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Engravings and illustrations showcasing significant historical moments, blending narrative and dramatic scenes from history.

Etching depicting Martin Luther and Melancthon at the Diet of Augsburg
Etching depicting Martin Luther and Melancthon at the Diet of Augsburg
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1815 Congress of Vienna, Austria, 19th century engraving (Italian states returned to Austrian rule after Napoleon's defeat)Dr Syntax watching his wife's coffin being lowered into grave. Rowlandson illustration for William Coombe 'Dr Syntax' London 1820. Aquatint.1680s WILLIAM PENN TALKING WITH COLONISTS ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO AMERICA IN 1682 ILLUSTRATION BY HOWARD PYLEHistory of Italy. Italian General Exhibition in Turin 1884. Held in Turin between 26 April and 17 November 1884. Lotteria Nazionale (National Lottery). Golden mountain. Visitors to the exhibition looking at the sign with the five top prizes. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). November 15, 1884.Kardovsky, Dmitri Nikolayevich (1866-1943) State History Museum, Moscow 1909 Colour lithograph Book design Russia History Book ArtPhilip IV the Fair establishes the Parliament in Paris in 1303 by Alaux, Jean (1786-1864) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles /France / Oil on canvas / History / 67x122 / History paintingLazio Frosinone Alatri S. Maria Maggiore9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Architectural views (medieval core collection) Views of portals with frescoed lunettes (deteriorated), rose window and turreted campanile with mullioned windows. Views of naves and chapels. Extensive coverage of the chapel of the "Madonna of Constantinople." TCI (1981), p. 598. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.Margaretha van Parma in consultation with her counselors, approx. 1560; Margaretha and Hare councils; Series of 24 national history plates, for school and home. Interior with Margaretha van Parma, Landvoogdes of the Netherlands, sitting on her throne in consultation with her counselors, ca. 1560. Around a table five counselors, a standing membrane knight appeals to her.Herzogin Louise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz und Napoleon Bonaparte in Tilsit, Historische, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Datum unbekanntKing Frederick the Great, Frederick II., Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712-1786 in his office in the palais of Sanssouci, Germany, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, EuropeDoes Your Wife Know That You Are Here 1845 Andreas Geiger (1765-1851) Colored EtchingTHE EASTERN QUESTION, RUSSIAThe King drinks to the health of the nation, 1790. Louis XVI, 1754-1793. King of France 1774-1792.Engraved by Jonnard after De La Charlerie. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc Tapestry representing Charles Albert signing the Italian statute, by Unknown artist, 19th Century, monochrome tapestry. Italy: Piemonte: Turin: National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento. Whole artwork. Monochromatic tapestry king of Italy Charles Albert signature Italian statuteSultan Osman I (1300 - 1326). First of the Ottoman Dynasty. Date: circa 1325The Cabildo in session, May 22, 1810, sketch by Juan Manuel Blanes (1830-1901). Argentina, 19th century.Council of Ministers, September 16, 1715, held during the minority of Louis XV, painting by an unknown 18th century artist, oil on canvas, 94x129 cm. France, 18th century.Administration, council body, citizens in front of the Council of Three in Venice, Italy, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Administration, council body, citizens in front of the Council of Three in Venice, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, EuropeFrederick William of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern had been Margrave of Brandenburg since 1640, here his last Council of State, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknownAllégorie on the return of the Bourbons 1814 : Louis XVIII saves France from ruin. By Louis-Philippe Crépin. Louis XVIII was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824,The Steel Masters: the college of steel masters or dignitaries of the Amsterdam clothmakers' guild, gathered around a table with a Persian cloth on top. On the table the open sample book. Depicted from left to right are: Jochem de Neve (1629-81), Aernout van der Mye (c. 1625-81), the servant Frans Hendricksz Bel (1629-1701), Willem van Doeyenburg (c. 1616-87), Volckert Jansz (1605/10-81), Jacob van Loon (1595-1674). On the left above the fireplace a painting with a burning beacon, The Steel Masters, print maker: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), print maker: Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after: Rembrandt van Rijn, Netherlands, 1846 - 1900, paper, steel engraving, h 465 mm × w 570 mmThe Italian envoy Calvucci draws the favorite falcons of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich - Alexander Litovchenko, 1889Royal Cock Pit. Circa 1808. The Royal Cock Pit stood in Dartmouth Street near Whitehall. After a work by August Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson in the Microcosm of London, published in three volumes beFELIPE IV REY DE ESPAÑA. VALLADOLID 1605-1665 "FELIPE IV, SU CORTE Y LAS MENINAS" OLEO DE EUGENIO LUCAS, AÑO 1858 MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. Author: Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (1817-1870).FRESCOS DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO - DETALLE. Location: MONASTERIO DE LA RABIDA. PALOS DE LA FRONTERA. Huelva. SPAIN.In the year 1752, Anonymous, c. 1789 - c. 1810 drawing Princess Anna van Hannover takes a seat as governor of Prince Willem v in the meeting of the States General, December 21, 1752. Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush Lower House, Parliament, ChamberFrance. Lyon. The Empress Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920), wife of Napoleon III Bonaparte (1808-1873), weaves with a wooden loom in the Chamber of Commerce. Engraving. "L'Illustration, Journal Universel", 1860. ENTREGA DEL TOISON DE ORO AL PRESIDENTE REPUBLICA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE.ENTREGA DEL TOISON DE ORO AL PRESIDENTE REPUBLICA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.Parliament of Henry V, From the Harleian MSS in the British Museum, 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, 1857The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act, George Jones, 1786-1869, BritishFrance. Ceremony for the transfer of power to the new president Armand Fallires at Älys_e Palace in Paris. 'Le Petit Journal'. February 25, 1906.æ. Engraving.Regent piece, 1789, Jan Bulthuis, after Cornelis Troost, after Jacobus Buys, 1789, Regent piece from 1789 with four unknown regents seated around a table, on the right a servant, on the left a young man., draughtsman: Jan Bulthuis, (mentioned on object), after: Cornelis Troost, (mentioned on object), after: Jacobus Buys, (attributed to), Northern Netherlands, 1789, paper, brush, h 378 mm × w 425 mmEl Bornet, siglo XVIII. Museu d'Història de Barcelona.Francisco Rizi / 'Auto-da-fe on Plaza Mayor', 1683, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 277 cm x 438 cm, P01126. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Historical illustration of the emperor shaking hands with an artist, 1870/Historical illustration of the Emporer, shaking hands with an artist, 1870, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, colored afterwardsLithograph depicting William Gladstone (1809- 1898), a British Liberal politician, introducing the second Home-Rule Bill in the House of Commons. Dated 1893Eleonora d'Este, visits Tasso in the Hospital of St. Anna at Ferrara. Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th centuryInauguration of President Zachary Taylor, March 4, 1849. Engraving by William Croome, 1849 (BSLOC_2018_5_149)Engraving depicting José Zorrilla (1817-1893) reading poetry in the studio of Vicente Esquivel. Dated 19th CenturyPrinting press. Seventeenth century. Colored engraving of "Gottfried Historical Chronicle." Frankfurt, 1619.The Last State Councillor of the Sick Great Elector, 1688, Frederick William, 16 February 1620, 9 May 1688, House of Hohenzollern, was Elector of Bran...The Steel Masters, print maker: Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after: Rembrandt van Rijn, Amsterdam, 1844 - 1845, paper, etching, engraving, h 465 mm × w 572 mmAdolph Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, ab (1898) von Menzel, 8. Dezember 1815, 1905 in Berlin, ein deutscher Maler, Zeichner und Illustrator und Kaiser Wilh...Engraver: John Francis Eugene Prudhomme, American, 1800-1892, After: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843, The Declaration of Independence, Steel engraving, sheet: 33 × 42 cm (13 × 16 9/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - PrintsThe Somerset House Conference 19 August 1604. Spanish delegation on the left, English delegation on the right. Museum: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH, UK.Assassination of the Duke of Guise, Woodcut Engraving from the Original 1834 Painting by Paul Delaroche, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883'The Death of Nelson', 1925. Illustration of a wax tableau at Madame Tussauds, a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French sculptor Marie Tussaud. '...the passing of one of England's greatest men and greatest naval heroes. After a long and victorious career, he met his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. This battle was the culminating glory of his life. We see him here dying in the cockpit of the 'Victory'. Was ever ship better named!'. From "Madame Tussaud's: The Palace of Enchantment" described by Capt. Edric Vredenburg, illustrated by Howard Davie, Raphael Tuck & SonsMACCARI, C_sar (1840-1919). Cicero Denouncing Catiline. 1880. ITALY. Rome. Madama Palace. Cicero caused the failure of the Catiline conspiracy during his consulship. Fresco.Picture series of famous merchants, Sir Thomas Gresham, c. 1550, Queen Elizabeth inaugurates the first London Stock Exchange built by Greham in 1571, England, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from c. 1900, public domain, exact date unknown