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Allegorical and Classical Art

A collection of 18th-century designs and memorials featuring classic ruins, statues, and allegorical elements, illustrating historical narratives and botanical themes.

Design drawing for a title print of a book for the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus, 1697 Design B for an allegorical representation with flora, pallas Athens and the Amsterdanse Stedensmaag. Amsterdam paper. ink brush / pen
Design drawing for a title print of a book for the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus, 1697 Design B for an allegorical representation with flora, pallas Athens and the Amsterdanse Stedensmaag. Amsterdam paper. ink brush / pen
156 assets in this story
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A circular bowl stands in the center of an oblong basin. A fountain springs in its center, and water pours into it from the mouths of two satyr masks at the top of the hermae. These stand upon dados, from which water pours into the basin at several places. Groups of trees are behind the fountain, permitting, in the middle, a view into the open country. Black framing line. Date: ca. 1790. Black chalk, brush and watercolor on paper, mounted. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Radetzky from Radetz, Josef Graf.
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Fontein in the Hof van Palace Bracciano, Anonymous, 1675 - 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching Rome
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Netherlands, Meer, Noach van der (II), The Flight of William V. in the Plantagie, Flight of William V, decoration in the Plantage, 1795, verso - stamped, The Flight of Prince William V, allegorical decoration erected in the Plantage in Amsterdam. From the booklet with images of the decorations erected in the city during the celebration of the installation of the representatives and the alliance concluded between the French and the Batavian Republic, 19 June 1795. The print comes with a loose sheet with an explanation., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 220 mm, width 145 mm, 1741-04-16 - 1822-02-20, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, hand colouring
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Johann Christian Reinhart, Vicino al Circo di Caracalla, 1797 Vicino al Circo di Caracalla
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Ruin on peloponnesos with figures, Pierre François Tardieu, after Giovanni Paolo Pannini, 1754 - 1771 print after painting by: Romepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving ruin of a building ~ architecture. pyramid (historical grave form) By the
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Title page from Alexander Pope's "The Dunciad". Alexander Pope (1688-1744) an English poet. Dated 18th century
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Frederik Ludvig Bradt (1747-1829), Holberg's memory, (1784)
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Lewy Paul, tomb art, 5th episode, created a collection of masterpieces for the memory of the dead of artists of our day, ed. K.R. Henker, Berlin (without dat.): View Grabmal Reitzenbaum in Berlin-Weißensee. Light pressure on paper, 35.4 x 25.5 cm (including scan edges)
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Fontaine Moliere; Ernest Ladrey (French, active Paris, France 1860s); about 1875; Albumen silver print
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Les Voeux acceptees. Dated: probably c. 1777/1783. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicolas Delaunay after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
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OBELISCO CONMEMORATIVO DE LOS MARTIRES DEL DOS DE MAYO - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.
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James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, No. 3 Minerva Polias and Neptune the King. Watercolor over graphite.
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Capriccio A Ruined Classical Temple 1740-1750 Italy. Pen and brush and brown ink, and brush and gray wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper . Canaletto
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Man looks at a drawbridge; The Wip bridge.
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Picture, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft, Picture woven in black and grey depicts a medieval gate and fortress with figures in the foreground in eighteenth-century attire., England, 1870-1890, woven textiles, Picture
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Joseph Pennell, The Girard Trust Company, 1912 The Girard Trust Company
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On the card two views: 23. Avanzi del Tempio di Castore E Polluce, Alle Radici del Palatino; 24. Avanzi del Tempio di Giove Tonante, Sul Campidoglio; Unknown, Raffaella, Giacomo (1753-1836); 1800 (1800-00-00-1800-00-00);
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Croix de Chaudesaigues, Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, Engelmann, G. (Godefroy), 1788-1839, Isabey, Eugène, 1803-1886, Lithography, black-and-white, 1833, Auvergne. Eugene Isabey 1831 / Lith. de Engelmann--below image.
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Moroccan Fountain', 1835. gouache, Painted by Aurore Amadine Lucie Dupin (1804-1876) French novelist and feminist who wrote under the name of George Sand.
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Archway of The Colosseum, First Level. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, Nancy 1767-1855 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 11 7/16 in. (41.5 × 29 cm)Image: 7 5/8 × 5 7/8 in. (19.3 × 15 cm). Series/Portfolio: Voyage en Italie. Date: 1822.Plate two of thirty lithographs by J.B. Isabey which illustrated the book 'Voyage en Italie' which was printed by Villain in 1822. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Ascension of a balloon by female balloonist Sophie Blanchard at the Champ de Mars, Paris, June 24, 1810. Engraving from Paul Lacroix's "Directoire, Consulat et Empire," Paris, 1884.
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Statue, description in Amsterdam, Botermarkt, May 27, 1852. Rembrandt's statue at the then butter market, now (since 1876) Rembrandtplein, revealed on May 27, 1852. With different visitors, on the right two kurassiers.
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Antonio Lafreri, 1512-1577, French, Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, 1546-1590. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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Jean-Gaston Coast - Egyptian Fountain of the Street of Sevres Jean-Gaston CORRERE (born in the nineteenth century). Egyptian fountain of S�vres Street (1894). Drawing.
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Memorial print on the 70th birthday of King William III, 1887, 1887 print Memorial print on the 70th anniversary of King William III, 19 February 1887. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 8, 1887. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: The Hague paper
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Wentzel Gregor (born 1833), street scandala. Monthly competition December 1879 (12,1879): Perspective view. Pencil watercolor on the box, 44.8 x 33 cm (including scan edges) Wentzel Gregor (geb. 1833): Straßenkandelaber. Monatskonkurrenz Dezember 1879
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A fountain on the market square of Mainz, vintage engraving. A fountain on the market square of Mainz, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660293
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Ramparts at St. MaloYacht Race. Dated: 1875. Dimensions: sheet: 10.16 × 16.35 cm (4 × 6 7/16 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Singer Sargent.
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Spiaggia d'Argo nel ballo Oreste, atto I. A set design by Sanquirico from 1825, features dancers in a scenic representation of Argos beach. The artwork includes Oreste and Raccolta di varie decorazioni sceniche inventate ed eseguite per il i. r. Teatro alla Scala di Milano da Alessandro Sanquirico, N. 43. Issued in 1825, published in Milano by Stanislao Stucchi. The medium is aquatint
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The Vatican Obelisk 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian Published as part of Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence). It is likely that individuals who purchased the prints from Lafreri made their own selections and had them bound. For a history of the publication of the Speculum prints, see Peter Parshall, "Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae," Print Quarterly, 2001 (1-28).. The Vatican Obelisk. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Anonymous, Italian, 16th century. 16th century. Engraving. Prints
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27. Fountain for Hoher Markt in Vienna; Mollo, Tranquillo (1767-1837), Gurk, Eduard (1801-1841), Zutz, Joseph (Vienna; Fl. Ca 1801-Ca 1825); 1818 or 1823 (1818-00-00-1823-00-00);
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Drawing, Design for an Egyptian Ruin Fantasy; Architect: Unknown (Italian); Italy
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Dvorets i pamiatnik v Kovno; Obshchaia mogila na meste Kul'mskoi bitvy v Bogemii; Russkii Kul'mskii pamiatnik v Bogemii. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian
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The South - West View of the Parish Church of Ecton in Northamptonshire, William Henry Toms, ca. 1700-ca. 1750, British, after J. Shipley, 1714-1788, 1749, Etching and engraving on thick, rough, beige, laid paper, mounted on, thick, rough, beige, laid paper, Mount: 25 1/4 × 18 7/16 inches (64.1 × 46.8 cm), Sheet: 24 × 16 7/8 inches (61 × 42.9 cm), Plate: 21 3/8 × 14 7/8 inches (54.3 × 37.8 cm), and Image: 14 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (37.8 × 34.3 cm)
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Tribute of the offspring / statue has been based in Amsterdam on the Botermarkt / May 27, Anno 1852. Rembrandt's statue at the then butter market, now (since 1876) Rembrandtplein, revealed on May 27, 1852.
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Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Brouwer, Cornelis, Title page from: De Post van den Neder-Rhijn, vol. VIII, 1786, verso - stamped, Title page of the patriotic magazine De Post van den Neder-Rhijn, 1786. Cut-out vignette with an allegorical representation of Liberty standing next to a monument with the inscription: Alliance with France. MDCCLXXXV. On the alliance between the Republic and France, November 10, 1785., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 115 mm, width 113 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1735 - 1803-03-31, print maker, printmaker, 1786 - 1786, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman
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The Great Attraction-Eiffel Tower, From Punch Magazine, June 29, 1889, Edward Linley Sambourne, (1845-1910/British)
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Spain, Aragon, Zaragoza. Monument to Ramon Pignatelli (1734-1793). Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Aragon, 1866.
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Charles Meryon, Le Stryge, 1853, etching on paper.
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Igeler Saeule column, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, wood engraving, c 1880, Europe
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Paris, France - Fontaine des innocents. Date: 1821
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without title - Title fenced Monument built in 1835 in memory of the battle at Kulm 1813 fallen Russians.
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Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c., Print made by George Cooke, 1781-1834, British, Clarkson Stanfield, 1793-1867, British, Published by Longman, active 1804-1914, British, 1832, Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
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William Allen Rogers, At High Bridge, Harlem River"All Aboard!", 1880, wood engraving on paper.
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Monument of Lysicrates. Dated: 1890. Dimensions: Overall: 15.4 x 8.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.) support: 48.8 x 33.7 cm (19 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and black ink and watercolor. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Themistocles von Eckenbrecher.
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Bliżej Kultury Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)
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Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. The Body of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln
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Illumination with Champs-Elysées ... (IT)
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Semaphore Aix Island, Lower Charente, vintage engraving. Semaphore Aix Island, Lower Charente, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660350
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Gay-Lussac's statue in Limoges. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) French Chemist & Physicist, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890
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Architectural Fantasy with a Pyramidal Mausoleum. Dated: c. 1747. Dimensions: overall: 20.6 x 27.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Michel-Ange Challe.
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'Equestrian Statue of Alexander I to a Very Large Area'. Album "Different architectural projects presented by and dedicated to Alexander I by Auguste Montferrand". France, 1814. Dimensions: 71x50,6 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: August Ricard de Montferrand.
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War columnMeissen. War column
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c.1870 Captain Cook monument with two men looking & park in background