Historical Engravings and Illustrations

Engravings highlighting historical scenes and narratives, featuring detailed craftsmanship and a sense of storytelling through artistic depictions.

Preparing a drug against syphilis from the bark of the plant to give to a man lying in the next room ill with the infection. After a 16th century print by Dutch engraver and publisher Philips Galle (

MacCallum and Hutcheon Engraving by George Cruikshank dated 1843 of a scene from Sir Walter Scott's novel Redgauntlet

Preparing a drug against syphilis from the bark of the plant to give to a man lying in the next room ill with the infection. After a 16th century print by Dutch engraver and publisher Philips Galle (

Instruments of Mathematical Precision for executing Portraits after a wood engraving by Albert Durer of 1535 From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Glass window makers workshop. Etching by Jan Joris Van Der Vliet, Circa 1635

WATT AND THE KETTLE. DAVID NEAL

fine arts, Cruikshank, George (1792 - 1878), graphic, series ""The bottle"", plate 2, ""He Is Discharged from His Employment for Drunkenness: They Pawn Their Clothes to Supply the Bottle"", etching, 1847, private collection,

fine arts, Cruikshank, George (1792 - 1878), graphic, series ""The bottle"", plate 1, ""The Bottle Is Brought Out for the First Time: The Husband Induces His Wife: Just to Take a Drop"", etching, 1847, private collection,

Caricature of a scholar Un bonhomme de lettres en m, print maker: anonymous, Eugène Delacroix, printer: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1821, paper, h 212 mm × w 264 mm

Van Dyck receiving his mother s drawing lesson, vintage engraving. Van Dyck receiving his mother s drawing lesson, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660310

I'll tell you what! That such things are we must allow, but such things never were till now, Wigstead, Henry, delineator, England, E. Jackson, ca. 1790, playwright Elizabeth Inchbald writing puffs at a table with a bottle of gin and the writings of Aristotle, Rochester, and Congreve as a dog defecates on a paper on the floor. The title refers to two of Inchbald's plays.

A young man (Colas) attaches his bouquet to the spindle used by Rose, as Rose reveals herself from her hiding place. Engraving by J.B.B.Simonet after P.A. Baudouin.

Alfred Edmund Brehm, 1829-1884, was a German zoologist and writer, woodcut from 1864

'Young Rubens surprised by his master, Van Oort', (1875). Artist: Unknown.

Illustration showing Johnson and Boswell recovering from a hangover after a night on the town. Boswell has a Bible open and reads Be not filled with wine wherein is excess Caricature by Rowlandson

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The student Don Lorenzo reads the poems at their guests Don Quixote and Sancho and his family. Gustave Dore engraving (II, 18). 19th century.

Haarlem, Ostade, Adriaen van, The farmer at the front door, Farmer leaning on the lower door, verso middle bottom - stamped, print, prints, height 103 mm, width 88 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1610-12-19 - 1685-04-28, print maker, printmaker, 1651 - 1655, third quarter 17th century, third quarter of the 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, colour printing, Northern Netherlands, intermediary draughtsman

According to the image of Hector Leroux. French magazine unknown, Leroux, Hektor

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

Portrait of Alfonso X of Castile, called the Wise (Toledo, 1221 - Seville 1284). King of Castile and Leon, he aspired to the throne of the Holy Roman

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

David Copperfield, the eponymous hero of the novel, sits writing the works that make him famous by the light of an oil lamp. His young, empty headed wife, Dora and her pet dog keep him company. The novel 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens was originally published in 1849-1850. Illustration by Frederick Barnard (1846-1896) for the Dickens Household Edition (London, 1871-1879). Wood engraving.

exhibitions world exposition Paris 1.4.1867 - 31.12.1867 caricature the Egyptian department drawing by Honore Daumier 1867,

The Muiden Circle, Netherlands, 17th century (c1870).Artist: CL van Kesteren

Der Chemiker in seinem Versuchslabor, Stahlstich nach einem Gemälde von David Teniers, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4903225

The Auction Room: The Town Crier, 1864. Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904), after Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). Wood engraving;

Sualtach, father of Cuchulain, awakes the King. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's Cuchulain The Hound of Ulster, Harrap, London, 1909.

Museum of Bordeaux, The Demon Play, vintage engraving. Museum of Bordeaux The Demon Play, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660580

A man has fallen asleep as a young woman plays the piano. Etching and aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson after himself, 1784.

'A Game of Chess', 1948. Artist: George Cruikshank.

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. Cromwell visiting the English poet John Milton (1608-1674). Engraving by La Ilustracion Artistica, 1886.

'A THOROUGH CONTRAST IN ALL RESPECTS TO MR. DOMBEY.'

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Florence, Straet, Jan van der, Nova Reperta, New inventions and discoveries, Artillery workshop, verso middle - stamped, In an artillery workshop some iron founders prepare a cannon. Above the smelting furnace the inventor of gunpowder, Berthold Schwartz. In the background the siege of a city by cannons. The print is part of a nineteen-part series on new inventions and discoveries., print, prints, width 265 mm, height, 190 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1593, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Interior with three smoking and drinking soldiers. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch. Dating: c. 1654. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 123 mm × w 197 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A cartoon depicting a wealthy gentleman's home infested by cockroaches and other insects. Dated 19th century

" CALL YOU THAT BACKING OF YOUR FRIENDS A PLAGUE UPON SUCH A BACKING !"., 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL, count D'ORSAY - French artist and man-about-town, living mainly in England with a lifelong relationship with Lady Blessington. Painting. Date: 1801 - 185

The discovered love letter, historical illustration, about 1886

John Thomas Smith, 1766-1833, British, Hogarth Engraving His Master's Shop-bill the Sign of the Angel, 1817. Pen and black ink, brown ink, brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper.

Moving In, Victor Vincent Adam, 1801-1866, Graphite, pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash, brush and white heightening on cream-colored paper, A girl with a doll in her arms stands in a doorway and looks back to a cart filled with household furniture seen entering a courtyard., France, 1835-1840, Drawing, Drawing

Teaching lesson 1799, a teacher shows children a painting representing the hellish pace / Anschauungsunterricht 1799, ein Lehrer zeigt Kindern ein Gemälde, das den Höllenpfuhl darstellt, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Amsterdam, Allart, Johannes, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Drawing woman in interior, verso - stamped, In an interior a woman sits at a table in front of the window drawing. Next to her sits a dog. Above the woman hangs a birdcage. Against the back wall a chest of drawers and a mirror. In the corner is a harp., print, prints, height 209 mm, width 127 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1773 - 1816, fourth quarter 18th century, first quarter 19th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

An engraving depicting a weaver. Dated 19th century

Wood engraving of an upper class family in the office of the elder. Dated 18th Century

Artist paints a carved madonna in his workshop / Der Künstler malt eine geschnitzte Madonna in seiner Werkstatt, Historisch, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Alice and the Knitting Sheep.Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, 1820-1914. From the book ""Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"" by Lewis Carroll. Published London 1912.

Etching titled 'The Brush Maker's Workshop' by Jan Joris van Vliet, also known as Jan Gillisz van Vliet. Jan Gillisz van Vliet (1605-1668) a Dutch Golden Age painter and pupil of Rembrandt. Dated 17th century

Florecistka - autoportret. Goryńska, Wiktoria (1902-1945), graphic artist

The 1891 caption reads: Miss Matty. It is taken from Mrs Gaskells novel Cranford and illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Elizabeth C Gaskell (died 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Brontë. Among Gaskell's best known novels is Cranford (1851-53). Hugh Thomson (died 1920) was an Irish I

Die Spieler, zwei Männer beim Kartenspiel um Geld, ein Dritter schaut zu, Stahlstich nach einem Gemälde von Caravaggio, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4903204

Decamps , Monkeys, Animals in human situations, Alexandre Benois Collection

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) English dramatist. Scene from his play 'The Alchemist' (1610), a satire on cupidity. Abel Drugger, a tobacconist, taking plans of his new shop for advice on its arrangement to Subtle, the false alchemist. Engraving published London, 1791.

John Milton dictating Paradise lost to one of his daughters while the other embroiders and his wife looks on. Wood engraving by F. Méaulle after Michael Munkacsy.

Man Drawing a Woman in a Reclining Position 1538 Albrecht Durer (1471-1528 German) Engraving

REVUELTA DE INDIOS SIOUX EN UN CASINO.GRABADO POR LAUREYS. Author: Paul Dufresne. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

An evening in 18th century Norwegian society

The legend that Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English courtier and navigator, was soaked with a bucket of water by his servant who thought his master was on fire when smoking a pipe. Lllustration, London, 1877.

The Harlots Progress Apprehended by a magistrate From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

The caption for this late 1800s illustration from the novel Felix Holt by George Eliot reads: "Mrs Holt sat on a stool, in singular relief against the pedestal of Apollo." Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832. In January 1868, Eliot penned an article entitled "Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt". Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Il est dans un bel état, vot' manteau..., 1834. Pen lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 152 mm x 250 mm (5.98 in. x 9.84 in.).

Paris, Aubert & Cie., Daumier, Honoré, Émotions Parisiennes, Parisian emotions, J'ai trois sous!, Man looking into a café, verso - stamped, cartoon, prints, height 368 mm, width 265 mm, French, 1808-02-26 - 1879-02-10, print maker, printmaker, 1839 - 1839, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Frans, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Earthenware dish of the sixteenth century, sold for three thousand francs in 1856, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Wilkie, Sir David (1785-1841). Columbus in the Monastery at La Rabida. 1833. Engraving. Private Collection.

The young person playing the role of Charenton J.. The elder painter playing the role of benchlamp (IFF 147) (dummy title)

Envy' surrounded by monstroites & squabbling figures, Bruegel.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Messire Bruyn finds his Iarrets." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101781-1 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Northern Netherlands, Instruction on the use of fire hoses, 1684, A representation of how the fire hose and pump should be stored in the fire hose house after use. Used in the instruction on the correct use and storage of fire hoses, 1684. Belongs to the supplementary prints in the Fire Hose Book by Jan van der Heyden., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 139 mm, width 209 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1684 - 1684, fourth quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, etching

Summer storm. A couple of a man and a woman angry at each other, painting by Antonio María Fabres y Costa (1854-1936) Spanish painter, sculptor and teacher. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

'Reading the Will', c1820. Creator: William Greatbach.

L'Hotel des Commissaires-priseurs: Le Crieur public. Dated: 1864. Medium: wood engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Maurand after Honoré Daumier.

Engraving of Hans Sachs (1494-1576) a German meistersinger, poet, playwright, and shoemaker. Dated 16th Century

Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for Don Quixote among his books in his library from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Madame sulks, couple, he reads the newspaper and she sits on the sofa and is offended, a painting by Saint-Cyr, historical, digitally restored reprodu...

'Two Characters', c1825-1877. Artist: Henry Bonaventure Monnier

The effects of sensitivity on the four different temperaments, documented on four types of people. The four temperaments are the sanguine, the choleric, the phlegmatic and the melancholic temperament, 1767, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Baron van Voorst tot Voorst als carnavalsganger. Carneval, of de verworpen Burgerlijke pensioenwetten (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon (signed by artist). Dating: 1915 - 1930. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 200 mm × w 252 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two women are walking out of a kitchen and a man is shouting after them as some things fall from the tray one of them is carrying. Wood engraving by H. Kaeseberg after A. Menzel.

'THE CUT FINGER' BY EDOUARD FRERE, IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION

Die Kartenspieler, Falschspieler, mit einer Spielkarte im Hosenbund, nach einem Gemälde von Caravagio, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904053

Man has coins and a boy brings him money bags, Caspar Luyken, 1710 print Nuremberg paper etching casting-counter, jetton, money of account. purse, money-bag

Hans Sachs (1494-1576) was a leading poet at the German school at Nuremberg. The German artist Andreas Herneyssen lived in Nuremberg. He painted this piece, showing himself doing a portrait of Hans Sach (left), sitting at a writing desk with his cat. The text has lines from Sachs's poetry. Sachs is also spelled Sach.

A Treatise on Silhouette Likenesses. Author: Auguste Edouart (French, 1789-1861). Dimensions: 9 x 5 11/16 x 11/16 in. (22.8 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm). Published in: London. Publisher: Longman and Co. (British, London). Date: 1835. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Illustration created by John McLenan for an American edition of Charles Dickenss Great Expectations, published in 1861.

'The Four Elements' a cautionary tale in pictures by Gangel & Didion, Publishers of popular prints in Metz. Founded by Charles Nicolas Gangel (1835-1879) who worked in partnership with Adrien Dembour (as Dembour & Gangel) from 1840 to the early 1850s

Metalworking, men casting bronze, illustration from 1880, Germany / Metallverarbeitung, Männer beim Bronzeguß, Illustration aus 1880, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

'16th-Century Staircase', (1931). Artist: Charles Henry Bourne Quennell.

Four humours/qualities. Fiery and choleric (left), airey and sanguine (second left), moist and melancholic (second right), earthy and phlegmatic (right). Connoiseurs looking at Chodowiecki's painting of 'Calas's Farewell to his Wife'. Engraving by Reynolds Grignion (d. 1787). From JC Lavater Essays in Physiognomy, London, 1789-98. Translated by Henry Hunter, Physcopathology: Hippocrates (f1 ca. 400 BC) thought behaviours and temperament due to balance or imbalance of the four humours in the body.

Illustration inside afactory. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Muerte de Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-1849). Compositor y pianista polaco. Grabado de 1889.

Home interior by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, watercolour and white colour on cardboard, 1807, 1755-1842, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 43, 5x66

Amsterdam, Gole, Jacob, Rich Man and Death, verso - stamped, A rich man sits at a table with chests and bags full of money. Death stands before him playing the violin, his foot resting on an hourglass. In the background a young man wastes his money and time playing. Death takes him by the hand., print, prints, height 235 mm, width 175 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1660 - 1724, print maker, printmaker, 1670 - 1724, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Man in the Iron Masque, circa 1789

EXHIBITION AT ATHENS OF THE MYCENAE TREASURES DISCOVERED BY DR. SCHLIEMANN, 1877 engraving

ODONTOLOGY. Colored engraving. Leipzig, Germany.

Photo reproduction (presumably) of a drawing showing Michelangelos studio, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 6 March 1475-18 February 1564, was an Italian painter, sculptor, builder, architect and poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Drawing by Fritz von Dardel. "The bridal deck 1845 at Koberg." Ten named women sit around and under a table and sew on a blanket. Nordic

Cartoon commenting on rapid urban expansion and Jerry-building. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th century

Where is it or is it this miserable repeated the little Parisian, vintage engraving. Where is it or is it this miserable repeated the little Parisian, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657334

THE NEW YORK TAMMANY FRAUDS

Middle validate tangles, No homework, vintage engraving. Middle validate tangles, No homework, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673338

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Engraving by Albrecht Durer, 1526. Detail of hands. Edition Germania, 1882.

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