Cultures Collection (page 8)

The Ark
The Dove sent forth from the Ark. Engraving from 1870. Engraving by Gustave Dore, Photo by D Walker

The Ark rests on dry land
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Destruction of Sennacherib
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Don Quixotes success in his journey to visit Lady Dulcinea
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixotes success in his journey to visit the Lady Dulcinea Del Toboso

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Vintage engraving of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Customers in a Victorian hostelry
Customers taking tea in a Victorian hotel or pub. A waiter and waitress are serving and someone is reading a copy of " Punch"

Frenchmen at a 19th century cafe
Two men having drinks, smoking and chatting at a 19th century French cafe. From a bound volume of copies of " Punch Almanack" for 1865-79

Victorian restaurant waiter taking an order
A smiling waiter in a Victorian restaurant or gentlemens club, taking an order from a diner. From " Punch, or the London Charivari", Volume LXVIII (68), published in London in 1875

The death of Cleopatra
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, on her death bed. Cleopatra VII Philopator was a pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. She came from a Macedonian Greek family and is known for her beauty and her dramatic death

Ruins of the Chapter House, Much Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, England
Originally founded as an Abbey around 680AD, Much Wenlock Priory is on the outskirts of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England

West Front of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales
Tintern Abbey, in Monmouthshire, Wales, was founded in 1131 beside the River Wye - the boundary between Wales and England

Tomb of the Howard family at Arundel Church, Sussex
The tomb of the Howard family of Arundel, Sesssex, in the parish church of St Nicholas. This church is interesting because it is physically divided between Roman Catholic and Church of England

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, scientist, and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922

Antique illustration of 18th century famous French dancer Mademoiselle Salle, performing on stage with a boy playing the flute next to her (original portrait by Lancret)

Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)
Antique illustration of a 18th century French acrobat performing during a show or training a tightrope-walking exercise (Slacklining)

Robin, birds animals antique ilustration

Belle Epoque - The Interrupted Letter 1890
Vintage photogravure engraving of a young french woman writing a love letter. Les Saisons: Le Panorama 1890

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vintage engraving of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 to 1882. An American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. The London Illustrated News, 1882

Mushrooms and fungi: Albatrellus ovinus

au Bal engraving of a fashionable young woman in 1889
Digital restored 19th century engraving from the literary magazine Le Voleur Illustre 1889-90 Paris, France

Antique illustration of blacksmith

Satan Tempts Jesus
Engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872)

Oceania Australia Culture 1896
Oceania Australia Traditional Culture Chromolithograph

Jesus Walks on Water
Engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872)

Jesus Appears on Sea of Galilee
Engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872)

Jama Masjid, in Delhi

Palace in Delhi (Jama Masjid)
Described in the book from which the print was taken as a palace in Delhi, this building is part of the Jama Masjid (Masjid-i Jah─ün-Num─ü)

North side of the square of the Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco
unesco world heritage site, architecture, islam, mosque, religion, famous place, cultures, mosaic, no people, tile, building exterior, design, travel destinations, monument, facade, majestic

Mosque of Hassan II and minaret through the arches of the square outside it in Casablanca
unesco world heritage site, architecture, travel destinations, no people, famous place, building exterior, arch - architectural feature, monument, tower, cultures, arabic style, islam

St. Petersburg
Antique map of St. Petersburg

Map of Morocco

Map of Madrid
Antique map of Madrid from 1898

Rome and surroundings
Antique illustration of Rome and surroundings

Ancient Rome
Antique illustration Map of Ancient Rome from 1898

Ira D. Sankey, composer and evangelist
An illustration from " The Family Friend" published by S.W. Partridge & Co. (London, 1875). Ira D. Sankey, the composer in the partnership of Moody and Sankey

Antique illustration of young Beethoven

Julius Caesar receiving tribute from the British people (Britons) who were conquered by his army in 50BC at Deal in Kent. From " Aunt Charlottes Stories of English History for the Little

Jesus Before Pilate
Engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872)

Antique illustration of astronomy constellations

Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

book production, printing press, typography
Antique illustration of book production, printing press, typography

Antique illustration of Globe-fish (Diodon maculatus)

Long-spine Porcupinefish or Spiny Balloonfish (Diodon Holocanthus)

The Cathedral Precinct Gate, Canterbury, Kent. Illustration from " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles" published by Cassell Petter & Galpin in 1875 (price 2/6d)

The Baptistry, Canterbury Cathedral
The Baptistery (sic) at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, the burial place of many of the early Archbishops of Canterbury

The Canterbury Tales
Vintage engraving of an Illustration and passage from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Ortler Spitz from the summit of Stelvio Pass
The Ortler Spitz from the summit of the Stelvio Pass, in the Ortler Alps in the South Tyrol. From " The Snow-Storm; or, An Account of The Nature, Properties, Dangers, and Uses of Snow

Vanity Fair Print of George Bentinck (MP)
Victorian caricature of George Bentinck (MP) 1803 to 1886, a British Conservative politician. By James Tissot. Vanity Fair 1871

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