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Four workers at the Water, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1931 print Four workers, three of which are on their backs and one from the front. One of them is on an inverted tub. paper working class, labourers. sitting figure
Four workers at the Water, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1931 print Four workers, three of which are on their backs and one from the front. One of them is on an inverted tub. paper working class, labourers. sitting figure
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In search of food, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.Engraving by Gustave DorA© (1832-1883)Don Quixote, he had inevitably fallen to the ground. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Old XIX century engraving illustration by Gustave DoreEvery family should have an Empire Wringer, the best in the world. , Animals, Weddings, Animals in human situations, Laundry, Appliances, 19th Century American Trade CardsMy dear children, I wear you all in my heart My dear children, I wear you all in my heart ". Estampe.Sprokkelaar. Aux environs d'Arnhem (title on object). Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1839. Measurements: h 245 mm × w 152 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Old Woman and Boy in a Forest Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860). , ca. 1848-1849. Oil on canvas, 13 x 9 3/4 in. (33.0 x 24.8 cm). European Art ca. 1848-1849(PIETE FILIALE>). Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866William Strang, 1859-1921, British, Woman Burning Weeds. Mezzotint.Monument to The Xacja Józef Poniatowski (Apotheosis of Prince Józef Poniatowski) Unknown, Litographic Plant Georg Schafner (Warsaw)Man with a gun, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), 1638 print A man (Capitain Lychthart) leans with his hands on a gun. In the background a lake and a water mill. The print is part of a series of 32 prints with genreta scenes. Amsterdam paper etching windmillJames Tissot, Renée Mauperin: Henri Mauperin Wounded after the Duel with Boisjorand de Villacourt, 1882; published 1884, etching and drypoint on paper (second state).Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879). Le premier bain, 1865. From Croquis d'été. Lithograph on newsprint paper. Image: 232 mm x 201 mm (9.13 in. x 7.91 in.). Second of two states. Cartoon titled 'Pig-headed Obstruction'. The cartoon depicts George Hammond Whalley (1813-1878), the MP for Peterborough, obstructing the tracks as he lies amongst pigs. The cartoon comments on the obstructive techniques of MPs to block unpopular proposals. Illustrated by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) an English wood-engraver. Dated 19th centuryBurning damaged tobacco on which no duty had been paid: Tobacco warehouse, London Docks. Woodcut, London, 1841.GOODWOOD RACE CUPArab bricklayer, Cherchell, Algeria, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 381, Volume XV, June 15, 1850.Eugène Delacroix, Hamlet and the Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), 1835 Hamlet and the Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV)Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur) Made 1695 Holland. The mezzotint medium is particularly effective in this and a related print by Cornelis Dusart, in which the high level of contrast emphasizes the presence of fiery light. To the left of the woman, flames engulf a wooden wheel; and to the right, townspeople gather in celebration. The man in a related image has several more rockets secured in his belt, ready to be lit (1964.46). These pyrotechnics celebrated King William IIIís reclamation of the city of Namaur from the French, who had previously besieged it in 1692.. Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper . Cornelis DusartRichard (Dick) Whittington (c1358-1423) English merchant and philanthropist who was three times Lord Mayor of London, England. Dick as a boy at Highgate, hearing the bells of the city saying 'Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London'. Illustration by Gustave Dore (1821-1883). Wood engraving.The Dead Man and the Beggar, from the Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, Basel, c. 1440, Switzerland, Gothic-style painting, digitally restore...Satirical cartoon depicting King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909) squeezing his subjects in the Congo Free State (now Zaire) to death. After exposure to exploitation of local labour, in 1908 Belgium annexed the territory and conditions improved slightly from when it was under Leopold's personal rule and it was known as the Belgium Congo until independence. Dated 20th centuryAdam & Eve In Paradise (from Milton''s "Paradise Lost") Gustave Dore (1832-1883/French) Engraving Watteau and Giulia, vintage engraving. Watteau and Giulia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678267This wall-painting showing two fishermen was uncovered at Pompeii, the town buried in the A.D. 79 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.Regardant la plaine du Rhin (Looking at the Rhine Plain), from La Guerre de 1914, first series,no.17. Artist: Auguste Lepère, French, 1849-1918Les Écuries d'Augias. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1842. Prints; lithographs. LithographFrigga, Anonymous Chimczek and Paraska; W Sowicz, Wac Aw (1891-1942); 1924 (1924-00-00-1924-00-00);Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Witke-JeżewskiOn a dune top sits a man with a violin on his knee. The sun is sinking into the sea behind him., Man with violin, print maker: Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, (mentioned on object), Charles Rochussen, (mentioned on object), publisher: Arie Cornelis Kruseman, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1855 - 1865, paper, etching, h 155 mm × w 95 mmGustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Paul Riault (19th century), engraver. "Béatité des Chastelains." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Dranitiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101791-27 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engravingPortrait of the author for 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 the story written in 1836, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, Knight of Pratz (1790 - 1869), French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.Crispino E Comare / Polka / For Piano / by / Designs CoverJulius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817, British, Squared, undated. Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Crossing the Red River, Manitoba, Canada, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895Do you want slats v'la the slatse merchant. / N ° 32. (title registered) | Cree of Paris. (Ts)Humorous Wine Illustration 1946, Illustration by Julien Pavil, (1895-1952), French 20th century illustrator, humourist and poster artist. He illustrated several books between 1929 and 1945. Goodwood Race Prize - Arab Group in the Desert, 1854. Horse racing trophy. 'Cup...executed by Messrs. Garrard, of the Haymarket, and represents an Arab horseman receiving a pitcher of water in the desert from a woman stationed by the side of a well The artist has introduced a child, a she-goat, and a kid, with good accessorial effect; two palm-trees wave over the heads of all these, and render the general composition very pleasing. Mr. Cotterill, by whom the whole has been designed, during his recent visit to the East, had many opportunities of seeing Oriental scenery and costume, and he has aSoldiers and a Highlander (3 prints of varying size pasted onto a yellow sheet). Artist: Victor Adam (French, 1801-1866). Dimensions: Mount: 12 3/8 x 4 5/16 in. (31.4 x 10.9 cm). Date: mid-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Postman on Skies, Norway, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895Merson, Luc-Olivier (n.1846-05-21-D.1920-11-14), "effect that seven juries in the open air" can produce ", Illustration for the vignette of chapter of seventh book (dummy title ), 1888. Pen and ink wash with gouache enhancement on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.literture The Book of One Thousand and One Nights Aladdin and the Djinni wood engraving 19th century,Odilon Redon, Centaur visant les Nues (Centaur aiming at the Clouds), 1895 Centaur visant les Nues (Centaur aiming at the Clouds)The nightmarish creature. Ernst Barlach (Germany, 1870-1938). Germany, 1912. Prints; lithographs. Lithograph on Van Gelder paperPortrait of The Baron De Wogan. California. United States of America. Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) was a 19th century French adventurer, explorer and writer. Drawing by Jules Pelcoq (1823-1887) Travels and adventures of Emile de Wogan (1817-1891) in California, 1850-1852. Le Tour du Monde 1860Ridder steekt een beer neer; Avontuur van Godefroy van Bouilllon met een beer; Non! Je ne veux plus d'amour &ct..A knight in armor stands down a bear with his sword. In the background a second figure with raised arms comes from among the trees. At the top right: pl. IV *. Bottom right: Bladz. 136.Print, Title Page; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703-1770); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772); France; etching on laid paperThe Grim Reaper, drawing by Count Franz Pocci, 1807-1876LA LATERNE MAGIQUE.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866The Three Names, 1869. Charles Samuel Keene (British, 1823-1891). Wood engraving;A Native Shayal, Illustration from the Book, "From Pharaoh to Fellah" by C.F. Moberly Bell with Illustrations by Georges Montbard, engraved by Charles Barbant, Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co., London, 1888Boston Tea Party, 26 December 1773. Inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, dressed as American Indians, throwing tea from vessels in the harbour into the water as a protest against British taxation. 'No taxation without representation'. Wood engraving, late 19th century.Young woman in a garden in Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, drawing by Adrien Marie (1848-1891), from The White Conquest, 1875, by William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume V, Issue 15, March 15, 1877.Queen Anne (1665-1714), 1824.Artist: RogersThis is what will never happen to you. with a nose like yours, This is what will never happen to you. with a nose like yours, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659805THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION"Kniperdoling"; Sketched for a Masque by Inigo JonesPost at the lance head. .The Crinoline in Winter (La Crinoline en temps de neige) Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). The Crinoline in Winter (La Crinoline en temps de neige), November 13, 1858. Lithograph on newsprint, Image: 8 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (22.2 x 26.2 cm). European Art November 13, 1858Japanese Crafts. Stonemason chiseling a stone, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879Enquiry into share dealings. Marconi exonerated. Cartoon 1913.Winter, Allegory, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.Wiertz, Antoine Joseph, Fierlants, Edmond, Photo reproduction of Calabrian highwayman by Antoine Wiertz, recto - embossed, photograph, photo, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE BELGE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE, 69, RUE KEYENVELD, BRUXELLES, height 150 mm, width 105 mm, Belgian, 1819-06-20 - 1869-12-21, photographer, 1863 - 1868, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, 1806-02-22 - 1865-06-18Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French political author, 1787. Artist: UnknownArtwork: "Lapo, Cold Weather Test Clothing", Artist: Clayton Knight. Country: UnknownA dolmen Crach, near Locmariaquer, Morbihan, vintage engraving. A dolmen Crach, near Locmariaquer, Morbihan, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673068Bronze statue of Hercules is unearthed in Rome, Italy Date: 1864Egyptian Fellah working on excavations in Luxor, Egypt in XIX century. Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, left England to tour America.Cartoon from 'Punch' London, 4 February 1882, showing Aestheticism, as Ariadne on Naxos, lamenting the departure of Oscar. Wood engraving .Israëls, Jozef, Löwenstam, Leopold, Walker in a dune landscape, verso - stamped, Walker with a basket on his back in a dune landscape. In the distance a house looms., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 150 mm, width 225 mm, 1842 - 1898-05-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1852 - 1898, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, Nederlands, 1824-01-27 - 1911-08-12Dirty Father Thames': More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in London in 1849, the year of the Great Stink when Parliament was suspended because of the smell. Cartoon from 'Punch', London, 1849.Lives in Kamchatka by the fire, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.At a Jewish cemetery. Ciechomski, Walenty (fl. 1878-1889), graphic artist, Gierymski, Aleksander (1850-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist, Puc, Bronisław (Warszawa ; Zakład Artystyczno-Drzeworytniczy ; fl. ca 1878-ca 1885), woodcut atelier"Orrin, Make Haste, I Am Perishing!" Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). 1868. Wood engraving, Image: 4 3/4 x 7 in. (12.1 x 17.8 cm). Regarded as one of the great American Realists of the nineteenth century, Winslow Homer is known primarily for his large body of works in oil and watercolor. However, he also had an early career as a freelance illustrator, making drawings for wood engravings that were reproduced in mass-circulation periodicals such as Harpers Weekly. In 1998, the Brooklyn Museum received a generous gift of more than 250 wood-engraved illustrations by Homer from Harvey Isbitts. Homer drew five illustrations for the serialized novel, Beechdale, by Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (writing under the pseudonym Marion Harland). The novel, featuring the young heroine Jessie, is a romantic tale centering on duty, false love, and moral conflict. Here, Jessie clings desperately to a tree trunk in the chill waters into which she plunged when the rail of the old wooden bridge collapsIllustrations by Stanley L. Wood (1867-1928) for 'Rujub the Juggler', by G. A. Henty (1832-1902) published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1893Britannia, holding her trident, introduces Lord Kitchener to a demurely veiled India. Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) served as Commander-in-Chief, India 1902-1909. Bernard Partridge cartoon from 'Punch', London, 16 June 1902.Illustration depicting the rescue process after an ice skater fell into the ice water of the lake. Dated 19th centuryThe escape of the doctor Gustav Hermann, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880Lives in Kamchatka by the fire, vintage engraving. Lives in Kamchatka by the fire, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673662The Slaughterman. The ox has been killed by blows of the pole-axe to the head. The slaughterman leans on the pole-axe after the exertion of killing the beast. A steel for sharpening his tools hangs from his waist. A cleaver leans against a stool on the left, and a butcher's tray leans against the hitching rail on centre right. From Costume of Great Britain by William Henry Pyne (London, 1808). Aquatint.'It was a Lover', 1895. Artist: UnknownLITERATURA INGLESA-SIGLO XVII. DEFOE, Daniel (Londres,1660-Londres,1731). Novelista inglés. "ROBINSON CRUSOE". Grabado con la representación de Robinson Crusoe rescatando del barco todo lo que era posible llevarse antes de su hundimiento. Grabado.Graphic by Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) a British artist and illustrator. Dated 19th CenturyGoethe at the window, drawn by Tischbein in Rome in 1787, historical illustration in Deutsche Literaturgeschichte or German literature from 1885The Vine Dresser and the Fig Tree (Le vigneron et le figuier) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Vine Dresser and the Fig Tree (Le vigneron et le figuier), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (14.6 x 19.4 cm). European Art 1886-18941872 Exhibition of Painting, The Harvest in Catalonia, by Girard, vintage engraving. 1872 Exhibition of Painting, The Harvest in Catalonia, by Girard, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679399Na cmentarzu starozakonnych. Ciechomski, Walenty (fl. 1878-1889), graphic artist, Gierymski, Aleksander (1850-1901), draughtsman, cartoonist, Puc, Bronisław (Warszawa ; Zakład Artystyczno-Drzeworytniczy ; fl. ca 1878-ca 1885), woodcut atelierFreya or Frigg goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, wife of Wotan or Odin, driving her chariot pulled by cats. Friday is named for her. EngravingLithograph by Boissieu, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853.