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Engravings portraying dramatic scenes from literature and mythology, featuring ghostly apparitions, epic stories, and action-packed moments.

Prince Henry offers his life when his father doubts his loyalty upon returning the crown, Anonymous
Prince Henry offers his life when his father doubts his loyalty upon returning the crown, Anonymous
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(James) Keir Hardie (1856-1915) Scottish Labour politician: a founder of the Labour Party: MP for West Ham (1892-1895) and Merthyr Tydfil (1900-1915): Pacifist. Hardie confronted by the chimera of Socialism. Dated April 1905.
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Bonnet of Emperor Charles V, the Cluny Museum, vintage engraving. Bonnet of Emperor Charles V, the Cluny Museum, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678849
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Paris of Lake Tanganyika, Like a lion, he stands still and shoot, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).
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It was a wonder, vintage engraving. It was a wonder, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659838
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A new born child stepping out of a broken egg
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Sin-ahhe-eriba, Sanherib, c. 745 B. C. 16 January 680 B. was Assyrian king as son of Sargon II from 705 to 680 B. here returning home at the head from...
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¡QUE BOYANTES!... COMO QUE TENEMOS NUESTRO CINTO DE ONZAS CORRIENTES! - GRABADO S XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Portrait of The Baron De Wogan. California. United States of America. Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) was a 19th century French adventurer, explorer and writer. Drawing by Jules Pelcoq (1823-1887) Travels and adventures of Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) in California, 1850-1852. Le Tour du Monde 1860
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The Plague of Rain and Hail', one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. 'Bible' Exodus 9.18. Engraving by English designer and engraver James Caldwall (1739-c1789) after the French designer and engraver Clement Pierre Marillier (1740-1808).
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CRUZ SITUADA EN EL CAMINO DE MADRID AL ESCORIAL - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: ISIDORO JUSTIN SEVERIN TAYLOR (1789-1879). Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.
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superstition mythical creatures unicorn woodcut after illustrations from the 16th century,
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Four men are walking down a dark corridor. Two of them are carrying flaming torches, Pyramid Entrance Entrance to the Great Pyramid Egyptian-Georgias third six Egyptian-Georgias , print maker: Leendert de Koningh, (mentioned on object), Otto Baron Howen, (mentioned on object), printer: Steuerwald & Co., (mentioned on object), Egypte, printer: Dordrecht, 1830, paper, h 255 mm × w 350 mm
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Sculpture, depicting a group of Ringern, original in Florence, 1880, woodcut, Italy, Europe
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Montoit vessel that William the Conqueror to travel to England, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.
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Telemachus is shown at the moment he makes his surprise return entry into Eumaeus' hut, and his father Odysseus is there.
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Rorik (also spelled Hrorek) lived from 810/820 to 880.A Jutish Viking king, he, with his brother Harald, conquered Friesland. Rorik ruled over most of Friesland from 850-880. Rorik was succeeded by Harald's son Godfried.
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Columbus in chains aboard the Gorda. Arrested. Engraving. 19th century. Later colouration.
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Sculpture, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880 depicting a group of wrestlers, original in Florence, Italy, Europe
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Parsifal, le chevalier aux fleurs, after Georges Rochegrosse, woodcut
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Gustave Doré; The Angels Ithuriel and Zephon from John Milton's Paradise Lost; Black and White Engraving
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Saint George. Dated: c. 1500. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in brown-red, green, and vermilion. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.
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Vignettes of western scenes Creator(s): A.S. Seer., 1881
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My Soul is Sorrowful unto Death (Mon me est triste jusqu'à la mort) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). My Soul is Sorrowful unto Death (Mon me est triste jusqu'à la mort), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.1 x 17.5 cm).   European Art 1886-1894
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Gustave Doré; David and Jonathan; Black and White Engraving
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Daniel Boone (1735-1820) American pioneer and Indian fighter. Woodcut purporting to show him trying out his coffin for size.
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Giotto di Bondone, 1267-1337, also known as Giotto, was an Italian painter and builder, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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The Tour de France a small Parisian, What are you doing here, brat, vintage engraving. The Tour de France a small Parisian, What are you doing here, brat, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657325
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''"The Death of Cleopatra" after John Collier, exhibited at the Royal Acadamy', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.
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Captain James Cook FRS  1728 1779  British explorer, navigator, cartographer, captain Royal Navy. Landig at Erramanga in New Hebrides
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An engraving depicting two boys "thrashing" walnuts. Dated 19th century
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Engraving of a canoe, a lightweight narrow boat, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle. Dated 19th Century
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Darius I, Darius the Great, 550 486 BC. Third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire . With state umbrellas and attendants, from a carving of the door jambs of the palace of Darius I at Persepolis ceremonial capital of Achaemenid Empire, Unesco World Heritage. Fars Province. Iran. Old engraving illustration from the book Universal history by Oscar Jager 1890
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Garden party of the Malkasten in Düsseldorf to celebrate Cornelius on June 24, 1879, Malkasten is an artists' association founded on August 6, 1848 in Düsseldorf, Germany  /  Gartenfest des Malkasten in Düsseldorf zur Cornelius-Feier am 24. Juni 1879, Malkasten ist ein am 6. August 1848 in Düsseldorf gegründeter Künstlerverein, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Sarah Mappy, vintage engraving. Sarah Mappy, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673599
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A man brings his wife a lion skin. She sits in the hut on a tree stump. Residents of the kingdom of Monoemugi Monoemugi , print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1806, paper, etching, h 246 mm × w 154 mm
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The statues of Memnon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.
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The Calling of Saint John and Saint Andrew (Vocation de Saint Jean et de Saint André) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Calling of Saint John and Saint Andrew (Vocation de Saint Jean et de Saint André), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 6 in. (24.9 x 15.2 cm).   European Art 1886-1894
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Paris, Martinet, Destouches, Daumier, Honoré, Actualités, Actualities, Le Pruth, River God Watching Russian Soldiers, verso - stamped, A river god laughs at a regiment of Russian soldiers as they wade through the River Pruth., cartoon, prints, Timbre imperial Seine, 5 cen., recto - stamped, height 264 mm, width 350 mm, French, 1808-02-26 - 1879-02-10, print maker, printmaker, 1854 - 1854, paper, lithography (technique), hand-colouring, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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INDIO GUERRERO-RECONSTRUCCION. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Archeological Museum of Archaeology drawing of giant figure from Temple of Olympian Zeus at Agrigento Sicily Italy Europe EU
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This relief decorated the tomb of Scaurus in the Street of the Tombs outside the Herculaneum Gate at Pompeii.
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Arthur Conan Doyle 'The Adventure of the Final Problem' Strand Magazine, London, 1893. Illustrated by Sidney E. Paget (1860-1908), the first artist to draw Sherlock Holmes. Death of Holmes and Professor Moriarty plunge over the edge of the Reichenbach Falls.
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Robinson Crusoe Fairbanks -  Illustration shows Charles W. Fairbanks as Robinson Crusoe sitting on a rock labeled "Vice-Presidency" on the shore of a vast sea.Political Cartoon 1906
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David raises the head of Goliath as illustrated by Josephine Pollard (1899)
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Hª DE CATALUÑA-FOTOGRAFIA-ESCULTURA DE MINERO Y PUDELADOR. Author: MIGUEL BLAY (1866-1936). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Nuan Atojian, the Bahr el Arab, Sudan, 1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
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View of the Pyramids, Illustration from the Book, "From Pharaoh to Fellah" by C.F. Moberly Bell with Illustrations by Georges Montbard, engraved by Charles Barbant, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co., London, 1888
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