Dramatic Literary Illustrations

Illustrative works depicting dramatic scenes from literature, showcasing emotions through characters involved in narratives of struggle and spirituality.

Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834, French, 1808-1879, 1834, lithograph

Elia raises the dead son of the widow of Sarefat. .

Psyche spies the god Amor in his sleep. She holds an oil lamp and a dagger. Psyche is startled by Amor's beauty and spills a drop of oil from her lamp. Beneath the scene the coat of arms of the Baron of Ravittza, Amor and Psyche L'Amour et Psyche (title on object), print maker: Theodorus de Roode, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1746 - 1793, paper, etching, h 280 mm × w 205 mm

Holy Melania the young person as a recluse, Anonymous, After Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1590 - 1662 print paper engraving female saints. anchorite, hermit

Night, Pieter van den Berge, 1702 - 1726

Illustration for Boccaccio decamerone. Illustration for the Boccaccio Decamerone, History XXXV. Andrea and her mother's lady wear the corpse of Gabriel in a cloth over the street.

Joseph and the wife of Potifar, Orazio Borianni, After Rafaël, 1615 print Joseph in a sleeping room, runs away from Potifar's wife. She grabs his cloak. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper etching Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

Latest words of Mirabeau / Revol. from Paris / Nº91. Page 641.

Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834, French, 1808-1879, 1834, lithograph

Dis m'man! Tu viendras me chercher si les Prussiens bougent, faut que la France puisse compter sur tous ses enfants.. Cham (Count Amédée-Charles-Henry de Noé) (France, Paris, 1819-1879). France, 1867. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Woman sitting on her bed in a cell, anonymous, 1700 - 1800, draughtsman: anonymous, 1700 - 1800, paper, brush, h 88 mm × w 109 mm

Fading Away, from "Illustrated Times" October 5, 1858 After Henry Peach Robinson This wood engraving reproduces a famous pictorial photograph constructed by Henry Peach Robinson in 1858. To portray the peaceful death of a young girl surrounded by her grieving family, Robinson skillfully combined five different negatives. Although imaginary, many contemporaries criticized the subject as too painful to be tastefully rendered by such a literal medium as photography. The controversy made Robinson the most famous photographer in England and a leader of the Pictorialist movement which advocated painterly effects. Wood engravings played a crucial part in circulating images in the nineteenth century, as part of popular weekly journals such as the "Illustrated London News.". Fading Away, from "Illustrated Times". After Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830-1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent). October 5, 1858. Wood engraving. Prints

Scène dOctobre: La jeune poitrinaire (An October Scene: The Young Consumptive), from "Le Journal Illustré" no. 34 October 2-9, 1864 After Henry Peach Robinson This wood engraving reproduces a famous pictorial photograph constructed by Henry Peach Robinson in 1858. To portray the peaceful death of a young girl surrounded by her grieving family, Robinson skillfully combined five different negatives. Although imaginary, many contemporaries criticized the subject as too painful to be tastefully rendered by such a literal medium as photography. The controversy made Robinson the most famous photographer in England and a leader of the Pictorialist movement which advocated painterly effects. Wood engravings played a crucial part in circulating images in the nineteenth century, here in a French publication "Le Journal Illustré.". Scène dOctobre: La jeune poitrinaire (An October Scene: The Young Consumptive), from "Le Journal Illustré" no. 34. After Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shrop

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Obsequio á el maestro. (A gift for the master.), 1796-1797. From Los Caprichos, no. 47. Etching, burnished aquatint, and burin on cream laid paper. Plate: 215 mm x 150 mm (8.46 in. x 5.91 in.).

Laurens de Medicis lies in bed and gestures toward Savonarola who walks away from him. Around the bed stand and sit three more noblemen, Savonarola at the deathbed of Laurens de Medicis , print maker: anonymous, Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger, (mentioned on object), printer: P. Blommers (Steendrukkerij van), (mentioned on object), Netherlands, printer: The Hague, publisher: Haarlem, 1847 - 1887, paper, h 245 mm × w 320 mm

De Wijn is a spotter, Jacob Hoolaart, after Frans van Mieris, 1723 - 1789 print A dar-like figure is about to put a piss pot on the head to put a sleeping woman. He sticks out his tongue. There is a fallen wine glass on the table, where the woman has put her head on. There is an owl on the door of the window. Dordrecht paper chamber-pot. drunkenness. candle. 'wine is a mocker ...' ~ drunken brawl. proverbs, sayings, etc.

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from LAssociation mensuelle 1834 France. Caricaturist HonorÈ Daumier, in an unusually somber mood, used images of partially exposed corpses to make a political statement Daumier criticized the contemporary French governmentís excessive response to a lower class riot in his Rue Transnonian.. Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper . Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Albert Besnard, Discreet (Discrète), French, 1849-1934, 1900, etching in black on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, verso lower left, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1634, lower left, verso upper left, height 91 mm, width 114 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

La soiree d'hyver. Dated: 1774. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois-Robert Ingouf after Sigmund Freudenberger.

Domestic miseries , Mice, Rodent control. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Apollo and Mercury visit Chione; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Mercury and Apollo both fall in love with Chione, which lies in bed. They visit her in the same night to sleep with her. Mercury stands for her, while Apollo reminds his turn to the foot end. Chione is expecting both men.

Sitting man with folded hands, behind a Bible, Jacobus Buys, c. 1734 - c. 1801 drawing paper. watercolor (paint). ink pen / brush

Dido on her deathbed, Auguste Numans, After Joseph Stallaert, c. 1872 - 1879 print paper etching (story of) Dido. (story of) Dido - death

Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orleans (1371-1408). Daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. Valentina of Milan makes that her sons swear to revenge the death of his father, who was killed. Engraving. 19th century.

Gracias á la almorta (Thanks to the Millet), Plate 51 from Los desastres de la guerra (The Disasters ofWar). Artist: Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746-1828

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Le lit à la française, The bedstead, print, prints, height 125 mm, width 224 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Xięga Balvivting from the portfolio: Xięga of the idolatry SCHULZ, Bruno (1892 1942)

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748-1812, French, Diligence and Dissipation: The Wanton in her Bed Chamber (Plate 3), 1797. Stipple engraving, open letter proofs.

Ulalume, 1847-48 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 'Ulalume' is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1847. 'Ulalume focuses on the narrator's loss of his beloved due to her death., Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Drawing, Ink, Angel, Literature, Poetry, Death, Literature, Character

Willem Basse, The Death of Cato, 1634 The Death of Cato

. A minusing couple sitting on the edge of a four-poster bed. Behind the woman the brothelsterster. Second print from a series of four.

La filiacion.. Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. 1799. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Satires (Visual works)

Holidays on a catafalque; Weber, M. (Munich; Xylographisches Atelier von M. Weber; fl. Ca 1870-1900); 1870-1890 (1870-00-00-1890-00-00);

Robbery at the manor house - reversed photo of the drawing. unknown, photographer, Witkiewicz, Stanisław (1851-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist

The Rose Bower, After Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1898, British, Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons, British, 1892, Photogravure on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/2 × 30 3/4 inches (41.9 × 78.1 cm), bed, box, briar, comb, drapery, flower (plant), literary theme, mirror, pillar, pillow, princess, reflection, religious and mythological subject, rug, servant, sleeping, Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale), thorn, window, woman

Young pair caught by parents, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print A young pair in bed is caught by furious parents. The young woman holds a nightingale in the hand. The father admits his finger admonishing and has to stop his furious woman. Paris paper etching / engraving hidden love discovered. song-birds: nightingale

James Tissot (French, 1836 - 1902). Le Foyer de la Comédie-Francaise pendant le Siège de Paris, 1870-1871. Etching (drypoint and sandpaper) on D&C Blauw laid paper. Plate: 330 mm x 275 mm (12.99 in. x 10.83 in.).

A drawing by Antoine Sauvage, called Lemire, depicting Edward Young burying his stepdaughter, executed in black chalk with white highlights on blue paper, circa 1801-1802.

An Old Man Murdered by Three Younger Men. Johann Heinrich Fuseli (Swiss, 1741 - 1825)

This 1524-1530 copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicts Tarquin and Lucretia, illustrating Roman history, Renaissance narrative engraving, and Italian printmaking techniques.

ULTIMOS MOMENTOS DE DEL REY ALFONSO XII - 25/11/1885 - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Author: JUAN COMBA GARCIA (1852-1924). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA CHRISTINA OF AUSTRIA. MARIA CRISTINA HABSBURGO (1858-1929). MARIA CRISTINA DE AUSTRIA MARIA CRISTINA. MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO (1858-1929). ALFONSO XII (1857-1885).

A woman washing her feet. Mezzotint.

Old man with on his shot the body of a young woman. A grieving old man with beard holds the body of a young woman. There is a spade next to them. A classic column in the background.

Cephalus en aurora, Pierre Claude François Delorme, 1818 - 1819 print Print is part of an album. paper CEPHALUS and Aurora

Buried of the dead, Pierre François Basan, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1733 - 1797 print France paper etching burial

Illustration for Faust Goethe Małgorzata according to Alexander von Liezen Mayer. A clipping from a German magazine Unknown, Liezen Mayer, Alexander von (1839 1898)

The Circumcision ca. 1764 Jean Honoré Fragonard French This etching is from a group of sixteen made by Fragonard in Paris around 1763-64, based on black chalk drawings he had made in Italy a few years earlier for his friend and patron, the abbé de Saint-Non. Of the sixteen, ten were based on Venetian models, including this one after Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (Italian, 1519-1594). In copying Tintoretto's painting in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Fragonard focused on the central scene, reducing the number of figures, suggesting a more intimate space.. The Circumcision 399390

The Filiation (La Filiacion) Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828). , 1797-1798. Etching and aquatint on laid paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm). European Art 1797-1798

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Claussin, Ignace Joseph de, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 90 mm, width 114 mm, French, 1796 - 1844, print maker, 1805 - 1844, paper, etching, Work conception, Northern Dutch, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08

Three putti by an anvil, Bernhard Schreuder, After Jacob de Wit, 1767 - 1780 print Netherlands paper etching tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: anvil. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

France, Abraham.

Priam venant demander a Achille le corps d'Hector Priam asking Achilles for the body of Hector Wencker, Joseph (1848-1919). still image. Reproductive prints, Periodical illustrations. 1876-09-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Trojan War, Older people, Achilles (Greek mythology), Pleading (Begging), Tents , To 499, Homer. Iliad, Priam (Greek mythology)

The death of Guillaume the Conqueror, according to Gilbert. - page 400. (IT)

Rape from Lucretia. Lucretia, naked in her bed, tries to ward off the attacking sextus Tarquinius with sword. A man enters the room in the back. On the right in the foreground two pare dogs.

Madame Greuze on a chaise longue with her dog, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1757-1760 drawing paper. graphite (mineral). ink. chalk brush resting

Tuscany Siena Poggibonsi S. Lucchese04. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

A living room interior. A servant with a candle finds Werther, who has shot a gun with a gun. The print is part of a series of scenes from Goethe's novel: "The suffering of the young Werther".

The Changeling. Attributed to Henry Fuseli; Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 531 × 636 mm. Charcoal and brush and gray wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white tissue paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Leopold Flameng, Charles Meryon, 1858 Charles Meryon

A woman sitting by the bed of a dying man. Engraving by C. Warren after H. Corbould.

The Burial of Atala 1822 Jean-Baptiste-Raphael-Urbain Massard French. The Burial of Atala 373612

Zuidelijke Nederlanden, Suavius, Lambertus, Entombment of Christ, Southern Netherlands, recto lower right - stamped, The deceased Christ is placed in a sarcophagus by four women and three men. At the foot of the sarcophagus an ointment jar. In the upper right corner a seven-line text in Latin., print, prints, height 176 mm, width 204 mm, 1514 - 1564, print maker, printmaker, 1548 - 1548, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

THE CURE According to Jean-Honor� Fragonard (1732-1806). "The remedy" (illustration for the tales of the fountain). Ink drawing with watercolor rehaught on paper. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

Honoré Daumier, Abonnés recevant leur journal, 1845 Abonnés recevant leur journal...

EL ASTROLOGO - 1929-1930 - GRISALLA Y ORO SOBRE LIENZO - 4,20 x 2,52 m - LAS BODAS DE CAMACHO - COMEDOR DEL HOTEL ASTORIA DE NUEVA YORK. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: HOTEL WALDORF ASTORIA. NEW YORK.

The Burial of Atala. Artist: After Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, Montargis 1767-1824 Paris); Jean-Baptiste-Raphael-Urbain Massard (French, 1775-1843). Dimensions: plate: 19 11/16 x 23 1/8 in. (50 x 58.8 cm)sheet: 20 1/16 x 23 7/16 in. (51 x 59.5 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tizian: Venus, deren Haupt ein Amor bekranzt. Dresdener Galerie.. F. & O. Brockmann (German, founded 1854, dissolved 1870)

Opening of the mysterious trunk, and horrible discovery. Illustrations. 1872. General Research Division. Bowlsby, Alice Augusta, d. 1871, Trials (Murder)

la fiiiaciion /the filiation and the snow; Board No. 57 from: Los Caprichos” Cafprices, ed. ii, madrid ca. 1855 Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)

Apollo embraces Leucothea, who is sitting on her bed. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series, Apollo seduces Leucothea Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), print maker: Robert de Baudous, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), print maker: Haarlem, print maker: Netherlands, publisher: Netherlands, 1615, paper, engraving, h 175 mm × w 252 mm

Industry and Idleness The idle prentice returned from sea and in a garret with a prostitute From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833 , Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

(Secours ADomicile.). Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Brigand de propriétaire... Dated: 1847. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Erotic Series with Couples in Bed, c. 1750 - c. 1800 print In an 18th-century interior, a naked woman lies in a four-poster bed. A naked man is at the foot of the bed and holds the legs of the woman. France paper etching man and woman cohabiting. bed with tester

P. de Vos. Unknown

Bliżej Kultury Unknown, Andrea del Sarto (1486 1530)

THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA, 1872 engraving

Jakobs ladder.

Carl Guttenberg after Etienne Theaulon, L'invocation a l'amour L'invocation a l'amour

Spiritual reading a letter. Draughtsman: Willem Hendrik Schmidt. Dating: 1819 - 1849. Measurements: h 100 mm × w 92 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Memorial Print for Hendrik Hooft Daniëlsz .. The Amsterdam city mourns with the grave of the Amsterdam civilmaster Hendrik Hooft Daniëlsz. An angel supports her in sadness and points her to the immortality of the deceased. There is a portrait-bust of Hooft Daniëlsz on the graftombe. In antique style.

The cruelty of the bull, 1647, monogram miss CI (17th century), 1647 print Illustration of the events known as the cruelty of the bull, 1647. De Boer and his pregnant wife who were attacked by a bull on 29 August 1647 in Zaandam. The pregnant woman is taken on the horns where the child is thrown out of the belly. The print shows an interior in which the deadly wounded farmer and farmer's wife are located. In the background you can see in two scenes how the man and the woman are attacked by the bull and how the bull is finally finished. Under the performance a description of the events, different verses about the protagonists and a statement from the doctor involved, in 6 columns. Reissue of the original print. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing infections and wounds. medical examination, medical treatment. bull. difficult and unusual birth Zaandam

Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Aquiro3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, painting, religious artifacts (reliquaries), decorative arts (tapestries, furniture). From Counter-Reformation, built in 1590 and finished in 1774. A picture gallery exists in the former convent, which also houses offices. Located on Piazza Capranica. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Tom and East defeating Flashman the bully. Illustration by Arthur Hughes for 1869 edition of Tom Browns Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. Original edition 1857.

Alexander Runciman, 1736-1785, British, Ariadne. Etching (restrike).

Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - 'Richard III,' Act V, Scene V, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after William Hamilton, 1751-1801, British, 1789, Engraving, Sheet: 25 1/4 x 17 3/4in. (64.1 x 45.1cm)

after William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Industry and Idleness, Plate VII, The Idle 'Prentice Returned from Sea, and in a Garret with a Prostitute, 1833. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Christ heals his daughter Jaira; Schmidt, Georg Friedrich (1712-1775), Rijn, Rembrandt Van (1606-1669), Eeckhout, Gerbrand Van Den (1621-1674); 1767 (1767-00-00-1767-00-00);

LUIS XI (Bourges, 1423-Plessis-lez-Tours, 1483). Rey de Francia (1461-1483), hijo de Carlos VII y de María de Anjou. Combatió contra Carlos "el Temerario", duque de Borgoña. "MUERTE DE LUIS XI". Grabado por Dupré, 1851.

Luke Taylor, Love among the Ruins, 1886-1916, etching on paper.

Lot and his daughters, Claude Goyyrand (attributed to), after Claude Mellan, 1630 - c. 1662 print Rome paper engraving Lot's daughters make their father drunk

Battoni: Die bussende Magdalena. Dresdener Galerie; F. & O. Brockmann (German, 1854 - 1870); about 1875; Albumen silver print

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenb, print maker: Willem Grebner, (mentioned on object), after: Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1815 - 1866, paper, engraving, h 382 mm × w 373 mm

The cruelty of the bull, 1647; Stiers Wreetheydt, pawned a master and wife, and wonderlijck consists of delivered Hunnes child, shit to Sardam. Illustration of the events known as the cruelty of the bull, 1647. De Boer and his pregnant wife that were attacked by a bull on 29 August 1647 in Zaandam. The pregnant woman is taken on the horns in which the child is hurled out of the belly. The print shows an interior in which the deadly wounded farmer and farmer. In the background you can see in two scenes how the man and the woman are attacked by the bull and how the bull is finally finished. Under the show a description of the events, different verses about the protagonists and a statement of the doctor concerned, in 6 columns. Reissue of the original print.

This statue of Ariadne is housed i the Vatican Museum in Italy. According to Greek mythology, Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, king of Crete, was deserted by the Greek hero Theseus. There she is surprised by the god of wine and merriment Bacchus and his followers (nymphs, fauns, satyrs) who are returning from a sacrifice.

Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, The five senses, Hearing, Music company, verso lower left - stamped, In an interior a man stands with a music company. A man seen from the back plays a lute, a man plays a flute and a man sings, around a table on which songbooks., print, engraving, prints, height 241 mm, width 197 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)

The wife of the Sultan of Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Dreaming on Roses, 1790 Dreaming on Roses

A child with two heads joined at the vertex. Line engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.

Sign” from the Lithuania” Series Grottger, Artur (1837 1867)

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