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Illustration from Los Caprichos set by Francisco de Goya, Etching, 1797-1798, 1746-1828, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermit...
Illustration from Los Caprichos set by Francisco de Goya, Etching, 1797-1798, 1746-1828, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 21, 5x15
Abolition of the Slave Trade or Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh exemplified in the Cruel Treatment of a Young Negro Girl...
Abolition of the Slave Trade or Inhumanity of Dealers in Human Flesh exemplified in the Cruel Treatment of a Young Negro Girl of 15 for her Virgin Modesty after a 1792 etching by Isaac Cruikshank referring to an incident when Captain John Kimber of the merchant ship Recovery murdered a black girl who refused to dance for him
Wilhelm Tell by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, etching, 1781, 1726-1801, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 36, 8x41, 8
Women's fashion from 1786 to 1841, reigns of George III to Victoria, from Pocket Books, Ladies' Magazines, etc. Handcolored e...
Women's fashion from 1786 to 1841, reigns of George III to Victoria, from Pocket Books, Ladies' Magazines, etc. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).
Two Vases in the Louvre. David Hockney (b. 1937). Etching printed in colours on Inveresk mould-made paper. Dated 1974. 74 x 7...
Two Vases in the Louvre. David Hockney (b. 1937). Etching printed in colours on Inveresk mould-made paper. Dated 1974. 74 x 74cm. Numbered 46 in an edition of 75.
VISTA DE LA CIUDAD DE MANILA DESDE EL ARRABAL - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO A TINTA - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: BRAMBILA FERNAND...
VISTA DE LA CIUDAD DE MANILA DESDE EL ARRABAL - SIGLO XVIII - DIBUJO A TINTA - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: BRAMBILA FERNANDO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers. A native of the east.. . Centaurea glastifolia. . Handcolored copperplate e...
Woad-leaved centaurea with yellow fluffy flowers. A native of the east.. . Centaurea glastifolia. . Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" 1791.
Crassula coccinea. . Deep scarlet flowered crassula shrub from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Drawn and engraved by Geo...
Crassula coccinea. . Deep scarlet flowered crassula shrub from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Drawn and engraved by George Cooke. . . Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured illustrations and ran from 1817 to 1833 to total 2,000 plates. The publication introduced many exquisite camellias from China, exotic orchids and lilies from the New World, and about 100 varieties
The last supper with Jesus Christ and his apostles. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical P...
The last supper with Jesus Christ and his apostles. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).
A "poursuivant d'armes" (apprentice herald) from the society of the donkey (Societe de l'Ane). He wears a yellow plumed cap, ...
A "poursuivant d'armes" (apprentice herald) from the society of the donkey (Societe de l'Ane). He wears a yellow plumed cap, an elaborate cloak in black, yellow and gold, over red trousers. The breast of his tunic shows a leaping donkey.. . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
View of Alhama, Granada, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarrum' - 1576 - coloured engraving. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENB...
View of Alhama, Granada, from 'Civitates Orbis Terrarrum' - 1576 - coloured engraving. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM-ALHAMA (GRANADA).
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ROMANS-SUR-ISERE (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1581. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Loca...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ROMANS-SUR-ISERE (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1581. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
CHARLES DENIS BOURBAKI (1816-1897). Militar francés. Napoleón III le dió el mando de la Guardia Imperial. Sirvió en Argelia, ...
CHARLES DENIS BOURBAKI (1816-1897). Militar francés. Napoleón III le dió el mando de la Guardia Imperial. Sirvió en Argelia, Crimea y destacó en la Batalla de Solferino (1879). Grabado. "Historia de Francia", 1883.
Fruit, leaves, flowers and catkins of the walnut tree, Juglans regia. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illust...
Fruit, leaves, flowers and catkins of the walnut tree, Juglans regia. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
LA BARONESA DE KAULLA. Denunciada por la prensa francesa como espía de Alemania. En 1880 el general francés Ernest Courtot de...
LA BARONESA DE KAULLA. Denunciada por la prensa francesa como espía de Alemania. En 1880 el general francés Ernest Courtot de Cissey fue acusado de tener relaciones con la Baronesa Kaula, quien se decía que era una espía de parte de Alemania, hecho que lo llevó a ser destituido del cargo. Grabado por Capuz. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1880. Coloreado.
FUNCTION ROOM AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS, REGENTS PARK, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, ETCHED GLASS DE...
FUNCTION ROOM AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS, REGENTS PARK, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, ETCHED GLASS DETAIL, ROBERT POTTER AND PARTNERS
LITERATURA CASTELLANA. S. XVI-XVII. QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, Francisco de (Madrid, 1580Villanueva de los Infantes, 1645). Escritor...
LITERATURA CASTELLANA. S. XVI-XVII. QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, Francisco de (Madrid, 1580Villanueva de los Infantes, 1645). Escritor español, una de las mayores figuras del Siglo de Oro y principal representante del conceptismo. "EL SUEÑO DE LAS CALAVERAS". Ilustración de la obra editada en el s. XIX. Biblioteca Episcopal. Barcelona. Cataluña.
Economy. 19th century. Mining. Coal mine with several floors. Colored engraving. "The Art of the Illustration", 1888.
José Vázquez / 'Portrait of Alonso Cano', 1797, Spanish School, Etching; burin on paper, 358 mm x 254 mm, G05175.
Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with u...
Death, grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary. A nun at the convent gate, with uplifted hands, bewails the fate of her of her superior.. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.
Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of ...
Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Carnonkel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest
Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outline...
Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outlined the main thesis of Lutheranism in Wittenberg. He was excommunicated in 1520. Luther played the lute at the home of Ursula Cotta. Engraving by A. Closs.
Fernando Calderon Collantes (1811-1890). Spanish politician. 1st Marquis of Reinosa. Engraving in The Spanish and American Il...
Fernando Calderon Collantes (1811-1890). Spanish politician. 1st Marquis of Reinosa. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890.
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554-1618). English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. Engraving in "El M...
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1554-1618). English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. Engraving in "El Mundo Ilustrado", 1880.
The exhortations, plate 16 of 'Proverbs' - 1815/23 - 24,6x35,9 cm - etching and burnished aquatint. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACI...
The exhortations, plate 16 of 'Proverbs' - 1815/23 - 24,6x35,9 cm - etching and burnished aquatint. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: DISPARATE 16-LAS EXHORTACIONES O DISPARATE TRIPLE.
ATLAS DE LA HISTORIA FISICA Y POLITICA DE CHILE, 1854. Author: GAY CLAUDIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, ...
ATLAS DE LA HISTORIA FISICA Y POLITICA DE CHILE, 1854. Author: GAY CLAUDIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Aspecto del acorazado estadounidense "MAINE" tras la explosión acaecida el 15 de febrero de 1898 en el puerto de La Habana. E...
Aspecto del acorazado estadounidense "MAINE" tras la explosión acaecida el 15 de febrero de 1898 en el puerto de La Habana. El hecho, ocurrido durante la Guerra de Independencia cubana, sirvió de pretexto a los EE. UU. para declarar la guerra a España. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.
Victims of the 1808 repression in Madrid. Engraving. Madrid, National library. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION.
Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby fr...
Common eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany," John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2, 500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
Portrait of Carlo Vanloo or Charles Andre Vanloo (1705-1765), French history painter.. Painted by Pierre le Sueur, Steel engr...
Portrait of Carlo Vanloo or Charles Andre Vanloo (1705-1765), French history painter.. Painted by Pierre le Sueur, Steel engraving by John Corner from "Portraits of Celebrated Painters with Medallions from their Best Performances" 1825.
Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Bo...
Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1835. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Corn bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's "B...
Corn bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
The Alhambra in Granada. Court of the lions. Higham colored engraving after a drawing by David Roberts. 19th century. Andalus...
The Alhambra in Granada. Court of the lions. Higham colored engraving after a drawing by David Roberts. 19th century. Andalusia. Spain.
GRABADO - MOCAJETE DE PATZCUARO - MUSEO DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CONIL - DETALLE - SALANDO BACALAO - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3041. Author: BRAUN GEOR...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CONIL - DETALLE - SALANDO BACALAO - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3041. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
England. Bus powered by steam locomotive. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1872).
EUGENIO IV (Venecia, 1383-Roma, 1447). Papa italiano, elegido en el año 1431, de nombre Gabriel Condulmer. Su pontificado que...
EUGENIO IV (Venecia, 1383-Roma, 1447). Papa italiano, elegido en el año 1431, de nombre Gabriel Condulmer. Su pontificado quedó determinado por el Concilio de Basilea. Convocó de nuevo el Concilio en Ferrara (1438) y lo trasladó posteriormente a Florencia (1439). Firmó la bula "Laetentur Coeli" (1439). Grabado.
Roman cavalry with javelin (verutum) and a Roman soldier on the march with his pack, sword (gladius) and shield (scutum). Han...
Roman cavalry with javelin (verutum) and a Roman soldier on the march with his pack, sword (gladius) and shield (scutum). Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).
Nao Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. Engraving by Rico. Colored.
Harvest of the dead, plate 63 of 'The Disasters of War' - 1810/14 - 15,5x20,8 cm - etching and burnished aquatint. Location: ...
Harvest of the dead, plate 63 of 'The Disasters of War' - 1810/14 - 15,5x20,8 cm - etching and burnished aquatint. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: DESASTRE Nº 63-MUERTOS RECOGIDOS.
The Cit㈠De L?OcãˆAn Et Du Surf,Steven Holl Architects,Solange Fabi‎o,Biarritz,France, 2011, Exterior View Of Bar And Rest...
The Cit㈠De L?OcãˆAn Et Du Surf,Steven Holl Architects,Solange Fabi‎o,Biarritz,France, 2011, Exterior View Of Bar And Restaurant Building
Chattering lory, Lorius garrulus. Ceram lory, Psittacus garrulus. The bird's rich metallic scarlet plumage rendered a steely ...
Chattering lory, Lorius garrulus. Ceram lory, Psittacus garrulus. The bird's rich metallic scarlet plumage rendered a steely pink. Hand-coloured steel engraving by Joseph Kidd (after John Audubon) from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown's "Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots," Edinburgh, 1833. The Miscellany was intended to be a multi-volume series, but was brought to an abrupt halt after only the second volume on cats when John Audubon complained about the unauthorized use of hi
MADRID-MOTIN EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL 1869- LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: ALBA E. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS COLOREADOS, SP...
MADRID-MOTIN EN LA PUERTA DEL SOL 1869- LITOGRAFIA S XIX. Author: ALBA E. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS COLOREADOS, SPAIN.
St. Peter's Basilica & Square, Vatican City 1775 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778 Italian) Etching
Sociedad inglesa S. XIX. 'Grupo de personas jugando al ping-pong, el juego de moda en Inglaterra'. Grabado S. XIX.
German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lech...
German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A.J. Lallemand, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834
JOSE PATINO MORALES (1666-1736) 1 SECR.ESTADO FELIPE V. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Un...
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794. . . The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794~1796 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging from trees) and
Grayling, coregone thymalle, Thymallus thymallus, and European smelt, eperlan commun, Osmerus eperlanus. Handcoloured copperp...
Grayling, coregone thymalle, Thymallus thymallus, and European smelt, eperlan commun, Osmerus eperlanus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Joyeau, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Jo
Herrada de Landsberg (1130-1195). Escritora, religiosa alsaciana y abadesa de la abadía de Hohenburg, en los montes Vosgos. A...
Herrada de Landsberg (1130-1195). Escritora, religiosa alsaciana y abadesa de la abadía de Hohenburg, en los montes Vosgos. Autora de la enciclopedia pictórica Hortus deliciarum (El Jardín de las Delicias). La ruptura del voto de castidad era castigada con duras penas que la monja criticó. "Emparedamiento de una monja". Grabado por H. Kaeseberg. "Germania", año 1882. Herrada de Landsberg Nació Hacia el Año 1130 en el castillo de Landsberg, en la región del Bajo Rhin, en el seno de Una Familia no
Blue anemones and white snowdrops, Anemone coronaria and Galanthus nivalis. Handcolored stipple engraving from "Le Jardinier ...
Blue anemones and white snowdrops, Anemone coronaria and Galanthus nivalis. Handcolored stipple engraving from "Le Jardinier Fleuriste, Dedie aus Dames par un Amateur" Chez Marcilly, Paris, 1818. The Florist Gardener was a gift book for ladies with charming miniature botanical bouquets in the style of Pancrace Bessa.
DIOS SE APARECE EN UNA NUBE A ESDRAS - HISTORIA DE ESDRAS - XVI/XVII - GRABADO FLAMENCO. Author: JODE GERARD / VOS MARTEN / V...
DIOS SE APARECE EN UNA NUBE A ESDRAS - HISTORIA DE ESDRAS - XVI/XVII - GRABADO FLAMENCO. Author: JODE GERARD / VOS MARTEN / VISSCHER CLAES JANSZ. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Genre Scene by Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Etching, watercolour, 1788, 1755-1832, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 58x...
Genre Scene by Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Etching, watercolour, 1788, 1755-1832, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 58x42, 8
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisi...
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Frederick III (1609-1670). King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. Colored engraving.
DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA (1810-1815) - DESASTRE Nº 40 - ALGUN PARTIDO SACA - AGUAFUERTE, PUNTA SECA Y BURIL - 177 x 221 mm. Loc...
DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA (1810-1815) - DESASTRE Nº 40 - ALGUN PARTIDO SACA - AGUAFUERTE, PUNTA SECA Y BURIL - 177 x 221 mm. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Social gathering in Kremlin by Mikhail Ivanovich Makhaev, Etching, 1790s, 1718-1770, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,
Brooklime or European speedwell, Veronica beccabunga. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbe...
Brooklime or European speedwell, Veronica beccabunga. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his "Icones plantar
EL PADRE ANDRES BURRIEL Y EL DOCTOR PEREZ BAYER. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). First king of Portugal. Defeat of the Arabs in Ourique (1139). In the same fiel...
Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). First king of Portugal. Defeat of the Arabs in Ourique (1139). In the same field, is proclaimed king Afonso. Eighteenth-century engraving.
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Asopia pictalis, Pyralis pictalis, Poplar Pyralis moth, with round rough-headed poppy, Papaver hybridum. Entomology, being Il...
Asopia pictalis, Pyralis pictalis, Poplar Pyralis moth, with round rough-headed poppy, Papaver hybridum. Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland," London, 1834. Curtis (1791 –1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher. "British Entomology" was published from 1824 to 1839, and comprised 770 illustrations of insects and the plants upon which they are found.
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, and beetle. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Fl...
Peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, and beetle. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (Dutch Flower Arrangements), Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, 1794. The artist of the fine plates is a mystery: the title bouquet has the signature of Paul Theodor van Brussel (1754-1795), the Dutch flower painter, and one auricula is "drawn from life" by A. Bres. According to Hunt, 30 plates show the influence of the famous French artist Nicolas Robert (1614-1685).
Last kiss by Luigi Schiavonetti, Etching, watercolor, 1794, Rococo, 1765-1810, Russia, Rybinsk, State Museum of History, Arch...
Last kiss by Luigi Schiavonetti, Etching, watercolor, 1794, Rococo, 1765-1810, Russia, Rybinsk, State Museum of History, Architecture and Art, 40, 3x49, 3
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
Noblewoman of France, 1581. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes o...
Noblewoman of France, 1581. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Vienna, 1811. Illustration based on Thomas Jefferys Collection of Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. After the Designs of Holbein, Van Dyke, Hollar, and others, London, 1757.
The army of British invadors being driven back by the Spanish while attacking Buenos Aires (Liniers). 1807. Engraving. Madrid...
The army of British invadors being driven back by the Spanish while attacking Buenos Aires (Liniers). 1807. Engraving. Madrid, Naval Museum. Author: CARDANO JOSE. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.
Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural Histor...
Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.
LA ENCICLOPEDIA DE DIDEROT Y D'ALEMBERT 1751 GRABADO-FABRICA DE PAPEL. LA SALA. Author: BENARD, ROBERT. Location: PRIVATE COL...
LA ENCICLOPEDIA DE DIDEROT Y D'ALEMBERT 1751 GRABADO-FABRICA DE PAPEL. LA SALA. Author: BENARD, ROBERT. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.
European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, and Alpine Marmot, Marmota marmota. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engravi...
European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, and Alpine Marmot, Marmota marmota. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by David, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-184
Gabrielle D'estrees, Duchess of Beaufort, (1573-I599), mistress of Henry IV. Etching by Mercier. From the book ' Lady Jackson...
Gabrielle D'estrees, Duchess of Beaufort, (1573-I599), mistress of Henry IV. Etching by Mercier. From the book ' Lady Jackson's Works IX. The First of the Bourbons I' Published London 1899.
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from W...
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documen
Lucombe's Pine-apple Pippin apple, Malus domestica, within a Della Robbia ornamental frame with text below. Handcoloured glyp...
Lucombe's Pine-apple Pippin apple, Malus domestica, within a Della Robbia ornamental frame with text below. Handcoloured glyphograph from Benjamin Maund's "The Fruitist," London, 1850, Groombridge and Sons. Maund (1790–1863) was a pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller and publisher of "The Botanic Garden" and "The Botanist.".
German iris, Iris germanica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewass...
German iris, Iris germanica. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his "Icones plantarum medicinalium" for apot
STATUE OF THE LATE LORD JUSTICE-GENERAL BOYLE, BY J. STEELL, R.S.A., IN THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, EDINBURGH.
Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Episcopal Lib...
Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. Engraving depicting the city of Alexandria. 15th century. Latin edition. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain.
Namondjok centre who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon right , the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife below left supernatural a...
Namondjok centre who ate his clan sister, Namarrgon right , the Lightning Man and Barrginj his wife below left supernatural ancestors at the rock art site at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Spaniard and Spanish woman with shield and spears. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Pi...
Spaniard and Spanish woman with shield and spears. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).
Annual clary or orval, Salvia viridis. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Arts...
Annual clary or orval, Salvia viridis. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates, and a Dutch edition followed in 1796 published by J.C. Sepp with an additional 100 plates. Zorn (1739-1799) was a German pharmacist and botanist who collected medical plants from all over Europe for his "Icones plantarum medicinalium
Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus, and pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engravin...
Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus, and pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.
MASCARA DE OBSIDIANA PROCEDENTE DE MICHOACAN - ARTE PRECOLOMBINO DEL OCCIDENTE DE MEXICO - LAMINA 144. Location: INSTITUTO DE...
MASCARA DE OBSIDIANA PROCEDENTE DE MICHOACAN - ARTE PRECOLOMBINO DEL OCCIDENTE DE MEXICO - LAMINA 144. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CADIZ - DETALLE - COMERCIO EN EL PUERTO CON MERCADERES - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 307...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CADIZ - DETALLE - COMERCIO EN EL PUERTO CON MERCADERES - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3070. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
"MIGUEL EL MUSRAB, SHEIKH OF THE ANAZEH TRIBE," BY CARL HAAG, IN THE WINTER EXHIBITION OF THE WATER COLOUR SOCIETY, 1862.
architectural details of the entrance door at the santa maria da vitoria monastery, batalha, portugal
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - BOURBOURG (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1575. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: P...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - BOURBOURG (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1575. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
PEDRO I el Cruel (Burgos, 1334-Montiel, 1369). Rey de Castilla y de León, hijo y sucesor de Alfonso XI. Su reinado presidió l...
PEDRO I el Cruel (Burgos, 1334-Montiel, 1369). Rey de Castilla y de León, hijo y sucesor de Alfonso XI. Su reinado presidió la grave crisis castellana de mediados del siglo XIV. Grabado del rey en la "CRONICA DEL SERENISIMO REY PEDRO I" del escritor español Pedro LOPEZ DE AYALA (1332-1407). PORTADA impresa en Pamplona en el año 1591. Biblioteca de Cataluña. Barcelona.
Anton von Schmerling (1805-1893). Austrian politician. Engraving in Universal History, 1885. Colored.
THE BAY OF FINLARIG, LOCH TAY, PERTHSHIRE, WITH THE MAUSOLEUM OF THE BREADALBANE FAMILY, 1862.
Yellow-haired terebella, Terebella flavicoma. Tube forming marine polychete worm with filamentous tentacles. Illustration sig...
Yellow-haired terebella, Terebella flavicoma. Tube forming marine polychete worm with filamentous tentacles. Illustration signed RN (Richard Nodder).. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" 1796.. Frederick Polydore Nodder (1751~1801?) was a gifted natural history artist and engraver. Nodder honed his draftsmanship working on Captain Cook and Joseph Banks' Florilegium and engraving Sydney Parkinson's sketches of Australian plants.
Renaissance Choir Loft In The Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Assumption Great Mosque Of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
The Cit㈠De L?OcãˆAn Et Du Surf,Steven Holl Architects,Solange Fabi‎o,Biarritz,France, 2011, Exterior View Of Plaza And Co...
The Cit㈠De L?OcãˆAn Et Du Surf,Steven Holl Architects,Solange Fabi‎o,Biarritz,France, 2011, Exterior View Of Plaza And Cobbled Wave
Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisie...
Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
GENERAL PORFIRIO DIAZ (1830/1915) - PRESIDENTE DE MEXICO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Spleen, kidneys, cecum, bile and pancreas ducts. Handcolored steel engraving by Corbie of a drawing by Leveille from Dr. Jose...
Spleen, kidneys, cecum, bile and pancreas ducts. Handcolored steel engraving by Corbie of a drawing by Leveille from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masse's "Petit Atlas complet d'Anatomie descriptive du Corps Humain," Paris, 1864, published by Mequignon-Marvis. Masse's "Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body" was first published in 1848 and went through many editions.
European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from h...
European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
PEDRO I (1334-1369) REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: WESTERHOUT ARNO...
PEDRO I (1334-1369) REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: WESTERHOUT ARNOLDO VAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Cape parakeet, Psittacus capensis. Hand-coloured steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thoma...
Cape parakeet, Psittacus capensis. Hand-coloured steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown's "Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots," Edinburgh, 1833. The Miscellany was intended to be a multi-volume series, but was brought to an abrupt halt after only the second volume on cats when John Audubon complained about the unauthorized use of his illustrations.
Electric eel, gymnonote electrique, Electrophorus electricus, banded knifefish, carape a longue queue, Gymnotus carapo. Handc...
Electric eel, gymnonote electrique, Electrophorus electricus, banded knifefish, carape a longue queue, Gymnotus carapo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Plee, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history
Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Duke of Burgundy. Death of Charles the Bold. Engraving in History of Spain, 1828.
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illus...
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal
OBRAS COMPLETAS TERNEZAS Y FLORES 1888. Author: CAMPOAMOR RAMON DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
François Achille Bazaine (1811-1888). Mariscal de Francia. Sirvió en la Guerra de Argelia, en la Guerra de Crimea y en la Seg...
François Achille Bazaine (1811-1888). Mariscal de Francia. Sirvió en la Guerra de Argelia, en la Guerra de Crimea y en la Segunda Intervención Francesa en México. Conocido por su fracaso como comandante y por haber contribuido a la derrota francesa en la Guerra franco-prusiana de 1870. Grabado. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", año 1870.
Gardenia angustifolia. . White gardenia with narrow flowers and dark green foliage. "It is a native of India and we believe w...
Gardenia angustifolia. . White gardenia with narrow flowers and dark green foliage. "It is a native of India and we believe was first sent home by the late Dr. Roxburgh to Sir Abraham Hume." Named for Dr. Alexander Garden (1730~1791), a Scottish physician, naturalist and zoologist.. . Drawn by George Loddiges, engraved by G. Cooke. . . Conrad Loddiges and Sons published an illustrated catalogue of the nursery's plants entitled the Botanical Cabinet. The monthly magazine featured 10 hand-coloured
Carlos Hugo (1826-1871). Ell segundo hijo de Víctor Hugo (el primero murió en la infancia) en febrero de 1848 se convirtió en...
Carlos Hugo (1826-1871). Ell segundo hijo de Víctor Hugo (el primero murió en la infancia) en febrero de 1848 se convirtió en secretario de Lamartine. Grabado po J. Robert. "L'Illustration. Journal Universel", año 1871.
VISTA DE BOSTON CON SOLDADOS AL PRINCIPIO DE LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA AMERICANA - GRABADO SIGLO XVIII. Author: HABERMANN...
VISTA DE BOSTON CON SOLDADOS AL PRINCIPIO DE LA GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA AMERICANA - GRABADO SIGLO XVIII. Author: HABERMANN FRANÇOIS-XAVIER. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, Dactyloptere pirabebe, and African armoured searobin, Peristedion malarmat, Peristedi...
Flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, Dactyloptere pirabebe, and African armoured searobin, Peristedion malarmat, Peristedion cataphractum. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Talbeau, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was pa
GRABADO - CARCAJ Y FLECHA, SEGUN LA LAMINA V EN LA PAGINA 50 DE LA RELACION DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION ...
GRABADO - CARCAJ Y FLECHA, SEGUN LA LAMINA V EN LA PAGINA 50 DE LA RELACION DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA, MADRID, SPAIN.
Flying man on the Australian Dog Island, From D?couverte Australe par un Homme Volant (The Southern Discovery by a Flying Man...
Flying man on the Australian Dog Island, From D?couverte Australe par un Homme Volant (The Southern Discovery by a Flying Man) By R?tif de la Bretonne, 1781, Artist Unknown, Etching
Hawthorn, Crataegus oxyacantha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's "Briti...
Hawthorn, Crataegus oxyacantha. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
ANTEPORTADA DE LAS ORDENANZAS DE LA REAL MAESTRANZA DE CABALLERIA DE RONDA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: RIVERO JOSEF. Locatio...
ANTEPORTADA DE LAS ORDENANZAS DE LA REAL MAESTRANZA DE CABALLERIA DE RONDA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: RIVERO JOSEF. Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
JUEGO DE GALLOS EN ACAPULCO - PELEA DE GALLOS EN ACAPULCO - SIGLO XVIII - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: SURIA TOMAS. Location...
JUEGO DE GALLOS EN ACAPULCO - PELEA DE GALLOS EN ACAPULCO - SIGLO XVIII - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: SURIA TOMAS. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - GRAVELINAS (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1575. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: ...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - GRAVELINAS (FRANCIA) - GRABADO - 1575. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Young girl standing behind etched glass window in early morning light coming through window. London, UK. From the series ‘Whe...
Young girl standing behind etched glass window in early morning light coming through window. London, UK. From the series ‘When the child was a child’
Apple varieties, Malus domestica: Paternoster apple, Paternosterapfel, summer rose apple Sommerrosenapfel, and muscat reinett...
Apple varieties, Malus domestica: Paternoster apple, Paternosterapfel, summer rose apple Sommerrosenapfel, and muscat reinette apple Muskateller-Reinette. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
SAN SEBASTIAN (DONOSTIA). País Vasco. Grabado francés de la ciudad de finales siglo XVI o inicios del XVII.
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ (n.1828). Periodista español. Director del diario El Imparcial. Grabado coloreado. "La Ilustración Española...
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ (n.1828). Periodista español. Director del diario El Imparcial. Grabado coloreado. "La Ilustración Española y Americana", año 1889.
Egyptian tomb bat, Taphozous perforatus, and serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving fr...
Egyptian tomb bat, Taphozous perforatus, and serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Stanghi, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is co
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ECIJA - DETALLE - REBAÑO DE CABRAS - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 17125. Author: BRAUN GE...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - ECIJA - DETALLE - REBAÑO DE CABRAS - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 17125. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
GRABADO DE LA FACHADA LATERAL DE LA CATEDRAL DE LEON. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO, LEON, SPAIN.
Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, endangered. Handcoloured engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Jam...
Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, endangered. Handcoloured engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by James Stewart from Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library: Mammalia, Pachydermes or Thick-Skinned Quadrupeds" published by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1836.
Common grass-wrack, Zostera marina. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Charles Mathews from a drawing by Isaac Russell from...
Common grass-wrack, Zostera marina. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Charles Mathews from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany," Oxford, 1841. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
The Strip interior roof detail of the shopping promenade within the Bellagio hotel and casino.USA Nevada Las Vegas
Juan de Iciar (1522-1573). Spanish calligrapher. Ortographia practica. Prince Edition. Printed in Zaragoza, 1548. Library of ...
Juan de Iciar (1522-1573). Spanish calligrapher. Ortographia practica. Prince Edition. Printed in Zaragoza, 1548. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain.
Nicholas Poussin (1594-1666), French history painter who studied under Domenichino and lived and worked in Rome.. Copperplate...
Nicholas Poussin (1594-1666), French history painter who studied under Domenichino and lived and worked in Rome.. Copperplate portrait from Francis Fitzgerald's "The Artist's Repository and Drawing Magazine," London, 1785-1788.
Death is vigorously employed in breaking the ship's mast. The owner of the vessel is wringing his hands in despair. One sailo...
Death is vigorously employed in breaking the ship's mast. The owner of the vessel is wringing his hands in despair. One sailor seems perfectly resigned to his impending fate. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's "The Triumph of Death," based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860.
White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerb...
White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.
Little egret, Egretta garzetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History o...
Little egret, Egretta garzetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.
Spanish school. Flutist and sleeping woman. Flautista y dormilona. 1933. Engraving, dry point on copper . Madrid, present of ...
Spanish school. Flutist and sleeping woman. Flautista y dormilona. 1933. Engraving, dry point on copper . Madrid, present of the National Society of the International Expositions in Spain (SEEI) Marti Gasull. Author: PICASSO, PABLO. Location: SEEI, MADRID, SPAIN.
Radish, carrot and red beetroot.. . Chromolithograph from "The Instructive Picturebook, or Lessons from the Vegetable World,"...
Radish, carrot and red beetroot.. . Chromolithograph from "The Instructive Picturebook, or Lessons from the Vegetable World," [Charlotte Mary Yonge], Edinburgh, 1858.
Russia. Moscow. Kremlin. Walled residence of the czars. Engraving by Laplante. 19th century.
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - MALAGA - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - JUNTO CON CADIZ Y SEVILLA EN EL NUMERO 3038. Author: BRAUN GEORG 15...
CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - MALAGA - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - JUNTO CON CADIZ Y SEVILLA EN EL NUMERO 3038. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Toledo. Madrid, National Library. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIO...
Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Toledo. Madrid, National Library. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Meeting of aristocratic families in the living room. Colored engraving by George Scott, 1892.
Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901). Cartoon: The spirit of war powers invited to eat the fallen Chinese Empire. Colored.
Razorbill, Alca torda, and emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jus...
Razorbill, Alca torda, and emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Chiussone, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one
Celebrating Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of Strasbourg. France. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1875...
Celebrating Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of Strasbourg. France. Engraving in "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1875) on an original drawing by M. Robert Akmus.
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's...
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1791. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.
Greater plantain, Plantago major. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's "Briti...
Greater plantain, Plantago major. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany" 1836. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
Varieties of grapes, white and blue. . Vitis vinifera . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltun...
Varieties of grapes, white and blue. . Vitis vinifera . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History) 1820. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
Bitter winter cress, Barbarea vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Charles Mathews from a drawing by Isaac Russell ...
Bitter winter cress, Barbarea vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Charles Mathews from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's "British Phaenogamous Botany," Oxford, 1841. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.
CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882). Naturalista británico. Autor de la obra 'El origen de las especies', publicada en el año 1...
CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882). Naturalista británico. Autor de la obra 'El origen de las especies', publicada en el año 1859. S. XIX. Grabado.
Segunda Intervención Francesa en México. Toma de Jonuta (21 de febrero de 1863). Tropas invasoras francesas al mando de Eduar...
Segunda Intervención Francesa en México. Toma de Jonuta (21 de febrero de 1863). Tropas invasoras francesas al mando de Eduardo González Arévalo ocupan el territorio de Tabasco. Grabado. Biblioteca Nacional. París. Francia.
On May 2, 1808, Daoiz and Velarde die while defending the artilley park in Madrid. 19th century. Madrid, library of the royal...
On May 2, 1808, Daoiz and Velarde die while defending the artilley park in Madrid. 19th century. Madrid, library of the royal palace. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA, SPAIN.
Colored engraving depicting the phrase: "if we could compress the real matter in the universe could be all in one teaspoon".
Algeria near Djanet Tassili Plateau Tassili nAjjer National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric engravings near locat...
Algeria near Djanet Tassili Plateau Tassili nAjjer National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric engravings near location called DIDER Sleeping deer Sahara desert
Gazprom Offices London Headquarters, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Ior Group, 2012. Boardroom With Etched Glazing.
Caricature by James Gillray, etching, watercolor, 1804, 1757-1815, England, Private Collection, 33, 7x46, 3
URANIA MUSA DE LA ASTRONOMIA - GRABADO REALIZADO POR MORENO TEXADA - S XIX. Author: PARET Y ALCAZAR, LUIS. Location: PRIVATE ...
URANIA MUSA DE LA ASTRONOMIA - GRABADO REALIZADO POR MORENO TEXADA - S XIX. Author: PARET Y ALCAZAR, LUIS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, MADRID, SPAIN.
Silver-flowered hispid rose, Rosa tomentosa variety, Rosier hispide à fleurs argentées. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engr...
Silver-flowered hispid rose, Rosa tomentosa variety, Rosier hispide à fleurs argentées. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses," Paris, 1828. Redoute was botanical artist to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. He painted over 170 watercolours of roses from the gardens of Malmaison.
GRABADO-MOTIN DE ESQUILACHE EN LA PRIMAVERA DE 1766. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO, SPAIN.
La Toilette de Venus, After Francois Boucher. Jean-Francois Janinet (1752-1814). Etching with engraving printed in colour (bl...
La Toilette de Venus, After Francois Boucher. Jean-Francois Janinet (1752-1814). Etching with engraving printed in colour (black, blue, red and yellow). Dated 1783. 43.1 x 31cm.
Pyramid of Five Men by Juste, Juste de (ca. 1505-ca. 1559) \ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam \ ca 1543 \ France, Sch...
Pyramid of Five Men by Juste, Juste de (ca. 1505-ca. 1559) \ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam \ ca 1543 \ France, School of Fontainebleau \ Etching \ Graphic arts \ Genre
Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and trident leaf-nosed bat, Asellia tridens. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engr...
Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and trident leaf-nosed bat, Asellia tridens. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Dien, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1
Royal Bengal Tiger. . Panthera tigris tigris. . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebeneze...
Royal Bengal Tiger. . Panthera tigris tigris. . Hand-colored copperplate engraving from a drawing by Johann Ihle from Ebenezer Sibly's "Universal System of Natural History" 1794. . . The prolific Sibly published his Universal System of Natural History in 1794~1796 in five volumes covering the three natural worlds of fauna, flora and geology. The series included illustrations of mythical beasts such as the sukotyro and the mermaid, and depicted sloths sitting on the ground (instead of hanging fro
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its...
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its poisonous seeds and latex which are used in medicine. . . Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorou
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