Historical Artistic Illustrations

Artistic sketches and prints from the late 19th to early 20th century, depicting theatrical scenes and figures in dynamic poses, with expressive line work and varied styles.

Sheep and Pig, Before 1928 print A big, gross man grins at a woman who looks sheepish in front of her. paper etching

Lovis Corinth, Einer dirne schön gesicht muss allgemein sein wie's sonnenlicht (A pretty girl's face must be as common as sunlight), 1923 Einer dirne schön gesicht muss allgemein sein wie's sonnenlicht (A pretty girl's face must be as common as sunlight)

Réjane and Galipaux, in Madame Sans-Gêne. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 320 × 267 mm (image); 468 × 293 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on cream laid Japanese paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Critic; verso: Study for The Critic Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl German 1868

Emma, Elsie and Gene , Artists, Spouses, Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962, Speicher, Elsie, -1959. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Le Baron Moïse - la loge , Theaters, Jews. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), yes my dear, I ironed his shirts; Today he is a deputy, soon he will be minister, and this is how we manage to have a tobacco office ... (title given by the author). Black stone and blue pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sheep and Pig, Before 1928 print A big, gross man grins at a woman who looks sheepish in front of her. paper etching

L'Avocat Parlant au prevenu. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Etching;

A sketchbook sheet by Ferdinand Schmutzer depicting a scene in Holland drawn in chalk, showing buildings, landscape, and terrain.

Pourtant, grand-pere, so Polichinelle de Seraphin nexiste pas….?. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Les Folies-Bergère. Dimensions: 22 cm x 31 cm, 10 cm x 15 cm, 10 cm x 15 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Jean-Louis Forain, The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner (second plate), French, 1852-1931, 1909, etching

Carnot is Sick!. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 248 × 187 mm (image); 325 × 251 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Reading of the Barrister's Brief. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Etching;

Jean Louis Forain, Defenseur et Accuse, c 1908 Defenseur et Accuse

Sketch for The DaffodilSong. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), good opportunity (title given by the author). Black stone. Graphite pencil. Blue watercolor and black ink on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), compensation (title given by the author). Black stone. Blue pencil and black ink on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Man views a painting or print with a magnifying glass, c. 1800 - c. 1899 drawing In a salon or art trade, a man studies a print or painting on the wall with a magnifying glass. Two other men look with him over his shoulders. A fourth figure in the background. paper. pencil art collection, art gallery

Two Koppen, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen / brush caricatures (human types)

Two women and man in brothel, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894 print . brothel. whore, prostitute. male sex; man

Omnibus, 1892. Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920). Etching;

Le Drageoir aux épices by J. K. Huysmans: p. 120, 1929. Auguste Brouet (French, 1872-1941), J.K. Huysmans (French). Book containing 54 etchings; overall: 28.7 x 23.3 x 4.5 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/16 x 1 3/4 in.).

Early study for Stony Ground 1884, interior withfigures. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

The Lawyer Talking to the Prisoner (second plate). Dated: 1909. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Card players, Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873 drawing paper. ink pen card games (+ sportsman, player, etc.)

O Henry, let me plead for gentle Suffolk.” from King Henry VI, Part II (III.2). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Les Debardeurs - No. 54 - Monter acheval…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Hoe armen trekken en rijken getrokken worden (title on object). Draughtsman: Jan de Waardt. Dating: 1890 - 1909. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 355 mm × w 357 mm; h 32 mm × w 241 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

André Antoine and Fermin Gémier in "A Bankruptcy". Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864-1901 Saint-André-du-Bois). Dimensions: Image: 12 3/16 x 15 3/8 in. (31 x 39 cm)Sheet: 14 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (38 x 56 cm). Publisher: Distributed by Edouard Kleinmann (French, active 19th century). Date: 1893. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pencil drawing by Friedrich König depicting Pippichs adventure with an oven, dated October 29, 1892.

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, The Motorist (L'automobiliste), 1896 The Motorist (L'automobiliste)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 21.5 cm x 17 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Emilienne d'Alecon and Mariquita of the Follies-Bergère, 1893. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901). Lithograph;

Dance in the Country. Dated: 1883. Dimensions: overall: 47.6 x 30.2 cm (18 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brush and gray ink on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: AUGUSTE RENOIR.

Spinning Women, Guillaume Saint, After Jan Luyken, 1740 - 1780 print Two women are spinning under a tree in a village street. Two chickens roam in the foreground, and buildings can be seen in the background. paper spindle. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)

Famille 1845-1901 François-Nicolas Chifflart. Famille. Le Genie des Arts. François-Nicolas Chifflart (French, Saint-Omer 1825-1901 Paris). 1845-1901. Etching. Prints

The Old Gentlemen (Les vieux messieurs). Dated: 1894. Medium: lithograph in black on Japan paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

At the Stock Exchange, c. 1900. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931). Lithograph; sheet: 45 x 62.9 cm (17 11/16 x 24 3/4 in.); image: 30.3 x 43.4 cm (11 15/16 x 17 1/16 in.).

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), kindness (title given by the author), 1905. Pierre Noire. Blue pencil. Black ink and white gouache on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Woman Seated in an Armchair, c. 1900, Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, French, 1848 - 1934, 14 7/16 × 11 5/8 in. (36.67 × 29.53 cm) (sheet)23 × 17 5/8 × 3/4 in. (58.42 × 44.77 × 1.91 cm) (outer frame), Black and white chalk with gray and brown wash on blue paper, France, 19th-20th century, This alert, fashionably dressed woman is the archetype of the Belle Époque Parisiennea woman able to enjoy middle-class leisure in Paris when it seemed to be the capital of the world, a place of limitless possibility. Though she looks at her surroundings, she is equally aware of being seen.

Michael Munkácsy, Mihály von Munkácsy is surprised by his wife by his wife from Die Bomb , László frecskay -, artist

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Private Collection Graphic arts 28,4x38 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Illustration for the poem The Dead Souls by N. Gogol

Mon pauvre Azor qu'est mort!.... Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1850. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Jean Louis Forain, The Bouquet, c 1876 The Bouquet

Camille Pissarro, Chestnut Vendors (Marchands de marrons), 1878 Chestnut Vendors (Marchands de marrons)

Hector Berlioz: His Life and Work: Fantastic Symphony: A Ball, 1888. Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904). Lithograph on chine collé; sheet: 30.3 x 20.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.); image: 23.7 x 15.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.).

Hamlet and Polonius, c1830s, 1943. Creator: Eugene Delacroix.

Antonin Proust, 1889. Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920). Etching;

Below stairs, 1931, by Edmund Blampied. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1967.

Two women with a mother with child. Draughtsman: Hendrik Valkenburg. Dating: 1836 - 1896. Measurements: h 273 mm × w 366 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Jean Louis Forain, After the Seizure, 1908 After the Seizure

Jean Louis Forain, The Lawyer Abused, 1914 The Lawyer Abused

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Wisdom (Sagesse), 1893 Wisdom (Sagesse)

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Sketch of four men in medieval dress at a table - unidentified illustration, possibly for Loves Labours Lost, The Kings Quandary., Pen and ink, Tan wove, 13.8 × 22.6 cm (5 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Jean Louis Forain, Coming Out of the Hearing (first plate), 1909 Coming Out of the Hearing (first plate)

Alphonse Legros, Black Cat (Le chat noir) Black Cat (Le chat noir)

Alexander Tvardovsky by Vereysky, Orest Georgievich (1915-1993)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1976/ Russia/ Ink on paper/ Book design/ 25x20/ Portrait

Design for a cartoon on the strike at Socialist Dagblad Het Volk, Henricus, 1906 drawing Two editors in an office of the people who are pelted with bricks. The window of the office was killed and one of the editors holds a brick with 'SDAP', the abbreviation for the social-democratic workers' party. paper. chalk political caricatures and satires. editorial board. window

Untitled (Girl in Black Leading Girl in White) Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923). Untitled (Girl in Black Leading Girl in White), n.d. (1878-1920). Charcoal, graphite, and white pastel on wove paper, 30 5/8 x 28 3/16 in. (77.7 x 71.5 cm). The Spanish Impressionist painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida spent the summer of 1908 on the beach in Valencia with his family, where he produced a group of light-filled beach scenes. This gestural sketch, related to the 1908 painting Running on the Beach, Valencia, captures both the speed of the young girls’ movement and the fresh, breezy atmosphere. European Art n.d. (1878-1920)

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), kindness (title given by the author). Black stone and black ink on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Eh! largent est rare! a qui le dites-vous? bon Dieu!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Singers. Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925). Singers. Engraving. 1893.

White Night. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 259 × 172 mm (image); 260 × 171 mm (primary support); 349 × 216 mm (secondary support). Lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Etching 'The Young' by Edouard Manet, 1862, depicting a youthful figure with detailed facial features, posture, and clothing.

1893 Art Work - Siesta; from the first album of L'Estampe originale Edouard Jean Vuillard.

"Drawing by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen depicting the travel adventure of Monsignor L. Brunner, executed in dark brown feder, pencil, and laved washes in 1846, showing figures, movement, and landscape."

1893 Art Work - Outrage in the Pas-de-Calais - Theophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen.

1893 Art Work - Reading (Mr. and Mrs. Ch. Deering) - Anders Zorn.

I Don't Dare Take Them Down...It Would Hurt Him Too Much 1887-1897 France. Lithograph hand-colored with blue and yellow colored crayons on light ivory wove paper . Jean Louis Forain

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), candor (title given by the author), 1909. Black Pierre and Blue Pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

La Terrasse de la Villa Brancas. Artist: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833-1914 Sèvres). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 3/16 in. (33.4 × 48.7 cm)Plate: 9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (25.2 × 35.3 cm). Date: 1876. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Unrest in the Near East', 1912. Artist: Frederick Henry Townsend.

Les Bourgeois! - Quel venerable troupeau de muf’es!. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

fine arts, Fuglsang, Hans (1889 - 1917), graphic, ""Kupplerin"" (Bawd), etching, aquatint, 18.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 1915 / 1916, Kunsthalle Kiel,

Le replis boche. Dated: c. 1914/1919. Dimensions: overall: 32.9 x 50.2 cm (12 15/16 x 19 3/4 in.). Medium: brush with black, brown, and gray ink and black crayon on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.

Kettle Over a Fire and a Cottage by Night. Date: April 1885, Nuenen. Dimensions: 34.6 cm x 21.1 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

For You! (fromThe Old Tales) 1893 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French. For You! (fromThe Old Tales) 334204

The badue family or the last beautiful days.

(Journal bleu.)”Rien ne peut denner une idee de l’enthousiasme avec lequel ces genereuses paroles ont ete accueillies.”. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

St Theophilus and the Angel, Sketch,, Dalziels' Bible Gallery, Ezekiel and the Boiling Pot, 1863 Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898), Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, 19th Century, Pencil, Paper, Religion, Sketch, Religion, Saint

Le Boulevard des Italiens, from Tirage Unique de Trente-Six Bois 1862 France. Wood engraving on cream Japanese paper . Charles Maurand

Entrez donc, monsieur, ne vous gênez pas.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Le mauvais pas (The FalseStep). Artist: Félix Edouard Vallotton, Swiss, active Paris, 1865-1925

Self-Portrait, 1895. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Wood engraving;

Placard from the Young Turk Revolution period - seven former dignitaries. unknown, graphic artist

Veuves d'un Louis, plate seven from Actualités. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1915. Dimensions: 411 × 312 mm (image); 554 × 385 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black over a fawn tint on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

One Hundred Million 1894 France. Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on cream wove paper . Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen

Et quand vous auriez pris la Lombardie! après... ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

In the Trzech Salon in Bohdanów; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1905 (1905-00-00-1905-00-00);Bohdanów (Belarus), Partage Plus, kerosene lamps, living rooms (interiors), purchase (provenance)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 23.5 cm x 31.5 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), we did not see you yesterday in the fishing /-I believe you I pechais in town (title given by the author) , 1905. Black Pierre. Blue watercolor and black ink on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Two sketches of Minister Heemskerck in the Lower House, Pieter de Josselin de Jong, 1887 drawing Two sketches of the Minister of State and the Interior Mr. J. Heemskerck Azn., Bent over a document on a table, on the right with paper and pen under his nose. Part of a group of sketches of the discussion in the Lower House of the constitutional revision of 1887 published in the Weekblad Eigen Haard (1887). The Hague paper. ink historical persons. minister ~ government Netherlands

Pen drawing by Franz Hofer depicting Christ among scribes, showing figures, posture, and interaction within a room.

Enmenage.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Cham - Gustave Courbet COURBET. Here is a bourgeois who stops in front of my painting! ... he has no nerve attack ... My exhibition is missed! . Drawing of Cham (1819-1879). Museum of Fine Arts of The city of Paris, small palace.

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, He Acts Like a Painter He Acts Like a Painter

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 11.5 cm x 14 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

This 1893 color work by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is a free theater program illustration titled 'The Hairstyle,' showing stylized figures and hair details.

La biche” au Bois.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

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