Mythical and Historical Themes

A fusion of mystical and historical illustrations featuring allegories, biblical events, and cultural stories, using vibrant colors and intricate details.

A monk and a nun loving one another Date: 16th century
A monk and a nun loving one another Date: 16th century
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CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 64 - INDIOS ESCARDANDO Y APORCANDO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Uncle Tom's cabin Poster - Uncle Tom - circa 1886.
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Puss stands before the King and Queen, telling them tall stories about his master, the supposed Marquis de Carabas.
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Burnt offering and wax in tabernacle, Lucas Cranach (i), 1523 - 1526 print The burnt offering altar with sacrificial scales and the laundry vessel that is displayed as a fountain with water -breathing cherubs. These objects belong in the court of the Tabernacle. paper the altar of burnt offering, the brazen altar ~ Jewish religion. bronze laver and its base ~ the court of the Tabernacle
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Gavelli, fraz. di Sant'Anatolia di Narco (Italia, Umbria, Valnerina. - provincia di Perugia), chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo. Zona absidale ciclo di affreschi di Giovanni di Pietro, detto Lo Spagna, Incoronazione della Vergine (catino absidale), i SS. Pietro e Paolo, San Michele Arcangelo, il Miracolo del Gargano (tamburo)
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Lamentation of tender conscience. From the book ""The Pilgrim's Progress"" by John Bunyan, from late 19th century edition.
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Picture lesson published by the American Baptist Publication Society, between 1900 and 1913. show scene from Old Testament Biblical stories about Moses's life. This scene depicts Moses being found by the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh.
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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Reconstructed Vault and Bimah of Gwozdziec synagogue. The Levianthan encircles the city of Jerusalem. Warsaw. Poland.
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Aztec midwife with pregnant woman during birth, coloured drawing, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
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Sun. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox church
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Tashrih al-aqvam, some of the sects, castes, and tribes of India, 1825.
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Votive tablet with accident victim and Saint Michael, Monte Sant
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Hand-painted slide with fragment of story, slide slide slide picture glass paper, Hand-painted rectangular magic lantern plate edged with white-red paper. Two images separated by black stripe. In the left picture boy and girl with spotted clothes standing in an Oriental landscape with towers and minaret; in the second picture company in an interior with arches In the middle triangular shape with kind of sun on it. One of the white-clad figures holds mini-version of the same shape in his right hand optics magic lantern magic lantern slide toy entertainment education
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The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha
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Photos Series mountain peoples in Scotland / Bilderserie Gebirgsvölker, in Schottland, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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French chromolithograph showing an Arab man smoking a Shisha Pipe. Circa 1895
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Illustration showing Anglo-Saxons defending England against Viking invaders circa 9th century
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French satirical magazine cover depicting two peasant farmers with their pig offering prayers at a village Crucifix. 1908
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Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (1570-1622), Hetman of Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks, Anonymous
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Dong Ho painting full name Dong Ho folk woodcut painting is a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings originating from Dong Ho village in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam. Using the traditional diep paper and colours derived from nature, craftsmen print Dong Ho pictures of different themes from good luck wishes, historical figures to everyday activities and folk allegories. In the past, Dong Ho painting was an essential element of the Tet holiday in Vietnam.
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CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 101 - INDIAS HILANDO A TORNO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Magic Mirror revealing its secrets; from 18th century cabalistic/alchemical manuscript 'La Tres Sainte Trinosophie.'
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The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha
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Ruby Falls, 145 Ft. high, 1120 Ft. below surface of Earth, Lookout Mountain Cave, Chattanooga, Tenn. , Waterfalls, Caves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Scene from the biblical story, death of Absalom, the son of King David, occurred after a defeat of his rebel army. He fled, got his long hair caught in a tree (an oak), was found hanging there and was pierced with three spears by David's general Joab, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900
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USA: Advertisement for 'Mogul' brand Egyptian cigarettes featuring a Middle Eastern man in robes against a backdrop of domes and minarets, Sosterios Anargyros, New York, 1919
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Old vintage painting of woman, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox
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'Christian avoids the cave of Giant Pope, c1910. Creator: Unknown.
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Furnas, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal. Decorative religious tiles on a building on Sao Miguel Island. (Editorial Use Only)
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A.Baldovinetti /Scenes fr.Life of Christ
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Illustration of Atahualpa (1497-1533) the last Sapa Inca of the Tawantinsuyu before the Spanish conquest. Dated 16th Century
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Loki, the trickster, at the feast of Aegir the sea-god.
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religion flagellant flagellant whip woodcut out of: Sebastian M»nster (1488 - 1552) ""Cosmographia"" Basel 1552 wood engraving 19th century,
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Indian postage stamp commemorating the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi the spiritual father of India's independence, 1969
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Leibig card depicting a bible scene: Esau takes his birth right
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Saint Boniface, after felling the tree with the ax in his hand, holds a cross, the symbol of Christianity.
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A pair of Indian wrestlers. Gouache drawing.
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Inca. Sacrifice of a black lamb llama. PERU. 16th cent.
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FOOLISH YOUNG MUSSUMLAN The foolish young Mussulman is pursued by his own shadow, although he tries desparately to escape!
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Painted image of glass for skiat icon / Laterna Magica.jesu life, death and resurrection. "Revelation", no. 6.
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Severely anti-Turkish card, picturing Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) as a bloodthirsty murderer, holding a scimitar sword covered in blood and surrounded by the decapitated heads of women and children. The Sultan oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909. Abdul Hamid II was the last Ottoman Sultan to rule with absolute power. Date: mid 1900s
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China: Silk Production - dyeing thread. Qing Dynasty watercolour painting by an anonymous artist, mid to late 19th century
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Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. Feria ganadera de Santo Tomás en diciembre. Puercos. Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.
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Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. Subida a la ermita de San Pedro Mártir.Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.
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Krishna playing his flute for the cows and Radha immersed in the river while an old man smoking a hookah looks on, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. San Jorge. Día de la rosa. Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.
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Powhatan brand - Tobacco package label showing Pocahontas coming to the defense of Capt. John Smith and appealing to her father, Chief Powhatan, to spare his life, circa 1860
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Princess Pocahontas, Book Cover
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Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. Vigilia de Corpus. Procesión de Gigantes y cabezudos. Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.