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Historical Engravings of Allegorical Scenes

Dramatic engravings portraying mythological and domestic themes, featuring figures in detailed settings with rich textures and emotional expressions.

La Mort et le bûcheron (4th plate) , Death, Skeletons, Woodcutters, Fuelwood, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
La Mort et le bûcheron (4th plate) , Death, Skeletons, Woodcutters, Fuelwood, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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An old man wearing a large beret and fur-trimmed coat sits on a chair in front of a window. His arm rests on a stack of books on a table. With his other hand, he holds a book lying on the armrest of the chair. Next to the chair is a globe, on the table an hourglass and a skull., Greybeard at the Window, print maker: Diederik Jan Singendonck, Rembrandt van Rijn, Utrecht, in or after 1815, paper, etching, engraving, brush, h 198 mm × w 151 mm
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François Bonvin, Still Life, 1827-1887, etching on wove paper.
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Venice motif; Apple, Feliks (1865-1928); 1910 (print); 1909 (matrix) (1909-00-00-1910-00-00);Venice (Italy), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Italy (country), Dar (provenance), channels, nocturnes
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TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
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Sketch, Seated Allegory in Architectural Setting. Pen and ink, brush and wash, black chalk on paper. Date: 1820-1850. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Cupid and Psyche - Psyche is set the Task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' Flocks and is helped by a Voice from the Reeds
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Allegory at the birth of William III, King of the Netherlands, 1817, 1817 - 1899 print Allegory at the birth of William III on February 19, 1817. William III is surrounded by Orange Blossem and is on a scale with a number of allegorical objects and figures. All around are a hoolom mantle, a clock and the weapons of Willem II and Anna Paulowna with a crown. On the right a glimpse to the air with a moon and a star. In the lower margin a rule of Dutch text in book print. Netherlands paper letterpress printing
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Ah! Ma pauv' Madame Chaffarou ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.
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Man Kneeling Before Veiled Woman with Mosque in Background. Johann August Rossmassler; German, 1752-1783. Date: 1772-1783. Dimensions: 54 × 67 mm. Graphite on pink tinted laid paper, tipped onto tan wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Thomas Stothard, Peter and His Children Visited by Three Flying Figures, c 1783 Peter and His Children Visited by Three Flying Figures
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Théodore Gericault, The Piper, 1821 The Piper
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, DRAWN BY ROBERT BARNES, WRITTEN BY THOMAS HARDY, 1886; "Don't cry, don't cry," said Henchard, with vehement pathos, "I can't bear it, I won't bear it."
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A Phantasmagoria - Scene - Conjuring up an Armed Skeleton. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by James Gillray (English, 1756-1815). Date: 1803. Dimensions: 335 × 245 mm (image); 350 × 250 mm (plate); 360 × 273 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Vanity, Vanity, All is Vanity Made 1600 Netherlands. This depiction of a sexually provocative woman as the embodiment of vanity is one of the earliest collabora-tions between the designer Abraham Bloemaert and the printmaker Jan Saenredam. A virtuoso display of Mannerist printmaking, it features elegant calligraphy (probably by another hand), billowing smoke, and luxurious fabrics.. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Jan Saenredam
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Vanitasstilleven with a skull and soap bubbles, Pieter Schenk (I), 1688 print Vanitasstilleven with a flower -brown skull, portrait album, precious candlestick with extinguished candle, a barrel and soap bubbles. Amsterdam paper engraving soap-bubble. 'Vanitas' still life. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'
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The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds Made 1634 Holland. This nocturnal scene from the Gospel of Luke represents Rembrandtís first attempt to render shadows in print with the same gravity and depth he achieved in oil paint. In the upper left, an angel stands before a glowing celestial vortex and announces the birth of Christ. At the center of the divine light is the dove of the Holy Spirit, defined by a few small marks. Terrified by the sudden blast in the night, herdsman and their beasts run amok.To depict the stunning collision between heaven and earth, Rembrandt first scratched a detailed compositional outline with a sharp needle and etched lines. He then built a range of grays and deep blacks by crisscrossing layers of lines in varying widths. This fine netting of shadow echoes the spontaneity of the moment and differs from the rigidity and systematized decorative patterns seen in the work of predecessors such as Hendrik Goudt.. Etching, engraving, and drypoint in black on ivory lai
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Etching and aquatint by Francisco Goya from 1799 depicting 'They Are Hot' from the Los Caprichos series, showing expressive figures and narrative composition.
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My dear Constance, why will you deliberate thus?” study for Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897
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Une fountaine: Masque, enfants et bassin , Fountains, Masks, Infants, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski (1841-1905), "They found him in Smęta ...."-Illustration XII from the cycle to "Maria" by Antoni Malczewski (a watercolor reproduction); Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939), Anczyc, Władysław Ludwik and company (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1875-1948); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);
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Napoleon I (1769-1821): Coffin and tomb. Lithograph.
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The Kitchen, 1858. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Etching;
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Rumpelstiltskin offers to help the miller's daughter spin straw into gold, but on conditions...
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Cartoon satirising the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 1917
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Rabelais, FranA´ois (La DeviniE¨re, c.1494-Paris, 1553). French writer. Gargantua. Engraving in "The Very Horrific Life of Great Gargantua, Father of Pantagruel " (1534). GARGANTUA FIRST WORDS AFTER THEIR BIRTH: I THIRST".
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Death surprising a blind man resting on a rock. Stipple engraving.
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Henri-Martin vos. The reserve of wigs at the Opéra-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887, place Boieldieu, Paris (2nd arr.). Oil on canvas. 1887. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76097-12
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William Merritt Chase, The Court Jester, c. 1880, etching on paper.
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France, Paris, Set change during a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, photography
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Forest Floor with a Snake, Lizards, Butterflies and other Insects. Dating: 1650 - 1678. Measurements: h 76 cm × w 62 cm; d 11.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Otto Marseus van Schrieck.
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ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE.
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Smoking farmer by fire, Anonymous, After David Teniers (II), 1626 - 1740 print A farmer smokes his pipe by the fire. On the right, a man urinates in the corner. Netherlands paper etching pipe ~ tobacco. open hearth, fire-place. urination
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The Resurrection of Christ. Date/Period: 1760. Pen and black ink, brush and grey ink, over black chalk, black-grey wash, on blue paper. Feder in Schwarz, Pinsel in Grau, über schwarzer Kreide, schwarzgrau laviert, auf blauem Papier. Height: 302 mm (11.88 in); Width: 175 mm (6.88 in). Author: JANUARIUS ZICK.
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Title page for the Europische Mercury of 1725, 1725 print Title page for the Europische Mercurius, dl. XXXVI over the year 1725. A mental one pulls a curtain aside and reveals a scaffold on which the bodies of convicts are chopped into pieces. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving on the scaffold or place of execution
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Reproduction of a painting: Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), Podpatrzeni Ciekawość Curiosity; from: `Wędrowiec` (?). unknown, photographer, Wędrowiec (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1863-1906), publisher
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Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, An Austere Hindu Fakir, undated. Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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Artur Grottger (1837-1867), in the forest after the battle - Le Champ de Bataille, cardboard VIII from the "Polonia" series; Salon Painters Publishing House (Kraków; 1895-1949); 1903 (1903-00-00-1903-00-00);
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Manuel Godoy y ¡lvarez de Faria (May 12, 1767 ñ October 4, 1851), was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 to 1797 and from 1801 to 1808
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Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski (1841-1905), "And when a terrible dream from hot eyes ..."-illustration III from the cycle to "Maria" by Antoni Malczewski (a watercolor reproduction); Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939), Anczyc, Władysław Ludwik and company (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1875-1948); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);
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Light the Way
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An allegory of Transience with an extinguished candle and a skull on a book, Allegory of Transience, print maker: Harmen de Mayer, Wallerant Vaillant, Amsterdam, 1651 - 1701, paper, etching, h 194 mm × w 142 mm
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Merlin Paints the Young Knight's Shield (From Idlls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson) Gustave Dore (1832-1883 French) Newberry Library, Chicago
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Crypt of the Chapel of the Hospital Sainte-Catherine, rue Saint-Denis at the corner of the rue des Lombards Auguste S�bastien B�nard (1810-1873). Crypt of the Chapel of the Hospital Sainte-Catherine, St. Denis Street at the corner of the rue des Lombards. S�pia and feather wash. 1853.
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Jerusalem, Plate 84, "Highgates heights & Hampstead....". Date/Period: 1804 to 1820. Print. Orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper)orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper). Height: 210 mm (8.26 in); Width: 150 mm (5.90 in). Author: William Blake.
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "All of the streets of perdition." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101785-15 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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A skeleton as memento mori. Etching.
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A Phantasmagoria;Scene-Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton January 5, 1803 James Gillray British. A Phantasmagoria;Scene-Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton 391791
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Illustration Nouvelle 1876 François-Nicolas Chifflart. Illustration Nouvelle. Illustration Nouvelle. François-Nicolas Chifflart (French, Saint-Omer 1825-1901 Paris). 1876. Etching. Prints
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Silhouette of Anton BRUCKNER, 1824-96 Austrian composer, at the piano
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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Le Rajeunissement du Constitutionnel, 1844, lithograph
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Red chalk drawing by Nicolas Bazin depicting a human skull, emphasizing form and shading.
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Christmas-Eugène Sotain (1816-1874), engraver. "Evening talks." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101790-26 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving
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Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple (Jésus porté sur le pinacle du Temple) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple (Jésus porté sur le pinacle du Temple), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm). In James Tissots epic The Life of Christ, a set of 350 watercolors, his naturalistic style coexists with a decidedly mystical or hallucinatory one, which earned him comparisons to William Blake. These three examples visualize miraculous moments in the narrative. Tissot was a successful society painter who, after experiencing a religious vision in 1885, devoted the rest of his career to spiritual subject matter. He made two trips to Egypt, Syria, and Palestine, where he created extensive figure and landscape studies for his project, believing that this “pencil reporting from the life of Christ” would endow his scenes with historical accuracy. Tissot exhibited the completed series i
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Bismarck, from Les Génies de la Mort. Edmond Guilliaume; French, active 1870s. Date: 1870. Dimensions: 553 × 443 mm (image); 703 × 536 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Edmond Guilliaume.
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Boys-Bourredon philosophy." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101783-26 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving