Historical Fencing Artworks

Engravings and etchings depicting historical sword fighting techniques and figures, showcasing dynamic poses and detailed attire.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The whims, the duel at the sword. Twenty-seventh number of the suite of 50 pieces engraved in Florence" (Lieure 241, Meaume 820). Etching. 1617. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99606-25 Etching, engraving

The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his Men. Dated: 1793. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman.

Untitled Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673). Untitled. Etching, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 9/16 in. (30.2 x 44.6 cm). European Art

Greek athletes and their tools. A longjumper with weights 3, discus 4, discus thrower or Discobolus 5, cestus or caestus gloves 6. Saltatore, Disco, Discobulo, Cesto, &c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1826.

De la Risposte de Prime Aprés Avoir Paré le Coup de Seconde, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 3/4 × 16 inches (27.3 × 40.6 cm) and Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 15/16 inches (23.2 × 37.9 cm)

James Gwin, 1700-1769, De la Parade de Quarte au Dehors des Armes sur le Coup de Quarte hors des Armes, 1763. Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Position de la Garde en Quarte, et le Coup de Flanconnade, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (26 × 40.3 cm) and Sheet: 8 7/8 × 15 inches (22.5 × 38.1 cm)

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The whims, the duel at the sword. Twenty-seventh number of the suite of 50 pieces engraved in Florence" (Lieure 241, Meaume 820). Etching. 1617. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99606-25 Etching, engraving

Princes and death of credit. Sheet with 5 performances. Above four performances of princes. Under a large representation of the death of credit by defaulters. The dead body of credit is on the ground. Around his body are a goose, a painter, a violinist and a fencer. Captions at the different figures in the image. Numbered in the middle above: 89.

Spain. Barcelona. 1865. Third epidemic of the 19th century. Symbolic scene between women and cholera at their farewell. Engraving. "New Chronicle of Barcelona", number 18. 19th century.

Bacchic rite. Priestess with waterlily leaf receiving a string of pearls, and (below) Bacchus seated between two ministers. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

Jacques Callot, Duel with Swords and Daggers, c 1617 Duel with Swords and Daggers

Allegory on the Dutch Association of Nautical and Commerce.

Watercolor illustration by Vincenzo Brenna around 1780 for Vestigia delle Terme di Tito, showing the mythological scene of a Lapith abducting a woman, created as a large folio plate.

De la Parade de Quarte au Dedans des Armes sur le Coup de Quarte, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 5/8 × 16 5/8 inches (27 × 42.2 cm) and Sheet: 9 1/8 × 15 11/16 inches (23.2 × 39.8 cm)

Van Amburgh. Outdone! December 3, 1838 John Doyle. Van Amburgh. Outdone!. HB Sketches, No. 561. John Doyle (Irish, Dublin 1797-1868 London). December 3, 1838. Lithograph. Thomas McLean (British, 1788-1875). Prints

Two Etruscan warriors in mortal combat with daggers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).

Italy, Raphael, Veneziano, Agostino, Dancing satyr and maenads, verso - stamped, A satyr and two maenads walk dancing to the right. In the middle the satyr plays the aulos (double flute), his forehead wreathed with ivy. On the left and right the two dancing maenads., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 172 mm, width 269 mm, Italian, 1490 - 1536, print maker, prentmaker, 1516 - 1516, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), perforating, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Studies of two figures pushing against a pillar. Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. Prints. 1773. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Anatomy, Artistic, Men , Anatomy

The child's are always fond of playing; / People wish them this joy, they can stroke their meaning. / What play the orphan may, they allowed them allowed, / so it does not make them go in the leather, 1806 - 1830 print Leaf with 4 performances of children's games and activities, such as blind man and skating. Under each image, an eight -line verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 148. Print Maker: Netherlands Print Maker: Netherlands Publisher: Zaltbommel paper letterpress printing children's games and plays. skates (winter sports). blind-man's buff

Cupids or genii playing music and games. Above, cupids dancing while playing a 10-string lyre and crotales, a bronze percussion instrument. Below, three cupids play a game of pulling a stake from the ground. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

N ° 45. / Badinguet having wanted to seduce the beautiful Augusta, is condemned ...

English political cartoon, 1835, Anonymous, 1835 Cartoon on English domestic politics, presented as the play 'Valentine and Orson' (Valentijn and Oursson). On the left a wild man with a club, a knight in armor on the right. With four -line verse. On the back of the front plate of 'Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No. 72 'from December 1, 1835. paper political caricatures and satires

Gentlemen fencers making a return thrust in Quinte after the thrust in Seconde. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

Raffaello Schiaminossi's etching for Ridolfo Capo Ferro's fencing manual includes a depiction of a city view with a battle scene in the background, illustrating the context in which fencing techniques might be applied. This etching is part of a series of 43 published in Siena in 1610.

James Gwin, 1700-1769, Risposte Aprés Avoir Trompé la Parade du Poignard, 1763. Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Quarter day : Or clearing the premisses without consulting your landlord , Household moving, Landlord & tenant relations. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Two Men Holding Long Staffs (recto); Proof impression of part of an etching, and scribbles in the artist's hand (verso). Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720-1778 Rome). Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 8 3/8in. (16.6 x 21.3cm). Date: 1720-78. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ομήρου Οδύσσεια. Ό Όδυσσεύς φονεύει τούς μνηστήρας - Homère Odyssée. Ulysse donne la mort aux poursuivants , Kings, Supernatural beings, Fighting, Bows Weapons, Odysseus, King of Ithaca Mythological character. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Conducting an offender into banishment. Mason, George Henry. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839. Prints, Illustrations. 1804. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Punishment & torture, Criminal justice, Administration of, Clothing & dress, Manners & customs, China

16th century. Native American dance. Virginia. Men and women dancing around "Three of the fayrest Virgins" at center. Engraving by Vernier, inspired by a 16th century illustration by Theodor de Bry (1528-1498). Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amrique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

James Gwin, 1700-1769, Du Desarmement Aprés Avoir Paré le Coup de Quarte, 1763. Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Shepheard, Field and Haughton (fighting), George Shepheard, ca. 1770-1842, British, undated, Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 3/8 inches (20.6 × 16.2 cm), caricature, coats, fighting, genre subject, giant, men, shoes

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Mars and Venus surprised by gods. Quadro from vault decoration in room 21. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Manna, Pietro (17..-18..), publisher

Honoré Daumier, Monsieur, Auriez vous la bonté de me dire , 19th century Monsieur, Auriez-vous la bonté de me dire ...

Lord strictly the shoe of a lady, in or after 1648 - Before 1653 A Lord strictly the shoe of a lady; Another lady is next to it. Zwolle paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush A Lord strictly the shoe of a lady; Another lady is next to it. Zwolle paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush

Gentlemen fencers in the Tierce return after the Tierce thrust. Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr. Domenico Angelo's The School of Fencing, London, 1787.

Dürer's 1512 drawing from The Ring and Fencing Book, ink with light watercolor, depicts human figures, fencing postures, and leader combat positions.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Dimensions: plate: 8.2 x 10.5 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Two drunks on the street, Ernst Buschmann, 1824 - 1853 print paper etching drunkard

Position Aprés Avoir Desarme sur le Coup de Quarte ou de Seconde Paré de Prime, James Gwin, 1700-1769, 1763, Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Contemporary drawn border: 10 11/16 × 15 1/4 inches (27.1 × 38.7 cm) and Sheet: 9 3/16 × 14 1/4 inches (23.3 × 36.2 cm)

Sees here three wake -up boys, / so fluks, so fresh from members (...), 1715 - 1813 print Sheet with 4 performances of children's games. A four -line verse above or below each image. Numbered at the top right: No. 21. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing children's games and plays. games using special objects (marbles, top, hoop, etc.)

Écuyers, 1500-15 (Tapisserie. Musée de Cluny. Dessin inédit.) XVIe siècle, costumes de chevalerie, Flandre.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Horsemen and horsewomen, knights , Flanders , 1500-1599

Le grand eunuque noir allant rendre compte au Sultan..., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, September 18, 1858 September 18, 1858 Honoré Daumier French. Le grand eunuque noir allant rendre compte au Sultan..., from Actualités, published in Le Charivari, September 18, 1858. Actualités. Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). September 18, 1858. Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil). Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Prints

Reply from Popinotte to Popinot.

Fight between two wild men, a third is lying dead, a woman is watching., Fight between two wild men, draughtsman: Erhard Schön, draughtsman: anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Erhard Schön, (possibly), 1500 - 1600, paper, brush, pen, h 192 mm × w 246 mm

Clytemnestra, Agamemnons wife, and Chrysothemis, their daughter, offering presents at the tomb of Agamemnon. The winged genius of Agamemnon or Iphigenia appears in the centre. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.

Monkey of Lisle de Borneo (IT)

Le Coup de Vent 1775-1832 Louis Philibert Debucourt. Le Coup de Vent. Louis Philibert Debucourt (French, Paris 1755-1832 Paris). 1775-1832. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Charles Bance (Paris). Prints

Honoré Daumier, Une Situation désagréable, 1866 Une Situation désagréable

A warrior on a horse piercing Sam escaping a man, according to the illustration of the Czech manuscript "Passion" Kunhuty from the 14th century, found in the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); around 1862 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);The National Library of the Czech Republic (Prague), the Czech Kunegunda (Czech princess -1265-1321), Kunegunda Czech (Czech princess -1265-1321) -iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - Collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853 -1935) - collection, passionate Kunhuty (Prague, from 1312) - iconography, fourteenth century, gift (provenance), painting, Czech painting, manuscripts, clothing, foreign clothing, warriors

The torture of the English by the Dutch on Ambon in 1622, Anonymous, 1673 print Illustration marked 'e', from W. Stubbe, 'A Further Justification of the Present War Against the United Netherlands', London 1673. The performance shows the torture of the English by the Dutch on Ambon in 1622. On the left a man is followed by a man with water; On the right a man with burning candles is torn. The prints were used by the English as propaganda to justify the war against the United Provinces. print maker: Englandpublisher: Londonpublisher: London paper engraving torture Ambon

Farmers and hunters in ancient Germanic peoples. Hunters wear short woven tunics, the farmers are naked apart from a short cape. The farmers hold a hoe and jug. From Philipp Kluvers Germania Antiqua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

Roman Empire. Gladiators. From left to right: 13- gladiator armed with trident, 14- gladiator carrying shield and net, 15- gladiator carrying scythe, helmet and shield. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Canto. Volume II, 1881.

Dürer's 1512 ink drawing with slight watercolor from The Ring and Fencing Book depicts human figures, fencing postures, and leader-side combat technique.

This time, justice is on the side of the strongest. (IT)

Eleven figures outside, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800 Glass plate in a wooden rough. Panorama of eleven figures in the open air. From left to right: a dog, two women, two men trying to catch a blowing handkerchief, a man with a stick in his left hand, a woman, a man leaning on a stick and a man and two women. Netherlands glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint) Glass plate in a wooden rough. Panorama of eleven figures in the open air. From left to right: a dog, two women, two men trying to catch a blowing handkerchief, a man with a stick in his left hand, a woman, a man leaning on a stick and a man and two women. Netherlands glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint)

'Deaf Burke defeats Tom O'Connell', 1837 (late 19th or early 20th century). Artist: Unknown

Guillaume - Let's go my old, a little shot. ... / No. 14.

Haarlem, Berendrecht, Johannes Pietersz., Porcellis, Jan, Northern Netherlands, Scheyndel, Gillis van (I), Various Beaches and Water Views done by Jan Percelles, Dune Landscape with a Man, with a Basket on His Shoulder, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 73 mm, width 92 mm, 1595 - 1660-12-24, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1645, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1584 - 1632-01-29, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Netherlands, 1590 - 1645, publisher

1st campaign of the king of Pluche - place the new warrior who wants to be a zero 1st campaign of the king of Pluche - place the new warrior who wants to be a zero (1806) ". Anonymous print at Martinet.

Above, black-figured Greek wine jug (oinochoe); below, detail of decoration showing a man (most probably Dionysus) and a dancing satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlstein, 1760/1780 ().

Natives fording a river, United States of America, engraving by Vernier from Etats-Unis d'Amerique, by Roux de Rochelle, L'Univers Pittoresque, published by Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1837.

A culprit conducted to trial. Mason, George Henry. Wilson, William, active 1811-1839. Prints, Illustrations. 1804. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Punishment & torture, Criminal justice, Administration of, Clothing & dress, Manners & customs, China

Condemnation and execution of the Doctor of the Sorbonne, the Abbe Ermes in the presence of the EVEque of La Rochefoucault and the Lord Ruotet, convent of the Carmes, current 76 rue de Vaugirard, 6th arrondissement, September 2, 1792 Harvant or barvant (-); Langlume (-). The Abb� Ermes Doctor of the Sorbonne, murdered on September 2, 1793 in the arms of Mr the Bishop of La Rochefoucault (...). Condemnation and execution of the Doctor of the Sorbonne, Father Ermes, in the presence of the bishop of La Rochefoucault and Lord Ruotet, convent of Carmes, current 76 rue de Vaugirard, 6th arrondissement, September 2, 1792. Document of the Cabinet D graphic arts. Lithography, between 1822 and 1840.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Balli di Sfessania, Bello Sguardo - Coullo. Eighteenth number of a suite of 24 pieces" (Lieure 396, Meaume 658). Etching. 1616-1617. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99601-8 Etching, engraving

Combat with Lance; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Combat with Pollaxe; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Dulling men, Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873 drawing paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush duelling

Figures of male fingers, hands, arms, gestures, from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.

Bread or corn tortilla-making in Mexico. Men and women grinding maize, making tortilla and grilling them on a griddle over a fire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

THE EASTERN QUESTION

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Guerrier Iroquois'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

A lightly watercolored pen drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 showing figures in fencing positions from his Ring and Fencing Book.

Set of seven: Military Discoveries, Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, 1819, Aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 15/16in. (22.2 x 30.3cm)

Combat with Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Dibujos de Parera: Caricaturas del músico Dardet. Author: José Parera y Romero.

Star Braid, ask for it. , Boys, Ribbons, Beaches, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Cod. 11093, fol. 15r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Combat with Sword. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

Machete Dance. José Chávez Morado; Mexican, 1909-2002. Date: 1939. Dimensions: 315 x 443 mm (image); 500 x 650 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on cream wove paper. Origin: Mexico. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

people ""the inhabitants of Calicut"" colour woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473 - 1531) folio 131 from ""triumph of emperor Maximilian I"" 16th century private collection,

Sequential depiction of a dance in three rows of tiny figures. Prints. 1817. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dancers , 19th century

Indigenous Mapuche of Chile playing the game of ciueca or palin, a hockey-like game with sticks and large ball. Copied from G. Bramati. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

Manco-Capac, cofounder and ruler of the Incan Empire, with his sister/wife Queen Coya Mama-Ocllo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

One of a set of 6 (5): A Day's Journal of a Sponge, Peter Pasquin, active 1824-1826, 1824, Hand-colored aquatint, Sheet: 9 x 6 1/4in. (22.9 x 15.9cm)

Men are working on the side of a wooden boat; anchors, a buoy and anchoring rope are lying around. Aquatint with etching by W.H. Pyne after himself.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Navigator, cartographer and admiral. He served the Crown of Castile. Discoverer of America in 1492. Allegorical engraving. Later colouration. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853.

French nobles wrestling in a show bout, 16th century. A champion in violet silk top, blue and white parti-coloured stockings, is being held back by a judge (King Francis I) in slashed scarlet breeches and crimson hose. From a tapestry depicting the meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1520 in the possession of de Monbrison. France, Lutteurs. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer.

Masquerade. Leaf with 2 horizontal rows with representations of different figures or drockers. A caption under each figure. Numbered at the top right: No. 3.

Breaking the joints and mutilating Negro slaves condemned to death by torture.. Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slaves, Blacks, Punishment & torture, Suriname

A cleric, a noble and a peasant represent the three strata of French society before the Revolution. Sadly, mutual hugging will soon change to lethal recrimination Date: eighteenth century

Digitally restored, Angel comforts the devil and two woman sit close together, symbolic, erotic copper engraving by Annibal Carracci, 1539, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, Angel comforts the devil and two woman sit close together, symbolic, erotic copper engraving by Annibal Carracci, publication from the year 1882

Pass Louis-Philibert Debucourt (1755-1832) According to the painter Carle Vernet (1758-1836). Pass pay. Engraving (colored aquatint). 1818.

Vignette, putti games

'Cutting Sugar Cane', 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie. A slave is shown with a hoe or scythe used to cut the sugar cane behind him. From The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar. (London, 1826).

Russian Scaevola. From the "Syn otechestva" (Son of the Fatherland) literary magazine, Terebenev, Ivan Ivanovich (1780-1815)

Masks from ancient Greek theatre. A slave in short tunic makes an indecent gesture at two women in a Greek comedy. Satiric mask 2, comic masks 3,4 and tragic masks 5-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.

Frankish funeral rites, 10th century. A man and woman wrap a body in a shroud (top) and two men lower a shrouded corpse into a grave, while a grave-digger with shovel watches (bottom). Ceremonies funebres. 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, 1827.

Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus. Abraham de Bruyn (Flanders, Antwerp, 1540-1587). Belgium, 1540-1587. Books. Engraved on paper, some gouache coloring

Ancient Egyptian idol Osiris as an ox 82, Omar the Saracen burning the library of Ptolemy Soter in 642 83, and Napoleons troops bringing away the Tomb of Alexander 84. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Africa for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, Harris and Son, London, 1820.

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