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Historical Violent Justices

Etchings depicting chaotic public scenes representing historical acts of rough justice, focusing on societal reactions and emotions.

Miguel de Vasconcelos is discovered in a closet and murdered by enraged Portuguese, 1640, print maker: Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann David Zunnern, Frankfurt am Main, 1701, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 123 mm × w 179 mm
Miguel de Vasconcelos is discovered in a closet and murdered by enraged Portuguese, 1640, print maker: Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann David Zunnern, Frankfurt am Main, 1701, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 123 mm × w 179 mm
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The caption for this late 1800s illustration from the novel Felix Holt by George Eliot reads: Let me go, you scoundrel, said Harold fiercely, or I'll be the death of you. Felix Holt, the Radical (1866) is a social novel written byGeorge Eliotabout political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832. In January 1868,Eliotpenned an article entitled "Address to Working Men, byFelix Holt". Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian er
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Political Cartoon Featuring British Prime Minister George Grenville after the Repeal of the Stamp Act on American Colonies, 1766
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Jacquerie (28 May to 10 August 1358). Charles II of Navarre (1332-1387), known as Charles the Bad. King of Navarre (1349-1387). Called by Etienne Marcel (1302/10-1359), Charles II appears before Paris. Charles II enters Paris on 14 June 1358. Established at Saint Denis, he was appointed captain of Paris by acclamation. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).
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Group from the Meyrick Collection of Armour, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1869. Items from '...the magnificent collection of armour belonging to Colonel Meyrick, of Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, the heir to Sir Samuel Meyrick, whose antiquarian industry and liberal pecuniary expenditure for that purpose formed this collection many years ago. It is now to be seen in the South Kensington galleries overlooking the Horticultural Society's Gardens; and the manner in which it has been arranged by Mr. J. R. Planché, with the assistance of Mr. Pierce, grouping the objects chronologi
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WhenMehmed II(formerly spelled Mohammed II) ascended the throne again in 1451 he strengthened the Ottoman navy and made preparations to attackConstantinople. At the age of 21, he conqueredConstantinople(modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire (his entry into the city seen here). Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant(also known asBenjamin Constant), bornJean-Joseph Constant(1845 1902), was a French painter andetcherbest known for hisOrientalsubjects andportraits.
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Cartoon depicting the Thames and the Lea Rivers being attacked because of their filthy condition. Illustrated by Harry Furniss (1854-1925) an Irish artist and illustrator. Dated 19th century
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The death of Giant Despair. Date: First published: 1678
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The establishment of the Obelisk on St. Pietersplein, Natal Bonifazio da Sebenico, 1586 print Men and horses are busy establishing the Vatican Obelisk (in 1586) on St. Pietersplein for St. Peter's Basilica. At the bottom left an explanatory list of numbers and letters and the portrait of Domenico Fontana, the architect who oversign the entire displacement and creation of the obelisk. Presentation caught in a decorative frame. Rome paper etching / engraving obelisk, needle. Roman Catholic Church. historical persons St. Peter's basilica. Saint Peters Square
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Belgium, Espièglerie du plus ancien bourgeois de Bruxelles, Cartoon on the failure of the festivities during the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the Miraculous Sacrament, 1820, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the failed fireworks display during the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the Miraculous Sacrament in Brussels, 16-30 July 1820. Manneken Pis farts towards the fireworks display and urinates on a pole with fireworks in the shape of a bird, a reference to the wet weather during the festivities, which caused some of the planned fireworks to fall into the water. In the foreground, another bird with fireworks on the back of a donkey, a gift from the Prince of Orange. With many spectators., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 236 mm, width 148 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1820, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Mary Queen of Scots lands in Scotland Date: 1561
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The Whitehall Pump May 1, 1774 Anonymous, British, 18th century British. The Whitehall Pump. Anonymous, British, 18th century. May 1, 1774. Engraving. Prints
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The Maske of Flowers at Gray's Inn given in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee Date: 1887
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Grand Virginia reel and scamperdown at the Whitehouse Washington by Edward Williams Clay & Henry R. Robinson, circa 1836. Lithograph print on wove paper. Political cartoon satirising Andrew Jacksons conflict with France over reparations due the United States under the Treaty of 1831. The artist casts blame on the vice president for creating such anti-French views within the government. (This cartoon contains some racially offensive sentiments)
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Merson, Luc-Olivier (n.1846-05-21-D.1920-11-14), Long live joy! », Illustration for the title vignette in chapter III of the book tenth (dummy title), 1888. pen and ink wash with gouache rams on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.
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Merlin de Thionville asked that Vendée be made a desert. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)
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DOROTHY FORSTER
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Barcelona. Ascención en globo de mister Orlandi en noviembre de 1850. Grabado de la época.
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Inn Interior. .
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Paintings of Paris - The Portefax of the Halle Aux Bles Marlet. Paintings of Paris, number 56: the door of the Halle to the wheat. Engraving.
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ARRESTO DE GEORGES PICQUART - CASO DREYFUS - GRABADO COLOREADO - SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Barcelona. Inauguración de las obras de construcción de la primera barriada con destino a las familias obreras. Grabado de 1887.
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On after a pen drawing by Bloteling preserves the collection of prints, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.
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Engraving showing a Nassau balloon flight at Vauxhall Gardens, London, in June 1850. Date: 29 June 1850
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Historic drawing, illustration of salting and packing of herrings in Amsterdam in the 16th century, the Netherlands, Europe
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. Landscape representing the Earth element: many figures with baskets on a market where the revenues of the country are traded. Fourded from a series of four with landscapes such as portions of the four elements.
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CONRADIN, ON THE SCAFFOLD, FLINGS DOWN THE GAUNTLET OF DEFIANCE.
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Two medicine vendors, their wives, cats and dogs arguing about the merits of their antiscorbutic pills. Etching by J. Bretherton after H.W. Bunbury, 1774.
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Returning the victors, Friedrich Wilhelm Zimmermann, after Franz von Defregger, 1867 - 1887 print München paper etching conqueror triumphing, triumphal entry of victor
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The bullfighter Miguel Lopez Gorrito, wearing stilts as he kills a bull in the Plaza of Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Europe. Travels in Spain by Gustave Dore and Jean Charles Davillier from Le Tour du Monde 1867
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Cartoon in which Daniel Raap is led to the gallows, 1752, 1752 - 1753 print Cartoon on the goalist Daniël Raap due to his advice in 1752 not to lease the tax on the wine anymore, but by having the wine buyers pay. Raap is led to a gallows, on the left are three supporters of rides, Wachloo and Taddel. At the top a representation of Bacchus sitting on a wine barrel. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving violent death by hanging. on the scaffold or place of execution
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PANORAMA MATRITENSE PRADERA S ISIDRO. Author: MESONERO ROMANOS RAMON. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Fall of Prince Maurice of Nassau, the Brazilian, in a pit, in Franeker, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.
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Digitally restored, The pleasures of winter in a city, sleigh ride, ice skating, France, copper engraving by De Bruyn, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, The pleasures of winter in a city, sleigh ride, ice skating, France, copper engraving by De Bruyn, publication from the year 1882, Europe
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The Seventh Plague in Egypt, 1755 - 1779 print The scourge of the hail in Egypt. View of a city on a river. It lightning and people and animals are hit by enormous hailstones. A few buildings are on fire in the distance. Under the image explanation in German and French. paper. watercolor (paint) etching / brush the plague of hail: Moses raises his rod towards the sky, and hail and fire fall to the ground
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Le paysan mecontent. Medium: color aquatint and etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Morret after Antoine Borel.
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The Dantonists on the way to the Guillotine, drawn, by D. Maillard, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as El Cid Campeador (c. 1043-1099). Castilian nobleman, knighted by Sancho II of Castile. Presentation of the embassy of the King of Persia to The Cid. Illustration by Vallejo. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de España by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Author: José Vallejo (1821-1882), Spanish artist. Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver and xylograph.
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The French army under Geoffrey de Charny is ambushed on the drawbridge of the gate-tower in the Battle of Calais, 1349. Battle of Calais, between the King of England (under Sir Walter de Manny) and the French. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV, George Routledge, London, 1868.
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Spain (1852). MartÕn Merino, aka cura Merino, attempts to kill Isabella II (2nd February 1852). Litography. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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The discomfited duellists Collings, del. ; Blake, sculp.. British Cartoon Prints Collection .
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Pedestrians in front of Charles Tilt's bookshop on the corner of 86 Fleet Street and St. Bride's Avenue battle the mad, March winds. After the work by George Cruikshank.
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Henry Blacker, a giant. Line engraving, 1751.
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Netherlands, 1465, Arnoud van Gelder carried away by his son Adolf, Duke Arnold of Gelre abducted by his son Adolf, Arnold van Egmond, Duke of Gelre abducted from the castle of Grave by soldiers of his son Adolf and taken over the ice to the castle of Buren and there forced to relinquish his rights, 1465., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 355 mm, width 530 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1853 - 1855, third quarter 19th century, paper, lithography (technique)
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MADRID. PLAZA DE LA PAJA. GRABADO DE PELLICER , AÑO 1872. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICAMA.
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Funny old Hamburg, caricature, barrier, lattice fence, death, scythe, skeleton, street scene, people, run, fright, fear, Germany, illustration around 1892, Europe
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ORSINI, Felice (1819-1858). Italian patriot who committed an outrage against Napoleon III (1858). Execution of Orsini. Engraving.
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Destruction of Jericho by William Hole, illustration, (1607-1624)
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Flooding of the Austria in Wieliczka, Poland, historical engraving, circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, coloured, Europe
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THE ROYAL HUNT Wiber. "The Royal Hunt". Print.
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Gin Lane 1751 William Hogarth British. Gin Lane. William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). 1751. Copper plate (etched and engraved). Plates
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Spanish bullfighter stood on stilt. Miguel Lopez Gorrito, wearing stilts as he kills a bull, bullring of Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo en la Mano 1878
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Reproduction of a painting: Dmochowski, Władysław (1841-1913), Market in a small town, in the governorate of Grodno; from: "Kłosy" 1872, I, 349. Zajkowski, Andrzej (1851-1914), graphic artist, Dmochowski, Władysław (1841-1913), draughtsman, cartoonist, Kłosy (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1865-1890), publisher
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Entrance to a pyramid, Leendert de Koningh, after Otto Baron Howen, 1830 print Four men walk through a dark corridor. Two of them wear burning torches. after design by: Egypteprinter: Dordrecht paper Egyptian pyramids (Wonder of the World). torch Egypt
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Napoleon Bonaparte in Russia campaign by Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Oil on canvas, 1842-1904, 19th Century, Russia, St. Petersburg, A. Pushkin Memorial Museum
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The Frolick (The Search Light). Artist: After William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (6.8 x 8.2 cm). Date: 1790-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Scenes of the Revolution of Fever. (IT)
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The Sabine Women, Woodcut Engraving from the Original 1799 Painting by Jacques-Louis David, The Masterpieces of French Art by Louis Viardot, Published by Gravure Goupil et Cie, Paris, 1882, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883