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Drawings of Biblical Narratives

Artistic interpretations of biblical stories, capturing moments of faith, devotion, and ascension in a variety of drawing styles.

Laos, Luang Prabang. Wat Pa Huak exterior.

Scene with a young woman squatting with a crucifix, anonymous, 1868 - 1890 stereograph cardboard. paper albumen print adolescent, young woman, maiden. crucifix ~ personal devotion

Sati (suttee): a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre, as a group of people look on. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

View of the temple

A German satire on the Catholic Church - demons are hunting monks and even attacking the Pope Date: 16th Century

The Shepherd's Prayer ". To Sir Edwin Landseer, with addresses of Ranes and Knoedler..

Cornemuse, Calabrian Bagpipe (Zampogna) and Musette. Bagpipes were banned to all those other than the lower orders, the blind and the wandering mendicant class in the thirteenth century, but France eventually reinstated the use of all of them bar the Cornemuse.

Religious Procession: Kali. India, West Bengal, Murshidabad, circa 1800. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor on mica

Tent Camps of the twelve tribes of Israel placed around the tabernacle, Anonymous, Jan Luyken, 1683 - 1762

Festival at Ismailia, hookah smokers and musicians, opening of the Suez Canal, Egypt, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LV, December 18, 1869. Digitally colorized image.

1800s 19th CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN SIOUX TRIBAL PAINTED CLOTH SHOWS BANNED GHOST DANCE TO REUNITE WITH DEAD & BRING PROSPERITY

Neerlands Redemption April 1, 1572. Commemorated in Utrecht April 1, 1872, J. Nikerk, After Jozef Hoevenaar, 1872 print Costumed parade held in Utrecht on 1 April 1872 at the celebration of the 300-year-old intake of Den Briel through the Watergeuzen on April 1, 1572. The procession with floats shown in five rows among each other. Utrecht paper pageant of a guild. costumes used in pageants Utrecht

fine arts, wallpaper, religious procession, printed by Jules Desfosse, Paris, 1815, German Tapetenmuseum Kassel,

The habitations of the Sentient Beings according to the Burmese. Buddhist Cosmogony.. Illustrations. 1906. General Research Division. Religion , Burma, Buddhist cosmogony, Heaven, Earth

A 1524 colored woodcut by Georg Lemberger depicting the Ark of the Covenant entering the temple of Dagon from the Luther Bible, illustrating 1 Samuel 5:1-4 and Old Testament narrative.

Embroidered Panel, 1630, Embroidered panel, with silk threads. Depicting Sarah and Isaac at the tent door, Adam and Eve standing under an apple tree with serpent, a man woman and child, a man ploughing a field, a seated shepherd with sheep, moths, butterflies, birds, a lion and leopard, squirrel and rabbit, sun surrounded by birds., Applied Arts, Textiles, Religion, Bird, Embroidery, Animal, Insect, Insect, Bee, Bible, Old Testament

Diorama of a Slave Dance. Taking place in the tent is a du, a type of entertainment with music and dance that was performed at plantations. Both the performers and the audience were slaves. The lead role was played by the afrankeri, the narrator (the woman at far left). The man in the red outfit on the right plays the king. The Europeans in Suriname loved this kind of folklore. They bought Schoutens dioramas as souvenirs.

The service in honour of the dead soldiers from the Battle of the Somme 1916. This painting by Georges Scott shows a religious service with a flag draped cofin in a French church.

Sint-Nikoas / Saint-Nicolas. Leaf with a big representation of Saint Nicholas that goes on horseback through the street. In his hand he holds a clog. Children rush to the Sint and reach their clogs. Under the image a eight-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered in the middle above: n. 61.

Engraving depicting the inhabitants of Kamchatka and their summer hut (a Balagan), with fish hanging up to dry for winter use. Dated 19th Century

Republic One and Indivisible / Freedom Equality (TA)

End of the day - Now I lay me , Prayer, Bedtime, Children

Church at Grasmere , Churches

Pencil and watercolor drawing by Oskar Laske depicting a church near Suczawa with cover colors applied, 1911.

Debutantes proceed through rooms at Buckingham Palace towards the ballroom where they will be presented to King George V and Queen Mary, thus signalling their entry into society. Date: 1930

1214 Innsbruck, Hofkirche. .

Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21769464

View of the Temple Mount of Jerusalem from the east. Map of the Temple Mount of Jerusalem from the east. In the edge of different representations of the different temples and the temple utensils. Clockwise, in the middle of the Temple of Solomon, the table for the tone ploves, the seven-armed candlestick, in a niche a picture of high priest Aaron, the tabernacle, a golden rinsing basin, the temple of Ezekiel, the pelvis called the sea, the altar , in a niche of a picture of King Solomon, the cracking offering and the Ark of the covenant.

Native American woman preparing food

Sengakuji Cemetery, 1945 print Three people in a cemetery. In original passepartout with white label on the bottom right on which the title and name of artist. paper color woodcut churchyard, cemetery. grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers Tokyo

Engraving depicting the grotto of Santa R Salia, Palermo. Dated 1860

Italy. Abruzzo. Ocre. Monastery of Sant'angelo D'ocre. Fresco

MOSAICO CON EL PLANO DE JERUSALEN EN EL TIEMPO DEL 2ºTEMPLO,EL DE SALOMON. Location: HOTEL HOLYLAND. ISRAEL.

Woman with a crucifix, anonymous, 1854 - 1859 stereograph London cardboard. paper albumen print Altarcross, Crucifix

With some 2000 religious sites - 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines, as well as palaces, gardens and architecture, Kyoto is one of the best preserved and most culturally distinguished cities in Japan. Among the most famous temples are Kiyomizu-dera, a magnificent wooden temple supported by pillars off the slope of a mountain; Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion; Ginkaku-ji, the Temple of the Silver Pavilion; and Ryoan-ji, famous for its rock garden. The Heian Jingu is a Shinto shrine, built in 1895, celebrating the Imperial family and commemorating the first and last emperors to reside in Kyoto. Three special sites have connections to the imperial family: the Kyoto Gyoen area including the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Sento Imperial Palace, homes of the Emperors of Japan for many centuries; Katsura Imperial Villa, one of the nation's finest architectural treasures; and Shugaku-in Imperial Villa, one of its best Japanese gardens. The 'Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto

Two ladies in conversation at moonlight. Two ladies are contrary to each other in a green field with two trees; In the background against a gray sky with a half crockery some white houses with red roofs, a floating in the air. The show is framed by a wide dark blue edge and separated from white frame lines; In the top edge there is an old Indian text in White Scriptures.

Krishna and Balarama Taking the Cattle Out to Graze, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1780-90. India, Pahari Hills, Guler school, 18th century. Ink and color on paper; image: 12.7 x 20.5 cm (5 x 8 1/16 in.); with borders: 14.5 x 21.9 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/8 in.).

Bulgaria - Rhodope Mountains. Bachkovo Monastery, Refectory (1601). Fresco depicting stories of monastic life (19th century). Detail

Jean Hugo, Priest Walking, n.d., Gouache on paper.

The execution of the murderers Latours, Wangler, Jurkowiz and Brambosch on the Glacis between the new and Schottenthor March , The execution of the murderers Latour on March , Johann Christian Schoeller -

Mourning Picture ca. 1815 American. Mourning Picture 13749

The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, including a gentleman usher with a white rod and the French Ambassador. Engraving by J. Basire after William Camden, 1791.

Eldora P Lorenzini, Christ in the Sepulchre, 1937 Christ in the Sepulchre

Burmese poay pwe.. Postcards, Genre paintings. 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Burma, Burmese, Dancers in art, Dance, Audiences

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

New South Wales Blacks - Sydney tribe holding corroboree-Sketchbook of Aboriginal activities. Date/Period: Ca. 1890s. Drawing. Height: 238 mm (9.37 in); Width: 360 mm (14.17 in). Author: Tommy McRAE-Kwatkwat people.

Markus, Holy Evangelist.

Sign and painting commemorating foundation of La Placita Church, Los Angeles , Mission churches, Paintings, Signs Notices, Plaza Church Los Angeles, Calif.. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21769648

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

Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21769412

Exvotos marineros al Santo Cristo del Sagrat Cor (s.XIX). Convento del Sagrat Cor. Soller. Tramuntana.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

USA, ALASKA, Southeast Alaska, SITKA: Russian Heritage Banner, Lincoln Street

Man with a Raree Show, China - Costumes & Occupations

Christ on the cross on Mount Golgota, 1882 Christ hangs on the cross between two crucified criminals. Drawing in a frame. Page 26 Recto from a sketchbook with 54 sheets. paper. pencil. chalk the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38)

Carpenters' procession or ceremony led by Daedalus, Pompeian jobs and businesses, chromolithograph by D Capri from a drawing by Discanno, from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume III, plate 5, 1854, Naples.

Greeting from Java, Schreiber, F.W. KRAP, After K. Fuchs, c. 1910 photomechanical print printer: Stuttgartpublisher: Surabayapublisher: Berlin cardboard temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Borobudur

Asia, Cambodia, Kratie Province, painting on temple wall depicting Khmer Rouge persecution of Buddhist monks

Funeral of Abraham, Jan Luyken, 1700 print Abraham is buried by his two sons Isaac and Ismaël in his grave in Machpela (Gen. 25). Amsterdam paper etching Abraham is buried by Isaac and Ishmael in the cave of Machpelah

Anti-Religion Propaganda Poster, Old Testament (left), New Testament (right), Bezbozhnik u Stanka Magazine, Illustration by Dmitry Moor, Russia, 1920's

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, 'Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.', William Blake, 1757-1827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page, Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm), book, cane, children, church, coat, coffin, funeral, grave, hat, literary theme, men, procession, shroud, sitting, spires, text, thorns, tomb, trees, walking sticks, women

Votive pictures, votive tablets on the walls of the grace chapel within the church, Mary's pilgrimage church in Sammarei, district of Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Πάτραι - Κατάδυσις τοῦ Σταυροῦ - Patras - la benediction des eaux , Spectators, Boats, Religious services. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

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

Drawing sketch style illustration of a grave digger in the medieval times holding shovel digging viewed from the side set inside oval shape with church, tombstone and tree in the background.

Votive pictures, votive tablets on the walls of the chapel of grace inside the church, pilgrimage church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Sammarei, district of Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

1923 tobacco label for Klansman All-American Cigar Co., Dallas, Texas, showing Klansman on horseback. The second Ku Klux Klan flourished nationwide in the 1920 adopted the costumes and paraphernalia of the first Klan but expanded its anti-black ideology with a new anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, prohibitionist, and anti-Semitic agenda.

Legend of the dogwood , Dogwoods, Jesus Christ, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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