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

The Bey of Tunis interviewing with Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Engraving, 1863.

Russian merchant makes calcultaions by means of an abacus (schoty). It was used in all shops and markets of Russia. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Chaillot. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839.

Painting titled Aeneas and Dido depicting the Queen of Carthage listening to the story of the siege of Troy by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774-1833) a French painter. Dated 19th Century

Lieutenant Katte is beheaded for plotting to help Friedrich, son of Friedrich- Wilhelm I of Prussia, flee the court : Friedrich is forced to watch from his window Date: 1730

Poet Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) reciting a poem. German poet, philosopher and historian. Germany, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Merson, Luc-Olivier (n.1846-05-21-D.1920-11-14), Quasimodo, Illustration for the title vignette of chapter V of the first book (dummy title), 1888. pen and ink wash With white gouache raises on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

The Death of the First-Born. The tenth plague was the death of all the firstborn of Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Artisans and Artificers, 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

Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 - 1878, a German illustrator, scene from The Robbers, a drama by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

HOMER Blind Greek poet singing to sailors Date: 9th - 8th Century BC

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) escribiendo la dedicatoria de sus "Persiles". Grabado por Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) a partir de un cuadro de Eugenio Oliva. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 15 de noviembre de 1883.

Death of Hannibal, 247 BC 181 BC Hannibal Barca, Punic commander from Carthage, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

The peasants' quarrel. prints, etchings, works on paper

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Artist: Henry Fuseli

A "spae wife" (fortune-teller). Engraving by J.A. Wright after T. Stothard.

Drawing Chevignard, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Northern Netherlands, Tanjé, Pieter, William III honored as lord of Friesland, 1328, Count Willem III raised on a shield and honored as lord of Friesland, 1328., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 174 mm, width 204 mm, 1706-02-15 - 1761-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1748 - 1750, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1693 - 1775-09-16, intermediary draughtsman

Netherlands, Kaiser, Johann Wilhelm (I), Aleid van Poelgeest murdered, Murder of Aleid van Poelgeest, 1392, Jonkvrouw Aleid van Poelgeest murdered outside the castle at night by Hoekse soldiers, 22 September 1392., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 158 mm, width 205 mm, Dutch, 1813-01-05 - 1900-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1842 - 1844, second quarter 19th century, paper, steel engraving

On the night of September 29 to 30, 1820, Caroline, Duchess of Berry, gave birth to a son, Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, Duke of B

Illustration for 'Don Quixote'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1766. Prints; etchings. Etching

Akihito, Prince of Komatzu, and his wife Princess Arima at the Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin, Germany, circa 1880 / Akihito, Prinz von Komatzu, und seine Gemahlin Prinzessin Arima im Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin, Deutschland, circa 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Roman Agmen Quadratum

Watercolour of a ball by Abraham Bosse, a similar subject to many of his most famous etchings, circa 1635

'A Burghmaster and his Wife', c18th century(). Artist: Unknown

Mary Stuart or Mary I. 1542 - 1587, Queen of Scotland and France, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

Lord Byron (1788-1824). English Romantic poet. Childe Harold's pilgrimade. Narrative poem published between 1812-1818. Colored engraving of an edition of 1850.

Othello

The Stolen Pail, by Zucchi, engraving

WELLINGTON, Arthur Colley Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852). British soldier and politician. In Spain, took charge of British forces against Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington and his troops entering in Madrid. Stone lithograph pen and brush. Muncipal Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The renunciation of Philip II by the States, 1581. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys (signed by artist). Dating: 1784 - 1786. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 150 mm × w 90 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Roldan bridge market and Viga canal, Colonia Jamaica. Mexico City, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833-1900) Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Mother of the weapon of Piotr the Great; Freind, A. (Fl. Ca 1850-1870), Steuben, Carl von (1788-1856), Szumacher, I. (St. Petersburg; Graphic Zak 1860-1870 (1860-00-00-1870-00-00);

The Titular Duke of Athens, Walter VI of Brienne, being compelled to resign the signory of Florence. Dated 14th Century

La Galerie du Palais in the seventeenth century, after one of Abraham Bosse engraving, vintage engraving. La Galerie du Palais in the seventeenth century, after one of Abraham Bosse engraving, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673617

BLOWING THE HORN AT THE HOTEL ON THE STALHEIMSKLEV, NORWAY

HISTORIA DEL IMPERIO ROMANO. Flavio GRACIANO, emperador romano (367-383), designando y coronando a TEODOSIO, Emperador de Oriente (379) .

Charlotte Corday (Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont) (1768-1793). French revolutionary, sympathiser of the Girondins, who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) on 13 July 1793. Charlotte Corday being led to the guillotine on 17 July 1793. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Meyer-Heine. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Théodore Meyer-Heine (fl. 1863-1881). French engraver. Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Władysław III Warneńczyk (1424 1444) King of Poland from 1434 and Hungary as from 1440 (according to the seal) Matejko, Jan (1838 1893), Styfi, Jan (1841 1921), Lewental, Salomon (Franciszek Salezy) (1841 1902)

William III (1650 ñ 8 March 1702) Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689

'The Death of Charles Pichegru', 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer

Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) meeting with Francisco Pizarro (1487-1541) in Toledo (1529), after returning from his first expedition to Peru. Engraving by Vela after a painting by Angel Lizcano. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Lamentation. unknown c. 1490-1505 Tapestry Dimensions: H 3'8" x W 6'9.25" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6.5-9/cm); wool, silk & metallic thread; wool, silk & metallic thread (gilt, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Sold at the American Art Association, New York (James A. Garland sale), 3/19-20, 1909, no. 127. George Blumenthal coll., 1909. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by George Blumenthal, 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. 41.100.2151. Christ, without crown of thorns, is supported by Virgin Mary assisted by St. John the Evangelist; others present include St. Mary Magdalene with clasped hands (L), & Joseph of Arimathaea holding 3 nails from cross (R); landscape & buildings visible beyond figures (BRD) band of floral motifs Dossal or antependium. Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 278-284, cat. 17 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry: "Lamentation" St. Louis Museum of Art (Cavallo, fig

Illustration of King Charles during his imprisonment in Carisbrook Castle on the Isle of Wight

Andreas Hofer at Iselsberg, Austria, historical illustration after a painting by Franz von Defregger, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a...

Lambeth gasworks. London: a Pilgrimage by Gustave Dore, 1872. Engraving. Color.

Louis XIV (king of France), France, French crown, Paris, Landry, Pierre, Ostade, Adriaen van, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Gold weigher with servant with warnings about the dangers of wealth, Allegory of the pitfalls of wealth. In a room sits a writing man with a balance and bags of gold on the table in front of him. A servant kneels before him. The composition is based on 'The Gold Weigher' by Rembrandt (B.281). In the place where Rembrandt a painting depicting the brazen serpent hangs, here is a painting showing a rich man being surprised by death., print, prints, height 720 mm, width 487 mm, French, 1630 - 1701-12-11, print maker, printmaker, 1639 - 1701, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, after print by, 1610-12-19 - 1685-04-28, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840.

Richard III (1452-1485) King of England from 1483, gives Sir James Tyrrell the order to kill the sons of Edward IV (Edward V and the Duke of York), the Princes in the Tower, with the inducement 'say it is done,/And I will love thee, and prefer thee too.' Illustration by Robert Dudley for Shakespeare Richard III Act IV. Sc.II published c.1858. Chromolithograph

Princess Elizabeth brought as a prisoner to the Tower of London, 1554 (1840).Artist: George Cruikshank

'The Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It)', c1870. Artist: H Bourne.

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

Historia de España. Muerte de la reina María Alfonso de Meneses (1264-1321), María de Molina, en Valladolid, en 1321. Grabado de 1872.

people professions shoemaker shop etching by Johann Friedrich Voltz 1833 Munich Stadmuseum,

Bolero. Baile español derivado del "fandango" y de la "seguidilla". Patio de los Leones, de la Alhambra de Granada. Grabado de 1929. Author: CARLOS LLOBET BUSQUETS.

King Ahab is slain in battle by enemy archer. third book of Kings 22:34, Volume 1, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful

Charles I (1600-49) King of England from 1625, Execution of Charles at Whitehall, London, 30 January 1649, Copperplate engraving 1824

Cartoon from Puck. Joseph Keppler (Austria, Vienna, active United States, 1838-1894)Bernhard Gillam (United States, 1856-1896). United States, 1880-1889. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

SIR WALTER RALEIGH Smoking his pipe - his servant thinks he is on fire, and douses him with water

Print made by John Simon, 1675-1755, French, Blind Plaintiff, Lame Defendant Share, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, asleep on a piano dreaming of characters from mythology and literature, engraving by Francois Joseph Aime de Lemud, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1088, Volume XLIII, January 2, 1864.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra (1547-1616). 17th century.

Gin Lane is a print issued in 1751 by William Hogarth (1697 1764) an English painter, printmaker, in support of what would become the Gin Act. It depicts the evils of the consumption of gin

The blind Homer singing to his captors. After a 19th century work by Paul Philippoteaux.

TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico (1727-1804). Pulcinella and the Tumblers. 1797. Fresco gone on to canvas proceeding from Villa Tiepolo in Zianigo. Rococo. Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Ca' Rezzonico.

Assassination of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony (83-30 BC) shows the corpse of Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C), to the citizens of the city of Rome. Engraving by J. Kleinmichel. "El Mundo Ilustrado", 1882. Later colouration.

David Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Death of Livingstone in the village of Chief Chitambo's, 1873. Engraving by Riov. The Illustrated World, 1882.

Gate of Calais O The Roast Beef of Old Engalnd From the original picture 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

Anne of Austria (1623-1678) and cardinal Jules Mazarin. France. Old XIX century engraving illustration. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897

Hamilcar Barca or Barcas, 275 BC, 228 BC, a Carthaginian general and statesman, here with his son Hannibal, Hannibal Barca, the history of ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Engraved portrait depicting Catherine the Great (1729-1796) former Emperor of All of Russia. Dated 18th Century

History of France. Group of goldsmiths preceding the ark of St. Marcellus. Reign of Louis XIII (1610-16143). Facsimile of an engraving after a copper-plate of the period. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The death of Leonardo de Vinci, 1519.Artist: Walker

Modern Age. Conferences on Pheasant Island that took place between August and November 1659. The Spanish nobleman Luis Méndez de Haro and Jules Raymond Mazarin, known as Cardinal Mazarin, represented Spain and France respectively during a total of 23 meetings, negotiating the conditions that led to the treaty of peace (Treaty of the Pyrenees), signed on November 7, 1659. This treaty established the border between the two countries and end the war between both nations. Illustration by J. Alaminos. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume IV. Madrid, 1890. Author: Juan Alaminos. Spanish artist of the second half of the 19th century.

Sir Thomas More 1478 to 1535 in prison. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Italian poet. Encounter between Dante and Beatrice. Engraving by C.O. Murray.

Marie Antoinette condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal

A meeting of the Royal Society in Crane Court, Fleet Street, where it had rooms from 1710-1782. Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is in the President's chair. Artist's reconstruction. Wood engraving c1880.

A meeting of the Royal Society in Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 18th century (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Dolly Dolly cried jane, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

ALEJANDRO III (1845-1894). Zar de Rusia (1881-1894), hijo y sucesor de Alejandro II. "MUERTE DE ALEJANDRO III. LA FAMILIA IMPERIAL, CON EL FUTURO ZAR NICOLAS II". S. XIX. Grabado de 'L'Illustration'.

Louis IV (920-954). King of France. Arrival of Louis IV at England. Engraving. Colored.

Anefo photo collection. Christmas event. A detailed admission from a painting of the painter coechiers. December 20, 1967

Depiction of actor David Garrick (1717-1779), English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer, in the role of Richard the Third during the Battle of Bosworth Field. Dated 1811

A masque theatre performance Date: 16th century

Cecile Renault (born 1774 in Paris died 17 June 1794 in Paris) is a historical figure of the French Revolution, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

A game of trumps or Brawl in Trastevere, 1886, by Michele Cammarano (1835-1920), oil on canvas, 294x464 cm.

MENDIETA Y RETES, Francisco de (16th century). Hand-kissing following the Oath to the Privileges by King Ferdinand the Catholic. 1609. SPAIN. Guernica. Casa de Juntas. King Ferdinand recieving the cerimony of hand kissing. Painting.

Historia de Catalunya. Ataúlfo, rey godo, es asesinado en el año 415 en Barcelona. Dibujo de los año 1930.

Robespierre, Maximilien de (1758-1794). French revolutionary politician. Robespierre dies on the guillotine. Engraving. National Library. Madrid. Spain.

BREND'AMOUR, Richard (1831-1915). A Reading from Homer. 1892. Copy of Lawrence Alma-Tadema's oil that is preserved at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and dated of 1885. Right detail of Homer. Engraving.

Senate Chamber, vintage engraving. Senate Chamber, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648454

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