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

The Shepherds, Bruno Bramanti, (1897-1957 Italian)

Painted buffalo hide of the Dakota Indian Long Dog, scene depicting him stealing horses and stealing woman, 19th century, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Biard's boat, Brazil, South America. Journey of the French painter Francois Auguste Biard in Brazil, 1858-1859

The Tour de France a small Parisian, Menhirs of Brittany, vintage engraving. The Tour de France a small Parisian, Menhirs of Brittany, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659703

Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood (1867-1928) for 'Rujub the Juggler', by G. A. Henty (1832-1902) published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1893

'His Dual Obsession' 'Owing to the frequent recurrence of this dream, Herr Fritz von Lagerschifter has decided to take his friends' advice:- Give up sausage late at night and brood less upon the possible size of the British Army next spring' A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Thusnelda at the Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome. Artist: Karl Theodor von Piloty (German, Munich 1826-1886 Ambach bei Munich). Dimensions: 53 x 77 1/4 in. (134.6 x 196.2 cm). Date: ca. 1875. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Carlos V. Francisco, The Good Fight Goes On, 1964, Watercolour.

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

Hush (Chiton) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). Hush (Chiton), 1797-1798. Etching, aquatint, and burin on laid paper, Sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm). European Art 1797-1798

A Basket and Birds. Artist: Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611-1661). Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (60.3 x 76.8 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The minstrel Blondel discovers the captive Richard the Lionheart in Leopold s castle in Austria

WASSAILING APPLE-TREES WITH HOT CIDER IN DEVONSHIRE ON TWELFTH EVE

William Norris confined in Bethlem Hospital for 12 years. From etching by G. Cruikshank, circa 1820 after drawing from the life by G. Arnald 1814.

fine arts, Rethel, Alfred (1816 - 1859), graphic, series ""Auch eine Todtentanz / aus dem Jahr 1848"", Georg Wigand publisher, Leipzig, 1848, sixth sheet, woodcut,

Sculpture of the former hunting lodge, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.

Republican atrocities depicted during the Spanish civil war. Illustration By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.

Work entitled The Circus by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). This work was produced in 1896.

The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Purgatory. "So moved I through that foul and acrid air..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving by Berveiller. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.

The Wreck of the "Atlantic" - Cast Up by the Sea, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Coming of the European black-and-white negatives, copy art

Here comes the bogeyman', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 3 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.

Mahogany tree logging, Guatemala, 19th century. Artist: Edouard Riou

Nansen in difficulties in a crevasse while crossing the inland ice.

Louis Pasteur. Photograph by Dornac et Cie.

The display that made him Len Burker fabrics, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

The Procession Nearing Calvary (Le cortège arrivant au calvaire) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Procession Nearing Calvary (Le cortège arrivant au calvaire), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 11/16 x 11 1/2 in. (22.1 x 29.2 cm). European Art 1886-1894

'TAM O'SHANTER' He rides with the devil behind him... Date: First published: c.1790

Dead Birds and Shot Bags. Attributed to Pieter Boel; Flemish, 1622-1674. Date: 1645-1655. Dimensions: 12 3/4 × 17 in. (32.6 × 43.3 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Second Prize, £200 - "The Shearer" by Murray Griffin. May 26, 1952.

Why greedily thus bendest more on me, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.

The wine grower. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Fan Made 1701-1800 France. Carved, pierced and gilded ivory sticks; painted paper mount; rhinestone rivet .

The Princesses 1865-1875 France. Oil on panel . Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

EMIGRANTES HACIA EL OESTE AMERICANO 1880 GRABADO DE EPOCA.

'E'en in like manner Adam's evil brood', c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré.

Planting Time by unknown artist

Engraving depicting the depths of the sea in the 13th Century

The Princesses. Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli; French, 1824-1886. Date: 1865-1875. Dimensions: 29.8 × 60.6 cm (11 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.). Oil on panel. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Alert! exclaimed Jean, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

In 988, Olaf Tryggvason sailed to England, because an assembly (thing) had been called by Queen Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin. Gyda was a widow and searching for a new husband. A great many men had come, but Gyda singled out Olaf Tryggvason. They were to be married, but another man, Alfvine, took objection, and challenged Olaf and his men to the Scandinavian duel. Olaf and his men fought Alfvine's crew and won every battle, but did not kill any of them; instead, they bound them. Alfvine was told to leave the country and never come back again. Gyda and Olaf married.

Picture photography: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), in the church, 1887, oil, canvas, owned by Wacław Orłowski currently missing picture; Unknown, Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw; 1860-1940); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila S. Maria di Collemaggio6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, wall painting (13-15th centuries) Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (18th century), sculpture, frescoes, wall painting, metal crucifix Coverage of the paintings; some views of interior architectural features. 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.

He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem (Il allait par les villages en route pour Jérusalem) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). He Went Through the Villages on the Way to Jerusalem (Il allait par les villages en route pour Jérusalem), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 9/16 x 10 7/8 in. (16.7 x 27.6 cm). European Art 1886-1896

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Brothers lying down, 9th chapter, 1907, marker, drawing, 29.5 cm x 41.7 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

'Industry and Greed', c1900, (1917). Artist: George Frederick Watts.

Shook it in the air, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872.

Birds by Christoph Meckel, (born 1935)

Fire escape.

Merchant maragato chestnuts, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Painting depicting the procession of the Roman Emperor Vitellius (15-69).

'A French Family', 1790. Artist: Samuel Alken

An engraving depicting fishers in Narbonne, France, calling up dolphins to hem ion the fish to stop them escaping to deeper water where they would be difficult to catch. Based on a report by Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD) a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire. Dated 19th century

KIT, A MEMORY; BY JAMES PAYN

AN INTELLIGENT VOTER, USA, America, 19th century engraving

The 'station' at Lichtenfels Date: 1771

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. The beautiful child in her gentle slumber, smiling through her light and sunny dreams. Little Nell asleep in the Old Curiosity Shop with the curiosities, suits of armour and the like, all about her. Date: C.1850

Engraving depicting the corner of a table set for a formal dinner party. Dated 19th century

The Bateliere the Koenigssee, vintage engraving. The Bateliere the Koenigssee, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679029

Giotto di Bondone, 1267-1337, also known as Giotto, was an Italian painter and builder, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ...

"The Temple of Minerva in Ægina, Greece", by Harry Johnson, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving from a painting. 'Those fine old remains of Archaic grandeur which have survived the secret ravages of time, the convulsion of earthquakes, and the plundering hands of man for upwards of 2000 years, still in the silent ruin proclaim the genius and taste of the age which produced them, and which, in spite of all that may be said to the contrary, has been the informing principle of all great art that has been since the Revival, or may hereafter arise...It may be p

Place of the Mothers Arthur B. Davies (American, 1862-1928). Place of the Mothers, 1897. Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 24 in. (51.1 x 61 cm). American Art 1897

Ruth embracing her mother-in-law Naomi and promising to stay with her now they are bereaved, 1866. Artist: Gustave Doré

The deathbed decorated with flowers of the emperor William I. or Wilhelm I., 22 March 1797 9 March 1888, was King of Prussia and the first German Emperor, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, Europe

The doves of the Venus Temple, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888

Artwork: "Cameraman's Paradise," China, 1945- Artist: John G. Hanlen. Country: Unknown

Woman with Figs 1894, printed ca. 1963 Paul Gauguin French. Woman with Figs 491773

Dedication (Widmung). Hugo Steiner-Prag (Bohemia, Prague, 1880-1945). Germany, 1915-1916. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on handmade paper

Image of a stained glass window in stairwell of the royal pavilion of the N.S. station The Hague H.S. in The Hague.

Arlequin et Pierrot' by Paul Cezanne, 1888. 'Harlequin and Pierrot'.

Poll photo collection. Report Paris. Fountain on the Place de la Concorde. 1935. France, Paris

Lema de bienvenida a los visitantes que se ponía en la entrada de las casas. Año 1933. Dibujo de Joan Junceda (Barcelona, 1881-Blanes, 1948).

Artwork: "Waiting" Artist: Paul Calle. Country: Unknown

"Prepare to Meet God" Arrow-Shaped Sign in Cornfield, Williamson, West Virginia. Artist: Ben Shahn (American (born Lithuania), Kaunas 1898-1969 New York). Dimensions: 18.8 x 22.8 cm (7 3/8 x 9 in. ). Date: October 1935. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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