Dramatic Historical Scenes

Engravings portraying intense historical moments and narratives, highlighting interactions and pivotal events from the past.

The Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes interrogated by James I and his council in the king's bedchamber, Whitehall. Engraved by C.F.Merckel after Ralston.From the book 'Illustrations of English and Scottish History' Volume 1

Leopold I (1640-1705). Holy Roman Emperor. Bridal Party of Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain. Engraving by H. Kaefeberg in Germania, 1882.

H ESPAÑA-EXCESOS COMPAÑIAS CASTELLANAS EN ARAGON -. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Richard Coeur de Lion forgiving Bertrand de Gurdun who had attempted his life 1199. Richard I aka Richard The Lionheart, English monarch 1157-1199. Engraved by Thomas Brown after John Cross. From the book 'Illustrations of English and Scottish History' Volume 1

Historia de España. El rey Fernando I de Castilla y León visitando a su hermano Don García en el año 1030. Grabado de 1872.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

HISTORIA DE LOS TROVADORES EN ALEMANIA. OFTERDINGEN, Heinrich von (s. XII). Uno de los "Minnesinger" alemanes, rivalizó con Walter von der Woggelweide y Wolfram de Eschenbach. Se le ha atribuído sin fundamento una versión de los "Nibelungos". Novalis lo hizo protagonista de una novela a la que dio su nombre y ha quedado incompleta. Grabado.

Henry VIII Tudor, Henry Tudor, 28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547, King of England, and Anna Boleyn, 1st Marquess of Pembroke, lady-in-waiting of the Queen and later second wife of the King / Heinrich VIII. Tudor, Henry Tudor, 28. Juni 1491- 28. Januar 1547, König von England, und Anna Boleyn, 1. Marquess of Pembroke, Hofdame der Königin und spätere zweite Gemahlin der Königs, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

The Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes interrogated by James I and his council in the king's bedchamber, Whitehall. Engraved by C.F.Merckel after Ralston.From the book 'Illustrations of English and Scottish History' Volume 1

The death of Frederick, Prince of Wales from a lung injury in 1751. Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707 - 1751. Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death as the eldest but estranged

The Hall of Glennaquoich - A Highland Feast A scene from Scott's novel Waverley engraved by P. Lightfoot after painting by D. McClise

Allegory of the introduction of the tenth penny; the Dutch virgin kneeling before Alva in the midst of torn privileges, 1571. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 1778 - 1795. Measurements: h 82 mm × w 56 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Mauregatus of Asturias, the Usurper (-788). King of Asturias from 783 to 788. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1853. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1814-1864). Spanish engraver.

ISABEL II. REINA DE ESPAÑA. NACE EN MADRID 1830 Y MUERE EN PARIS 1904.. SU REINADO VA DESDE 1833 A 1868. ATENTADO CONTRA LA REINA POR EL CURA MERINO ,1852. GRABADO SOBRE MADERA.

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Duke Albrecht of Bavaria receives King Henry IV. with his daughter Blanka at Dordrecht, Duke Albert of Bavaria receives King Henry IV with his daughter Blanka at Dordrecht, 1403, 1403. The two princes and their retinue meet, in the background sailing ships., print, picture, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 127 mm, width 85 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1795, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Ferdinando I. de' Medici, Großherzog der Toskana, 1549-1609, in Livorno

The Crisis of the Hapsburg Fortunes - Maximilian of Austria is bethrothed to the Great Heiress, Mary of Burgundy

Amsterdam elevated to the status of a city. Depiction at court: a prince hands over a document with seals, city rights. Amsterdam elevated to the rank of city, ca. 1335, print maker: Willem Steelink (I), (mentioned on object), after: Barend Wijnveld, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1865 - 1870, paper, steel engraving, h 190 mm × w 240 mm

Allegory of the beginning of the Seven Years' War, 1756, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Count Alessandro di Calgiiostro (1743-1795). Magician. Performance in Dresden. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

French Revolution. Reign of Terror (1793-1794). Appeal to those condemned to death, 1794. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Jonnard. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Netherlands, The Legal proceedings in the army camp of Varus, Consultation in a Roman army camp, Consultation in a Roman army camp. Illustration no. 160 in a work on the ancient inhabitants of the Netherlands and their customs., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 144 mm, width 86 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1714, paper, papier, etching

The last Hohenstaufen Konrad, called Konradi, also Konrad the Young, 25 March 1252, 29 October 1268, was the last legitimate male heir from the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He was Duke of Swabia (1254-1268 as Conrad IV), King of Jerusalem (1254-1268 as Conrad III) and King of Sicily (1254-1258 as Conrad II), Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Queen of Sheba received by Solomo, Anonymous, After Jacopo Tintoretto, 1528 - 1620 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush Solomon and the queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10:1-3; 2 Chronicles 9:1-9)

Polybius and the city of the fountain in Jouvenee in the prelude, Travel Mandeville, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

The Symposium or drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon in Athens, by Plato, Ancient Greece. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Murdered, a souvenir of the Roman campaign according to the painting of Carolus Duran was drawn by L. Breton. French magazine clipping. Delaville, h.,, Carolus Duran, emile Auguste (1838 191), BRETONS L. (N.N.)

RECEPCION DE EMBAJADA MARROQUI POR ISABEL II 1860. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904).

Freedom ! Equality! Fraternity! Long live the Democratic and Social Republic! ... / PL. IV. (Title registered) | Death (title of all)

Charles V (1500-1558), King of Spain (1517-1556) and Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556), picks up the brush from Titian (1488-1576). Engraving. "La Ilustracion Artistica y Americana", 1887.

THE CARTOONS OF RAFFAELLE

$The fracas at the ship tavern$

Cornelia Scipionis Africana, 190 BC, 100 BC and her sons, the history of ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Historia de España. El rey Alfonso X el Sabio de Castilla (1221-1284) recibiendo en Soria al embajador de Pisa en 1256, que le ofrece su apoyo para ser candidato al título de Emperador. Grabado de 1872.

Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy, 1877. Artist: George Du Maurier

Louis XV of France receiving homage of the Parliament at the age of sixteen, historic engraving of 1883

French Revolution. Paris. Demonstration of 20 June 1792. Sans-culottes armed with pikes invading the Legislative Assembly. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Blanpain. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Assassination of the Duke of Burgundy on the bridge of Montereau. Engraving by Auguste Belin.

Ulrich von Hutten crowned poet, drawing by Bernhard Moerlins. Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature. Leipzig and Berlin 1880, First volume

'King Richard III. Act 3. Scene 4. A Room in the Tower - Gloucester, Buckingham, Stanley, Hastings & Artist: Anker Smith.

Museum of Louvre, Dutch school, vintage engraving. Museum of Louvre, Dutch school, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659916

Engraving depicting King Philip VI of France (1293-1350) was the first King of France from the House of Valois, after his defeat at Crecy. Dated 14th Century

Die Krönung Karls V. von Frankreich im Jahr 1364, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 1880, Miniatur in der Nationalbibliothek v...

The Matinee of a nobleman, vintage engraving. The Matinee of a nobleman, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660329

'The judgement of the Queen's Common Sense', 1736. Artist: Unknown

Wedding Meo Patacca and Nuccia, vintage engraving. Wedding Meo Patacca and Nuccia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673827

Performance of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Penultimate scene of Act 5. It takes place in a room of the castle where a sword contest between Hamlet and Laertes has just been played out, wager promoted by Claudius, the King of Denmark. After the third round, Laertes wounds Hamlet, being at the same time wounded with his own poisoned sword. Laertes is shown leaning on a group of servants. Queen Gertrude had toasted Hamlet, drinking from a cup presented to her by a page containing a poisoned pearl placed by Claudius, with the intention of presenting it to Hamlet to drink a toast if he were victorious. Engraving by Vela after the painting Hamlet (last scene), by Salvador Sanchez Barbudo Morales (1857-1917). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Quaker And King At Whitehall 1882 Pyle, Howard(1853-1911 American) Lithograph Private Collection

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert by Albert Durer. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

DOROTHY FORSTER

Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, Lastman, Pieter, Costumes from Italy, Neapolitan, Couple dressed in Neapolitan fashion, Landscape with couple, dressed in fashion from Naples, Italy. The couple is depicted full-length, walking to the left. The man wears baggy trousers and a top hat, the woman on the right wears a dress with a bodice and a long veil. The print is part of a twelve-part series of prints with Italian costumes., print, prints, height 167 mm, width 114 mm, Work conception, 1583 - 1633-04-04, after print by, 1720 - 1772, paper, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Illustrations for the Roman de Renart: around 1650/1655: 16- The cat caught at the lace is abused by the people of the house Allalert van Everdingen (1621-1675). Illustrations for the "Roman de Renart": around 1650-1655: 16- "The cat caught at the lace is abused by the people of the house". Black way. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 17th century. Engraving. Don Quixote wounded by the penitents.

Liefrinck, Hans (I), Swart van Groningen, Jan, The life of John the Baptist, Dance of Salome, verso center bottom - stamped, King Herod with men at table. Salome dancing before him. At the back of the room again Salome, now in conversation with Herodias., print, prints, height 244 mm, width 186 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1518 - 1573-02-28, print maker, printmaker, 1553 - 1558, third quarter 16th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1500 - 1562, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Juana Grey (1537-1554), Lady Dudley, proclamada Reina de Inglaterra en contra de su voluntad. Fue encarcelada y ejecutada por orden de María I, hermanda de Eduardo VI. Grabado de 1866.

Philippe VI de Valois 1293 to 1350 renders homage to Edward III 1312 to 1377 of England but only as Duke of Aquitaine from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Print shows a bawdy house of pleasure frequented by Father Petre and other Jesuits where they mingle and dine with figures such as: Wantonness, Avarice, Sloth, Fury and Vanity. The artist is Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708). 1681.

Cromwell, Oliver .

Leonardo da Vinci on his deathbed, at Cloux in 1519, with François I and members of the royal household in attendance. Mezzotint by J. Scott, 1845, after W. Fisk.

Man in the pillory on the Gerichtslaube building in Berlin in medieval times, historical engraving, 1883

REINAR DESPUES DE MORIR - HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA - LAMINA 86 EN ByN - DOÑA INES DE CASTRO Y PEDRO I DE PORTUGAL, 1887 -. Author: SALVADOR MARTINEZ CUBELLS (1845-1914). INES DE CASTRO. PEDRO I DE PORTUGAL ESPOSA. PEDRO I DE PORTUGAL EL JUSTICIERO.

Germany, Political Cheese Collation or The Democracy of My Lord, Cartoon on the Treaty of Fontainebleau, 1785, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the peace concluded in Paris which ended the Kettle War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, November 8, 1785. The Netherlands paid 8.5 million guilders and accepted other humiliating conditions. In a tent, Emperor Joseph distributes a Dutch cheese among Frederick of Prussia, Catherine the Great, Louis XVI and representatives of Sweden, Spain, and England. The Dutchman laments his fate. On the left a night watchman with a lantern warning the other countries that the same fate may befall them. On the left and below the representation a verse in ten stanzas in German., print, prent, cartoon, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 227 mm, width 340 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1785 - 1786, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)" Germany

Engraving depicting Robert Walpole (1676-1745) Prime Minister of Britain. Dated 18th Century

Print made by François M. la Cave, active 1726-1766, The Foundlings, undated. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Antonio Perez del Hierro (1540-1611). Councilor of State and Secretary of the Chamber of King Philip II of Spain. Antonio Perez receiving his family after the torment. Antonio Perez is depicted prostrate in an armchair, covered with a blanket, being visited by his dejected wife, Juana Coello, and his children. The episode took place in Madrid in 1590, after suffering torture in which he confessed his involvement in the death of Juan de Escobedo (1530-1578). Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) after a painting in 1884 by Vicente Borras y Mompo (1837-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Nuccia tender farewell to Meo Patacca, vintage engraving. Nuccia tender farewell to Meo Patacca, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673836

LANJUINAIS A LA TRIBUNE Must have. Lanjucais A Veries, Junines in 31 Simin 1793. Paris, carnavalet Mus�e.

Miles Standish's Challenge, 1887. Frank H. Wellington (American, 1858-1911). Wood engraving;

Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Alcoves a la Romaine, Alcove with the Death of Cleopatra, recto - handwritten in pen in brown ink, Alcove with Cleopatra lying on a bed under a canopy. Mourning women and soldiers surround her. Lower right 2 numbered., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, 33, Lucretia mortua, height 149 mm, width 216 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1656 - 1657, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher

Lazio Viterbo Caprarola Palazzo Farnese95. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Italy, Titian, Rome, Andreani, Andrea, Triumph of Christ (eighth part), verso - handwritten in brown ink, Section of the Triumph of Christ with Saint Christopher with the Christ Child on his shoulders. Center bottom: H., print, prints, verso - stamped, 8, recto top left - handwritten in brown ink, Tusi... W, height 386 mm, width 285 mm, Italian, 1559 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1568 - 1629, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Work conception, 1488 - 1576-08-27

Isabel's Reception at Worms, Anonymous

Lancashire Cotton Famine: Britannia banishing starvation by collecting private charity for mill workers unemployed due to blockade of Southern ports during American Civil War. John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, London, 1862.

'The Death of Samson', 1770. Artist: T Smith.

'Mortimer seized by the King', 1325 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.

Alexander and Aristobulus are strangled in prison.

Bottger (c1681-1719) attempting to make p;orcelain.

Gaston Phoebus teaching the art of venery, 15th century (1849). Artist: Unknown

Painting depicting Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet discovering the body of Tipu Sultan

Painting Salon 1861, The Izba, by Isidore Patrois, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

King Charles VI of France. Amusement by a court jester, Charles VI 1368 to 1422, called the Lover and the Madman, was King of France from 1380 until h...

CAPTURE OF BRUCE'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER AT TAIN

Napoleon receives the keys of Vienna, Schloss Schonbrunn, 13th November 1805 (1882-1884). Artist: Unknown

Charles V before his death, engraving from a painting by Robert, Brussels exhibition, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 603, Volume XXIV, September 16, 1854.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. 17th century. Engraving. Don Quixote wounded by the penitents.

The destruction of the Palace in Nijmegen by the Normans, 881, Jacobus Buys, 1778 - 1795 drawing Destruction of the Palace in Nijmegen by the Danes in the year 881. Soldiers shoot the palace and set it on fire. Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush historical events and situations. destruction of conquered city. extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME) Valkhof. Nijmegen

Voltaire blesses the Grandson of Franklin, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Illustration for Basedow's 'Elementary Work'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1770. Prints; etchings. Etching

Fashionable gardens off the Kings Cross Road, once the summer residence of Nell Gwyn who entertained Charles II here ; closed in 1841. Date: late 18th century

Huss Before the Council, Illustration after a Painting by K.F. Lessing, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Death of Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) Classical Greek philosopher. Engraving, 19th century. Later colouration.

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA - AUTO DE FE EN VALLADOLID - S XVII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

In an interior, a man points his finger at a sheet of paper on the table in front of him. Near the table stands Apollo, with quiver of arrows and bow, holding a pen. On the other side of the table a young lady wearing a veil. Bottom right: bl. 134. Marriage between Apollo and a young lady En, signed by Apol . , print maker: Daniël Veelwaard (I), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacob Smies, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1833, paper, etching, engraving, h 106 mm × w 75 mm

Netherlands, Smies, Jacob, Velijn, Philippus, Revolt of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis, 69-70, Claudius Civilis calls for revolt against the Romans. During a feast in the forest., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 213 mm, width 148 mm, Dutch, 1787-01-31 - 1836-05-04, print maker, printmaker, 1823 - 1829, second quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, Northern Netherlands, 1746-06-11 - 1833-08-14, intermediary draughtsman

Emme kisses the knee of her husband Raoul d.936 in recognition of his sovereignty from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Engraving depicting Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon. Dated 18th Century

THE SEA-KING'S CAROUSE.

The Desperate Spanish Gazette Seller, Spain. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Emperor Charles V. welcomed by torchlight in Utrecht, receives the rod of justice and the keys to the gates, Charles V welcomed in Utrecht, 1528, Emperor Charles V is welcomed as lord in Utrecht in 1528 by torchlight and presented with the rod of justice and the keys to the city., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 190 mm, width 116 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1789 - 1789, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

BARCELONA. VISTA DEL PASEO NUEVO. DIBUJO DE DUTAILLY. LITOGRAFIA DEL SIGLO XIX.

Excavated bakery in Pompeii, the history of ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century origina...

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