Historic Scenes of Domestic Life

Illustrations portraying domestic dramas, featuring characters in distress, vivid emotions, and scenes set in 18th to 19th century settings.

Napoleon's English nightmare, 1813, Wijnand Esser, 1813 - 1814 print Cartoon on Napoleon from 1813-1814 in which the emperor lies helplessly on his camp bed while an English bulldog is on top of him. Dad Violet was a nickname for Napoleon. The Hague paper etching political caricatures and satires. dog (with NAME of kind). nightmare
Napoleon's English nightmare, 1813, Wijnand Esser, 1813 - 1814 print Cartoon on Napoleon from 1813-1814 in which the emperor lies helplessly on his camp bed while an English bulldog is on top of him. Dad Violet was a nickname for Napoleon. The Hague paper etching political caricatures and satires. dog (with NAME of kind). nightmare
Jean Louis Forain, Discharged from Military Service, c 1914 1919 Discharged from Military ServiceRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)written. Engraving. Juliet's death. Color.This one can release it! It is no longer dangerous, caricature, no 201, pl. 420 Daumier, Honoré (1808 1879), delaunois lithography, Aubert printing (Saly)Willem Hendrik van Nieuwerkerke is wrapped in Laeken in bed to protect himself against mosquitoes and fleas, 1778 drawing Drawing from the album 'Voyage and Italy, and Sicile et à Malte', 1778.  paper. chalk. watercolor (paint) brush / penPhilip of Swabia was a prince of the House of Hohenstaufen and king of Germany who was assassinated by Otto von Wittelsbach, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century originalBliżej Kultury Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlagsanstalt (Monachium), Hanfstaengl (Hanfstängl), Franz (1804 1877)Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V, 1799. Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper.Cleopatra VII Philopator war der letzte aktive Herrscher des Ptolemäischen Königreichs Ägypten, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Or...Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.What was happening to Picpus before March 18th.Tomb of Saint Cecilia, Anonymous, After Stefano Maderno, in or after 1599 print Saint Cecilia lying in a tomb. Italy paper engraving the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies. grave, tombFrench, 19th century, allegorical illustration depicting laziness as a woman is seen laying on her bedJoan of Arc (1412-1431) is a French saint and national heroine. In 1430, she was captured by the English as she retreated to Compiegne. A trial was held at Rouen and she was found guilty and imprisoned. This French engraving shows Joan in prison, with shackles on her arms and legs. The engraving dates to the decades after her death.Plate 8. The Good Girl Receives The Honourable Addresses or Her Master; Diligence an Dissipation. Mr DES Huizes asked the good service for marriage. The old servant is witnessed. The scene takes place in a study with Globe, desk and bookcase. On the wall in the Ach background. Four paintings with love and wedding classes.The Wig, plate two from Progress of the Toilet Published 1810 England. Hand-colored etching on cream wove paper . James GillrayDeath of Marshal Mortier. (IT)Photo production of painting The Anatomical Lesson by Dr. Joan Deyman by Rembrandt, coll. Rijksmuseum, Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlag A.-G., 1886 photograph Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. / Rembrandt. / Fragment of anatomy des Dr. Deymann.  paper. photographic support. cardboard  picture, paintingWoman is sitting next to sick young man in bed, Ary Scheffer, 1826 print A young man is sick in bed. With him a woman sits on a chair holding his hand. On the right a burning oil lamp and a table with two jugs. Paris paper.  visiting the sick; sick person together with othersLaw Terms: Ejectment (Plate 2), Edward Williams, c.1750-1800, 1823, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 13/16 x 6 13/16in. (22.4 x 17.3cm)The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. There, upon her little bed, she lay at rest. Death of Little Nell.     Date: C.1850Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). "A sensitive man ... at just price". Colored and erased lithography. 1836-1838. Paris, Balzac house. 56112-3 Colorie, armchair, woman, gommee, sensitive man, just price, lithographyMonnier, Henry Bonaventure (n.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), office manager. Supernumerary (title awarded). Colored lithography, woven paper. Balzac house.Maria with Sleeping Christ, Johannes de Baptist urges Silence, Joseph Théodore Richomme, After Annibale Carracci, 1838 print In the middle of numbered: 49. Paris paper etching / engraving Christ-child sleeping ~ Madonna-representationsBliżej Kultury Publisher by Rich. Bong in Berlin, Brütt, Ferdinand (1849 1936)Allegorical grave monument for Prince Willem V, 1806. Allegorical grave monument for Prince Willem V, died on April 9, 1806. At the Tomb of the Prins, the Historia writes history. A genius with a winch in hand inspires her. Bottom left a portrait of the prince in three-quarters to the right, here a Bible and a map. There is a leaf with a statement at the print.Giving Up the Ghost or One Too Many 1813 Thomas Rowlandson A dying man lies stretched on a bed next to a window, through which Death looks, a skeleton holding up an hourglass and a javelin, which he points at the man. A portly doctor sleeps in a chair at left while an undertaker's man, with a coffin on his back, enters from the right.. Giving Up the Ghost or One Too Many. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1813. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). PrintsTchinn-Tchinn, tu m'apportes une...nouvelle!.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsFloat with Apollo and the Python, from the fireworks display celebrating Louis XIII's return from a military campaign, Paris, February 1623. Artist: Possibly by Michel Lasne (French, Caen 1590-1667 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 7 15/16 × 11 9/16 in. (20.1 × 29.3 cm). Date: 1623.Fireworks display was orchestrated by Felix Clarner, engineer to the King. The celebration took place in front of the Louvre in February 1623. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cupid in Psyche's Arms. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x 235 mm (plate); 270 x 370 mm (sheet). Engraving in warm brown ink on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Athalie. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsMorning guests according to the drawing of Wojciech Gerson to the Miron's poem unknown, Gerson, Wojciech (1831 1901)Cleopatra VII commits suicide  rather than be a showpiece in  a Roman triumph to the greater  glory of OctavianSeries Viennese scenes, The chimney sweep, Jeremias Bermann -, publishing house, Joseph d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli -, Artist, Heinrich Papin -, LithographBliżej Kultury Cassell and Company Ltd., London, Paris, New York and Melbourne, O'Neill, Henry Nelson (1817 1880) ALICE SHRINKS AND STRETCHES  Alice grows too big for the house      Date: First published: 1865The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Inferno (Hell). "Then Francis came for me, when I was dead..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.This albumen print by August Mansfeld, dating from 1835 to 1901, titled 'Oh Horror', depicts a scene of shock and fear, capturing the dramatic expression and narrative style characteristic of 19th-century photographic art.Aesculapius. Etching.Elie du Mesnil after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French (born 1726 or 1728), Les filles de Minee (The Daughters of Minee), published 1759, hand-colored etchingUlrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German scholar, poet and critic of the Catholicism. Last moments. Engraving by Germania, 1882.Woman wounded on leg by Thomas Rowlandson, copper engraving, watercolour, 1792, 1756-1827, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 27, 4x37The assassination of Fontaine Street / Portrait of Mrs. Joubert after the assassination (according to official photography)Perkins Harnly, Cozy Corner, 1935 1942 Cozy CornerLit romain cubiculaire Sauvageot, Cl. (Claude), 1832-1885. still image. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Furniture, Ancient, Couches, Leisure, Romans, TripodsAbraham Francen, the Scholar (from Sketchbook). Artist: Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (22.9 x 29.2 cm). Date: 1810-20. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Carelse, Frans, Roos, Johann Heinrich, Sheep and goats near ruins, Title print with shepherd boy with his dog, verso - stamped, print, title print, prints, height 138 mm, width 181 mm, German, 1631-10-27 - 1685-10-03, print maker, printmaker, 1665 - 1665, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisherThe dance of death: time and death. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1816.Jacob Benit Les Enfants de Joseph (Według Rembrandta van Rijn) Oortman, Joachim Jan (1777 1818), Płoński, Michał (1778 1812)Abonnés recevant leur journal.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). LithographsThe aristocrat and Death. Etching.Tintoretto and her daughter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.Johann Heinrich Rode, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 167 mm, width 114 mm, German, 1725 - 1797-06-24, print maker, printmaker, 1759 - 1759, paper, papier, etchingThe death of Leopold II on March , Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing houseLeopoldo de' Medici (1617-1675) in his cradle, 1882. Artist: UnknownIn the crypt of the warlord, historic wood engraving, about 1897VALENTINO , RODOLFO. ACTOR ITALIANO. 1895 - 1926. CAPILLA ARDIENTE.The preserved recumbent body of Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297), wearing a wreath. Line engraving with etching by G.B. Leonetti after a drawing by the Marquis Domenico Venutti, 1804.'Deceased Alexander III in his Chair with Empress Maria Feodorovna Alongside'. Series "Death of Alexander III in Livadia". Russia, 1895. Dimensions: 23,5x30,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: MIHALY VON ZICHY.Sleeping Venus I, Delvaux, Paul (1897-1994)Death of Napoleon by Steuben, Charles de (1788-1856) / Private Collection / 1825 / Germany / Lithograph, watercolour / History / 52,4x71,8Le Blon, Jacob Christof, Admiral, Jan l', Anatomical study of a human heart, verso - stamped, print, prent, prints, height 198 mm, width 265 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1699-01-10 - 1773-06-02, print maker, prentmaker, 1700 - 1750, paper, papier, mezzotint, kleurdruk, etching, etchings, 1667 - 1741-05-16Death of Jules Ferry, 1893. Artist: Henri MeyerThe wonderful healing of Jeske Klaes, 1676; The Goddelijck miracle, gave to Amsterdam, in the JAR 1676, between the 13 and 16 dagh of the Maent October, Aen Jeske Klaes (...). The wonderful healing of Jeske Klaes, takes place between 13-16 October 1676 in Amsterdam. The woman sits up in her bedside and owes the angel, in the vom of a boy of about 10 years old, for the healing of her paralyzed legs. In the plate 3 verses of 4 lines, including on the sheet a description of the miracle in 2 columns.Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Lames." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101790-2 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engravingJan Kochanowski Over the Corps of His Daughter Urszulka , from: Jan Matejko's Album with an Explanators Text by Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki (Part One) (Card 13) Styfi, Jan (1841 1921), Lewental, Salomon (Franciszek Salezy) (1841 1902), Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)