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Detailed scenes depicting social gatherings and daily activities in taverns and workshops, showcasing life in past centuries with a touch of humor.

Recreation of urban life on the street in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Campania. Italy, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880
Recreation of urban life on the street in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Campania. Italy, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880
146 assets in this story
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Parents Teaching Their Daughter a Song. Artist: Abraham van Strij (Dutch, Dordrecht 1753-1826 Dordrecht). Dimensions: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 13 9/16 in. (44.6 x 34.4 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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 'Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Says Simple Simon to the  pieman, Let me taste your ware.'
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Determining The Weight Of The Tea Chests. Weighing a coffin with tea on which the VOC Insigne in a Chinese trading house in canton. Look through in a room full of crates with the VOC Insigne and the name of the Chinese trading house Yfeng Hang. Links A group of three Dutch traders, behind a table, a Dutch and a Chinese clerk the numbers. The performance at the top closed by the edge of a roof. Part of a group of four gouaches about the production and export of Chinese tea through the VOC around 1750.
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A watercolor by an anonymous artist depicting a fortune teller sitting to the left, holding a turtle shell, showing posture and figure.
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an errant knight in the Middle Ages obtained from a woman a bowl of soup  /  ein fahrender Rittersmann im Mittelalter erhält von einer Frau einen Teller Suppe, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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GRABADO-HORNO DE HIERRO Y ACERO-1854.
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'Green Hasteds', Newgate, London, 1805. Artist: Unknown
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people professions vintner miniature Mendelian convent book Nuremberg circa 1400,
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Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v, John S. Clifton, active 1852-1869, British, 1849, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm), basket, costume, landscape, laundry basket, literary theme, men, river, stream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare, theater (discipline)
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The Walrus and the Carpenter, 1870s, United Kingdom, by Sir John Tenniel.
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AZULEJO DE LOS OFICIOS-TALLER DE FUNDICION PARA CAÑONES. Location: CASTILLO. Frederiksborg. DENMARK.
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A Country Store - Getting Weighed (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series) March 25, 1871 After Winslow Homer American. A Country Store - Getting Weighed (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series). After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). March 25, 1871. Wood engraving. James R. Osgood & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts). William James Linton (British, London 1812-1897 New Haven, Connecticut). Prints
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A Chinese woman suckles her child in the presence of three other women. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
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Drawing, The Boccia Game; Bartolomeo Pinelli (Roman, 1781 - 1835); Italy; pen and gray ink with watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
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Traditions in Germany around 1820, Baden, Gutachtal, digitally retouched reproduction of a template from about 1850, by Albert Kretschmer February 27, 1825 - 11th July 1891, German painter and costumeist 1f -4913827
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Schmiede in Alt-Berlin, Blacksmith in Historic Berlin, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1903
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Beer Street and Gin Lane Gin Lane From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,
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A Sheffield cutler, in the 19th century.  From an engraving by R. Havell issued in 1814 after a work by George Walker.
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The orphan Johnny reunited with his father, Dr. Syntax. The old man has his feet in buckets of warm water to sooth the gout. The bookseller, cook and Betty Broom look on. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax, Ackermann, London, 1822.
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Summer 1622-1635 Pieter Bruegel the Younger (ca.1564-1638/Flemish) Oil on Wood National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania
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A perhaps slightly fictitious depiction by Fortunino Matania showing Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon giving the Duke of York, her future husband, a tour around Glamis Castle, her Scottish ancestral home.  The scene shows Elizabeth showing Bertie the ancient crypt in the castle.       Date: 1923
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'The Four Elements' a cautionary tale in pictures by Gangel & Didion, Publishers of popular prints in Metz. Founded by Charles Nicolas Gangel (1835-1879) who worked in partnership with Adrien Dembour (as Dembour & Gangel) from 1840 to the early 1850s
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about indian melons. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Fish Market 1763-1822 England. Mezzotint on paper . Richard Earlom
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An engraving depicting Dudley Street, Seven Dials. Dated 19th century
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Romani family. Engraving of Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Munster. 16th century.
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Interior with bird concert. Draughtsman: Cornelis Saftleven (possibly). Intermediary draughtsman: Cornelis Saftleven (possibly). Dating: 1620 - 1715. Measurements: h 264 mm × w 231 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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La Blanchisseuse. Dated: 1739. Medium: engraving and etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles-Nicolas Cochin I after Jean Siméon Chardin.
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CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II, E. 199 - INDIO SANGRANDO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Black Forest, Alpirsbach, mural at the Alpirsbach Klosterbrau, monastery brewery
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Dibujo popular de tipos españoles. Andaluces. Litografía Paluzie, de Barcelona, años 1910.
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Painting titled 'A Water Mill' by Nico Jungmann. Nico Jungman (1872-1935) an Anglo-Dutch painter of landscapes and figural subjects. Dated 20th Century
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A man checks the weight of a crate of tea, which has been placed on a large balance. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
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Little Klaus and Big Klaus by Hans Christian Andersen, 1805-75, Danish writer, watercolour by Lydia Postma
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Alfred Diston, active 1818-1829, Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte, 1828. Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper.
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France, Normandy, Fecamp, Palais Benedictine, museum and distillery of Benedictine liqueur, stained-glass window detail.
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CERAMICA DE MANISES - SIGLO XVIII - MUJER HACIENDO MORCILLAS. Location: FABRICA DON GIMENO. Valencia. SPAIN.
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At the Bratwurstglöckle in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, historical wood engraving, c. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured, Europe
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Untitled (gatheringpotatoes). Artist: Émile Frédéric Salmon, French, 1840-1913
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Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. Vendedor de hilo y cinta para coser.
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The Danaides barrel, a barrel filled with champagne by university professors, the feast of Saint-Charlemagne (student celebration), France, illustration by Emile Marcelin (1825-1887) from Le Journal pour rire, No 70, January 29, 1853. Digitally colorized image.
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Anonymous watercolor showing a gold paper maker at work in production.
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George Agricola (1494-1555) . Book De Re Metallica, 1556. Book VIII. Wash ore. Engraving by Basilius Weffring. A.Sluice. B.Box. C.Bottom of inverted box. D.Open part of it. E.Iron hoe. F.Riffles. G.Small launder. H.Bowl with which settlings are taken away. I.Black bowl in which they are washed. Color.
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Fairytale figures Hansel and Gretel on the half-timbered house in Michelstadt, Hesse, Germany, Europe
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Detail of design of folder for Nazing by Johannes Ter Gouw, 1865 ..
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The moneychanger and his wife (1539), Museo del Prado, Madrid, by Marinus van Reymerswaele or Marinus van Reymerswale (c. 1490 - c. 1546). Dutch Renaissance painter mainly known for his genre scenes and religious compositions.
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