Emotional Religious Scenes

Dramatic illustrations capturing deep emotions such as grief and sacrifice in biblical stories, rendered in monochromatic and classic styles.

Mount of Olives. Jesus meets an angel in the garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Assets in this Story

Illustration depicting infant mortality: mother weeping for the loss of her baby who is being carried away by the Angel of Death. Dated 19th Century

Saint Agnes, Sainte-Agnes, Agnes of Rome, c.291 c.304, virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Depicted with a youth struck blind when he attempted to rape her. Burnt at the stake, she was beheaded when the flames parted around her. Copperplate stipple engraving from Mr. M. Es Les Jeunes Martyres de la Foi Chretienne, Young Martyrs of the Christian Faith, Francois Janet, Paris, 1819.

Hagar and Ishmael in the desert. Book of Genesis. Old Testament. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883).

Photo production of painting by Paul Delaroche: Le Christ and Gethsemane.

Morgan le Fay casts a spell on Merlin, From Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, Engraving after painting by Henry Ryland

The agony in the garden. (Luke 22:43). Engraving. Bible Illustration by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

Mount of Olives. Jesus meets an angel in the garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Painting depicting the liberation of St. Peter from prison by an angel.

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer & mathematician, demonstrating his telescope to the Doge and Venetian Senators, 1609. Engraving, 1747.

Gustave Doré; The Raising of Lazarus; Black and White Engraving

Ostyak hut, Russia. Drawing by Claude Durand-Berger. From kyiv to Berezov, memories of an exile in Siberia, 1839 by Ewa Felinska (1793-1859) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Murzuflos strangles the emperor Alerios IV, Alexios v. Dukas Murtzuphlos, Byzantine emperor from 5 February 1204 to 13 April 1204, fourth Crusade, 1885, historical woodprint, England

The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:11,13). Engraving. Bible Illustration by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

'Canute reproving his Courtiers', c1840. King Cnut supposedly demonstrated to flattering courtiers that being a mere human, the sea would not obey him, and God alone can command the tides. Cnut (c995-1035), also known as Canute, was King of Denmark, England and Norway. Fisher, Son & Co, c1840

Immurement of a nun, Special case of being buried alive, Immurement is a form of imprisonment or for reasons of asceticism, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380-1416). King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona. The Countess of Urgell in the tent of King Ferdinand I asking for pity for her husband. Engraving after a painting by Ramon Tusquets. The Catalan Illustration, 1904.

Judas desperation. Judas Iscariot the traitor hangs himself in a tree. Matthew book, New Testament Sacred biblical history. Old engraving

REMBRANDT'S HUNDRED GUILDER PIECE, 'CHRIST HEALING THE SICK', 1869

Boabdil the last Arab king leaves Granada in 1492

The Presentation In The Temple by Victor Delhez, 1549

Cave Scene, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

The Divine Comedy (1307-1321). Italian narrative poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). The Paradise. "Oh true sparkle of the Holy Ghost..." Illustration by Yann Dargent (1824-1899). Engraving. Published in Paris, 1888. Author: Jean-Edouard Dargent. known as Yann Dargent (1824-1899). French artist.

The Three Marys, Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), 1783, Watercolor with pen in brown ink.; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 16 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches (41.1 x 21 cm), religious and mythological subject, robes, rocks (landforms), vegetation, veil, women

Man praying in the open air, Warrior with crossbow, after a work of art by Willem Steelink, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Summons to Valhalla (early 1900s illustration) Valhalla was the ancient German heaven. The wild tribes believed that those who died fighting valiantly in battle were borne by Wodens Valkyrie maidens to feast with him in Valhalla. They thought also that a man at times became fey, that is, he saw his death approaching. Thus, in our picture a German warrior, kneeling in the night by his fair sleeping bride, sees the passing rush of the Valkyrie; and one of them pauses to summon him to his doom in the morrows fight.

Lot and his daughters take refuge in a cave and begin their debauch; outside, his wife, now a pillar of salt, faces the furnace of Sodom. Engraving.

The Marraige of Pocahontas

God comes to Solomon in a dream and imparts great wisdom to him 1840 - 1880. still image. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Biblical events, God, Sleeping, Solomon, King of Israel, Dreaming, Crowns, Smoke

HAGAR AND ISHMAEL IN THE DESERT, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Bible. 1870, Art, Artist, holy book, religion, religious, christianity, christian, romanticism, colour, color engraving

Title Page for 'Katherine's Story'

This is sketch in a house at Fahey's Quay, Ennis, Ireland, showing the widow O'Connor praying over her dying child. The squalid conditions in the poorhouse are a reflection of the misery perpetuated by the potato famine, tenant farmer evictions and the poor law legislation that was extended to Ireland. Date: 1850

Paolo Farinato's drawing 'Noli me Tangere' depicts Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene as a gardener, created with chalk, pen, laved technique, and white highlights on bluish paper.

The pope showing the treasures of the church of Ilori, Republic of Abkhazia. Georgia. Excursion to Samourzakan and Abkhazia by Carla Serena, 1881. Le Tour du Monde 1882

St Veronica. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem. Passion of Christ. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Vintage antique illustration and line drawing or engraving of biblical story about Abraham going to sacrifice his only son Isaac, but s stopped by Angel.From Biblische Geschichte des alten und neuen Testaments, Germany 1859. Genesis 22.. Vintage Drawing of Biblical Abraham is Going to Sacrifice Isaac, but is Stopped by Angel

Death of Saint Joseph. Engraving by C. Cantalo. "La Ilustracion", 1882.

Burial of Jesus. The crucified Jesus is laid to rest in the sepulcher (John 19: 41-42) New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

THE WIDOW'S MITE, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Bible. 1870, Art, Artist, holy book, religion, religious, christianity, christian, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus. Acts 9. From Gustave Dore 'Bible' 1865-1866. Wood engraving. Power of God is depicted as a shaft of light.

The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre, Print made by Valentine Green, 1739-1813, British, after Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Published by V. Green & Son, 1739-1813, British, 1784, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 18 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches (46.9 x 24.4 cm), Plate: 18 1/4 x 9 7/16 inches (46.4 x 24 cm), and Image: 17 5/16 x 9 7/16 inches (44 x 24 cm), cloaks, clouds, jars, meteorology, mourning, ointments, religious and mythological subject, sadness, science, sepulcher, storm, the holy women (the three Marys) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body, tomb, travel, urns, walking, weeping, women

'Christ the Comforter', 1895.Artist: Dormoy

Dramas of India. Punishment, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). The prophet Elijah fed by an angel. Engraving.

Victor Masson (1849-1917). Illustration of "Notre Dame de Paris, Book XI, Chap.i." Le Petit Soulier ". Plume and black ink, blurs, brown and gray wash, gum Arabic. Around 1868. Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo. 74625-11 Lying, archdeacon, standing, drawing, frightening, woman, fright, man, illustration, moon, Notre-Dame de Paris, night, litter work, pillar, novel, evening, mixed technique, violence, XIXth XIX 19th 19th 19th 19 feather

This illustration dates to before 1876. It shows the apparatus used for a ghost illusion, often referred to as "Pepper's Ghost." The real actors are seen through a large plate of colorless and transparent glass, and from the front surface of this glass rays are reflected that apparently proceed from a phantom taking part in a scene among real actors. Parallel to the glass is a silvered mirror placed out of spectators' sight and receiving the rays from a person, also out of sight of spectators, in which the rays are reflected from the silvered mirror to the plate-glass, and hence reflected so as to reach the spectators and give them the impression of a figure standing on the stage, is sufficiently indicated by the lines drawn in the diagram. Later a second mirror was introduced that allowed the ghost to appear upright - as seen here.

Jacob, who was tending Laban's flocks of sheep sees Rachel at the well. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

An engraving depicting the interior of Peak Cavern, Derbyshire. Dated 19th century

Noah cursed Ham. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

The burning of a woman, a witch, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact date unknown

Moses in the Bulrushes - Old Testament Scene

Joan of Arc (1412-1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Engraving. Scene of the execution by burning on 30 May 1431. Rouen. Engraving by Dupre. 19th century.

The Roman politician and General Marcus Antonius (83-30 BC)before the dead body of the Roman statesman Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.). Engraving. 19th century.

Saint Valentine. Known as Saint Valentine of Terni. Roman saint. 3rd century. He is commemorated on February 14 and associated with a tradition of love since Middle Ages. Portrait. Engraving.

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE "ELECTRA" OF SOPHOCLES BY LADIES AT GIRTON COLLEGE, NEAR CAMBRIDGE, UK, 1883

New Testament. Gospel of Luke. Chapter XXIV. Jesus and the disciples of Emmaus. Drawing by Gustave Dore. Engraving by Pannemaker. 19th century.

Genesis. The Fall of Man, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Sacred biblical history Old Testament. Old engraving from the book Historia Sagrada 1920 Juan Lagui Lliteras

Agesilaus II, ruler of Sparta, meets with the Persian ambassador Pharnabazos Date: circa 396 BCE

An American Indian is standing by a teepee in front of which a woman is crouching on a rug on the ground. Wood engraving.

Gustave Doré; Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert; Black and White Engraving

Jeremiah (650-585 BC). Hebrew Prophet. Jeremiah dictating his prophecies to Baruch. Engraving by Pannemaker. The Bible in pictures by Gustave Dore.

The Hermit Gudwaldus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

burial of King Harold II (Harold Godwinson) c. 1022 ñ 1066. last Anglo-Saxon king of England.a Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England.

Elijah and the Widow at Zarpath, Sarepta, Greek, Prophet Elijah, Wonder, Help, Sit, Kneel, House Wall, Door, Garden, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Kings, Historical Illustration c. 1850, Near East

The Hermit Ephrem, Ephraem the Syrian, born c. 306, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Saint Augustine of Hippo: the attempt to understand the Holy Trinity is compared by a child to the attempt to empty the sea with a shell. Engraving by B. Farjat after A. Scilla.

Institution of Christ, Claude Mellan, 1683 print France paper engraving lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)

Mary Magdalene repentant (Luke 7:47) New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

'The Entombment', c15th century (1849).Artist: Plon Freres

COFFEE. Egypt, engraving 1879

The Hermit Alferius, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Opwekking by Lazarus, Jacob Louys, after Jan Lievens, 1644 - 1650 print Christ stands with folded hands at the grave of the dead Lazarus and orders him to come back to life (John 11: 43-44). Spectators look shocked on the left. A two -way caption in the margin. Haarlem paper etching the raising of Lazarus ('Lazarus, come out')

Mary Magdalene

ARRIVAL OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN AT THE INN, BY GUSTAVE DORE

Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (c. 14841 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed 'Protector of the Indians'. His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the West Indies and focus particularly on the atrocities committed by the colonizers against the indigenous people

Jesus heals a leper in Samaria. Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

EPIFANIA - RETABLO DEL NOMBRE DE JESUS - SIGLO XVII - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: ALONSO CANO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA. GETAFE. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA. Melchor. Gaspar. BALTASAR.

Illustration depicting infant mortality: mother weeping for the loss of her baby who is being carried away by the Angel of Death. Dated 19th Century

Lithographs The Famine in India The Village Well India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

The Morning of the Resurrection, 1900 After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company, 19th Century, Religion, AngelPre-Raphaelite, Photographic print, Photogravure, Religion, Jesus Christ, Religion, New Testament

Lady World and the devil in a smithy, Jan Luyken, 1714

The warning of the angel. An angel warns Joseph to save the child. Matthew book, New Testament Sacred biblical history. Old engraving from the book Historia Sagrada 1920 Juan Lagui Lliteras

Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching after G.C. von. Max.

Christ appearing to St Peter. Luke 4. From JJ Tissot 'The Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ' c1890. Oleograph.

The persecution of Jesus. Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

David showing Saul that he had spared his life. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

The widow's son ecstatically returns to life in response to Elijah's prayer. Wood engraving.

Christ Triumphant! by Victor Delhez, print

painting by Paul Delaroche: Vierge au pied de la croix, Virgin at the foot of the cross, Robert Jefferson Bingham, Goupil & Cie, 1858.

Saul and the witch of Endor, William Sharp, After Benjamin West, 1788 print print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper etching / engraving the ghost of Samuel appears to the witch of Endor; Saul falls prostrate to the ground

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio' Hamlet in the graveyard with Horatio and the clown, examines Yorick's skull. William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet': Act V Sc I . Engraving published London c1850

The King's Farewell, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library

An opium den in the slums of East London, 19th century. After an illustration by Gustave Doré in the 1890 American edition of London: A Pilgrimage written by Blanchard Jerrold and illustrated by Gust

St. Hubert, historic steel engraving from 1860

San Felipe Neri (1515-1595), llamado el Apóstol de Roma, fundador de la Congregación del Oratorio. Grabado de 1852.

A TROOP OF SPIRITS IN PURGATORY, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Purgatorio or Purgatory by Dante Alighieri. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

'Odoacer and the Monk Serverinus', (c5th century), 1890. Creator: Unknown.

The Crusades of Gustave Dore. The Departure of Thibault, king of Navarre. Thibault IV, king of Navarre, promotes the Crusades, intriguing the French nobility with his Christian songs. Baron's Crusade, 1238,.

Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, in the grave. Engraving by Ecosse The Iberian Illustration, 1885.

Angel standing next to a kneeling priest with light streaming through the window

New Testament. Jesus with the sinful woman. Pharisee's House. Engraving, 19th century.

The holy women visit the tomb of Jesus. Colored Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet: Inferno first part of his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy) illustrated by Gustave Dore 1863. Canto X: Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks on one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs.

'The Night of Good Friday', c1892, (1917). Artist: Johann Heinrich Hofmann.

Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine of the Wheel, martyred 307 AD. Sainte-Catherine, Christian virgin martyr., c 287-305 AD. Tortured, sentenced by Emperor Maxentius to be broken on a spiked wheel, then beheaded, c. 305. Depicted with a wheel. Copperplate stipple engraving from Mr. M. Es Les Jeunes Martyres de la Foi Chretienne, Young Martyrs of the Christian Faith, Francois Janet, Paris, 1819.

The Civil War In America

Title page for the Europisch Mercury of 1725. Title page for European Mercury, DL. XXXVI over the year 1725. A spiritual pulls a curtain aside and reveals a scaffold on which the bodies of convicts are minced in pieces.

SCENE FROM 'THE COFFEE MERCHANT', 'The flower-girl gave him a piece of bread, with three large dates.', 1871

Child wearing a fox mask, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Engraving titled 'The Druid's Last Sacrifice'. Depicted are priests who are about to sacrifice a virgin princess to bring back favour of the Gods, however, the Romans arrived to save her. Dated 19th Century

assassination of Muhammad Ghori whilst at evening prayer 1206 Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

The Prophet Baruch, Old Testament Bible

Ruth and Naomi in the desert. Ruth embracing her mother-in-law Naomi and promising to stay with her now they are bereaved (Ruth 1.14) Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Jacob pouring oil on the stone, Morning, View, Landscape, Mountains, Valley, Lake, Light, Sky, Plants, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Moses, Chapter 28, Verse 18, historical illustration 1850

Gustave Doré; Black and White Engraving; Cain and Abel Offering their Sacrifices to God

The Magdalenen Hill near Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy, Field chapel by the wayside, 1887, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, original date unknown, Europe

''Pictures of the Year - VII. "Christ and the Magdalene", after Arthur Hacker', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Antigone covers the body of Polynices with earth, Greek mythology, landscape, castle, mountains, mourning, death, spade, important woman, history, historical illustration 1894

Dante, Hell, Chant 1 (IFF 22 P.226) (Factitious Title)

Interview Between Jesus & Nicodemus James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

THE DEAD CHRIST, BY GUSTAVE DORE, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Bible. engraved by Adolphe Francois Pannemaker, Belgian, 1822-1900, c. 1870, Art, Artist, holy book, religion, religious, christianity, christian, romanticism, colour, color engraving.

The pilgrim at the gate. Date: First published: 1678

Augustinian canons and their St Bernard dogs rescuing a traveller, Switzerland. Artist: Unknown

The Druid warns Maeve about Cuchulain (Cu Chulainn)

Religious Ceremony of the Druids by Forrest C. Crooks, 1893-1982

Abruzzo L'Aquila Sulmona S. Panfilo, Cathedral9. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the facade, various portals and apses. Details of the main gothic portal include statues of Saints Panfilo and Pelino, and a lunette fresco of the Pieta and mourners. Interior views include: ceiling frescoes, cupola paintings of music-making angels (19th-20th centuries), low-relief sculptures of the Four Evangelists in the pendentives, sarcophagi, a baroque marble high altar, choirstalls, a baptismal font, a wooden crucifix (13th-14th centuries), a gilt bust of St. Panfilo, 13th century frescoes by the Sulmona School, altar paintings of St. Joseph and St. Carlo Borromeo. In the 11th century crypt are capitals of various styles (including one figural in an orans gesture), a 12th century relief sculpture of the Madonna and Child, a throne, frescoes and sarcophagi. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this

Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Journey of Dante through the Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored.

Christ, praying in the light, raises Lazarus from his tomb. Etching after J. Lievens, 1631.

Irene of Athens or Irene Sarantapechaina, c. 752 - 803, a Byzantine empress from 797 to 802, exiled to Lesbos

In Greek legend, Paris was a Trojan prince, the son of Priam and Hecuba. When Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, was not invited to the marriage of the Greek leader Achilles, she threw a golden apple into the festivities, with the words "for the fairest" written on it. The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena each claimed the apple, and Zeus, the king of the gods, had Paris choose which one should get it. Hermes, the messenger god, acts as a guide, arranging the meeting between the goddesses and Paris (meeting seen here in this 1915 illustration). Aphrodite promised Paris Helen, queen of Spa

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet 1620-1645 Netherlands. Oil on paper mounted on wood . Jan Lievens

villain your work' Russian world war one propaganda poster. The enemy of the people is personified by Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), whose policies had contributed to the outbreak of the war. He is caricatured as a cloven-foote , tailed devil, his spiked helmet barely able to conceal his pointed ears and holding human skulls : an icon of greed, evil and brutality.

Spanish Inquisition - late 15th century. A Spanish Jew before the Grand Inquisitor. Engraving 1891.

Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, Lastman, Pieter, Costumes from Italy, Ornamenti delli Contadini di Sicilia, Peasant couple dressed in Sicilian fashion, A peasant couple dressed in the fashion of Sicily, Italy. The couple is depicted full-length. The seated man plays the lute, his head is adorned with a beret. He accompanies the singing woman standing next to him. The woman wears a dress with a belt, her head is partly covered with a small headdress to which a veil is attached. The print is part of a twelve-part series of prints with Italian costumes., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 167 mm, width 115 mm, Work conception, 1583 - 1633-04-04, after print by, 1720 - 1772, paper, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

A depiction by Constantijn Daniel van Renesse showing Hagar with an angel, executed with brown and gray pen and brushes over reddish and black chalk, with white highlights on a brownish surface.

Predictions of the future of Sylvester in a Russian village, customs, Russia, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, around 1890, Record Date Not Stated

The caption for this illustration reads: I saw how black her face was and how white her hands were! The Serbian hero Marko is looking at a veela, a wicked demon, evil spirit. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.

Saint Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1890

Deathbed of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1844-1894), his consort Maria Feodorovna (Princess Dagmar of Denmark) at his side. From Le Petit Journal, 11 November 1894.

St Lawrence left with St Vincent. Saint Vincent of Saragossa, also known as Vincent Martyr, the Protomartyr of Spain, was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa. He is the patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia. martyred under the Emperor Diocletian around the year 304. St Lawrence or Laurence of Rome (c.225 258), martyred during the persecution by Emperor Valerian.

Joan of Arc (born c. 1412; died 1431), a French saint and national heroine, led the French army to several victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War. She said she heard the voices of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret , who ordered her to aid the king of France and assured her that God will help her. Here, in this illustration by Edward Dalziel, Joan of Arc is shown tending her flock. This drawing accompanied Charles Dickens' account of the tale in his book "A Child's History of England."

A native hut illuminated by luminous beetles in a cage, 19th century. From The Universe or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, published 1882.

Moses is set adrift by Jochebed on the Nile in a basket made of bulrushes and pitch; Black and White Illustration;

Consigning bodies of the plague to a communal grave in the plague pit - Plague of London, 1665. Illustration by John Franklin (fl 1800-61) for W Harrison Ainsworth 'Old Saint Pauls', London, 1855, first published 1841

Kissing the Cross by Giovanni Segatini (1858-1899) Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. Oil painting. In later life he combined a Divisionism painting style with Symbolist images of nature. He was active in Switzerland for most of his life.

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus. New Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

The sins of mankind, the fall of man, Adam and Eve, paradise, serpent, animal, Psalm 90, verses 1-12, Old Testament, Bible, tree, apple tree, apple, historical illustration 1890

Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II, James Smetham, 1821-1889, British, ca. 1874, Oil over ink on panel, Support (PTG): 4 3/4 x 12 9/16 inches (12.1 x 31.9 cm), cave, chemise dress, Cymbeline, play by William Shakespeare, dead, death, forest, girl, hat, hills, illustration, landscape, literary theme, men, mourning, play, shepherds, sleeping, staffs, trees

19th cent. engraving by Gustave Dore. Tobias and the Angel.

The dying Tarcisius, Tharsicius, Tarsitius, Tarcisius and Tarkisius, according to legend a Roman boy who belonged to the then persecuted Christian community in Rome in the second half of the 3rd century and helped the priest in pastoral care. He is the patron saint of altar boys, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Ten corpses inside a chullpa, ancient Aymara funerary tower originally constructed for a noble person or noble family. Chullpas are found across the Altiplano in Peru and Bolivia, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862

The return from Calvary, by Schmalz. 1898

In Norse mythology, Frigga, also spelled Frigg, is the wife of Odin. Originally a Germanic earth-goddess, she came to be associated with the Scandinavian Freyja and thus was worshiped as a goddess of fertility and love. From her similarities with Venus, the Latin day dedicated to Venus came to be known in Germanic-speaking countries as Frigg's Day or Friday. Frigg was said to spins clouds from her bejeweled distaff in the Norse constellation known as Frigg's Spinning Wheel.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) written. Engraving. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet. Color.

A Victorian Era woman rocking her baby to sleep while angels look on

Painting depicting Saint Blandina, the Slave Girl, a Christian martyr during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.