Vintage Urban Life Scenes

Illustrations depicting everyday life in historical settings, featuring men and women in period clothing engaging in social interactions in cafes and public spaces.

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Barbershop, A barber checks his work on a customer., print, prints, height 224 mm, width 161 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

A hair fetishist gives rein to his guilty passion by cutting off a young lady's pony tail. Date: circa 1890

Man looks inside a cafe, Honoré Daumier, 1839 Paris paper letterpress printing caricatures (human types). inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

Two men hat on the head, causing with a woman in cap Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (1802-1892), draftsman and French painter. Two men, hat on the head, causing with a woman in cap. Feather, ink, sepia wash.

Billiards men in a cafe, Frans Proost, 1889 print paper etching inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. pipe ~ tobacco. billiards

Father with two children pointing to a beggar on the street, Isaac Weissenbruch, after Jan Weissenbruch, 1838 - 1912 print Netherlands paper alcoholic drinks. beggar. father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group). index finger forwards, pointing, indicating

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Barbershop, A barber checks his work on a customer., print, prints, height 224 mm, width 161 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

Three characters in carnival costume

A group of people gathered around an old lady sitting by a spinning wheel holding a spool of yarn. Lithograph by Gustave Janet.

Two working-class men wearing top hats and moustaches, imitating the fashions of the upper classes, rejoice in their new-found equality in fashion. Wood engraving after John Leech, 1854.

People without way. I took the freedom ... (dummy title)

A family going to church, American customs, United States of America, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 769, Volume XXIX, November 21, 1857.

Address set. / The bag race. / 1 (title registered (letter)) | Field holidays. (Title of all)

Man returns to his family, Mayer (print maker, French school), after Eugène Devéria, 1830 - 1837 print In a room a man is attacked by two women, while two others are sitting on the floor. printer: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Londonpublisher: New York (city) paper family, descendance. interior of the house. adult man. passions, emotions, affections. kneeling figure - AA - female human figure

Man surprises other man with military appearance by mustache, Honoré Daumier, 1848 Paris paper caricatures (human types). moustache

A Sunday afternoon in a Picture Gallery Date: 1879

Charcoal illustration of a restaurant scene; a girl offers flowers for an older man to buy, Illustrated by Theophile Steinlen (1859-1923), French-Swiss Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.

Caricature of a man without a coat who is cold on the street, Frédéric Bouchot, 1838 - 1840 print For De Klerk without a job, or the artist who has no money to pay his tailor in advance, the winter always comes too early. The coloring man has too few clothes on for the cold weather. The lady in the background is, with her warm sleeve, dressed up. Paris paper. paper coldness. clothes covering the entire body (+ destination or function of clothes)

A large man is sitting on a chair by a table while a woman pours tea out of the teapot, seeming to miss the cups as they and the young woman standing behind the chair are engaged in conversation. Etching by Phillips.

Ah you do not marry you fanchette (Registered title) | Farmers. (Title of all)

Man with two women on his arm, Carel Christiaan Antony Last, After Alexander Ver Huell, 1862 - 1867 print A man walks with two women on his arm. A castle in the background. Arnhem paper. adult man. adult woman

Young woman and two men in a departure. Two men hold the hand of a young woman in a departure. A second wife saves the scene from the doorway.

Oliver claimed by his affectionate friends. 19th century illustration from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. Illustration by George Cruishank (1792-1878)

Handicraft woman performing with a man. In a room there are a man and a woman to talk to a table while the woman performs handicrafts. There are writing stuff on the table.

French satirical Illustration, showing a parent appealing against a decision to expel a pupil who cannot pay for his tuition. 1908

'Mr Romford at Dalberry Lees', 1865. Artist: John Leech.

Male and women at the table, Alexander Ver Huell, 1855 - 1873 print A man and woman at the table are talking. With them is a woman who writes in a book. Arnhem paper writing and letters

Two men discuss a magazine. The man left is interested by a monocle, the man on the right looks like him. Text on recto and verso.

'Passengers from Marseilles, France, being fumigated at Avignon railway station. Marseilles was badly affected by the outbreak of Cholera and thousands of inhabitants fled in an attempt to find safety. Engraving, 1884.'

Buying Christmas trees in Covent Garden market, London Date: 1854

Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away. Date: 1871

Doctor Blimber's young gentlemen as they appeared when enjoying themselved. Illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Dombey and Son by H.K. Browne known as Phiz

A flower show at the Royal Botanic Society's Garden, Regents Park. 1883

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Napoleon III at Hotel de Ville in Paris, August 23, 1855, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 653, Volume XXVI, September 1, 1855.

arrival of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie of France at a reception in Lille 1860

Allmore from Ormsö, Estonia. Interior with two dancing couples. "E. H. Schlichting. Fec. Worms. Lith. Druck v. Winckelmann & Söhne. Berlin Nordic

Photo production of (presumably) a painting of a couple who says goodbye. Part of album with pictures of sights and landscapes in England and of art.

A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

Couple helps two children who sleep on the street, Paul Gavarni, 1840 print The woman stoops to put an alms in the pocket of the sleeping girl. Paris paper sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors. watching a sleeping child. giving alms or other charity, e.g.: handing out food. night

Standing man and woman in an interior, Anonymous, After Willem Wenckebach, 1870 - 1937 print. drawing A man and woman face each other in an interior. Behind them are three chairs and a table with a book. paper. ink. deck paint printing block / brush interior of the house. relations between the sexes

Boy with hat in hand stands for a teacher, Willem Geets, 1872 print Publishher: The Hatepublisher: Ginget paper etching teacher and pupil. writing-table, writing-desk. book - MM - book open

Story of the boy jantje; How or Jantje has been exposed early. .

Family Party Playing at Fox and Geese, 1857. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

An engraving depicting an English Hackney coach waiting for his passenger. Illustrated by Matthew White Ridley (1837-1888) a British illustrator. Dated 19th century

Dance lesson, the young people are being taught ballroom dancing by a dance instructor, c. 1885, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known

Two men in conversation, Karel Frederik Bombled, 1832 - 1902 print The men stand opposite each other on the street and both wear a top hat. One man has put his right hand on the shoulder of the other. paper. conversation, dialogue; conversation piece. street

Freedmen voting in New Orleans. Prints. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Freedmen , Louisiana , New Orleans , 1860-1869, African Americans , History , 1860-1869, Dogs , New Orleans , 1860-1869, Political elections , New Orleans , 1860-1869, Voting , New Orleans , 1860-1869, African Americans , Political activity , Louisiana , New Orleans , 1860-1869

Man kneeling in front of woman by Anonymous artist, Color lithograph, Russia, Moscow, State Museum of A.S. Pushkin,

An entertainment at Lampa, preparation of the Cardinal, Peru, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Reproduction of a painting of a man and woman indoors by Milne Ramsey, Goupil & Cie., After Milne Ramsey, c. 1872 - in or before 1879 photomechanical print paper communal rooms. man and woman cohabiting

A boy is standing inside a wooden frame as a man in a uniform talks to large man in a chair. Etching after John Leech.

Dance lesson, the young people are being taught ballroom dancing by a dance instructor, c. 1885, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an origi...

African-American being wed legally after Civil War.

Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, HURRYING ALONG A BY-STREET, KEEPING AS CLOSE AS HE CAN TO THE AREA RAILINGS, A MAN OF ABOUT FORTY OR FIFTY, CLAD IN AN OLD RUSTY SUIT OF THREADBARE BLACK CLOTH

Alfred R. Waud, A Fashionable Wedding, 1870, wood engraving on paper.

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY IN IRELAND, 1881: THE MAKER: ( gleefully )"A-h Jeames---'tis illigant." THE RECEIVER: "Is this for you, Father? Is it fun?"

Men in conversation in an interior. .

HOPS AND HOP PICKERS, IN A KENTISH HOP GARDEN, KENT, ENGLAND, LEAVING LONDON ; A SKETCH AT VICTORIA RAILWAY STATION, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

A brave English Salvationist preaches to the clientele of a Swiss tavern, but any moment now the police will arrive and accuse of her of breaching the peace Date: 1886

Paul Sandby RA, 1731-1809, British, London Cries: A Muffin Man, ca. 1759. Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured laid paper.

Wilfried with his mother. Wilfried comes to his mother. Illustration of a scene from a book with poems called 'helene'.

itinerant trades people on the boulevards. A tisane seller with a cask on his back, a blind man with his dog, a fruit seller, a porter and a print seller. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from "A Tour through Paris," William Sams, London, 1825. Illustration copied from Richard Peake's "French Characteristic Costumes," 1819.

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids. Miseries of Human Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries of Human Life, Ackermann, 1808.

Holly Street Inn, Boston Artist Unknown Engraving Culver Pictures Inc.

Man gets a bunch of flowers from his caretaker, Honoré Daumier, 1844 Paris paper caricatures (human types). cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers. congratulation, felicitation. housekeeper

Inner scene of a coffee, three women, two men around a table

Illustration depicting a maid showing in a visitor. On the table is a small telescopic book rack. Dated 19th century

Being and appearing. / 12. / Servant: / - Cretins! ... it comments .., As if it knew the service! ... (title registered (letter)) | To be and appear. (Title of all)

And my ingenious spouse will tell me he spent this / evening with you. ... / 3. (registered title) | Deaths of men. (Title of all)

Group of people at cafe; Beed by Mr Van't Kasteel ..

Two old people both with walking sticks stand facing one another. Etching by I.C. White.

Toddler has thrown inkpot over his clothes, Honoré Daumier, 1839 Paris paper caricatures (human types). ink. male infant. family life

News. / 299. / My officer, .. Excuse me if I was a little familiar in time ... but had to do his work! ... (Registered title) | News (1856) (title of L 'together)

A young lady is being asked by a young man to join the other couples on the dance floor. Engraving by S.S. Smith after J. Stephanoff.

Man and wife Van Schouwen, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, after Adriaan Prince, after Jan Willem Pieneman, 1829 Man and wife in traditional costume of the Zeeland island of Schouwen. The woman brings a basket with butter to the market, the man a basket with eggs. Part of a bound edition of the series of twenty -four records of Dutch traditional costumes in the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Maashamp, 1829. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Zeelandpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Schouwen-Duiveland Man and wife in traditional costume of the Zeeland island of Schouwen. The woman brings a basket with butter to the market, the man a basket with eggs. Part of a bound edition of the series of twenty -four records of Dutch traditional costumes in the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Maashamp, 1829. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Zeelandpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Schouwen-Duiveland

Men read the newspaper around a stove, monogrammist JJM, 1816 - 1839 print There are two men who read the newspaper around a stove. The judge has a violin with a bow in his pocket. A man is smoking a cigar at a table. In the background three more men and a woman. Numbered at the top right: No. 1. paper newspaper, news-sheet. reading. heating stove. cigar

Off to the seaside resort, the family packing to leave for a summer holiday at a seaside resort, 1890, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Watercolor and pencil depiction of a Stock-Bohemian figure or scene by Georg Emanuel Opiz, created around 1820, showing attire and posture.

Woman offering another woman a jug, Isaac Weissenbruch, after Gerardus Johannes Bos, 1836 - 1912 print Netherlands paper adult woman (+ five persons). containers

Zach Fren and his men had gathered at the station, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

A man who abuses his physique. / 34 (title registered (letter)) | Grisettes. (Title of all)

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO BRADGATE PARK, LEICESTERSHIRE

French cellist Lise Cristiani in a Chinese dinner. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

George du Maurier cartoon from 'Punch' Magazine, showing a social gathering of upper-class English gentry in fashionable clothes. 1871

Mayieux and Robert Macaire. / Interview with two great men. / 1. (registered title)

John Hyde, New York CityThe Uptown "New York Herald" OfficeServant Girls Writing Advertisements, 1874, wood engraving on paper.

The Age of Brass, or the Triumphs of Woman's Rights.

Drawing by Fritz von Dardel. A woman with a jug in her hand and a man with a wine bottle. "Thanks Ohlson whispered Anna, Champagne I serve himself. Nordic

Several men conversing, smoking and reading with hats in a coffee house with a billiard table, Men in a coffee house with a billiard table Study print / Etudes grav, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, Amsterdam, Jun-1814, paper, etching, h 89 mm × w 233 mm

Exterior of an auction house, Anonymous, After Emmanuel Barcet, 1905 print. magazine There are eight people on a sidewalk in front of an auction house. On the left two men with hats whose left reveals that his collection is being auctioned under the pseudonym of 'La Duchesse de X ...'. In addition, a woman with her dog is stopped by the door. To the right of two decent women with hats, two poorly stripped Mannen are surprised by the high auction prices. The print is part of a magazine. paper art sale, auction. caricatures (human types). political caricatures and satires. façade (of house or building)

Boer War: Queen Victoria being presented with flowers by a Victoria Jubilee Nurse at the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. Hatherell after W. C. Mills.

The King of the Bean - drawn by Edmond Morin, 1857. 'On the day of the Epiphany in Normandy...after the family dinner, the cake is brought in...It has been previously cut in equal pieces, one of which contains a bean. The youngest member of the family is the one who draws the shares. The first share is called "the good God's share"...and is given to the poor...The second share is called "La part de l'absent," and is put aside in some cupboard...it is considered as a sort of barometer of the health of the absent member of the family...The other shares are drawn just as t

Punishing an interpreter, The punishments of China, Dadley, J., Mason, George Henry, Stipple engraving, hand-colored, 1801

Christmas Eve in the Imperial Palace in Berlin, The family of the German Emperor Wilhelm I in the imperial palace in Berlin under the Christmas tree from About Land and Sea, General Illustrirte Zeitung , Hermann Lüders -, artist

Two men in a landscape; Study pictures / Etudes Gravées. Two sitting men in a landscape.

Auxiliary National Guard / 19

Londoners riot in protest against the high cost of bread outside the entrance to Parliament, Westminster

1890s 1900s ILLUSTRATION WOMAN CALLING ON TELEPHONE RIDING ON EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN RAILROAD CAR

Traditional costume of houses in Noord-Holland, 1857; Province of North Holland. Houses / liii. Traditional place of the place houses in the province of Noord-Holland. Kerkgoers. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 plates of Dutch market forces.

Communardiana / n ° 4 / these ladies under the municipality / in campaign dress.

An engraving depicting a young girl waiting to see a doctor in the poor working district. Dated 19th century

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