Historic Crowd Scenes

19th-century engravings depicting significant historical events with crowds and celebrations, capturing moments of cultural importance across various societies.

Execution of the Archbishop of York, 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

Engraving depicting a crowd returning from Epson Race, being held up at the Toll Gate at Kennington. Dated 19th Century

Descubrimiento de América por Cristóbal Colón. Año 1492. Grabado de 1854.

ancient world Roman Empire legend Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus sentencing his son to the death judgment because of the contrary to orders of the offense battle near Trifanum 340 BC history painting wood engraving 19th century,

Execution of the Archbishop of York, 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

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites: Louisiana. Voodoo, a synthesis of Roman Catholic and African magic and beliefs. Engraving published New York 1886.

Sunday service in a Dalecarlian Church, Darlana, Sweden (Artist Johan Fredrik Höckert); Black and White Illustration;

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites: Louisiana. Voodoo, a synthesis of Roman Catholic and African magic and beliefs. Engraving published New York 1886.

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites, Louisiana, USA, 1886. Artist: Unknown

Clovis crossing the Main, Clovis, King of the Franks, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Christmas festival in Muensterland, Germany, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe

Ancient Egyptian court held for the late King, historical illustration, circa 1886

The four lepers find the camp abandoned, camp, huts, eat, drink, silver, gold, clothes, booty, steal, horses, tents, night, crescent moon, Bible, Old Testament, Second Book of Kings, chapter 7, verse 8, historical illustration c. 1850, Near East

A bridal procession in Hesse being stopped, Germany, historical engraving of 1883, Europe

Herod Antipas' Departure from Jerusalem ; Black and White Illustration;

Shield of the Church, also Petrus Albussanus, from 1476 until his death the 40th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John, in Rhodes, Greece, Historic,...

A wedding in Mistelgau, Bavaria, Franconia, wedding party and the bride's dowry on a horse-drawn carriage, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Surrender of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Carberry Hill, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

the execution of the Gorcum martyrs, after gruesome torture, sentenced to death and hanged near den Briel, July 1572. The Martyrs of Gorkum were a group of 19 Catholics in the sixteenth century who suffered martyrdom for Catholicism in the Dutch town of Gorinchem or Gorcum.

Burning of John Badby (d1410) at Smithfield, London, for heresy. A tailor from Worcester, he was a Lollard and follower of Wycliffe. Denied transubstantiation. 1848 Wood engraving

Martin Luther (1483-1546) naited to the door of the Wittenberg castle church his Ninety-Five These, 1517. Germania, 1882.

Arrest, police officers arrest a criminal at a wedding ceremony, woodcut, 1887, England

Around 1878, Coronation of a Rose Girl at a town festival in Nanterre, France, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date not known, Europe

At the railway crossing, a church procession with processional flags must wait and let the train pass, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Encampment of Ioway Indians, Lord's Cricket Ground - the Welcome Speech, 1844. Native Americans in London: '...this celebrated party of Indians...have been encamped at Lord's Cricket-ground, St. John's Wood, where they have exhibited their skill in shooting with bows and arrows, in a grand archery fete, in ball-play, characteristic dances etc...'. Here we see '...a speech from the second chief - the Walking Rain, explained by the interpreter; in which he stated this to be the first encampment of the kind formed in this country; adding his congratulations on the numerous attendance. He then per

identifies the Dauphin and proclaims her prophecy Date: 1428

Vintage antique illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical story about destruction of cities Sodom and Gomorrah. From Biblische Geschichte des alten und neuen Testaments, Germany 1859.Genesis 18-19.. Vintage Drawing of Angels Leading Family from Burning City. Biblical Story About Sodom and Gomorrah

A wedding in Mistelgau, Bavaria, Franconia, wedding party and the bride's dowry on a horse-drawn carriage, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of...

Jephthab's homecoming, crowd, warriors, weapons, spears, shields, woman, men, camel, Mizpah, daughter, welcome, tambourine, timpani, round dance, home, house, home, Bible, Old Testament, Book of Judges, chapter 11, verse 34, historical illustration c. 1850, Middle East

Adventures of an heir worldwide, A monk witnesses to the crime, claimed, vintage engraving. Adventures of an heir worldwide, A monk witnesses to the crime, claimed, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659882

The monkey in the village, vintage engraving. The monkey in the village, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673501

'Assassination of Lord Mayo', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Austrian born, American cartoonist, Joseph Keppler, depicts government culprits of the Credit Mobilier scandal, as samurai receiving instruction in ritual suicide, hara-kiri. Uncle Sam and New York Republican boss Roscoe Conkling preside, as President Grant, Carl Schurz, and Charles Sumner observe from behind a screen. 1873 (BSLOC_2018_10_144)

Auto-da-fe of the Spanish Inquisition. Engraving by Vergeil (19th c.). Engraving.

Secret societies in China, The punishment of traitors, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Buried alive. We finally locked in a cedar wood, vintage engraving. Buried alive. We finally locked in a cedar wood, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657182

LIFE IN CHINA

The exhumation of Constantine V by Michael III, Byzantine Emperors, 9th century

Demonstration in Hyde Park 21st July 1884 where speakers denounced or praised the Third Reform Act of 1884

geografie/travel Russia people Caucasians engraving 19th century,

'The Butcher-Newport Market Alley', 1872. Butcher cutting meat for femal customer in Newport Market, Leicester Square. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C., 1872.

1620s ENGRAVING 17TH CENTURY DUTCH SETTLERS TRADING WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

justice penitentiary system prison criminals in a cell copper engraving by Mettenleiter 18th century,

geography / travel, Mexico, people, traditional costumes of the population, Indians, wood engraving, 19th century,

Preaching a Maronite under the cedars of Lebanon, by Bida, vintage engraving. Preaching a Maronite under the cedars of Lebanon, by Bida, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674084

John Eliot (1604-1690) was an English missionary in colonial Massachusetts. Called the Apostle to the Indians, he established villages for Christian natives and translated between 1661-1663 the Bible into an Algonquian Indian language-the first Bible printed in North America. In this late 1800s engraving, Eliot is shown preaching to the Indians.

Martin Luther ist preaching in his home village Moehra, engraving 19. centuryury

Engraving depicting Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. Dated 18th century

They condemned him to go the village shirt, barefoot, vintage engraving. They condemned him to go the village shirt, barefoot, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657219

The single goat is let into the wilderness, Leviticus, Bible, high priest, people, sin, sin offering, historical illustration 1850

Nativity play at Christmas, the angel wakes up the shepherds / Krippenspiel zu Weihnachten, der Engel weckt die Hirten, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Death of Chram, a son of Chlothar I, 561

A village fete in Riga, 1880, Latvia, Europe

Preacher in a village church in the south of Lapland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Blutritt in Weingarten, riders' procession, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, historical engraving, 1869, Europe

THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), WITH BAKER PASHA'S EXPEDITION TO RELIEVE TOKAR

Eskimos examined music boxes. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Second German North Polar Expedition in 1869 from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

The Cucking Stool in Norman Times

Various procedures of apiculture Date: circa 1760

Inquisition, the cruel torture methods of the Church in the 16th century

The Farewell Song of Thibaut, Thibaut de Blaison, Blason, or Blazon, Fourth Crusade, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

An auto da fe (meaning 'act of faith' in Spanish and Portuguese), involving the public burning at the stake of religious heretics at the time of the Inquisition. Date: 16/17th centuries

Public scribe by the roadside, Mexico, America, historical illustration, circa 1886, Central America

First book of Moses, chapter 9, verse 25, Noah's sons, Noah cursed Ham, Canaan should be cursed, Bible, Old Testament, Genesis, story of creation, law books, two groups, tents, children, woman, men, curse, expel, grief, misfortune, shepherd's staff, vestments, walking, landscape, historical illustration after Gustave Doré around 1880

Scene from a Muharram procession, Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and one of the four holy months of the year in Islam, group of penitents, historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Sainte Geneviève rescues Parisian during the famine, vintage engraving. Sainte Geneviève rescues Parisian during the famine, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656240

Lunch in the garden of Governor Ben-Aouda, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

The Indians of Dabaibe, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Commander Desfosses in Yoube-Soudi concluding a treaty with the Iman of Muscat and Oman, Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between France and Muscat, ...

Miniature of the fifteenth century, Reception of a novice to the Hotel Dieu in Paris, vintage engraving. Miniature of the fifteenth century, Reception of a novice to the Hotel Dieu in Paris, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678585

Traditional abduction of a bride in Upper Bavaria, Germany, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe

Building a tribal homestead, (c1920). Artist: A Holloway

Persecution of Waldenses (Valdenses, Vaudois, Valdesi) by the Roman Catholic church. The Castellani family of Val Lucerna surprised by Fr Anselmo from local monastery outside the cave where their secret service was being held: c 1476. 19th century wood engraving.

People in traditional costumes from Istria, then Italy, around 1860, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Socrates (439-399) Greek philosopher. Socrates on trial for 'corrupting youth' and 'impiety' 19th century illustration

The Esala Perahera or 'Festival of the Tooth' held annually in Kandy is believed to be a fusion of two separate but interconnected 'Perahera' (Processions), The Esala and Dalada. The Esala Perahera which is thought to date back to the 3rd century BC, was a ritual enacted to request the gods for rainfall. The Dalada Perahera is believed to have begun when the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha was brought to Sri Lanka from India during the 4th Century AD.

German reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) preaching to the crowd in Mora. Germania, 1882. Author: A. SIGISMUND.

Symbolic photo for the hunt for the sight in 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact origi...

Great Britain Counter-Reformation under Queen Mary I of England ""The Catholian"" return of catholic Prelate history painting 19th century,

People from the Daldys tribe in China, woodcut from 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

A man condemned to death visited by his family in his prison cell on the day of his execution. Wood engraving by P. Jonnard after M. Munkácsy.

An engraving depicting Covent Garden Market lit by gas lamps. Dated 19th century

Juana la Loca. Joanna of Castile known as Joanna the Mad (1479-1555) Queen of Castile. Juana the Mad Holding Vigil over the Coffin of Her Late Husband, Philip the Handsome by Francisco Pradilla, Spain. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Spanish auto da fe, enforcement of a sentence of the Inquisition, Spain, historical illustration, Europe

In 1682, William Penn makes a treaty with the Delaware or Lenape Indians under the elm tree at Shackamaxon in present day Pennsylvania. From a 19th century illustration.

Exterior of Hotel-Dieu, Paris, with nuns at the doors, receiving a patient on a stretcher. 19th century wood engraving after painting in 'Le Livre de Vie Active de l'Hotel Dieu', c.1482.

Preparation of a supper at the Station of Aguas Calientes, Peru, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862

British officials depose the king of Kandy. Date: 1815

Wolf stealing a child, India 1 of 5 Date: 1895

Engraving depicting the celebration on board a ship to mark 'The Crossing of the Line' a tradition when sea-farers cross the equator. Dated 19th Century

The Prince of Wales in Egypt: the Royal Party leaving the Hall of Columns, Karnak, on their return to Luxor, 1862. The future King Edward VII in Africa. '...horses having been provided, the Royal party, attended by a numerous guard, visited Karnak, remaining there a whole day. After strolling about the ruins, the Prince gave directions for Divine service to be held at eleven a.m, in the Hall of Columns. The Rev. Canon Stanley officiated, and, after prayers, delivered a most appropriate and highly-interesting sermon...Some English travellers who happened to be on the spot were invited to attend

Persian nobleman. Engraving. 19th century.

trade Canada American Indian and European colonial master trading pelt contemporary copper engraving 18th century,

An engraving depicting Covent Garden market lit by gas lamps. Dated 19th century

Russia, the Jordan Festival or Annual Blessing of the Neva in St. Petersburg, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact ...

slavery slave trade slaves on an auction in a Confederate State of the USA wood engraving after drawing by Johannes Gehrts 1886,

2 sisters of Simeon, Bishop of Salencia in Persia, sawn into quarters. Engraving from c 1780 edition of The New Book of Martyrs by Rev Dr H Southwell

This illustration dates to around 1846 and shows the Northmen discovering grapes in Vinland. Vinland is an old Norse term for the area of coastal North America explored by the Norse Vikings. On such Viking was Leif Erikson (Ericson) who landed there around 1000 A.D. Vinland, or Vineland, reflects the rich soil that allowed for the growing of grapes.

Japan: Emperor Meiji symbolically moving from Kyoto to Tokyo, marking the Meiji Restoration and the transfer of the imperial capital in 1868, Le Monde Illustre, 20 February 1869

literature fairy tale Grimm's Fairy Tales ""Tom thumb"" children in the forest wood engraving,

IRISH POTATO FAMINE (1845-1852) in an 1846 engraving

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