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
Water Carrier, Bethlehem, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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John Kemp, 15th century English Cardinal, (1845).Artist: J Swaine
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giving to Almighty God for the completion of sixty years of the happy reign of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria." The Communion Service followed, the Bishop of London being the celebrant.
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Anglo-Saxon grave finds from the Migration Period, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not available
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St Frideswide (or Frithuswith) English Pricess and Abbess, founder of the Monastery at Oxford which was later incorporated into Christ Church, Oxford: Engraving from Lives of the Saints by the Reverend Sabin Baring-Gould, published 1898
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German 15th Century, Saint Margaret, c 1460 Saint Margaret
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Griechenland, Priesterin der Demeter, im Chiton mit Dipolidion und Kolpos, nach einem Vasenbild, Modegeschichte, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digital...
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Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) was a French naturalist and explorer who made several voyages to southeast Asia between 1769 and 1781. He published this two-volume account of his voyage of 1774-81 in 1782. Volume 1 deals exclusively with India, whose culture Sonnerat very much admired, and is especially noteworthy for its extended discussion of religion in India, Hinduism in particular. The book is illustrated with engravings based on Sonnerat's drawings. Among the most interesting illustrations are Sonnerat's pictures of various Hindu deities.
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Child Jesus, see the Lamb of God, Communion picture, 1880, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original dat...
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Ritterliche Kleidung mit Rauch, Herr und Dame, auf dem Kopf ein Schapel, 13. Jahrhundert, Modegeschichte, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Repro...
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Two Russian peasant women. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph
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The illustration here highlights a Byzantine Empress between 800 and 1000 A.D. The illustration fates to 1882.
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Emperor Wu of Han (pinyin: Hànwǔdì; Wade-Giles: Wu Ti), (156 -29 March, 87 BCE), personal name Liu Che, was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty of China, ruling from 141 to 87 BEC. Emperor Wu is best remembered for the vast territorial expansion that occurred under his reign, as well as the strong and centralized Confucian state he organized. He is cited in Chinese history as the greatest emperor of the Han dynasty and one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. Emperor Wu's effective governance made the Han Dynasty one of the most powerful nations in the world. As a military campaigner, Emperor Wu led Han China through its greatest expansion at its height, the Empire's borders spanned from modern Kyrgyzstan in the west, to Korea in the northeast, and to northern Vietnam in the south. Emperor Wu successfully repelled the nomadic Xiongnu from systematically raiding northern China and dispatched his envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC to seek an alliance with the Yuezhi of modern Uzbeki
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Brahman and his wife Saraswati, India, Sarasvati is regarded as the female power, Shakti, of the god Brahma and as the female personification of the absolute source Brahman, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia
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Jesus Good Shepherd. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1890
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Quechua indigenous woman from Arequipa, Peru, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862
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Christuskopf mit Dornenkrone, von Edward Jakob von Steinle / Christ head with crown of thorns, by Edward Jakob von Steinle, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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The figures represented here are two Byzantines Theodosius in 379 and his consort Aelia Flacilia. Theodosius I was chosen by the Emperor Gratian to rule the East as co-Augustus. He called the First Council of of Constantinople. His death left the Roman Empire permanently divided. The illustration dates to 1882. .
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Women, Sinhalese, ethnic group in Sri Lanka, woman in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, origin...
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Tarot Card - Roy d'Epee (King of Swords).
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Anglo-Saxon warriors, spearmen, from the second half of the 11th century, England, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork
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The Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, was a state that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people in the same year as the Tang Dynasty collapsed (907), even though its first ruler, Yelü Abaoji (Yaruud Ambagai Khan), did not declare an era name until 916. Although it was originally known as the Empire of the Khitan, the Emperor Yelü Ruan officially adopted the name 'Liao' (formally Great Liao’) in 947. Another name for China in English, Cathay, is derived from the name Khitan. This is also the origin of the Russian word for China, Китай or Kitay, and that of several other East European languages. The Liao Empire was destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty in 1125. However, remnants of its people led by Yelü Dashi established the Xi (Western) Liao Dynasty 1125-1220, also known as Kara-Khitan Khanate, which extended its influence over Central Asia into Persia and survived until t
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 ().
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An engraving depicting a statue of Hipparchus based on a medal struck at his birthplace, Nicaea (modern day Turkey). Hipparchus of Nicaea (190 BC-120 BC) a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. Dated 19th century
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Medieval music. women playing frame drum. Engraving. 19th century.
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Pilgrims with Dead, Iraq, 1880, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine advanced by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428-431. Nestorius and his teachings were eventually condemned as heretical at the First Council of Ephesus in 431 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451, leading to the Nestorian Schism in which churches supporting Nestorius broke with the rest of the Christian Church. Afterward many of Nestorius' supporters relocated to Sassanid Persia, where they affiliated with the local Christian community, known as the Church of the East. Subsequently the Church of the East became increasingly Nestorian in doctrine, leading it to be known alternately as the Nestorian Church.
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This illustration by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Of this encounter, he wrote: Barely ashore, I saw a Laotian coming to meet me, his distinguished bearing and numerous retinue showing he was an important man. Big, well-built, draped in Roman style with a robe that covered his whole body, he had a bearing rare in Laos and a truly remarkable face.”.
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Africa. Egypt. Veiled Muslism lady. Cairo. Engraving, 1890. Later colouration.
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Santa Claus, historical illustration
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Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. Artist: Unknown
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New Testament story of Jesus raising back to life the daughter of Jairus. Gospels (Mark 5:21ñ43, Matthew 9:18ñ26, Luke 8:40ñ56)
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Brahma and Saraswati, Hindu gods, India, woodcut from 1880, Asia
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Military headgear of time of Edward I, drawn from the painted chamber at Westminster, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.
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Baal, altar, interior, Samaria, face, countenance, horns, stars, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Kings, chapter 16, verse 22, historical illustration c. 1850, Near East
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Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), English churchman, saint and martyr, 1493. Artist: Unknown.
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religion biblical scenes Adam and Eve woodcut ""Hortus Sanitatis"" printed by H. Schoenperger Augsburg 1486,
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The prayer desk pictured here dates to between 1000 and 1100 A.D. The illustration dates to 1882.
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This 1882 illustration represents two ancient Egyptian priests, with the wall paintings uncovered in ancient Egyptian tombs as the model. .
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Mongolian Empire, Mongolian armour and weapons from the 10th century, Mongolia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Asia
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St Peter holding his symbol of a key. Woodcut by Hans Baldung (1470-1550).
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JOHANN ZIZKA, duke of Bohemia Hussite leader in Bohemia Date: 1360 - 1424
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MAGDALENA DESPOJANDOSE DE SUS JOYAS - 1639 - RETABLO DEL SIGLO XVII - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: JUSEPE LEONARDO DE CHAVACIER (1601-1652). Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA. GETAFE. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Angel Holding Book 1860 (From "Paradise and the Peri" by T. Moore) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tuscany Grosseto Santa Fiora SS. Fiora e Lucilla, Parish church6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views show a simple stone facade with a renaissance portal and a Romanesque rose window. Most views focus on the interior decoration by Andrea and Giovanni della Robbia: the dossal in the first altar to the right depicts the penitent St. Jerome, the Coronation of the Virgin, and the Stigmatization of St. Francis; the pulpit depicts the Last Supper, the Resurrection, and the Ascension. Other della Robbia terracottas show the Assumption of the Virgin among angels and the Baptism of Christ. Coverage includes the very Mannerist main altarpiece, an icon of the Virgin and Child (engaged in close eye contact) set in an aedicule, a polychrome statue of St. Anthony Abbot, several crucifixes and a baptismal font. General Notes: SS. Fiora and Lucilla is also called the Pieve (Parish Church). German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until hi
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Monk at a Buddhist prayer wheel, Tibet, 1890 / Mönch an einer buddhistischen Gebetsmühle, Tibet, 1890, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Norman cross placed in the courtyard of the Church of Eyam, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.
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Headdress decorated with traditional hair from the tribe of Lovale, Central Africa. Journey across Africa, from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron
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GRABADO-PASTOR DE LAS LANDAS S XIX.
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Norman cross placed in the courtyard of the Church of Eyam, vintage engraving. Norman cross placed in the courtyard of the Church of Eyam, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656037
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Holy Catherine of Alexandria Octave Tassaert (1800-1874). St. Catherine of Alexandria. Charcoal and turned from white gouache on cream paper, nineteenth century.
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Purana Puri, a Fakir or holy man, whose mode of devotional discipline was the elevation of his arms above his head. His arms lost mass and shrank as a consequence. Such Hindu philosophers follow an ancient tradition, and were known to the Greeks as Gymnosophists. Engraving, London, 1811.
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Playing card of a magical being belonging to a court vendor from the beginning of the 17th Century.
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Crown of the Empress of Constantinople, from an Arab Medal in Bronze, 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
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Girolamo Maria Francesco Matteo Savonarola, 21 September 1452, 23 May 1498, was an Italian Dominican friar and penitential preacher and was executed in 1498, the bust is in San Marco in Florence, digital improved reproduction of an original from 1880
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San Antonio María Claret,vitral siglo XIX. Casa natal. Casa museo Torres Amat. Sallent. Museum: CASA MUSEU TORRES AMAT. SALLENT. Author: ANTONI GORGUES.
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Jesús de Nazaret (siglo I). Medalla enviada al rey de Edesse, Armenia. Grabado de 1850.
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Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 495 b.C.). Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Portrait.
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Monk at work on a manuscript in the corner of a scriptorium. Engraving after 15th century manuscript
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Illustration of Father Christmas Santa Claus writing notes with candlestick on isolated background done in retro style. . Santa Claus Writing
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Inca man holding a quipu, a device made of strings and knots used to count and record numeric information by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1550-after 1615) from Nueva Cronica y Buen Gobierno, Engraving, 1587
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Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Sacristán al cuidado de una iglesia.
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Man chained to a pole as punishment in China, circa 1800
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Ahuramazda also Ahura Mazda means the wise lord or lord of wisdom, in Middle Persian Ormusd, Ormozd or Ormus, in Zoroastrianism is the creator god who first created the spiritual world, Menok, and then the material world, Geti, he embodies the power of light, is the creator and sustainer of the world and humanity and is the god of fertility of living beings, relief of Persian monuments, digital improved file of an original print from the 19th century
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Ahuramazda auch Ahura Mazda bedeutet der weise Herr oder Herr der Weisheit, auf mittelpersisch Ormusd, Ormozd oder Ormus, im Zoroastrismus ist der Sch...