16th Century Engravings

Illustrations depicting people engaged in various activities, showcasing vintage styles and attire from the 16th and 18th centuries, rich in historical detail.

Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraving. Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678087

Hawker of books. Germany. 16th century. Engraving by H. Kaeseberg. "Germania", 1882.

The Big Blind at St. Ovide Fair in the Place Louis XV, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

'A Wife and No wife - or - a Trip to the Continent', 1786. Artist: Carlo Khan

Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraving. Drawing Gilbert, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678087

Riddle of the poor', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 11 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

Men and women are attending an auction of paintings: the auctioneer is selling the painting on the wall. Etching by George Cruikshank.

French Revolution. Incroyables and merveilleuses in Paris, between 1794 and 1796. Drawing by A. Ferdinandus. Engraving by J. Ladmiral. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, part 2, 1879. Author: Alexandre Ferdinandus (ca. 1850-1888). French artist.

Parting of Queen Elizabeth Wydville and her son the Duke of York, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Talk to the waterfront in Venice, in the seventeenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Queen of Sheba received by Solomon. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Jacopo Tintoretto. Dating: 1528 - 1620. Measurements: h 112 mm × w 410 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

THE STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES

'Entry of Henry and Eleanor into Winchester'. Artist: Unknown

French Revolution. Paris on the night of 14 July 1789. People take to the streets. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Pannemaker-Ligny. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 1876. Author: Hippolyte de la Charlerie (1827-1869). Belgian artist.

Louvre Museum, Group of artists, by Velasquez, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

GRABADO "AMERICA" ALEGORIA EN LA EPOCA DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Louis is declared by Parlement to be of age : his mother the rapacious and devious Marie de Medicis, who has ruled as his governor, now has to take a back seat. Date: October 1614

The Capture of Charles the Wicked in Navarre, Charles II called the Wicked, 1332, 1387, was Count of Évreux from 1343 and King of Navarre from 134, Hi...

A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people.. Pen drawing by B. Pinelli, 1821.

Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English courtier and navigator, puffing at his tobacco pipe while watching the other New World introduction with which he is credited, the potato, being planted in Ireland. Illustration for ''The Reliquies of Father Prout'' by F.S Mahony, London, 1859.

Krönungszug des König Friedrich I. von Preußen, Königin Sophie Charlotte mit Gefolge, 18. Januar 1701, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Origina...

Backer, Hilmar Johannes, Netherlands, Bing, Valentijn, Willem I hears, being in church, the relief of Leiden, Willem van Oranje hears the news of the relief of Leiden, 1574, William of Orange hears the news of the relief of Leiden during a church service, October 3, 1574. A soldier in armor hands the prince a sealed envelope., print, engraving, historical print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 178 mm, width 108 mm, 1812 - 1895-01-28, print maker, printmaker, 1822 - 1845, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, lithography (technique), Dutch, 1804-09-17 - 1845-05-01, printer, drukker

Wandelende en zittende elegante paren; Markt, serie A.On the right and in the middle in the foreground an elegant company, sitting on the grass, surrounded by elegantly dressed couples and groups of talking figures and children playing. Third print of a frieze consisting of four prints, representing a market.

Engraved An engraving 'Gin Lane' by William Hogarth (1697-1764), showing the evils of unbridled drinking of spirits. Drinking eased the miseries of poverty, but worsened rather than improved the affliction.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Pierre du Terrail leaves his family, 1898. Artist: Piaud

Louis XIV the Sun King 1638 to 1715 presents his grandson Philippe V 1683 to 1746 to the Spanish envoys from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ISABELLA TO RICHARD

'Arrest of Lord Howard of Escrick', 1897. Creator: John Leech.

The whore goings-on in the ports of the maritime cities, French engraving by S. Duflos, 1850

Woodcut, welcoming of the emperor by the "Ehrenjungfrauen" of Berlin on the 16th June 1871

Johann Sebastian Bach being Introduced to Frederick The Great at Potsdam Germany 19th Century Illustration

Death of the Prince of Conde, vintage engraving. Death of the Prince of Conde, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656413

Assassination of Philip of Swabia (born February or March 1177) (died 21 June 1208) from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Roman-German king fr...

The exhortations', 1819-1823 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 16 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. 'Proverbs' is an album of twenty-two prints which is the last major series of prints by Francisco Goya.

Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 491 - "The Burial of the Two Sons of Edward IV., in the Tower, 1483" - painted by T. Cross, 1850. London exhibition of painting. 'The "Burial of the Princes in the Tower" is the only picture we have had from the pencil of Mr. Cross since the Westminster Hall Exhibition in 1847...The subject on this occasion is not so favourable to his powers, nor is his knowledge of the resources of his art of ample range enough to allow him to avail himself of those rich Rembrandt-like effects so essentially necessary for the subject he has chosen...'. Depict

Construction of the cathedral of Strasbourg, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Passengers show him extreme deference, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Mistress Branican, 1891.

'Washing The Blackamoor', 1795.Artist: Isaac Cruikshank

Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert Motier La Fayette Marquis de (1757 -1834), General and politician

Construction of the cathedral of Strasbourg, vintage engraving. Construction of the cathedral of Strasbourg, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673370

Blanche II of Navarre (1424-1464). Queen of Navarre. Blanche of Navarre is delivered to the Captal of Buch, who orders imprison her into a castle. Engraving after a painting by Eduardo Rosales.

Austria, Browl in a tavern, engraving

The murder of David Rizzio. The Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots was stabbed 60 times by Mary's husband Henry and his group of conspirators. Date: 9th March 1566

Francia. Luis XI (1423-1483) reunido en Péronne con Carlos el Temerario, negociando un tratado de apoyo a Borgoña. Grabado de 1853.

Blood trickles, coagulates on the eyelids and runs on the white sheet, vintage engraving. Blood trickles, coagulates on the eyelids and runs on the white sheet, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657183

Philippine Welser, 1527 - 1580, an Augsburg patrician's daughter and wife of Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, ruler of Tyrol, historical engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable woman, published by Otto Spamer, 1877

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: frontispiece to Samuel Butler's 'Hudibras', a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War

The treason of Rennenberg to Mayor Hillebrands, 1580, Jacobus Buys, 1789 - 1791, The treason of Rennenberg to Mayor Hillebrands, March 2, 1580. The Count of Rennenberg, in the meantime transferred to the Spanish side, assures the city council of Groningen of his loyalty to the States with a handshake during a meal at mayor Hillebrands' house. Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, Netherlands, 1789 - 1791, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 90 mm

Louis XVIII leaving the Tuileries on 19 March 1815, Paris, France, Palais des Tuileries, German Tuileries Palace, in Paris was the former city palace of the French rulers, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Maria Franziska von Fuerstenberg-Heiligenberg, 18 May 1633, 7 March 1702, leaving her burning castle, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Engravings depicting scenes from Stockholm's swimming and siminrättning, Strömbadet in Riddarfjarden. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting the winner of the King of the Bean on Twelfth Night. Dated 19th Century

Dinner for the Dutchmen of the King of Ternate, 1601, View of a room with a large company including Jacob van Neck and his crew sitting at a table with food; on the left in the foreground men are giving a demonstration fight with swords and shields; through the door Van Neck's ship can be seen; the King of Ternate has invited the Dutchmen to a feast, 24 July 1601. Part of the illustrations in the report of the second voyage of Jacob van Neck to the East Indies in 1600-1604. No. 1., print, news print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 137 mm, width 171 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1644 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Midde Ages. Winner of a tournament. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in a tavern. The altarpiece of the freedom of Melisendra and the puppeteer Maese Pedro. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave Dore

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

Cultural state in the late 15th and early 16th century, children at play, after a woodcut by Hans Burgmeier in the Weiss-Kunig, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

In Portsmouth. George Villiers. 1st Duke of Buckingham. was stabbed to death in the Greyhound Pub on August 23. 1628. The murderer was John Felton. an officer who believed he had been passed over for promotion by Buckingham. He was hanged in October of that year. England. digital reproduction of a historical original.

Souvenirs d'un Voyage en Espagne Léon-Alphonse-Alfred Prunaire (French, 1867-1900). Souvenirs d'un Voyage en Espagne. Wood engraving on China paper laid down, 4 5/16 x 6 1/8 in. (11 x 15.6 cm). European Art

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Gustav,III,King of Sweden,1746-1792,Assassination. , Charlotte,Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,1744-1818. , George,III,King of Great Britain,1738-1820. , Politics & government,Great Britain,1790-1800. , Toilets,1790-1800.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza by William Hogarth Published 1798

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: The Enraged Musician 1741

Return of the useless , Slaves, Sick persons, Arrivals & departures, Guards, Beating. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

''The Parrot and the Cabbies - An Incident at a Seaside Holiday Resort', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

B&W Illustration; Andrew Hofer appointed Governor of the Tyrol

Tiddy-doll the Great French Gingerbread Baker Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings James Gillray (British, 1757-1815). Tiddy-doll the Great French Gingerbread Baker Drawing Out a New Batch of Kings, 1806. Etching and watercolor (hand coloring) on wove paper, image: 9 3/8 × 14 3/8 in. (23.8 × 36.5 cm). After Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, James Gillray published this etching, which shows the emperor pulling "imperial gingerbread," labeled with the names of three German territories, from the "new French oven." Behind the emperor is French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord kneading the dough to prepare Hungary, Poland, and Turkey for transformation under Napoleonic rule. Here, Gillray uses the vocabulary of satire to highlight the rate of Napoleon's conquests and his creation and installation of loyal rulers, expressing British anxieties over the French emperor's growing dominance across Europe. European Art 1806

Maria Luisa of Spain (1782 ñ 13 March 1824) Infanta of Spain meets with Napoleon in Milan 1807

Start of the Gilpin family, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Faust in Auerbach's wine cellar. Faust, is a legend dating back to early Christianity but in its present form based on Dr. Johann Faust who lived in Heidelberg during the sixteenth century. It is an allegorical tale where a disillusioned man gains earthly power and riches through a pact with the devil. This scene shows where he succoumbs to Mesphistopheles' powers of persuasion and enters a bawdy wine cellar. The story was has been adapted by Marlowe, Goethe and Wagner among others. Date:

A Roman Bacchanal Artist Unknown

medicine sick persons clyster copper engraving coloured by Abraham de Bosse (1605 - 1678) Paris France circa 1650 private collection,

Cambyses Kills the Apis, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume I, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1894

Richard Coeur de Lion before the Diet of the German Empire, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

King Edward IV (1442-1483) of England visiting a printing office at Westminster

The first oysters in London, England, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

Prussia's First King - Frederick I admiring Schluter's Statue of the Great Elector

James I the Conqueror (1208-1276). Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon (1213-1276), Valencia (1239-1276) and Majorca (1229-1276). Conquest of Valencia. On 9 October 1238, James I entered the city of Valencia. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Storyteller, wood engraving, 1880

Isabel Cristina de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691-1750). Emperatriz consorte del Sacro Imperio Germánico por su matrimonio con el emperador Carlos VI. Isabel Cristina de Brunswick fué nombrada gobernadora general de Cataluña durante la ausencia de su esposo, el archiduque Carlos de Austria, que tuvo que partir hacia Viena par tomar posesión de la Corona Imperial en 1711. Isabel Cristina gobernó Cataluña hasta 1713 cuando se vió obligada a abandonar Barcelona para reunirse en Viena con su esposo. Se embarcó hacia Italia como primer tramo de su viaje a Viena, dejando al conde de Staremberg en calidad de Virrey y capitán general de las tropas que estaban bajo su mando. Partió de Barcelona Isabel Cristina el 19 de marzo 1713, siendo acompañada hasta la nave real por los concellers de Barcelona, los diputados, representantes militares, eclesiásticos, grandes y caballeros. La Emperatriz se embarca en el puerto de Barcelona para Alemania. Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por A. Fatjó. Histori

Illustration depicting a diver searching for stolen watches at Blackfriars Bridge, London. Dated 19th Century

A cartoon depicting typical London November weather. Illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th century

Portrait of André Masséna (175-1817) 1st Duke of Rivoli, 1st Prince of Essling was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I, with the nickname the Dear Child of Victory. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

Bernard Palissy. Wood engraving by C. Maurano after E. Morin.

a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher, uitgever" Hogarth, William, A Midnight Modern Conversation, Company of drinking and smoking men, verso - stamped, The room is St. John's Coffee-house, Shire Lane, Temple Bar at four o'clock in the morning. All the men are more or less intoxicated. The man spooning drink from the bowl is possibly Orator Henley or Parson Cornelius. The man placing his own wig on his head is possibly John Harrison. The man lighting the frill of his sleeve instead of his pipe is a politician. In the foreground a man falls to the ground; he is being doused with drink from a smaller bottle. The man with pipe and nightcap, next to the sleeping man, may be Chandler, a bookbinder with whom Hogarth collaborated., print, cartoon, prints, height 287 mm, width 435 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1732 - 1800, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, English, 1697-11-10 - 1764-10-25

''Urith: A Tale of Dartmoor", By Sabine Baring Gould, M. A.; "By heaven, this is too bad," cried Anthony, and started to his feet', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890.

Abuse of Mayor Andries de Graaf, 1672. Draughtsman: Simon Fokke (attributed to). Dating: 1779 - 1781. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 80 mm × w 42 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sir Francis Drake explains his plane in Queen Elizabeth."Sir Francis Drake explaining to Queen Elizabeth his Cherished plan of penetrating the pacific. Painted by A.D. McCormick.The 16 of Sept. 1580, we safely with joy full minds and thankful hearts to God, arrived at Plimoth, the place of our first setting forth, after we had spent 2 years 10 months and some few add daies beside, in seeing the wonders of the Lord in the deep, in discovering so many admirable things, in going through with so many strange adventures. December 30, 1932.

Engraving depicting Bernard Palissy burning his furniture to fuel his kilns during his ceramic experiments. Bernard Palissy (1510-1589) a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman. Dated 19th century

A cartoon commenting on William Ewart Gladstone's disestablishment of the Irish church. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) a British statesman of the Liberal Party who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

Artists impression of an interrupted dissection in New York in the 18th century. 1822.

The Earl of Essex laying his hand on his sword on being struck by Queen Elizabeth, (1792).Artist: Wooding

The thistle reel. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 682. Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , North, Frederick,Lord,1732-1792. , Mansfield, William Murray,Earl of,1705-1793. , Québec (Province),Quebec Act. , Dance,England,1770-1780. , Politics & government,England,1770-1780. , Thistles,England,1770-1780. , Devil,1770-1780. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

"Cardinal Wolsey and the Duke of Buckingham", by John Gilbert, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving of a painting. 'In his contribution to the British Institution Exhibition Mr. Gilbert produces an historical work of more importance, and of more ambitious aim than any that we recollect to have seen by his hand. The figures are more numerous than is usual with the artist, and the incident is one which gives occasion for a peculiar mode of treatment. The passage is that in the first scene of Shakspeare's "Henry VIII", in which the Dukes of Norfolk and Bu

'THE SAVOYARD'S BREAKFAST,' BY MEYERHEIM

Cascabel scratches his head in hair pulling, vintage engraving. Cascabel scratches his head in hair pulling, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659748

Woodcut engraving depicting a shoeblack in 18th-century London.

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