraving, Germania, 1882.

The place where Cannibal Rites and Human Sacrifices are performed. THE JU-JU HOUSE AT GWATO, NEAR BENIN, 1897

A native Virginian priest, seen from the right and from the left. Date: 1737

Illustration depicting a North American Indian burial place, showing the dead on raised platforms. Dated 19th Century

Engraving showing the burial place of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), the Scottish historian and essayist, in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway. Date: 19 February 1881

Aaron's grave on Mount Hor, Aaron, Moses, death, mountain, Eleazar, landscape, Bible, Old Testament, Book 4 of Moses, Chapter 20, Verse 28, historical illustration c. 1850

An engraving depicting a man weaving in India. Dated 19th century

Artwork: "The Chapel" Artist: Mabel Peacock. Country: Unknown

Mexican monk wearing travelling clothes, Guanajuato, Mexico, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833-1900) Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862

John William Colenso, Bishop of Natal, rocked the establishment with his radical theological views and his support for the Zulu tribes, against the British and Boers who were invading their territories. Date: 1879

Victorian Christmas card.

Pilgrimage churchauf dem Georgen, belonging to St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, the successor of St. Georgenberg Abbey, a Benedictine monastery since 170...

The disastrous floods in Austria and Hungary 1893, a flooded churchyard at Raab, historic image, 1883

In Scandinavian (Norse) myhtology, Freya, also spelled Freyja, was the goddess of fertility, love and marriage, and light and peace. Her brother was Freyr. When Freyaputting wore Brisingamen, the necklace had the dwarves make for her, no man or god could withstand her charms. Myths said she rode in a chariot pulled by two black cats, as seen here, in this early 1900s illustration. The cats were a gift from the Norse god Thor.

The Offering of the First Fruits, Book of Genesis, Chapter 2, Verse 14, Bible, fruit, grapes, grain, ears of corn, basket, historical illustration 1850

Buddha Laya, Buddha-Laya, in the Tatarei in Central Asia, around 1890

See, I am sending my angels in front of you, chapter 1, verse 2, introductory image to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus in the mountains, sea, sky, lions, snake, text, title, Bible, historical illustration 1850

Seek the Pascha and his Three Wives, Puzzles & Optical Illusions

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