Historical Religious Events

Illustrations depicting historical religious gatherings and events, including Indian gatherings, street preaching, Civil War prayers, and significant moments of execution.

Stonewall Jackson Leading Civil War Soldiers in a Prayer Before Battle Artist Unknown
Stonewall Jackson Leading Civil War Soldiers in a Prayer Before Battle Artist Unknown
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'The Easter Kiss; Easter week in Russia', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".
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FIRST EXPERIENCES OF A CALCUTTA PALKI, INDIA
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Colonial Indian images our colonel India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox
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The Mission of the A. M. E. Church to the Darker Races, as illustrated at the Parliament of Religion, 1893. Portraits. 1900. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Methodist Episcopal Church , Ohio , Columbus , Congresses, African American Methodists , Congresses
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Fashion, historical clothing, folk costumes in the southwestern Caucasus, illustration, Caucasus
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The oath of workers on Stefans-Platz, On May , Johann Lanzedelli, Lithographer, Jakob Loder, Printer, Anton Paternos widow, publishing house
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An engraving depicting Sioux Chiefs in the East Room of the White House. The original photograph was taken by Mathew Brady (1822-1896) one of the earliest photographers in American history. Dated 19th century
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John Brown ascending the scaffold before being hanged. John Brown, 1800 - 1859. White American abolitionist.
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African native kissing the arm of an European settler. Colored engraving of 1887.
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'A Cry from Christendom', 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
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Emperor Joseph II saves Bohemian peasants from starvation, Emergency, Famine, Mercy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Emperor Joseph II saves Bohemian peasants from starvation, Emergency, Famine, Mercy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting 1811-ca. 1813 Pavel Petrovich Svinin Russian. Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting 12733
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A Puritan Wedding, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.
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Gypsy funeral in Transylvania, Romania, historical woodcut, circa 1870, Europe
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Remnant of the German house church
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Solemn funeral of a seven month = child, Samuel Stern, publisher
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In 1640. a certain Jenny Geddes. a Scottish market trader in Edinburgh. threw her stool at the head of the minister in St. Giles' Cathedral to protest the first public use of the Anglican Prayer Book in Scotland. This act is said to have led to riots in which mobs persecuted clergy and even bishops. England. digital reproduction of a historical original.
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The funeral procession of the rump, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, engraving 1819, a satire on the defeat of Hobhouse by Lamb at the Westminster Election. The Rump, or remnant of Reformers, is represented by the hind-quarters of a cart-horse, with its hoofs in the air, carried on a knacker's cart, the front of which is formed by a guillotine. The procession is headed by Mister John Ketch, Esqr, the hangman.
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Interment at Westminster Abbey of the coffin of David Livingstone. Wood engraving by J. Nash.
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The Mat de Cocagne, 1845. Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. '...the struggle for prizes is carried on by means of a high pole fixed in the Champs Elysees, and the prizes, which generally consist of a watch and some articles of jewellery, are placed at the top of the pole. The pole is well soaped or greased, particularly near the top, so that it is a very difficult matter to attain the summit. Some of the cunning competitors fill their pockets with sand to neutralise the effects of the grease. Sometimes one man mounts on another's shoulders, and they thus render each other mutual assistance t
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A Dance of the Carolina Indians at Roanoke Engraving from the original drawing by John White 1540-1606 Virginian pioneer and English colonist in America From the book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine May to October 1883
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Feather Dance of Villa Alta Indios (Oaxaca), by Urban Olivero, 1879. Mexico, 19th century.
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wedding celebration at the Kalmyks, Republic of Kalmykia located in the Kalmyk Steppe, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea / Hochzeitsfeier in den Kalmücken, Republik Kalmückien in der Kalmückischen Steppe, am westlichen Ufer des Kaspischen Meeres, Historisch, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Mgr. Denis Augste arches Archbishop of Paris / June 25, 1848. (IT)
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Geronimo de Aguilar (1489-1531). Franciscan friar. Aguilar in front of Cortes after Living 8 years slave of the Mayas. Engraving.
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The Sabbath among slaves | Library of Congress
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Te Deum to the altar of peace double board. (dummy title) | Caricature boards 1831. (title of all)
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RESPECT A LA RELIGION.(TI)
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Indian sati or suttee ritual. A widow throws herself onto her late husband's funeral pyre. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
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Gy young youth / 't Entertainment of the fair here. Leaf with a large representation of a standard bearer and two tamboers. The show was caught in a decorative frame of flower drinks and animals.
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Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938). Czech painter. Round Dance (Shopsko horo), 1892. Participation of the Art Section of the Plovdiv Exposition, 1892. National Art Gallery. Sofia. Bulgaria.
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The Appeal to the People. Éamon De Valera speaks in County Clare 1923. After a lithograph by American artist George Bellows.
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THE FUNERAL OF A BENIN HERO: LOWERING THE BODY OF CAPTAIN BYRNE INTO THE GRAVE, 1897
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Emancipation of the slaves, proclaimed on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America
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Painting depicting James Cook (1728-1779) talking to the Maori people by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton (1865-1888) British artist. Dated 1882
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The Coronation of the Serbian Tsar Stefan Dusan as East Roman Emperor (The cycle The Slav Epic) by Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939) / City Gallery Prague / 1923 / Czechia / Tempera and Oil on canvas / History / 405x480 / Art Nouveau
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The Lash - An overseer whips a slave
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Dance of the feathers by Indians from Villa Alta. Mexico 19th century.
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Turkish dancers, Turkey 19th century. Print.
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large crowd surrounds a platform where the victims are tortured with the help of racks and crosses. The victims are Jesuits suffering from the expulsion of their order from Portugal in 1759. One victim is tied to a stake while the other is broken on a cross surrounded by wooden structures on which are the bodies of the tortured victims, covered with a skin and surrounded by priests, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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'The Union as it was. The lost cause, worse than slavery'. The White League and the Ku Klux Klan united. Cartoon by THomas Nast, 1874
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Emancipation of the Slaves 1862. President Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America.
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The Communards executing Archbishop Georges Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, Abbe of Duguerry, curate of the Madeleine, the reverend fathers Allard, Clerc and Ducoudray, and Louis Bernard Bonjean, president of the court of appeal, in Roquette prison in Paris, May 24, 1871. City of Paris, France, 19th century.
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Swearing in on the Book of the Constitution. 14 September 1791, Louis XVI 1754-1793, King of France 1774-1792, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Washington and Gist visit the Indian Queen Alliquippa, George Washington 1732-1799 First President of the United States, Christopher Gist 1706-1759 American explorer, Queen Alliquippa died in 1754 and was a leader of the Seneca Indian tribe, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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A gibbet is set up alongside a road to deter criminals, particularly highwaymen, from looting passing carriages. Date: 19th Century
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Digitally restored vintage Civil War print of Lady Liberty, The American Flag, a Bald Eagle, Abraham Lincoln and many of the key players during the outbreak of war. Some of the other people pictured are Jefferson Davis, James Buchanan, Winfield Scott, and Alexander Stephens.
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Columbus' brother Bartolomeo is received in state by King Beuchio Anacauchoa of Hispaniola. Date: circa 1494
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Jesus Taken from The Old Cistern James Tissot (1836-1902 French)
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Fusilamiento de la madre de Cabrera. Colección particular, Madrid. Author: J. ALAMINOS.
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History. 18th century. Freemasonery. Funeral of a companion. Engraving. Colored. Author: Johan George Heck.
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Widow of Brahmin committing Suttee on husband's funeral pyre. Attempts made by Indian Mohammedan emperors from 16th century to stop practice, then by British, it lingered until at least 1877. Engraving 1815
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A village judge in Transylvania listens to the testimony of a witness, 1888, Romania, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy, Europe
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Henry VIII Monk Hunting, Comic History of England
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Henry Morton Stanley (1840-1904) Welsh journalist and explorer, meeting Emin Pasha (1840-1892) at Kavalli, 29 April 1888. Born Eduard Schnitzer in Germany, Emin Pasha converted to Islam. A doctor and linguist, he added greatly to European knowledge of African languages. Colour-printed engraving 1888.
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Vintage photograph. "Pilgrims Going to Church" by George H Boughton
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Procession of People of 5 Countries Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807-ca. 1873). Procession of People of 5 Countries, 1861. Color print, 14 7/16 x 29 9/16 in. (36.7 x 75.1 cm). Asian Art 1861
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politics American Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 signing the Declaration of Independence Philadelphia 4.7.1776 wood engraving after painting by John Trumbull,
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travel geography Russia people Kamtchatka Itelmens winter hut interior view engraving from Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) ""Description of the land of Kamtchatka"" Frankfurt Leipzig 1774 Asia Siberia natives Kamchadals clan house Vitus Bering Second Kamtchatka Expedition 1741 1742,
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John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, 1865, offering Britain's sympathies to the United States for the assassination of Abraham LINCOLN.
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Vintage photograph. "Prayer at Valley Forge" engraving by John McCrae, based on the painting by Henry Brueckner. Depicts Quaker Isaac Potts finding George Washington praying at Valley Forge
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Cover for series prints of the Groningen Maskerade, 1859, 1859 print Start of the procession with the commissioners with banners on horseback. Cover for the series of three records plus explanation of the historical parade in Maskerade with the subject of Europeans in the East Indies, performed by the students of the Hogeschool van Groningen on October 13, 1859. Groningen paper students' pageant. costumes used in pageants Groningen. Dutch East Indies, The
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George Washington standing on a platform surrounded by members of the Continental Congress.
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Pioneers in the great religious reformation of the nineteenth century - 1885
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The Founders of Odd Fellowship in America - Poster, circa 1891