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Intimate Scenes of 17th Century Life

Realistic engravings portraying domestic life, including childbirth and visits from nursemaids, highlighting the warmth and complexity of family interactions.

A harlot's progress, plate 4 , Prostitutes, Prisoners, Prisons, Linen industry. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
A harlot's progress, plate 4 , Prostitutes, Prisoners, Prisons, Linen industry. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
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Netherlands, Vletter, Samuel de, Bing, Valentijn, Backer, Hilmar Johannes, Hortensius, priest in Naarden, killed at the intercession of Balmadio, his former pupil, Lambertus Hortensius spared by the intervention of Balmadio, 1572, Lambertus Hortensius is spared his life during the murder in Naarden by the intervention of his former pupil Balmadio, 1572., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 112 mm, width 175 mm, 1804-09-17 - 1845-05-01, print maker, printmaker, 1822 - 1845, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, lithography (technique), 1812 - 1895-01-28, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Dutch, 1816-07-19 - 1844-09-02
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A 1738 etching and copper engraving by William Hogarth depicting a nighttime scene, showing figures and urban setting in evening light.
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Reproductions of three engravings: Daniel Miko Aj Chodowiecki (1726-1801), a doctorate's buckets, a pedant's bucket, poet's buckets; Z: "W Drowiec", 1903, No. 28, p. 556; Wierzbicki B. and S-ka (Warsaw; Graphic Zaki; 1897-1944), W Drowiec (Warsaw; magazine; 1863-1906); 1903 (1903-00-00-1903-00-00);
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The Count of Egmond on the scaffold looking at the body of the Count of Horne under a robe Next to him a priest, on the left the executioner, Egmond at the scaffold, 1568, print maker: Edgar Alfred Baes, (mentioned on object), Belgium, 1847 - 1909, paper, etching, h 189 mm × w 240 mm
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Amor in two fighting roosters, Jan van Vianen, 1686 print Amor stands, leaning on his bow, with a chicken run with two fighting roosters for him. There are no comrades in love; They will always try to ruin it for each other. Eleventh emblem from Emblemata amatoria. Northern Netherlands paper etching (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). poultry house. chicken house. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.). cock-fighting
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Savoyard with a Dancing Doll by Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (1725-1805) / Albertina, Vienna / Rococo / / France / Pen, brush, brown colour, black chalk, water colour on paper / Genre / 32,4x27,5
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Testament van eudamidas, Jean Pesne, After Nicolas Poussin, 1633 - 1700 print France paper etching / engraving death of Eudamidas: on his deathbed, having no money, he entrusts his mother and daughter to the good care of his two friends; the testament of Eudamidas
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Two women next to a pond in a courtyard, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1781 print Alexander watches from the window. paper etching Literature. garden pond. human figure at (open) window, seen from outside
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Napoleon Francis Charles Joseph (1811-1832), King of Rome, Emperor of the French, Prince of Parma, Duke of Reichstadt. He died of tuberculosis in Vien
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Hoeye, Rombout van den, Northern Netherlands, The handing over of the ratification of the Peace of Münster, 1648, The conclusion of the Peace of Münster in the Friedenssaal of the town hall of Münster. Central is the exchange of ratification between the Dutch and Spanish delegates Antoine Brun and the Count of Peñaranda. On the left the States' delegates sitting around a table., print, picture, news print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 364 mm, width 410 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1648 - 1648, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1622-07-30 - 1671-04-24, publisher
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3. Evening The original Sadlers Wells building. The horns behind the husband's head suggest that he has been cuckolded. Date: 1738
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Heroism of a woman, at St Mithier, against the Vendeans in 1794 , print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Daniël Vrijdag, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Casenawe, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1794 - 1796, paper, etching, engraving, h 220 mm × w 265 mm
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Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Tagliacozzo, S. Francesco, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe
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The Four Times of Day: Night, 1738. William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). Engraving;
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze drawing of the Punished Son, executed in ink and bister with brushwork, dated 1777-1778.
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. Cutting room where Putti sections commit on an animal that lies on a table. Other putti study preparations and insects. Various skeletons hang on the ceiling.
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Venice, Cavalli, Nicolo, Italy, Maggiotto, Francesco, Volpato, Giovanni, Straatroepen, Savoiardi colla Lanterna Magica, Savoyards with a magic lantern, verso - stamped, A man carries a magic lantern on his back and turns a music box. Behind him walks a youth with a box containing a rodent. Title in bottom margin., print, prints, height 367 mm, width 286 mm, Italian, 1740 - 1803, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1803, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1730 - 1822, publisher
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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Scene in a Courtyard with a Man and a Woman, 1736-1798, aquatint on laid paper.
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A Chorus of Singers. 1732. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Noon, plate two from The Four Times of the Day 1738 England. Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper . William Hogarth
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The cruelty of the bull, 1647; Stiers Wreetheyd, pegs to master and wife, and wonderfully consists of redemption 'Hunnes Kinds, shit to Sardam. Illustration of the events known as the cruelty of the bull, 1647. De Boer and his pregnant wife that were attacked by a bull on 29 August 1647 in Zaandam. The pregnant woman is taken on the horns in which the child is hurled out of the belly. The print shows an interior in which the deadly wounded farmer and farmer. In the background you can see in two scenes how the man and the woman are attacked by the bull and how the bull is finally finished. Under the show a description of the events, different verses about the protagonists and a statement of the doctor concerned, in 5 columns.
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Characteristic Volksscenen , Blue Monday at Praterheurigen, Joseph d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli -, artist
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General Bonaparte in front of the Council of the five hundred
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William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, A Rake's Progress, Plate IV: Goes to Court, 1735. Line Engraving.
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Congress Van Vienna, 1815, Anonymous, 1815 print Baves during the Vienna congress, 1815. The diplomats meet around a table on which a large map is located. Two allegorical paintings on the wall. Netherlands paper etching negotiations, conference ~ diplomacy Vienna
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The Painter Theodoor Rombouts and his Wife with Sheet Music and a Lute, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, after Theodoor Rombouts, 1596 - 1659 print The painter Theodoor Rombouts and his wife sing from songbooks at a table on which sheet music lies and a lute. Under the performance is a rule of text in Latin. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter. vocal music, singing. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo
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Rotterdam, Thompson, Jacobus, Nederland, Lieshout, Johannes Egbertus van, Paaschprys, Netherlands, Christ sits with his disciples around a table during the Last Supper. In the background two large windows. Numbered top right: No. 33., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 420 mm, width 330 mm, 1770, print maker, prentmaker, 1791 - 1791, paper, papier, houtsnede, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher
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Woman kills her second husband after it became known that he killed her first husband, Caspar Luyken, 1710 print Nuremberg paper etching / letterpress printing violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death (+ death by murder). violent death by dagger, knife
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Parisian national parks. (IT)
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Frontispiece, from Suite de Figures Chinoises.Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Series of Chinoiserie Figures.From the Chambers of Mr. d'Azaincourt), plate 1. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, Rouen 1735-1813 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 7/16 in. (34.8 x 26.5 cm)Plate: 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (22.3 x 17.5 cm). Publisher: Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). Series/Portfolio: Suite de Figures Chinoises.Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt. Date: mid-18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: after François Boucher. Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel.
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The Rake's Progress. Plate five 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
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E. Stalker, active 1801-1823, American, Mr. West and Family. Engraving.
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The raising of Lazarus, who is carried by three men at left, while his sister and Christ look on at right; from 'Theatrum Pictorium', after Pordenone ca. 1656-60 Jan van Troyen One of Teniers' 246 plates from the series Theatrum Pictorium (Theater of Paintings).. The raising of Lazarus, who is carried by three men at left, while his sister and Christ look on at right; from 'Theatrum Pictorium', after Pordenone. Jan van Troyen (Flemish, Brussels ca. 1610-after 1666). ca. 1656-60. Etching and engraving. Prints
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Photo production of (presumably) a print to a painting by Edwin Henry Landseer; Highland Cradle Landseer. Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks.
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Councellor double-fee. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Bribery,1750-1800. , Judges,Great Britain,1750-1800. , Law & legal affairs,Great Britain,1750-1800.
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William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, The Laughing Audience, 1733. Engraving.
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AF-image of the Nassausche Rust-bed, waer on Wert Verthounts the dead Lichay of Sijn Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick, Prince of Oranjen, Grave of Nassau, & c. Over members in 'SGraven-Hage, 14. Maert, 1647; Begreffseis from Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick. Luxuriously colored edition of the prints of the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik in 1647. The deceased Prince Frederik Hendrik on his deathbed. Around the bed are members of the family and friends. Upstairs the fame flies away to familiarize the news of the prince's death. Colored print in gold frame and stuck in the luxury edition from approx. 1755 of the book 'Begraijkeisse van Syneh Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick' by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651 (see also RP-P-OB-77.001).
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LITOGRAFIA - EL POBRE DE LO QUE CANTA YANTA - 1850 - REFRAN ESPAÑOL. Author: ROSSI A. Location: BIBLIOTECA MUNICIPAL, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Robert Laurie, 1755-1836, British, Court of Equity, Belle Savage Inn, Ludgate Hill. Photomechanical reproduction of a mezzotint published 1780.
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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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Engraving depicting George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) a German baroque composer, directing an oratorio. Dated 18th Century
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Une Famille Belge. (1830.) Belgian household goods; Four cartrents in the situation in Belgium before and after the separation, 1831. Interior of a home with a lucky Belgian family in prosperity. State in 1830 before independence. Part of a series of four cartoons from 1831 in the situation in Belgium before and after the separation, see also the pendant.
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Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, Potus Calidæ Theiæ, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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A Fruit Market, from The Houghton Gallery. Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822); after Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579-1657); intermediary drawing by Joseph Farington (British, 1747-1821); published by John Boydell (British, 1719-1804). Date: 1775. Dimensions: 359 × 572 mm (image); 415 × 576 mm (plate); 500 × 672 mm (sheet). Mezzotint with engraving in black ink on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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The Enraged Musician, 1741. William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764). Etching;
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A Fish Market 1782 England. Mezzotint on paper . Richard Earlom
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Game of piquet. 16th century. Engraving by C. Penoso after a painting of Jean-Louis-Ernst Meissonier (1815-1891). La Ilustracion Espanola y Arti_stica, 1879.
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Johan de Witt sweaty as pensioner Van Dordrecht, 1650, 1675 print Johan de Witt is sworn in as pensioner of Dordrecht and obtains the release and reparation for his father Jacob de Witt, arrested by Prince William II on July 30, 1650. Fragment of the big print about the De Witt brothers: Witten Wonder Spiegel (1675 ). Northern Netherlands paper etching swearing an oath (with two fingers raised) Dordrecht
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Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.
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Honoré Daumier, Parisiens incrédules , 19th century Parisiens incrédules ...
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Le Perrquier Patrot. (You)
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The king arrested in Varennes. / N � 5 (IT)
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Georgian artists including Benjamin West, Thomas Lawrence, Benjamin Haydon, Joseph Farrington, Richard Westall and Martin Archer Shee drawing a nude model, while classical busts look down. Royal Academicians of Genius reflecting on the true line of Beauty, at the Life Academy, Somerset House. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.
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Minerva (Pallas), Wenceslaus Hollar, after Adam Elsheimer, 1646 print Minerva is in a workspace with artists and scientists. paper etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness
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Voyage pittoresque autour d'une femme à la mode. - Elle s'habille , Alexandre Benois Collection
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Cartoon on England and Cromwell, 1652; State-free State-Sucht: leading in the present government of 't Horted Engelland. Cartoon on England and Cromwell, 1652. Oliver Cromwell sitting on his throne, spreads under the foot peace documents, kneeling on his feet and begging women for their men. Left blows Hugh Peters with a bellows in the ear of Cromwell. On the right the members of the Blood Council: Sir Thomas Fairfax and Admiraal Robert Blake and Members Parliament. On the right, some levels offer a petition. On the left, a loyal dog protects the Insignia of the English Kroon (Karel II) against another dog. At the top of a small scene with Admiral Tromp who does a loss at Cromwell, a reference to the victory of tromp at the sea battle at Dungeness. Under the plate on the leaf printed a caption in 3 columns. The composition returns to the sixteenth-century prints of the Duke of Alva on his throne.
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Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel, Lankhout & Co, Samuel, Netherlands, Bauer, Marius, The Banquet of the 'Hollandsche Tekenmaatschappij', Cartoon of the banquet at the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Hollandsche Tekenmaatschappij in Hotel Des Indes in The Hague on 31 January 1896. The members of the society are sitting around a large table. At the bottom a four-line verse. Published in the supplement of 'De Kroniek' of February 2, 1896., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, height 300 mm, width 407 mm, Dutch, 1867-01-25 - 1932-07-18, print maker, printmaker, 1896-02-02 - 1896-02-02, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher
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Putti deprive a bird of air in a vacuum experiment, one plays at billiards, another plays with magnetised keys, while outside a storm rages: representing physics. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
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Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching after N. Poussin.
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Fratres in Malo: or Tim Bobbin's Rap at the Pyrates. Gallery of rogues, thieves and cheats in the book trade of the north of England and Scotland. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) from Human Passions Delineated, John Haywood, Manchester, 1773.