Illustrations of Historical Events

Engravings portraying significant historical events and figures, indicating cultural narratives through intricate illustrations from past centuries.

William Shakespeare with friends in the Mermaid tavern, woodcut from 1864

Engraving depicting Peter the Great (1672-1725) ruler of the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire. Dated 19th century

William Shakespeare with friends in the Mermaid tavern, woodcut from 1864

The International Exhibition in South Kensington: entrance to the English Picture Gallery, 1871. 'The department which is formed by the British works of Fine-Art occupies nearly as much space as the fine-art productions of all foreign nations, if we except the French annexe. It fills the whole length of the western side of the great quadrangle on the upper floor, besides two adjoining towers and the gallery of the Royal Albert Hall, in which some water-colour drawings are placed. Of the apartments on the western side the north and south galleries are devoted to oil paintings; the centre gall

The Dismission of the Earl of Murray (Moray) and the Abbot of Kilwinning by Queen Elizabeth, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Peter the Great on his deathbed. Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov, 1672 - 1725. Tsar of Russia. From an 18th century engraving by Leonard Schenk after a work by Adolf van der La

The Harlots Progress Expires while the doctors are disputing From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Visiting Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, woodcut from 1864

Jerry suffering the effects of over indulgence. Doctor takes his pulse, maid heats four poster bed with warming pan. Landlady hovers attentively. Illustration by (Issac) Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank Snr for Pierce Egan Life in London, London, 1821.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Genoese navigator. Columbus in Santa Fe camp. Engraving by Specht after a painting by Kollarz. The Illustrated Universe, 1880.

Mr. Watkins Tottle. Old illustration for Sketches by Boz. Charles Dickens

English novelist Charles Dickens (18371870) publshedhis first novel 'The Pickwick Papers' in 10 installments of three chapters each. the first installment appeared in 1836. The illustrator was Hablot Browne. Browne's pseudonym was 'Phiz'; Dickens' was 'Boz.' Note the name'Phiz' underneath this illustration of Browne titled 'Red-Nosed Man Discourseth.'.

Five and Twenty. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as Phiz

A Midsummer Night on the Terrace of the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, 1881. Artist: Swain.

A quarter of an hour Rabelais, painting by Mr Vetter. engraving 1855

Illustration for the 'Historic, Genealogical Almanac for the Year 1793'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, circa 1784. Prints; etchings. Etching, laid down

"A Painter's First Work", by Marcus Stone in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting. 'Our little incipient painter...has been left at home in an empty room. We may fancy that he has looked long and often at the Lely-like portrait of a lady...with no eye to observe and no hand to check, the irresistible imitative impulse, or rather the first...inspiration of genius, prompts him to seize the chalk and copy what has so long held him under a spell. He does so, and, as a "first work," even this rough chalk sketch has abundant indication of a special natural

Marie Antoinette in front of the Revolutionary Tribunal, French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette, November 2nd 1755, October 16, 1793 executed, was born a...

William Smith, having been beaten at Back-swording at the fair, being led away by his disapproving sweetheart. Illustration for 1869 edition of Tom Browns Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. Original edition 1857.

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA-GRABADO-TRATADO DE LA HAYA 1668-. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Bread distribution at the Louvre during the 1709 famine, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

The assassination of Philip of Swabia by Otto of Wittelsbach, Philip of Swabia, 1177, 21 June 1208, from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Roman-German king from 1198 until his assassination in 1208, Otto VIII of Wittelsbach, 1180, 1209, was the Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1189 to 1208, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

The Rake's Progress: Tavern Scene - Plate II in William Hogarth's series of eight originally published 1735. Here the Rake squanders his fortune on drink, women and gambling. Woman caressing him steals his watch and hands it to accomplice behind him. Engraving

Abdankung von Maria Stuart. Mary, Königin der Schotten, 8. Dezember 1542, 8. Februar 1587, auch bekannt als Mary Stuart oder Mary I von Schottland, wa...

ANTHONY VAN DYCK AND FRANS HALS

Irish Potato Famine: Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. The potato crop which, provided the staple food for the Irish peasantry, was destroyed by Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), the cause of the famine in which one million died of starvation and another 2.5 million were forced to emitrate. From 'The Illustrated London News', June 1842. Wood engraving.

Black and White Illustration: "Prison Scene". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "The Rake's Progress"

Greedy Greedy Greedy, Composition and design of Theophile Schuler, vintage engraving. Greedy Greedy Greedy, Composition and design of Theophile Schuler, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679617

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

The Rake's Progress: Tavern Scene - Plate II in William Hogarth's series of eight originally published 1735. Engraving

The Return of fishing, Edward Girardet painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Nuccia beats witch, vintage engraving. Nuccia beats witch, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673873

Morning, Engraving of the sixteenth century, according to the Stradan painter, vintage engraving. Morning, Engraving of the sixteenth century, according to the Stradan painter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673284

ARTISTIC BAZAAR IN ST. JAMES'S HALL, MANCHESTER, IN AID OF THE LANCASHIRE INDEPENDENT COLLEGE

The Rakes Progress Marries an old maid From an original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA , MIGUEL. QUIJOTE, DON. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. ALCALA DE HENARES 1547-1616. ILUSTRACION PARA "DON QUIJOTE". " DON QUIJOTE ES ARMADO CABALLERO ". EDITADO EN PARIS AÑO 1845. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Quilp and his friends encamped in the parlour of the Old Curiosity Shop smoking their churchwarden pipes. Quilp has called in the debt owing to Little Nell's grandfather. Illustration by 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne - 1815-1882) from ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' by Charles Dickens, London, 1841.

Engraving depicting Bernard Palissy (1510-1589) a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman. Dated 19th century

Schlechte Nachrichten im Kontor der Reederei, Belgien, nach einem Gemälde von Emile Hendrik Karel Godding, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Ori...

The marriage of Jakob and Lea and the birth of their first child, Cornelis Cort, After Frans Floris (I), After 1563 - Before c. 1601 print Ornament for dish edge. On the right the meal for the marriage of Jakob and Lea. On the left a glimpse to a bedroom with the birth of Lea's child. With Latin caption in Cartouche. print maker: unknownpublisher: Antwerp paper engraving the marriage of Jacob and Rachel. Leah bears four sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. ornament ~ cartouche

In Bedlam from "A Rake's Progress" Plate VIII William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). , 1735. Engraving on heavy laid paper, 14 x 16 1/16 in. (35.6 x 40.8 cm). European Art 1735

What may be doing abroad - what is doing at home. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 645. Rulers,1760-1770. , Politics & government,England,1760-1770. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Black and White Illustration: "Toilette Scene". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Marriage a la Mode"

Amsterdam, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Juliane and Justus kiss each other when they meet again, verso - stamped, As soon as Justus enters the room, Juliane falls into his arms and kisses him. Her mother watches from the couch., print, prints, height 185 mm, width 139 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1770 - 1770, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

The Rake's Progress. Plate one of a series of eight by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell; the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant; who comes to London; wastes all his money on luxurious living; prostitution and gambling; and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bethlem Hospital; or Bedlam

Queen Elizabeth I receiving news of the death of her sister, Queen Mary. Elizabeth I, 1533 -1603. Queen of England and Ireland. From an engraving dated 1792 by Luigi Schiavonetti after a work by Ri

Queen Jane and Lord Guilford Dudley brought back to the Tower, 1553 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank

Margaret Dickson, hung for the murder of a child, later revived. The law protected her from being tried for the same crime again, and she lived for another 30 years. Date: 1728

A bottle of champagne, vintage engraving. A bottle of champagne, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679342

Confession of the Countess of Nottingham, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), estadista francés y ministro de Luis XIV, es presentado al político y cardenal francés Giulio (o Jules) Mazarino (1602-1661), de quién será su hombre de confianza. Grabado de 1866.

Nearly 'worried to death' by the 'Greatest Plague of Life', c1840s.Artist: George Cruikshank

1840S 1843 Charles Dickens Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit Christmas Dinner Illustration By Edwin Abbey

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Mr Crump's Extreme Politeness, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: 'A Midnight Modern Conversation

"Florizel and Per Dita", by C. R. Leslie, R.A., at the South Kensington Museum, 1861. Engraving from the '...well-known picture, by C. Leslie, R A ....which, under the title of "Florizel and Perdita," illustrates one of the most charming scenes in "The Winter's Tale," and is that in act iv., sc. 3, where Polixenes and Camillo in disguise listen to the unconscious philosophising of Perdita on her flowers. The skill and taste in the grouping of the five characters in the picture, which is apparent enough on the face of it, gains by a reference to the lines spoken by

Note payable, painting by Eugene Leroux, vintage engraving. Note payable, painting by Eugene Leroux, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679921

Engraving by William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. Dated 18th Century.

BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS AT GROSVENOR HOUSE, SCENE FROM A REPRESENTATION OF PASSAGES FROM THE SECOND PART GIVEN BY THE FAMILY OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE MACDONALD IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, HAM COMMON, SURREY, 1877 engraving

"Graphic America - Steerage Passengers" (The Graphic). Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton (British, Madras, India 1836-1875 London). Dimensions: image: 11 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (29.8 x 22.4 cm)sheet: 16 x 11 7/16 in. (40.6 x 29 cm). Date: March 12, 1870. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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, living room, spinning wheel, woman, cry, grief, disappointment, mother, father, son, murderer, door, refuse, collar, anger, resist, throw out, Hanne Nuete 24, North Germany, 19th century, historical illustration 1868 century, historical illustration 1868

The Return of the fields, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Illustration depicting the attack of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) a French weaver and merchant, by the silk weavers of Lyons out of fear that his loom would put them out of work. Dated 19th Century

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty, The Reward of Cruelty, by William Hogarth (1697-1764), The victim lies on the table with his body cut open and the intestines eaten by the dog, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The matchmaker with their goods, French copper engraving by Wille de Fils, 1850

The collapse of the House of Lords under William Pitt the Elder. a British Whig statesman and prime minister who led Great Britain during the Seven Years' War. He died on May 11. 1778. England. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

Smoking 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 1860

geography/travel Germany Munich people at the inn lithograph by Philipp von Foltz (1805 - 1877) Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich,

The Trial of Weights and Measures under the Reign of Henry Vii; Black and White Illustration;

Goetz von Berlichingen, drama by Goethe, Goetz and brother Martin, vintage engraving. Goetz von Berlichingen, drama by Goethe, Goetz and brother Martin, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660665

Cypriania Bustia a Piedmontese after being starved to death, taken from his prison and thrown to the dogs to be devoured. Engraving from c 1780 editio

Engraving depicting a scene from King John: Scene in Northampton Castle in which Prince Arthur pleads with Hubert not to blind him. Written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) an English poet, playwright and actor. Dated 19th century

Prostitution, brothel, painting by Joachim Beuckelaer, c. 1550, Belgium, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

The wise men of Gotham and their goose. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 695. Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , Geese,England,1770-1780. , Politics & government,England,1770-1780. , Government policy,England,1770-1780. , Legislators,England,1770-1780. , Bishops,England,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

A family sits at the dinner table where the son is being welcomed home. Mezzotint.

Bombled, Karel Frederik, Woman and three gentlemen on the street, recto lower right - handwritten, The policeman and two men with top hats look at the lady in the middle., print, engraving, prints, engravings, proof, recto lower middle - handwritten, KF Bombled del et lith, height 169 mm, width 240 mm, 1822 - 1902-01-04, print maker, printmaker, 1832 - 1902, paper, papier, chine collé, lithografie (technique), Expression creation

1872 Exhibition of Painting, Autumn Table of Plundered, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

First sketch of 'The Vintage Festival', c1871 (c1880-1882). Artist: Unknown

Court in Canton, print taken from the Viaggio del Baron Hubner, April 20, 1879 issue of the magazine Italian Illustraion. China, 19th century.

The Tariff Commission in Session Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937). The Tariff Commission in Session, n.d. Pen and ink with red pencil and graphite on paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 5/16 in. (28.9 x 36.4 cm). American Art n.d.

'The Encounter', (1930).Artist: Constantin Guys

Engraving from an original by William Hogarth b1697, d1764 from The Rake's Progress; Arrested for Debt and Going to Court

Maria Theresa of Austria, 1717 - 1780, a princess from the House of Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, in Hungary, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

Young James Watt (1736-1819)inventor of the steam engine, staring at a steam kettle. Engraving. Nuestro Siglo, 1883. Spanish edition.

Maria Antonietta in front of the revolutionary court, from a painting by De la Charlerie, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1170, Volume XLVI, July 29, 1865.

Illustration depicting the winner of the King of the Bean on Twelfth Night. Dated 19th Century

Paris, France. The Provost's prison, rue de la Tannerie. Engraving after a woodcut in "Praxis Rerum Civilium", by Joost de Damhouder (1507-1581). Published Antwerp, 1596. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

"Water-Carriers at the Well in the Alhambra, Spain," by T. R. Macquoid, in the General Water-Colour Exhibition, 1868. Engraving of a painting, '...a suggestive glimpse of modern Spanish life. The well...is in the Plaza de los Algibes, a large open space within the precincts of the Alhambra...the kind of awning, composed of esparto, or rush matting, stretched on poles, is a modern and common contrivance to exclude the burning sunlight, except the confined rays falling through the small apertures overhead, one of which rays the artist has taken advantage of to bring forward and give br

Edward Underhill the hot gospeller preaching to the giants in the by-ward or Gate Tower, 1840. Artist: George Cruikshank

Feast, copper engraving by N de Bruyn, 17th Century

Franc_oise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon (1635 Ð1719). Second wife of King Louis XIV of France. She was known during her first marriage as Madame Scarron. Madame de Maintenon on San Cir. Engraving, 19th century.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE, born 1771, died 1832, Scottish poet, writer, and his family, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ori...

Society in a Wine Cellar in the Middle Ages, woodcut after a painting by Vinea, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Dinner given by Waterhouse Hawkins (the maker) to celebrate the completion of two Iguanadon statues to be put on display at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, New Year's Eve, 1853. Guests included Richard Owen, E Forbes, the geologist Prestwick and the ornithologist Gould. From 'The Illustrated London News', January 1854.

Illustration depicting the congratulations of King Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (1768-1844) the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily, and later King of Spain. After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers, Madrid. Dated 1808

Engraving depicting a Gladstone bag, a small portmanteau suitcase built over a rigid frame which could separate into two equal sections. The bags are named after former British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.

I Was Beatin' 'is Face. Date/Period: 1914. Drawing. Crayon, ink, and graphite on paper Crayon, ink, and graphite on paper. Height: 615.95 mm (24.25 in); Width: 457.20 mm (18 in). Author: George Bellows.

New Year, New Year's Eve, the dream of youth of wealth, prosperity and woman, young man dreaming, 1868, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Society. 18th century. Musician. Harpist. Engraving.

Joan of Arc 1412 to 1431 being interrogated in her cell by the Cardinal of Winchester after the painting by Paul Delaroche From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) was an English political figure and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509. Wolsey became the king's almoner. He was arrested in Leicester on false charges of high treason and died on his way to London. Digital reproduction of a historical original.

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