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Artistic representations of historical events and societal customs, blending humor and irony with a focus on community interactions and spectacles.

Pantin Road. Worn men Charles Joseph Travies of Villers, says Traviès (1804-1859). Press cartoon. "Pantin Road. Worn men". Board published in "caricature" of December 11, 1834. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.
Pantin Road. Worn men Charles Joseph Travies of Villers, says Traviès (1804-1859). Press cartoon. "Pantin Road. Worn men". Board published in "caricature" of December 11, 1834. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.
162 assets in this story
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The Plaza or Greater Square of Buenos Ayres (Buenos Aires).  Vintage Picturesque illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, by E.E.Vidal, printed by Ackermann, 1820.
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Arrival of the Resolution and Discovery on the east coast of Kamchatka by Eckstein, Johannes (1735-1817) / Private Collection / 1779 / Germany / Aquatint / History / 51x65,8
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William Penn and Native Americans at the foundation of Philadelphia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after the painting William Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
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Eight Vignettes. Dimensions: image: 20.3 x 25 cm (8 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 27 x 34.8 cm (10 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.). Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HIPPOLYTE BELLANGE.
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January 1788 Ireland. Color stipple engraving on paper . William Nelson Gardiner
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The Bathe at Newport, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Harper's Weekly, Wood engraving in black ink on paper, Figures swim in the water in the foreground. Beach at left in middleground. In the distance, houses at left, cliffs in center, and ship at right., USA, September 4, 1858, figures, Print, Print
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Duel de Charles de Lameth and the Marquis de Castries, November 12, 1790 Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Dual of Charles de Lameth and Marquis de Castries, November 12, 1790. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.
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Series Viennese scenes, The Straitpflasterer, Joseph d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli -, Artist, Jeremias Bermann -, publisher
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On a windswept heath, three witches prophesy to an aghast Daniel O' Connell. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.
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African slaves skinning a huge snake under a tree, and Graman Quacy or Quassi, the Surinam slave who discovered quassia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.
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Noah's Ark. Dimensions: image: 8 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (21.6 x 31.4 cm)sheet: 10 11/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.2 x 35.2 cm). Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907). Date: 1874-78. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). Leader of the early stages of the French revolution. President of the National Constituent Assembly. Mirabeau in Champs-Elyses, Paris, France. Engraving. 18th century. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)
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Cockney-Sportsmen Shooting-Flying, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, after Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1800, Hand colored etching, with etched borders, Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)
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France, Jacque, Charles Emile, Rob-Roy, Prisoner is presented to the lieutenant governor, print, book illustration, prints, height 101 mm, width 142 mm, 1813 - 1894-05-07, print maker, printmaker, 1844 - 1844, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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1st disadvantage. / How, I lost my ... corner (Registered Title) | Disadvantages of a diligence trip. (IFF 25) (set of all)
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Milhier's heroin Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Milhier's heroin. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.
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Camp on the enamel, Bachmann-Hohmann, Lithographer
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Wincenty Wodzinowski (1866-1940), wedding; Wis A (Kraków), apple, T. and Spóka (Kraków; Reproductive Zak 1890-1926); around 1908 (1903-00-00-1913-00-00);
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Image reproduction: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Babie Lato; Z: "Kłosy", 1875, No. 512, p. 241; Olszewski, Kazimierz (fl. Ca 1870-1890), Kłosy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1875 (1875-00-00-1875-00-00);
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Pen and brush drawing of the abduction of Proserpina by Johann August Nahl the Younger, executed over pencil in brown, 1798.
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Chieftains of various Florida Native American nations leading an army of warriors and archers to battle (including Timucuan chief Utina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1841.
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Print made by Samuel Howitt, 1756-1822, British, Partridge Netting, 1812. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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This illustration from Penrose's Process Year Book for 1900 is based on Samuel E. Waller's The Huntsman's Courtship.
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Africa - History of explorations - 19the century - Engraving from the travel report of the English ambassador sent to the Ashanti kingdom (1820)
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Singers of the boulevards (registered title)
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Russkii Gerkules.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Racing , Horses, Horseback racing, Sports spectators. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
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Printer and publisher: Kellogg & Comstock, active Hartford, 1848-1850, California Gold Diggers (no.370), 19thcentury, Colored lithograph, sheet: 25.5 × 36 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints
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Opposition Coaches at Speed, Frederick Rosenberg, active 1816-1832, Charles B. Newhouse, fl. c.1820-1836, British, 1832, Aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 13 1/16 x 17 3/4in. (33.2 x 45.1cm)
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The curious piece Louis Darcis / Louis-L�opold Boilly. "The curious piece", (the scholars' showrier).
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Saint Albans Steeplechase 1837 England. Aquatint on paper . Charles Hunt
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From bottom to top, or Titan new. (TI)
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Abitazioni, by Andrea Bernieri. Acquisition history unknown.
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After once using our "Tippecanoe" you will use no nostrums nor preparations called "bitters". Try "Tippecanoe instead.. After once using our "Tippecanoe" you will use no nostrums nor preparations called "bitters". Try "Tippecanoe instead.
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Festival of the 1st vendemaire: Cocagne matte game Thomas-Charles Naudet (1778-1810). Day of the 1st vend�miaire, year 10: game of the mast of cocagne.
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William Blake, The Canterbury Pilgrims, 1810 The Canterbury Pilgrims
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'Defense of Huningue', 1815, (19th century). Artist: Anon
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Suttee. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1880 ().
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A momument on Easter Island (Monumento dell ' Isola di Pasqua), by Giovanni Sasso. Acquisition history unknown.
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Railway station Station at the fake pitch ". Estampe.
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GART Les Pins Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803-1847). Press cartoon. "Gare Les Pins". Board published in "caricature" of August 16, 1832. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.
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Coursing Nichols and Bluck.. Engraving   European Art
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Victor Jean Adam or Victor Jean Vincent Adam (1801-1866)/Emile Jean Horace Vernet, dit Horace (1789-1863)/François-Séraphin Delpech (1778-1825). Longue travelers. Document of the graphic arts cabinet. Lithography, 1832. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Start, check, ask for a path, discussion, discuss, Document cabinet graphics, lithography, Attelee car, traveler EGAR, SCENE
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Roman siege engines: siege tower or the Taker of Cities, Helepolis 5, five-storey tower Sambucae 6, and battering ram on chains Aries 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.
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THE MODERN ARK. Political cartoon satirizing unrestricted immigration into United States in 1871. Men from many races and nationalities, riding various animals, are welcomed into an ark provisioned with Liberty Corn, Freedom Grain and Equality Beans. Wood engraving by Sol Eytinge from a sketch by E.S. Bisbee.
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Eugène Charles François Guérard, Physionomies de Paris #7: Les Patineurs (Lac du Bois de Boulogne), 1856, chromolithograph, partly hand-colored, on wove paper.
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Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville, Gare les Quilles, 1830s Gare les Quilles
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Corner of Winter, Washington and Summer Streets, Boston Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1857. Wood engraving, Image: 7 x 9 3/4 in. (17.8 x 24.8 cm).   American Art 1857
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September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing and testing the Atlantic Telegraph Cables of 1865 and 1866. Artist: Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826-1909). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (18.8 × 27.8 cm). Date: 1866.One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. Dudley documented the process in a series of watercol
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Roussel-Géo. Sketch for the Wedding Hall of the XIV town hall: lunch - Review in front of the Belfort lion. Ink and oil on canvas. Around 1889. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Civil art, figurative art, sketch, table, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century
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Land clearing, vintage engraving. Land clearing, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679504
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Duke William of Normandy orders the building of ships. Shipwrights work on two boats while a carpenter planes down timber. Scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest, 1066. Construction de vaisseaux. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.
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Penn's Treaty, Edward Hicks, 1836, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America
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French explorers visiting a Morai (temple) on Oweihi (Hawaii). Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Illustration from Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde," 1824.
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Brazilian slaves with hunting dogs and muskets. Game includes a lizard, a monkey, and a brace of birds. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Illustration adapted from Maximilian von Wied-Neuwied's "Travels in Brazil, 1815-1817.".
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The defeated Mexicans (Mayans of Tabasco) present Herman Cortez with 20 female slaves after the battle of Centla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
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Winter Pastime Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888). , 1855. Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4in. (26.4 x 37.5cm).   American Art 1855
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Water cart for the Imperial Family, Qing Dynasty China. The wagon is loaded with cubical tin vessels filled with river water. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.
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Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.
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W Lydston Jr, Grey's Quick Step, 1839 Grey's Quick Step
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'The Irish Balmoral, Or A Vision of 1869', 1868. Artist: John Tenniel
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The strength des destiny
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