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Vibrant illustrations inspired by myth and literature, including scenes from operas and epic tales, showcasing imaginative artistry.

Dore, Gustave (1832 - 1883), illustration, from ""Divine Comedy"", by Dante Alighieri, canto 13: ""Inferno"", Virgil guiding Dante through the seventh circle of hell, wood engraving, coloured, 1860, private collection,
Dore, Gustave (1832 - 1883), illustration, from ""Divine Comedy"", by Dante Alighieri, canto 13: ""Inferno"", Virgil guiding Dante through the seventh circle of hell, wood engraving, coloured, 1860, private collection,
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'Puck and the Fairies. (Midsummer Nights Dream)', c1870. Artist: WM Lizare.
4266-21642023
Illustration to the national epic Kalevala, Kochergin, Nikolai Mikhaylovich (1897-1974)
866-13328
Carroza de Caracol. Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). Caseine on masonite. 39 x 71cm.
4409-60290364
Escena ilustrada de la ópera de Richard Wagner, El anillo de los Nibelungos, editada por Ediciones Diana, de Barcelona. Brunhilda y los guerreros navegan hacia Vorms. Grabado de 1926. Author: Joan Llaverias Labro.
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An intense and continuing interest in all aspects of the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln resulted in curiosities like this, even though it was not published until 1867, two years after the event.
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Large wall painting of Orpheus with a lyre from the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. He is surrounded by animals including a lion, cougar, boar, stag, hare and a blue flamingo. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.
1848-51001844
Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Paradise Lost, The Paradise Lost, published in 1667, is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton, Inferno, Hell, Paradise, Angel, Damnation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Portrait of the Marquesa Casati - 1923 - oil on canvas - 154x208 cm. Author: IGNACIO ZULOAGA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Pedraza. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.
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Mime find the mother of Siegfried in the forest from Siegfried, The Ring of the Nibelungen - Arthur Rackham, circa 1911
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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Sailed off in a wooden shoe, Storybook Kids
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'The caterpillar on his mushroom', c1900.  Artist: Unknown.
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Illustration in a series called 'Wine', published in 1907. By Raoul Serres (1881-1971), a French illustrator and printmaker.
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BODEGON DEL PAVO MUERTO - 1929 - OLEO/LIENZO - 73 x 104 cm. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA (1886/1945). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Santander. Cantabria. SPAIN.
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Toba Exiled 1840, Hokusai, Katsushika, 1840
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Illustration on the theme of war from, Poems of pleasure By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, illustration by Dudley tenant 1920
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Antonio Maria Vassallo, The Larder, Italian, c. 1620-1664-1673, probably c. 1650-1660, oil on canvas
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Angel Scourging a Harpy (recto); Athletic Scene (verso). Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (29.8 x 23.5 cm). Date: ca. 1890. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1899-38767
Baron Munchausen's remarkable leap Illustration by Alphonse Adolf Bichard from the book The Adventures of Baron Munchausen published c1886
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Protestant Reformation. Germany. Facsimile of an engraving of the period (16th century) . Satire against the sale of indulgences. Universal History, 1885. Colored.
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This 1880s illustration of a wall painting uncovered at Pompeii shows cupids play a game of Hide and Seek.  Pompeii was a thriving and sophisticated Roman citythat was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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'Drawing of a Porcelain Vase'. Album "The Gold Book of Lorraine". Keller & Guerin. France, 1893 (). Dimensions: 37,5x28 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANONYMOUS.
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painting on paper, india Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox
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The fourth Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, which claimed up to 50 ships a year. Built by the English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) beginning in 1756 it was in operation for 127 years. From 'Scenes in England' by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.
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Faith, Hope, & Love Helen Lurye (20th C. Russian) Oil & acrylic on canvas Private Collection
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Dracula and Lucy Westenra, From the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897, Colored wood engraving
1899-75756
Fishes - Still Life (Pesci - Natura morta), by Giovanni Crivelli known as Crivellino, 18th Century, oil on canvas, 74 x 50 cm
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Behemot and Majata;  Aboklicka-Budzichowa, Maria (1924-1977); 1971 (1971-00-00-1971-00-00);Bulgakov, Mikhail. Master and Małgorzata, women, figural compositions, cats, contemporary painting
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Behind Frémiet's Elk (Trocadéro) (Derrière l'élan de Frémiet (Trocadéro)). Dimensions: 28.4 cm x 22.8 cm, 21.1 cm x 17 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: George Auriol.
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Heat. Date/Period: 1919. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 127 cm (50 in); Width: 92.7 cm (36.4 in). Author: FLORINE STETTHEIMER.
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The Sacrifice of Abel, 1874. Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898)
1899-19128
Resurgam or I Shall Rise Again, after a painting by Frank Dicksee. From King Albert´s Book, published 1915. The publication of the painting in the book refers to the hoped for resurgence of Belgium after its invasion by the Germans in the First World War.
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Allegory on musical creation of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), illustration
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A SELLER OF POTTERY. Egypt, engraving 1879
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The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, 'The Bard.', 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), beard, bird, bodies, broken, dead, figurehead, flames, gown, harp, hawk, leaf, literary theme, lyre, man, men, religious and mythological subject, rocks (landforms), stars, text, trees, water
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Watercolor by Maximilian Lenz showing a floating angel with wings, drapery, and posture, emphasizing anatomy and gesture.
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THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about the cucumber. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.
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Diptych with flowers and insects, 1591, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-ca.1601/Flemish), Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France
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'watercolour painting, by Tayeb Arab (French Algerian artist) 1981
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Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Purgatory, Song II) by Franz von Bayros, detail
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Calvary', detail, by Maerten van Heemskerck, 1545-1550. Found in the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Two Men Contemplating the Moon by Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840) State Art Gallery, Dresden ca 1820 Oil on canvas 33x44,5 Germany Romanticism Landscape Painting
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Departure of the Crusaders from Aigues Mortes, France, Crusades were strategically, religiously and economically motivated wars sanctioned by the Latin Church between 1095-99 and the 13th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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William Young Ottley, The Creation 1: So God Created Man, 1797, etching and aquatint on laid paper.
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Salvador Dalí, 'Leda Atomica', 1949, Oil on canvas, 61.1 × 45.3 cm. Museum: Teatre Museu Dalí, Figueras, SPAIN.
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FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874). Idyll. 1868. Romanticism. Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
1323-137
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Allgemeine Elektricitats - Gesellschaft Berlin, Lamps & Lighting
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American illustration of a fireman fighting a blaze in a house; 1880
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NI MAS NI MENOS MIO - 1998. Author: MANUEL OCAMPO. Location: GALERIA SOLEDAD LORENZO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Napleon Le Grande December 2, 1813 Thomas Rowlandson Allegorical portrait of Napoléon I, with his face surrounded by a halo of stars and laurel leaves radiating above a globe. Below are two eagles supporting a curtain that holds up the globe, which has France at the center. A pole with Napoleon's head rises from France and is inscribed "Polar Star.". Napleon Le Grande. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). December 2, 1813. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints
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Switzerland, Basel, The Game of the Naiads
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Historical illustration, Heinzelmaennchen, little house gnomes from Cologne, Image 9 of 9, Die Heinzelmaennchen, 19th Century legend, poem by August Kopisch
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Lightning, Plate 4 from the Weather Series. David Hockney (b.1937). Lithograph and screenprint. Printed in 1973. 99.5 x 80cm.
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(SIN IDENTIFICAR) - 2007. Author: JORGE GALINDO. Location: ESTUDIO DE JORGE GALINDO. BOROX. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Little Red Riding Hood, Jessie Willcox Smith
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Becky's Christmas Dream, Christmas & Santa
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'Once upon a time...' begins  the tale of Sleeping Beauty.
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Harris, Beebe & Company.  The Pocahontas Chewing Tobacco Company.  Tobacco package label depicting Pocahontas posed in nature, circa 1868
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Gothic romantic human skull red roses and pink peonies with small pumpkins for halloween, clothing template and t-shirt
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Woman suffrage by Cary (Rumsey), Evelyn (1855-1924) / Private Collection / c. 1905 / The United States / Colour lithograph / Poster and Graphic design / Art Nouveau
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Woman with a castle in the background
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'The ships are coming' United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation poster by James H. Daugherty, 1889-1974, Published in 1917 during World War One, the poster shows a large eagle flying above ships setting sail for a distant shore in flames
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Mural with Till Eulenspiegel at the restaurant, figure, guitar, musician, make music, Bretten, Kraichgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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