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Engravings depicting various historical events and figures, featuring detailed illustrations of life in past eras with a somber, nostalgic feel.

Miss Dorrit and Little Dorrit. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as Phiz
Miss Dorrit and Little Dorrit. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as Phiz
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Philippe Lebon consulting a fortune-teller, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842'Returning Home', 1872. Winners and losers return to London after Derby Day at Epsom. From, "LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. Grant and Co., 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C., 1872.Fragments from the painting Temperantia by de Brueghel, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownThe confession. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1919. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Watteau paperRostof wrote a letter, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890Cabaret in the eighteenth century, under Louis XV, Musee du Luxembourg, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1880.'A Reminiscence of Lord's Cricket Ground (Eton vs Harrow)', 1878 (1891). Artist: George du MaurierON THE KURSAAL TERRACE, HOMBOURG-ES-MONTS, 1871Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Jean Gauchard (1825-1872), engraver. "IOYEULX DEVIS." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101782-23 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engravingEnglish novelist Charles Dickens published "The Pickwick Papers" in 10 installments, with Hablot Browne the illustrator.Miss Dorrit and Little Dorrit. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as PhizGerman-nonchalence;-or-, the vexation of Little-Boney Js. Gillray inv. & fct.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Napoleon,I,Emperor of the French,1769-1821. , Starhemberg, Gundakar Franz Xaver,Graf,1747-1804. , Diplomats,Austrian,France,Paris,1800-1810.Hop harvest near Hersbruck, Bavaria, Germany, woodcut from 1864Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wishes to whet his whistle Rowlandson del.. British cartoon Prints collection , DCRM(G) example 1B2 - source of title note. Eating & drinking,England,1810-1830. , Taverns (Inns),England,1810-1830.Fritz Reuter (1810) (1874) Low German writer and poet, Hanne Nuete un de luette Pudel, Eine Vogel, und Menschengeschichte, Platt, Low German, dialect, language, poet, poem, literary figure, graphic, humour, satire, chamber, murder, hammer, bed, chair, chaos, crowd, indignation, pardon, window open, Hanne Nuete 20, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868Gobelins Manufactory, Interior Workshop, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845A Prom at Philippe Le Bas, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870Start of the Gilpin family, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842Home from the War, 1863. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;Capture of Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, 1768 - 1793, a French noblewoman who gained notoriety through her murder of Jean-Paul Marat, French Revolution, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877'Souvenir de Folkestone (Arrival of the Boulogne Boat)', 1873. Artist: Joseph SwainWilliam Hogarth, An Election Entertainment, 1755; Black and White Illustration;'Postillions; Notes on Spain', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, LondonCivil suits of henry viii time, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837A Beggar, by Pinelli, vintage engraving. A Beggar, by Pinelli, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673409Amalfi, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842Ozdobnik kończący tekst poematu: STEAMERS v. STAGES; OR ANDREW AND HIS SPOUSE w :FACETIAE: BEING A GENERAL Collection of the Jeux dEsprit WCHICH HAVE BEEN ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT CRUIKSHANK IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II CONTAING NEARLY SIXTY ENGRAVINGS.LONDON WILLIAM KIDD, 6, OLD BOND STRET. MDCCCXXXI. unknown, Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789 1856)Mr.Pickwick in chase of his hat.Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers by Robert Seymour, 1800-1836.C'est t'y à vous c'hien là. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1847. Prints; lithographs. LithographAn engraving depicting a London Oyster stall. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th centuryTypes of the Arequipa Valley. Forgotten former servants, Peru, South America,. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862A woodcut engraving depicting men playing a game of Pall-Mall. Pall-Mall is a lawn game mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries. Dated 17th centuryPrivate music concert in high society at the beginning of the 19th century, painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá (Madrid 1836-1901) was a Spanish portrait painter and director of the Museo Nacional del Prado between 1898 and 1901. Spain, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 18941869 Exhibition of Painting, A precocious child, for Worms, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869The Enraged Musician by William Hogarth (1697-1764), engraving'Chanteurs de Rue', c1800-1840 (1924). Artist: Theophile SteinlenThey came to see them every year, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890THE ARREST OF LOUIS XVI AND HIS FAMILY, AT VARENNES, IN JUNE, 1791. PAINTED BY T.F. MARSHALL FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1854Types at the Nuremberg Market, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, historical wood engraving, c. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured, Europe1842 Exhibition of Painting, The Crossing of Le Havre Honfleur, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842Serge could go out for the first time, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890Hanno the Great was a wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat in the 3rd century BC. During the First Punic War he led the faction in Carthage that was opposed to continuing the war against Roman Republic. In these efforts, he was opposed by the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. After Carthage's defeat at the Battle of Zama (Second Punic War) in 202 BC, he was among the ambassadors to negotiate peace with the Romans. Engraving by Laplane. The Illustration, 1882. Author: Charles Laplane.Black and White Illustration of the apocraphal execution of the Duke of Clarence in a vat of malmseyThey came to see them every year, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.Cartoon on a riding theme, 19th century. Artist: UnknownPrivate music concert in high society at the beginning of the 19th century, painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá (Madrid 1836-1901) was a Spanish portrait painter and director of the Museo Nacional del Prado between 1898 and 1901. Spain, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894The departure of Roger Williams (1603-1683) for Salem Island, c1902. Artist: UnknownGRABADO S XIX -HABANA(CUBA)TIPOS DE VENDEDORES.Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Brouwer, Amsterdam, Botanicus, verso - handwritten, Several men study plants at a table. The old seated man writes in a book. On the right a man carries a basket with plants. Through the windows a view of a garden and a country house., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, Offered to my worthy friend Mr. Hemsterhuis PvAmstel, printed in the same colour as the drawing, GvdEekhout del Ploos v Amstel JC Fecit 1779, height 92 mm, width 128 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, supervision, 1780 - 1787, paper, paper drawing, carbon copy, color printing, Northern Netherlands, 1735 - 1803-03-31, print maker, printmaker, 1621-08-19 - 1674-09-29, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherCartoon depicting an inspection of the lower orders by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th CenturyThe Marshalsea becomes an Orphan. Color illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as PhizKaspar Engelberger in Stans wird von seiner Tochter gegen die Franzosen verteidigt, 1798, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus ...Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.Serge could go out for the first time, vintage engraving. Serge could go out for the first time, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659724Industry and Idleness The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 Thirlby HallThe Progress of Thomas Becket through France'The Cut Direct', 1888. Artist: Joseph SwainJ. GILLRAY: MEETING OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS AT COPENHAGEN HOUSE. SPEAKERS: THELWALL, GALE JONES, HODSON, AND JOHN BINNS, 1795Crinol setting tied on trolley. Repro from illustrated newspaper no. 41, 1858. NordicIgnorance and cruelty, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852Robert Raikes (1735-1811) English philanthropist and founder of the Sunday School movement. A printer from Gloucester, he opened his first Sunday School in 1780. Wood engraving, 1880'The New Head Master', 1868. Artist: John TennielOn the market square, in Beaucaire, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.A caricature of the peasant reform.The Doctor Hurts His Rival, (1885).Artist: BonnardotRoyal audience of Mantes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.1800s 1871 POLITICAL CARTOON BY C G PARKER DESIGN FOR PROPOSED FOUNTAIN CITY HALL PARK SHOWING GRAFT CORRUPTIONSmoking opium, China, Asia. Travels in China and Japan by the Marquis Alfred de Moges 1857 - 1858. Old 19th century illustration by C. Maurand (1808 - 1879) from Le Tour du Monde 1860Gideon Gray addressing the Middlemas wives Engraving by George Cruikshank dated 1846 of a scene from Sir Walter Scott's story The Surgeon's DaughterTHE COTTON FAMINEfestivity Christmas Santa Claus ""Knecht Ruprecht is coming"" illustration after copper engraving from 1784,PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A SUBALTERNEngraving depicting an itinerant organ grinder and magic lantern girl. Dated 18th centuryalcohol beer in a Bavarian cloister brewery wood engraving after drawing by Eduard Gruetzner 1869,According Richter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.SALIDA DE ISABEL II DEL CASTILLO DE ENRIQUE IV EN PAU - CARICATURA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: ALFREDO PEREA Y ROJAS (1839-1895). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. Henry IV. ISABEL II REINA DE ESPAÑA (1830-1904).'Bottom's Dream', 1872. Artist: Joseph SwainThe Large Village Fair Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660-1704). The Large Village Fair, 1685. Etching on laid paper, 12 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (31.8 x 40 cm) in frame. European Art 1685Bottle, do your duty, vintage engraving. Bottle, do your duty, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660352The Ladies Gallery of the Senate during the Impeachment Trial, Engraving by W.S.L. Lewitt, Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1868Black and White Illustration: "The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London; The Idle One Brought Before him, and Impeached by his Accomplice". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Industry and Idleness". Hogarth's earlier series of painted works, "The Harlot's Progress" and "Marriage à-la-mode" which were subsequently released as engravings, "Industry and Idleness" was engraved from the outset. Hogarth's aim in this series was to illustrate the possible rewards for working hard, and the pitfalls of not doing so, a message predominantly aimed at working children.Munich Hofgarten, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882, EuropeAbout last night, Painting by Yeames, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).exhibitions world expostion Vienna 1.5.1873 - 2.11.1873 Italian Hall interior view wood engraving after drawing by Th. Breidwiser 1873,Sir Philip Sidney, Noble armor of war, Elizabeth, Noblewoman, Courtier, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837An engraving depicting a stone mason. Dated 19th centuryMarie Stuart ca. 1825 French, possibly Nantes. Marie Stuart 221640Florist shop, Tokyo, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet. Longfellow's house, Tinted lithograph from the cover of a setting of his poem 'The Old House by the Lindens (The Open Door)' to music by John Blockley (1800-1882).Harvest Normandy cider. Types and tables, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).Triumphant NapoleonBird market in Paris, ca. 1895, after Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca, woodcut'The Crystal Palace and its Refreshments; A Prospective Perspective View ', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".Mingrelian Peasant from Svaneti, Georgia, drawing by Sirouy based on a photograph by Ermakoft, vintage illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881Capitol fashions for 1837 by Winston, F. J. A caricature of President Martin Van Buren issued during the Panic of 1837 criticising his continuation of Andrew Jacksons fiscal policies.Sir Philip Sidney, Noble armor of war, Elizabeth, Noblewoman, Courtier, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.Civil suits the reign of Charles I, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837A woodcut engraving depicting a the Massacre of St Bartholomew, Paris, 24 August 1572. Left, the French Huguenot leader Coligny (1519-72) is wounded by a shot fired from the window. Right, he is assassinated in his bed by soldiers, and his body was tossed out of the window, one of the first victims of the massacre. Catherine de Medici, alarmed at the rise of Huguenot power and Coligny's influence over her son Charles IX (playing tennis top left) instigated the massacre.Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert