Romantic Illustrations of Love

Romantic scenes depicting love letters and courtship in 18th and early 19th century styles, featuring elegant attire and intimate interactions.

Jean Louis Delignon and Antoine Jean Duclos after Jean Honoré Fragonard, Le cocu battu et content Le cocu battu et content

Artist: Carlo Lasinio, Italian, 1759-1838, After: Giuseppe Piattoli, Italian, 1743-1823, Publisher: Niccolò Pagni, Italian, active 1791-1825Publisher: Giuseppe Bardi, Italian, active ca. 1791, Il Ceppo, Etching with hand coloring, Platemark: 27 × 39.4 cm (10 5/8 × 15 1/2 in.); Sheet: 27 × 41.6 cm (10 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 18th century, Works on Paper - Prints

The French writer Voltaire (1694-1778) wrote his satire Candide, a good-hearted young man but one is completely naive. Candide travels the world and encounters many mishaps. His goal is to find security and also to win his love Cunegonde, but she, too, is not so intelligent and is willing to betray to further her own aims. Candide's mentor is Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is the best of all possible worlds and it is that belief that is the target of the novel's satire. This illustration shows Candide after escaping from Bulgarians and being offered help from an honest Dutch, but pessimistic, Anabaptist named Jacques.

Elegant couple in a park. Draughtsman: Nicolaes Muys. Draughtsman: Aert Schouman (rejected attribution). Dating: after 1750 - before 1808. Measurements: h 293 mm × w 201 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Nicolaes Muys. Aert Schouman (rejected attribution).

A tall lean woman having a discussion with an obese man. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.

Portrait of Grigory Nikanorovich and Varvara Alexeyevna Olenin by Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1827/ Russia/ Watercolour on cardboard/ Romanticism/ 42,6x33,5/ Portrait

'Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind', 1795, (1929). Artist: Giovanni Vendramini

Watercolor and pencil drawing by Wilhelm Koller depicting Maximilian's bridal train, with white brushed highlights and black brush lettering, dated 1881.

Within a Foot of It!! - There is Many a Slip 'Tween the Cup and the Lip!, Henry Heath, active 1824-1835, British, 1825, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/8in. (20 x 30.8cm)

Gaîté, 7, Plate. Scheffer, Jean Gabriel, 1797-1876. Prints. 1800 - 1899. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , France, Caricatures and cartoons, Prints , 19th century

'WHO CAN THIS BE' BY C.R. LESLIE, R.A., IN THE SHEEPSHANKS COLLECTION, SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM

Depiction by Johann David Schubert titled 'My Mother!' showing a figure of a mother, executed in black pen, gray brush, and black edging line, late 18th-early 19th century.

'Scene from Lingelbach's Comedy 'False Virtue''. Holland, 1793. Dimensions: 65x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacob Buys.

Oh! Et toi - Moi Aussi!. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The Two Gossips (Les Deux Commères) 1832 Henry-Bonaventure Monnier French. The Two Gossips (Les Deux Commères) 337809

France, 18th century. Couple sitting at a game table, 1715 ca. Engraving.

'Round & Sound Fivepence a Pound Duke Cherries', Cries of London, c1870. Artist: Anon.

Trepanning June 1821 Theodore Lane British. Trepanning 392473

Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck September 20, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson British. Looking at the Comet till You Get a Crick in the Neck. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). September 20, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Harmony Before Matrimony. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1805. Dimensions: 258 × 360 mm (image); 263 × 367 mm (plate); 300 × 405 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A Female Mameluke of Cairo in Egypt. Illustrations, Prints, Costume prints. 1831. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Africa

Turning Disher player for a listening family on the sidewalk of a town hall, 1706 - 1750 drawing paper. chalk. ink pen / brush

Henry Heath, active 1824-1835, British, Within a Foot of It!! - There is Many a Slip 'Tween the Cup and the Lip!, 1825. Etching, hand-colored.

Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809, Rosalind, Celia and Orlando - "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II. Stipple engraving and etching.

The Mouse's Petition, William Ward, 1766-1826, British, after James Ward, 1769-1859, British, 1805, Mezzotint, printed in colors, Plate: 19 x 23 3/4in. (48.3 x 60.3cm)

Merchant's ball, Zhukovsky, Rudolf Kasimirovich (1814-1886)

Costümbild No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver

Dibujo satírico de Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) una vez finalizada la guerra entre Rusia y Turquía. Año 1879. Clarita sentada en un diván con un caballero turco. Una criada interrumpe con un mensaje de un príncipe ruso. Historia de una mujer: album de cincuenta cromos. (Se traduce como: Historia de una mujer: álbum de cincuenta tarjetas). Barcelona: Trilla y Serra, Editores, 188?. Una historia ficticia de la vida de Clarita / Clara, una mujer joven y bella, sus aventuras a fines de la década de 1870 y sus relaciones con una sucesión de hombres, que la llevaron a su eventual caída. Cincuenta láminas cromolitográficas de colores. Author: Eusebio Planas Franquesa.

circus, acrobatics, balancing act, copper engraving, Paris, circa 1810, private collection,

Peace (Piece) and Plenty (Political Portraits No. 1) ca. 1820 Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Peace (Piece) and Plenty (Political Portraits No. 1) 398522

The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV, Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, British, ca. 1790, Watercolor, pen and gray ink, red ink, black ink, brown ink, gum arabic, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (56.2 × 42.7 cm), actors, arch, belts, breeches, capes, duel, fear, feathers, fences, fighting, fur, garden, gate, hats, hose, literary theme, officers, orchard, plays by William Shakespeare, spears, swords, tassels, trees, tricking, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV, Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare

The pea laminator Jean-Marie Mixelle (1758-1839). The pea laminator. Engraving.

Amsterdam, Egmont, Heirs of the Widow Jacobus van, Numan, Hendrik, Hermanus, This gentleman takes leave of his wife; His little son wanted to follow him, verso - stamped, Sheet with large image of a man taking leave of his wife and son. Below the image an eight-line verse in two columns. Numbered top left: No. 108., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 413 mm, width 324 mm, 1744 - 1820-03-09, print maker, prentmaker, 1761 - 1804, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, 1736-03-21 - 1788, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher

The Hague, Belinfante, Gebroeders, De Bazar, 1883, No. 21, Pl. 554, center bottom - printed, Print from the fashion magazine De Bazar, illustrated Journal for Fashion and Crafts (1857-1900)., fashion print, prints, costume and fashion prints, DE BAZAR., Published by Gebroeders Belinfante., height 382 mm, width 270 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1883 - 1883, fourth quarter 19th century, fourth quarter of the 19th century, paper, wood engraving, hand-colouring, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Cartoon from Puck. Joseph Keppler (Austria, Vienna, active United States, 1838-1894)Bernhard Gillam (United States, 1856-1896). United States, 1880-1889. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Francis I and the Duchess d'Étampes 1800-1899 United Kingdom. Watercolor heightened with gum varnish, on ivory wove paper . Richard Parkes Bonington

The Cally Polka Arranged by Allen Dodworth, 1846, New York, Publisher, Firth, Pond, 10th, 10 x 12 7/8 in., Lithographs

Highmore, Joseph, France, Benoist, Antoine, Story of Pamela, Pamela asks for a favor in the garden, Numbered 6 at bottom right., print, prints, height 293 mm, width 365 mm, 1721 - 1770, print maker, printmaker, 1745-07-01 - 1745-07-01, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1692-06-13 - 1780, after, after a painting by, Work conception

The Winter. The Dance. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo.

Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, La gouvernante, undated. Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Discount of S.M. Imperial Marie Louise from Austria to S. A. The Prince de Neuchatel (IT)

Cartoon depicting Dr. Syntax, a comic character created by William Combe and the cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson, flirting with a milkmaid. William Combe (1742-1823) a British miscellaneous writer. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) an English artist and caricaturist. Dated 19th Century

The Dukes of Aosta attending the International Photography Exhibition in Turin. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 4th March 1900.

The right kind number 2: the embarrassment of kinds The good kind number 2: embarrassment of the tails ". Anonymous engraving, 1801.

The Prodigal Son Revelling withHarlots. Lithographer: Unknown After: D. W. Kellogg & Co., active Hartford, Conn., 1830-40 After: Amos Doolittle, American, 1754-1832

Dr Syntax with a Blue Stocking Beauty. The Blue Stockings were an informal group of educated, intellectual and literary women of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Thomas Rowlandson illustration for 'The Tours of Dr Syntax' by William Combe (London, 1820). Aquatint.

A Fishing Party. Date/Period: Ca. 1730-31. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 549 mm (21.61 in); Width: 481 mm (18.93 in). Author: WILLIAM HOGARTH.

Childhood.

Bouquette Jean-Marie Mixelle (1758-1839). The bouquetteer. Engraving.

Francis David Soiron, Born 1764, A Tea Garden, 1793. Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige, wove paper.

Anonymous, Colin Maillard (main title). Tapestry. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Paris - The correct kind number 106 The good kind number 106: Caninomania, after 1817 ".

'A French Frigate Towing an English Man-of-War into Port', late 18th-early 19th century, (1929).Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Sir Walter Raleigh laying down his velvet cloak in a puddle to protect Queen Elizabeth I's shoes. Spoiling a cloak and making a fortune. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrisons The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831.

A bit of flattery , Flattery, Paintings. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, Débit d'Albums avec Procédés nouveaux (New Methods for the Sale of Lithograph Albums), 1827 Débit d'Albums avec Procédés nouveaux (New Methods for the Sale of Lithograph Albums)

Fashion. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 8 9/16 in. (26.2 × 21.8 cm)Plate: 9 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (24.8 × 20.1 cm). Date: April 2, 1801. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Complaint, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1796, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 1/2 x 8 3/8in. (21.6 x 21.3cm)

Two Women Outdoors, No. 720, from La Elegancia (Barcelona). Artist: Hélöise Leloir (French, 1820-1873). Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (29.5 x 21.9 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Childhood, Nicolas de Larmessin (III), After Nicolas Lancet, 1735 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving Childhood (alleg.)

Engraving of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) with an infant Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) as the Prince of Wales. Dated 19th Century

Nicolas Lavreince (Niklas Lafrensen, dit, 1737-1807). "The little advice". Gouache. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 25917-1 Seat, advisor, armchair, woman, gouache, little advice

Gallant Souper in a Petite Maison. French copper engraving, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known

Joseph Slater, c. 1750- died after 1789, Robin Hood and Clarinda Hunting Deer, undated. Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Charlotte von Stein and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in conversation by German master / Private Collection / Second Half of the 18th cen. / Germany / Watercolour on cardboard / Portrait,Genre /

Dowager Duchess Hadwing of Swabia, wife of Burchard III, Duke of Swabia. 10th century. Engraving by Germania, 1882.

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The vicinity of Kujawy (chart 7 in the Album Costumes Polonais). Lemercier, Rose Joseph (Paryż ; zakład litograficzny ; 1827-post 1899), lithography atelier, Desmaisons, Emilien (1812-1880), graphic artist, Gerson, Wojciech (1831-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist, Daziaro, Franciszek (Warszawa, Paryż, Moskwa ; wydawnictwo ; ca 1850-1900), publisher

"The dresser". Engraving by Vela after a painting by the Spanish painter Antonio Cabral Bejarano (1788-1861). La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Eugenio Vela (d. 1895). Spanish engraver.

The queen admires his reflection in a mirror alongside her own. Date: First published: 1726

Randolph Caldecott, The Volunteer's Courtship, 1798, c. 1870, oil on paper or wood-pulp board, mounted on Masonite.

Wheelock. Wheelock

Gavotte by Meynier Saint-Fal (1762-1840) / Private Collection / c. 1815 / Belgium / Aquatint / Music, Dance,Genre / 17,7x27,3

Most foremost Hof-Miss's table ". General Fleischer, Aurora Gyllenhaal, Lövenskjöld. Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel, 1864. Nordic

The Secret, Man whispering something in a womans ear, in a stately setting, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Unknown, Le Bon Genre No. 5: La Dansomanie, 1700-1899, hand-colored etching on paper.

Too early.

Noel Desenfans and Sir Francis Bourgeois. Date/Period: Ca. 1805. Work on Paper. Watercolour Card Watercolour. Height: 143 mm (5.62 in); Width: 153 mm (6.02 in). Author: Paul Sandby.

Heimliche Liebe, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

'The House that Jack Built' accumulative nursery rhyme. Illustration by Randolph Caldecott.

Mary Queen of Scots John Everett Millais (1829-1896 British)

English society portraitist and his client, Regency era. Tom Takeall painting a flattering portrait of Mrs Bosky in Margate. Tom with palette and brush in a studio with easel, bust and portfolio. Taking Likenesses. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Dagley from Takings, or the Life of A Collegian, John Warren, London, 1821.

Henry Bonaventure Monnier (French, 1799/1805 - 1877). Un Medecin (Jadis), 1829. From The 18th Century and Today (Jadis et Aujourd'hui). Pen lithograph with hand coloring.

Penitence. Dated: 1899. Dimensions: overall: 50.3 x 40.4 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.). Medium: brush and black ink with black and colored crayon. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: TEOPHILE STEINLEN.

America del Norte. Viajeros visitando las cataratas. Canadá. Grabado. Coloreado. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 8 de junio de 1876.

Eleanor and Margaret Ross, Alexander Nasmyth, 1758-1840, British, between 1785 and 1790, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 38 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (97.8 x 85.1 cm), boulders, costume, hat, landscape, portrait, rocks (landforms), sisters, trees, wig

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