Historical Illustrations of Characters

A collection of historical prints depicting various characters in intimate scenes, featuring detailed costumes and expressive gestures in soft monochrome tones.

Isaac blesses Jacob, The old Isaac sits in bed and gives his fatherly blessing to the kneeling Jacob, posing as Esau. Behind Isaac stands Rebekah with his finger raised. On the right in the background view of the field where Esau shoots a deer with bow and arrow. Biblical representation from Gen. 27: 22-29 with in the margins the title of the show in six languages, Isaac lying in bed injuries Jacob who, disguised in Esau's clothes, brings food to his father, Jacob's hands and neck are covered with goatskins, Jacob de Later (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1728, paper, etching, h 361 mm × w 221 mm

Bakker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard. Portraits of Leiden Bakker Arent Oostwaard (Arend Oostwaert) and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard (Catharina Keyzerswaert) with all kinds of different types of freshly baked bread (sandwiches, writers, cadettes, pigletlage) for the bakery. In the door of the bakery, a boy blows, probably their son Thaddeus, on a horn. Growing vines above the door.

Etching and copper engraving by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1767, depicting the biblical scene of Abraham's victim, showing figures, gestures, and attire.

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 74. Don't scream, stupid. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid.

Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony) ca. 1810-15 Henry Fuseli Swiss For this etching, Fuseli turned to a passage from Hesiods Theogony, a poem written in about 700 b.c. on the origins of the cosmos and the genealogies of the gods. Here, Night bears two children, Aither (Brightness or Sky) and Hemera (Day), by her brother Erebus (Darkness). The nebulous character of the unfinished figures adds to the mystery of the origin story itself. It is not clear why the artist never completed the print, and this may be the only impression.. Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony) 649972

Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt (1606-1669). "Joseph and the woman of Putiphar (B 39 - 1st state), 1634". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26993-20 Woman, gallantry, man, naked naked, nudite, character, couple

Interior with attributes of sculpture, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush 'Sculptura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ sculpture; 'Scoltura' (Ripa). tools, implements of sculptor

dussent-ils me maudire”/ “Ces barbares parens qui m’ont donné le jour,”/ “O Victor, ô mon me, a toi tout mon amour!”/ Bravobravobravoqu’une mère est heureuse d’avoir une petite fille pareille! (let them curse me!”/ “These barbaric parents who gave birth to me,” / “Oh Victor, oh my soul, all my love is just for you!” /Bravobravo bravohow happy a mother is to have such a daughter!), from the series Les bas-bleus (The Bluestockings). Artist: Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 Publisher: Aubert et Cie, Paris, founded 1829

Cornichon de cabinet de lecture,va!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

De Koning of Thule, Johannes Christiaan d'Arnaud Gerkens, After Ary Scheffer, 1847 - c. 1863 print The king is sitting at the dining table with his wife's drinking cup on his lips. The tears run down his cheeks. The sea is visible through the window. To his right is a servant. Printer: The Harwlisher: Haarletm paper names of literary characters. drinking. tears. weeping. sea

The Lady of Monsoreau (La Dame de Monsoreau) 1830-1900 Jean Charles Pardinel. The Lady of Monsoreau (La Dame de Monsoreau). Jean Charles Pardinel (French, born Issoire, 1808). 1830-1900. Engraving. Prints

Cinyras attacks his daughter Myrrha, c. 1636 - 1670 print Cinyras discovers that he and his daughter Myrrha slept and confronts her with this. He is about to kill her. paper engraving when Cinyras discovers the incest, he attempts to kill his daughter

Nicolas Delaunay after Jean Honoré Fragonard, La Bonne Mère, 1779 La Bonne Mère

Ludwig I, the big king of Hungary.

Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, France, Ingouf, François Robert, Pierre Charles, La Fille Confuse, Kitchen interior with a young woman with a bare breast, looking away in shame, verso - handwritten in brown ink, In a kitchen interior stands a young woman with a bare breast. She holds her hand to her head and looks away in shame from an old woman in the window. The woman, who may be her mother, speaks to her with hand gestures. In the background a pan boils over on the stove., print, engraving, prints, engravings, No 594., height 361 mm, width 388 mm, 1746 - 1800, print maker, printmaker, 1773 - 1773, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), etching, 1747-11-22 - 1812-06-17, French, 1725-08-21 - 1805-03-21

Playing card, Red and black ink, paper, At top: N 3 N; below central image: 3, Europe, ca. 1855, Playing card

- Hein? Non, j’aime pas ce ruban-la. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Le lit à la française, The bedstead, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1646, lower left, height 125 mm, width 223 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, burin, Work conception, after own design by

Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel Made 1828 France. Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper . Eugène Delacroix

Un cauchemar ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Fenton: And tells me, ‘tis a thing impossible I should love thee, but as a property” - Act III, Scene IV, Merry Wives of Windsor. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Abimelech sees Iasak Rebekka caresses; Paintings in the Loggia of Rafael; Imagins Veteris AC Novi Testamenti; Rafael Bible. Isaac embraced. Abimilech, Rebekka's man, looks from the background and makes a folding gesture. Bible verse under the show. Print is part of an album.

Sleeping lace worker in an interior with cat on the table, Ignatius Josephus van Regemorter, 1795 - 1873 print paper etching sleeping; unconsciousness. cat. interior of the house

Napoleons Dutch nightmare, 1813; Dutch Night-Mare of the Fraternal Hug Returned with a Dutch Squeeze. Cartoon on the fall of Napoleon, 1813. Napoleon lying in his imperial bed with a fat Dutchman sat on his chest. The Dutchman says 'Orange Above' and carries a large orange ribbon and cooked on its hat. He clips the head of Napoleon between his legs and blows tobacco smoke from his pipe into the emperor's face. With two large arrows bundles at the foot of the bed.

Architecture in ancient Rome Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, 1836-1912. still image. Reproductive prints. 1886. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Architects, Building construction, Ladders, Construction workers, Scaffolding, Clothing & dress , Rome , To 499, Men , Rome , To 499, Thinking

Rijn, Rembrandt van, David in prayer, verso lower left, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1952, lower left, Max Hausdorff in rectangle, verso upper left and lower left, verso middle lower, height 143 mm, width 94 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1652, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, after own design by

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 74. Don't scream, stupid. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid.

Count Willem II secretly removed by a corridor, ca. 1250; Count Willem II. Count of Holland Willem II is secretly removed by a corridor, presumably to escape. Unknown event, ca. 1250.

Anna Detert deathbed, wife of Hendrik Kobell, Hendrik Kobell, 1778 print Rotterdam paper etching deathbed. (human) skull

S.A.R. Mgr le Duc de Bordeaux...S.A.R. Mademoiselle...(Portr. du Comte de Chambord et la duchesse de Parme, enfants). Artist: Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte (French, Nizza 1797-1858 Paris); After Louis Hersent; and coordinator of production Féréol de Bonnemaison (French, Montpellier 1770-1827). Dimensions: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 in. (38.5 × 28.2 cm)Image: 12 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (32.7 × 26.5 cm). Date: 1822. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, David in prayer, verso middle bottom, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1652, bottom left, height 143 mm, width 95 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1652, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, color printing, Work conception, after own design by

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 7. Event thus he cannot make her out. 18th century. Prado Museum. Madrid.

Shakspeare. First part of King Henry 6th, act II, scene V , Towers, Interiors, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England") January 1795 William Sharp British Published in Robert Bowyer's 1806 edition of David Hume's "The History of England." The print reproduces a large oil painting by Smirke, exhibited at Bowyer's Historic Gallery, from around 1793 to 1806, now unlocated.. Mary, Queen of Scots escaping Lochleven Castle (from "The History of England"). William Sharp (British, London 1749-1824 London). January 1795. Etching and engraving. Robert Bowyer (British, Portsmouth 1758-1834 Byfleet, Surrey). Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542-1587 Fotheringhay). Prints

Two damaging arnuts opposite each other on a couch; Arnautes Jouant aux ladies. .

Man and Woman visit a recluse at a ruin, Jean Baptiste Madou, 1834 print Brussels paper landscape with ruins (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). visiting; receiving guests; elegant company

Telemachus, Achille Devéria, 1810 - 1857 drawing France paper. ink pen / brush (story of) Telemachus

Photo production of a drawing of a scene from Das Lied von der Glocke by Friedrich Schiller, by A. Müller, Friedrich Bruckmann, after A. Müller, c. 1870 - in or before c. 1875 photograph London (possibly) photographic support albumen print lovers' meeting

Friedrich König's pencil drawing depicts a drunken father, showing posture, facial expression, and setting.

Philosopher (Le philosophe). Medium: drypoint and etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

Jacques Callot, Old Woman with Cats, c 1622 Old Woman with Cats

Pencil drawing by Johann Peter Nepomuk Geiger on blue natural paper depicting Christ in a spring setting. The artwork emphasizes figure study, posture, and facial expression.

Mother visits her child, William Ward, After George Morland, 1788 print London paper mother and daughter(s) (family group). meeting. wet-nurse

Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony). Artist: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741-1825 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (31.1 × 29.2 cm). Date: ca. 1810-15.For this etching, Fuseli turned to a passage from Hesiod's Theogony, a poem written in about 700 b.c. on the origins of the cosmos and the genealogies of the gods. Here, Night bears two children, Aither (Brightness or Sky) and Hemera (Day), by her brother Erebus (Darkness). The nebulous character of the unfinished figures adds to the mystery of the origin story itself. It is not clear why the artist never completed the print, and this may be the only impression. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Thomas Nugent, active 1785-1798, Mrs. Sheridan and Son, 1800. Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.

Massamoord op de Rue Transnonain, Honoré Daumier, 1834 print Paris paper massacre ~ war. the corpse. murder. revolution, revolt Transnonain Street

The Legend, 1880, by George Paul Chalmers, P Rajou. Gift of Mrs A.D. Kerr, 1935.

Ne plus m'aimer!...mais, Paméla, ce serait un luxe que vos moyens ne vous - permettent pas ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Punch, or the london charivari // Germany's ally.(TI)

Est-ce que ça ne te flatte pas, Galimard, de traîner la gloire de ton épouse ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

Young mother with child in mountain landscape, Isaac Cornelis Elink Sterk, after Cornelis Kruseman, after 1829 - in or before 1863 print The mother has focused her tearing eyes on heaven. In her arm she holds a nursing baby. She leans against a rock wall and has a plunge bag with her. A village can be seen in the background. The painting by Cornelis Kruseman was made as a result of a poem by Hendrik Tollens 'to a fallen girl' from 1855. The Hague paper. mother and baby or young child. container of textile material: bag, sack. nursing, suckling

Latest farewell of Napoleon to his family (IT)

Shakspeare. King Richard the Third, act IV, scene III : Tower of London , Towers, Interiors, Dead persons, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Tower of London London, England, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Intérieur d'un appartement trop garni. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The Last of England - Cartoon. Date/Period: 1852. Pencil, image edged with brown ink on paper. Width: 365 mm. Height: 408 mm. Author: Ford Madox Brown.

Feather drawing by an anonymous artist depicting the biblical Sacrifice of Abraham, showing figures, altar, and narrative composition, dated 1700-1800.

Etching in dotted manner by Louis Darcis, 1787-1801, depicting a scene of return with figures and environment.

Meekness. Design for a painting.

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), especially Annie monitors your needle well !! ... there is so much referral error at the moment !! (Title given by the author). Black stone. Blue pencil and black ink on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Sense of Hearing - Wake up Nini!... I have been calling her for more than an hour, and she always replies yes Adolphe But neither the child's name nor mine is Adolphe!,” plate 41 from Types Parisiens 1839 France. Lithograph in black on white wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Les envies de madame. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Engel is sleeping on the ground next to child's bed; Pia Desideria ..

L'Amour parmi les ruines. Salmon & Ardail, A. Porcaboeuf & Succeseurs (Paryż ; zakład graficzny ; fl. ca 1889-1901), printing house, Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artist, Arthur Tooth & Sons (Londyn, Paryż, Nowy Jork ; wydawnictwo ; fl. 1868-1901), publisher, Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898), painter

Images of the common Volks zu Vienna, sheet , Schuster, Le Cordonnier,

Sleeping heretic is attacked by a cat; Altes und Neues.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Psalms of love." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101789-31 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

DUKE ROBERT'S SON BEFORE KING HENRY

Modes and ways of the day in Paris at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century; The changed sentence Louis-Philibert Debucourt (1755-1832). Modes and ways of the day in Paris at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The phrase changed (crossed dress) . Engraving (water-colored).

Donnant,donnant.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Saint Augustine and his Mother, Woodcut Engraving from the Original Painting by Ary Scheffer, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

This 1739 copper engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt depicts a field officer in Rococo style. Executed using etching techniques, it showcases Schmidt's skill in portraiture and his adaptation of Rembrandt's chiaroscuro. The work reflects his training in Paris and his role as a court engraver in Berlin.

James Clarke Hook, 1819-1907, British, Woman Looking out of Window, 1857. Etching.

Young woman walks down the stairs of the National Gallery in London ..

Charles Louis Lingée after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Joconde Le lit Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) Alternative names J. de La Fontaine; Jean de la Fontaine Description French writer Date of birth/death 8 July 1621 13 April 1695 Location of birth/death Chteau-Thierry Paris

Old Woman with Cats. Dated: c. 1622. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Crying woman with two children, Alexis François Girard, After Ary Scheffer, 1825 - 1852 print A crying woman with two children is in a destroyed house or stable. On the right in the background, shooting soldiers can be seen. Paris paper engraving / etching weeping. collapsing building. consequences of war

Femme assise, muraille au fond, enfant la tête dans son giron , Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Soil; 16 prints from different series of Cornelis and Frederik Bloemaert. The personification of geography is under a tree and reads a book. In her hand she holds a passer, next to the book is a globe. Originally print 4 from a series with the elements to Abraham Bloemaert. In this mixed series of print 16.

Sri Lanka, Boursse, Esaias, Two sitting women, Two women are sitting outside on the street or near their homes. On the left, a thin woman is squatting on a stone curb. A wraparound skirt (redda) hangs around her raised knees. She is wearing a wide, loosely hanging shoulder cloth around her upper body. Below it, we see her bare shoulder, neck and bent left arm. The woman is wearing a cloth on her head, from which a bun of hair protrudes from behind (condé). On the right, a woman is sitting on an elongated block of stone, with bent knees. Her only item of clothing is a foot-long wraparound skirt (redda). Her upper body with full breasts is uncovered. She may be a wet nurse (min). The origins of both women are unclear: possibly Eurasian, Sinhalese of low caste, or Tamil from Jaffna. Sheet 113 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, height 148 mm, width 196 mm, 1631 - 1672, draughtsman, draftsman, 1662 - 1662, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, ink, inkt, br

Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée.

Scene from Ancient History: Cup Offered to an Invalid. Artist: Jacques Louis David (French, Paris 1748-1825 Brussels). Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 11 1/2 in. (24 x 29.2 cm.). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Allons Donc,Celestine!…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Plate 15 from 'Los Caprichos': A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos) 1799 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Plate 15 from 'Los Caprichos': A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos) 333787

Honoré Daumier, 7 heures du matin, 1839 7 heures du matin

Caprichos: How They Pluck Her!. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Etching and aquatint;

Sri Lanka, Boursse, Esaias, Man sleeping on a couch, On a wooden couch (enda) inside a house or under a canopy, a man is sleeping. On the right, his head rests on two pillows. He wears a cap or a tied headscarf on his head. The upper body is uncovered. Like a sheet, he has pulled the loose, wide hip cloth (veshti, lungi) over his lower body and his drawn-up knees. The man is probably a laborer from South India and employed in Colombo. A cloth has been pulled over the rattan or rope covering and the protruding legs, making it look like a mattress. A sheet lies on top of that. Sheet 114 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, height 148 mm, width 196 mm, 1631 - 1672, draughtsman, draftsman, 1662 - 1662, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, ink, inkt, brush, Borstel

Mythological Scene Artist's working dates 1760-1821 England. Watercolor, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper . Nicholas Pocock

Isaac bless Jakob, Johannes Pieter de Frey, after Govert Flinck, 1798 print The old Isaac is in bed and gives his blessing to the kneeling Jacob. Diagonally behind Isaak is Rebekka. paper etching Isaac lying in bed blesses Jacob who, disguised in Esau's clothes, brings food to his father; Jacob's hands and neck are covered with goatskins

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by W. Unger after Rembrandt, 1632.

EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination; depicted inoculating his son Date: 1749 - 1823

LE CABINET NOIR. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Gothic-style engraving depicting a man in cloak seducing a sleeping woman, whilst a Christian man tries to scare him away.

CINDERELLA IN THE CORNER. AFTER BERTRAND. Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre,Cenerentola,Aschenputtel, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley as Hermione in "The Winter's Tale.". . Elizabeth Hartley (1750~1824) performed Hermione at Covent Garden in 1774. She was described as "the finest figure on the London stage." . . . . . Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1775. Drawn by James Roberts.

Menalcus Watching Women Dance 1821 William Blake British. Menalcus Watching Women Dance 383515 Artist: William Blake, British, London 17571827 London, Menalcus Watching Women Dance, from Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil, 1821, Wood engraving, block: 1 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (3.7 x 7.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931 (31.87.24)

Copper engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin IV depicting a Savoyard figure, produced between 1700 and 1755 using etching techniques.

Baillie, William, Meal at Emmaus, Two men sit at a table in a simple interior. One raises his hands in astonishment. The other folds his hands as he recognizes Christ. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 252 mm, width 210 mm, Irish, 1723-06-05 - 1810-12-22, print maker, printmaker, 1761 - 1761, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle

Farewell to Artur Grottger's War series Studio 906, Grottger, Artur (1837 1867)

Angel Appearing to Zacharias, third quarter 1600s. Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627-1678). Reed pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown, gray and red wash, over black chalk; sheet: 17.1 x 15.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.).

Music, 1900. After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company

Dying soldier Mort d'un brave!!! , print maker: Charles Aubry, (mentioned on object), printer: Pierre Langlumé, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1824, paper, h 272 mm × w 206 mm

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