Historical Scene Illustrations

Engravings depicting significant historical moments and discoveries, featuring detailed scenes of battles, events, and notable figures from various time periods.

Interior of a third-class train carriage. Journey to Spain, 1862 by Jean Charles Davillier (1823-1883) Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Le Tour du Monde 1862

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A discovery, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

EL DUQUE DE FERIA GANA POR ASALTO REYNFELT-SUIZA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. GOMEZ SUAREZ DE FIGUEROA. DUQUE DE FERIA. DUQUE DE FERIA III.

The first relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, 25 September 1857, (1888). Artist: Unknown

España. Elección del rey visigodo Wamba el año 672 en Toledo.

Kurfürst Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen, auch bekannt als Friedrich der Großmütige, 30. Juni 1503, 3. März 1554, trifft Karl V. 24. Februar 1500, 21....

Alexandrine Tinne on a journey, Alexandrine Pieternella, Petronella, Françoise Tinné, 1835-1869, Dutch adventurer, Africa explorer and photographer, historic woodcut, c. 1880

Engraved scene from the opera 'Fernand Cortez' by Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851) an Italian opera composer and conductor. Dated 19th Century

Interior of a third-class train carriage. Journey to Spain, 1862 by Jean Charles Davillier (1823-1883) Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Le Tour du Monde 1862

This 1895 illustration shows the capture of Tyre as told in the Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel 32, verses 2 and 3. The year is said to be around 587 B.C. The city of Tyre lay about 35 miles from the Sea of Galilee and about 100 miles from Jerusalem. In ancient times, Tyre was an important Phoenician seaport and a center for making the expensive royal purple dye, from the liquid in the murex shell. As for the time period - it just before the rise of the Persian Empire and then the conquest of the area by the Macedonian leader Alexander the Great.

Louis X The Headstrong or The Stubborn 1289 to 1316 emancipates the serfs from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

330 BC ENTRANCE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT INTO BABYLON ILLUSTRATION

The Massacre of Antioch - Gustav Dore

Gustave Doré; Sinbad in the Court of King Serendib; Black and White Engraving

Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and mathematician, 1609 (1747). Artist: Jacques Philippe Le Bas

Gnaeus Magnus Pompeius ('Pompey') enjoys a triumph after a series of striking victories in present-day Syria. Date: 65 BCE

Illustration of the different types of habitants in Quito. Left to right: François Boucher and his wife in summer clothes; Indians dancing; a mestizo (someone of European and Native American descent) and a European Male. Dated 1817

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA - LOS TURCOS SE APODERAN DE LA GOLETA - TUNEZ. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Christmas-Eugène Sotain (1816-1874), engraver. "Delicious street in Tours." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-23 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Rape of the Sabines 1755-1765 Italy. Oil on canvas . Giuseppe Angeli

Ancient Age. 2nd century BC. Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Viriathus' justice. Thus perish the slaves of the Romans. Engraving. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume I, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1852.

Königstein. Pit

Margaret Roper taking leave of her father, Sir Thomas More, on the Tower Warf, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Netherlands, Buys, Jacobus, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Spanish soldiers fire on the statue of Erasmus, 1572, verso - stamped, Spanish soldiers under Bossu fire on the statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam, 1572. On the left a gesticulating priest., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 236 mm, width 156 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1791 - 1791, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman

Allegory on the consequences of excesses in wine, woman and play / Allegorie auf die Folgen der Ausschweifungen in Wein, Weib und Spiel, 1510, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Rest, vintage engraving. Rest, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679243

The Triumph of Death in the Camposanto fresco by Buffalmacco, Pisa. Tuscany, Italy. Europe. Drawing by Georges Profit. Travel through Tuscany 1881 by Eugene Muntz (1845 - 1902) Le Tour du Monde 1886

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, 1804 (1906). Artist: John Harris the Elder.

Men and women are driven by looters, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

Dara Shukohs severed head is presented to his brother Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad (later Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb), 1659. La testa di Dara-Chekouh presentata a suo fratello. From a miniature. Hand-tinted copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1833.

Frédéric-Auguste La Guillermie (1841-1934). "Etienne Marcel protects the regent". Black pencil with black ink wash and raised white and gouache enhancements. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 51449-2 Black pencil, Epee, gouache, politician, black ink wash, medieval, prevot of merchants, protecting, regent, white highlights

Heliodorus Is Cast Down, Expulsion of Heliodorus, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful.

Agesilaus II (c. 444- c. 360 B.C.), king of Sparta (400-360 B.C.), and the Athenian general Chabrias with mercenaries come into help the king Nectanebo I and his regent Teos against the Persians in 361 B.C. Engraving.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Illustration for William Shakespeare's work 'As you like', written between 1599 and 1600. Scene with Orlando talking to the guests. Engraving from the 19th c. Engraving.

David slays Goliath, slay, fight, great, small, Philistine, flee, kill, cut off head, sword, horror, fear, dread, people, encounter, armour, armour, Bible, Old Testament, First Book of Samuelis, chapter 17, verse 51, historical illustration circa 1850, Middle East

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Ottokar II of Bohemia by Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, woodcut, 1840, 1796-1848, Private Collection

Zwingli's Death at Kappel, drawn by Weekener, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

A Serenade in Castile, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Finding the Body of Harold, 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

Caius and his family are murdered on the orders of Lupus, governor of Alexandria under the emperor Vespasian. Date: circa 70

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-21). Construction of the Villa Rica of La Vera Cruz, with the help of the Totonac Indians. Detail. Board 3 belonging to a set of 24 boards made with the "enconchado" technique (fragments of mother-of-pearl embedded in the wooden surface, and soft layers of paint are added to the shiny surface). Painted by Juan and Miguel Gonzalez (active in the second half of the17th century). Reign of Charles II. Oil on panel and nacre. Viceroyalty of New Spain. Mexico, 1698. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

The fall of Antiochus. Death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Painting in the castle AlbrechtsburgMeissen. Painting in the castle Albrechtsburg

Salon 1868, Satire, the King's favourites, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown...

Lords of the court of Charles the Bald, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Wall of Dobell's Studio. June 22, 1950.

It is so good charter who does not pour, nor so good horse that does not bronce Jacques Lagniet (1620-1672). "It is so good charter who does not pour, nor so good horse that does not bronce. Engraving.

The stopping place of the gypsies: the fortune-tellers (La halte des bohemiens: les diseuses de bonne aventure). Engraving after an etching by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), from the series 'The Gypsies' (Les Bohemiens), 1621-1631. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Duke Of Bavaria by Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, woodcut, 1840, 1796-1848, Private Collection

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1045-1099), el Cid Campeador, presentando a su padre Diego Lainez de Vivar (1023-1058) la cabeza de su enemigo, el padre de su esposa doña Jimena.

$The murder of Richard II of England in Pontefract Castle in 1400 as described in the play Richard III by William Shakespeare. From a nineteenth century engraving.$

Historia de España. Rendición de Sevilla por el rey don Fernando III de Castilla (1190-1252), el Santo, en 1247 quedando incorporada a la Corona de Castilla. Grabado de 1872.

New Excavations in Rome, Discovery of the Post of the Guardians of the Seventh Cohort, 1869, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an ...

Gustave Jean Jacquet, le Pillage, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buenos Aires, republica Argentina, cono sur, South America.

Illustration depicting a French farmyard scene. Dated 18th Century

A Gallic druid is using a mallet to remove a ring which hemmed in a globe inscribed "Gaul"; he is assisted by two Roman soldiers and surrounded by female allegorical figures, a sickle and fasces, while the Olympian gods look on from above; representing the opening of Gaul to the Roman Empire. Etching.

Richard Coeur de Lion receiving his death-wound before the Castle of Chaluz, 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

Painting of Caracalla (Antoninus), Roman emperor

Historic steel engraving by Ferdinand Rothbart, 1823 - 1899, a German illustrator, drawing on The Diver, a ballad by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Queen Elizabeth I on way to Hunsdon House, England, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

The death of Caesar, painting by M. Court. engraving 1855

Entrance of the lord chief into the site of the tournament, 15th century. Tournois du Roi Rene. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Meissen. Albrecht., Engagement train d. Prince Albrecht

Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated, Blaise Pascal * June 19, 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand August 19, 1662 in Paris was a French mathematician, physicist, literary, inventor and Christian philosopher, here as a twelve-year-old in mathematical studies

A court scene from the relief on Marcus Aurelius' Victory Column, Rome Italy, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact origin...

Illustration for the chronicle The Tale of Bygone Years. Etching. 1981. "The Tale of Bygone Years" ( Old -Russian. The History of Temporal Letters , also called the "Primary Chronicle" or "Nestor's Chronicle") is the earliest of the extant ancient Russian chronicles of the early 12th century. Known for several editions and lists with minor deviations in the texts introduced by scribes. Was compiled in Kiev . Covers the period of history from biblical times in the introductory part and ending in the third edition in 1117. The dated part of the history of Kievan Rus begins in the summer of 6360 (852), the reign of the Byzantine emperor Michael III .

Juan González; Miguel González / 'Series of the Conquest of Mexico'. 1698. Shell work, Oil on canvas mounted on panel, panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Historia de España. Muerte de don Fadrique Alfonso de Castilla (1334-1358), Maestre de la Orden de Santiago, asesinado por el rey Pedro I de Castilla.el Cruel Grabado de 1872.

An engraving titled "The abolition of monarchy". Dated 19th century

bathing fountain of youth copper engraving of the Master with the Banderoles circa 1465,

Fugitive Peasants, Thirty Years' War, drawn by H. Vogel, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Primers for the representation of a mystery, vintage engraving. Primers for the representation of a mystery, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660289

Steel engraving by G. Presbury from a drawing by A. Chisolm of Cleveland's rescue from Scott's novel The Pirate

Table of Paris - Square Saint-Germain L'Auxerrois, public singers, the menu People, Boys Cafetiers burning coffee Georg Emmanuel Opitz (or OPIZ) (1775-1841). Chart of Paris - Square Saint-Germain L'Auxerrois, public singers, the menu people, boys cafe cafe. Drawing.

Engraving depicting Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. Dated 18th century

The Kennemers before the city of Utrecht.

Gladiators, 1852.

Battle painting, painting in the Sala dello Scrutinio, interior, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Reign of Henry IV of Castile (1454-1474). Farce of Avila. On 5 June 1465, a group of Castilian noblemen deposed King Henry IV in effigy, proclaiming in his place the Prince Alfonso (Alfonso de Trastámara). Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

A monument dedicated to posterity in commemoration of ye incredible folly transacted in the year 1720. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Amerigo Vespucci 1454-1512 Italian explorer lands in the New World from The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius published by Horace Mansfield New Haven Connecticut USA 1853

'Damon & Phillida', c1730. Artist: Gerard Vandergucht.

Abruzzo L'Aquila L'Aquila S. Maria di Collemaggio8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, wall painting (13-15th centuries) Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture (18th century), sculpture, frescoes, wall painting, metal crucifix Coverage of the paintings; some views of interior architectural features. 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.

Early history of Rome from book by Francesco Bertolini Claudius, illustration by Ludovico Pogliaghi

Retort House, Great Central Gas Works, Bow Common, London, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Exhibition at the pillory on the court arbour in Berlin in the Middle Ages, the criminal stands at the stake of shame and is whipped, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Exhibition at the pillory on the court arbour in Berlin in the Middle Ages, the criminal stands at the stake of shame and is whipped, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Early one morning Louis XI is riding to mass through the streets of Paris when a student empties a basin from the window onto the king's head. The king forgives him. Date: circa 1470

Rebellious peasant in the Peasants' War, 1525, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

Samson, Israelite hero, betrayed by Delilah, taken prisoner and blinded by Phillistines, regains his strength and brings the Temple of Dagon crashing down. Judges. Illustration Gustave Dore (1832-1883) FDrench painter and illustrator for 'The Bible' (London 1866). Wood engraving.

CUADRO POLITICO CARICATURA DE ESPAÑA EN 1842 - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA-GRABADOS BLANCO Y NEGRO. MADRID.

Jacques Cartier takes possession of the Bay of Gaspe, Canada, 1534 (1900). Artist: L Geisleh

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 - 12 January 1519), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky. He had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from c. 1483. He expanded the influence of the House of Habsburg through war and his marriage in 1477 to Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy, but he also lost the Austrian territories in today's Switzerland to the Swiss Confederacy.

Post, Pieter Jansz., Wouwerman, Philips, Visscher, Jan de, Accident of Count Johan Maurits on the bridge of Franeker, 1665, verso - stamped, January 6, 1665. The drawbridge over which the count and his entourage ride collapses and the count falls into the water., print, prints, height 484 mm, width 388 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1633 - 1692, print maker, printmaker, 1665 - 1665, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1619-05-24 - 1668-05-19, after a design by, 1608 - 1669-05-02

Auch ein Todtentanz, plate V 1848 Germany. Wood engraving in black on ivory wove paper . Alfred Rethel

Peace of Venice by Adrian Ludwig Richter, woodcut, 1840, 1803-1884, Private Collection

The flower parade in Westend in Berlin, Germany, historical illustration circa 1893, Europe

Louis XVI. Augustus of France, 1754 - 1793, and Marie Antoinette or Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, 1755 - 1793, on the balcony of the palace at Versailles, France, French Revolution, historic engraving from the Buch denkwuerdiger Frauen or book of memorable women, published by Otto Spamer, 1877, Europe

The ancient Romans told how in 507 B.C., just months after they had driven out the Etruscans as rulers and formed the republic, the former king Tarquinius Superbus and his son Sextus (pictured here), aided by the Etruscan chieftain Lars Porsenna, sought to regain Rome. They marched out and were stopped at the Pons Sublicius, the bridge entrance to Rome, by Horatius and two companions while the Romans cut down the bridge. This illustration is from an 1864 copy of Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome.

The young Cyrus entering Ecbatana The fulfillment of prophecy,Cyrus entering a conquered city still image. Portraits. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Harnesses, Cyrus, King of Persia, d. 529 B.C, Umbrellas, Headgear , To 499, Horses , To 499, War casualties , To 499, Chariots , Iran , To 499, Kings , To 499, War destruction & pillage , To 499

Picture series in Rome in the Middle Ages, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

GRABADO-TIPOS EGIPCIOS. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Piece ca. 1820 Probably Ferdinand Favre et Cie. Piece. French, Nantes. ca. 1820. Cotton. Engraved by Delmès. Textiles-Printed

Each Arrow Overshot His Head Illustration by E Boyd Smith from the book Myths From Many Lands published 1912

Allegorical cartoon, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. Artist: Anon

The. Cancale the boats return, statement of Eugene Feyen. - Drawing Sellier, vintage engraving. The. Cancale the boats return, statement of Eugene Feyen. - Drawing Sellier, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679714

Engraving titled 'The Foundlings' by H. Setchell after William Hogarth (1697-1764) British printmaker, painter, pictorial satirist, social critic, and cartoonist. Dated 18th Century

Hudibras First Adventure Engraved by C Mottram after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Schliemann's excavations at Mycenae. 'Illustrated London News' artist sketching in front of the Lion gateway at Myceneae 1877. Engraving.

Manoh, Manol, o master Manol enough that game, vintage engraving. Manoh, Manol, o master Manol enough that game, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678487

Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)

Parisian poisarden, otherwise fish women. Parisian poisarden, otherwise fish women. Paris, Mus�e Carnavalet.

The Judgement of Zaleucus. Otto van Veen; Flemish, c. 1556/7-1629. Date: 1605-1610. Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 20 9/16 in. (42.8 x 52.2 cm); image: 16 1/8 x 19 11/16 in. (41 x 50 cm). Oil on panel. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Mr Sharp, chief of the brig Admiral Trowbridge, is barbarously wounded, put in irons and spiked to the deck by pirates off Malacca 1806. 19th century Aquatint. Artist unknown

fine arts, Amman, Jost (1539 - 1591), copper engraving, a session of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire, circa 1570,

CARLOS SAENZ DE TEJADA. PINTOR ESPAí'OL.1897-1958. VISTA DE AVILA.

Egyptian sais. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Cartoon from Puck. Joseph Keppler (Austria, Vienna, active United States, 1838-1894)Bernhard Gillam (United States, 1856-1896). United States, 1880-1889. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph

Kidnapping. Illustrations, Prints. 1834. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Slave trade , United States, African Americans , Kidnappings

The Carnival in Nice, France, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, original date unknown, Europe

Potosi 1671 John Ogilby (Op. 1651 British) Newberry Library, Chicago

Salon 1868, Satire, the King's favourites, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown...

The Air Dramas. Zambelli is surrounded by flames, vintage engraving. The Air Dramas. Zambelli is surrounded by flames, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656676

Jesus Led from Caiaphas to Pilate (Jésus conduit de Caïphe à Pilate) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Led from Caiaphas to Pilate (Jésus conduit de Caïphe à Pilate), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 11/16 x 8 5/8 in. (17 x 21.9 cm). European Art 1886-1894

I don't know you, old man, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Falstaff, Henry IV, (1893)

Historia de Catalunya. Rafael de Casanovas herido en la defensa de las murallas de Barcelona el 11 de septiembre de 1714. Cromo editado en 1905.

Snow White, presumed dead having eaten the poisoned apple given to her by her wicked stepmother, is admired by a handsome prince whilst she sleeps in a glass case.

The public execution of Louis XVI by guillotine on 21 January 1793 on the Place de la Revolution. formerly Place Louis XV. renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795. in Paris. France. digital reproduction of a historical original

Foreign Nations Are Slain By Lions In Samaria, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866. In 1866, the French artist and illustrator Gustave Dore (18321883), published a series of 241 wood engravings for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours. This new edition was known as La Grande Bible de Tours and its illustrations were immensely successful.

The Last Shot Colour plate from The Life and Adventures of Robin Hood by John B. Marsh published by George Routledge & Sons circa 1910

Historical photo (ca 1880) of King Agrippinus, painting by Vittore Carpaccio, Venice, Venezia, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Monument to William Tell in Altorf, Canton Uri, Switzerland / Denkmal des Wilhelm Tell in Altorf, Kanton Uri, Schweiz, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

The Garments Divided by Cast Lots (Les vêtements tirés au sort) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Garments Divided by Cast Lots (Les vêtements tirés au sort), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 10 3/16 x 8 5/16 in. (25.9 x 21.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

Before the storm, year book of Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900

Historia de Catalunya. Los cartagineses fundan Barcelona. Dibujo de los año 1930.

Dyrene, struggle of the slaves, historical woodcut, circa 1880

Historia de Catalunya. Entrada de Joan II (1398-1479), rey de Aragón, en Barcelona el 17 de octubre de 1472 tras la firma de la capitulación de Pedralbes que daba fin a la guerra civil catalana iniciada diez años antes. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Eugenio Álvarez Dumont / 'Malasaña y su hija se baten contra los franceses en una de las calles que bajan del parque a la...', 1887, Spanish School, Canvas, 365 cm x 207 cm, P06796. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Wooden horse in taken the city of Troy. The Book of Knowledge, 1912. Engraving. Later colouration.

Xerxes at the Hellespont, by Jean Adrien Guignet (1816-1854), oil on canvas. Achaemenid period, Turkey, 4th-5th century BC.

Veit Konrad Schwarz, fashion tailor and Fugger merchant servant, 1541 - 1588, learning to fence / Veit Konrad Schwarz, Modeschneider und Fuggerscher Handelsdiener, 1541 - 1588, beim erlernen des Fechten, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Serie berühmte italienische Rathäuser, Italien, Perugia, Palazzo dei Priori, Braccio da Montone wird zum Gebieter von Perugia ausgerufen, 19. Juli 1416 / Series of famous Italian town halls, Italy, Perugia, Palazzo dei Priori, Braccio da Montone is proclaimed Lord of Perugia, July 19, 1416, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple (Jésus empêche de porter les fardeaux dans le parvis du Temple) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus Forbids the Carrying of Loads in the Forecourt of the Temple (Jésus empêche de porter les fardeaux dans le parvis du Temple), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (25.1 x 18.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

"Der Sohn des Marabut, " woodcut depicting "The Son of the Marabout" from "Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten" 1903

Boyaryna Morozova by Vasily Surikov is depicting Morozova's arrest by the Nikonians in 1671. As an Old Believer, she holds two fingers, rather than three, raised in the old way of making the Sign of the cross. painting by Surikov. 1848-1916.

Oberlin and boorish, vintage engraving. Oberlin and boorish, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674123

artist impression of Gautamiputra Satakarni celebrating victory over Nahapana Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Le maréchal Ney a la redoute de Kowno , Auguste Raffet , Museo del Louvre,museo nacional de Francia, Paris, France,Western Europe.

Pillage of Trebizond, 8 October 1895. Artist: Unknown

12/31/1949. Fragment of the Alenza painting, evocative of the epic of 1808, which appears in the exhibition of Memories of May 2nd currently being held in the municipal museum.

Historia de Catalunya. Capitulación de Barcelona. El conde de Corzana acepta las condiciones de rendición propuestas por Louis-Joseph Vendôme y las tropas españolas abandonan la ciudad en 1697. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Little fireworks at Palazzo Madama, by Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791-1833), print taken from Un an a Rome et dans ses environs (A year in Rome and its surroundings). Italy, 19th century.

'The Martyrdome of Master William Tindall in Flanders by Vilvord Castle', 1563, (1947). Artist: Unknown.

Adolphe Belot (1829-1890). French dramatist and novelist. La Venus Noire: Voyage Dans l'Afrique Central (The Black Venus: Journey to Central Africa). The Caravan. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored.

Punch congratulates British justice for throwing out the claim of Arthur Orton to be Roger Tichborne - Orton is depicted as Lewis Carroll's Jabberwock Date: 1872