Biblical Events and Figures

Engravings depicting key biblical stories including Noah's Ark, the Plague of London, and Elijah's encounter with God, showcasing dramatic scenes and historical contexts.

When, despite their prayers, San Gennaro fails to protect them, the populace of the area menaced by Vesuvius attack his statue Date: 1872

Vintage illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical Noah’s Arc floating on water during Genesis flood while sinners are facing drowning. Genesis 6:9-9:17.Biblische Geschichte, Germany 1859.. Vintage Drawing of Biblical Genesis Flood and Noah’s Arc Floating on the Water.

When, despite their prayers, San Gennaro fails to protect them, the populace of the area menaced by Vesuvius attack his statue Date: 1872

Zechariah, Zechariah chapter 6 verse 1, four wagons came out between the bronze mountains at the entrance to heaven, the teams are the four winds of heaven, horses galloping, mountains, flies, angels, chariots, Christian religion, Bible, Old Testament, steel engraving Doré, historical illustration 1885

Burying victims of the Plague of London (1665) at night in multiple graves. Two of men are smoking pipes, partly to combat stench of corpses, partly in hope that Tobacco smoke would preventing them becoming infected. Copperplate engraving

The Lord appears to Elijah on Mount Horeb, Sinai. Kings book. Sacred biblical history Old Testament. Old engraving from the book Historia Sagrada 1920 Juan Lagui Lliteras

Story of the Prophet Moses, Moses smashes the rock to give water to his followers, c. 1810, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original

Stations of the Cross, Holy Image, historic steel engraving from 1860

The Fifth of November 1611 (c1902). Artist: Unknown

Act of Justice from 9 to 10 Thermidor VILLER. "Act of Justice from 9 to 10 Thermidor". Print (Forter, Burin).

Parting of the waters of the Red Sea. Book of Exodus. Chapter 15, verse 1. Engraving.

Constitutio Criminalis Carolina. Witchcarft should be executed with fire. 1580-1680. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

Desolation of Sanctuary by Felix Henri E. Philippoteaux, illustration, (1815-1884)

The Three Men in the Furnace of Fire, Old Testament, Bible, crowd, valley of Dura, landscape of Babel, meeting, judges, officials, rulers, king, golden image, worship, furnace, fire, glowing, heat, whitening, statue, mountains, tents, burning, princes, Nebuchadnezzar, historical illustration 1890

Heaven, historic steel engraving from 1860

The Greek fell successively five or six servants of the king, vintage engraving. The Greek fell successively five or six servants of the king, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660228

Ophelia. Fictitious character from the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Burial of Ophelia. Engraving by Barceló. La ilustración. Revista hispano-americana, 1883.

A Christian man being burned at the stake in Japan; a crowd watching. Wood engraving by J. Gauchard after A. Feyen-Perrin.

Engraving from c 1780 edition of John Foxe's New Book of Martyrs by Rev Dr Henry Southwell LLD. From the frontispiece; Faith, Hope and Charity,

Gipsy encampment in France: cooking & preparing food, gambling and giving birth... Date: circa 1630

Human Sacrifice by Druids

Saint Fructuosus of Braga was the Bishop of Dumio and Archbishop of Braga; a great founder of monasteries; who died on 16 April 665

Khoikhois bartering cattle, South Africa, 1931. Artist: Unknown

Vintage antique illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical Cain who murdered his brother Abel. Genesis 4:1-18.From Biblische Geschichte des alten und neuen Testaments, Germany 1859.. Vintage Drawing of Biblical Cain Who Murdered His Brother Abel

Gran Bretaña. Matanza de sacerdotes católicos en Dublín en 1647. Grabado de 1864.

Revolutionary anonymous allegory: hell. (TF)

An engraving depicting a Cornish winze shaft, used for exploration. Note the primitive form of lighting the men are carrying which is nothing more than bare candles stuck on their hats. Dated 19th century

Bible. Judas Maccabeus Pursues Timotheus. (I Maccabees 5:28-44). Engraving by A. Gusmand, drawing by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

Painting depicting the conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, an apostle who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Dated 17th Century

The brazen serpent, death, life, bite, poisonous, crowd, tents, cross, landscape, mountains, sin, punishment, Moses, God, mourning, Bible, Old Testament, Book 4 of Moses, chapter21, verse 9, historical illustration c. 1850

Travels and voyages along the west coast of Africa, 1637, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Croesus on the pyre, historical engraving, 1888

Saint Paul Landing at Malta by Gustave Dore, 1832-1883

The ascension of Elias. Elijah is taken to heaven in a chariot of fire. Kings book. Sacred biblical history Old Testament. Old engraving from the book Historia Sagrada 1920 Juan Lagui Lliteras

Burning of witches in medieval times, historical engraving of 1883

suffering and death due to poor ventilation, prisoners, Black Hole of Calcutta Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle. Illustration (1861) by Gustave Dore for Dante 'Inferno', Canto XXI. Wood engraving

Heliodorus, attempting to take treasure from Temple at Jerusalem, is attacked by terrible horse and his rider, while angels attack his bodyguard. 2 Maccabees 3. Plate from Gustave Dore's 'Bible' 1865-1866. Anger of God. Wood engraving.

Depiction of John Cabot (1450-1500) and Sebastian Cabot (1474-1557) discovering North America. Dated 15th Century

India. Woman burning herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband. Engraving. Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

Percht, figure of the Bavarian-Austrian alpine customs, Perchtenlaufen in the Salzburger Land, Austria, 1890, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Jesus on Golgotha, Gospel of John, Chapter 19, Crucifixion of Jesus, Place of the Skull, Horseman, Soldier, Crowd, New Testament, Bible, historical illustration 1886

India/France: 'The Manner in which the Indian Women Cast Themselves into ye Flames after ye Decease of their Husbands' sati or suttee, engraving, Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733), 1728

Biblical story, Stations of the Cross, image of the saints, historical steel engraving from 1860

'The Miracle of St Mark Freeing the Slave', 1548 (1870). Artist: Jules Lavee

A sacrifice at the Slaughter Stone

Geographic News. Doctor Lens, Execution of a Jew killed a Muslim, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

The storm on the ocean. The disciples say frightened Lord Jesus save us. Matthew book, New Testament Sacred biblical history. Old engraving

From The Disasters of The Jewish People: After the conquest of the city of Ai by the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua, the king of Ai was captured, hanged and then placed his body at the entrance of the city gate and covered with a large pile of stones, illustration, reproduction of a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

Daniel, chapter 7, verse 1, face of Prophet Daniel, Daniel's first vision, vision a fourth animal, sea, beast, animal beings, seashore, rocky coast, Old Testament, Bible, steel engraving Doré, historical illustration 1885

Burial of the unknown dead at the Woolwich cemetery, East Wickham after the disasterous sinking of the Princess Alice passenger steamship on the Thames on 3rd September 1878 in which approximately 640 lives were lost. Over 120 bodies were never identified. Date: 21st September 1878

Gustave Doré; The Torture of the Fiery Rain from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; Black and White Engraving

Heliodorus. 2nd century BC. Minister of the Syrian king Seleucus IV Philopator. Tried to seize the treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem. Heliodorus expulsed of the temple by heavenly messengers. Engraving by Pannemaker. The Bible in pictures by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

EASTER-TIDE CEREMONIES: "FLOGGING JUDAS ISCARIOT", A SCENE ON BOARD A PORTUGUESE SHIP IN THE LONDON DOCKS, UK, 1876

Plague of Darkness. Book of Exodus. Chapter 10, verses 20 to 23. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883).

Abdiel leads good angels into the fight with Satan Date: First published: 1667

Judas persecutes Timothy, 1 Mattatias chapter 5, verse 42, Judas lets the army cross the stream and destroys the enemy, weapons, spears, cavalry, pursuit, mountains, river crossing, Christian religion, Bible, Old Testament, steel engraving Doré, historical illustration 1885

Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Protestant reformer, burning the Papal Bull excommunicating him. Wittenberg, 1520

The angel of the Lord smites the army of the Assyrians, 2nd Book of Kings, swords, weapons, battle, dead, lightning, dark clouds, Bible, Old Testament, historical illustration

Destruction of the city of Ai or Hai, book of Joshua, chapter 8, verse 20, Bible, Old Testament, history, fire, flames, smoke, exodus, flight, expel, mountain, crowd, grief, fear, homeless, inhabitants, horses, warriors, plain, historical illustration after Gustave Doré around 1880

Engraving showing the view inside the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, as the Grand Organ and orchestra was destroyed by fire, June 1873. Date: 14 June 1873

Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Protestant reformer, burning the Papal Bull excommunicating him. Wittenberg, 1520.

The Burning Of Jerusalem Goeree, Jan(1670-1731 Dutch)

Historia sagrada. Cuerpo de un condenado abrasado con antorchas ardientes. Grabado de 1862.

'Throwing the Life-Line', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Establishment of the cross; Passion of Christ. .

Amerigo Vespucci (1471-1512) Italian-born Spanish explorer. Shown here observing the constellation of the Southern Cross. America named from Latinised form of his name. Engraving after Stradanus, 1522

The Journey of the Russian Clergy, 1878, to Congratulate the Parishioners on Christmas Eve, Russia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Woman in front of a wayside cross in the Alps, historical woodcut, circa 1870

The Entombment of Christ, steel engraving after a painting by Raphael, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original.

'Burial of a Member of the M'cLintock Expedition', c1859, (1928). Artist: Unknown.

festivity Midsummer fire festival in the Upper Danube area Germany wood engraving after drawing by W. Gause 1888,

Prophet Ezechiel receives scroll from God Title page for: W. Greenhill, Explanation of the Prophecy of Ezekiel, The Hague 1732 Explanation of the Prophecy of Ezekiel , print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter van Thol, (mentioned on object), print maker: Leiden, publisher: The Hague, 1681 - 1732 and/or 1732, paper, etching, h 175 mm × w 131 mm

ABISHAI SAVING THE LIFE OF DAVID, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Gustave Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Bible. 1870, Art, Artist, holy book, religion, religious, christianity, christian, romanticism, colour, color engraving

Australia people Aborigines group of Aborigin men during ceremony dance wood engraving 1863,

Abishai saves the life of David. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

A poor Moroccan mad man, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Burning of witches in the Middle Ages, three woman on the burning pyre, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Burning of witches in the Middle Ages, three woman on the burning pyre, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Burning Negroes in New York, 1700s

The Tabacology: origin and arrival of tobacco and its use by various people: Indians smoking tobacco.

Memorial sheet for Gustav Freytag, Gustav Freytag, 13 July 1816, 30 April 1895, German writer, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Twelve Temptations - Daniel in the Lions' Den

Skiopticone image. Religious motive.

Toba indian prisoner escapes from captivity, Bolivian Chaco. Bolivia, South America. Journey to the Chaco Boreal 1886-1887 by Émile-Arthur Thouar (1853 - 1915 to 1920) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Historia sagrada. Vista de la cueva de Belén con el nacimiento de Jesús. Grabado de 1862.

The Passage through the Red Sea, Second Book of Moses, Chapter 15, Verses 1-13, Old Testament, Bible, Red Sea, Children of Israel, many people, fountain, water, horses, miracle, wave, bubbles, chariot, historical illustration 1890

The Mennonite Anna Hendrick is (on November 10, 1571), Amsterdam, thrown into the fire.

From The Disasters of The Jewish People: The Chaldeans carry away the pillars of the Temple. The work depicts the sacking of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), illustration, reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical

The Abolition of Monarchy, 1683; Black and White Illustration;

Christ is sleeping aboard the ship during the storm. The boat with Christ and his students wrong in a heavy storm. High waves tearing the ship and the sails have already been torn. The students are afraid of their lives but Christ sleeps quietly on deck.

Cave Dwellings of the Shepherds in Dalmatia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy

Circassian Bridal Ride in the Caucasus, Georgia, Circassians or Circassians are a Caucasian people, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Asia

Be confident, it is me, do not be afraid, chapter 14, verse 27, Matthew Gospel, miracle, Jesus walks on water, comfort, sea, storm, high waves, danger, fear, small boat, disciples of Jesus, sail, New Testament, Bible, historical illustration 1850

Illustrated Bible. New Testament. Jesus walking on the sea. Drawing by Gustave Dore and engraving by H. Pisan. 19th century.

The Taking Down of the Cross of Christ Albrecht Durer (1471-1528 German)

Funeral of Atala, vintage engraving. Funeral of Atala, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660624

Bible, The Darkness, First Book of Moses, Moses, Old Testament, Genesis, ten plagues, three days of darkness, punishment, suffering, misfortune, sea, temple, despair, Egypt, historical illustration 1885, Africa

Last scene of Rama’s drama represented before the raja of Benares, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

His vision of the Chariot drawn by cherubim

To avoid his enemies King Sverre Sigurdsson and his band are forced into the mountains & are caught in a terrible storm. Prayer succeeds in clearing the sky.

Augustinian canons and their St Bernard dogs from the hospice of Great St Bernard, Switzerland, rescuing a traveller collapsed in the snow. Founded by St Bernard of Menthon (923-1008). Copperplate engraving

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