Historical and Literary Illustrations

Various engravings showcasing literary scenes and historical figures, featuring dramatic actions and detailed artistic styles from the 19th century.

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863). Faust and Mephistopheles in the Hartz Mountains (Faust et Méphistophélès dans les montagnes du Hartz), 1828. From Faust. Lithograph. Fourth of seven states.

'The Red Mokanna', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

Jean Goujon (1510-1564 o 1569). Escultor y arquitecto francés. Abandonó Francia por causas religiosas, era hugonote y se refugió en Bolonia, donde fue asesinado. Grabado de 1866.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Christmas-Eugène Sotain (1816-1874), engraver. "For menaide for two." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101779-11 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863). Faust and Mephistopheles in the Hartz Mountains (Faust et Méphistophélès dans les montagnes du Hartz), 1828. From Faust. Lithograph. Fourth of seven states.

Illustrations for the Roman de Renart: circa 1650/1655: 20-the fox runs away with a capon that it comes to fly on the table of an ecclesiastic Allalert van Everdingen (1621-1675). Illustrations for the "Roman de Renart": around 1650-1655: 20- "The fox is safe with a capon that he has just flying on the table of an ecclesiastic". Black way. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

In a poor sewing woman's home, New York City, circa 1892

Two male peasants holding pipes before a fireplace, one seated with the pipe held to his mouth, to his left the other stands with the pipe in his right hand, after a series of four prints of peasants by David Teniers the Younger After 1625-90 After David Teniers the Younger Flemish. Two male peasants holding pipes before a fireplace, one seated with the pipe held to his mouth, to his left the other stands with the pipe in his right hand, after a series of four prints of peasants by David Teniers the Younger 414199

literature, fairy tales, ""Fairy tales of the Germans"" by J. K. Musaeus, RÙbezahl appears a farmer woman with three children, coloured wood engraving by Ludwig Richter, published by Mayer and Wigand, Germany, 1842,

Next to a brick culvert bridge, an angler sits and a girl stands. Near the ditch are flowers., Bridge, print maker: Charles Rochussen, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1842, paper, etching, h 165 mm × w 202 mm

Illustration depicting Guy Fawkes being drawn through the streets of London. Dated 19th Century

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN, 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

The Man with an Infirmity of Thirty-Eight Years (Le malade de trente-huit ans) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Man with an Infirmity of Thirty-Eight Years (Le malade de trente-huit ans), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (26.7 x 15.9 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Quince, from "Quince" by Winthrop Mackworth Praed 1888 Edwin Austin Abbey American. Quince, from "Quince" by Winthrop Mackworth Praed 365761

The murderess. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Van Gelder paper

Hansel and Gretel standing in front of the witch's crunchy house, Fairy tale, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date not known

The digger William Dietz starved to death in the woods, vintage engraving. The digger William Dietz starved to death in the woods, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657213

An engraving depicting shadow pictures. Dated 19th century

'WATER CARRIERS AT THE WELL IN THE ALHAMBRA, SPAIN,' BY T.R. MACQUOID, IN THE GENERAL WATER COLOUR EXHIBITION, 1868

'The Combing Work', c1750(). Artist: Unknown

The digger William Dietz starved to death in the woods, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Cartoon warning aspiring young noblemen to watch out for photographers stalking them. Dated 19th Century

The Counterfeiters 1843 Charles Jacque. The Counterfeiters. Charles Jacque (French, Paris 1813-1894 Paris). 1843. Drypoint. Prints

Canofiena game in Italy, vintage engraving. Canofiena game in Italy, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660331

Illustration depicting a lantern-mender of Old Japan

Engraving depicting a beekeeper standing near straw Beehives which are kept under a thatched wooden shelter. Engraved by John Romney (1785-1863) an English artist. Dated 19th century

Is this your Excellency, 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. 'Is this your excellency..well, as I say, eh!', Look out!, plate 76 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Elaine, the daughter of Bernard of Astolat, with Lancelot's shield she had fallen in love with him and guarded his shield.

people professions Scribe ""The Pubic Scribe"" watercolour by Pierre Alexandre Wille France 1770,

Quay on which various attributes and an irrigation with three figures and a miter.

Wood Carrier, near Amalfi (from Cropsey Album). Artist: George Snell (1820-1893). Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (19.1 x 13.7 cm). Date: 1878. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

VENDEDOR DE AGUA DE CEBADA. Author: CRUZ Y CANO MANUEL DE LA. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Within a Poor Household, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Glassblower at Schliersee glassworks in Bavaria, Germany, in 1880 / Glasbläser in der Glashütte Schliersee in Bayern, Deutschland, im Jahre 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

The Niobe at Mount Sipylus, near Magnesia, 1880. Example of '...ancient sculpture in Asia Minor...the figure cut in the rock on Mount Sipylus, near Magnesia,...was sketched by our well-known Special Artist, Mr. William Simpson...who notes that passage of the twenty-fourth book of the Iliad, in which Achilles, by way of consoling Priam for the loss of his son, reminds him of the greater affliction of Niobe, in the death of all her sons and daughters. "And now indeed, far amidst the rocks of the desert mountains of Sipylus, she sits forlorn, being made a stone, and broods over the sorrows

Rip Van Winkle. Portrait of the character of the same name in Washington Irving´s short story. After an engraving by John Steeple Davis from a work by artist Charles Maurand.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW, DRAWN BY BIRKET FOSTER

Apocalypse de Saint-Jean Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916). Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, 1899. Lithograph on China paper laid down, 12 11/16 x 9 9/16 in. (32.2 x 24.3 cm). European Art 1899

Cartoon depicting Edison's phonograph. The phonograph was invented in 1877, for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound by Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor and businessman. Dated 19th century

At the open double doors of a fence, a man and a girl on clogs are talking. The man is holding a long bar, Two figures at an open gate, print maker: Johannes Mock, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1824, paper, etching, h 102 mm × w 123 mm

Honoré Daumier, Ou peut conduire la lecture du Constitutionnel!, 1845 Ou peut conduire la lecture du Constitutionnel!

Happy fantasy', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 12 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

The Catacombs of Rome, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Engraving of some Ute Squaws climbing. Dated 1870

À la recherche d'une forêt en Champagne. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1848. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Pyramid, Kele Kaleffi from skulls of the Christians slain by the Turks in Risch, Old Serbia, in 1809, Serbia, historical illustration, 1877, Europe

A meal in the alcove Nuccia, vintage engraving. A meal in the alcove Nuccia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673864

An engraving depicting a bakery in Heracleum Street, Pompeii. Dated 19th century

Construction of a Wall in Pisa, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Engraving depicting an Eskimo watching a seal hole. Dated 19th century

Study for the Mary's at the Tomb Robert Loftin Newman (American, 1827-1912). , n.d. Charcoal on paper, Sheet: 6 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (15.6 x 7.5 cm). American Art n.d.

Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. At the foot of a magnificent date palm which he placed his luggage, vintage engraving. Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. At the foot of a magnificent date palm which he placed his luggage, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657263

Moving according to the image of A. Röstell. A clip from a German magazine. Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard (1831 1915), Monogramista GH, Röstell, A. (n.n)

Paris, Bodmer, Karl, Landscapes with animals, Pigeon on its nest, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 186 mm, width 231 mm, Swiss, French, 1809-02-11 - 1893-10-30, print maker, printmaker, 1847 - 1847, paper, papier, chine collé, etching, etchings, roulette

Horticulturist. Dated: 1780. Medium: transfer technique (aquatint) in red-brown. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel and Cornelis Brouwer after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.

Reaping with sickles and binding the sheaves, England, c1800. Artist: Unknown

Max Klinger, Intermezzi, Opus IV, Bl. 7: Simplici Schreibstunde (Simplicius' Writing Lesson), 1881, etching and aquatint on paper.

And His House Is on Fire (Ysele queme la casa) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). And His House Is on Fire (Ysele queme la casa), 1797-1798. Etching and aquatint on laid paper, Sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm). European Art 1797-1798

An angry doctor in night clothes shouting at an alarmed man. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1774, after H. Wigstead.

'Queen Elizabeth I. In her State Barge, c.1560', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890.

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879), Gare le déraillement!, 1866, lithograph

Shepherd of the Italian countryside, 19th century. Artist: Henri Alexandre Georges Regnault

Cartoon - Give it to the Baby Rostap (1866-1949)

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Boruta (`In the corner, on a gold stone`); excerpt from an album. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, Kübler, H., woodcutter

1600s MAY 1701 PUBLIC HANGING IN CHAINS PIRATE WILLIAM KIDD AFTER CONVICTION FOR MURDER & PIRACY ON HIGH SEAS

CHARCOAL BURNERS IN THE ALPS, 1872 engraving

JANUARY, calendar, year, month, monthly

The Highland visitors Van Guzzel delin. ; Van Duivel Kind, sculp.. British cartoon Prints collection . Robberies,Scotland,1740-1750. , Scots,1740-1750.

Kinderweihnacht in Italien, Süditalien / Children's Christmas in Italy, Southern Italy, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

La Fortune Adolphe Léon Willette (French, 1857-1926). La Fortune, 1893. Lithograph on wove paper, 13 13/16 x 9 7/8 in. (35.1 x 25.1 cm). European Art 1893

An engraving depicting King Edward II being forced to abdicate in 1326. Dated 19th century

Etching unfinished, vintage engraving. Etching unfinished, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673565

Bliżej Kultury unknown

'The Little Shepherds', c1930s.Artist: Birket Foster

Celestin Nanteuil, gravure d'après Charles-Laurent Maréchal, Christophe Colomb ramané du Naveau Monden dans l'artiste. 1857.

E.K. Kane.. Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Explorers, Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

Engraving depicting an Eskimo hunting a seal. The Eskimo are the indigenous peoples who traditionally inhabit the northern circumpolar regions. Dated 19th Century

The garden of a city house, 19th century.Artist: H Stock

Anta da Vidigueira domen at Freixo, Portugal. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

A caricature of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1842, playing at the keyboard in his usual flamboyant way. Date: 1842

Netherlands, Fokke, Simon, Civilis's revolt against the Romans, 69-70, Claudius Civilis calls for revolt against the Romans. During a feast in the forest., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 85 mm, width 117 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, 1725 - 1784, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching

Cartoon depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli holding the Suez Canal as the key to the British possession and influence in India. John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

Cartoon depicting a photographer's studio by George du Maurier. George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th Century

Burning the Freedom Tree in Breda 1793, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1801 print Burning the freedom tree in Breda, after the French troops have left the city, 8 or 9 April 1793. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving on fire, ablaze. dancing around the tree of liberty Breda

Carpenter and fisherman, 15th century, (1910). Artist: Unknown

Schulkinder beim Wassertrinken an einem Brunnen am Weg, 1890, Deutschland, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999838

1861 Exhibition of Painting, The Source by Mr. Schlesinger, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746-Burdeos, 1828). Grabado. Serie "Los desastres de la guerra" (aguafuerte). Plancha 15ª: Y no hai (hay) remedio. Lámina publicada por la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. Primera edición. Madrid, 1863.

Shown here is an exact illustration of the first express line of Fargo and wells over the Rocky Mountains. It was thought to be a remarkable triumph of the time. The ilustration dates to 1887.

Jean took the hand of Kayette, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

An opium den in London's East End with a reclining smoker watched by a group of men. Wood engraving by A. Doms, 1872, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..

"Gathering Wood" by Edouard Frère, 1876. Engraving of a painting. 'This picture...from the recent exhibition...at Messrs. Agnew's gallery, shows the more pathetic side of Edouard Frère's art and sympathy with French peasant life. It is winter and a snow-covered landscape; the occupation of the figures tells of poverty and privation and labour in all weathers; and that labour must be shared by the aged grandam and the youngest children alike. The only fuel procurable to keep out the cruel cold...and to boil the soupe maigre or the pot-au-feu must be gathered from a wood or c

Title page, Illustration from 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 written by , Knight of Pratz (1790 - 1869), French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

King Charles I on the scaffold. Charles I, 1600 - 1649. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. From British History in Periods, published 1904.

Study sheet with a sleeping woman and an angler Study print, Etudes grav, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, May-1808, paper, etching, h 123 mm × w 209 mm

Cleopatra's Obelisk Arrives in New York City

1870 Exhibition of Painting, Intemperance, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870.

Satire on False Perspective is the title of an engraving produced by William Hogarth in 1754 for his friend Joshua Kirby's pamphlet on linear perspective. Hogarth (1697 ñ 1764). English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist.

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