Historical Royal Events

Illustrations capturing significant moments in royal history, depicting grandeur and pageantry during important ceremonies.

Aeneas tries to defend the walls of Troy against the Greeks - but it's a losing battle

Adam and Eve in Paradise, historic steel engraving from 1860

La Reina Isabel I de Inglaterra nombra caballero al navegante Francis Drake, en 1580. Grabado de 1862.

SCULPTURE FOR THE OFFICES OF THE LANCASHIRE LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AT MANCHESTER, UK, 1867

The Rape of Lucretia, copper engraving by Cornelius Cort after a painting by Zizian, 1570

LA REINA DE SABA VISITA A SALOMON. Grabado de 1889. Álbum de Historia Sagrada (La Santa Biblia en imágenes). Dibujo de Julio Schnorr de Carolsfeld.

Decadent Women's Life in Ancient Pompeii, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Salon of 1855, The Flagellation painting by M. Henri Lehman. engraving 1855

The caption for this 1912 image reads" "Cleopatra in all her splendor - prisoners of war being brought before Cleopatra, who is seated in her chariot." Cleopatra VII (69-30 B.C.), the daughter of Ptolemy XI, of Egypt. She married her brother Ptolemy XII and began to rule Egypt with him when she was 17. She later aligned her self with Julius Caesar against her brother. Following Caesar's death, she aligned herself with Mark Antony. Following Antony's death, she is said to have killed herself, as legend has it, by the bite of an asp.

MUERTE DE ABSALON. Grabado de 1889. Álbum de Historia Sagrada (La Santa Biblia en imágenes). Dibujo de Julio Schnorr de Carolsfeld.

Aeneas tries to defend the walls of Troy against the Greeks - but it's a losing battle

Symbolfoto Romantik, Hirte spielt auf der Panflöte, vor ihm seine Freundlin mit nacktem Oberkörper, 1890, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904091

Old Testament. Genesis. Jacob's Dream. Genesis. Chapter 28. Engraving by Julios Schorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872). Author: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

In a brothel, copper engraving by Matham, 1530

Mars and Venus, copper engraving by Ph. Galle

Hades, showing Charon the ferryman, Cerberus, three-headed dog guarding entrance, Pluto and Proserpine/Persephone (centre left) and River Lethe. 18th century engraving.

Lot and His Daughters Leaving Sodom. Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617). Holland, 1582. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208-1265). Nobleman of French origin who led the baronial revolt against King Henry III of England. Simon de Montfort before King Henry III of England. Engraving by J. Gilbert and S. Williams. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

An angel appears to Daniel sitting in the lion's den with his hands folded and his head raised. Daniel in the Lion's Den, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1771 - 1816, paper, etching, engraving, h 235 mm × w 159 mm

Messenger at the Door of a Guardhouse. Artist: Philippe Louis Parizeau (French, Paris 1740-1801 Paris). Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (37.4 x 23.2 cm). Date: 1786. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

15th century youths depicted disembarking from a boat on the Italian coast as a boatman helps them ashore.

The Birth of Shame Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872/German)

Engraving of allegory of man (anatomy) from, Le Grand, An entire body of philosophy..., 1694

Assassin of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, 106 BC 48 BC Pompey, Pompey the Great, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

This life is a dream and death an awakening, vintage engraving. This life is a dream and death an awakening, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673936

Achilles drags Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy

Godofredo IV de Bouillon (1061-1100). Gran Maestre de la Orden del Temple. Se unió a la primera cruzada que predicó el papa Urbano II en el concilio de Clermont. Grabado de 1866.

Joab murders the Amasa, sword, eighth, stab, viscera, spill, earth, stab, die, Abisai, hunt, pursue, outdoors, warrior, Seba, Bichri, Bible, Old Testament, Second Book of Samuelis, chapter 20, verse 10, historical illustration c. 1850, Middle East

Sommerfrischler beim Pflücken von Nüssen, 1869, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999474

Susanna and the Elders Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens Flemish. Susanna and the Elders 437543

Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Sacrifice of Iphigenia by her father at Aulis to secure favourable winds for the fleet to sail against Troy. Rescued, according to legend, by Artemis (Diana) and carried to Tauris where she became a a priestess. Euripedes uses her story as plot material for two dramas.

Woman Reclining. Artist: Possibly by Joseph Marie Vien (French, Montpellier 1716-1809 Paris). Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (31.8 × 22.2 cm). Date: 18th century.In gilt wood frame (07.225.393). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Possibly by Joseph Marie Vien.

FEBRUARY, calendar, year, month, monthly

Minerva rewards or honors man for his work, in cartouche. Minerva sitting on throne rewarding or honoring a man with laurel wreath and paper for his work, on background image of Justitia on balustrade, in cartouche with motto and! Laboris praemium and doctor's hat.

Goltzius, Jacob (II), Hendrick, Minerva surrounded by warriors, verso lower left - stamped, The goddess Minerva in armor sits on a throne. Around her soldiers. The print has a Latin and Dutch caption with a wise saying., print, prent, prints, prenten, n. 462, verso middle bottom - written, height 248 mm, width 174 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1574 - 1630-06-27, print maker, printmaker, 1597 - 1597, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Statue of the youthful god Bacchus, god of wine, intoxication, madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Orestes, with his friend Pylades, meets his sister Electra for the first time since the murder of Agamemnon by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra

Historic steel engraving, illustration on Hero and Leander, scene from the Greek mythology, scene from a ballad by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Favorites of the Emperor Honorius, 394-423 AD.

Thornton, Robert John, England, Blake, William, Illustrations of imitation of Eclogue I, Thenot and Colinet, verso top center - stamped, Title page of 'The pastorals of Virgil'. Thenot and Colinet, the figures from the second poem, at sunset with a flock of sheep. Above the image the title of the chapter, below a five-line text in English about the artist Blake., book illustration, title print, prints, verso center - stamped, height 60 mm, width 84 mm, height 124 mm, width 100 mm, 1757 - 1827-08-12, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1821, first quarter 19th century, paper, wood engraving, Work conception, after own design by, Engels, 1768 - 1837-01-21, writer, patron

Otto II of Hesse, called Otto the Schütz, lga 1366 (1366), the only son of Landgrave Henry II of Hesse and his woman Elisabeth, daughter of Margrave F...

Diana, the goddess of hunting, the moon and nature in Roman mythology after her bath, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Venus Anadyomene or Venus Rising From the Sea. Is depicted her birth emerging nude from the sea with an scallop shell. Engraving by Knesing, 19th century.

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting a bacchanal scene, created around 1510-1515.

Religious illustration by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564), known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance

Disparate desordenado. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO MADRID ESPAÑA. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA.

Lambert Suavius (Flemish, c. 1510 - 1567), Saint Philip, c. 1545, engraving on laid paper

The National Memorial to the Prince Consort: "America," by John Bell,1872. 'The group consists of a central figure of America, as a quarter of the globe, mounted on a bison, charging through the long prairie grass. Their advance is directed by the United States on the one side, while on the other Canada attends them...In the other figures of the composition are presented Mexico...and South America equipped for the chase...The figure of America is of the Indian type, and in native costume and feathered head-dress...in her left she bears a shield with blazons of the principal divisions

German obscene caricature depicting greed, 16th Century

Siegfried awakens Brunhild, a scene from Wagner's Ring and Norse mythology

Reception of an Olympian victor at Athens, Greece. A Popular History of Greece, published 1887.

Zidekia in front of King Nebuchadnezzar in Riblath, Babel, throne, sitting, warrior, sabre, weapons, arrow, bow, grasp, Bible, Old Testament, Second Book of Kings, chapter 25, verse 6, historical illustration c. 1850, Near East

Bottom, Titania, & Puck (Act IV from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1886 Julius Hoeppner (1839-1893 ) Woodcut print

The Kroumirs. They had cut her nose and ears, vintage engraving. The Kroumirs. They had cut her nose and ears, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657215

Die Entführung des Cephalus durch Aurora ist ein bekanntes Motiv in der Kunst, basierend auf der griechischen Mythologie. Aurora, die römische Göttin der Morgenröte, entführt den sterblichen Prinzen Cephalus, weil sie sich in ihn verliebt hat, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903319

United States of America American Indians warrior with scalp wood engraving after genre drawing by C.E. Doeppler 1869,

The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Inferno (Hell). "...And when they came to where we were..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving by Berveiller. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.

education ancient world fustigation after wall painting from Pompeii 1st century AD wood engraving 19th century,

Then a Spirit Passed Before My Face the Hair of My Head Stood Up, from Illustrations of the Book of Job William Blake (British, 1757-1827). , 1825. Engraving, 8 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.1 x 16.3 cm). European Art 1825

The dream of human life, vintage engraving. The dream of human life, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660235

Prussian Homage. The event took place on 10 April 1525 when Albert I (1490-1568) received, as a vassal, the duchy of Prussia as a fief of King Sigismund I of Poland (1467-1548), in the capacity of lord. Engraving by J. Severini, after a painting by the Polish artist Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Detail. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration). Supplement to issue I. January, 1884.

San Hermenegildo (564-585), príncipe visigodo arrianista convertido al catolicismo, hijo de Leovigildo, mártir. Grabado de 1852.

The Development of Dramatic Poetry, Rehearsal of a Choir of Satyrs, seated the choir teacher, after a mosaic from Pompeii, Italy, Historical, digitall...

Eros and Psyche. Drawing by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931). "La Ilustracion Iberica", 1891.

Way of the Tombs, Via delle Tombe, Pompeii archeological park, Pompei, Campania, Italy. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Darius I, Darius the Great, c. 550-486 BC. Third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. With state umbrellas and attendants, from a carving of the door jambs of the palace of Darius I at 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

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: Hymen and Cupid. Steel engraving by E. Chavane after W. Hogarth

A bad night', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 36 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Engraving titled 'The Disposition of Louis the Pious' King of Aquitaine.

Historic steel engraving, illustration on Peregrinus Proteus, by Christoph Martin Wieland

Roman Lares

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila S. Maria di Collemaggio4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, wall painting (13-15th centuries) Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (18th century), sculpture, frescoes, wall painting, metal crucifix Coverage of the paintings; some views of interior architectural features. 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.

Der römische Gott Apollo, Marmorstatue aus dem Museo Clementino, historisches Rom, Italien, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Ja...

'La Belle Au Bois Dormant', 1919. Artist: Lucien Pissarro.

The Angel In The Way Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius(1794-1872 German)

Queen Bathild 626 or 627 to 680 Gives Money to the Poor from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

A Roman lady with her husband, on left, and on the right the consequences

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Illustration for William Shakespeare's work 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', written in 1594. Scene from the act V where appear Thisbe, Pyramus and the Wall. Engraving from the 19th c. Engraving.

The Spirit of the Revolution as seen in England - where the cause of liberty is applauded but the excesses of the revolutionaries deplored. Date: circa 1790

'The Hostile View of Lady Hamilton', 19th century. Artist: Unknown

1861 Exhibition of Painting, The Return of the fields, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

The peace, The crowd armor, Near it, a Genie holds a cornucopia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

Trials', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 60 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Eine Allegorie des Herbst auf einer Gobelin Tapete aus dem 17. Jahrhundert von einer Manufactur aus Paris, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999844

Around the great basin of the Tuileries, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.

theatre opera ""Tannh_user and the Singers' War at Wartburg"" (Tannh_user und der S_ngerkrieg auf der Wartburg) by Richard Wagner Eilsabeth praying after painting by Theodor Pixis (1831 - 1907) wood engraving 19th century,

Ascension aerostat Mrs. Wise, of Biggin Knight and Captain Vicente Lunardi, June 20, 1785, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

'Delilah the Philistine, learns from her lover, Samson the Israelite, that the secret of his great strength lies in his long hair.Judges. Illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) French painter and illustrator for ''The Bible'' (London 1866). Wood engraving.'

Basiliscus being forced into the cistern. Flavius Basiliscus, - c. 475. Eastern Roman Emperor. After Flavius Zeno captured Constantinople, Basiliscus and his family were captured, sent to Cappado

Christ Taking Leave From His Mother Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ Taking Leave From His Mother, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (13.2 x 10.3 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Netherlands, France, Lepautre, Jean, Frizes, Feuillages ou Tritons Marins antiques et modernes, Two friezes with armorial trophies, In the upper frieze an oval medallion with a rider on horseback, in the lower one fighting Roman soldiers., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 141 mm, width 218 mm, Work conception, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, after a design by, 1664 - 1732, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Scene from Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Artist: John Franklin

Gutenberg takes a proof

Europe. Italy. bas relief.

Boys Peeping at Nature, an engraving by William Hogarth in 1732, depicting three Putti painting or drawing the likeness of an ancient statue depicting Mother Nature.

Cleopatra VII Philopato, 69 BC 12 August 30 BC ruled as the last queen of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Empire and at the same time as the last female pharaoh of Egypt from 51 BC to 30 BC, digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date not known

Decorative Study. Hippolyte Petitjean (France, 1854-1929). Germany, circa 1898. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph printed in blue, yellow, green, light pink and red on chine volant paper

Cain and Abel by Walter Crane, 1845-1915

The angel of death striking a door during the plague of Rome. Reproduction of a wood engraving by P. Noël after J. Delaunay.

Alexander the Great 356-323 BC (Alexander III of Macedon) 356-323 BC as a youth listening to his tutor Aristotle (384-322 BC). Artist's reconstruction c1875. Wood engraving

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