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Cultural Markets and Gatherings

Historical depictions of markets and councils in Africa and America, showcasing traditional attire, ceremonies, and community interactions in natural settings.

Market at Sokoto, Nigeria,West AfricaDate: 1850s

Naumachia in Ancient Rome, Naumachia of Augustus, the History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

My first step / decree of February 22, 1866 of S.M. Emperor / Prince Imperial / is appointed Honorary President of the 1867 World Expo (IT)

Pelagius of Asturias (c. 685-737). Visigoth nobleman, leader of the Asturian rebellion (718-737) against the Muslim power and winner in the Battle of Covadonga. First monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias. Pelagius in Covadonga. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume V. Published in Barcelona, 1881.

Chinese funeral ceremony with mourners in a procession to a tomb in a cemetery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, The Scalp Dance of the Sioux, c 1842 The Scalp-Dance of the Sioux

Greek Orthodox St. Catherine Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, monastery fortress, high walls, Christianity, culture, loneliness, hermits, ten commandments, mountains, camels, horsemen, group, steel engraving, historical illustration 1834

Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

The Cession of Matavai, in Tahiti, to Captain James Wilson. In the early 1800's Captain Wilson and members of the London Missionary Society sailed the ship "Duff" around the Pacific

Engraving showing the Coorg Harvest Festival held in Madras, India, 1852. This festival was an annual event held just prior to the farmers gathering the harvest. This image showing a traditional dance with each of the male dancers holding two sticks. Following the dances were games and bouts of single combat with swords. Date: 1852

Resting place for travelers; Chauderie in Darma-Oer. At a resting place for travelers a man donates water in the hands of another man who can drink. In the background palm trees.

One of some 500 temples in this sacred city Date: circa 1880

Berber women collecting water at the fountain. Traras mountains, Northwest Algeria, Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Six month with the Traras Berber tribe in Oran by Charles de Mauprix,1888 from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Baptism 1870s William P. Chappel American During the Second Great Awakening (ca. 1790-1830), New York City became a center for Methodist and Baptist revivalist preachers who inspired their flourishing working-class congregations. Baptisms of adults and older children by total immersion in waterembraced by some Methodists but a particular hallmark of the Baptist faithdrew large audiences for Sunday morning ceremonies. Such immersions were performed on the banks of the Hudson and East Rivers. Here, Chappel represents the beach at Corlear’s Hook, a popular spot for baptizing as well as bathing, due to the fine sandy bottom and shelving shore.. Baptism. William P. Chappel (American, 1801-1878). American. 1870s. Oil on slate paper

Marcapata village and church, Quispicanchi province, Cusco department, southern Peru. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey across South America by Paul Marcoy, Le Tour du Monde 1870

A Hermit before a Grotto - A Mountainous Landscape with Pilgrims at a Chapel in a Grotto - Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper the Younger, circa 1626

The Bodhi Tree aka the Pagoda Fig Tree, Bodhi Fig Tree or Bo Tree, (Ficus religiosa) with its aerial or adventitious roots. This is the tree under which Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained en

A Roadside Shrine and Cross 1699 Valentijn Klotz Dutch. A Roadside Shrine and Cross 459351

Angkor Wat was built in the early 12th century for King Suryavarman II (ruled 1113-50). Angkor Wat was built in the early 12th century for King Suryavarman II (ruled 1113-50).

Abyssinia. Chelikut Church; about 1867 - 1868; Albumen silver print

Village scene with people in Japan, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900, traditional Japanese village with houses and people surrounded by nature and a mountain in the background

A landscape with Austrian pilgrims gathering around a sculpture. Engraving by J.B. Allen after G.R. Lewis.

Some of the 'painted rocks' of Native American culture in Arizona. Date:

Mountain of Beatitudes, Mountain of Beatitudes, is an elevation on the northern edge of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900

This image shows: Great Martyrdom of 52 Christians on September 10, 1622 in Nagasaki Japan. Painted on Japanese paper. The original is in the possession of the Church of the Gesu in Rome. It became known as the Great Genna Martyrdom. The victims included Europeans, Japanese, and Koreans.

Clonmacnoise monastery, County Offaly, Ireland after an engraving by William Henry Bartlett; Black and White Illustration;

A Chinese Tea Plantation with Workers Carrying and Roasting the Tea, 1810, China, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

View of Adam's Peak, Anonymous, 1784 print At the bottom of the mountain, figures were washed in the river that comes down from the mountain. An elongated group of pilgrims climb the mountain. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Harlingen paper engraving / etching pilgrimage, pilgrim(s) under way Adam's Peak

View of Griquatown, Northern Cape, 52, Khoikhoi visiting their family graves 53, and a Khoikhoi preacher preaching in front of a wagon 54. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.

Queen Victoria sails into Fingal's Cave on the Island of Staffa, Scotland. Date: 1847

A landscape with a woman in adoration before a cross. Engraving.

Joseph August Knip painting of the grotto at Cora with the 15th-century miracle statue, including the surrounding landscape, executed in cover colors with white highlights from brush.

A print depicting a Native American man, a woman, a canoe, a river, tepees, mountains and decorative ornamentation.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Indians of North America, Canoes, Tipis

Lapland sorcerer predicting the future by means of a magic drum. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Hermit lodge with saints. Hermit lodge with saints; Design for a garden decoration.

Buddha statue at Amarapura, Burma, Myanmar. Southeast Asia. Drawing by Lancelot. Travel to the kingdom of Ava, 1855 by Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889) Le Tour du Monde 1860

The epistle of the Apostle Paul to Titus, written in Crete, letter, fortified city, port, Mediterranean, lighthouse, mountain landscape, hiker with dog, woman, child, jug, carrying, head, title, Bible, New Testament, historical illustration 1850

The temptation of Saint Antony Abbot. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers.

Bathers in a pond near a temple, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Bathers in a pond near a temple (Ceylon). On the left, a Western man (Jacob Haafner) Get out of a sedan chair who is worn by zuiost-Asian men. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving taking a bath - AA - in the open air. (carrying a person in a) sedan-chair. temple, shrine ~ non-Christian religions

The Shepherd's Field and the Church of the Nativity, church in Bethlehem built over the presumed birthplace of Jesus Christ, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900

Bedouin camp in the Sinai Mountains near St. Catherine's Monastery, Egypt, Bedouin camp in front of impressive rocks and mountains in an extensive desert, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900

In the Prater , Ring game and hasel in Prater, Unknown

Ancient Christian churches in Abyssinia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Tatarskoe semeistvo v doroge (v Krymu). Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

St Martin's Church, near Canterbury, 1844. 'Proceeding westward, from the ruins of St. Augustine's Monastery, we reached the brow of a hill upon which stands the venerable church of St. Martin-in-the- fields, celebrated as the building in which Queen Bertha is said to have had the service of religion performed to herself and her Christian attendants, by her chaplain Luidhard, before the arrival of the Roman missionary. Here also Augustine first performed mass, and King Ethelbert is said to have worshipped'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

Ghat on the Ganges (): a crowd preparing for a suttee, or widow-burning. Coloured aquatint by R.G. Reeve, J. Willis and H. Melville after R.M. Grindlay, ca. 1830 ().

'Reception of Rev J Williams at Tanna', 1941. George Baxter. A remarkable pair of rare. prints depicting the mission to the South Seas by the Rev. John Williams, and his murder at the hands of natives on the island of Erromango. The prints were produced through an unusual oil-coloured process invented by pioneering British print-maker George Baxter

Tonga Islands: Chief Palou meeting officials from the Major State from the Astrolabe ship, 1826-1829, engraving from a drawing by Louis Auguste de Sainson from Travels by Jules Dumont d'Urville, Polynesia 19th Century.

The King of Congo blessing the people 40, dead body dressed and dried on a pyre in Loango 41 and funeral cortege drawn by slaves 42. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.

Baptising Scene near White Fort HudsonRiver. Lithographer: Endicott & Swett, American

Koorma Kurma (Tortoise). The figure indicated by the fingers is meant to represent the tortoise. 1851, Belnos, S. C., Mrs., 1851, London. Themes include Hindu gods, Brahmans, Hinduism, rituals, prayer, religious life and customs, gestures, religious aspects, and mudras in Hinduism. The Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) is also referenced

Neerlands Salvation April 1, 1572. Communtees in Utrecht April 1, 1872. Costumed procession held in Utrecht on 1 April 1872 in the celebration of the 300-year intake of the Briel by the water boots on 1 April 1572. The procession with floats depicted in five rows among each other.

H. Franciscus, Jacques-Philippe le Bas, After David Teniers (II), 1743 print Numbered below: 27. Paris paper etching / engraving St. Francis of Assisi preaching

Chinese Qing Dynasty, Procession by a Lake, 19th century Procession by a Lake

Pillar where Jesus Christs death sentence was affixed, Jerusalem 1800s. Colonna su cui fu appesa la Sentenza di morte di Gesu Cristo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833. Copied from Luigi Mayers Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1804.

The Holy Land, circa 1876

Ceiling fresco in the nave, Church of the Assumption of Mary, first mentioned in 1179, Bad Koetzting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mountain of temptation in the West Bank. Mountain in the Jordan Valley near Jericho, where Jesus is said to have been tempted by Satan, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historic, around 1900

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Dutch East Indies; Prints to useful. Sheet with 6 performances of Javanese, a landscape on Java, a dancer and a temple. Under every performance a title and a verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 3. Above left: awarded by society to the usefulness of the general.

The Waserfahl of the Criers Genand; .

Queen Victoria and Lord Carnarvon give an order to the annexation of Transvaal, 1877, 1877 - 1880 print From heaven, Queen Victoria and Lord Carnarvon commissioned to annex transvaal. The female personification of Transvaal is squeezed by John Bull while Shepstone and Barkley watch approving. On the right a lion in a cage. Part of the series of eleven cartoons on the British annexation of Transvaal in 1877. South Africa (Possible) paper prisoner with hands bound. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Transvaal

Natives of Bhootan. Unknown maker

Festival of Britons at Stonehenge, pagan, Pre-roman period Druids.

Georgia - Coronation Day 1896 - eating a celebration picnic at Mtzchet Date: 1896

A temple () on the edge of a lake. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

Historical illustration showing the transportation of the parts of a large cross on a mountain pass in the Bavarian Alps near Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. The crucifixion group near Oberammergau was paid by King Ludwig II/Historical illustration showing the transport of the parts of a big cruzifix on a mountain pass in the Bavarian Alps near Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. The Crucifixion Group, Cruzifix Group, near Oberammergau was paid by King Ludwig II, Louis II, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colored

The Jewish Church in Maarssen.

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