Historical Celebrations and Events

Scenes from notable gatherings and celebrations in European cities, depicting crowds, ceremonies, and vibrant public life in different historical contexts.

Fair in Utrecht in 1830.

Festival of the coronation and coronation of their imperial majesties Louis The Heart (1784-1825). "Coronation of the coronation of their imperial majesties on December 16, 1804 - View of the place of strike, the town hall and the two wings raised on this place on the occasion of the party given by the city of Paris. " Engraving.

Woodcut depicting the Inauguration of the boulevard de Strasbourg hosting the celebration of Napoleon III being appointed to Baron Haussmann. Dated 1853

The Turkish garden promenade Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (1788-1871). "The Turkish garden promenade" in 1812. Engraving.

Elisée Champs Barrier / ... The National Assembly that suppresses all entry rights to the barriers (IT)

Villa Van de Aartshertogin Van Toscane, Alfonso Paris (the young), 1616 - 1656 print View of the Archduchess of Tuscany. Playing with men on horseback takes place in front of the villa. Title in Italian in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italyprint maker: Florence paper etching villa. public festivities Tuscan

Fire in a house on the Leidsegracht, 1684; Picture of fire, on the leading graft, the 12th January 1684, in very hard prince: and on what Wyze de Zelve wired / representation De Feu, Qui se Prit Le 12 Janvier 1684, A UNE Maison du Leidse Graft, dance le Tems D'Une Tres Grande Gelée: ET de la waye dont on l'êteignit. Blazing fire in a house at the Leidsegracht, at the corner with the Herengracht, in Amsterdam. During a very strict frost on January 12, 1684. Watching in the frozen canal is watered in front of the snake syringes. Right on the ice spectators. With three-legged caption in Dutch and French. Plate 16 in the fire spa book by Jan van der Heyden.

James Baylis Allen, 1803-1876, British, Havre, 1834. Line engraving, engraver's proof.

Samuel Bradshaw, 1830-1869, British, Regulus leaving Carthage, 1859-1879. Steel engraving.

Louis XII is proclaimed father of the people. Act third, last scene of the day of Louis XII. The Herault Darmes proclaims three times. (IT)

. Procession of a Rederijkers from the Rederijkerskamer Group de Bloem Jesse in Middelburg, ca. 1785-1786.

Procession of Rederijkers in Middelburg, ca. 1785-1786, Daniël Mreedwaard (I), After Jan Arends, 1785 print Procession of a group of rederijkers from the Rederijkerskamer Het Bloemken Jesse in Middelburg, ca. 1785-1786. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter drawing by: Middelburg paper etching Chamber of Rhetoric (Dutch: 'Rederijkerskamer') Middelburg

Grand Entry of the Allied Sovereigns Into Paris 1778-1834 England. Handcolored aquatint on paper . Robert Bowyer (Publisher)

The unveiling of the Radetzky monument in Prague on November , The unveiling of the field marshal Josef Wenzel Radetzky-Denklale in Prague on November , from illustrated newspaper , After, Philipp Felix Kanitz - , Artist

Celebration of the 150th anniversary of Utrecht University, 1786, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print The celebration of the 150th anniversary of Utrecht University, May 31, 1786. Procession of professors and students through the city. Amsterdam paper etching commemoration of the founding of a university Utrecht

Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Trouble in the church in Leeuwarden, Panic in the Grote Kerk in Leeuwarden, 26 January 1785, verso - stamped, Panic among churchgoers in the Grote Kerk in Leeuwarden, 26 January 1785. When the public tries to get out of the church hall, four people are trampled to death, a man chops open the door with an axe., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller History plates, height 90 mm, width 57 mm, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1785 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, engraving (printing process), 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Members of the courteous administration in the coronary procession of Anna van Hannover in Delft, 1759, Simon Fokke, After Paul Constantijn La Fargue, 1759 - 1761 print Members of the princess court. Part of a series of 16 plates in etching print of the corpse of the Princess Anna van Hannover buried in Delft on 23 February 1759. Amsterdam paper etching cortege, funeral procession Delft

Day of June 25, 1791. The King arriving from Varennes in Paris (IT)

Memory of the memorable days from March th to th, Heinrich Gerhart, Lithograph

Fair under this Jurl in Lviv, from: "K Osy" 1870, No. 255 (19 May), p. 30; Kossak, Juliusz (1824-1899), Holewi Ski, Józef (1848-1917), K Osy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1870 (1848-00-00-1873-00-00);

Venice, Senate of Venice, Italy, Costa, Giovanni Francesco, Views of the River Brenta, Les delices de la Brenta, Le delicie della Brenta, Veduta della Villa di Palluel, Villa di Palluelo on the Brenta, View of Villa di Palluelo on the River Brenta. On the water two gondolas. Numbered lower center: XX and lower right: Tom: II. This print is part of an album., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 252 mm, width 331 mm, Italian - 1773, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1760, paper, papier, etching, etchings, verlener van privilege

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, at the Capitol, Washington, March 4, 1861, 1861. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey 1800 England. Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card . Thomas Rowlandson

Jean Zippel (born in 1789). The passage of the sovereigns allied on boulevard Saint-Denis, in 1814, current 2nd and 10th arrondissements. Oil on canvas. 1810-1820. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76100-11 Allie, Battle of Paris, boulevard Saint-Denis, iieme II 2nd 2nd 2nd arrondissement, passage, sovereign, xeme x 10th 10th 10th borough, oil on canvas

Haagse Fair with the Prince and Princess of Orange, 1686, Daniël Marot (I), 1686 print Haagse Kermis held in 1686 at the Buitenhof, with the parading militia from the Noyelleshuis (later Vijverhof) on the left between the stalls across the market to the gate where salute shots are brought for the princely couple watching from the window in the Stadholder Quarter. On the right the guard of the prince is set up on horseback for the handball rink and the comedy. Two angels in the air with the princely weapon of William III. At the bottom of the assignment in 4 lines in French and the legends 1-14 in Dutch and French. paper etching / engraving (annual) fair, trade fair. armorial bearing, heraldry Buitenhof. Vijverhof. Stadholder

France. 18th century. The queen Marie Antoinette(1755-1793) arrives at the Town Hall in Paris during the celebration of the Dauphin of France birth on January 21st, 1782. Engraving in "Paris a travers les Ages". Colored.

Amsterdam, Tollenaar, Dirk Wijbrand, September 1865, De Asch-Karreman aan Amstels Inbewoneren, Fair print of the Amsterdam ash cart men for the year 1865, verso - stamped, Fair print on behalf of the ash cart men (cart man or garbage man) in Amsterdam, September 1865. View of the fair on the Botermarkt with the Regulierswaag. Two garbage carts on the market. At the bottom a poem in two columns. On behalf of H. Sluiters, the cartman of district no. 30., print, picture, fairground print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 339 mm, width 222 mm, Dutch, 1808-06-03 - 1858-02-05, print maker, printmaker, 1865 - 1865, paper, letterpress printing, wood engraving

Italy. Rome. the Trevi Fountain in an engraving by a paris chez daumont from the 1700s

French Revolution: The trolley of the Helmed Condemned, en route to the Scaffold, passing in front of the Jacobins Club, St. Honoré Street. Plate 96 of the historical paintings of the French Revolution (Title Title)

Amsterdam, Swaluw, Hartog Abrahams, View of the Ghost Apparition on the Oude Schans. Starting in the Evening at 8½ Hours on 8 and 9 October 1833. in Amsterdam, verso - stamped, Apparition of ghosts on the Oudeschans in Amsterdam, in the evening of 8 and 9 October 1833. Along the quay move the ghostly white shadows of women in long robes. In the foreground and on the bridge the assembled spectators. The 'ghosts' were produced by some students with the aid of magic lantern slides., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 114 mm, width 211 mm, Dutch, 1812-05-12 - 1839-09-28, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek)

Print, REPRÉSENTATION DE LA CEREMONIE DANS LAQUELLE LES VINS DHONNEUR FURENT OFFERTS A SA MAJESTÉ LOUIS XV; Designed by Johann Martin Weis (French, 1711 - 1751); Engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707-83); France; etching and engraving on paper; 44.5 × 76.3 cm (17 1/2 × 30 1/16 in.)

Auguste Lepère (French, 1849 - 1918), Le Palais des Machines, published 1889, wood engraving

Magdalen College, Oxford November 1, 1809 Thomas Rowlandson A nobleman presenting busts to scholars in the courtyard of the college.. Magdalen College, Oxford. "Oxford and Cambridge". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 1, 1809. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Charles Hunt, 1803-1877, British, Royal Mails, Starting from the Post Office, Lombard Street. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Engravings depicting the opening of Newbury and Didcot railway. 1) First train arriving at Didcot. 2) Declaring the line open. 3) Racehorses on the downs at Crompton frightened by a train. 4) Anvil salute. 5) Newbury en fete in celebration of opening. Dated 19th century

Poultry market view Felicia Meuni� According to Pierre-Fran�ois-L�onard Fontaine (1762-1853). Poultry View. Feather, Watercolor.

Peep-Show Print, Engraving and brush and wash on paper, Peep-show print, Europe, mid-18th century, Print, Print

Peep-Show Print, Engraving and brush and wash on paper, Peep-show print, Europe, mid-18th century, Print, Print

Album Drawing, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, undated, Graphite and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (22.2 × 16.5 cm) and Binding: 8 3/4 inches (22.2 cm)

ZORRILLA , JOSE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. VALLADOLID 1817 - 1893. " REGRESO A MADRID EN 1866 " , DIBUJO.

Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789). "The street carnival of Paris", 1757, oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Genre scene. Lively street. Drum, water carrier. Transvestment. Dance. Dog. Carnival, carnival, sky, canvas oil, oil painting, street, sky, street

Francis David Soiron, Born 1764, The Promenade in St. James's Park, 1793. Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper.

Anniversary party of the Federation at Champ-de-Mars.

Louis XVI passing in front of the Louvre on his arrival in Paris, July 17, 1789, gouache by Jean-Pierre Houel (1753-1813). French Revolution, France, 18th century.

Coloured engraving showing the fire at St Germain, Paris which began on the evening of 16 March 1762 and continued until 17 March 1762. Men and women are shown desperately trying to quell the flames which engulf the building, using a number of inadequate manual water pumps.

Marché à la Ferraille. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Wood engraving;

Fantasy on the Villa Medici with Fountains. Dated: c. 1768. Dimensions: sheet: 17.9 x 24.7 cm (7 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre Lélu.

Rochester, John Thomas Serres, 1759-1825, British, undated, Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 3/16 x 13in. (20.8 x 33cm) and Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 inches (20.6 × 33 cm)

France Paris Les Halles market halls coloured wood engraving by Yves circa 1850,

View of the Place Dauphine in Paris, View of the Place Dauphine with the built-up Pont au Change and the Pont Saint-Michel over the River Seine in Paris, Numbered at the top right: 71., print, optic print, prints, optic prints, height 298 mm, width 438 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1700 - 1799, paper, paperboard, cardboard, prepared paper, watercolor (paint), watercolour, deck paint, etching, brush, cutting, perforating, print maker, printmaker

Triomfwagen voor Santa Rosalia. Char de Triomphe de Ste. Rosalie (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 332 mm × w 427 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The race of the Berberian horses, (Il Palio dei barberi) in Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence, 1792, by Antonio Cioci (1700-1792), Italy 18th century.

People in front of Livadia palace by Mihaly Zichy, Watercolor on paper, 1895, 1827-1906, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 23,5x30,5

The roller coasters on the Neva near the Smolny Convent in Saint Petersburg, Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich (1770-1844)

The Tuileries From The Garden, Plate 62 from 'Vues Pittoresques des Princepaux Édifices de Paris', Les Campion Frères, Paris, France, J. A. Campion, French, active 1750 - 1800, Antoine-Louis-François Sergent-Marceau, French, 1751 - 1847, Engraving and brush and watercolors on paper, A façade of the Tuileries Palace, and part of the garden, with figures. Title, artists' and publisher's names below., Europe, Paris, France, 1792, Print, Print

The barrier of the Sempione in Foro Bonaparte, by Antolini Giovanni Antonio, 19th Century, 1801,

William Simpson, 1823-1899, British, The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869, after 1869. Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream Asian paper.

Italy, Bassano del Grappa, Remondini, family, Vista d'una sala del torneo, View of a tournament school, In a hall a number of men on horseback are practicing with weapons at targets. Figures are sitting and standing around, watching. Numbered lower left: P 1., print, prent, opticaprent, prints, prenten, opticaprenten, height 316 mm, width 428 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Italian, publisher, uitgever, 1700 - 1799, paper, papier, watercolor (paint), waterverf, etching, etchings, brush, Borstel, print maker, prentmaker

Scene at Southampton Pier as Livingstones body is returned to England Date: 1874

The sleigh trip to Schönbrunn for King Ferdinand IV of Sicily on February , photographic reproduction, After, Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

Le Palais des Machines. Dated: published 1889. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Auguste Lepere.

The Louvre and the Seine from Pont Neuf. 1665. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. MusŽe Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum).

VIÑETA DE UNA HOJA DE ALELUYAS DEL SIGLO XIX QUE ILUSTRA LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA EN MADRID, CONJUNTO 204256 -. Author: JUAN CARRAFA (1787-1869) GRABADOR. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.

George Hunt, active 1820-1840, British, The Cambridge Telegraph, starting from the White Horse, Fetterham. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Alexander III the Great (356-323 B.C.). King of Macedonia (336-323 B.C.). Death of Alexander. Funeral procession. Engraving.

Une Matinée d'Hiver au Quai de l'Hotel-Dieu (Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hotel-Dieu). Dated: 1876. Dimensions: plate: 23.5 x 31.9 cm (9 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.) sheet: 33.8 x 45.9 cm (13 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.). Medium: etching, aquatint, drypoint, stop-out and roulette on japan paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Félix-Hilaire Buhot.

Dinner Given to the Kentish Volunteers (at the Mote, Maidstone), William Alexander, 1767-1816, British, c. 1800, Aquatint engraving, dinner, feast, food, meal

Arrival of Lodewijk Napoleon in Amsterdam, 1808, Anonymous, 1808 print Festive arrival of Lodewijk Napoleon as King of Holland in Amsterdam at the Palace on Dam Square, April 20, 1808. Netherlands paper etching / pen / brush public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above Royal Palace Amsterdam

Turin, Piazza Castello, by Unknown, 17th Century, colored engraving. Italy, Piemonte, Turin, Royal Library. Whole artwork. View Piazza Castello Turin castle Palazzo Madama gates entrance facades palaces Royal Palace Teatro Regio small figures crowd men women coaches horses sky crest putti: cherubs holding hangings.

The Sant'Ambrogio fair (Oh Bej, Oh Bej), December 1909, Milan, Italy, drawing by Rodolfo Paoletti, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 50, November 12, 1909.

Unided States. Universal Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876. Officially named the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. It was held in Fairmount Park along the Schuykill River on fairgrounds designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Closing ceremony of the Exhibition on November 10, 1876, by the President Ulysses Grant. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, December 8, 1876.

Commemorative plaque, To be placed on December on the facade of , The house where Victor Hugo was born, in , in , Besancon , Geburtshaus Victor Hugos in Besançon und GENDENKTAFEL aus illustration , Unknown

Unveiling The Statue of Sir Walter Scott in Central Park, New York,

Ecce Homo, ca 1565, by Jan van Wechelen (active mid-16th century), oil on panel.

William Radclyffe, 1780-1855, British, St. Julian's, Tours, 1833. Line engraving, (First Published State) on medium, smooth, cream, wove paper.

Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), Market square at the castle of Kraków; excerpt from a magazine. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher, unknown, woodcutter

'Fire in London', 1791. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

An Execution by Guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution. , Pierre Antoine De Machy (c1722-1807)French, Carnavalet, Paris.

Nº28.16. Juillet. Les Sets from the assorders black. Venant Annonce ad In Paris Queen Alta Althre vaictions.

GRABADO - HOTEL SAUMON EN MALINAS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Albert Keller (1820-1874). Italian capitalist. He bequeathed part of his fortune to build the first crematorium in Milan by entering in his will that his own corpse was subjected to cremation. Keller's body cremated. Colored engraving.

The feast of the arrival of the treasures of the empire of Germany to Nurembert 1424, painting by Paul Ritter (1829 - 1907) German architectural painter and etche, engraved by Richard Brend'amour, Germany. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Transfer of the bodies of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette to Saint-Denis, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

From the life of Warsaw. Ciechomski, Walenty (fl. 1878-1889), graphic artist, Gierymski, Aleksander (1850-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist, Mrówczyński, Kazimierz (fl. 1878-1898), woodcutter, Puc, Bronisław (Warszawa ; Zakład Artystyczno-Drzeworytniczy ; fl. ca 1878-ca 1885), woodcut atelier

Hand-coloured etching depicting the hot-air balloons, released by the Montgolfier Brothers, ascending from the Palace of Versailles, before the Royal Family. The first passengers included a sheep, duck and rooster. Dated 1783

Pamiatnik tsariu Mikhailu Feodorovichu i poselianinu Ivanu Susaninu. Dietskii utrennii bal v S.Peterburgskom Dvorianskom sobranii. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

POMPEYA. CONMEMORACION DE LA DESTRUCCION DE POMPEYA (año I d. C.). "Conferencia dada en las ruinas de la Basílica de M. Ruggiero". ITALIA. Grabado de "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (1879) .

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Frederick James Havell, 1801-1840, British, The Stone Bow, Lincoln, 1836. Etching with stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

GRABADO-INCENDIO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Arrival on the territory of Bashle / Princess Marie Therese Charlotte, daughter of Louis XVI, / the evening of December 26 (registered title)

Regency audience in theatre boxes and stalls watching a horse race in Astleys Amphitheatre. Poney Race at Astleys Amphitheatre. The amphitheatre was opened by Philip Astley in 1773 and rebuilt in 1794 after a fire. Copperplate engraving from The Sporting Magazine aor Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf and the Chace, John Wheble, London, 1795.

France, Paris. Bastille Day (July 14). Venetian lighting of the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. Life drawing by Pellicer. Engraving by Bernardo Rico y Ortega (1825-1894). La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Burning of the New York Crystal Palace: On Tues. Oct. 5th 1858. During its Occupation for the Annual Fair of the AmericanInstitute.. Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907

Austria, Vienna, painting of total eclipse of sun of July 8th, 1842

Statue of Washington, Union Square New York USA, George Washington, 1732-1799, First President of the United States, After a 19th century print by J Rogers after Beaulieu, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Graphic by Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) a British artist and illustrator. Dated 19th Century

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