Historic European Illustrations

A collection of vintage illustrations depicting various historical scenes, including caricatures and biblical narratives. The artwork features intricate details and a classic aesthetic.

Moses Striking the Rock in Horeb; Nikolaas Henneman (British, 1813 - 1893); London, England; 1847; Salted paper print; 6 × 12.4 cm (2 3,8 × 4 7,8 in.)

The Rescue of the Sailor Andrea, preparatory study for an egraving by ChristianSas. Artist: Jacques Stella, French, 1596-1657

John Massey Wright, 1777-1866, British, Falstaff Disguised as Herne, undated. Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Le coup de vent (The Gust of Wind), 1816, Carle Vernet; Engraver: Louis-Philibert Debucourt, French, 1755-1832, 13 x 9 5/8 in. (33.02 x 24.45 cm) (image), Watercolor, France, 19th century

Luke Clennell, 1781-1840, British, Loading a Wagon, 1813. Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, blued white, wove paper.

Seat of Regents, 1750, Pieter Louw, 1750 drawing Six regents sitting around a table, on the right a standing messenger takes a letter. It may be the regents of the Luthersch Diaconiehuis (orphanage) in Amsterdam, 1750. Amsterdam paper. chalk board, esp. governors, trustees, etc. (Dutch: 'regenten'). orphanage Amsterdam

Ein Windstoß mit Regen hat die Frauen erwischt und die Schirme umgestülpt, 1880, Deutschland, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch, Eine Frau kämpft mit ihrem Schirm gegen den Wind in einer städtischen Umgebung

Bandbox Lid Fragment, Surrender of Cornwallis; USA; block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support; 38.5 x 33 cm (15 3/16 x 13 in.)

Hand in hand walking couple, followed by a young man. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1654 - c. 1658. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 204 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid.. Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). 1815. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Bulls , Spain, Death, Bullfighters , Spain, Bullfighting , Spain

Banknote vignette with haymakers symbolizing rural industry. Artist: Attributed to Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796-1886 Maplewood, New Jersey). Dimensions: plate: 2 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (6.3 x 12.3 cm)sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 3/8 in. (9.4 x 13.6 cm). Printer: Printed by A. B. & C. Durand & Company (American, active 1824-27); Printed by Durand, Perkins, and Company (New York). Date: ca. 1824-37. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas), 1791. Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Textile, Lady of the Lake; Engraved by Malfeson (French); France; cotton; Warp x Weft: 47.5 x 82.5 cm (18 11/16 x 32 1/2 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-154

Japan, Rolland, H., Drawing, One of ten pen drawings, Asian figures, sometimes accompanied by horses, moving to the right and on two sheets to the left, carrying packages partly with the emblem of the VOC Zeeland. Signed; ll: H. Rolland pinxit. Inscription; ll: 16. lr: 521, 10. Note: see NG-1007-A to J., drawing, teken, drawings, tekeningen, height 27.2 cm, width 76.3 cm, draughtsman, tekenaar, 1775 - 1775, third quarter 18th century, derde kwart 18e eeuw, fourth quarter 18th century, vier kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, ink, inkt, pen, brush, Borstel, Expression creation

Christie's Auction Room 1808 Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827 British) Colored Etching

The execution by sword of a Chinese man. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

The People of the Mountains: Showing the Influence of Environment of Character by Alexander Johnston (1815-1891) a Scottish painter, known for genre and history paintings. Dated 19th Century

Spain (1810.1814). Càdiz Cortes. Allegory of the 1812 Constitution. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia.

Emperor Sigismund with the golden rose, ff. 86-87. 1460. Richental, Ulrich von, ca. 1365-1437. Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Costüme and Scenen of Vienna , Ziegen-Milch Saleswoman Vienne Venduse de Lait de Chêvre et de dnesse , Artaria , Co, Verlag, Publishing House, Johann Nepomuk Passini -, Copper Engraver, Johann Josef Schindler -, artist

Woodwork: felling the tree, planing, sawing, and instruments. Coloured lithograph.

Peep-show, Peep-show Section: A Coff; Print Maker: C.P. Maj.; Published by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684-1756); Germany; hand-colored etching, with engraving support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper; 15 x 9.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) dims. vary slightly

Studies by Pierre Alexandre Wille depicting female and male heads, executed with feder, ink, brush, and watercolor in 1797.

Folk types; verso: building facade, horses head, hay wagons. Brandt, Józef (1841-1915), painter

German 16th Century, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III), c 1515 Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Jousts)(Volume III)

Ericsson, Henry, Sketchbook, 21 leaves, 1930, drawing, 26.8 cm x 21.2 cm, Ericsson, Henry, section: Building behind the trees, 1930, Carl August Henry Ericsson, 1898 in St. Michel, Finland - 1933 in Borgå, was a Finnish graphic artist and decorative painter of Finland.

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing the Down Leap, 1818. Watercolor, with pen, in brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper.

Napoleon Bonapartes funeral by Jean-Victor Vincent Adam, Lithograph, watercolor, 1840s, 1801-1867, Russia, Moscow, State Borodino War and History Museum,

Peep-show Section: A Coff, Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684-1756, C.P. Maj., Hand-colored etching, with engraving Support: white laid paper laid down on thick gray paper, Interior of three rooms, furniture and costumes of the times. Men and women engaged in drinking coffee, smoking, and gaming., Augsburg, Germany, Germany, ca. 1750, architecture, Peep-show, Peep-show

Mr. B. on the Middle Watch--'Cold blows the wind & rain's coming on's - Plate 3, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, after Capt. Frederick Marryat, 1792-1848, British, Published by George Humphrey, ca. 1773-ca. 1831, British, 1820, Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 15/16 inches (25.5 x 35.4 cm), Plate: 8 7/16 x 11 7/16 inches (21.5 x 29 cm), and Image: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (16.5 x 24.7 cm), boat, boy, caricature, cold, deck, genre subject, illustration, marine art, men, midnight, midshipmen, night, patrolling, rain, rope, satire, seamen, ships, walking, watch, wind

Carlos V. lanceando un toro en la plaza de Valladolid.. Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). 1815. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Bulls , Spain, Horses, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, Bullfighting , Spain

Maskerade of the Leiden students, 1865 (title), 1865 Historically costumed parade of the students of the Leidse Hogeschool held on 6 June 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the Hogeschool. The parade depicts the entry of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. The fame with a banner. TitlePent, part of the series of 16 stuck magazines. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper To lead. Zierikzee Historically costumed parade of the students of the Leidse Hogeschool held on 6 June 1865 on the occasion of the 290th anniversary of the Hogeschool. The parade depicts the entry of the Dutch within Zierikzee on August 12, 1304. The fame with a banner. TitlePent, part of the series of 16 stuck magazines. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper To lead. Zierikzee

Napoleon I (1769-1821) visiting the tomb of Frederick the Great of Prussia. Tinted lithograph.

View of Falaise, Anonymous, After Jan Peeters (I), 1657 print This print is part of an album. publisher: Frankfurt am MainThe Hague paper engraving / etching city-view in general; 'veduta' Cliff

Bound Print (France)

HISTORIA ITALIA. COMBATE DE GLADIADORES ROMANOS. GRABADO COLOREADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Salon Interior in the House of Zinaida Volkonskaya in Moscow by Barberi, Michelangelo (active Early 19th cen.)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1817/ Italy/ Watercolour and white colour on paper/ Classicism/ 16,3x21,4/ Architecture, Interior

Scene from a comedy from the House of the Patrician or Centenary (Casa del Centenario), Regio IX, Insula VIII. 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.

Get to the petition of the maids, Obscene caricature and text, Unknown

Events in and around the year 1477, 1877 print Events in and around the year 1477. In the middle the find of the corpse of Charlemagne frozen in the mud at Nancy. Around here four smaller scenes of contemporaine events: a book printing company in Delft, the marriage of Maximilian I with Maria van Burgundy, the painter Dieric Bouts (Dirk Stuerbout) and the town hall of Middelburg. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Utrechtprinter: Wageningen paper violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death (+ finding of dead or dying person). marriage, married couple, 'matrimonium'. printing, printing office. painter at work, in his studio Delft. Town hall (Middelburg). Nancy

Frederick the Great (1712-1786). King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg. Meeting at Sanssouci Palace, Postdam. Germany. Engraving by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905). Colored.

The county of Holland versus Free Republic, Anonymous, 1710 - 1720 drawing Aquarel on which two saters or devils with flags. Left: County of Holland. Right: Free Republic. Two fighting ramparts for the devils. At the top of the clouds the carved head of Van Oldenbarnevelt and caricatures of some judges in animal form. With handwritten explanation. Belonging to series of watercolors in book. Netherlands parchment (animal material). watercolor (paint). ink pen / brush political caricatures and satires. caricatures (human types). bad, corrupt judge. satyr(s) (in general). cock-fighting Holland. Dutch Republic

A calendar and trade cards depicting a man, a woman, fruit, a musical instrument, a cat and paintings of landscapes. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Cats

Person ; Person ; Person ; Person. Drawings. 1800 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. China, Drawing, Chinese, Clothing and dress , China

Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743-1822, British, Life School at the Royal Academy, 1773. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Cozy Corner. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 47.2 x 58.5 cm (18 9/16 x 23 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Perkins Harnly.

Schelpfontein in the garden of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Pieter Schenk (I), 1693 - 1717 print View of the Schelpfontein in the garden of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli. Title in Latin and in Dutch in the lower margin. Print is part of an album. print maker: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. ornamental fountain. garden. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Villa d'Este. Tivoli

Serving Punch, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, between 1815 and 1820, Watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper, Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (24.4 x 35.2 cm), bottles, drinking, food, genre subject, glasses (drinking glasses), jug, ladle, men, punch bowl, serving spoons, table (support furniture)

An Old Fisherman Repairing Nets with a Cottage in the Background, John Thirtle, 1777-1839, British, undated, Watercolor, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 × 12 inches (30.2 × 30.5 cm)

The old man and the bundle of sticks. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. McMillan, Buchanan, fl. 1784-1834. text. Illustrations, Prints. 1807. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Fables

Death of the Doe, 1804, mezzotint on wove paper proof before color, sheet: 39.7 × 49.4 cm (15 5/8 × 19 7/16 in.), trimmed within platemark, Lennox-Boyd/Dixon/Clayton 1989, no. 145, State i/ii, George Stubbs (artist) British, 1724 - 1806, George Townley Stubbs (artist) British, 1756 - 1815

Figure in Reliëf Op Tempel Van Isis Te Pompei; Stucco of the temple of Isis with pompeja; Travel to Italy, Sicily and Malta - 1778.

Bound Print (France)

Bill Poster. Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836). Lithograph, hand colored;

The Farmers toast. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 9717. Eating & drinking,Great Britain,1800-1810. , Farmers,Great Britain,1800-1810. , Monopolies,1800-1810.

Alfred Diston, active 1818-1829, Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios, 1828. Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper.

Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, Female Dancers, undated. Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Officers and Courtesans in an Interior, 19th century, pen and brush and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper, overall: 17.1 x 25.4 cm (6 3/4 x 10 in.), Constantin Guys (artist) French, 1805 - 1892

Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, brown, wove paper, Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 9 × 11 1/4 inches (22.9 × 28.6 cm), and Mount: 11 × 13 3/16 inches (27.9 × 33.5 cm), basket, blanket, dogs (animals), grass, grouse, hill, hounds (dogs), hunt, hunters, hunting, landscape, men, rocks (landforms), shotguns, sporting art

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, 'A Long Story.', 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), bird, birdcage, book, chair, desk, dresses, fan, hats, house, lightning, literary theme, table, text, vines, window, women

Female Dancers, Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, undated, Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 3/4 × 14 inches (24.8 × 35.6 cm)

VISTA DEL POTOSI EN PRIMER TERMINO UN MOLINO - SIGLO XVII. Author: JOHN OGILBY (1600-1676). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Major Staff of Literary Cossacks.

Ambrose Poynter, 1796-1886, British, Sketches from Life in Paris: Man with Hanks of Rope, ca. 1835. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Amsterdam, Amand, Proverbs, Frontispiece for: proverbs, Two satyrs look at a monument, verso - stamped, A satyr reads the text on the monument and looks through a magnifying glass. The other satyr has a pan flute in his hand. The monument is overgrown with plants and decorated with two herms and a horned mask., print, engraving, title print, prints, engravings, verso - printed, height 235 mm, width 342 mm, 1833-09-13 - 1897-02-02, print maker, engraving maker, 1843 - 1897, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Work conception, after a design by, printer, drukker

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation, Richard Dadd, 1817-1886, British, 1855, Watercolor, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (35.9 x 26 cm), barrel, boys, buildings, cannon (artillery), children, climbing, cloth doll, genre subject, girls, houses, illustration, leisure, mischief, rocking horse, self-portrait, study (visual work), toys

Turn Outs, Currier & Ives Prints

Drawing, Drying Tea by Fire; watercolor

The lion and the man. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. McMillan, Buchanan, fl. 1784-1834. text. Illustrations, Prints. 1807. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Fables

SODOMA, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, also called Il (1477-1549). ITALY. SIENA. Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore. Fresco painting placed in Chiostro Grande. 'Come Benedetto ottiene farina in abbondanza e ne ristora i monaci'. Detail of a monk lunch in the refectory. Renaissance art. Fresco.

The Bewitched Piper. William Holmes Sullivan (fl. 1870-1908). Pencil and watercolour. Signed and dated 1882. 52.7 x 68.6cm.

Turnhout, Brepols, Philippus Jacobus, Grenadiers van de garde, Grenadiers de la garde, Voltigeurs, verso - stamped, Sheet with 2 horizontal rows of 4 soldiers each. Numbered top right: 30., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 420 mm, width 330 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Belgisch, 1778 - 1845, publisher, uitgever, 1800 - 1833, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Design for a print, Design for illustration for The Colossus of the Nineteenth Century by P.J. Andriessen (Groot Plaat, p. 104), scene from the life of Napoleon., draughtsman: George Lodewijk de Wetstein Pfister, 1877 - 1942, paper, pen, brush, h 230 mm × w 336 mm

Tobacco Sign ca. 1850 American. Tobacco Sign 13011

Clio, Euterpe and Thalia, Greek muses of history, song and comedy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.

Edward Tennyson Reed, 1860; 1933

The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, plate no. 23; Begreffseis from Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick. Luxuriously colored edition of the prints of the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik in 1647.The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, plate no. 23. Colored printed print in a picture frame decorated with gold and stuck in the luxury edition from approx. 1755 of the book 'Begraijdisse van Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick 'by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651.

The difficult completion of unity Italy. Political satire. The uncertainty of the new. Cavour leads the dance. Lithography by Delfico.1861. Author: M. Delfico. Engraver.

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate XII. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

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