Mythical and Allegorical Scenes

Dramatic illustrations featuring mythical creatures and allegorical themes, often in dark tones and vintage engravings, depict stories from biblical and mythological contexts.

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

Creation Of Man, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey" Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902). A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey," 1871. Wood engraving on newsprint paper, Image: 13 11/16 x 11 1/4 in. (34.8 x 28.5 cm). American Art 1871

The intrusive woman

On the street. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Elisha watches as the Children Destroyed By Bears, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (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

It is time', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 80 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Major Colin Halket discovers skeletons of father and brother, circa 1758

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

Africa. Schoor, Lodewijk van (Flemish, 1666-1726) (author of design, figures) painter Spierincx, Pieter (Flemish, act.1614-1647) (author of design, landscape) painter c. 1690-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'3" x W 3'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Edgar Scott, invoiced 3/4/1938. In formal garden, 2 figures, 1 holding spear & seated on lion; manor in background Fragment of tapestry; borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19163-d Heinz, Europäische Tapisseriekunst (1995), 68-69 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237030-0237035, 0184377-0184378; compositionally similar tapestry (complete panel), GCPA 0237028

The Beggars James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). The Beggars, 1880. Etching on paper, Sheet (trimmed to plate): 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (30.8 x 21 cm). American Art 1880

This late 19th-century illustration shows a woman doing the morning wash at the backyard hydrant. This scene is near the Water Street Mission. In 1872 businessman Frederick Hatch bought the property in Lower Manhattan that became the Water Street Mission. He had met Jerry McAuley and put him in charge of this new venture - America's first Rescue Mission.

Locally employed excavatorsexclaim in wonder, as the headof one of the huge winged lion arch supports is uncovered atNineveh (Tell Kuyunjik).Date: circa 1852

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "UNG Criticism moment." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101790-16 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Sleeping woman by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel, pencil on paper, 1905, 1856-1910, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 23x33

A Magician Pointing out a Burning Head to Two Youths. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italy, Venice, 1696-1770). Italy, 1750s. Prints; etchings. Etching

Bad conscience 1. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1919. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Watteau paper

Cain kills his brother Abel, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (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

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746-Burdeos, 1828). Grabado. Serie "Los Proverbios o los Disparates" (aguafuerte). Plancha 15ª: Gente en una cueva. Lámina publicada por la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. Primera edición. Madrid, 1864.

THE TREATY WITH FRANCE, FRENCH RAGS AND FRENCH PAPER

The Death of Conan, Burgess of Rouen, by Henry Beauclerc, who Assisted his brother Robert II, during Rebellion by his other Brother William Rufus, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reig

HUT OF A FELLAH, WITH ROOF OF POTS. Egypt, engraving 1879

Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme24. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms 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.

Tree felling by the cedars in Lebanon, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Scene from Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne

Ruins of buildings at Old Ford, Bow, East London, destroyed by the late gale, 1868. 'The destructive effects of the furious gale which blew over London on Saturday, the 1st February, raging with the utmost violence in the eastern suburbs, were noticed in our last issue. It will be recollected that the greatest loss of life was at the dyeworks of Messrs. Farman and Sons, where a shaft or chimney was blown down, falling upon the roof of one of the workshops, causing the death of three women and injuring several others. The upper portion of the shaft fell completely through the roof, the bric

The Large Shepherdess (La Grande Bergère) Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875). The Large Shepherdess (La Grande Bergère), 1862. Etching on laid paper, Image: 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.8 cm). European Art 1862

Julienne du Guesclin in pontorson, vintage engraved illustration.

Sleep overcomes them', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 34 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. From a quantum leap he fell to the negro, vintage engraving. Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. From a quantum leap he fell to the negro, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657166

Zechariah's vision of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(Zechariah 6:18, 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.

The bloodstain 2. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Van Gelder paper

Sin, Death, and the Devil - vide Milton. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. Charlotte,Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,1744-1818. , Pitt, William,1759-1806. , Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,Baron,1731-1806. , Politics & government,Great Britain,1790-1800.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra (1547-1616). Engraving, 19th century.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746-Burdeos, 1828). Grabado. Serie "Los Proverbios o los Disparates" (aguafuerte). Plancha 2ª: Fantasma a la izquierda y soldados huyendo. Lámina publicada por la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando. Primera edición. Madrid, 1864.

Eve discover the body of Abel Odilon Redon (1840-1916). Eve discovering the body of Abel. Feather and Chinese ink on a layer paper glued on a Bristol, around 1865.

Colonel Ichabod Bennet Crane, 1787-1857, and Katrina, Ichabod and Katrina, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

Group with three figures-bass, soprano, tenor. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1922. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut on Japan paper

Honoré Daumier, Aperçois tu un lieu civilisé, 1849 Aperçois-tu un lieu civilisé...

'Might not the pupil know more', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 7 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

The storm raged with more fury, vintage engraving. The storm raged with more fury, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659719

1861 Exhibition of Painting, By snow, vintage engraving. 1861 Exhibition of Painting, By snow, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678157

Gustave Doré; Dante and Virgil meet Paolo and Fransesca in the second circle of hell from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy

'Happy fantasy', 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya

Spain, Burgos province, Castrillo del Val. Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña. Cloister. Drawing from life by Isidro Gil. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver. Isidro Gil (1843-1917). Spanish artist.

Blondel in front of the prison of Richard I of England, born 1155, was one of the first northern French trouveres or troubadours, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original

Scene from Gargantua and Pantagruel, By Francois Rabelais, 1854, Woodcut after drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883/French), Collection of Archiv for Kunst & Geschichte

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in a tavern. The altarpiece of the freedom of Melisendra and the puppeteer Maese Pedro. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

agriculture farm labour harvest farm labourers and maids cutting grain with sickles copper engraving 17th century,

The Tower of Siloam (Le tour de Siloë) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Tower of Siloam (Le tour de Siloë), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (23.5 x 14.9 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Artur Grottger's War Studio 906, Grottger, Artur (1837 1867)

THE BOUDROUM MARBLES

Poll photo collection. Reproduction photography. Reproduction of a painting by Van Gogh. undated

Alliance between the king of the Marcomanni and another Germanic prince, depicted on Marcus Aurelius' Victory Column in Rome, Italy, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Alexander fighting dragons and other fantastic beasts, miniatures in a 13th century manuscript by the priest Lambrecht, Brussels, Belgium, Alexander the Great, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Elephant Hunt Indian. Elephant Hunt, ca. 1600-1605. Opaque watercolor on paper, lacquered and mounted on leather, sheet: 10 1/16 x 6 7/16 in. (25.6 x 16.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1600-1605

Wayland Smith's Cave, or Wayland's Smithy, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, a Neolithic chambered long barrow, once thought to be the home of Wayland, the Saxon God of metalworking. Black and White Illustration from the "Old England" published by James Sangster in 1860.

German Peasants' War, 1524-1526, Karlstadt's escape from Rotenburg. Johann Draconites (born around 1494) (died 18 April 1566) was a German theologian, humanist philosopher and reformer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

La Fontaine, painting by Jules Breton, vintage engraving. La Fontaine, painting by Jules Breton, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679666

Out hunting for teeth', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 12 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

Scene from "Prince Dorus; or, The Romance of the Nose", Olympic Theatre, London, 1850. 'Mr. Tom Taylor takes the subject of Madame D'Arblay's "Prince Doras" for his Christmas piece - the pet of the good and the prey of wicked fairies. The latter curse the child in its cradle with a big nose...the Prince, who, in stooping to kiss the sleeping beauty, finds his nose too long. On this discovery depended the spell. It is made, and the nose sinks from a non-natural to a natural organ of sense. No longer blind to his own defects, on their removal nothing thenceforth stands in t

Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Lads Making Ready (Muchachos al avío), 1797-1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm). European Art 1797-1798

'Cirque Pinder, c1890-1940 (1924). Artist: Auguste Brouet

Peasants in a Barn Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685). , 17th century. Bistre pen and ink with wash, 7 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (18.4 x 24.4 cm). European Art 17th century

Plasencia Maestro, Casto (1848-1890) pintando la capilla de Carlos III en San Francisco el Grande. Grabado de 1890.

Hatred of the ancien regime is carried to extremes when vandals break into the crypt at Saint-Denis, take the royal corpses from their coffins and throw them in a common ditch.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight, verso middle left, print, prints, Rembrandt. f 1654, lower left, height 210 mm, width 162 mm, Northern Netherlandish, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by

Stalactites of the cave of Han sur Lesse, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

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

Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur). Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660-1704); published by Jacob Gole (Dutch, 1660-1737). Date: 1695. Dimensions: 247 x 180 mm (plate); 241 x 182 mm (sheet). Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Perseus, 212 BC 166 BC last king of the Antigonid dynasty that ruled the successor state in Macedonia, here in Thessaly, Greece, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Philosophical maintenance in the Catacombs, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

The blind and happiness inv,

Ronde d'Enfants Lucien Pissarro (French, 1863-1944). Ronde d'Enfants, 1893. Woodcut on Japan paper, 8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (20.6 x 16.1 cm). European Art 1893

We take them to the head, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

The Witches' Ride

Happier than a king, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1880.

Aristaeus compels Proteus to give his Response. Engraving from 'Tableaux du temple des muses' (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbé de Marolles; a French churchman and translator. According to Virgil in the fourth Georgic, the bees of Aristaeus, son of Apollo, all died of a disease. Aristaeus went to his mother, Cyrene, for help; she told him that Proteus could tell him how to prevent another such disaster, but would do so only if compelled. Aristaeus had to seize Proteus and hold him, no matter what he would change into. Aristaeus did so, and Proteus eventually gave up and told him that the bees' death was a punishment for causing the death of Eurydice.

"Game and Fruit" by W. Duffield, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving of a painting. 'This picture gives evidence of increasing inventive power, as well as technic skill...This group of various members of the feathered tribes, with fruits, pomegranates, grapes, &c., and a curious old jug, is put together with great freedom and ease, yet in extremely picturesque arrangement. The textural treatment of the several objects is admirably discriminated, even to the difference between the loose and ruffled plumage of the moorcock and other game hanging up against th

'The Flood', 1866. Artist: Gustave Doré

A Laundry room on the banks of the Avre, in Nonancourt, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

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

ALFONSO XII. REY DE ESPAÑA. MADRID 1857 - 1885. " TERREMOTO EN GRANADA Y PROVINCIA. EL REY CON HERIDOS EN ARENAS DEL REY , GRANADA. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Fernand Cormmon (1854-1924). Pottery, sketch for the native history museum. Oil on canvas, 1897. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Artisting, customer, jug, sketch, man, museum of natural history, pot, pottery, potter, terracotta, work, vase, oil on canvas

Pan 3, no. 3-4 (1897-1898). Otto Ubbelohde (Germany, Marburg, 1867-1922)Maurice Denis (France, Granville, 1870-1943)Ludwig von Hofmann (Germany, 1861-1945)Auguste Rodin (France, Paris, 1840-1917)Emil Orlik (Bohemia, 1870-1932)Karl Köpping (Germany, Dresden, 1848-1914)Leopold von Kalckreuth (Germany, Dusseldorf, 1855-1928)Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (England, Newark, 1872-1949)Hippolyte Petitjean (France, 1854-1929)Hermann Paul (France, Paris, 1875-1940)Paul Hermann (France, 1864-1940). Germany, Berlin, 1897-1898. Periodicals. Printed material with six etchings, four lithographs, two woodcuts and 1 drypoint on paper

Hedger in a November shower. Illustration of November for John Clare 'The Shepherd's Calendar'. 1848

Hell, 12th century. Artist: Unknown

In the Bronze Age, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Prison, Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-1761, Museum Berggruen, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Old traditional wooden raft in the historical village of Schiltach. With those rafts the wood was bought to the rhine river to go further to Amsterdam. Black Forest, Germany. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Judas Hangs Himself (Judas se pend) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Judas Hangs Himself (Judas se pend), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 11 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (30.2 x 15.6 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The sled, vintage engraving. The sled, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678537

The snake charmer. Okali brought his students a black hen, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

In Andalusia, blades damage the eye, vintage engraving. In Andalusia, blades damage the eye, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657294

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Engraving depicting an Eskimo watching a seal hole. Dated 19th century

Right-hand side of " The Resurrection," by Stanley Spencer, R.A., one of his exhibits at the Royal Academy summer exhibition. May 9, 1950.

Shepherdess, 1888 1888 Medalist: Louis-Oscar Roty French. Shepherdess, 1888. Medalist: Louis-Oscar Roty (French, Paris 1846-1911 Paris). French. 1888. Bronze, cast, silvered. Medals and Plaquettes

Engraving showing the creation of a plaster cast of the 17th century equestrian statue of King Charles I at Charing Cross, London, 1853. Date: 19 March 1853

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746-Burdeos, 1828). Grabado. Serie "Los caprichos" (aguafuerte). Plancha 37ª: Si sabrá más el discípulo. Primera edición. Madrid, 1799.

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