Everyday Life in Historical Contexts

Scenes from daily life and cultural expressions in historical settings, from village dances to shopping scenes, emphasizing social interactions and traditional customs.

Meal of honor to the visitors in the house of Karia-el-Abbassi Governor of Tangier, Morocco, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

THE MUTINY IN INDIA

VILLAGE DANCERS. Egypt, engraving 1879

Etching and copper engraving by Rembrandt van Rijn titled 'Peter and Johannes at the Gate of the Temple,' created in 1659, showing biblical figures at a temple gate.

MANILLA GIRLS SHOPPING

A Street of Almees' (Egyptian dancing girls), Egypt, 1872. By the French artist Alfred-Henri Darjou.

In a harem during the Khalif period, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original d...

Saluting the flag, Turkish Ramadan celebration in the barracks in Rue de Lille, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1352, Volume LIII, January 23, 1869.

Home of the Vancouver Indians, 1890, Canada, illustration, reproduction from a 19th century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, traditional scene with dancer and trunk in decorative interior

Egypt. Harem. Times of the Caliphs. Engraving by Brend'Amour. The Illustrated World, 1882. Author: Richard Brend'amour.

Pierre Nolasque Bergeret, Artist Drawing a Man in Turkish Dress, 1819 Artist Drawing a Man in Turkish Dress

Wedding of a young Druze prince. Princess's retinue at Nahr el-Kelb. Wedding march to Mount Lebanon. Engraving by Ransonnette. "La Tierra Santa y los lugares recorridos por los profetas, por los apostoles y por los cruzados" (The Holy Land and the sites traversed by the prophets, by the apostles and by the crusaders). Published in Barcelona by the printing house of Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840.

Meal of honor to the visitors in the house of Karia-el-Abbassi Governor of Tangier, Morocco, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Koranic school in Tunisia. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

THE PEACE WITH CHINA, READING THE TREATY AT PEKIN

Euclid (3rd century BC) Ancient Greek mathematician who taught at the Alexandrian school, presenting his 'Elements of Geometry' to Ptolemy I, Soter, king of Egypt. Engraving from 'Vies des Savants Illustres' by Louis Figuier (Paris, 1866).

. A chestnut burner sells chestnuts to two figures. On the left is a woman with a spin skirt, next to her a child eats a pretzel.

The Devil Street in Algiers, vintage engraving. The Devil Street in Algiers, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679332

The boots of the construction site of a church in the thirteenth century. Outdoors are a bishop and a building master together with a group of monks to determine the construction site for a church. Part of a series of six representations of moments from Dutch history presented in Tableaux Vivants by members of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam on December 2, 1864.

The Bible. The Prophets. Book of Daniel. Daniel read writing on wall. Illustration by Gustave Dore, 1866.

Moorish Fountain, Algiers, 1858. 'In all Mohammedan cities fountains are very numerous and picturesque, and often magnificent. Around them characteristic groups are always assembled, and water-jars are very graceful accessories. At Algiers the professional water-carriers are the Biskri, an industrious race from the oases of the Great Sahara...The streets leading to the Casbah get steeper as they ascend, and many of them are mere flights of steps, and so narrow that the projecting upper stories of the houses often meet above the street...At the Fountain we engrave, which a Jewess is drawing w

Guebre ceremony at the temple of The Ateshgah of Baku often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan. Voyage to the Caspian Coast in 1858. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Exorcism. Cleric doing a spell against the evil spirit. Engraving by C. Penoso (1878). Almanaque La Ilustracion, 1880.

Reproduction of a painting: Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), Christus und die Ehebrecherin Jawnogrzesznica Christ and Sinner. Frühauf, Paul X.I. (Lipsk ; zakład reprodukcyjny ; fl. ca 1885-?), graphic artist

Pythagoras (6th century BC) Ancient Greek Philosopher and mathematician, with the Egyptian priests. Engraving fromVies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier (Paris 1866).

Depicts a host meal for souls, drawn with feather and gray wash with redel traces, showing figures, gestures, and ceremonial arrangement.

THE WAR IN THE EAST

Ablutions after a mid-day meal in Acre, Israel, depicting the importance of handwashing among the people of the East. The scene highlights the cultural practice of cleansing hands when eating with fingers instead of utensils. The work was published by D. Appleton between 1881 and 1884. The dimensions of the image are 18.5 x 16 cm

Malta. People from the island of Gozo in traditional costumes. Engraving. Lemaitre direxit. History of Malta and Gozo, by Frederic Lacroix. Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Camp Algiers, pilgrims returning from Mecca, 1855. Engraving

A NIGHT GUARD, CAKE SELLER, MOORISH LADIES, SOLDIERS AND BEDOUINS AT TUNIS, 1876

Vegetable bazaar. Date: 1857

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya' al-Razi, known by Latin form Rhazes. Persian physician, clinician and philosopher depicted in his laboratory in Baghdad. Date: 10th century

Dyer in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

Habesh or Abyssinian Slave. In Oriental album : characters, costumes, and modes of life, in the valley of the Nile / with descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John ; illustrated from designs taken on the spot by E. Prisse.

'The Presentation of Christ in the Temple', 1506 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer.

Bound Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami Nizami. Bound Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, late 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, pasteboard, leather, gold on paper, 8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (21 x 34 cm). Arts of the Islamic World late 16th century

Man with turban on the head is brought into the prison, Reynier Blokhuysen, 1673 - 1744 print Netherlands paper etching prison, jail. head-gear: turban

Berlin Gemaldegalerie Minor Christ among the wise men in the temple Adolf Menzel unknown

Musical mass in the Trinidad church, Bolivia, South America. Exploration of the Rivers Amazon and Madeira in the Brazilian Empire by Franz Keller-Leuzinger, 1867

Women of Middle Egypt. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1851. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Clothing and dress , Egypt, Egypt,Social life and customs

Old Testament. Book of Genesis. Rebecca and Eliezer at the well. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883).

Ottoman domination. Acre (today Akko in northern territory of Israel). Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Abd-ar-Rahman III 889 961, was the Emir and Caliph of Córdoba (912961) of the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalusia. Called al-Nasir li-Din Allah (the Defender of Gods Faith), he ascended the throne in his early 20s, and reigned for half a century as the most powerful prince of Iberia. The image depicts Abd-ar-Rahman III and his court in Medina Azahara receiving the Monk Juan de Gorza in 959 AD, by Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer.

A European and a native Indian play a game of chess, while servants hold flambeaux to illumine the board : probably illustrating a work of fiction Date: circa 1895

Temple Gongen Kami Buddha, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Exposition Universelle (World Fair) Paris, 1900; black and white photograph of a interior scene demonstrating serpent charmers with costumes worn from 1897.

A NORWEGIAN PEASANT'S HOUSE

Siberian Tatar family in Ural Mountains, Russia. From Orenburg to Samarkand 1876-1878 by Madame Marie Ujfalvy-Bourdon, Le Tour du Monde 1879

The Desert Route - Gateway in the Walls of Beyrout, 1857. Middle Eastern scene. 'Under the gateway, seated on that inseparable companion of his journeyings - his carpet - is a Turkish gentleman smoking his pipe of repose, and inhaling with gusto the cool zephyr that creeps ever and anon over his parched features. Near him is seated some young acquaintance, possibly a hummumgee, or bathman, belonging to one of the neighbouring vapour-baths. He has brought in a leaden girglet, or jar, containing cold water, from which they alternately wet their parched lips and then resume the pipe, passing it f

THE WAR IN THE EAST

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View of the courtyard of a mosque in Cairo, Leendert de Koningh, After Otto Baron Howen, 1830 print A group of men is praying in the courtyard. after design by: Egypteprinter: Dordrecht paper Temple, Shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism. (private) prayer; 'ORATION', 'Prayers', 'Prayers to God' (Ripa) Egypt

After the Baptism, Mari ten Kate, 1841 - 1910, Church interior with various people on the left and right and in the center a girl holding a cape., draughtsman: Mari ten Kate, 1841 - 1910, paper, brush, h 505 mm × w 713 mm

Indigenous savages praying inside a hut of a Khas Douons tribe, Laos. Southeast Asia. Laos and the wild populations of Indochina 1877 by Doctor Jules Harmand (1845 - 1921) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1880

Drying and rolling green tea, Canton.

LITOGRAFIA-CAPILLA DE LOS RR CC - REALES ALZARES DE SEVILLA 1856. Author: FRANCISCO JAVIER PARCERISA BOADA (1803-1876). Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

IAt the Church of St. Mark in Venice according to the painting by Pantaleon Szyndler. Excerpt from Kłosy” 1883 (1) 8 9 Nicz, Edward (1851 1916), Szyndler, Pantaleon (1846 1905)

Meeting of Scioani leaders to dethrone the Empress Taitu, wife of Menelik II, 1910, Ethiopia, drawing by Gennaro Amato (1857-1947), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 15, April 10, 1910.

Sultan Cem or Cem Sultan, 1459-1495, also called Jem Sultan or Zizim by the French, was an heir to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century, here with P...

Men smoking in a Chinese opium den in Toulon, France. Date: 1907

Early morning in Billingsgate fish market, 19th century London. After an illustration by Gustave Doré in the 1890 American edition of London: A Pilgrimage written by Blanchard Jerrold and illustrated

A candidate is initiated into the Sublime Scottish Rite, vowing on her scimitar to honour the Modern Rite of Adoption. Date: 1891

'Assassination of Edward the Martyr', c1890. Edward the Martyr (c962-18 March 978) was King of England from 975 until his assassination at Corfe Castle in 978 in which Ælfthryth was implicated. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of England".

The Roman Emperor Hadrian supervising the construction of Hadrian's Wall. Running from the Solway to the Tyne, it was built to exclude the Picts (Scots). Date: circa 122

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me (Laisser venir à moi les petits enfants) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me (Laisser venir à moi les petits enfants), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 7 x 9 7/16 in. (17.8 x 24 cm). Despite the protests of the disciples, Jesus blesses the little children who are brought to him, calling them exemplars of faith. European Art 1886-1896

John IV of Ethiopia in his tent, engraving

The Possessed Man in the Synagogue (Le possédé dans la Synagogue) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Possessed Man in the Synagogue (Le possédé dans la Synagogue), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.6 x 16.8 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Mozaika v Karie- Dzhami. Presviataia Deva prinimaet bagrianuiu priazhu dlia khrama (iz apokrif. Evangeliia sv. Iakova). Konstantinopol' Mosaic,, Kariye Camii (Saint Saviour in Chora), Constantinople.. Gagarin, Grigorii Grigorevich, kniaz (1810-1893). Prints, Illustrations. 1897 - 1903. General Research Division. Architecture , Russia, Architecture, Byzantine, Architecture , Georgia (Republic), Decoration and ornament, Byzantine, Decoration and ornament, Russian

Street with Uzbekistans. Group of people on the street, at the top is a title in the Uzbek.

The Disciples of Jesus Baptize (Les disciples de Jésus baptisent) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Disciples of Jesus Baptize (Les disciples de Jésus baptisent), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (25.1 x 18.6 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Heartbroken widow in an ancient city cemetery in Cairo. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

In the Name of the Prophet, Alms. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Japanese beggars, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Algiers, Interior of a mosque, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

People at the rise towards the Holy Grafkerk in Jerusalem, c. 1867 - 1877 photograph Part of a group of photos collected by photographer Richard Polak on travel. This photo was exhibited together with other photos collected on his journeys at the Rotterdamsche Kunstkring (1895), Arti and Amicitiae in Amsterdam (1897-1898) And Societeit 't Collegie in Kampen (Date for the time being unknown). Jerusalem paper. cardboard albumen print sloping street; street with steps or stairs. street-trader Holy grave church

Juan de Borgoña (c.1470 - 1534). High Renaissance painter born in the Duchy of Burgundy. Active in Spain from about 1495 to 1534. The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Juan de Borgoña, Cathedral of Toledo, c. 1495

Arab University in Cairo, Egypt, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured, Africa

Turkey, 19th century. Istanbul, Topkapi Palace, A ceremony in front of Eunuch's Door or Fortune's Door. Engraving by Thomas Allom, 1839.

Trouble in Peking, Boxer Rebellion, China, May 1900. Artist: Unknown

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Christ returns from the temple with Joseph and Mary, verso lower left, print, prints, Rembrandt f 1654, lower right, height 92 mm, width 143 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, third quarter 17th century, Oriental paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by

Bosnia - Roadside drinking water pump Date: circa 1916

A beggar sits on a bench in front of a church porch His eyes are closed and he appears to be resting A small dog lies next to him on a leash In front of the man is a begging cap, Beggar with Dog, print maker: Karel Frederik Bombled, (mentioned on object), 1832 - 1902, paper, etching, h 223 mm × w 163 mm

Israel. Jerusalem. The Via Dolorosa. Street within the Old City where is believed that Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion. Engraving. "La Velada. Semanario Ilustrado", 1894.

An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.

Etching by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1548 illustrating the Nativity, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, central to the Christian faith.

Medressa (religious school - studying Koran) and two Mevlevi Dervishes. The Sheikh holds a tesbih (string of 99 prayer beads). Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) mystic and poet. When the great Andalusian mystic Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi met Rumi (as a boy) with his Father in Baghdad he commented when he saw him walking away behind his Father How strange, there goes a Sea followed by an Ocean. The advancing Mongol ho

Arab tents, nomads from A. Racinet, Historical Costume, Paris 1888

Four pallbearers in Mexican dress carrying a coffin behind a priest into a church. Coloured lithograph.

The Letter-Writer, Cairo, from Egypt and Nubia, by David Roberts, (1796-1864), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

Engraving depicting the final hours of Ezzelino III da Romano (1194-1259) an Italian feudal lord in the March of Treviso. Dated 13th Century

Japanese Tradition, Presentation of a Newborn in the Temple, 1870, Japan, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Original, Asia

Resting outside a church, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel.

Women from Bethlehem, historical illlustration, about 1886

Tarjeta postal. Tradiciones religiosas catalanas. Las Pabordesas, miembros de una cofradía religiosa recolectando donativos. Dibujo de 1910.

The tomb (later destroyed) of Gottfried of Bouillon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel. Gottfried von Bouillon, Godefroy de Bouillon, also Godefroid de Bouillon, 1060, 18 July 1100, was an army commander in the First Crusade, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910). Reading the sacred word.

Engraving depicting famine in Bengal: Hindus praying to Nandi for relief.

A Vision of Vishnu (Vaikuntha Darshana) Attributed to Murad and Lupha (active late 17th-early 18th century). A Vision of Vishnu (Vaikuntha Darshana), c 1710-15. Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 3/8 in. (19.5 x 13.7 cm). We know from court records that a ruler of the northwestern kingdom of Bikaner had a vivid dream in which he saw Vishnu and Lakshmi enthroned in a garden pavilion. Interpreting the vision as a good omen or blessing, the king ordered a painter to make an illustration based on his description. The subject remained a favorite for local artists and patrons for several generations. Like most versions, this painting presents Lakshmi as much smaller than Vishnu, and even smaller than their female servants. Asian Art c 1710-15

Altar of Shu'maakwe, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.

Japan in the late Middle Ages, actor, illustration from 1870 / Japan im späten Mittelalter, Schauspieler, Illustration aus 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

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