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Vintage Engravings of Labor and Culture

Illustrations showcasing labor scenes like hop picking, musical performances, and historical events, reflecting 19th-century social and cultural themes.

Queen Anne Stuart (6 February 1665 to 1 August 1714) in her sedan chair during her last visit to Parliament in London in 1713, England, digital reproduction of a historical model
Queen Anne Stuart (6 February 1665 to 1 August 1714) in her sedan chair during her last visit to Parliament in London in 1713, England, digital reproduction of a historical model
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Clothing, Fashion, Europe, Middle Ages 3rd-10th century, from left, a 10th century nobleman, noble woman of the early Middle Ages, mosaic in the church of San Marco, Emperor Honorius in the 5th century, depicting a possible servant, mosaic in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome and a warrior, digitally enhanced reproduction of a 19th century illustrationHistory of Spain. Carnival scene. Leaving a masquerade ball. Drawing by Comba. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Juan Comba García (1852-1924). Spanish artist. Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.A somewhat idealised depiction of a Paris news stand during the French Revolution Date: 1791Pythagoras calculates with counters, Boethius does it with figures Date: 1496"'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'" William Glackens (American, 1870-1938). "'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best'," 1906. Black conte crayon, watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/16 in. (39.1 x 31 cm). American Art 1906Home for the Christmas holidays - drawn by A. Hunt, 1860. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE French philosopher and author'The Death of Captain Faulkner', 18th century(). Artist: GraingerTitle-page to a series of popular woodcuts (all are reproduced in our book) Date: early 19th centuryA fountain on the market square of Mainz, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842Pillory, torture of criminals and alleged witches, c. 1800, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period..Jewish Quarter Max Liebermann (German, 1847-1935). , 1909. Etching and drypoint on wove paper, image: 11 13/16 x 15 7/16 in. (30 x 39.2 cm). European Art 1909'Lured from her own, her native home...', c1820. Creator: George Cruikshank.Mexican archeological discoveries, historical woodcut, circa 1880"The Gold-Weigher," etching by Rembrandt, 1870. Engraving after Rembrandt. 'Mr. Charles Blanc, author of "L'OEuvre Complet de Rembrandt," says that he has made several researches for information respecting the personage represented in this famous etching, but could find none beyond the fact that Uytenbogaert was the Receiver-General of the Dutch States...All that is known is that the name of the financier is cited more than once in the correspondence of Rembrandt with Constantin Huygens, secretary of Prince Frederick Henry, in connection with the sums due to the painter forArtisanal elaboration of Colombian guarapo made from sugar cane. Colombia. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey to Colombia by Edward Francois Andre, Le Tour du Monde 18771857 Exhibition of Painting, A Family of fishermen, for Jeanron, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.Hieroglyphic column, idols and winter home of Gholds, vintage engraving. Hieroglyphic column, idols and winter home of Gholds, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679526The commissioner's interview with congress. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 729. Carlisle, Frederick Howard,Earl of,1748-1825. , Auckland, William Eden,Baron,1744-1814. , Johnstone, George,1730-1787. , Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783. , Politics & government,England,1770-1780. , Legislators,England,1770-1780. , Peace conferences,England,1770-1780.Melpomene. British Cartoon Prints Collection .Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Charles Jattiot (19th century), engraver. "No small surprise of Madame Petit." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101789-13 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engravingAndrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th president of the USA, As President-elect delivering a speech from the driver's seat of his coach on his journey to Washington, 1828 Engraving from 'Harper's Weekly', 1881The 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. Mr Brass, Daniel Quilp's lawyer, with his eye curiously twisted into the keyhole. The servant girl, the Marchioness, is on the stairs. Date: C.1850Great Britain politics election ""The vote collection"" caricature by William Hogarth copper engraving dedicated to Edward Walpole February 1758,'STEELE AND HIS CHILDREN,' PAINTED BY EYRE CROWE, JUN, FROM THE WINTER EXHIBITION, FRENCH GALLERYIf they attack us, resistance is impossible, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890Coronation of emperors in Frankfurt, Fountain in the square of the Hotel de Ville, Romer, vintage engraving. Coronation of emperors in Frankfurt, Fountain in the square of the Hotel de Ville, Romer, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678854Boudicca (Boadicea) lst century British queen of Iceni, rallying her troops. Finally overwhelmed by Romans, Boudicca is said to have taken poison. Wood engraving c1900Artisans, workers and bourgeois, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.Volkstanz in Steyr, Österreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. JahrhundertHampton Court in the Olden Times from a picture by F E Cox exhibited at the Royal Academy 1879The Red King and Red Queen Alice Through the Looking Glass Illustration by Sir John Tenniel 1820 to 1914Bettina von Arnim, 1838, historic illustration from Deutsche Literaturgeschichte, a history of German literature from 1885trade markets May Fish Market in Duesseldorf wood engraving by Fr. Schnitzler Germany 1891,Fountain of the Dragon, in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.The Merchant of Pins 1774, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link, 1852. Artist: UnknownThe Reichspostmuseum in Berlin with historical stamps and costumes, illustration from 1890, Germany / Das Reichspostmuseum in Berlin mit historischen Briefmarken und Kostümen, Illustration aus 1890, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,. A cartoon depicting a meeting of the Royal Institution. Illustrated by Harry Furniss (1854-1925) an Irish artist and illustrator. Dated 19th centuryDeparture, 1907, by Wilhelm Gause, Austria 20th Century. Watercolour.Private music concert in high society at the beginning of the 19th century, painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá (Madrid 1836-1901) Spanish portrait painter and director of the Museo Nacional del Prado between 1898 and 1901. Spain, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894alcohol, wine, production, culture of the grapevine, after miniature, book of hours, 16th century,The fountain of the Rue de Sevres, vintage engraving. The fountain of the Rue de Sevres, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648576Fish quay. Teniers, David II (Flemish, 1610-1690) (designed after) painter Hecke, Jan I van den (Flemish, 1620-1684) (designed after) painter Vanderbank, John (British, act.1689-1727) (workshop) weaver c. 1700-1720 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'3" x W 5'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art Gallery 9/25/1916; sold to Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc. 6/22/1943. Man removing fish from bucket, while 2 men converse; man stands next to horse (BRD) garland of flowers with twisting rope motif Figures from this tapestry come from the left-hand side of John Vanderbanks "Fish Quay" (from the collection of the Duke of Portland). This scene is based on designs by Jan van den Hecke I (see: Marillier, 1932, pp. 103, 104, no. 1, pl. 69a). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 6066 Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 101-110 Marillier, Teniers Tapestries (1932), 103-110, pl.69a Related Works: Similar boHebel monument to the castle garden in Karlsruhe, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.'Levee', (1930).Artist: Constantin GuysExpulsion of the Professors from the University of Antwerp, Black and White Illustration;Fishermen sponges, Cuba, vintage engraving. Fishermen sponges, Cuba, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674228Merry Christmas (Yuletide Revels) William Glackens (American, 1870-1938). Merry Christmas (Yuletide Revels), ca. 1910. Graphite, Conté crayon, ink, and transparent and opaque watercolor on laminated board adhered to wood pulp board, Sheet: 24 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (61.9 x 47 cm). Full of humorous vignettes, this work presents William Glackens at the height of his powers as a draftsman and storyteller. In a large room decorated for Christmas, throngs of children play with their new toysoften with painful consequenceswhile a few adults make futile attempts to control the chaos. Glackens’s figure style is slightly cartoonish but incorporates descriptive details that endow each child with a distinct personality. Reproduced in Collier’s Weekly, one of the nation’s most popular magazines of the period, this image comments ironically on the innocence of children and the joys of the holiday season. American Art ca. 1910many pigeons on the roof of a house, 1880, Austria / viele Tauben auf dem Dach eines Hauses, 1880, Österreich, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Charles-Nicolas Osselin (1752-1794) French politician, voted the death of Louis XVI, and was noted among the adversaries of the Girondins. Sentenced, initially to deportation and later to death, he died on the scaffold in 1794. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)Silas Marner George Eliot, 1861. Silas Marner defeated in his attempt to discipline Eppie (aged 3) by shutting her in the coal hole. After this episode, she is brought up without punishment. Illustration by Mary L Gow (1851-1929) published 1882.1400s 1470s CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WITH SON DIEGO LOOKING AT HORIZON DISCOVERED NEW WOLD 1492 VOYAGE OF EXPLORATIONIndian sculptures of America, Piher wooden, stacked figures, at Fort Simpson, North America, vintage engraving. Indian sculptures of America, Piher wooden, stacked figures, at Fort Simpson, North America, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679403Spain, Aragon. Costumes of High Aragon. Illustration by Fernando Miranda. Engraving by Sierra. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Aragon, 1866.A privy council. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 751. George,III,King of Great Britain,1738-1820. , Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , North, Frederick,Lord,1732-1792. , Politics & government,England,1770-1780. , Animals in human situations,England,1770-1780. , Meetings,England,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.'Strangers', 1883. Artist: Joseph SwainComposition and design of Theophile Schuler, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.Russians trimming Napoleon's beard, 1812. From a contemporary cartoon.Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 3636730Woodcut print depicting men playing Dice. Dated 17th centuryFountain of Fame or Fountain of Anton Martin, Madrid. Spain, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo en la Mano 1878Baron Friedrich von der Trenck in his cell, a Magdeburg, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.Queen Victoria opening the Royal Palace of Justice 1882THE AUTUMN MANOEUVRESGRABADO-TIPOS ESPAÑOLES.Johann Georg, Layout of the Spandau Fortress c. 1580, 16th century, Mark Brandenburg, History of the Hohenzollerns, historical illustration 1899The Waiting by Ticket, 1872 Exhibition of Painting, vintage engraving. The Waiting by Ticket, 1872 Exhibition of Painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679540Colossal Statue in the Quarries of Toumbos. Illustrations. 1835. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division"The Doubtful Coin," by W. Hunt, 1870. Engraving of a painting depicting '...a boy in charge, apparently, of an apple-stall. There is the bushel-basket, the whole stock-in-trade, perhaps, of the proprietor; and there are the penny lots temptingly set out in order...It is an evening or night scene; and a coin received by the boy from a purchaser presenting some peculiarity, the poor child suspects it may be a base coin passed under cover of the darkness, so he snatches up the candle to scrutinise it. The candle is screened from the wind by paper, and thus, its light being diffused oveWatercolor reproduction: Julian Fa AT (1852-1929), soap; from: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1904, No. 19 (May 7), p. 363; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1904 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);Beauty and the Beast - Greetings, Walter Crane - Beauty & the BeastDie Lambertusfeier in Münster, 1898, Kinder tanzen um eine verkleidete Gestalt, im Hintergrund die Lichterpyramide, Deutschland, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903930Illustration depicting the hand raising the nap of woollen cloth using Teazles fitted in frames. Dated 19th CenturyA cartoon titled 'Inheritance or Envisionist'. Illustrated by George du Maurier (1834-1896) a Franco-British cartoonist and author. Dated 19th centuryEngraving depicting the Jewish Ghetto in Cracow. Many cities had such a Jewish Quarter and members of the Jewish community could not live elsewhere. Dated 19th CenturyVeit Konrad Schwarz, fashion tailor and Fugger merchant servant, 1541 - 1588, in mask suit / Veit Konrad Schwarz, Modeschneider und Fuggerscher Handelsdiener, 1541 - 1588, im Maskenanzug, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,. Cold Paris, 1902. Artist: UnknownLute player outside the cabinet, illustration from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900Giuseppe Garibaldi.Painting Salon 1861, Near Damascus, by Dauzals, vintage engraving. Painting Salon 1861, Near Damascus, by Dauzals, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674179Charles XII of Sweden, Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834'The Last Voyage', c1870-1900.Artist: Edwin Lord WeeksFOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO DE TITIRITEROS EN MADRID - HACIA 1885. Location: FUNDACION RAMON Y CAJAL. SPAIN.The Hillel charm. Hugo Steiner-Prag (Bohemia, Prague, 1880-1945). Germany, 1915-1916. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on handmade paperFritz Reuter's Christmas, Fritz Reuter, Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter, 1810 to 1874, one of the most important German poets and writers o...OLD KING COAL'A Change for the Better', 1867. Artist: John TennielCartoon titled 'Inheritance or Environment' by George du Maurier.Adolph Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, ab (1898) von Menzel, 8 December 1815, 9 February 1905, a German painter, draughtsman and illustrator, enters the Imperial Palace of Sanssouci in Potsdam, Germany, as an honoured guest, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date not known, Europe'Rudyard Kipling', 1923.Artist: LEA