Historical Scenes

Illustrations of significant historical events involving prominent figures, capturing dramatic moments and cultural contexts of the time.

Scene from J M Barrie s Play The Admirable Crichton Illustration by Hugh Thomsom 1860 to 1920

Scene between Napoleon and the Spanish royal family, Bayonne (TF)

Illustration to the picture from the end of the 18th century by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski entitled Enthrust according to the drawing of Wojciech Gerson. Cleastle from Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1863 (2) 413 unknown, Gerson, Wojciech (1831 1901)

Death of Miguel de Cervantes, 22 April 1616. Cervantes, was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

Buys, Jacobus, Northern Netherlands, Bogerts, Cornelis, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), The Utrecht Pander captured at Wyk te Duurstede, Capture of the Utrecht pander, 1786, verso - stamped, The capture of the Utrecht pander J. Valburg in the house of mayor Haantjes at Wijk bij Duurstede, 29 May 1786., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 106 mm, width 73 mm, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1786 - 1795, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1745 - 1817-02-03, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Estación de Francia, Barcelona. Grabado. Siglo XIX.

Scene from J M Barrie s Play The Admirable Crichton Illustration by Hugh Thomsom 1860 to 1920

The Holy Supper. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: c. 1734 - c. 1801. Measurements: h 148 mm × w 90 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Académie des femmes. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1843. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

In the year 1747, Anonymous, c. 1789 - c. 1810 drawing Increase from Prince William IV to Stadholder of the Republic, May 1747. Netherlands paper. ink pen / brush

Das Pharao Spiel, Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, after Andreas Nilson, active 1724, undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (31.8 × 41 cm) and Image: 11 1/16 x 15 15/16 inches (28.1 x 40.5 cm), bows, candles, card games, card table, cards, cloaks, coats, costume, cuffs, dance, dice, feathers, games, genre subject, lace, leisure, masks, men, money, nobility, party, ruffs, women

Gentlemen being instructed in dancing and posture. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after J. Collet, ca. 1768.

Scene depicting Congress of Vienna, a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich. Dated 19th Century

Hudibras The Committee Engraved by C Mottram after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Frédéric Théodore Lix (1830-1897). Invasion of Victor Hugo's apartment, Place Royale, by the rioters of June 1848 - the domiciliary visit. Ink, feather, white gouache. S.D. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. DRAWING

Death of Achilles. Coypel, Antoine (French, 1661-1722) (author of design, attr.) painter Coypel, Charles-Antoine (French, 1694-1752) (author of design, attr.) painter Houasse, René-Antoine (French, 1645-1710) (cartoon creator, attr.) painter c. 1730-1740 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'2" x W 23'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Woven for Cardinal de Rohan. Baron Jules Franchetti coll. (1870). Charles M. Ffoulke coll. (1904). French & Co. Paris (R), guided by Apollo, shoots arrow at Achilles (center), who stands before altar in temple of Apollo; Polyxena (L) rushes towards Achilles; partially visible coat of arms If this is a Gobelins tapestry, it is not recorded in Fenaille. However, it may be a private atelier production (Campbell). Coat of arms in top border belong to a cardinal who is a member of the Order du St-Esprit (Kraak). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 32264 Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 293-302 F

Madame Roland, meeting of the Girondists, France, revolution, politics, 18th century, history, room, conversation, assembly, guillotine, beheading, historical illustration 1894, Europe

Illustration showing 18th century highwaymen robbing a stagecoach.

The last days of Webster at Marshfield / engraved by C. Mottram after painting by Joseph Ames.; Mottram, Charles, 1817-1876, engraver; New York : Smith & Parmalee, c1858.; 1 print : engraving ; 28 x 38 in.

This illustration of the Austrian composer and pianist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart singing his requiem was done by American artist Thomas W. Shields in 1885. It shows an ill Mozart, sitting on a cushion and covered with fur singing with a string trio and piano at left.

LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA, DRAWN BY SYDNEY HALL, 1883; "What, do you know each other" asked Mr. Higgins

''The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday February 22,1890', 1890.

Eine Schubertiade, Schubert-Festival, bei Anton Ritter von Spaun 31. Mai 1790 bis 26. Juni 1849, Literaturhistoriker, Volkskundler und Musiker, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904097

FERNANDO VII REY DE ESPAÑA SACADO DE MADRID - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO VII (1784-1833).

Illustration depicting a scene from the book Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1834-1925) an Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor. Dated 20th century

Spain (1859). War of Africa. Lepoldo O'Donnell receiving from the queen Isabel II the scapular before leaving to Africa. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

"Aunt Sally's Christmas-boxes": John Crass's Discomfiture - drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. Illlustration to a short story by Mark Lemon. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Louis XVIII sits on a throne surrounded by bowing marshals who offer their loyalty. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1814.

Wedding of Princess Borghese in Rome. 18th century. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1889. Colored.

Members from the French mission say goodbye in Madrid to the just married Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, kings of Spain. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', June 17th 1906. Engraving.

Congress of Vienna, was a conference of ambassadors of European states, plenipotentiary of the eight treaties of Paris participating powers, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Austria, historical ima, The Congress of Vienna 1815, was a conference of ambassadors of European states, plenipotentiary of the eight treaties of Paris participating powers, paintings by Jean, Baptiste Isabey, Austria, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally enhanced, The Congress of Vienna 1815, Europe

Frederick William I of Prussia(1688-1740). Known as the Soldier King. King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg. Engraving by Kaeseberg. 19th century.

The plow pavilion at the Vienna World Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, wood engraving, c 1880, Europe

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Chiclana rompe la renuncia de Liniers en presencia del obispo Lué el 1 enero 1809. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

Day report. Engraving by Rico after a painting by Jean-Louis-Ernst Meissonier (1815-1891). El Mundo Ilustrado, 1882.

JURA DE LA CONSTITUCION POR S.M.LA REINA REGENTE DÑA M CRISTINA(BOCETO:JOVER1890,FIN:SOROLLA1897)DETALLE. Author: JOAQUIN SOROLLA BASTIDA (1863-1923). Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA CHRISTINA OF AUSTRIA. Maria Teresa, Infanta, Queen France. ALFONSO XII HIJA. MERCEDES BORBON (1880-1904). HIJA DE MARIA CRISTINA HABSBURGO. ALFONSO XII 2ª ESPOSA. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897). ANTONIO DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). ANTONIO MARIA FELIPE DE ORLEANS (1824-1890). MARIA TERESA DE BORBON. CONDE DE TORENO (1786-1842). MANUEL GUTIERREZ DE LA CONCHA (1806-1874). ARSENIO MARTINEZ CAMPOS (1831-1900). PRAXEDES MATEO SAGASTA (1825-1903). INFANTA MERCEDES (1880-1904). MERCEDES INFANTA (1880-1904). MARIA CRISTINA HABSBURGO (1858-1929). MARIA CRISTINA DE AUSTRIA MARIA CRISTINA. MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO (1858-1929).

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873) presiding over a council of ministers at the Tuileries. Dated 19th Century

The National Assembly during the reign of Louis XVI 1754 to 1793 from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Illustration of John Wilkes (1725-1797) an English radical, journalist, and politician. Dated 18th Century

The July Revolution in Paris, Louis Philip makes an oath on August 9, 1830, painting by E. Deveria in the National Gallery of Versailles, woodcut, France, Europe

Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Mondragone7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of outer and courtyard facades of the 16th c. villa, now a Jesuit school. Detailed coverage of Portico del Vignola (17th c.). Views of fountain and obelisk. Interior views of guest room, Salone degli Svizzeri, Sala dei Cariati, Chapel of S. Gregorio. _ Antiquities: Roman Ninfeo, sarcophagi and fragments in Garden of the Popes. 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.

Cristi... v'la-t-y un boeuf qui est bien fait!... Dated: 1859. Medium: lithograph on papier mince. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Maria Theresas last day on November , Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

'The Council of War at Courtray', (1854). Creator: John Godfrey.

Blind man's bluff, society people, historical wood engraving, about 1897

España. Madrid. Inauguración de la Cárcel Modelo. El rey Alfonso XII contestando al discurso del Sr. Ministro de la Gobernación, concede indulto a los penados que han trabajado en las obras. Dibujo del natural por Juan Comba. Grabado por Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 30 de diciembre de 1883.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I. Vote to confer the life Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte. Colored engraving.

Regency gamblers playing French Hazard in the gambling hell, Fishmongers Hall. A gambler claims the dice are weighted. The Interior of Modern Hell, vide the Cogged Dice. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

The Ward by Nevrev, Nikolai Vasilyevich (1830-1904)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1867/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 60,2x76/ Genre

The People in the Tuileries, February 24, Currier and Ives, color lithograph, (1857-1907), USA, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress

Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra by Edward Cucuel, 1875-1954, American, colored wood engraving, 1899

King Frederick the Great, Frederick II., Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712- 1786, the envoys of the city of Greifffenberg are grateful for the help to rebuild the city, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Art, Italian art of the XIX century, Angelo Morbelli, 1843 - 1919, title of the work ,Viaticum, oil on canvas, cm 112 x 200.

General George Washington, Seated Portrait Holding Letter from Reverend Jacob Duche, Begging Washington to Negotiate for Peace with the British, Valley Forge, 1777 Engraving by Edward S. Best after 1851 Christian Schuessele Original Painting

Maps in interior.

The deputation, with Emperor Ferdinand I on March , Franz Werner, publisher

Frederick William III (1770-1840) King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg, consultation with the State Chancellors Prince Metternich and Hardenberg, Ministers Wittgenstein and Bernstorff, interior, palace, round table, uniform, sword, discussion, conversation, German history, historical illustration 1882

CONVERSACION CON EL REY GUSTAVO III DE SUECIA EN EL PALACIO DE DROTTINGHOLM - 1779 - DETALLE IZQUIERDO - CONJ 11782. Author: PEHR HILLESTROM (1732-1816). Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM. STOCKHOLM.

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Charles IV of Spain, together with Queen consort Maria Luisa of Parma, trying to get Napoleon's support so that the abdication of 19 March 1808 in favour of his son Ferdinand (Ferdinand VII) would be annulled. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VI. Madrid, 1892.

Five men in interior. .

Reception of Queen Victoria by Louis-Philippe (Ti)

Playing draughts in the Caf Lamblin, 1820

Death of General Z. Taylor, 12th President of the United States, at the Presidents House, July 9th, 1850, 35 minutes Past 10 o'clock P.M., Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier, 1850

Candidate, Lords, I am against the three-source project we need is a,steam engine near Nussdorf, an English , Candidate, Lords, I am against the three-source project , Caricature for the debate about the high -source water pipe, image supplement to Hans Jörgel , No, Vinzenz Katzler -, Lithographic, Reiffenstein , Rösch, Printer

Austria - 19th century - Congress of Vienna, November 1815 to June 1815.

'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday April 5, 1890', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890.

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d'hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummels Reise in die mittäglichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 17851786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821.

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Terranova and Santangelo, also known simply as Gonzalo de Córdoba (Italian: Consalvo di Cordova, September 1, 1453December 2, 1515), was a Spanish general who made Spain the preeminent world military power for almost

Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale42. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) 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.

Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen, Friedrich Wilhelm I. von 1688-1740 und Wilhelm Dietrich Freiherr von Buddenbrock beim Kriegsgericht in Köpenick, Ber...

The Prince of Wales closing the last rivet of the Victoria turbular bridge over the St. Lawrence. From a sketch by the Canadian artist; G.H. Andrews.

Conversation in the atelier of Johann Zoffany, 1733-1810 German artist

Thomas Bambridge, warden of the Fleet prison, before a committee of the House of Commons visiting the prisons. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

Washington's reception by the ladies, on the bridge at Trenton, N.J. April, 1789 on his way to New York to be inaugurated first President of the United States.

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). French lawyer and politician. Figure of the French Revolution. Member of Jacobin Club. Executed by guillotine, 1794. Corpse exhibited at the Paris City Hall.

Cartoon depicting England and France sharing the world

Achille Beltrame - "La Domenica del Corriere" - Elections in England

Austria Vienna gastronomy Esterhazy Cellar interior view wood engraving circa 1875,

SALE IN THE STUDIO OF THE LATE SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, Lot 440, LANDSEER'S EASEL, 1874 engraving

Jules Ferry receiving the delegates from the colonies in November 1892, painting by Frederic Regamey (1849-1925). France, 19th century.

Dinner in the stateroom of Hohenzollern Castle, Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on October 3, 1867, The construction of the third castle was completed on October 3, 1867 under the brother Frederick William IV./Dinner at the stateroom of Hohenzollern Castle, Baden Württemberg, at October 3, 1867, Construction of the third castle was completed on October 3, 1867, under Frederick William IV's brother King William I, historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Colored afterwards

The Circle of the Rue Royale by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902) / Musee d'Orsay, Paris / 1868 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 174,5x280 / Academic art

Reception in honour of Princess Milena of Montenegro at the Quirinale, drawing by Dante Paolocci, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXV, No 12, March 20, 1898.

William I, German Emperor, standing in front of his cradle, Hohenzollern Museum, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888

'The Rival Milliners', 1770. Artist: Unknown

Louis XVI giving instructions to La Perouse, June 29, 1785 - Nicolas-André Monsiau, 1817

Frederick II or Frederick the Great, 1712 - 1786, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from the royal house of Hohenzollern, in his study in Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany, historical painting from the 19th century, Europe

1700s 1777 BETSY ROSS GEORGE WASHINGTON FIRST AMERICAN FLAG STARS & STRIPES PHILADELPHIA ILLUSTRATION BY J FERRIS COLOR HALFTONE

Louvre Museum, Sculpture, Colossal head of Lucilla, Roman empress, vintage engraving. Louvre Museum, Sculpture, Colossal head of Lucilla, Roman empress, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678490

Happy New Year to France! Illustration of citizens from all walks of life drinking a toast to an allegorical figure of France surrounded by the Tricoleur. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 3 January 1891. Nationalism, Patriotism, Flag

Governor Franz Josef Saurau (1760-1832) hitting a disrespectful man's hat which was not removed before the Emperor at the La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy, 1815, drawing by Edoardo Matania (1847-1929), from L'illustrazione Italiana, 1901.

Keyser, Thomas de, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Suyderhoef, Jonas, The four Amsterdam mayors waiting for the news of the arrival of Maria de Médicis, 1638, Northern Netherlands, The four Amsterdam mayors waiting for the news of the arrival of the procession with Maria de Médicis, 1638. Seated around a table are: Antonius Oetgens van Waveren, Albert Coenraads Burgh, Pieter Hasselaer and Abraham Boom. On the left is the lawyer Cornelis Davelaer. In the caption 2 lines of text and the names of the depicted in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 323 mm, width 381 mm, 1613 - 1686-05-09, print maker, prentmaker, 1638 - 1638, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1597 - 1667-06-07

'The Season of Rest, Old Age', 1868.Artist: Currier and Ives

BOILLY, Louis Leopold (1761-1845). Game of Draughts at the Cafe Lamblin. 1820. CafŽ de Paris in which first met Bonapartist and later intellectuals as Stendhal and Baudelaire. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. MusŽe CondŽ (CondŽ Museum).

EL BORNET, 18th century BARCELONA. POPULAR PAINTING. MARKET THE CITY IN THE BACKGROUND. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

Appearance in an inn Inv,-No,

Collection Dutuitus. French paintings. Short, the Duke of Orleans signing Eugene legacy and Augustus Dutuit. French paintings. Joseph-desired Court (1797-1865), The Duke of Orleans signing. Black and white projection plate. 1900-1930. Photograph of Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942).

"R.A.'S OF GENIUS," LIFE SCHOOL AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1824, UK, 1886; Rowlandson, Sir Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir M.A. Shee

ESQUIVEL Y SUAREZ DE URBINA, Antonio Mara (1806-1857). The CafŽ. 1830s. Oil on tinplate. Romanticism. Oil. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

Minuet, painting by Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1941), woodcut by E Krell from Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong, 1892-1893, Year VII, No 14, Berlin.

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