Historic Cultural Encounters

Engravings depicting native interactions with European settlers, religious pilgrimages, and cultural festivities from centuries past.

Illustration depicting the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. Dated 19th Century

Native Americans welcome two European monks to a settlement. Includes woven grass dwellings, fences, poles with decorations, palm trees, feather fans, robes and headdresses, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a period model.

Caravan of Greek pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. Middle East, Holy Week ceremonies in Jerusalem. Le Tour du Monde 1862

SCARBOROUGH SPA, 1858

THE ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION: OJIBWAY ENCAMPMENT NEAR THE FALLS OF THE RAINY RIVER, 1858

A Breton wedding: village people in costume dance in a circle under trees as musicians play the bagpipes and flute. Lithograph by H. Lalaisse after himself.

Procession of an Abyssinian (Ethiopian) queen. 19th cent. engraving.

The 'pilgrims' are visited by Massasoit, chief of the Pokanokets. Date: December 1620

Patagonians in the 'toldo' or skin tent. On right is the tomb of a child who has recently died and facing it are the stuffed skins of two horses who have been sacrificed. From William Parker King 'Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle' Vol.I, London 1839. This was the expedition on which Charles Darwin acted as naturalist.

Illustration depicting the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah. Dated 19th Century

Mohave native Americans playing ring game. USA. Voyage of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen from the Mississippi river to the shores of the Pacific Ocean 1853-1854. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Norouz, equinox celebrations in Persia, Teheran, Iran, illustration by Laurens from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 910, Volume 36, August 4, 1860.

, Episode of Indian insurrection, Miss, Joséphine Meeker, taken prisoner with her mother by the rebellious Indians, brave the threats of , Szene aus einem Indianer-AUFSTAND, Josephine Meeker Stellt Sich Mutig Dem Häuptling Entgegen aus the illustrated world , Unknown, Taylor, artist

Norwegian wedding procession according to the image of Bengt Nordenberg. A clip from a German magazine. Brend'apaaster, Franz Rand Siert Richar (1831 1915), Northsg, smic (1822 1902)

Franciscan missionaries massacred

Engraving depicting Pythagoras and his followers. Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement. Dated 19th century

Theatre performance in the Ava kingdom, Burma, Myanmar. Southeast Asia. Drawing by William Haussoullier (1815-1892) Travel to the kingdom of Ava, 1855 by Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889) Le Tour du Monde 1860

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. 'Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of the fair...The Hindoo is...passionately fond of dancing...and he will sit for hours watching the rather monotonous performance of a group of nautch-girls, giving no other token of his enjoyment than an occasional grunt of "Wah! wah!" which may be interpreted into "Bravo!" The movements...are soothing and undulatory. Their art chiefly consists in a graceful arrangement of their fl

PROCESSION OF THE OX,

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION

Syrian people in typical dresses costumes syriens. Syria, Syrian Arab Republic. Middle East, Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Joseph sold by his brothers; First in Den Put daer after sold aso, Ioseph Roegh Gebcht; Spacious bible. Joseph was taken out of the well by his brothers and is sold to tours of tours. Bottom right is settled and a desperate Joseph looked by two men. A black man is sitting under a parasol on a camel. At the rear left, the caravan continues. Under the show the title and four four-line verses in Dutch and a reference to the Bible text in Gen. 37: 24-27.

The Funeral of the Late Prince Louis Napoleon - Arrival of the Procession at st, Marys Church, Chislehurst , Arrival of Prince Louis Napoleons body at the Marienkirche in Chislehurst from Supplement to the Graphic , Godefroy Durand -, Xylographer

Figures on a path at a village; Landscapes of Oblong format.figures on a path to a village in a Meadow Landscape. Left a Church. Print from a Series or Eight.

NATIVE GAMES AT TE PAPA CAMP, TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND

Jacob's well near Nablus, chapter 4, verse 6, Gospel of John, mountain landscape, woman carrying jugs with water on their heads, lake, people, New Testament, Bible, historical illustration 1850

The hazelnut harvest at Mount Athos. Greece. Drawing by Joseph Villevieille (1829-1916) Journey to Mount Athos, 1858 by Antonin Proust (1832-1905) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Greek pilgrims bathing in the Jordan river. Middle East, Holy Week ceremonies in Jerusalem. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Ziklag, David, third day, city, Judas, landscape, mountains, stones, camels, horsemen well, men, noon, burn, set on fire, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Samuelis, chapter 30, verse 1, historical illustration around 1850, Middle East

Stop at a fountain, Kabylia. Northern Algeria, Africa. Excursion in Great Kabylia by Commander Emile Duhousset 1864 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

Kazan Tatars according to Arthur Wanjura. Sharpefs from Neue Illustirte Zeitung 1880, No. 28, p. 444 Monogramista P., Wanjura, Arthur

Missionaries, David van der Kellen (III), 1837 - 1885.

Well of the Virgin, Jerusalem. Line engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

The murder of Archbishop Sharp: he is lying on the ground before his coach, his daughter is restrained from attending him as one of the surrounding men draws his sword. Line engraving by H. Bourne after W. Allan.

Leaving the Temple, Tahiti, Windward islands, French Polynesia, illustration by Jules Worms from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1111, Volume XLIII, June 11, 1864.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, swineherd, New Testament, steel engraving 1853, digitally restored

Columbus landing in the new world. Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506. Spanish explorer and discoverer of America. From an old engraving.

THE MANIPUR MASSACRES

Joseph is sold by his brothers to merchants at De Put; Story of Joseph.

A peasant funeral in Connemara, Ireland Date: 1871

Watering place at a fountain at the lake of Tunis, Tunisia, around 1870, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Africa

Marquette's reception by the Illinois, 1881' by Émile Antoine Bayard depicts the encounter between Jacques Marquette and the Illinois Indians during the period of 1670-1679. The image is a wood engraving measuring 10 x 13 cm (3 3/4 x 5 in.) and illustrates the scene of missionaries receiving salutations from the Indigenous men of the Illinois tribe

The hazelnut harvest at Mount Athos. Greece. Drawing by Joseph Villevieille (1829-1916) Journey to Mount Athos, 1858 by Antonin Proust (1832-1905) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Punishment of adulterers, Khiva, Uzbekistan, from Travels in central Asia 1863 by Armin Vambery. Old engraving El Mundo en la Mano 1878

Valley of Jehoshaphat & Brook Kedron

The Funeral.. Unknown

William Penn's Treaty with the Indians

The Kingdom of Champasak (1713-1946) was a kingdom in southern Laos that broke away from the Lan Xang kingdom in 1713. Champasak prospered at the beginning of the 18th century, but was reduced to a vassal state of Siam before the century had passed. Under French rule the kingdom was known as Bassac and became an administrative block with its royalty stripped of many of its privileges. The Kingdom of Champasak was abolished in 1946 when the Kingdom of Laos was formed.

A Welsh Funeral, Print made by Edward Radclyffe, 1809-1863, British, after David Cox, 1783-1859, British, undated, Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (34.6 x 49.2 cm), Plate: 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches (23.8 x 30.2 cm), and Image: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (19.1 x 26 cm), church, funeral, genre subject, graveyard, landscape, people, trees, Welsh, Cymru, Wales

. A red cow is sacrificed outside the camp of the Israelites. In the foreground a pelvis with water. To the Bible text in Num. 19: 1-10.

Village at Madre de Dios Bay on Marquesas Islands,1836, engraving from the Voyage of Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars, Polynesia 19th Century.

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish cemetery. Engraving by Lemaitre, L. Thienon. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Funeral procession with the coffin of Emperor Napoleon and Bonaparte. (The funeral of Emperor Napoleon and Bonaparte on Saint Helena island). unknown

Engraving depicting Captain James Cook witnessing a human sacrifice in Tahiti. James Cook (1728-1779) a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and Captain in the Royal Navy. Dated 19th Century

Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ..... by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 44. Messe celebree par Mgr L'Eveque de nilopolis a Manga-Reva

The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside.

Group of men on a ship a flag lifting with the text 'The Sabbathbreek'. .

A GIPSY TENT. Egypt, engraving 1879

Agriculture in the province of Quang-Tung, China, historical illustration, wood engraving, circa 1888, Asia

Ceremony of hoisting the British flag on the island of Labuan,southwest coast of Borneo Date: 1847

Cremation of the dead on funeral pyres, Calcutta, South India, Indian Ocean. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

THE PORTMADOC EISTEDDFOD, INITIATION OF SIR W.W. WYNN AS AN OVATE AT THE MEETING OF THE GORSEDD EYRI, 1872 engraving

North American Indians holding Council on the fate of a white prisoner, circa 1860

A celebration party given in honour of a good harvest. Engraving by B. Picart, 1733, after Virgil.

Fete of the Blenheim Free Dispensary in the grounds of Beulah Spa, Norwood, in south London. Date: 1851

Burning the weeds and harvesting of the grain; Parable of the sower; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). The landlord, with a scepter in hand, gives the command to get the harvest. The grain is harvested and the weeds are collected and burned. A boy holds the rug of the landlord. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in mat. 13.

. Leaf with four performances of rituals from inhabitants from Guinea. Above: a traditional greeting in the morning. A wedding ceremony where the bridal couple gives each other's hand. Below: Birth ceremony immediately after the mother gave birth. A mother washes her newborn child in the river. Under the performances a caption in French.

An engraving depicting a scene from the story of Noah's Ark. "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat" - Genesis VIII: 4 "And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord..." Genesis VIII: 20. Dated 19th century

Procession with dancers to J. Berain ..

Endor, Saul's servants seek the sorceress, fortune teller, witch, woman, question, spirit, future, landscape, mountains, buildings, lake, warrior, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Samuel, chapter 28, verse 7, historical illustration c. 1850, Middle East

Religious rites of the ancient Germanic peoples. A priest pours a libation on a fire, men lead a bull to sacrifice, others cast spells. After Philipp Cluvers Germania Antiqua. Sacrifizi, Sortilegi, &c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

Kingdom of Slavonia (historical region of Croatia). Slovaks or Slavonian vagabonds. Engraving by Pothey. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, circa 1680

The Feast of the Boatmen in Geneva in Switzerland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Lienhard & Salzborn, Chur, Festakt. Schlussbild, View of the final performance of the Calven-Feier in Chur, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, V., height 180 mm, width 254 mm, Swiss, photographer, 1898 - 1899, paper, collotype, photoprint, cliché maker

Khoikhoi Move their bead, Jan Wandelaar, 1727 print Men and women of the Khoikhoi move their bead and rebuild the houses. In the foreground a packed OS and men who wear branches and household goods. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving Khoikhoi. moving (house) South Africa

Four bearers carry a gentleman in a palanquin, in the East Indies (Indonesia). Date: 1782

Egyptian festival, given by the vice king Said Pascha in honor of the Duke of Brabant, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, around 1890, Record Date not stated

HINROO DANCE

British prisoners at Magdala. Amba Mariam, Ethiopia. Old 19th century engraved, Narrative of a Journey through Abyssinia by Guillaume Lejean from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

. Annual fair in Utrecht at the beginning of 12th century. Visitors to the market run along the stalls at a church.

Funeral of Pres. James Monroe - The ceremony at the grave, in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, 1858

Worship of kings.

Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais.

Lord Stratford de Redcliffe laying the Foundation Stone of the Memorial Church at Constantinople, 1858. 'A large tent was erected at the top of the inclosure for the personnel of the British Embassy and their friends... The ceremony began with the reading of a suitable prayer by Mr. Cribble, the Embassy Chaplain... Lord Stratford...delivered an address of ten or fifteen minutes' length, which elicited warm applause...after depositing the usual bottle of coins and roll of parchment in the prepared cavities in the lower stone, His Lordship spread the mortar over the surface of this last, upo

Funeral of Faidherbe (dummy title)

Carnival in Rome. Masquerades of the Germans parade of the procession, Rome. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Trip to Rome by Francis Wey, Le Tour du Monde 1870

Utrechtse Masquerade of 1851: Christianity, 719; Christianity. 719; Patriotic history. From the earliest times to the end of the 17th century, in eight scenes, in a costume suggested by H.H. Dtudenten der Utrechtsche Hoogeschool, Den 25 Juny 1851. Christianity. 719. The Frisian King Radboud refuses to receive baptism from Wulfram, Archbishop of Sens. Part of the series of eight prints of the masquerade of the students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences representative episodes from Patriotic History, 25 June 1851. See also the statement of the printing of the print, published separately.

European offering brandy to chief Alcaty tribe in exchange for water engraving from Journey of Mr de Gennes in Magellan Strait 1695

Leg tour of the twelve tribes of Israel with the Tabernacle ..

Part of the procession of burghermasters gathered to receive Henrietta Maria of England, watched by peasants and cattle. Etching.

A Catholic priest chains himself to the doorway of a parishioner threatened with eviction, as a gesture of defiance Date: 1887

Village Festival Under the Trellis. Adriaen van Ostade (Holland, Haarlem, 1610-1685). Holland, circa 1648-1652. Prints; etchings. Etching

The Empty Tomb Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807 British) The Cummer Museum Of Art And Gardens

Christ collapses for a second time at Kruisblag; Stazione VII Cade Sotto La Croce La Seconda Volta; Cross roads; Via crucis. Christ collapses for the second time under the weight of the cross on the road to Golgotha. In the margin under the show are under the title two lines of Italian text.

The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena. Allegorical print of Napoleon's tomb on St Helena, with the figure of Napoleon watching as a laurel wreath is laid on the stone. 19th century French engraving.

Lithographs The Royal Visit to India The Prince of Wales and the Governor of Goa on there way to the Cathedral Old Goa Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

Ceremony, Easter Island, Chile 19th century.

Reconstruction of procession of The Bull of Nimrud, by Austen Henry Layard

The meeting of Joseph II with Pius VI, at Neunkirchen on March , Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

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