Wood Engraving Collection (page 11)

God creating light, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
God creating light, 1866. Scene from the Old Testament (Genesis). From Gustave Dores illustrated Bible. (London, 1866)

The Island Bee (from Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life), 1867

Art-Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), January 11, 1868

The Spouting Horn in a Storm, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
The " Spouting Horn" in a Storm, 1872. Rocks on the coast of Maine, north eastern USA: a wide chasm in the cliff

At Red Bank, 1872. Creator: Nathaniel Orr
At Red Bank, 1872. Sailing boats and a paddle steamer on the Navesink River at Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. View of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, a town situated on the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

Cotton-Mills, Rideles Bank, 1872. Creator: Granville Perkins
Cotton-Mills, Rideles Bank, 1872. Industrial buildings for milling cotton on the Brandywine Creek, Delaware, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Scenes in Mammoth Cave, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud
Scenes in Mammoth Cave, 1874. Tourists visit limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA, the longest cave system known in the world: The Lovers Leap; The Altar; The Star Chamber; The Dead Sea; The Vestibule

St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Creator: Nathaniel Orr
St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Steamboats on the Mississippi at Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA....Daytons Bluff, on the east side of St

City of Boston, (from South Boston), 1874. Creator: Edward Paxman Brandard
City of Boston, (from South Boston), 1874. Ships on the Charles River at the port of Boston, Massachusetts, USA....on either hand, are the wharfs and docks, crowded with craft of every size, shape

Cueillette du muguet. Creator: Auguste Louis Lepere (French, 1849-1918)
Cueillette du muguet

Gallery at Hotel Drouot: The Day of the Sale. Creator: Honore Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Gallery at Hotel Drouot: The Day of the Sale

The Farmers Boy with chickens and ducks, c1881. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The Farmers Boy with chickens and ducks, c1881. When I was a farmer, a Farmers Boy, I used to keep my masters ducks. From " The Farmers Boy" written and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

The Farmers Boy with his masters dogs, c1881. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
The Farmers Boy with his masters dogs, c1881. When I was a farmer, a Farmers Boy, I used to keep my masters dogs. The Farmers Boy, wearing a smock

25 Ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: JR Ashton
25 Ton gun at Middle Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

Jean Francois Galaup, comte de La Perouse, French naval officer and explorer, (1886). Artist: W Macleod
Jean Francois Galaup, comte de La Perouse, French naval officer and explorer, (1886). La Perouse (1741-c1788) commanded a French expedition to explore the Pacific which set out in 1785

Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. Artist: Frank P Mahony
Native Troopers Dispersing A Camp, Australia, 1886. An aboriginal man being chased away from his camp during the colonisation of Australia

Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December, 1805, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December, 1805, (c1835). Regarded as Napoleon Bonapartes greatest victory, Austerlitz was a sublime trap that destroyed the armies of his enemies Russia and Austria

Battle of the Pyramids, 21 June, 1798, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of the Pyramids, 21 June, 1798, (c1835). Trudging towards Cairo, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and 25, 000 men faced two forces of Mamelukes under Murad

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856. The American inventor and industrialist invented the weapon which, after the Mexican war of 1846-8, was adopted by the US army

Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Illustration for Miltons (1608-1674) epic poem dramatising the fall of Man in the Book of Genesis in the Bible

Woman operating a power loom for weaving cotton, c1840. The model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-1820). Belting connecting to the drive shaft is shown at centre back of the picture

The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 19th century. Right: God, the father, sits next to Jesus Christ, left, the son, who holds his wooden cross. Above: the dove of the Holy Spirit hovers

Caroline Chisholm addressing a crowd from the emigrant ship Ballengeich, 1852. Caroline Chisholm (nee Jones) (1808-1877), British philanthropist and reformer, was born at Wootton, near Northampton

Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Dante, guided by Virgil, in the third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty of simony suffering burning

Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil

Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, 1866. From the Bible (Mark 14:22)

St Bernard mountain rescue dogs with flasks of brandy on their collars, c1880. The dogs were named for St Bernard of Menthon (923-1008) who built two mountain rest houses (hospices) in the Alps

Samson bringing down the Temple of Dagon, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Samson bringing down the Temple of Dagon, 1866. The Israelite hero Samson, having been betrayed by Delilah and taken prisoner and blinded by the Philistines

Jacobs dream of a stairway leading to heaven with God at the top, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Jacobs dream of a stairway leading to heaven with God at the top, 1865-1866. From Gustave Dores Bible (Genesis 28:12)

Dante protected by Virgil from harm by demons, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante protected by Virgil from harm by demons, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

Hipparchus, Ancient Greek astronomer, 2nd century BC (c1880). Artists reconstruction of Hipparchus (c190-c127 BC) at work

Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

Dick Turpin (1706-1739), English robber and highwayman, 19th century. Dick Turpin is the subject of many romantic stories, especially his ride to York on his mare Black Bess

Deborah, Hebrew prophetess and judge, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Deborah, Hebrew prophetess and judge. According to the Bible, Deborah delivered her people from Jabin, King of Canaan and his general Sisera. Here she is singing her song of triumph

Victor Emmanuel II knocking on the door of Naples, 1861. Artist: John Tenniel
Victor Emmanuel II knocking on the door of Naples, 1861. Victor Emmanuel became the first king of Italy from February 1861

Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Seven Plagues of Egypt, 1866. The Angel of the Lord, sword in hand, leaving mothers lamenting the death of their first born. From the Bible (Exodus)

Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. The astronauts, having landed, set to work surveying the Moon. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne

Saxon, 1882. Creator: William Baxter Palmer Closson
Saxon, 1882

Altar-tomb and Sculpture in Ledbury Church, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Altar-tomb and Sculpture in Ledbury Church, 1857. Monument to a dead child, conceived by Mary Thornycroft and sculpted by her husband Thomas Thornycroft

The Lancashire Militia New Depot, at Preston, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Lancashire Militia New Depot, at Preston, 1857. Army facility in Lancashire. This building presents a favourable specimen of the superior accommodation provided of late for our militia force

The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - the Death of Sir... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - the Death of Sir Philip Sidney at Zutphen, 1857. One of a...series of historic tableaux which enrich the walls of this elegant

The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Mary Queen of Scots... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Mary Queen of Scots leaving the Shores of France, 1857

The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Lady Jane Grey and... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Lady Jane Grey and her tutor, Ascham, 1857. One of a...series of historic tableaux which enrich the walls of this elegant

Greytown - from a recent sketch, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Greytown - from a recent sketch, 1857. The place is interesting as the head-quarters of Captain Erskine's squadron. In the Sketch you look to the west: the anchorage and harbour are out of sight

The Clergy Orphan Schools, Canterbury: the Chapel, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Clergy Orphan Schools, Canterbury: the Chapel, 1857. The erection of these Schools originated in the accommodation for children in the schools of the Clergy Orphan Corporation at St

Halstead Hall, near Horncastle, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Halstead Hall, near Horncastle, 1857. Possibly arson attack. About an hour before midnight on Sunday, the 17th of December last

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