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Historical Meetings and Events

A collection of engravings showcasing significant historical moments, including meetings between leaders and cultural events, illustrating diverse settings and costumes.

Albert (1819-1861) Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840. Funeral hearse approaching St George's Chapel, Windsor. From first issue of 'The Illustrated London News' after Albert's death 14 December 1861. Black border denoting the nation's mourning

Saint-Lazare prison: Court of girls

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). French writer. Burial at the cemetery of Villers-Cotterets. Engraving by Capuz. "La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana", 1872.

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE TERAI: THE CAMP FIRE: THIBETANS DANCING, 1876

After a service at Notre Dame, the new archbishop of Paris makes a formal procession through the streets of Paris. Date: July 1848

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. 19th century. LONDON. Official proclamation of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as Empress of India in the steps of the Stock Exchange. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration". 1876.

Thomas Muntzer (c1489 - 27 May 1525) German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Roman Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. Muntzer was foremost amongst those reformers who took issue with Luther's compromises with feudal authority. He became a leader of the German peasant and plebeian uprising of 1525 commonly known as the German Peasants' War. He was captured after the Battle of Frankenhausen, tortured and executed

The Chinese Imperial Marriage at Pekin: procession of the bride's trousseau, 1872. 'The Illustrations which appear in this week's Number of our Journal, representing some of the pomps and peculiar ceremonial arrangements for the marriage of the young Emperor of China at Pekin, on Oct. 16, form the commencement of a series, designed to put before our readers many characteristic scenes and incidents in several parts of the Chinese Empire. Our special Artist, Mr. William Simpson, commissioned to go from England to China upon this express service, was able to arrive at Pekin a few days before the

At a Chinese theatre in San Francisco, USA, 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

LUTERO, Martin Luther, llamado (Eisleben, 1483-Eisleben, 1546). Reformador alemán. Doctor en Teología y sacerdote agustino. En 1517 expuso las tesis principales del luteranismo en Wittenberg. Fue excomulgado en 1520. "La habitación de Lutero, en el Castillo de Wartbourg, cerca de la ciudad de Eisenach. Turingia". "L'Univers illustré", 1862.

A CHILD'S FUNERAL IN PARIS, FRANCE, 1883

Prisoners walking on Sir William Cubitt's treadmill or treadwheel in an English gaol. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackermann, 1827.

The Durbar at Umballah: meeting of the Governor-General of India and the Ameer of Cabul, 1869. Engraving from a photograph by Captain Taylor, aide-de-camp, showing '...members of Council, Lieutenant-General Lord Napier of Magdala,...native chiefs of India...,and high civil and military officers from all parts of India. On the left: a young native sirdar; the Nawab of Moleir Kotlah; the Rajah of Kuppoorthulla; the Rajah of Nabha, the Rajah of Jheend, and the young Maharajah of Puttiala. Behind: Mr. Forsyth, Commissioner of Jullunder; Major-General Taylor, C.B., Commissioner of Umballah. In the

Baptism of Virginia Dare, The First White Child of English Parents to be Born in America 1587 American History

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Witch hunting in America - 18th century. Old woman being arrested. 19th century wood engraving

Memories of the municipality. - the mailbox for prisoners of the rocket. (TI)

A Venerable Brother places the mystic roll into the coffin of a deceased Brother. O Grand Architect of the Universe, we entrust to you the soul of our beloved brother, cries another Brother. Date: 1890s

Ballad of the four executed Zapatistas - supporter of Emiliano Zapata, leading figure in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Date: circa 1911

Illustration depicting a soup kitchen in St Mary's Hall for the distressed ribbon weavers. Dated 19th Century

Royal Visit to Truro: the Prince of Wales laying the corner-stone of Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, 1880. "May the good seed of His Word, sown here in the hearts of men, take root, and bring forth fruit a hundredfold, to their benefit and His glory. So mote it be."...the Prince made the following proclamation: "Be it known unto you that we, being lawful Masons, true and faithful to the laws of our country, although not ourselves operative masons, have from, time immemorial been associated with the erection of buildings to be raised for the benefit of mankind, the adornment of the

This illustration in three panel shows the preparation of the soup, the mass of people waiting to receive some and the distribution of the soup. These are scenes from the Society of Friends' Soup Kitchen, Ball Street, Lower Moseley Street in Manchester. Date: 22 November 1862

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.

Women hanging laundry by Ignati Stepanovich Shchedrovsky, color lithograph, 1846, 1815-1870, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Evangelist or public writer in Mexico City, drawing by Edouard Riou (1833-1900) Travel in Mexico, 1854-1855 by Ernest Vigneaux. Le Tour du Monde 1862

The Oberammergau Passion Play is a passion play traditionally performed since 1634 by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, here ca 1880, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

THE 'FETE DE LA VIERGE,' BY LAURENCE DUNCAN, 1871

Evening Walk of Pope Pius IX, historical engraving, 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

Arrival of Queen Isabella at the Pavillon de rohan in Paris, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Adoration of the Magi by Victor Delhez, 1902 1985

THE FIRST MASONIC LODGE IN MOROCCO, 1883

Illustration showing London shoemakers celebrating the day of the patron saint, St Crispin, From George Cruikshank The Comic Almanack for 1836

Inside view of a hut built by the mennonist settlers in Kansas. United States. Engraving of the newspaper "Frank Leslie's" "(1875).

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.

Coming from church , Arrivals & departures, Churches, Crowds. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

This illustration appeared in the London-based Penrose Pictorial Annual of 1900. The publication was a London-based review of the graphic arts that ran from 1895 to 1982. This image shows a kitchen at a Salvation Lodging House welcoming people of old ages who need food and a place to stay for a while. Such places of refuge were run by the Salvation Army, an Evangelical Christian movement founded in the East End of London by William Booth in 1865. It expanded and gathered adherents who devoted much time to helping the poor and helpless.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism 1762. This plate is a reworking of the unpublished Enthusiasm Delineated, engraved in 1760. It shows the interior of a Methodist meeting house, possibly Whitefieldís Tabernacle, in Tottenham Court Road

Fair, Kirchweihfest in Upper Bavaria, Germany, The bowling alley, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Funerals of Víctor Noir. The speeches at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery. History of France, old engraved illustration image from the book Histoire contemp

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Christ & His Disciples. Ticket for the London Hospital

The heroic Charlotte la Cordé, upon her trial. The interior of the Revolutionary Tribunal crowded with figures. Charlotte Corday (right) stands at the bar, a raised circular stone platform, her wrists linked by a chain, addressing her judges (left), who listen with alarm, as do the the spectators and the two ruffians holding spears who stand behind her. 1793

Town folks shown in a boxed church pews during a Sunday service London, 1905.

A fete at Horselydown, Southwark, in 1590, 1904. Artist: Unknown.

An engraving depicting the laundry room of a typical workhouse, London. Dated 19th century

Final scene of a Dervish dance, Rifai order. Penitents in ecstasy grasp red-hot scimitars and have their wounds treated by the sheikh. Followers of Shaikh Ahmed er-Rifai. Quinta scena del ballo dei Dervisch Rufay. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842. Copied from Ignace Mouradgea dOhssons Tableau General de lEmpire Othoman, Paris, 1790.

PREPARATION IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, FOR THE FUNERAL OF THE DUKE

THE EASTERN QUESTION: THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL AT WHICH THE DEPOSITION OF THE LATE SULTAN WAS DECIDED UPON, CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 1876

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, UK, 1883: YEOMEN OF HER MAJESTY'S BODY-GUARD DRINKING THE QUEEN'S HEALTH AFTER SEARCHING THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

CONDEMNED TO DEATH

The railway jubilee at Darlington showing the unveiling of a statue of Joseph Pease, the first quaker M.P, to commemorate the jubilee of the opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway. Date: 2nd Oct 1875

1770S Colonial America Philadelphia Group Gathered State House Independence Hall For Announcement Of Declaration Of Independence July 4 1776

The Salvation Army in Paris / a consecration of neophytes. - (according to Nature, by Mr. Reichan).

Mont-de-piety (Chart of Mr. F. Heilbuth. - Museum of Luxembourg)

TEA GATHERING IN JAPAN, 1881

Villagers, both rich and poor, going to church on Easter day. Dated 1887.

Address by Father Kneipp in the open hall at Woerishofen, Bavaria, Germany, Sebastian Anton Kneipp, 17 May 1821, 17 June 1897, was a Roman Catholic priest from Bavarian Swabia who became known as a cold water therapy practicing hydrotherapist and naturopath, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original, original date unknown, Europe

History of France. Expulsion of the Jesuits. Police commissioners requiring the Jesuit Fathers to leave the premises, in the foyer of the Headquarters of Sevres Street in Paris. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1880.

Puritans landing in North America, from a painting by Antonio Gisbert, Fine arts exhibition, Madrid, Spain, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1146, Volume XLV, February 11, 1865.

Swimming pool of the new public bath in Leuk, Valais, Switzerland, historical illlustration, about 1886, Europe

"Dresses of Mexican ". Vintage historical Lithography by Casimiro Castro. circa 1870s. Litho showing the clothing of typical Mexicans in an indoor celebration scene.

Czech pilgrimage to the monument of John Huss, boulder with the golden inscription John Hus, in Constance, in 1868, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date not known, Europe

Eastern feast; Pawliszak, Wac AW (1866-1905); around 1903 (1886-00-00-1905-00-00);Orient, Turks, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, hurry, orientalism, meals, genre scenes, collective scenes, dance, feasts, purchase (provenance), characters collective

Isabella of Valois, daughter of King Charles VI of France, given in marriage to King Richard II of England in a tent between Ardres and Calais, 1396. The 7-year old princess is hugged by the 29-year-old king in front of courtiers in ermine and tents with fleur-de-lys and lions. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, George Routledge, London, 1868.

Illustration shows William Penn standing with a group of settlers and Native Americans.

Edward VII (London,1841-London,1910). King of the United Kingdom and the Emperor and the Britihs Dominions and Emperor of India (1901-1910). Visit from Prince of Wales to India in 1875. Banquet, gala dinner held in the underground temple of Elephanta, near Bombay. Engraving by Capuz, La Ilustración Española y Americana.

Bells sent by the Tsar of Russia to the Bulgarian churches at the end of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). From Russes et Turcs: La Guerre D'Orient, published 1878.

Sorbet maker and beggar at Sant'Antonio Abate, lithograph, Italy 19th century.

A traveling Jew in Hamburg. French magazine unknown

Opium smokers in China, vintage engraving. Opium smokers in China, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657225

Eugene Collache being received by a Tsugaru daimyo minister, Japan. An adventure in Japan by Eugene Collache, 1868-1869

This 1899 illustration shows: Pilgrims going to Church. In American history, the Pilgrims were the founders of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. The key members of the group were English separatists who had moved to Holland in 1607-08, to the municipality of Leiden (also Leyden). They obtained a charter from London Co. and, with the help of London merchants, sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. In November 1620, the Mayflower reached near Provincetown. In March 1621, the Pilgrims disembarked at Plymouth, and the Mayflower returned to England in April. This 1899 illustrations shows the Pilgrims at Plymouth going to church.

''Sierra Leone Street Scenes -- A Funeral Procession', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

US. Interior barracks built by a colony of Russian Mennonites in central Kansas. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1875.

Madrid. Solemnes rogativas a San Isidro labrador, patrón de la Villa. Grabado de 1896.

The Capuchin friar Joachim Haspinger, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

Dancing dervishes at Konya, Turkey, XIXth century engraving by Preziosi. Museum: Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.

Jesus Preaching on a Boat James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

Illustration depicting the bride entering the church with her father. Dated 19th Century

Weihnachtsfeier im Bergwirtshaus in Österreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Pogrom of Warsaw. Events, December 25, 1882, Church of the Holy Cross. Origin persecution of the Jews. Poland.

A VISIT TO THE BERCHTESGADEN SALT MINE, BAVARIA, GERMANY, 1875

Scene at the wedding of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, on 13 March 1879 at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with state trumpeters announcing the approach of the bride. On her marriage she became Duchess of Connaught, and her name was anglicised from Luise Margarete to Louise Margaret. Date: 13 March 1879

religion Christianity clergymen public preacher woodcut 16th century,

The Lord-Lieutenant laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Museum, at Dublin, 1856. Ceremony on '...the lawn of the Royal Dublin Society's premises, Merrion-square...The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland expressed the hope '"...that the building part of the National Museum of Ireland about to arise on the spot already connected with high ancestral recollections of Ireland may...furnish ever-increasing accommodation for the pursuits of useful knowledge and humanising accomplishments, and open for the coming generations worthy temples of science, art, and learning, at whose shrine they may be ta

Coffee Shop of Cairo, from Egypt and Nubia, by David Roberts, 1846-49, (1796-1864), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

Engraving depicting the blowing of the Shofar and the consecration of the wine from Johann Leusden's Philogous Hebraeo-Mixtus. Dated 18th Century

Pilgrim Fathers going to church. From American Pictures Drawn With Pen And Pencil by Rev Samuel Manning circa 1880

An engraving depicting a family eating soup, an oil lamp hangs over the dining table. Dated 19th century

A GROUP OF CHINESE

A Christian missionary preaching to North American Indians. Watercolour attributed to an unidentified person called 'The Empire Traveller', ca. 1860.

Painting of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet, playwright and actor, listening to a Preacher at St. Paul's Cross. Dated 16th century.

ARCHDEACON MAPLE'S NATIVE SINGING CLASS AT LUKOMA UGANDA AFRICA 1889.

Interior Church of Dolores, Tolima department. Colombia, South America. Journey through Equinoctial America 1875-1876 by Edward Francois Andre. Le Tour du Monde 1879

LIFE AND CHARACTER IN WESTERN SIBERIA

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Ludwig II Otto Friedrich Wilhelm of Bavaria, 1845, 1886, descended from the German Princely House of Wittelsbach, laying out of the body in the old court chapel in Munich, deceased, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, Ludwig II Otto Friedrich Wilhelm of Bavaria, descended from the German Princely House of Wittelsbach, laying out of the body in the old court chapel in Munich, deceased, Bavaria, Historic, Europe

The bride signs the register Date: circa 1880

Funeral Procession at Rome, Isaac Weld, 1774-1856, Irish, 1818, Watercolor with pen in gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 13/16 inches (25.2 × 37.6 cm), funeral, genre subject, Grand Tour, procession, religious and mythological subject, Rome

The Great Trial of Mahatma Gandhi, March 18, 1922 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims praying and confessing by the roadside. Wood engraving.

He is given six hundred servants to wait on him. Date: First published: 1726

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