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A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suff...
A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suffolk, c1815).





Angkor Wat, is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. The images depict bas relief figures of Hindu episodes of Ramayana and t...
Angkor Wat, is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. The images depict bas relief figures of Hindu episodes of Ramayana and the Mahabharata.





Maugowien warrior, 1843-1844, engraving by Adolphe Wahlen from the Customs and traditions of Asia.





An outrigger, engraving from Water from the Travels by Jean Francois de Galaup comte de Laperouse, 18th Century.





Napoleon II. Napoleon II 1811-1832, Duke of eichstadt, son of Napoleon i. Engraving 19th century





Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. ...
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. Engraving





Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of ...
Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820





Queen Victoria and family receiving the Guards at Buckingham Palace on their return from the Crimean War Engraving





John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" ...
John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson (Edinburgh and London 1870).





Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 ...
Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 April 1868. Wood engraving.





William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-c...
William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-coloured engraving 1821





Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on...
Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on the shore. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.





Stone tablets engraved with the laws of Gortyna, Gortyna, south coast, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe





Pope Alexander VIII. Portrait of the Pope Alexander VIII 1689-1691. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1...
Pope Alexander VIII. Portrait of the Pope Alexander VIII 1689-1691. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. Private collection.





Portrait of Paul Gorguloff (1895-1932), assassin of French President Paul Doumer (1857-1932). Engraving from French newspaper...
Portrait of Paul Gorguloff (1895-1932), assassin of French President Paul Doumer (1857-1932). Engraving from French newspaper Lillustre du petit journal, 1932. Private Collection





Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated Lo...
Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated London News (London, 1871), Engraving





Cartography, Senegal, 19th century. The coast of Dakar. From the Senegal Atlas, 1817. Colored engraving.





London and Greenwich Railway, wood engraving, Illustration from 'The Penny Magazine', London, 9 January 1836





Novara, the Basilica of San Gaudenzio with transportation equipment and Holy Blessing, by Giovanni Paolo Bianchi (born ca 159...
Novara, the Basilica of San Gaudenzio with transportation equipment and Holy Blessing, by Giovanni Paolo Bianchi (born ca 1590, active 1654), engraving from The Triumph of St Gaudentius, first bishop, by Girolamo Prina, Milan, Stamperisa Malatesta, 1711 , Italy.





Portrait of Anton Francesco Grazzini, called ""Il Lasca"" (1503-1584). Italian poet, writer and playwright, among the founder...
Portrait of Anton Francesco Grazzini, called ""Il Lasca"" (1503-1584). Italian poet, writer and playwright, among the founders of the Accademia degli Umidi, engraving





Portrait of Theodoric I The Great ca. 454-526, King of Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogoths kingdom in Italy. Engraving i...
Portrait of Theodoric I The Great ca. 454-526, King of Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogoths kingdom in Italy. Engraving in E.Tesauro Del regno dItalia sotto i barbari Torino 1664





Ambroise Pare. Portrait of Ambroise Pare 1509-1590, French surgeon. Engraving 19th century





Charles Maurice De Talleyrand. Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754-1838, French politician. Engraving ca ...
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand. Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754-1838, French politician. Engraving ca 19th century





Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold. Portrait of Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold 1832-1901, Swedish explorer and natralist. Engraving i...
Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold. Portrait of Nils Adolf Eric Nordenskjold 1832-1901, Swedish explorer and natralist. Engraving in Le Monde illustre, 25/11/1879





Court of The Inquisition Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828/Spanish) Engraving Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernan...
Court of The Inquisition Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828/Spanish) Engraving Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando





Johannes Gensfleish. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg 1394/99-1468, German printer and inventor of printing, usin...
Johannes Gensfleish. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg 1394/99-1468, German printer and inventor of printing, using his printing press. Chromolithography, early 20th century





Anonymous: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) in Egypt, 1798-99. Engraving. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.






Statues at a monument with flags of Turkey, Monument of Ataturk and Youth, Kusadasi, Turkey





Pope Gregory VII. Portrait of the Pope Gregory VII 1073-1085. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. P...
Pope Gregory VII. Portrait of the Pope Gregory VII 1073-1085. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. Private collection.





Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. From "L'Illustrati...
Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. From "L'Illustration" Paris 18 June 1853. Wood engraving





Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London. Queen Victoria opening exhibition 1 May 1851. Engraving.





Male torso, study for Saint Sebastian, by Marco d'Oggiono, metalpoint on blue prepared paper, sheet 37, circa 1520





Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo Da Vinci at King Francois Is Court. Engraving by Gustave Greux, 19th century. Private Collection





Nicola Barnaud. The alchemist Nicolas Barnaud, 1538_1604, in search of the Philosophers stone. Engraving 19th century





Jacques Auguste. Jacques Auguste de Thou 1563-1617, French historian. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Mennechet edition, ...
Jacques Auguste. Jacques Auguste de Thou 1563-1617, French historian. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Mennechet edition, 1844-1847.





Portrait of Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp by Johann Christian Leopold, Copper engraving, Mid of the 18th century, 169...
Portrait of Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp by Johann Christian Leopold, Copper engraving, Mid of the 18th century, 1699-1755, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 23, 7x17, 9





Opening of the States-General at Versailles in 1789, engraving by Helmann. French Revolution, France, 18th century.





Indian Shell-cutter holding the shell with his feet and cutting with blade mounted on handle, Hand-coloured engraving publish...
Indian Shell-cutter holding the shell with his feet and cutting with blade mounted on handle, Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822





Edward Montagu, lst Earl of Sandwich, (1625-72) English naval commander, After portrait by Peter Lely, Engraving





Cartography, Austria, 16th century. Map of Salzburg diocese, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1528-1598), An...
Cartography, Austria, 16th century. Map of Salzburg diocese, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1528-1598), Antwerp, 1570.





Lean Baptiste De Lully. Portrait of Lean Baptiste de Lully in Italian, Giovanni Battista Lulli 1632-1687, Italian born, Frenc...
Lean Baptiste De Lully. Portrait of Lean Baptiste de Lully in Italian, Giovanni Battista Lulli 1632-1687, Italian born, French composer. Engraving 19th century





Craftsman, by unknown Italian artist, from ""Mantegna Tarocchi"", Card III, print, 1460-65





Emile Zola (1840-1902) French journalist and novelist of the Naturalistic school, addressing the conference of the Institute ...
Emile Zola (1840-1902) French journalist and novelist of the Naturalistic school, addressing the conference of the Institute of Journalists in London, 1893. The title of the paper he gave was 'L'Anonymat dans la Presse' (Anonymity in Journalism). Engraving.





(Henry) Bartle (Edward) Frere (1815-84) British colonial administrator, born at Clydach, Breckonshire, Wales. Governor of Bom...
(Henry) Bartle (Edward) Frere (1815-84) British colonial administrator, born at Clydach, Breckonshire, Wales. Governor of Bombay (Mumbai) 1862-1867. Appointed governor of the Cape and High Commissioner in South Africa in 1877, recalled in 1880 because of his treatment of the Zulus. Engraving from The Illustrated London News (London, 7 June 1884).





Engraving of the Bayon from Exploration de L´indo_Chine by Delaporte, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia





Early sketch for the revolving turret ship 'Monitor' designed by John Ericsson, Wood engraving published 1890





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





Desiderius Erasmus. Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus 1469-1536, sometimes known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch Renaissance huma...
Desiderius Erasmus. Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus 1469-1536, sometimes known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch Renaissance humanist. Engraving





Pythagoras (6th century BC) Ancient Greek Philosopher and mathematician, with the Egyptian priests. Engraving fromVies des Sa...
Pythagoras (6th century BC) Ancient Greek Philosopher and mathematician, with the Egyptian priests. Engraving fromVies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier (Paris 1866).





Reconstruction of a Roman machine for shooting arrows wound up ready for the missile to be released, From Poliorceticon sive ...
Reconstruction of a Roman machine for shooting arrows wound up ready for the missile to be released, From Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605), Engraving





Detail of writing on Roman Plinth from Moresby near Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria, British Museum, London, England





Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English nurse. 'The Lady with the Lamp' doing her night rounds in the military hospital at S...
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English nurse. 'The Lady with the Lamp' doing her night rounds in the military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, Wood engraving





Blaise Pascal. Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 French mathematician physicist and writer. Engraving 19th century





Nero (37-68) Roman emperor 54-68, Tyrannical, debauched and extravagant, committed suicide in order to avoid being executed, ...
Nero (37-68) Roman emperor 54-68, Tyrannical, debauched and extravagant, committed suicide in order to avoid being executed, Steel engraving 1850





Indian woman spinning cotton using a simple spinning wheel, Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822





Shell Mound People or Kitchen-Middeners. Late Mesolithic-early Neolithic 4,000-2,000 BC. North & South Europe, Iberia, North ...
Shell Mound People or Kitchen-Middeners. Late Mesolithic-early Neolithic 4,000-2,000 BC. North & South Europe, Iberia, North Africa, North & South America similar patterns found. Artist's impression c188. Engraving





John Rockefeller (1839-1937), being summoned to testify in an antitrust case against his own company, Standard Oil, 1907. Eng...
John Rockefeller (1839-1937), being summoned to testify in an antitrust case against his own company, Standard Oil, 1907. Engraving. Frontpage of French newspaper Le Petit Parisien. August 4, 1907.





Battle of Ravenna, April 11, 1512, by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531), engraving. War of the League of Cambrai, Italy, 1...
Battle of Ravenna, April 11, 1512, by Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531), engraving. War of the League of Cambrai, Italy, 16th century.





Elisa Garnerin. Portrait of Elisa Garnerin 1791-1853, French balloonist, who made parachute descents, invention of her uncle ...
Elisa Garnerin. Portrait of Elisa Garnerin 1791-1853, French balloonist, who made parachute descents, invention of her uncle Andre Jacques Garnerin. Engraving in Album of Science, Famous Scientists, Great Discovery, 1896





Henri IV. Portrait of Henri IV, King of France 1553-1610; Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Mennechet edition, 1844-1847.





Michel De LHospital. Portrait of Michel de lHospital c. 1504-1573, French politician.Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Menn...
Michel De LHospital. Portrait of Michel de lHospital c. 1504-1573, French politician.Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Mennechet edition, 1844-1847.





Amerigo Vespucci discovers the primitive population on the Orinoco Delta, 1590, engraving from the West Indies and American H...
Amerigo Vespucci discovers the primitive population on the Orinoco Delta, 1590, engraving from the West Indies and American History by Theodore de Bry.





Robert Blake (1599-1657) English naval commander, born at Bridgwater, Somerset. During the English Civil War he fought on the...
Robert Blake (1599-1657) English naval commander, born at Bridgwater, Somerset. During the English Civil War he fought on the side of Parliament against Charles I. In 1649 Blake was appointed General at Sea (Admiral) and rebuilt the navy and rewrote naval tactics. Engraving.





France, 20th century. Comptoir des jouets, sale toy catalog of the Galeries Lafayette, 1904.





Colliery explosion near Accrington, North Lancashire, England, November 1883. Of the 110 men and boys below ground at the tim...
Colliery explosion near Accrington, North Lancashire, England, November 1883. Of the 110 men and boys below ground at the time, 30 men died. The main picture shows an injured miner (pitman) brought to the surface and his anxious wife rushing forward to greet him. Engraving from The Illustrated London News (London, 17 November 1883).





Plate showing distillation of spirit. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-17...
Plate showing distillation of spirit. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757.





Goldsmith's art, Italy, 16th century. Giacomo Anfossi, gold and enamel ring set with baroque pearls with hyacinth engraved on...
Goldsmith's art, Italy, 16th century. Giacomo Anfossi, gold and enamel ring set with baroque pearls with hyacinth engraved on gem.





Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, on right, demonstrating production of hypnosis using the ...
Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, on right, demonstrating production of hypnosis using the sound from a large tuning fork. Picture drawn from life at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, Engraving from La Nature, Paris, 1879





Plate showing furnace with bellows for gold. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, ...
Plate showing furnace with bellows for gold. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Monnoyage (Minting).





Dante Alighieri. Portrait of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Engraving, Book frontispiece, in Il Convivio, 1554.





John Gould (1804-1881), William Hart, H. C. Richter, The Birds of Europe, 1832-1837 - Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), engravi...
John Gould (1804-1881), William Hart, H. C. Richter, The Birds of Europe, 1832-1837 - Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), engraving.





Spiritualist meeting in Leipzig. Communicating with spirits by table-turning. From L'Illustration (Paris 1853). Wood engravin...
Spiritualist meeting in Leipzig. Communicating with spirits by table-turning. From L'Illustration (Paris 1853). Wood engraving.





Historical view of Paris, circa 1740, Pont Neuf and the Louvre, Seine river, entitled: Prospectus Pontis novi, versus pontis ...
Historical view of Paris, circa 1740, Pont Neuf and the Louvre, Seine river, entitled: Prospectus Pontis novi, versus pontis Regii, Parisiensis





St Helena island port, October 17, 1815, engraving. Restoration, United Kingdom, 19th century.





Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 _ 1878, a German illustrator, Princess Leonore putt...
Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 _ 1878, a German illustrator, Princess Leonore putting the laurel wreath on Torquato Tasso´s head, in the garden of the Belriguardo palace near Ferrara, scene from Torquato Tasso, a. Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 _ 1878, a German illustrator, Princess Leonore putting the laurel wreath on Torquato Tasso´s head, in the garden of the Belriguardo palace near Ferrara, scene from Torqu





France, Lourdes, View of the Grotto of Massabielle also known as the Cave of Apparitions, engraving





Giacomo Meyerbeer. Portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791-1864, german composer. Engraving 19th century





'Crucifixion'. Jesus nailed to the cross. St John 19.18. Iullustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for "The Bible" (London 18...
'Crucifixion'. Jesus nailed to the cross. St John 19.18. Iullustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) for "The Bible" (London 1866). Wood engraving.





IMAGE ACCOMPANYING "THE LAW AND THE LADY: A Novel" BY WILKIE COLLINS, CHAPTER XXIV, MISERRIMUS DEXTER, FIRST VIEW; "The insta...
IMAGE ACCOMPANYING "THE LAW AND THE LADY: A Novel" BY WILKIE COLLINS, CHAPTER XXIV, MISERRIMUS DEXTER, FIRST VIEW; "The instant she pronounced those last words, "Eustace Macallan's second wife," the man in the chair sprang out of it with a shrill cry of horror, as if she had shot him. For one moment we saw a head and body in the air, absolutely deprived of the lower limbs. The moment after, the terrible creature touched the floor as lightly as a monkey on his hands.".





Jean Etienne Marie. Portrait of Jean Etienne Marie Portalis 1746-1807, French jurist and politician. Engraving after the pain...
Jean Etienne Marie. Portrait of Jean Etienne Marie Portalis 1746-1807, French jurist and politician. Engraving after the painting of Pierre Gautherot





Prince Eugene De Beauharnais. Prince Eugene de Beauharnais 1781-1824, son of Alexandre de Beauharnais ans Josephine. Engravin...
Prince Eugene De Beauharnais. Prince Eugene de Beauharnais 1781-1824, son of Alexandre de Beauharnais ans Josephine. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, by Mennechet, edition 1844-1847.





Battle of Montebello, May 20, 1859, engraving. Second War of Independence, Italy 19th century.





Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, image of the French politician Jules Félix Giraudon, member of the French Nat...
Historic steel engraving from the 19th century, image of the French politician Jules Félix Giraudon, member of the French National Assembly, France, 1848





Jacopo Palma Il Vecchio. Portrait of Jacopo Palma Il Vecchio 1480-1528, Italian painter. Engraving 1859, in Les Galeries de l...
Jacopo Palma Il Vecchio. Portrait of Jacopo Palma Il Vecchio 1480-1528, Italian painter. Engraving 1859, in Les Galeries de lEurope Italie, by Armengaud. Private collection





Globe Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London, as it appeared c1597. Wood engraving after contemporary drawing.





Pope Gregory VIII. Portrait of the Pope Gregory VIII 1187. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. Priv...
Pope Gregory VIII. Portrait of the Pope Gregory VIII 1187. Engraving in La Storia Dei Papi Del Card. Hergenrother, 1898. Private collection.





Inside the lantern of the fourth Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England. ...
Inside the lantern of the fourth Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England. Built by the English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) beginning in 1756 it was in operation for 127 years. Engraving from The Sea by F Whymper (London, c1890).





Plate showing horse training: disunited gallop of front leg on right lead and disunited gallop of front leg on left lead. Eng...
Plate showing horse training: disunited gallop of front leg on right lead and disunited gallop of front leg on left lead. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Manege (Riding Academy).





The Papal Palace on Quirinale Hill, by Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782), Italy 18th Century. Engraving.





Portrait of French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Parisie...
Portrait of French poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Parisien, 1902. Private Collection.





'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer.From ''The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone...
'David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and African explorer.From ''The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone'' (London c1878). Chromolithograph. Colour.'





Historic steel engraving, illustration on The Piccolomini, a drama about about General Wallenstein, 1583 _ 1634, by Johann Ch...
Historic steel engraving, illustration on The Piccolomini, a drama about about General Wallenstein, 1583 _ 1634, by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller





Bull engraving, neolithic rock art in the Tadrart, Tassili n´Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara...
Bull engraving, neolithic rock art in the Tadrart, Tassili n´Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa





Cosmico, by unknown Italian artist, from ""Mantegna Tarocchi"", Card XXXIII, print, 1460-65





Louis Joseph Gay Lussac. Louis Joseph Gay Lussac 1778-1850, French chemist and physicist. Engraving 19th century





Friedrich Von Hagedorn. Portrait of Friedrich von Hagedorn 1708-1754, German poet. Engraving





Mathieu Mole. Mathieu Mole 1781-1855, French minister, president of the council, and academician. Engraving in Le Plutarque F...
Mathieu Mole. Mathieu Mole 1781-1855, French minister, president of the council, and academician. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, Mennechet edition, 1844-1847.





Detail of an ukiyo-e depicting the Kabuki Theatre, with a couple in cermonial dress, 19th century, woodcut from the Kabuki Th...
Detail of an ukiyo-e depicting the Kabuki Theatre, with a couple in cermonial dress, 19th century, woodcut from the Kabuki Theatre series. Japanese civilization, Edo period (1603-1868).





The conquest of Tunis by Charles V, 1535, by Franz Hogenberg (ca.1540-ca.1590), engraving. Tunisia, 16th century.





The Stampede from Bull Run, July 21, 1861 during American Civil War From "The Illustrated London News" (London, August 17, 18...
The Stampede from Bull Run, July 21, 1861 during American Civil War From "The Illustrated London News" (London, August 17, 1861) Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883 English) Engraving





The St. Bartholomew nighttime massacre and the assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, August 22, 1572, engraving by Fra...
The St. Bartholomew nighttime massacre and the assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, August 22, 1572, engraving by Franz Hogenberg (1535-1590). France, 16th century.





Rock engraving, Valley of Fontanalba, Pays Merveilles, Mercantour park, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, France





Butter seller with balance to weigh her butter. In background water carrier is filling buckets at conduit, From Arts, Metiers...
Butter seller with balance to weigh her butter. In background water carrier is filling buckets at conduit, From Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris Paris, 1826, Coloured engraving





Harvesting cider apples, Herefordshire, England. Apples for cider are not carefully picked, they are knocked off the trees, o...
Harvesting cider apples, Herefordshire, England. Apples for cider are not carefully picked, they are knocked off the trees, or allowed to fall, and collected from the ground, then pressed and the juice fermented. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.





Giacomo Leopardi. The Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi 1798-1837, on his death bed. Engraving 19th century





The gulf of La Spezia, 1834, by P. Aubert, from Northern Italy and Islands, Paris, Audot editions. Copper engraving (from a d...
The gulf of La Spezia, 1834, by P. Aubert, from Northern Italy and Islands, Paris, Audot editions. Copper engraving (from a drawing by J. Hughes).





The Knitter 1914 Charvot, Eugene(1847-1924 French) Engraving Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL





Roman troops under Julius Caesar invading Britain in 55 BC, From The Imperial History of England by Theophilus Camden (London...
Roman troops under Julius Caesar invading Britain in 55 BC, From The Imperial History of England by Theophilus Camden (London, 1832), Engraving





BARROW-IN-FURNESS: ITS HISTORY AND ITS INDUSTRIES, MEETING OF THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE: LEFT IMAGE: THE STEEL WORKS, BLAS...
BARROW-IN-FURNESS: ITS HISTORY AND ITS INDUSTRIES, MEETING OF THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE: LEFT IMAGE: THE STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES BY NIGHT, RIGHT IMAGE: THE BARROW IRON WORKS, FURNACE MOUTH, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874, UK.





Gaspard Felix Tournachon. Portrait of Gaspard Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar 1820-1910, French photographer, caricaturist a...
Gaspard Felix Tournachon. Portrait of Gaspard Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar 1820-1910, French photographer, caricaturist and journalist.Engraving in Album of Science, Famous Scientists, Great Discovery, 1896





Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Bonfire and fireworks on Woolwich Marshes, England, celebrating the fall of Sebastopol...
Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Bonfire and fireworks on Woolwich Marshes, England, celebrating the fall of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), 11 September 1855. From The Illustrated London News (London, 22 September 1855). Engraving.





Rubens Sir Peter Paul. Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Petrus Paulus Rubens 1577-1640, flemish baroque painter. Engraving, ca. 19t...
Rubens Sir Peter Paul. Portrait of Sir Peter Paul Petrus Paulus Rubens 1577-1640, flemish baroque painter. Engraving, ca. 19th century





Saint Jerome (c342-420) Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus: Leading father of the Christian church. Prepared first Latin translat...
Saint Jerome (c342-420) Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus: Leading father of the Christian church. Prepared first Latin translation of the Bible from Hebrew (Vulgate) Adrian Collaert (c1520-67) Engraving





Louis-Philippe's journey in England, 1844, the King being received at Windsor Castle, October 8, 1844, by Edouard Pingret (17...
Louis-Philippe's journey in England, 1844, the King being received at Windsor Castle, October 8, 1844, by Edouard Pingret (1788-1875), engraving. Restoration, England, 19th century.





Jules Barthelemy Saint Hilaire. Portrait of Jules Barthelemy Saint Hilaire 1805-1895, French scholar and politician. Engravin...
Jules Barthelemy Saint Hilaire. Portrait of Jules Barthelemy Saint Hilaire 1805-1895, French scholar and politician. Engraving in Album of Science, Famous Scientists, Great Discovery, 1896





Thomas Willis (1621-75) English physician. First in modern times to notice sweetish taste of diabetic urine in Diabetes melli...
Thomas Willis (1621-75) English physician. First in modern times to notice sweetish taste of diabetic urine in Diabetes mellitus. Studied brain and nervous system. One of founders of the Royal Society, published 1742, George Vertue (1684-1756/British) , Hand-coloured engraving





Roman siege towers positioned to give attackers the advantage of height above the city walls. From Poliorceticon sive de mach...
Roman siege towers positioned to give attackers the advantage of height above the city walls. From Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis telis by Justus Lipsius (Joost Lips) (Antwerp, 1605). Engraving.





Sandstone rocks with petroglyphs with an archaeological site on top of the hill above the rocks with Amazonian Dark Earth (AD...
Sandstone rocks with petroglyphs with an archaeological site on top of the hill above the rocks with Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE). Human faces are the predominant theme in rock carvings (gravuras) at this site. Caretas, Rio Urubu, Amazonas, Brazil, 10-17-12





Louis Antoine. Louis Antoine, Count of Bougainville 1729-1811, French navigator. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, by Menne...
Louis Antoine. Louis Antoine, Count of Bougainville 1729-1811, French navigator. Engraving in Le Plutarque Francais, by Mennechet, edition 1844-1847.





Charles V's army against Tunis, 1535, by Franz Hogenberg (ca.1540-ca.1590), engraving. Tunisia, 16th century.





Historic steel engraving, illustration on political and social conflicts at the court of King Philip II, 1556 _ 1598, scene f...
Historic steel engraving, illustration on political and social conflicts at the court of King Philip II, 1556 _ 1598, scene from Don Carlos, Infante of Spain, a drama by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller





William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) British statesman, Became Prime Minister at age of 24 the youngest to hold the position ...
William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) British statesman, Became Prime Minister at age of 24 the youngest to hold the position in England, Engraving after Hoppner





Honore Balzac. Portrait of Honore Balzac 1799-1850, in 1830, French writer. Engraving after Eugene Chiquet.





Fire engine. From Isaac de Caus Nouvelle Invention de Lever l'Eau Plus Hault, London, 1664. Engraving





April, The Months of the Year 1732 Robert Furber (ca. 1732) Engraving Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England





Iroquois of New France From 'Voyages De Sieur Champlain' 17th Century Samuel de Champlain (ca.1567-1635 French) Engraving Bib...
Iroquois of New France From 'Voyages De Sieur Champlain' 17th Century Samuel de Champlain (ca.1567-1635 French) Engraving Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France





Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), tree-living rodent native to Europe and Asia, From A History of British Quadrupeds by Willia...
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), tree-living rodent native to Europe and Asia, From A History of British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, (Edinburgh, 1838), one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. Hand-coloured engraving.





Goldbeater producing gold leaf: India. Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822.

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