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European Culture Collection (page 6)

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Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Wound it seem'd both sore and sad

Wound it seem'd both sore and sad
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad, To every christian eye

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Give ear unto my Song

Give ear unto my Song
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack

Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack
Vintage colour engraving from the story The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack is a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: King Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair

King Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair
Vintage engraving of King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Madame de Pompadour

18th Century Fashion - Madame de Pompadour
Vintage engraving of Madame de Pompadour during the Reign of Louis XV, 1746. Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Paris

18th Century Fashion - Paris
Vintage engraving of a caouple in the fashion of Paris during the Reign of Louis XV, 1763. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: History of Fashion, French upper class family 1760

History of Fashion, French upper class family 1760
Vintage engraving of a French upper class family and military officer from 1760

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
Vintage engraving of Marie Antoinette during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1788. Marie Antoinette 1755 to 1793, born an Archduchess of Austria

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Paris Fashion of the late 18th Century

Paris Fashion of the late 18th Century
Vintage engraving of Paris Fashion during the Directoire, 1798. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Princess of Lamballe

Princess of Lamballe
Vintage engraving of the Princess de Lamballe during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1788. Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy-Carignan (Marie ThA©rA¨se) (8 September 1749 to 3 September 1792)

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Baroness

18th Century Fashion - Baroness
Vintage engraving of a Baroness during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1783. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Paris Fashion of the 18th Century

Paris Fashion of the 18th Century
Vintage engraving of Paris fashion during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1787. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: History of Fashion, French men and woman from 1760

History of Fashion, French men and woman from 1760
Vintage engraving of 18th century French woman wearing a elegant dress with large Pannier. And young gentlemen wearing hunting suits

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - The Baskets

18th Century Fashion - The Baskets
Vintage engraving of a lady wearing a Hoop skirt (Pannier) during the Reign of Louis XV, 1729. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Duchess

18th Century Fashion - Duchess
Vintage engraving of a Duchess during the Reign of Louis XVI, 1783. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: 18th Century Fashion - Marie Salle

18th Century Fashion - Marie Salle
Vintage engraving of Marie Salle during the Reign of Louis XV, 1730. Marie Salle(1707 to 1756) was a French dancer and choreographer known for her expressive

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Old St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London

Old St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London
Outside the old Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West in Fleet Street, London. From "Wycliffe to Wesley; Heroes and Martyrs of the Church in Britain" published in 1885 by T

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: European Peacock (Aglais io), insect animals antique illustration

European Peacock (Aglais io), insect animals antique illustration

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Lobby of the House of Commons

Lobby of the House of Commons
The Lobby of the House of Commons, London, during the 1870s. The old Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834 and the current buildings were designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Victorian London - Houses of Parliament

Victorian London - Houses of Parliament
Vintage engraving of Houses of Parliament, London, England. 1893. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Interior of the House of Commons before 1834

Interior of the House of Commons before 1834
The interior of the House of Commons, London, before 1834 when the old Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire. The current buildings were designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall

Plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall
A ground plan of the old Royal Palace of Whitehall beside the River Thames in London. The Palace was an enormous collection of buildings

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence

Sir Thomas Lawrence
Vintage engraving from 1879 of Sir Thomas Lawrence RA FRS (13 April 1769 aa 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Lawrence Saunders the Martyr

Lawrence Saunders the Martyr
Vintage engraving of Lawrence Saunders (1519 to 1555) an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in Foxes Book of Martyrs

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Infinite multitude of fierce and terrible creature

Don Quixote - Infinite multitude of fierce and terrible creature
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. A vast lake of boiling pitch

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - The Goatherds Tale

Don Quixote - The Goatherds Tale
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The Goatherds Tale

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Adventure of the Penitents

Don Quixote - Adventure of the Penitents
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Of the combat between Don Quixote and the Goatheard

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - The sky appears to him more transparent

Don Quixote - The sky appears to him more transparent
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The sky appears to him more transparent

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Another damsel comes into the room

Don Quixote - Another damsel comes into the room
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Another damsel comes into the room

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote nor battle which he hand not been engaged

Don Quixote nor battle which he hand not been engaged
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. There was not that country upon the face of the earth which he had not seen

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - What passed between the curate and barber

Don Quixote - What passed between the curate and barber
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. What passed between the curate, the barber and Don Quixote

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Sancho Panze alone was vexed

Don Quixote - Sancho Panze alone was vexed
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Sancho Panze alone was vexed, fretted himself to death

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Jack in the Box

Don Quixote - Jack in the Box
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Jack in the Box

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: The memorable quarrel between Sancho Panza and Don Quixotes nie

The memorable quarrel between Sancho Panza and Don Quixotes nie
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Of the memorable quarrel between Sancho Panza and Don Quixotes niece

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Man in the wide brimmed hat

Don Quixote - Man in the wide brimmed hat
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Woful accents of the squires voice

Don Quixote - Woful accents of the squires voice
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The woful accents of the squires voice at last re-called Don Quixote to

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - The pleasant discourse with Bachelor Samson Carras

Don Quixote - The pleasant discourse with Bachelor Samson Carras
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The pleasant discourse between Don Quixote

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Sancho Panze and the Geese

Don Quixote - Sancho Panze and the Geese
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Sancho Panze and the Geese

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Sancho Panza satisfies the bachelor, Samson Carra

Don Quixote - Sancho Panza satisfies the bachelor, Samson Carra
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Sancho Panza satisfies the bachelor, Samson Carrasco

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote Pleasant dialogue between Sancho Panza and his wife

Don Quixote Pleasant dialogue between Sancho Panza and his wife
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The wise and pleasant dialogue between Sancho Panza and Teresa Panza

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Sancho Panza and his family

Don Quixote - Sancho Panza and his family
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Sancho Panza and his family

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Slaying the Devil and Dragon

Don Quixote - Slaying the Devil and Dragon
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. What passed between Don Quixote, his niece, and the housekeeper

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote gazed with dubious and disconsolate eyes

Don Quixote gazed with dubious and disconsolate eyes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote gazed with dubious

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - conference with his squire

Don Quixote - conference with his squire
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. An account of Don Quixotes conference with his squire

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Fool of the play

Don Quixote - Fool of the play
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The fool of the play came up frisking with his morrice bells

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote and the guard dog

Don Quixote and the guard dog
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. That gives an acount of things which you will know when you read it

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - Farmers Wife

Don Quixote - Farmers Wife
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Farmers Wife and the pig

Background imageEuropean Culture Collection: Don Quixote - enchant the Lady Dulcinea

Don Quixote - enchant the Lady Dulcinea
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. How Sancho cunningly found out a way to enchant the Lady Dulcinea




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"Journey through the Rich Tapestry of European Culture" Immerse yourself in the captivating world of European culture, where history and heritage intertwine to create a mesmerizing tapestry. From ancient civilizations to majestic landscapes, this continent has it all. Step back in time with a vintage map of Cyprus from 1880, tracing the footsteps of past civilizations that once thrived on this Mediterranean island. Explore Portugal through its intricate cartography, unraveling tales of exploration and maritime prowess. Gaze upon Greece at the dawn of the Peloponnesian War, transported to an era when city-states clashed for supremacy. Marvel at a vintage map showcasing Magna Graecia's influence across Southern Italy, reminding us of its Hellenistic roots. Behold an ancient statue depicting Artemis, goddess of hunting and protector of women. Feel her power emanating from every curve as you delve into Greek mythology and its enduring impact on Western civilization. Witness Napoleon Bonaparte standing before the enigmatic Sphinx; two icons converging in one frame—a testament to Europe's fascination with Egyptology during that era. Travel further south with an antique map guiding your way through Italy's diverse regions. Lose yourself amidst Positano's enchanting center at dusk—the vibrant colors reflecting off picturesque buildings nestled against dramatic cliffsides. Discover Heidelberg's historical charm etched onto lithographs dating back to 1897—a window into Germany's architectural splendor and intellectual legacy. Wander along Florence's cobblestone streets captured within another lithograph—its Renaissance treasures awaiting your exploration. Admire Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale—an embodiment of British royalty whose life intertwined with Europe’s aristocracy during his tragically short existence. Finally, marvel at Amsterdam’s iconic Nicolsbasiliek—an architectural masterpiece symbolizing both religious devotion and artistic brilliance—showcasing how European cities seamlessly blend tradition with modernity.