Historical Illustrations and Engravings

A series of vintage engravings depicting significant historical events and scenes, including royal ceremonies and public spectacles, with intricate detailing.

Defeated at the Caudine Forks by the Sanniti in the Samnite wars, the Romans are required to pass beneath a hurdle as a sign of humiliation, or face starvation. Date: 321 BCE

The Penance of Jane Shore, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

1581, Queen Elizabeth weapon knight the famous Francis Drake browser, vintage engraving. 1581, Queen Elizabeth weapon knight the famous Francis Drake browser, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673590

Netherlands, Greive, Johan Conrad, At Bruges - 1468, Procession at Bruges, 1468, watched by a company nobles and damsels from a podium., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 137 mm, width 190 mm, 1837-04-02 - 1891-05-14, print maker, printmaker, 1847 - 1891, second quarter 19th century, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings

Zu den Tigern, Fed to the Tigers, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

Theophilanthropists, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Defeated at the Caudine Forks by the Sanniti in the Samnite wars, the Romans are required to pass beneath a hurdle as a sign of humiliation, or face starvation. Date: 321 BCE

The death of Wat Tyler 1381 From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Joan of Arc and Charles VII in Reims, vintage engraved illustration.

''The Death of Wallenstein', after Carl Von Piloty'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880

The rape - or abduction - of the Sabine women at the behest of Romulus. Incident in Roman mythology. After a 19th century work by Bartolomeo Pinelli.

Arrest of the Royal Family, 1792 Engraved by T. Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie. From ""Histoire de la Revolution Francaise"" by Louis Blanc

The Death of Cato the Younger. Marcus Porcius Cato, 95 BC - 46 BC. Roman Republican senator who committed suicide after setbacks in Caesar's Civil War. After an 18th century print.

The corpse of Marshal Brune troll Rhone, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885.

Entertainment Louis XI, vintage engraving. Entertainment Louis XI, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679019

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. QUIJOTE, DON. PERSONAJE OBRA DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES "DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA". " PENDENCIA EN LA VENTA ". DIBUJO DE ANTONIO CARNICERO. EDICION IBARRA, AÑO 1780. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Don Quixote

Illustration for Basedow's 'Elementary Work'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1770. Prints; etchings. Etching

Charles VIII The Affable 1470 to 1498 enters Rome in 1494 to be declared Emperor of the Orient from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Keizer Karel de V. caught up with Toortslicht in Utrecht, the rod of justice and the keys of the gates.

After his first return from America in 1493, Christopher Columbus was received triumphantly by the Spanish royal couple Isabella and Ferdinand in Barcelona, where he presented gold, exotic plants and indigenous people, school painting, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical

Edwy dragged by Dunstan from the presence of Elgiva, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

1843 Exhibition of Painting, Christopher Columbus before the Salamanca Board, vintage engraving. 1843 Exhibition of Painting, Christopher Columbus before the Salamanca Board, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660168

The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & feathering. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 670. Tarring & feathering,Massachusetts,Boston,1770-1780. , Customs employees,Massachusetts,Boston,1770-1780. , Tea,Massachusetts,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Marie de' Medici (1573-1642). Queen of France. Second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Regent for her son. The regent showing her son, Louis XIII of France. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal, 1851.

For The Benefit of Spiller, an engraving by William Hogarth in 1728, depicting the actor James Spiller trying to raise money outside debtors prison.

John I of Aragon (1350-1396). King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and Count of Barcelona (1387-1396). King John I of Aragon at the Courts of Monzón in 1383. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Der Ruckzughei Marignano (Retreat at Marignano) Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss, 1853-1918). Der Ruckzughei Marignano (Retreat at Marignano), ca.1898. Lithograph on Japan paper, 15 7/8 x 23 1/4 in. (40.3 x 59.1 cm). European Art ca.1898

Historic drawing, 19th century, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sitting on a sedan chair

Amsterdam, Smit, Jan Willem, J., Vermandel, Willem, Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, King, Theodoor, Scenes from the life of Prince William I, 1568-1584, Do not turn your face away! I am comforted to die, Fortitude of mayor van der Werff, 1574, Fortitude of mayor van der Werff during the siege of Leiden, 1574. The mayor hands soldiers the sword to kill him. Fifteenth song., print, picture, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 180 mm, width 135 mm, 1748-02-03 - 1829-01-31, print maker, printmaker, 1782 - 1782, fourth quarter 18th century, vier kwart 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, after a design by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

JURAMENTO CAPITANES ANTE LA BANDERA STA.EULALIA. GRABADO. 1713. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona. Author: URRABIETA V. NICOLAU J. BARTOMEU.

Illustration titled 'Industry and Idleness'. The illustration depicts arrest of the idle apprentice. Illustrated William Hogarth (1697-1764) an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, and social critic. Dated 18th Century

Charles IV The Fair 1294 to 1328 receives a plea at court from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Telemachus finds Mentor on the island of Cyprus. He begs Hazael to take him with him to take them to Crete. Old 18th century engraving from the book the adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses by Francois de Salygnac 1767

Wedding Meo Patacca and Nuccia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

FOTOGRAFIA BLANCO Y NEGRO AÑOS 60.

Lazio Rieti Tarano L'Assunta, Parish church0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Exterior: architecture: late romanesque facade, portal with re-used Roman fragments, rose window, and campanile (1114). Post-medieval: Interior: frescoes 12-13th, 14th, 15th centuries; painting dated 1562 from ruins of S. Francesco; wooden sculpture 17th century by Iacopo da Maiano; painting by Girolamo Troppa, and 15th century terracotta polychromed Pieta 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.

Billiards in the home circle

Cultural state in the late 18th and early 19th century, summer pleasure in a stately garden, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Aristide Louis (1815-1852), engraver. "The disappointed Spirit." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-2 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Joan of Arc, Jeanne d'Arc, at Chinon Castle, France. engraving 1855

Historia de España. Entrevista celebrada en Oloron, Francia, por los emisarios de los reyes de Francia e Inglaterra y Alfonso III de Aragón (1265-1291) en 1287 solicitando la libertad del príncipe de Salerno. Grabado de 1872.

Saint Reparata Being Prepared for Execution. Artist: Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence () ca. 1290-1348 Florence). Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (24.4 x 34.6 cm).Martyred under Emperor Decius (ruled 249-51 A.D.), Saint Reparata was a patron saint of Florence, for whom its cathedral was named. This exquisitely painted panel is from the high altarpiece of the cathedral (the main panels are now in the Uffizi , Florence). Unusually, it had a double, or two-tiered, base (predella), the lower level of which showed eight scenes from the saint's life. The Metropolitan owns two other badly damaged panels from the series. In this work Daddi transposed the grave manner of Giotto into a charming and rich narrative style. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anton Krüger (1795-1857) after August Richter (1801-1873). Rebecca and Elieser at the fountain

EL SENOR DE BEMBIBRE GRABADO. Author: ENRIQUE GIL Y CARRASCO (1815-1846). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Purgatory. "The gluttonous souls crying out beneath the tree..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving by Navellier & L. Marie. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.

Margot distributing its baskets, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

EDWARD RECEIVING KING JOHN OF FRANCE

Esther and Ahasuerus: Crowning of Esther. Troy, Jean François de (French, 1679-1752) (cartoon creator) painter Neilson, Jacques (French, b.1714-d.1788) (workshop ) weaver c. 1764 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Lord Foley (). Baron Albert de Rothschild coll. at Halton Castle, England, 1900 (). French & Co. In interior of open gallery in palace with classical columns & draperies, Ahasuerus (L) places a crown on Esther's head; attendants & an audience on either side frame the scene, some kneeling on ground with richly decorated rug & elaborate vases, others on balcony with musical instruments; an archer with panther skin bowing (R) Borders missing (Soustelle). The present tapestry may be recorded in Fénaille p.22 & 38 as having been part of a set of four tapestries of the Life of Esther woven on low looms in the workshop of Jacques Neilson between 1761 & 1765. The set would have been executed for an English nobleman, Lord F

Margot distributing its baskets, vintage engraving. Margot distributing its baskets, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673066

Buys, Jacobus, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Duke William, falls Emperor Arel V. on foot, and cedes his duchy of Gelder and county of Zutphen to him, Duke William II of Guelders submits to Charles V, 1543, William II, Duke of Guelders, submits to Emperor Charles V and cedes Gelder and Zutphen to him, 1543. The duke kneels before the emperor., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 189 mm, width 115 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1796 - 1796, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Copper engraving from the 19th Century, The Discovery of America in 1492 by the Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506

Agripina la Menor (16-59). Madre de Nerón, al que entronizó. Éste consideró demasiado pesada su tutela y la hizo asesinar. Grabado de 1866.

Abschied des Liebhabers zu Pferd, 1881, Frankreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Hertog Willem undertakes with the Dutch nobles and cities, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), 1843 drawing paper. deck paint. ink. pencil pen / brush historical persons

Netherlands, Buys, Jacobus, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Spanish soldiers fire on the statue of Erasmus, 1572, Spanish soldiers under Bossu fire on the statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam, 1572. On the left a gesticulating priest., print, picture, history print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 190 mm, width 119 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1791 - 1791, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

COLON , CRISTOBAL. NAVEGANTE GENOVES. 1451 - 1506. " COLON EN LA RABIDA ". GRABADO DE UN CUADRO DE FELIPE MASO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1892.

Lazio Roma Rome Episcopal Complex (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Cathedral, Cloister)8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 5th c. baptistery, restored in the 17th c. Interior views of baptismal urn (16th c.), carved walls, ceiling and wall painting; of mosaics and bronze doors in Cappella del Battista; of altar and mosaics in Cappella di S. Venanzio; of mosaic and statue in Cappella di S. Giovanni Evangelista. Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, sculptural fragments, fresco painting, painting, coffering, tiling, stucco. Views 756-886 are of the cathedral. Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments, tombstones, mosaics, sculpture, fresco painting, sculptural relief. Object Notes: Hutzel includes guidebook in German on the site. prints matched to negs General Notes: Views 756 thru 886 are of the Baptistery. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s un

Historia de Catalunya. Firma del compromiso de Caspe el 23 de junio de 1412, nombrando a Fernando de Antequera como sucesor de Martín el Humano. Cromo editado en 1905.

Festival in Honor of the Birth of Alexander's Son, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

A romantic Illustration of Emesa, today known as Homs by the artist Louis François Cassas (1756-1827) during his journey into the Ottoman Empire 1784 -1786. The artist is shown sketching the famous citadel of Emesa, surrounded by his guards and the inquisitive locals.

Return of Alcibiades to Athens, Alcibiades, born c. 450 BC d. 404 BC was an important Athenian statesman, orator and general, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1475 - 1553, one of the most important German painters and graphic artists of the Renaissance, kneeling in front of Charles V, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

Illustration: The Progress of Queen Elizabeth I 1561

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen. Engraving after Annibale Carracci.

Print of the painting 'The Huesca Bell' by José Casado del Alisal (1830-1886) Spanish portrait and history painter. Dated 19th Century

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727 - 1804). The Holy Family Passes under a City Arch, 1750-1753. From Picturesque Ideas on the Flight Into Egypt. Etching on laid paper. Plate: 190 mm x 246 mm (7.48 in. x 9.69 in.).

Historic drawing, Dutch caricature on the dissolution of the English parliament by Oliver Cromwell on 20th April 1653

Nicolas de Condorcet (Marie-Jean-Antoine Nicolas de Caritat) (1743-1794). Marquis of Condorcet. French philosopher and mathematician. During the French Revolution he sided with the Girondins. In 1791 was elected representative of Paris in the Legislative Assembly. Sentenced for treason, he was arrested after five months in hiding in Paris in the house of Madame Vernet. Condorcet was found dead on 29 March 1794 in his cell in Bourg-la-Reine prison, only two days after entering it. Death of Condorcet. Drawing by E. Viollat. Drawing by E. Viollat. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, part 2, 1879.

Buys, Jacobus, Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Trijn van Leemput, marches with the Utrecht women, on the destruction, of Vredenburg castle, Trijn van Leemput marches with a group of women on to Vredenburg castle to demolish it, 1577, Trijn van Leemput and a group of women armed with hammers and pickaxes march towards Vredenburg castle, 2 May 1577. A woman with a flag walks in front, behind her a woman beating a drum and a woman with a mop., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 164 mm, width 113 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1795, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Depiction of Simon of Trento being killed and tortured by Jews, Simone da Trento, 1472-1475, was a child revered as a martyr in the Roman Catholic Church who is said to have fallen victim to a ritual murder by Jews, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Humour, the drunken husband, Mrs Pig pours a gush of water over the head of the drunken boar, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ce...

Julienne du Guesclin in pontorson, vintage engraving. Julienne du Guesclin in pontorson, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656203

Interrogation of the neighbor (1680)

' FAREWELL, FOR EVER,' BY V. MANZANO, THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862

An engraving depicting King Henry VIII in Parliament. Dated 19th century

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Velde, Jan van de (II), Market, small copies, Standing and seated elegant couples, verso - stamped, Elegant couples, standing and sitting on the grass, talking to each other. Many ladies with hood. In the lower left foreground three dogs. Third print from a series of six., print, prints, height 45 mm, width 132 mm, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1593 - 1641-11-04, after print by, 1603 - 1652, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Audience with Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC). Roman general and politician. Engraving after a painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Happy moments of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)

Song of the Plague: Chowles the coffin maker, top centre, drinking a toast to a long life for the plague so that he will become rich. Plague of London, 1665. Illustration by John Franklin (active 1800-1861) for William Harrison Ainsworth 'Old Saint Paul's', London, 1855 (first published 1841).

The illustration is from Weisskunig, a general record of the life, in prose, of Maximilian I, emperor of Germany from 1493-1519

Parade by unknown artist, Woodcut, 1848, Private Collection

Amsterdam, Morterre, Jan, Goeree, Title page for: Nicolaas Heinsius, De vermakelyke avanturier, 1756, Allegorical representation with a mourning woman and dancing Momus, verso - stamped, A woman wearing mourning clothes and a handkerchief sits leaning on a coffin with an owl. Next to her, Momus, the personification of scorn, dances with a piece of paper with the words Dulcis Medicina Dolorum (sweet medicine against sorrow). On the right, a group of people are watching a puppet show. In the foreground, a putto with goat's legs sits with a tablet with the title of the book., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 145 mm, width 88 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1756 - 1756, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1670-10-20 - 1731-01-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

David with the head of Goliath. Line engraving by J.P. Saenredam, 1600, after L. van Leyden.

A visit to the sewers of Paris, vintage engraving. A visit to the sewers of Paris, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679300

Second letter of Relation by Hernan Cortes (October 30, 1520). To punish the betrayal of Aztec hero Cuauhpopoca, Cortes took prisoner Moctezuma II. Engraving, 1807. Colored.

The Plague of the Philistines Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665 French) Artist Unknown

Manuel expelled from the chamber, vintage engraving. Manuel expelled from the chamber, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656569

Der Doge von Venedig segnet die Flotte, Italien, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904123

A Satire on Robert Walpole, First Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1741; Black and White Illustration;

GRABADO-D QUIJOTE DANDO SU FALLO SOBRE EL YELMO DE MAMBRINO. DON QUIJOTE. SANCHO PANZA.

Espagne. La Viatique, 1889, Les Bois du Monde illustré, Volume XX (plate 752), wood engraving, Clément Bellenger (artist) French, 1851 - 1898, Daniel Vierge (artist after) Spanish, 1851 - 1904

Alexandrine Tinne on the move, Alexandrine Pieternella, Petronella, Francoise Tinne, 1835 to 1869, a Dutch female adventurer explorer and photographer, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured

The Holy Family Leaving by a City Gate, plate seven from The Flight into Egypt. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo; Italian, 1727-1804. Date: 1753. Dimensions: 187 x 241 mm. Etching on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "The Four Stages of Cruelty", first published in 1751. This series charts stages in the life of the fictional character Tom Nero.

Columbus is welcomed back by Fernando and Isabel at Barcelona, Spain.

Gothic Prince in Triumphal Procession, relief from the Victory Column of Theodosius, destroyed in 1695, after the Battle of Adrianople, 378, Historic,...

The magic lantern The magic lantern ".

On January 18, 1871, the Proclamation of the King of Prussia to the German Emperor took place, reproduction of a woodcut publication from the year 1888, Versailles, France, Europe

Group of Arabs, detail from Napoleon Bonaparte in the Grand Mosque in Cairo in 1798, painting by Henri Leopold Levy (1840-1904), 1890, oil on canvas. French Revolutionary Wars, Egypt, 18th century.

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