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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
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
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Illustration depicting King Edward VII (1841-1910), arriving in Agra. Dated 19th Century
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Frederick the Great at the Coffin of Schwerin, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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Hannibal in the assembly at Carthage. Hannibal, 247 - c.183/181 BC.  Carthaginian general and statesman.  At the end of the Second Punic War in 201 BC he was elected suffete (chief magistrate) of the
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Circo Price. Founded in 1853 by Thomas Price (1813-1877) and installed in Madrid (Spain). The tamer Mr. Seeth performing his daring exercises, with his cage of lions and a dog. He performed his debut act on 1 June 1884. Engraving by Capuz. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.
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The atelier at Dudley Grove House in the Harrow Road, of Matthew Cotes Wyatt, the sculptor who created the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington astride his horse Copenhagen now in Aldershot but originally unveiled at Hyde Park Corner in 1846, models for which can be seen in this engraving.     Date: 1846
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Painting depicting Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) viewing the aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. The massacre was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. Dated 16th Century
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Execution of Robespierre, Saint Just and others 28 July 1794. Maximilien Robespierre,1758-1794. Jacobin leader during French Revolution. Louis Antoine Leon Saint-Just,1767-1794.French politician. Engraved by Jonnard after H. Renaud. From ""Histoire de la Revolution by Louis Blanc.
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In a harem in Arabia, historical engraving, 1888
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Death of Mazarin, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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The Pillory 16th Century
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España. El rey Alfonso XII (1857-1885) en su lecho de muerte el 25 de noviembre de 1885. Grabado de 1885.
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'Minuet Dancer And The King', 1754, (1885).Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin
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Historia. Sitio de Roma por Alarico I (370-410), rey visigodo, en el año 410. Grabado de 1871.
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Plate 4 for Schiller's 'Intrigue and Love'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1785. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down
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Royal audience of Mantes, vintage engraving. Royal audience of Mantes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660122
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ULTIMOS PIELES ROJAS - MUERTE DE JOSE, EL GRAN JEFE DE LOS NARICES PERFORADAS - GRABADO COLOREADO - SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Karoline Neuber burns the Hanswurst, acting, art, fire, death, theatre stage, Middle Ages, method, magic, ornaments, important woman, 17th and 18th century, Germany, historical illustration 1894, Europe
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Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)
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King Lear and His Daughters, with the king of France asking for Cordelia's hand in marriage
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Guillaume DEMAREST. Illustration for "Han of Iceland". Oil on canvas, late 19th century. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 57627-12 Knife, han Iceland, hero, man, illustration, literary work, novel, kill, oil on canvas
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The Monument to the Martyrs of 1809, at Garriga i Bachs Square, barcelona, Spain. Ceramic murals depicting executions of heroes of the Catalan resistance to Napoleonic troops in 1809 flank this little space just outside the cloister of the Catedral de la Seu. The first three scenes show the five resistance leaders waiting their turns to be garrotted or hanged (the garrotte vil, or vile garrotte, was reserved for the clergymen, as hanging was considered a lower and less-humane form of execution)
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Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus, c. 268 - 208 BC, enjoys his triumph parade in Rome after killing the Gallic military leader and king Viridomarus in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Cl
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Death of Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) by drinking poison. Classical Greek philosopher. Engraving, 19th century. Later colouration.
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19Th Century, Act IV, Adults Only, Advocate, Antonio, Art, Authority, Balthazar, Beard, Characters, Color Image, Crime, Defending, Dishonesty, Full Length, History, Horizontal, Illustration, Illustration And Painting, Judge, Justice, Large Group Of People, Law, Lawyer, Legal Occupation, Legal System
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The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Return of the Prodigal Son (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.1 x 14 cm).  In this parable, a young man leaves the comfort of family, wanders foreign lands, and resorts to begging after wasting a fortune through debauchery. Returning, he receives the embrace of his father, who warmly welcomes him home despite his mistakes, prompting the young man to repent the rejection of his family. Tissot had treated the Prodigal Son subject several times before, first in the guise of early historicizing scenes that helped establish his career and then, in the early 1880s, as a series of paintings and later etchings set in Victorian England. As many scholars have pointed out, the parable may have had a particular autobiographical resonance for Tissot, who had left his homelandtrading his native France for E
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Torture of the Huguenots, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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Relief representing the fortress of Montmelian trained before Louis XIV, at the castle of Versailles, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.
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Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Rubens, Peter Paul, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Christ and the Tax Money, verso lower left - stamped, Confrontation in the temple between Christ and the Pharisees and Herodians, who ask him whether they should pay taxes to the emperor, as a test., print, prints, height 400 mm, width 510 mm, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1595 - 1675, after print by, 1622 - 1652, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher
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Péricles - Perikle - Perikles , Forts & fortifications, Archaeological sites, Greek temples, Audiences, Statesmen, Parthenon Athens, Greece, Pericles, approximately 495 B.C.-429 B.C.. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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In 't Jaar 1619. Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper (rejected attribution). Dating: c. 1789 - c. 1810. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 65 mm × w 55 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Sonderbund War 1847 caricature lithograph by W. Storck 1847,
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Leo X (1475-1521). Florentine Pope (1513-21), named Giovanni de 'Medici. Son of Lorenzo de 'Medici, the Magnificent. Pope Leo X in the bed of death of the painter Raphael. Colored engraving.
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WOODEN TROJAN HORSE AT GATES OF TROY
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NARVAEZ , PANFILO DE. CONQUISTADOR ESPAÑOL . VALLADOLID 1470-1528. " CORTES HACE PRISIONERO A NARVAEZ ". CUADRO DE LA SERIE " CONQUISTA DE MEXICO ". MUSEO DE AMERICA. MADRID.
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The Martyrs. Paolino Pavesi (late 19th Century) after Cesare Fracassini. Pencil and watercolour on card laid down on board. 51.4 x 38.7cm.
1899-18717214
Murad Bey (c. 1750 - 1801) was an Egyptian Mamluk chieftain (Bey), cavalry commander and joint ruler of Egypt with Ibrahim Bey. He was of Georgian origin having been born inTbilisi. Following his defeat at the hands of Napoleon's armies at the Battle of the Pyramids, Murad fled to Upper Egypt, mounting a brief guerrilla campaign that staved off Desaix for a year. In 1800, Murad made peace with Jean Baptiste Kleber, and agreed to garrison Cairo, but died of bubonic plague on his journey there.
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Frühlingsfest im Tempel der Flora, Flora ist in der römischen Mythologie die Göttin der Blüte  /  Spring festival in the temple of Flora, Flora is the goddess of flowering in Roman mythology, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt,.
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The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Healing of Malchus (La guérison de Malchus), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm).   European Art 1886-1894
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'Henry at Waterford', 1171 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle.
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The coquilees scilla, Vain philosophy denied by the Sens, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.
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'Slaughter off the Pisistratidae', 1890.   Creator: Unknown.
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The arts under the Roman emperors, woodcut, 1888, historic engraving
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Woodwood reproduction: Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), King Jan Sobieski, in Wilanów, be aged Austrian emperor and reproduction of photographs: Wilanów, residence of King Jan Sobieski;  End of the 19th century (1890-00-00-1900-00-00);
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Voila Ortik said, vintage engraving. Voila Ortik said, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659884
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Genoese navigator. Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida. Engraving after the painting by Felipe Manso in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1892.
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Tightrope walker with a false nose, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert  from El Mundo en La Mano 1879
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Wall painting by Prof. August Groh, 1871-1944, Memorial Hall, Melanchthon House, Bretten, Kraichgau, Karlsruhe County, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Daniel by Gustave Dore, 1832-1883
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Historia de Catalunya. Paz de los Pirineos, tratado por el que el Rosselló, Conflent, Vallespir y parte de la Cerdanya pasaban a formar parte de Francia en 1659. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist & mathematician. Artist's impression of Newton in the orchard at Woolsthorpe when an apple fell and set him thinking about gravity. Wood engraving c1880
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The Woman with an Issue of Blood (L'hémoroïsse) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Woman with an Issue of Blood (L'hémoroïsse), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 x 7 1/16 in. (27.9 x 17.9 cm).   European Art 1886-1896
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Thomas Allom (13 March 1804 21 October 1872) was an English architect, artist, and topographical illustrator. He was a founding member of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). He designed many buildings in London, including the Church of St Peter's and parts of the elegant Ladbroke Estate in Notting Hill. He also worked with Sir Charles Barry on numerous projects, most notably the Houses of Parliament, and is also known for his numerous topographical works, such as 'Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor', published in 1838, and 'China Illustrated', published in 1845.
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Chinese wheelbarrow, one wheel bogie to transport people, China. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Trip to Beijing and North China 1873
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España. Dibujo satírico alusivo a la política española protagonizado por Emilio Castelar, presidente de la república. Interior de la revista La madeja política, editado en Barcelona, enero de 1874. Emilio Castelar Ripoll.
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Wilhelm Tell, Tell monument in Altdorf, Switzerland, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe
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THE BLACK SURGEON APPLYING SUCTION CUPS - PICTURESQUE TRAVEL TO BRAZIL - ENGRAVING 19th CENTURY. Author: JEAN BAPTISTE DEBRET (1768-1848). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.
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Bulls sculptures of western entrance of Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, ceremonial capital of Achaemenid Empire. Fars Province, Iran. Old steel engraved antique print. Published in L'Univers La Perse, in 1841. History of the ancient Persian empire
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THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 'THE MOURNERS,' BY LOUGH
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Painting, Museum, Murder of Count Kapodistrias, Corfu Town, Corfu Island, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe
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Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale76. 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.
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Cromwell's body lies in state at Somerset House, London         Date: 1658
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