Historical Events in Engravings

Engravings illustrating significant historical events and figures, featuring dramatic scenes and intricate details, capturing moments of honor and ceremony.

Francis Drake Knighted by Elizabeth, Anonymous

Hades, 18th century. Artist: Unknown

The engraving shows Titian's altarpiece, destroyed by fire, formerly in Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. The painting, was destroyed on 16 August 1867 by a fire caused by repair work. At its original location there is now a copy by Niccolò Cassana (1659-1713). It depicts the martyrdom of St Peter Martyr (1203-1252), a Dominican and inquisitor who was beaten to death on the road between Milan and Como because of his merciless attitude to those accused of heresy.

Francis Drake Knighted by Elizabeth, Anonymous

Saint Clotilde (475-545) Princess of Burgundy, sets fire to the country of Burgundy. France. Old XIX century engraving illustration. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897

The finding of Moses. Colour woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1741, after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Graf Szapary der Ackersklave, an article in, Die Gartenlaube, Illustriertes Familienblatt, a forerunner of the modern illustrated first major successf...

Illustration by Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798-1855) Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, Professor of Slavic Literature, and political activist. Dated 1840

Historic drawing, caricature on the Dutch Tulip mania, golden age of the Netherlands, when tulip bulbs were objects of speculation, 17th century

Harriet Beecher STOWE Uncle Tom's Cabin first published 1852. showing Eliza and her baby escaping from Haley by running across the half-frozen river. Later they escaped to safety via the Underground Railway'. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. It depicts the harsh life for African Americans under slavery.

Engraving depicting Sir Bors was a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend and a character in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Engraved by Henry Ryland (1856-1924) a British painter, book illustrator, decorator and designer. Dated 19th century

The plaster of the Alpe Lorrin, Paznaun valley, exile, mountains, Austria / Der Putz von der Alpe Lorrin, Paznauntal, Verbannung, Gebirge, Österreich, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Creation Of Man, vintage engraving. Creation Of Man, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647545

Gustave Doré; Dante and Virgil meet Brunetto Latini in the 7th circle of Hell, from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; Inferno Canto XV

Satirical cartoon of german Chancellor betthman Hollweg

Two against one. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1919. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Watteau paper

1861 Exhibition of Painting, Picciola, vintage engraving. 1861 Exhibition of Painting, Picciola, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678065

Le Combat des Horaces et des Curiaces (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1820-1825 Nantes (Object made in), France (Object made in). Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed . François Pieters (Designer) , Jean-Jacques Avril, le jeune (Engraver) , Jean Jacques François Lebarbier , Jacques Louis David , Antoine Alexandre Morel (Engraver)

Hunt Scene Indian. Hunt Scene, ca. 1850. Opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (21.9 x 18.7 cm). Asian Art ca. 1850

Mercury With Sleeping Figure, William Williams (England, active 1763 - 1800) 1798

El Cid, (Roderigo Diaz de Bivar), in legend the national hero of Spain, watches the Cadi burn during his conquest of Valencia, with his wife donna Jimena

Otto I of Bavaria by Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, woodcut, 1840, 1796-1848Private Collection

Dona agustina libarona. he struck, he wanted to kill her, vintage engraving. Dona agustina libarona. he struck, he wanted to kill her, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656890

A head of Coroados wild in Brazil, The signal for battle, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

painting by Paul Delaroche: Charlemagne traverse les Alpes, Robert Jefferson Bingham, Goupil & Cie, 1858.

David slays Goliath, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful. Goliath the Philistine is a Bible character described as a giant warrior defeated by the young David, the future king of the Israelites.

A stage of the poem of the Nibelungen by Cornelius, See the instructions on Cornelius, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Charging the retorts at the Beckton gasworks, London, property of The Chartered Gaslight and Coke Company. From 'The Illustrated London News', 2 November 1878. Wood engraving.

Bird catching. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) painter Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, fl.1754-1780) (workshop) weaver c. 1770-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll., Paris. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Young man in tree holding bird in R hand & resting L hand on bird cage on tree branch looks down towards young woman; 2 women seated on ground to R of tree, 1 resting her arm on bird cage, face towards young man seated opposite them & showing them bird in his hand; bird nets & basket in L foreground; rustic building on L These panels are said to be from the 13th set. Borders missing. Niclausse, Tapisseries (1948), nos. 68, 69 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 550-556 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241763-0241766; compositionally similar tapestries: 0241768 (Set A), 0241767, 0241771; see also Standen, p. 554-555

Returning from grape harvest. Jeaurat, Etienne (French, 1699-1789) (designed after) painter c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'3" X w 6'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from M. Dreicer, received 5/1/1914; sold to unclear. In landscape with trees, vines & flowering plants, a couple walking side by side along with small dog (R); woman sits on back of mule with child, while shepherd plays the flute in background Borders missing; fragment. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7127-d Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243181, 0243186; compositionally similar tapestry (with variations): GCPA 0243136, 0240507

Print of a fresco depicting Attila and his Army Marching on Paris by Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828-1891) a French academic painter. Dated 19th Century

The bees Recall, painting by Baader, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1880.

Dead of Absalom. Samuel Book, Old Testament, Old 19th century engraved illustration from History of the Bible 1883

Prince Eugene before Belgrade, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Print of a fresco depicting Attila and his Army Marching on Paris by Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828-1891) a French academic painter. Dated 19th Century

Illustration of Hereward the Wake making good his escape after his defeat by William the Conqueror s army Battle of Ely AD1071

Secret love, historical illustration, circa 1886

"The Hay-Field" - painted by J. J. Hill - from the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, 1856. Engraving of a painting. 'Here, again is an unmistakable story. Observe the artless aspect of the little brother who is pulling his sister away from the lad who is looking true love into his sister's face. Very nicely treated, too, is the girl herself. The execution is somewhat light and sketchy; but the drawing is good...the price, one hundred and twenty pounds'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

The Gypsies (Les Gitanos) Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). The Gypsies (Les Gitanos), 1862. Etching on Chine colle paper, Sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (44.5 x 34.6 cm). European Art 1862

Illustration for Journey of Zofia from Memel to Saxony by Johann Timoteus Hermes (Sophien's journey from Memel to Saxony by Joh. Tim Hermes) in: Berlin Genealogisches Calender to the year 1778) Zofia escapes in the forest of the Cossack Guard (Copy) Berger, Daniel (1744 1824), Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Village school in Holland, 1645, woodcut, Netherlands

A new drop scene for D. L. T. Thaumaso Scrutiny, Esqr., delt. & sculp. ; De Wilde.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

DEATH OF WILLIAM RUFUS IN THE NEW FOREST

literature, Norse sagas, Valkyrie Hildr, wood engraving after frieze by Wilhelm Engelhard, 1887,

Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Blaise Pascal (June 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand; - 19 August 1662 in Paris) was a French mathematician, physicist, man of letters, inventor and Christian philosopher, here as a twelve-year-old studying mathematics, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Blaise Pascal (June 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand; - 19 August 1662 in Paris) was a French mathematician, physicist, man of letters, inventor and Christian philosopher, here as a twelve-year-old studying mathematics.

On the mountain, vintage engraving. On the mountain, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679020

The building of the ark, historic illustration from the year book of Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

literature fairy tale Grimm's Fairy Tales ""Tom thumb"" stealing the seven league boots wood engraving,

Washing gold in Brazil, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Noah and his ark escape as the great flood envelopes the earth, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful

Sancho Panza thrown over the wall. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

The Fall of Phaeton. Engraving depicting Jason and the Argonuats. Engraved illustration from 'The Temple of the Muses', 1733. This book represented remarkable events of antiquity drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733).

Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale89. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The Murder of Abel by Cain (Genesis 4:1-16) Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

It is with delight that each of us can cool off, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

Woman, seated, facing skeleton symbolizing death / Dall...() | Library of Congress

MVH, Netherlands, Luther and Calvin in the scales, ca. 1560. Landscape with a scale in the hand of God. In the left tray are Luther and Calvin with the Bible, on the right the pope, a priest and a church scholar. The devil tries in vain to pull the scales down to Roman. In the landscape on the left the narrow road to a reformed church on top of a mountain, on the right a catholic church on the wide road. With a caption of 2 columns with 4 lines each in Dutch. Cartoon on the Roman Church, theme from ca. 1560. Probably an illustration from a book., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 244 mm, width 173 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1710 - 1730, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, writer

Manon Lescaut, novel by French author Abbe Prevost, 1731. Death of Manon Lescaut. Engraving by Ch. Baude, painting original by Dagnan-Bouveret. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1884.

Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico, Venice, Idea pittoresche sopra la fugga in Egitto, Flight into Egypt, Mary with Child supported by angel and Joseph leading donkey past shepherd with sheep, verso bottom left - stamped, print, prints, height 187 mm, width 241 mm, height 330 mm, width 438 mm, Italian, 1727-08-30 - 1804-03-03, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1753, third quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

William Horsfall, a Yorkshire merchant and manufacturer, being murdered by Luddites near Huddersfield, 1812. Etching from Camden Pelham The Chronicles of Crime, London 1887. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne).

'Shakespeare sacrificed, or the offering to avarice', 1789.Artist: James Gillray

Death of Dom Pedro, Illustration drawn by Conrad Ermish, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Maypole dance. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) painter Coppens, Augustin (Flemish, 1668-1740) (designed after, attr.) painter Borcht, Pierre van der (Flemish, act.1712-d.1763) (workshop) weaver c. 1720-1740 Tapestry Dimensions: H 3.13 x W 4.02 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Private coll. (un ancien hôtel on rue des Petits-Carmes), Brussels. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire. Before inn, figures dancing around maypole; figure standing on inverted tub playing bagpipes, next to boy playing drum; boy on horseback near pond; couple frolicking under tree; landscape with dancers, bagpiper, cottages & sheep in background Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 352-361, fig.13.6 Brussels (Musées Royaux), Tapisseries (1956), 85,86, no.102, pl.106 Marillier, Teniers Tapestries (1932), 42, pl. 32a Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 209, fig. 73 Related Works

Emotions of Polydore maraschino. The menagerie burned by a monkey, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Spain. Galician type frpm the Orense province. Illustration by Urrabieta. Engraving by Sierra. Cronica General de Espaa. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Galicia, 1866.

Satyr Driving a Pair of Goats. Dated: 1626. Dimensions: plate: 7.2 × 26.3 cm (2 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 8.4 × 26.7 cm (3 5/16 × 10 1/2 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pierre Brebiette.

'Look how solemn they are!', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 63 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to 'Blow Over' - -'Let Us Prey.' The political cartoon by Thomas Nast was published in Harper's Magazine, on Sept. 23, 1871. William 'Boss' Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weather a violent storm on a ledge amidst the picked-over remains of New York City. But it did not blow over. In Nov. 1873, Tweed received a sentence of twelve years in prison and a $12,750 fine (BSLOC_2019_8_113)

He reaches the entrance of the den, vintage engraving. He reaches the entrance of the den, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647480

GRABADO DE SELECCIONES DEL RIDER. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Desastre Nº 15: Y no hay remedio. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA.

The triumph of Hercules. Date/Period: Ca. 1759. Print. Etching on paper. Height: 68.80 mm (2.70 in); Width: 50.80 mm (2 in). Author: GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO.

literature, fairy tales, Ruebezahl, drawing by Ludwig Richter (1803 - 1884), for the version by Johann Musaeus (1735 - 1787), wood engraving,

'The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough', 1840. Artist: John Rogers.

'Cavalier Francais', c1820-1860, (1924).Artist: Eugène Delacroix

Chestnutting Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Chestnutting, 1870. Wood engraving, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm). Chestnut gathering was a favorite autumn activity of rural children. In 1877 the writer Charles Dudley Warner noted, One of the best things in farming is gathering the chestnuts, hickory-nuts, butternuts, and even beech-nuts, in the late fall, after the frosts have cracked the husks and the high winds shaken them, and the colored leaves have strewed the ground.” In this illustration by Winslow Homer, the boys climb to pick the nuts, while the girls watch. Regarded as one of the great American Realists of the nineteenth century, Homer is known primarily for his large body of works in oil and watercolor. However, he also had an early career as a freelance illustrator, making drawings for wood engravings that were reproduced in mass-circulation periodicals such as Harper's Weekly. In 1998, the Brooklyn Museum received a generous gift of more than 250 wood-eng

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila S. Maria di Collemaggio4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, wall painting (13-15th centuries) Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (18th century), sculpture, frescoes, wall painting, metal crucifix Coverage of the paintings; some views of interior architectural features. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

After Apollo has successfully defeated the Phrygian musician Marsyas in a contest, who can best play the flute, he rather unsportingly flays his rival alive for his presumption

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Aristide Louis (1815-1852), engraver. "A deadly blow." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-6 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Joseph Ribera, Spanish artist active in Italy, c1880-1882.Artist: Hans Makart

Antwerp, Aertssens, Hendrik, Netherlands, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Bloemaert, Abraham, Amsterdam, Sacra eremvs ascetarvm, Hermits, S. Macarius Romanus, Saint Macarius Romanus of Mesopotamia as a hermit, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Macarius Romanus of Mesopotamia between the rocks with lion. On the verso is a fragment of French text., print, book illustration, prints, height 141 mm, width 88 mm, South Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1612, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, North Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1622 - 1663

Very often, Dolly accompanied the captain, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

Fire, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Gallows Allegre, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Hush (Chiton) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Hush (Chiton), 1797-1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm). European Art 1797-1798

The Battle of Actium : Cleopatra directs her fleet against the Romans commanded by Octavian

Carnage, painting by an unknown 19th century artist. China, 19th century.

An engraving depicting a man sleeping on his boat during the summer heat. Dated 19th century

Gustave Doré; The Punishment of Flatterers from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; Black and White Engraving

An itinerant tooth-drawer performing an operation on a struggling male patient. Ink wash drawing after P.A. Wille, 1788.

The burning bush, burning Francois Bonnemere, of after Charles Lebrun, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.

Wives and Shepherds under Charles the Bald, vintage engraving. Wives and Shepherds under Charles the Bald, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660376

Initial letter 'E' depicting a drunken nude man prancing through the woods. Dated 18th Century

The maritime education in English. Bath aboard a boat school, vintage engraving. The maritime education in English. Bath aboard a boat school, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657157

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE. SANCHO PANZA.

The men in sacks', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 8 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

Le Crépulscule des Dieux. Henri Fantin-Latour (France, Grenoble, 1836-1904). Japan, 1886. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy; Dante and Virgil meet Matelda in the Garden of Earthly Paradise

Love and death', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 10 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Conibo, ceramics, 1869, Peru

The top of a Parsee 'Tower of Silence', Dakharma, where the dead bodies are exposed to the elements and to scavenging birds. Date: 19th century

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