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Engravings and illustrations inspired by classic literature and historical figures, capturing dramatic scenes and poignant moments from tales.

French revolution Storming the Queen's Bedroom October 1789
French revolution Storming the Queen's Bedroom October 1789
160 assets in this story
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Elegant couple in a park, draughtsman: Nicolaes Muys, draughtsman: Aert Schouman, (rejected attribution), after 1750 - before 1808, paper, brush, h 293 mm × w 201 mm
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The caption for this 1902 illustration reads: Duke of Monmouth craving pardon of King James.It is from The Defeat of Duke of Monmouth from Lorna Doone by R D Blackmore. A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. Richard Doddridge Blackmore, known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Josep Mestres Cabanes / Tristán e Isolda, 1950. Colección privada.
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Painting of the nineteenth century, Baptism in the French epoch of the Directory, It was the penultimate form of government adopted by the French First Republic, during the French Revolution. By Dutch painter Frederick Hendrick Kaemmerer (1839-1902). Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880
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The Hague, Fuhri, Koenraad, Netherlands, Craeyvanger, Gijsbertus, Painting woman receives a letter, The woman is sitting behind an easel on the table, in her lap lies a painting stick. On the table are a vase with flowers, two pieces of fruit and a small chest. To her left are a man and a woman. The man is wearing a wig and a collar. The woman is handing the seated lady a rolled up piece of paper. Behind the company is a fireplace, on the floor lies a flower., print, prints, height 265 mm, width 320 mm, 1810 - 1895-07-14, print maker, printmaker, 1837 - 1855, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), 1814 - 1858, printer, drukker
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Typical traditional Andalusian characters of the nineteenth century painting by José María Alarcón y Cárceles (Murcia 1848 - Madrid 1904) Spanish painter of the 19th century. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894
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Children's Room by Vdovichev, P. (active First Half of 19th cen.)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ Early 19th cen./ Russia/ Lithograph/ Romanticism/ 19,2x31,4/ Architecture, Interior,Genre
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The lady with dropsy, or la femme hydrophobique, 1663
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George  Washington's last interview with his mother
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Romeo and Juliet' play by Wiliam Shakespeare written c1895. Juliet wakes from her drugged sleep to find that Romeo has killed himself thinking she was dead. Late 19th century illustration.
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Louis XI (1423-1483). King of France. Death of Louis XI. Engraving by Dupre. Universal Library. Popular editions. 1851. Colored.
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Mann serviert einer Frau ein Tablett mit Austern, 1680, Frankreich, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4903259
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Captain Kidd's gift to Mercy Raymond
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REYES CATOLICOS. ISABEL I DE CASTILLA (1451-1504) Y FERNANDO DE ARAGON (1452-1516). "DOÑA ISABEL LA CATOLICA DICTANDO SU TESTAMENTO" (DETALLE), OLEO DE EDUARDO ROSALES EN 1864. MUSEO DEL PRADO. MADRID. Author: EDUARDO ROSALES GALLINAS.
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Honeymoon'. Engraving after a painting by Knut Ekwall (1843-1912). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.
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A kraamkamer (birth-room). Watercolour, 16--.
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Le Benedicite (Grace before Meat), c1740. (1911). Artist: Jean-Simeon Chardin
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The Punished Son, 1778, Jean Baptiste Greuze, (1725-1805/French)
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The Meadow, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, ca. 1820, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm), animals, bonnets, columns, deer, forest, fountain, gathering, gowns, hat, instrument, meadow, men, music, party, petticoat, rabbits, running, women, woods
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In the doctor's hall according to the image of Friedrich Hidedemann. Brend'apaaster, Franz Rand Rardard Richard (183115), the gladly, Friedrich / French there, fresh, fresh, fresh, Friedrich (1849 189)
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Illustration depicting a telescopic bookcase. Dated 19th century
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Frontispiece for Colton's General Atlas, 1857, by C Wise, Frederick Augustus Chapman. Acquisition history unknown.
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"Flight of the Queen of James II.", by Alexander Johnston, in the Crystal Palace Art-Gallery, 1872. 'The narrative of the perilous flight of the poor Queen Mary of Modena, with her infant, then only six months old, when the feeble King had himself resolved to flee before the steady advance of William of Orange, is not a little pathetic...The enterprise was highly dangerous...In the dead of a stormy December night the party stole down the "backstairs" of the Whitehall Palace, carrying with them some of the Royal jewels...The night was bitterly cold and intensely dark, the
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The visit to the nanny Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745-1811). "The visit to the nanny", around 1790. Drawing. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.
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Binz on Rügen, Granitz hunting lodge, built between 1837 and 1846 by Johann Gottfried Steinmeyer on behalf of Prince Wilhelm Malte I zu Putbus, embroidery, tapestry
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Paul Delaroche The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833
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History of Italy. 1400. Queen of Cyprus flanked by ladies of the nobility. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.
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Tom wakes in the palace: "The  richly clad first lord of the  bedchamber was kneeling by his  couch."       Date: First published: 1882
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'Lucy, Countess of Carlisle, and Dorothy Percy's Visit to their Father Lord Percy...', c1831. Artist: JMW Turner
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A Savoyard girl standing near to a fire place playing the hurdy-gurdy. Stipple engraving by G. Sherlock, 1799, after W. Hogarth.
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William Shakespeare 'Romeo and Juliet' 'It is the east and Juliet is the sun' Act II Sc.2. Chromolithograph London 1856-1858.
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In the ancestral gallery, noble lady with boy and dog standing in front of the paintings of the ancestors, France, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.
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Favourite of the Harem, engraving by Thomas Allom, hand painted by Laura Lushington
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Sigismonda with the heart of her husband Engraved by T W Shaw after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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King Charles VI of France. Amusement by a court jester, Charles VI, 1368, 1422, called the Lover and the Madman, was King of France from 1380 until his death, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown
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The Christmas tree, drawing by J A Pasquier, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume XXXIII, December 25, 1858. Digitally colorized image.
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Lavinia, Countess Spencer (1762-1831), and John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1782-1845)', 1906 Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
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The Courtship. Alonso Perez (b.1858-fl.1914). Oil on canvas. 53.2 x 44.5cm
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The Rakes Progress Tavern Scene From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,
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The Duke of Orleans showing his Lover by Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863) Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections c. 1826 Oil on canvas 35x25,5 France Romanticism Genre Painting
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fine arts, Fuessli, Johann Heinrich (1741 - 1825), Falstaff in the laundry basket, painting, 1792, oil on canvas, Kunsthaus Zurich,
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Because She Was Susceptible (Por que fue sensible) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Because She Was Susceptible (Por que fue sensible), 1797-1798. Aquatint on laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm).   European Art 1797-1798
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Theseus went to Athens to see his father  in Athens. His stepmother Medeia recognized him and sought to befriend him.
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people couples ""Undecided"" wood engraving by Franz Simm 19th century,
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The French abbess Marie-Catherine de Beauvilliers (1574-1667) with the king Henry IV of France (1553-1610) in the abbey of Montmartre (Paris). As a young, she became one of the many mistresses of King Henry IV of France when he lodged at the abbey while laying siege to Paris in 1590. Engraving by Cham&Aroy, 1851.
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This 1880s illustration accompanied a book on Homer and his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It shows the scene in the Iliad when Andromache faints on walls of Troy.
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A Visit to the Pitti Palace. Giovanni Battista Filosa (1850-1935). Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour. 125.8 x 90.5cm. The picture depicts the Sala di Giove at the Palazzo Pitti.
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Kyrgyz sultana seated on a carpet and mattress inside a gher with woman and child. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.
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The figures pictured here are two Franks of lower ranks from the years A.D. 400 to 600.  Franks were members of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul (present-day France) in the 6th century.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801). Swiss poet and physiognomist. Engraving by Matellio, copied from a painting by M.A. Gilli. Lavater doing studies of physiognomy. La Ilustracion Nacional, 1887. Colored.
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Music hath Charms, Chicago Tribune Art Supplement, Art by L.G. Ferris, 1894
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Delilah was a woman in the Book of Judges, whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall. Her figure, one of several dangerous temptresses in the Hebrew Bible, has become emblematic: 'Samson loved Delilah, she betrayed him and he lost his strength when Delilah allowed the Philistines to shave his hair off during his slumber (Judges 16:19).
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Margarita of Burgundy (1290-1315). Queen of France and Navarre and first wife King Louis X of France. Confined at Chateau Gaillard and died. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
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Home scene by Karl Zimmermann, Oil on canvas, 19th century, 1796-1820, Lithuania, Kaunas, State M. Ciurlionis Art Museum, 37, 7x56
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PASEO DE LA SEGUIDILLAS BOLERAS. Author: TELLEZ MARCOS. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Saying goodnight to the new baby.        Date: 1882
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Lecon de Dessin. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Johann Anton Andree.
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Representation of a trepanation in Ancient Egypt. Painting.
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Four Seasons. Autumn according to W. N. Porphyriev. A clip from a Russian magazine Zubczaninow, A., (N..), Porfiew, W. N. (N.N.)
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The Story of Psyche (Stained glass window) by French master   / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1441-1444 / France / Stained glass / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 108x57
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