Historical Meetings and Events

Engravings depicting significant historical meetings and ceremonies with elaborate backgrounds and dramatic scenes.

A return from an invasion, or, Napoleon at a nonplus JN.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , Despair,1800-1810. , City & town life,France,Calais,1800-1810.

Napoleon Bonaparte's first interview with his second wife, Maria Louise, Duchess of Palma, at Compiegne, 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815.

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Bridal-Night, 1797. Etching, hand-colored.

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, Pl. 2. Artist: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803-1847 Vanves). Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/16 x 20 1/16 in. (35.7 x 50.9 cm). Printer: Printed by Aubert et Cie. Date: 1844. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Peep at the Plenipo ____!!!, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1794, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 1/2in. (29.8 x 36.8cm)

The big thomas skilled operator, teeth to the famous tiger found in the forest of Fontainebleau (...) (IT)

A return from an invasion, or, Napoleon at a nonplus JN.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , Despair,1800-1810. , City & town life,France,Calais,1800-1810.

THE BURN The Burn ". Estampe.

BARCELONA. LOS TRES TOMS EN BARCELONA. ELMUSEO UNIVERSAL , AÑO 1868.

Le Niveau Nationale (The National Level). Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 9 15/16 x 12 3/8 in. (25.2 x 31.5 cm). Date: ca. 1789. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, A Scene in the New Farce - as Performed at the Royalty Theatre!, 1821. Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

The skeleton of Death grabs a father by the collar, as his wife and children desperately try to save him. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.

Drury Lane. The School for Scandal. Genre subject. Watercolor with pen and black, gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper. Height: 260 mm (10.23 in); Width: 391 mm (15.39 in). Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Soiuzniki vozstanavlivaiut Frantsiiu Allies restore France, satirical illustration.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division

Lanner, Josef .

Integrity a Farce or Every Man tried by his actions, Henry Heath, , active 1824-1835, British, 1826, Etching

Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, A Peep at the Plenipo ____!!!, 1794. Etching, hand-colored.

Henry Papprill, 1816-d.after 1883, American, Fox-Hunting set of four: "The Jolly Old Squire" - Plate II. "When the brush of Sly Reynard, the coveted prize, / was display'd at his table, joy danced in his eyes; ...", 1846. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Ludovic, opera of Kupelwisser Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, th year, No, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Joseph Schmutzer -, artist

La Flaca. Dibujo satírico. Sátira de la situación política española durante el período conocido como el sexenio revolucionario. Alfonso XII, Juan Prim, Juan Bautista Topete, y otros políticos jugando a la gallina ciega. Octubre de 1870.

Sleep my child ... (IT)

Liberty suspended! With the bulwark of the constitution G.CK.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .

The Black Child, Posse from Hopp gallery of interesting and droll scenes of the theater newspaper, rd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The Gargantua of the Century / or the Oracle of the Dive Bottle (IT)

De Corsican Tol, 1814, Anonymous, After George Cuikshank, 1814 print Napoleon by cutting down arms and legs converted into a toll that is beaten with whips by the allies. From left to right: Wellington, Frans II or Karl Philipp Zu Schwarzenberg, Alexander I, Bernadotte and a wild -looking blücher. On the left, the Dutch king Willem I looks approvingly, he holds one of Napoleon's legs, marked 'Hollande', in his hand. In the air a devil flies away with the king of Naples, Joseph Bonaparte. On the right in the background Marie-Louise flees in a carriage (March 29, 1814). Cartoon in the plight of Napoleon after the conquest of Paris by the Allies on March 31, 1814. France (possibly) paper etching whipping a top

Tip of Madrid Capital of Spain. (IT)

Young men going to be exercised at the barrel Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). Young men going to be exercised in the cannon. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

Le Tems Donnant Les Seles to the Noblexes ETI clergé (you)

May of love. (IT)

Illegitimacy and uncertainty of the rule of Louis Philippe

The Lease Valentin by Gallerie Drolliger Scenen to the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

A scene from the tragedy Griseldis costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Peter Lyser -, artist

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, Set of seven: Military Discoveries, 1819. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Count Hans Urlich Schaffgotsch to Regensburg's last way on July 23, 1635; verso, portrait of the husband; Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893); 1855 (1844-00-00-1844-00-00);Regensburg (Germany), Schaffgotsch (family), Schaffgotsch, Hans Ulrich von (1595-1635), Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Scholtz, Hanna (Flow. Ca 1912) - Dar, German drawings , historical scenes, Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)

Groningen, Weijer, Johannes Hermanus van de, Eerelman, Otto, Image of the Masquerade, which was held by HH Students, on October 13, 1859, in Groningen, Portuguese group, Groningen masquerade of 1859: Portuguese group, The Portuguese group. Part of the series of three plates plus explanation of the historical masquerade procession on the subject of the settlement of Europeans in the East Indies, performed by students of the University of Groningen on 13 October 1859., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 550 mm, width 715 mm, Dutch, 1839-03-23 - 1926-10-03, print maker, printmaker, 1859 - 1859, paper, papier, toonlithografie, met de hand kleuren, 1817-12-31 - 1889-10-17, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

unknown artist, Dust O, 1824. Hand-colored etching.

Series Viees scenes, Die firacker, FIAKER, Joseph d, Yours, Lanzedelly Lanzedlli -, artist, Jeremias Bernian , Publisher

Hertog Philip of Anjou accepts the Spanish Crown, 1700, 1706 - 1720 Hertog Philip of Anjou accepts the Spanish Crown, 1700. He is offered after the death of Charles II according to his will. Under the performance an explanation in Dutch and Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching Hertog Philip of Anjou accepts the Spanish Crown, 1700. He is offered after the death of Charles II according to his will. Under the performance an explanation in Dutch and Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching

Will he jump or will not he jump (IT)

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, Set of six with printed wrapper, and title-page: Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good One's, 1823. Hand colored soft-ground etching.

Portsmouth Point 1814 Thomas Rowlandson A harbor scene with an old clothes shop at left with a sign that reads, "Moses Levy Money Lent." At right is the "Ship Tavern." Ships sail off the coast and dock at the harbor. People are bustling to depart in the foreground: baggage is carried, casks are rolled, sailors and and women embrace or fight.. Portsmouth Point. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1814. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Jousting at a quintain or pavo. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinel's L'Instruction du Roy en l'exercise de monter a cheval, 1668. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

The nephew , ballet from Petit theatrical picture gallery for the theater newspaper, Jg, No, hooded out of love, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Army of Alexander Suvorov Crossing the Alps in 1799 by Porter, Robert Carr (1777-1842) / Private Collection / 1805 / Great Britain / Aquatint / History / 63,8x83,4

Trgique end of Marie Antoinette d'Austria, Queen of France executes on October 16, 1793 Tragic end of Mary Antoinette of Austria, Queen of France executed on October 16, 1793 . Anonymous print.

Italian illustration depicting the French revolution 1795

The shadows worn. PL. 2. Untitled Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803-1847). Press cartoon. "The shadows worn. Pl. 2.". Board published in "caricature" of November 18, 1830. Lithograph. Paris, House of Balzac.

A sketch for the regents speech on Mad-ass-son's insanity, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraving 1812, Gabriel blowing a message A bad news for you at James Madison, who is standing between Napoleon and the devil, as two women symbolizing Great Britain and America, and British soldiers look on.

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, (The) This Irish Ambassadors Extraordinary a Gallante(e) Show, 1789. Etching, hand-colored.

The Esplanade June 1, 1797 James Gillray British. The Esplanade. James Gillray (British, London 1756-1815 London). June 1, 1797. Hand-colored etching. Hannah Humphrey (London). Prints

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Fox-Hunting set of six: 6. The Dinner, between 1787 and 1788. Aquatint, hand-colored.

Political mathematicians, shaking the broad bottom'd hemispheres , Politicians, Nobility, Military officers, Authors, Government officials, Judges, Actresses, Eating & drinking, Tug of war, Pulling, John Bull Symbolic character, Britannia Symbolic character, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of,

Thomas Rowlandson, Miseries of London, published 1807 Miseries of London

William Tell Cleveland Will Not Bow to the Hat, from Puck. Bernard Gillam (American, 1856-1896); published by Mayer, Merkel & Ottman Lithographer. Date: 1883. Dimensions: 285 x 472 mm (image); 300 x 475 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on newsprint. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A kick at the broad-bottoms! i.e. Emancipation of 'all the talents' , Kings, Politicians, Military officers, Nobility, Judges, Fighting, Escapes, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Adair, Robert, Sir, 1763-1855. John D. Merriam Collection

General Security Committee: Arrest of Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794), Chemical and Guillaum de Malhesherbes Jean-Baptiste Lesueur (1749-1826). General Security Committee: Arrest of Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794), Chemical and Guillaume de Malhesherbes. Gouache on cut carton glued on a sheet of washed blue paper.

The Duchess of Orleans in the Chamber of Deputies in Paris, at the moment of the Republisan Declaration, on February , Franz Kollarz Kolář -, Lithographer, Johann Höfelich -, Printer, Franz Riedegger, publisher

The adventures illustrated (if not illustres) of Louis Verbuel says Bonaparte. / 2nd board

The French Nation Assisted by Mr de La Fayette Terrace The despotism and the abuse of the Federal reign which terraced the people. (IT)

The imperial span Anonymous. Imperial span. Print.

Etching and watercolor on paper by Hieronymus Cock depicting the funeral procession of Emperor Karl V in Brussels on December 29, 1558, showing processional train details on plate 6.

Skating rink by Yegor A. Karneyev, Watercolour and ink on paper, 1820s, Russia, St. Petersburg, A. Pushkin Memorial Museum

Entrance of the Allies into Paris. March 31, 1814. Vintage Coloured Aquatint, published by James Jenkins, 1815, from The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies : from 1799 to 1815.

LUCAS VELAZQUEZ , EUGENIO . PINTOR ESPAÑOL . MADRID 1817 - 1870. " LA PLAZA PARTIDA " ( DETALLE ) , OLEO DEL AÑO 1853. MUSEO BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. TAUROMAQUIA.

Saturday, December 3 at five o'clock in the evening, 1808. (IT)

Illustration of an Italian delegation during a Republican procession during the era of the French Directoire 1797

French Revolution: Day of 9 Thermidor An II or July 27, 1794. Attack against Robespierre in the municipality of Paris. City Hall. 4th arrondissement. Plate 8 of the historical gallery ... (TF)

Arrival of Princess Elisabeth Christine van Wolfenbüttel in Mutaro, 1708, 1707 - 1720 Arrival of Princess Elisabeth Christine van Wolfenbüttel in Mutaro before she would marry Archduke Karel van Austria (Karel III of Spain). Under the performance an explanation in Dutch and Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching Spain Arrival of Princess Elisabeth Christine van Wolfenbüttel in Mutaro before she would marry Archduke Karel van Austria (Karel III of Spain). Under the performance an explanation in Dutch and Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching Spain

Napoleon Crowned as King of Italy, 1805

Oriental dance, 1800 - 1899, by Monticelli. Etching, hand-colored; 24 x 35 cm, plate mark 17 x 23 cm

Defrauding the customs : Or shipping of goods not fairly entered , Military officers, Teachers, Students, Dogs, Kidnappings. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Call of The House, or, Slave Trade in a Land of Liberty, William Dent, active 1784-1793, 1792, Etching with watercolor on laid paper, Sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 9/16in. (24.9 x 34.4cm)

A coach brings women from the countryside to the office of wetnurses in Paris, where they will breastfeed babies for payment. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from "A Tour through Paris," William Sams, London, 1825.

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, The Legacy, 1786. Etching, hand-colored.

Samuel De Wilde, 1748-1832, British, The Satirist, 1807. Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791). Leader of the early stages of the French revolution. President of the National Constituent Assembly. Mirabeau in Champs-Elyses, Paris, France. Engraving. 18th century. Colored.

How to Attack, Defeat, and Destroy all France, William O'Keefe, active 1794-1807, 1795, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 x 12 5/8in. (20.3 x 32.1cm)

Liberty Suspended! With the Bulwark of the Constitution!. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 242 x 345 mm (image); 250 x 348 mm (plate); 255 x 355 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

An Interesting Scene, on Board an East - Indiaman George Cruikshank (British, 1792-1878). An Interesting Scene, on Board an East - Indiaman, 1818. Etching, hand-colored on wove paper, 9 13/16 x 14 in. (25 x 35.5 cm). European Art 1818

The managers last kick, or a new way to pay old debts , Stages Platforms, Actors, Trapdoors, Musicians. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

THE TUILERIES Anonymous (at Vanheck). The Tuileries. Etching.

Le Tems Donnant Les Cendres to the Nobbeds et au clergé. (You)

The caricatures (journal) / Nº AGA Sauteurs! (TI)

Drawing, Water color; Rinaldo Rinaldini is reciting upon the jetty; Designed by Saverio della Gatta (Italian, 1777 - 1829); Italy; pen and black ink, water colors on paper; 19.8 × 25.7 cm (7 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

A Charm for a Democracy, Reviewed, Analysed and Destroyed January 11th, 1799 to the Confusion of its Affiliated Friends, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1799, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 10 3/8 x 16 3/4in. (26.4 x 42.5cm)

The ligaments = color war on the small, Rothenthurmthor on September , Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Unknown, La poésie (Lecture d'une tragédie au foyer des artistes), 1700-1899, hand-colored lithograph on wove paper.

The black woman , The black woman scene picture, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Sports of a Country Fair October 5, 1810 Thomas Rowlandson Part of a series. A theater is on fire, and a crowd rushes through the doorway, down the stairs, and fall into a pile at the bottom. A woman climbs down from the balcony at right, and two men grab onto her shoes. A musician loses his violin beside her at right.. Sports of a Country Fair. "Tegg's Caricatures". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). October 5, 1810. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

The life of William Cobbett written by himself, 1809. Parts 7 and 8, Cobbett, 1763-1835, radical political journalist and social commentator shown setting up the Political Register at Botley, and finally losing his soul to the devil, alias the pawnbroker

True reform of Parliament, patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard by James Gillray (1756-1815). Engraving with watercolour, print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labelled 'Sedation' while three creatures add to the flames.

Rural Sports or a Cricket Match Extraordinary. Dated: 1811. Medium: hand-colored etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Allegory on the planet Mercury; Le Mercure Quatriema Planete et Son Influxion; Planets. Mercurius is in the air with two putti on a cloud. On the ground links are a sculptor and two artists at work. In addition, a man hands over a book from a traveling merchant. In the middle two stacks with objects related to trade and the arts. On the right the interior of a bookstore with a man who takes a ton with books. At the top right numbered: 226. Left number numbered: 55.

German 16th Century, Masquerade, c 1515 Masquerade

Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror January 1, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson A skeleton, Death, is seated on a cannon at left, and Napoleon is seated on a drum at right. Behind them is a symbolic representation of the "Battle of the Nations." The print was first used at the top of a printed broadside, "Copy of the Transparency Exhibited at Ackermann's Repository of Arts, During the Illuminations of the 5th and 6th of November 1813, in honor of the splendid victories obtained by the Allies over the Armies of France, at Leipsic and its environs." This reissue was used as a book illustration.. Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). January 1, 1814. Hand-colored etching; second issue. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, A Charm for a Democracy, Reviewed, Analysed and Destroyed January 11th, 1799 to the Confusion of its Affiliated Friends, 1799. Etching, hand-colored.

The Ninth of Thermidor, or the English Surprise, to Honest People of All Countries (Le Neuf Thermidor ou la surprise angloise, aux honnêtes gens to tous le pays) fructidor l'an 3e, 1795 Jean-Baptiste Louvion French. The Ninth of Thermidor, or the English Surprise, to Honest People of All Countries (Le Neuf Thermidor ou la surprise angloise, aux honnêtes gens to tous le pays) 393318

An exact representation of the principal banners and triumphal car, which conveyed Sir Frances Burdett to the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Monday June 29th, 1807 - dedicated to the 5134 independent electors of Westminster. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Burdett, Francis,Sir,1770-1844. , Carriages & coaches,England,1800-1810. , Parades & processions,England,1800-1810. , Britannia (Symbolic character),1800-1810.

Turnhout, Brepols, Philippus Jacobus, Amsterdam, Wijsmuller, Erve, Fransche artillerie, Artillerie Française, verso - stamped, Sheet with 2 horizontal rows with representations of French soldiers around a canon and on horseback. A superscript in Dutch and in French in two columns. Numbered top right: n. 95. B., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 344 mm, width 419 mm, Dutch, seller, 1828 - 1913, paper, papier, woodcut, colours, letterpress printing, letterpress, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Belgisch, 1778 - 1845, publisher, uitgever, print maker, prentmaker

England Invaded or Frenchmen Naturalized 1803 Thomas Rowlandson. England Invaded or Frenchmen Naturalized. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1803. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

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