Cultural Illustrations and Figures

Vintage illustrations depicting historical and cultural figures, including religious personages and traditional carriers, reflecting diverse heritages.

Water Carrier, Bethlehem, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Saint Thomas the Apostle, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, here a sculture from Peter Vischer from the Shrine of St. Sebaldus in the Sebalduskirche at Nuremberg, Germany / Der Apostel Thomas nach Peter Vischer, Sebaldusgrab in Nürnberg, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Illustration showing Greek woman from Delphi, Greece. 1836

EFFIGY OF JOHN IN WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

Beauty of Cameroon, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Water Carrier, Bethlehem, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Water Carrier, Bethlehem, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Saint Ephraem the Syrian, 4th century saint who lived in Nisibis (modern-day Nusaybin, Turkey). Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century, and one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that group. He was the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms. He is also a highly revered saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox churches.

Detail from a poster advertising the Bavarian Passion Play; a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. The character shown in this detail is 'Pilate' played by Tobias Flunger. Anti-Semitism was prominent in Passion plays. Dated 1870

Poor man ashamed. Hospitals of Venice. Alms begging in the churches and streets of Venice, 16th century. They wore long black robes with hoods. 19th-century facsimile from an engraving after Cesare Vecellio (1521-1601), 1590. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Saint Olaf (King Olaf II of Norway): Engraving from Lives of the Saints by the Reverend Sabin Baring-Gould, published 1898

Portrait of Saint Albert of Sicily. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Portrait of St. Raymond (or Raymund) Nonnatus. He is the patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, pregnant women, and priests defending the confidentiality of confession. He is shown with a padlocked mouth as he suffered in captivity as a legend states that the Moors bored a hole through his lips with a hot iron, and padlocked his mouth to prevent him from preaching. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Judge in robe from the time of Charles II around 1695, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Figures prepared by Baron von Hess for a painted window in Glasgow Cathedral: John the Baptist, 1862. 'This great work of embellishing a national monument, the first of its kind that has been undertaken under the auspices of the Church of Scotland, affords a remarkable proof of the change which may be wrought in an ecclesiastical body by the tendency and inclination of the age. No longer the stern discourager of pictorial art, the Church of Scotland, has here shown herself to be its enlightened patron; for though, in conformity with her fundamental principles, rejecting obsolete quaintnesses a

A Roman Christian man who lived after A.D. 330, when Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire.

Order of Santiago. Religious and military order founded in the 12th century in the kingdom of León. Knight of Santiago. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver and xylograph.

Indian tribal leader in traditional clothes; South India 1860

Günther von Niederaltaich, Saint.

1847 Exhibition of Drawing after a fresco of St. Laure monastery on Mount Athos, vintage engraving. 1847 Exhibition of Drawing after a fresco of St. Laure monastery on Mount Athos, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673308

The figure pictured here represents the procurator of St. Mark around 1500 A.D. The illustration dates to 1882. .

A woodcut engraving depicting a victim of St Anthony's Fire (gangrenous ergotism) appealing to the saint for help. Dated 16th century

An augur of ancient Rome utters prophecies based on the corn eaten by his hens

Rosalia (Italian: Roza'lia; Sicilian: Rusulìa; 1130-1166), nicknamed la Santuzza ("the Little Saint"), is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy: Here she is portrayed as a young woman carving words on a rock beside a cave entrance; "I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Monte delle Rose, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by the Reverend Sabin Baring-Gould, published 1898

Saint David of Wales Black and White Illustration

Late 15th century copper engraving by Meister FVB depicting Saint Peter (Petrus) with symbolic attributes in a detailed figural composition.

Saint Chad of Mercia; Black and White Illustration

A male figure wearing a hooded cowl with crossed swords. Latin edition of Sebastian Münster, "Cosmographia", Basel, C.1544-52.

Sir Thomas Neville 1484-1542. Speaker of the house of commons 1515 councillor to King Henry VIII. Brass effigy from Mereworth church England.

St Lawrence or Laurence of Rome (c.225 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred during the persecution by Emperor Valerian in 258.

HOSEA, PROPHET cheerless prophet who was forced to marry a harlot, which made him even gloomier than he was already. Date: 8th century BCE

Saint Mildburh (aka Milburga or Milburgh) an 8th century Benedictine Abbess of Wenlock Priory. The geese reference the story of Milburga on seeing a flock of geese eating the seeds that had been sown in the fields, raised her hand and the scarecrows came to life dancing and singing and the geese flew away. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Albrecht, V. Count of Habsburg (July 125) (1 May 1308), was from 1282 Duke Albrecht I of Austria, of Styria and of Carniola as well as Lord of the Windische Mark and from 1298 Roman-German King from the House of Habsburg, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Cartoons for 'Christ In Majesty' in All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London (incomplete). Worshipping Figure, William Dyce (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1806 - 1864)

Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods of Mt Olympus. She was often described as the handmaiden and personal messenger of Hera. Iris was a goddess of sea and sky.

Woman, Banjarin, Banjarese people, South Borneo, Indonesia, 19th century woman, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown, Asia

Merchant in Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain. Europe. Travels in Spain by Gustave Dore and Jean Charles Davillier from Le Tour du Monde 1867

Saxon woman, after the Meyrick, vintage engraving. Saxon woman, after the Meyrick, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648808

This illustration, which dates to 1882, shows the Byzantine consul Flavius Felix in A.D. 428. He was a leading politician in the western Roman Empire, with its headquarters in the Byzantine Empire in Constantinople (present-day Turkey). He served under the emperors Valentinian III and Theodosius II. The consulate had been the highest elected office during the roman Republic and it became an appointed position during the Empire.

Saint Athanasius. Coloured stipple engraving by W. Hamilton.

Portrait of Rabbi Akiva (50 AD - 137 AD) a tanna and leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. Dated 17th Century

Keizer Sigismund I; Sigismundus; Liber Chronicarum.A king with a mate and scepter, for feet. The show is part of the sequence emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as a sigismundus, son of Karel IV. The print is part of an album.

Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus), Charlemagne, 747-814, King of the Frankish Empire from 768 to 814, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ori...

St Francis of Assisi, Italian priest and founder of the Franciscan order, 1493. Artist: Unknown.

(Rocco, Roque) - He goes as a pilgrim to Rome, where he is infected while caring for plague victims ; he recovers and goes on to perform many healing miracles. Date: 1295 - 1327

Druid after Meyrick, vintage engraving. Druid after Meyrick, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648800

Troubadour, street musician, in France, around 1200, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Étienne de Poncher (1446-1524), Bishop of Paris, 16th century (1849). Artist: Unknown

Anglo Saxon king in A.D. 996

SPECIMEN OF WOOD ENGRAVING, THE PROPHET JEREMIAH, FROM THE PAINTING BY MICHAEL ANGELO, IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL, AT ROME

Black and White Illustration of Saint Louis Bertrand from Lives of the Saints by Reverend Sabin Baring-Gould published in 1898

JOHN CARPENTER Citizen of London, Town Clerk and benefactor. Date: 1370 - 1441

Black and white drawing, Christ as Orpheus, after a picture from the catacombs of Rome, Italy, Europe

Statue of Stephen in the Choir of York Cathedral, 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, 1857

Frederick II was an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, dressed as a minstrel, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Europe. West Francia. 8th century. Churchman.

Cartoons for 'Christ in Majesty' in All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London (incomplete). Christ's Arm (right), William Dyce (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1806 - 1864)

Jew holding the Mezuzah, vintage engraving. Jew holding the Mezuzah, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673817

The figure represented here is Maximianus, who was archbishop of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) from 431 to 434. He was known as a pious clergyman, especially because of his building tombs for the remains of holy men. The illustration dates to 1882.

Rich Jewish woman, portrait, gate, curtain, building, boots, wealth, traditional dress, historical illustration 1881, Tunis, Tunisia, Africa

The tomb of Peter of Aspelt or Aichspalt, Archbishop of Mainz with three of him crowned kings, Henry VII, Ludwig the Bavarian and John of Bohemia, in the cathedral at Mainz, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Saint Giles (650 AD c. 710), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a Greek, Christian, hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is cantered in Provence and Septimania. Giles founded the abbey in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard whose tomb became a place of pilgrimage.

Imam of Dakar, The King of the St Andre River, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

St Anthony of Padua and St Catherine of Alexandria, detail of a panel showing Madonna with Child and the Saints Peter Martyr, Bonaventura, Anthony of Padua and St Catherine of Alexandria, by Jacopo Da Montagna (1432-1492).

Santa Engracia de Zaragoza (-303), virgen y mártir española. Grabado de 1852.

Torture, Punishment, Punishment, A Chinese man is fastened by the neck and ankles to a metal rod, c. 1810, China, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

John of Gaunt, England.

St. Philip(), standing with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on his head, masonry walls to his right and behind him, from a series of full-length figures of Christ and the Twelve Apostles 1545 Lambert Suavius Netherlandish. St. Philip(), standing with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on his head, masonry walls to his right and behind him, from a series of full-length figures of Christ and the Twelve Apostles 398778

Member of the Brotherhood of Death in Venice. They accompanied those sentenced to death to execution and buried them. One of the seven works of corporal mercy. Engraving after Cesare Vecellio (1530-1601) in "De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diversi parti del mondoi". Venice, 1590. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Water Carrier of Nazareth, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Member of the Brotherhood of Death in Venice. They accompanied those sentenced to death to execution and buried them. One of the seven works of corporal mercy. Engraving after Cesare Vecellio (1530-1601) in "De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diversi parti del mondoi". Venice, 1590. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

An engraving depicting a candle guard to prevent the flame guttering in the wind. Dated 19th century

King David playing on the lyre surrounded by four musicians. All wearing costumes of the 13th century. From miniature in a manuscript psalter

Norman costume, early 12th century, (1910). Artist: Unknown

Culture in Arabia, around the year 800, two Mohammedan warriors in flowing robes with turban, round shield and double-edged sword, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Satirical cartoon commenting the Crimean War depicting Nicolas I of Russia. Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. Dated 19th century

Persian dancer with typical dress. Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire

Byzantine warrior c. 700, Byzantium, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known

Copper plate engraving depicting the Prophet Isaiah shown holding a saw, the implement with which he was killed. Dated 19th century

Moorish collector rights march in Algiers, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Caterina de Pazzi, santa María Magdalena de Pazzis (1566-1607), noble toscana y monja carmelita italiana, virgen. Grabado de 1852.

King Henry IV of England and his wife Joan of Navarre, after the funerary monument in the chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, England, digitally restored ...

The figure pictured here is a German bishop in 1700. This illustration dates to 1882.

Santo Tomás de Aquino (1225-1274), fraile, teólogo y filósofo. Grabado popular del siglo XIX.

China rural schoolmaster with the symbols of his dignity wood engraving from a western account of a journey 19th century,

Story of the Prophet Moses, Moses, after Michelangelo, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original

Jesus of Nazareth, religious leader of Jewish origin

Gregory I, The Great (c540-604) Pope from 590. Copperplate engraving by Adrian Collaert (c1520-1567).

Symbol of the Order of St. Christopher, St. Christopher is venerated as a martyr and saint, he is one of the fourteen helpers in need and is especiall...

Saint Kevin, Irish Saint of Glendalough, from 13th Century illuminated manuscript MS Royal 13 B viii; Black & White Illustration

St. Coloman, patron of the Austrian nation, woodcut, 1513, Austria, Europe

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, reigned c. 970 - 931 BC. King of Israel. After a 19th century illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori-Puche.

St. Florian of Lorch (3rd century) was an officer in the Roman army and commander-in-chief of a fire-fighting unit, patron saint of the fire brigade, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

Astarte, female deity, embodiment of the moon, worshipped by Syrians, portrait, head with bull horns, Phoenicians, Israelites, historical depiction 1886

An idol regarded as one of the most powerful in the island. Illustrations. 1839. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Madagascar, Religion

Portrait of Emperor Hendrik IV, born 1056, founder of the Mariakerk in Utrecht, died 1106. Standing, in full ornate with armor, crown, scepter and Rijksappel. The Maria Church is depicted on the right in the background.

Statue of Pepin, in the church of Fulda, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Saints Cosmas and Damian, both died c.ad 287. twin brothers, physicians, and early Christian martyrs. They practiced their profession in the seaport of Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Syria.

The illustrations shown here depict the ecclesiastical costumes of a Canon wearing a cope and amess in the 15th century and a Canon in the 17th century. The illustration dates to 1882.

Santon, Calender or Abdal, member of an Islamic devotional sect. Date: 1737

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