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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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Manuel expelled from the chamber, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885 David Feinstein, Visitor's Day, c 1935 1943 Visitor's DayThe international exposition 1855, Paris, exhibition of the french colonies, woodcut, France, EuropeA Leap-Year Valentine, 1880. Illustration to a poem by John Latey. 'Upon the eve of sweet St. Valentine, Phil, passing through the Castle hall, met Kate...The girl, with one hand to her heart pressed hard, A letter from her bosom took, and said - "Here is my answer; read it for yourself, And judge. To-morrow is St. Valentine; And when you stopped me so imperiously (I never knew you, Phil, so masterful To me before) I was about to place The letter in the post-bag, so that he To whom it is addressed (you see the name) Might have to-morrow morn a valentine, For Leap Year gives this license tA room in the fifteenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.Cutting the base of the column in the place Vendome, Paris, preparatory to pulling it down, at the instigation of artist Gustave Courbet. Date: 8 May 1871Drei Männer in einer politischen Diskussion, ein Junge steht dabei, nach einem Gemälde von Ernst Oppler, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Origi...1842 Exhibition of Painting, Small Piemontais by Elisa miss Blondet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.'Crown' sewing machines, Florence oil stoves are manufactured by the Florence Machine Co. Crown sewing machines are the best in the world. , People, Picnics, Stoves, 19th Century American Trade CardsLAS NOCHES DEL RETIRO - 1868. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.A man grabbing a woman by her sleeve and stabbing her, from a broadside entitled 'The murder of Leandra Martinez by her brother, Manuel' 1891 José Guadalupe Posada. A man grabbing a woman by her sleeve and stabbing her, from a broadside entitled 'The murder of Leandra Martinez by her brother, Manuel'. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). 1891. Etching on zinc. PrintsView the source of the Sprudel, taken from the inside of the gallery, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847Mexico trade Mexican wine store wood engraving 19th century,Fortune Made, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.A Big deal, vintage engraving. A Big deal, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679307España. León. El Mercado de reses de cerda en la capital, durante la feria de noviembre. Dibujo del natural por Meléndez. Grabado por Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 8 de noviembre de 1883.Pillory, pile-up, column of columns in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, 1880, woodcut, Poland, EuropeCRIADA DE MADRID. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.The death of Lord Iddesleigh in Downing Street, London, 1887. Artist: UnknownA lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.An Outdoor Market. Dimensions: overall: 6.8 x 15.8 cm (2 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.). Medium: graphite with watercolor on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel Prout.At the Universal Exhibition: Who are the Real Chinese, 1867. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). Wood engraving;Madame Heurteloup in the office, scene from The Bete Noire, novel by Andre Theuriet, drawing by Emile Bayard, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2031, Volume LXXIX, January 28, 1882.Eselsbank, bench for naughty pupils, woodcut, historical engraving, 1882The Duchess of Queensberry and Soubise. British cartoon Prints collection . Queensberry, Catherine Douglas,Duchess of,1700 or 1701-1777. , Blacks,Social life,1770-1780. , Fencing,1770-1780. , Women,Social life,1770-1780.''The New Prince Fortunatus, by William Black; She wrote her letter while Jim was in shy confabulation with the waiter', 1890.Gardener smelling a carnation or pink (Dianthus). Engraving after one of set of 'The Five Senses' by David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Descartes' interaction theory. Reflexes mechanistically determined. Body and mind interacted at pineal gland.Cornelia Africana, c. 190s - c. 115 BC, mother of The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.Jean took the hand of Kayette, vintage engraving. Jean took the hand of Kayette, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659792'Fairfax', c19th century.Artist: AH PayneThe Kibitka, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did extensive mapping of the North American west coast from Alaska to Monterey, California. Next La Pérouse landed at Botany Bay (Port Jackson), Australia, before heading for the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse took the opportuniRoses and Lilies, 1880. From "Illustrated London News" Christmas number, 1880.The Dinner Horn Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1870. Wood engraving, Image: 13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (35.2 x 23.2 cm). A young woman sounds the call for the noonday meal for the men laboring in the distant field. The wind pulls her skirts outward behind her, investing her form with an almost heroic, monumental quality. An identically posed figure appears in several of Homers oil versions of the subject from the 1870s, all of which reflect his concerns with depicting the wholesomeness of American farm life. The engraving provides greater narrative detail than the oils do, perhaps reflecting Homers interest in pleasing a general audience. The artists keen knowledge of the graphic medium and its strengths is apparent, as well. He created additional visual interest, for example, by patterning the girls dress and by inserting the border of spiked grasses at the lower edge of the composition. American Art 1870Officers and Courtesans in an Interior. Dimensions: overall: 17.1 x 25.4 cm (6 3/4 x 10 in.). Medium: pen and brush and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Constantin Guys.June - Marrowbones and Cleavers from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1839. Dimensions: 93 × 156 mm (primary support); 222 × 286 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.EL CAPITAN WILLIAM WATSON BRINDA POR EL ENEMIGO - 1770. WATSON WILLIAN CAPITAN.He also had a reputation to maintain, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.Bingo machine by Rudolf Kasimirovich Zhukovsky, lithograph, 1840s, 1814-1886, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian MuseumAn engraving depicting a bierhall in Berlin. Dated 19th centuryMoravian Sisters 1811-ca. 1813 Pavel Petrovich Svinin Russian. Moravian Sisters. Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88-1839). American. 1811-ca. 1813. Watercolor, black chalk, and lead-white gouache on white wove paperHouse Music, illustration from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900The Solitaire Lake, vintage engraving. The Solitaire Lake, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679649'In the Street', (1930).Artist: Constantin GuysPrint, Title Page; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); Print Maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702-1760); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on laid paperHis Only Pair, 1860, (1917). Artist: Thomas Faed.Statue of Lord Herbert in Pall Mall.Bliżej Kultury unknownDANTE DURANTE ALIGHIERI ESCRITOR ITALIANO . 1265 - 1321 El Dante paseando por las cercanías de Florencia después de la publicación de su Infierno". Copia de una acuarela de Gérome. Grabado de La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1879.Len Burker opened an office, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.Letters, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.Engraving depicting the selling of toy windmills in a London street. Illustration by Hugh ThomsonCartoon depicting Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston in France shown to be missing the target of Public Opinion and suffering the consequences. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) a British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Illustrated by John Leech (1817-1864) an English caricaturist and illustrator. Dated 19th centuryLaughed at, illustration from the yearbook Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900Cameron meeting King Kongo, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877Cartoon depicting a street littered with violent and sexual adverts for products and services. Illustrated by Harry Furniss (1854-1925) an Irish artist and illustrator. Dated 19th century'Dans Le Jardin Du Moulin-Rouge', 1900. Artist: Unknown.'George Meredith', 1923.Artist: LEAAt the Pichern in the Vogtland, pitch boilers made of tree resin, historical engraving, circa. 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown'Columbus Breaking The Egg', c1815. Creator: William Davison.Schumann Heink Heinke