Illustrations of Nature and Mythology

Engravings and illustrations portraying mythical narratives and natural landscapes, reflecting historical scenes and artistic expressions.

Germany, Wolf, erven Jeremias, Umbach, Jonas, Augsburg, Landscape with a rock bridge, verso lower right - stamped, Landscape with a deep gorge through which a river flows. A natural bridge, formed by a rock, runs across the river., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 113 mm, width 79 mm, German, 1624 - 1693-04-28, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1693, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Beowulf finds the severed head of his comrade Aschere (a victim of Grendel the monster).

Composition and design of Theophile Schuler, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

Engraving depicts two people climbing the walls under Niagara Falls. Dated 1870

Germany, Wolf, erven Jeremias, Umbach, Jonas, Augsburg, Landscape with a rock bridge, verso lower right - stamped, Landscape with a deep gorge through which a river flows. A natural bridge, formed by a rock, runs across the river., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 113 mm, width 79 mm, German, 1624 - 1693-04-28, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1693, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

GOREDALE

'What a tailor can do!', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Drawing dashed, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

Rome, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, Carceri d'invenzione, Dungeons, Great wheel, verso - stamped, Large wooden wheel on a stone building. Numbered top left: IX., print, prints, height 557 mm, width 406 mm, Italian, 1720-10-04 - 1778-11-09, print maker, printmaker, 1761 - 1761, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Riddle of Fear', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 2 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and François Rouget (1811-1886), engraver. "Madam Senneschalle runs deer." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101780-25 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

'Death of a Woodhewer', c1860-1910 (1924).Artist: Alphonse Legros

Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Death of Abel by his brother Cain. Engraving.

Jonah is vomited out by the whale. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Postcard advertising the Congress of Peace of the Seine, Paris, by the French artist Honore Daumier. The card warns that the return of German militarism would lead to invasion and death.

God separates light and dark, allegory on the fall and the pigeon returns with olive branch, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print Three performances on a leaf. Above: Presentation of the separation of light and darkness. Above the earth the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father. On the left the sun and on the right the moon and the stars. Middle: Allegorical representation of the fall. The snake has thrown around the globe and holds an apple between head and tail. Behind the globe, death appears as a skeleton with an arrow in his hand. Below: De Duif returns to Noah with an olive branch, after the flood. In the background, Noah's Ark on a mountain. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving earth, world as celestial body. division of light and darkness. tetragram (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father. Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3:1-7) (+ variant). Death as skeleton. the dove returns with an olive-branch ~ story of Noah

This illustration entitled the 'Scalp of Brian Connor' near Kilrush shows a man sitting in abject misery with no shelter. A 'scalp' was worse than a 'scalpeen' as it was merely a hole in the ground covered with some turf in which the most destitute sought shelter. Even here they were not left alone but hunted and evicted from these living graves. Many were left in roofless cottages during the time of the evictions in conditions worse than a pigsty. A figure of authority stands by the wall, a

Artist or School: Russell DrysdaleTitle/Date: The Rabbiters (1947)Medium: Oil on CanvasDimensions Accession No: 75.4 X 100.8. January 1, 1947. (Photo by National Gallery of Victoria).

Orpheus, decorative painting the Opera foyer, vintage engraving. Orpheus, decorative painting the Opera foyer, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679817

1869 Exhibition of Painting, Featured A Gallic, vintage engraving. 1869 Exhibition of Painting, Featured A Gallic, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678903

The Fisherman and the Afrite (or Genie) 1868 Designed by John La Farge American. The Fisherman and the Afrite (or Genie) 381684 Artist: Designed by John La Farge, American, New York 18351910 Providence, Rhode Island, Artist: Engraved by Henry Marsh, American, 18261912, The Fisherman and the Afrite (or Genie), 1868, Wood engraving, image: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 in. (17.3 x 13.7 cm) sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 13/16 in. (24.1 x 17.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936 (36.27.1(2))

Picture tableau on the subject of Southern Africa from an encyclopaedia from 1880, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

"Illustration depicting Fridtjof Nansen running into some difficulties in a crevasse while crossing the Inland Ice. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian, and Nobel Prize laureate. Dated 20th century

Grimbart's summons

Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book I lines 344 and 345

Cartoon - The Sympathy of the Dominion Goes Out to the Maritimes and Newfoundland Arthur George Racey (1870-1941)

Honoré Daumier, Les nouveaux Icares, 19th century Les nouveaux Icares

Soon the boat, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872.

Banditti (vignette), Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794-1878, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1830, Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Inca empire. Pizarro encourages his companions for the conquest of Peru, 1527. Engraving by Rico after a painting by Angel Lizcano (1846-1929). Detail. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish engraver.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "La Cholère du Maucgege." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101782-15 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century

Northern Netherlands, Fokke, Simon, Amsterdam ships burned by the Guelders, 1512, 24 December 1512., print, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 80 mm, width 41 mm, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, 18th century, 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Woodblock engraving depicting Martin Frobisher, an English seaman and privateer, encountering Greenlanders in search of the North West Passage. Dated 16th century

THE GALLANT RESCUE BY MRS. WRIGHT AND MISS JESSIE ACE OF MEN OF THE MUMBLES LIFEBOAT, AT MUMBLES HEAD, NEAR SWANSEA, UK, 1883

Then the Lord Answered Job out of the Whirlwind, from Illustrations of the Book of Job William Blake (British, 1757-1827). , 1825. Engraving, 8 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.1 x 16.3 cm). European Art 1825

'We Come Up Through Many Slaveries Into Freedom', c1918, (1918). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan.

Five sailing ships at sea during a storm Ships in stormy weather (series title), print maker: Johann Wilhelm Baur, publisher: erven Johann Michael Probst, print maker: Vienna, publisher: Augsburg, 1640 and/or in or after 1809, paper, etching, h 108 mm × w 150 mm

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Aristide Louis (1815-1852), engraver. "Arachnid." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101787-13 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Hermit in a hut in the forest, playing the violin, in the surrounding area many devotional objects and some wild animals, 1880, A man sitting in front of his mystical house in the forest, surrounded by animals, historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, record date not stated

The Temptation of Saint Anthony: Le désert de la Thébaïde (page 5), c. 1898. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951). Book with 47 line blocks (some photo mechanical), hand-colored with stencils; overall: 25 x 32.8 x 1.5 cm (9 13/16 x 12 15/16 x 9/16 in.).

La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric) Made 1814-1820 Nantes. Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed . Carle Vernet

Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 3636716

Woman with a Raven (Die Frau mit dem Raben am Abgrund). Artist: Cut by Christian Friedrich (German, 1770-1843); Designed by Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774-1840 Dresden). Dimensions: image: 6 11/16 x 4 11/16 in. (17 x 11.9 cm)sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in. (24.4 x 19.2 cm). Date: probably 1803. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

December. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (designed after) painter Lacroix, Jean de II (French, ca.1640-d.1714) (workshop) weaver c. 1712 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'5" x W 10'10.25" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 20-26/inch, weft: 96-112/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Comte de Camondo coll., Paris; sold at Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 2/1/1893-2/3/1893, no. 291. Gaston Menier coll., Paris; sold at Galerie Charpentier (Paris), 11/24/1936, lot 111. Baron Gendebien-Salvay coll, Belgium. Vincent Laloux coll., Brussels. Purchased by J. Paul Getty Museum (1985). United States, California, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, accno. 85.DD.309. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: I.D.L.CROX (not visible in photograph) Inscriptions: Inscription on cartouche, center: CHASTEAV / DE / MONCEAVX Château de Monceaux set in winter landscape, with hunters; in foreground, balustrade with oriental carpet, musical instruments & variet

Rocks at Narragansett, Rhode Island William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835-1900). , 1862-1863. Graphite and white crayon (or chalk) on blue paper, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 21 13/16 in. (35.2 x 55.4 cm). American Art 1862-1863

The telegraph cable linking France and Britain as seen in a John Leech cartoon from 'Punch' magazine 1850

Prometheus, Augusto Gross painting. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Adelie, discovery February 21, 1840, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Stairway Gemmi, vintage engraving. Stairway Gemmi, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673782

Samuel Palmer, Moeris and Galatea, from Virgil's Eclogues, 1883-84, etching on wove paper.

'L'Avarice', (Jealousy) c1900-1920 (1924). Artist: Marcel Roux

metals, gold, washing gold at the flume, wood engraving, 1872,

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

Death of King Philip, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

fine arts, religious art, Adam and Eve, creation of Eve, wood engraving, by Gustave Dor_ (1832 - 1883), illustration, Paris, 1865, private collection, Europe, graphics, religion, christianity, biblical scene, god, rib, 19th century,

Cartoon from Punch, 1906, showing Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), squeezing his subjects in the Congo Free State (now Democratic Republic of Congo) to death. After exposure of exploitation of local labour, in 1908 Belgium annexed the territory and conditions improved slightly from when it was under Leopold s personal rule and it was known as the Belgian Congo until independence.

Paris, Janet, François, Vernet, Horace, Bovinet, Edme, Salon d'Horace Vernet, 1822, Guerillas and Embuscade., Landscape with guerrilla fighters in ambush, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 232 mm, width 155 mm, French, 1767 - 1832, print maker, printmaker, 1822 - 1822, paper, papier, chine collé, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), stippelwerk, 1789-06-30 - 1863-01-17, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A shelter, vintage engraving. A shelter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678419

Fackeltelegraf bei den alten Römern, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Marches Pesaro e Urbino Urbino Museo del Duomo "Albani"1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Sculpture, paintings, panel painting, triptychs, polyptychs German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Illustration depicting a scene from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" - Humpty Dumpty explains the poem Jabberwocky to Alice. Toves are like badgers with corkscrew noses, and make their nests under sundials. Illustrated John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

Death of the Prophet of Bethel, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful.

Act III Scene vi from Cymbeline, c19th century. Artist: Unknown.

'Pretty teacher!', 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

Der Liebesroman, junges Paar liegt auf der Wiese, Frühlingsstimmung, er liest ihr aus einem Buch vor, 1880, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduk...

November, month of fog (Matthieu de Laensberg), from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 14, 1867 November 14, 1867 Honoré Daumier. November, month of fog (Matthieu de Laensberg), from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 14, 1867. 'News of the day' (Actualités). Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808-1879 Valmondois). November 14, 1867. Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil). Arnaud de Vresse. Prints

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE.

The Tom Thumb, night, house, woman shines light on the lonely children, illustration from Perrault's Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Dore

La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric). Engraved by Delmes (French, active 1815) after Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) and Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863); Manufactured by Favre-Petitpierre et Cie. (French, active 1815); France, Nantes. Date: 1814-1820. Dimensions: 72.4 x 57.2 cm (28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed. Origin: Nantes. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Fête champêtre Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (French, 1824-1886). Fête champêtre, ca. 1865. Oil on panel, 21 7/16 x 26 in. (54.5 x 66 cm). European Art ca. 1865

The crier. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Van Gelder paper

Frederick the Great (1712-1786). King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg. Meeting at Sanssouci Palace, Postdam. Germany. Engraving by Adolph Menzel (1815-1905).

Fischer beim Fang von Stör, Atlantischer Stör, Acipenser oxyrinchus, mit dem Netz, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999477

Junges Paar mit einem Wasserkrug an einer Wasserstelle, Hermann und Dorothea am Brunnen, nach einem ein Epos in neun Gesängen von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage mit einer Szene aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4999545

Marine, Moonlight Albert Pinkham Ryder (American, 1847-1917). , 1890s. Oil on panel, 11 3/8 x 12 1/16 in. (28.9 x 30.6 cm). American Art 1890s

Brother and sister painting by Edouard Girardet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Sledging, vintage engraving. Sledging, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648041

The handle to the sharks. The rustic bridge, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Natives preparing curare among the Munduruku Indians, Brazil, South America. Journey of the French painter Francois Auguste Biard in Brazil, 1858-1859

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy "Inferno" or "Visions of Hell"; Dante meets the Panther

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Jean Gauchard (1825-1872), engraver. "The horns (Maulvais Resve)." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101781-19 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Illustration by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead. Showing an imaginary scene from a proposed 'walking' tour of the island by mule cart which (fortunately) did not materialise. Date: circa 1930s

Colossus overthrown of Ramses II at Memphis. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Men with long ears, vintage engraving. Men with long ears, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660271

Nude on Rocks Arthur William Heintzelman (American, 1891-1965). , 1918. Etching American Art 1918

A woodcut by Caspar David Friedrich circa 1802 showing a woman standing near a cliff with a raven above, emphasizing silhouette and dramatic landscape forms typical of Friedrich's work.

The Trump Card Conrad Wise Chapman (American, 1842-1910). The Trump Card, 1868. Oil on canvas, 20 13/16 x 25 1/2 in. (52.9 x 64.7 cm). American Art 1868

The handle to the sharks. The rustic bridge, vintage engraving. The handle to the sharks. The rustic bridge, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657232

Sketchbook C. Halsey. Sketchbook, ca. 1879. Drawing: ink and graphite on cardboard with gilded edges Sketchbook: bound book with drawings in graphite, ink, and colored pencil, Drawing: 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in. (16.4 x 10.6 cm). American Art ca. 1879

Sinking of the Ship Coat of Arms of Hamburg, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

RETURN OF THE EXILE. TOBY E. ROSENTHAL

Symbolbild für Helgoland, Nordsee, 1880, Deutschland, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904082

France: Early Flight - 'Zambeccari et ses deux compagnons dans l'Adriatique,1804' (Zambeccari and his two companions in the Adriatic, 1804), Paris, Romanet, c. 1895

Ingenious contraption for use in the wilds of Brazil, a chipmunk bagger, part of a series by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News called Very Patent Aides to Sport. A hunter waits patiently with a bag underneath a rickety framework covered in nuts ready to bag his greedy victims. Date: 1928

The Moonlight Ride, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE - SIGLO XX - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. DON QUIJOTE. SANCHO PANZA. Rocinante.

Illustration for William Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III. From an 18th century engraving by Samuel Middiman after a work by Joseph Wright.

Piece 1785 Oberkampf Manufactory French. Piece. French, Jouy-en-Josas. 1785. Linen. Textiles-Printed

Drawing - The Sea Serpent Robert Harris (1849 - 1919)

Engraving by Gustave Doré from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy "Purgatory and Paradise"; Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount P

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