Romantic Period Collection

Bleak House
3756678 Bleak House by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). HKB, English artist: 12 July 1815-8 July 1882

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1840 - 1893, also known as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Russian composer of the romantic period. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (colour litho)
5999677 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (colour litho) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

Carl Maria von Weber
3586475 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cover of Antigone, with music by Felix Mendelssohn
3118667 Cover of Antigone, with music by Felix Mendelssohn; (add.info.: Cover of Antigone, with music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) a German composer, pianist

Cover of the first edition for Elijah, 19th century (engraving)
3118663 Cover of the first edition for Elijah, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Cover of the first edition for Elijah, an oratorio written by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) a German composer

Alexander Pushkin
3118776 Alexander Pushkin; (add.info.: Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of Jacques Offenbach
3077567 Photographic portrait of Jacques Offenbach; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) German-born, French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period

Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter)
3585800 Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter); (add.info.: Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3118840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; (add.info.: Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) a Russian composer of the late-Romantic period. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Felix Mendelssohn, 19th century (print)
3118712 Felix Mendelssohn, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period

Handwritten letter by Hector Berlioz
3118666 Handwritten letter by Hector Berlioz; (add.info.: Handwritten letter by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) a French Romantic composer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter)
3585798 Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter); (add.info.: Title page of the German Opera Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Carl Maria von Weber
3585797 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cecile Charlotte Sophie Jean Renaud
3118681 Cecile Charlotte Sophie Jean Renaud; (add.info.: Portrait of Cecile Charlotte Sophie Jean Renaud (1817-1853) wife of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) a German composer, pianist

Carl Maria von Weber
3585802 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Jacques Offenbach
3118724 Jacques Offenbach; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period

Carl Maria von Weber
3586477 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Carl Maria von Weber
3586474 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait Napoleon Bonaparte, 18th century (engraving)
3779431 Portrait Napoleon Bonaparte, 18th century (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Lebrecht History

George IV holding a levee in Holyrood Palace
3786611 George IV holding a levee in Holyrood Palace; (add.info.: George IV holding a levee in Holyrood Palace, official residence of British monarch in Scotland)

Portrait of Florence Nightingale, pub 1932 (print)
3794212 Portrait of Florence Nightingale, pub 1932 (print); (add.info.: Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of modern nursing, a writer and a noted statistician: 12 May 1820 - 13 August 1910)

Queen Victoria watching Prince Albert playing the organ to Felix Mendelssohn, 1842 (engraving)
3586399 Queen Victoria watching Prince Albert playing the organ to Felix Mendelssohn, 1842 (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); (add.info)

Queen Victoria (colour litho)
3779248 Queen Victoria (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: From Player's cigarette cards, based on a photograph by W. and D. Downey.); Lebrecht History

The death of Samson - Bible
3779817 The death of Samson - Bible by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: The death of Samson - Samson pulls down the temple of the Philistines at Gaza)

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from Living Biographies of Great Composers
3961015 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from Living Biographies of Great Composers by Ross, Gordon (1872-1946); (add.info.: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, 1809-1847)

Johannes Brahms, from Living Biographies of Great Composers
3961022 Johannes Brahms, from Living Biographies of Great Composers by Ross, Gordon (1872-1946); (add.info.: Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897. German composer and pianist of the Romantic period)

Frederick the Great
3778910 Frederick the Great by Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von (1815-1905); (add.info.: Frederick the Great or Frederick II. (24 January 1712 - 17 August 1786 King of Prussia (1740-1786)

Little Dorrit
3758447 Little Dorrit - by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne. (Phiz)

The legend of Sleepy Hollow
3757513 The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); (add.info.: The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving)

Victorian Derby finish engraving by Gustave Dore
3780145 Victorian Derby finish engraving by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Victorian Derby finish. Engraving by Gustave Dore, from London, a Pilgrimage)

Victorian London Lambeth Gasworks engraving by Gustave Dore
3780142 Victorian London Lambeth Gasworks engraving by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Lambeth Gasworks)

Bleak House
3777147 Bleak House by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). HKB, English artist: 12 July 1815-8 July 1882

The Wrecker - Novel
3777086 The Wrecker - Novel by Hatherell, William (1855-1928); (add.info.: The Wrecker-Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne)

Bleak House
3769455 Bleak House by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Caption reads: The Dancing School

Warehousing In The City by Gustave Dore
3789603 Warehousing In The City by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Warehousing In The City. Engraving by Gustave Dore, from London, a Pilgrimage)

Warehousing In The City by Gustave Dore
3789557 Warehousing In The City by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Warehousing In The City. Engraving by Gustave Dore, from London, a Pilgrimage)

Inside the Docks by Gustave Dore
3789591 Inside the Docks by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Inside the Docks. Engraving by Gustave Dore, from London, a Pilgrimage, by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold, 1872)

The Race by Gustave Dore
3789554 The Race by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: The Race - Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Engraving by Gustave Dore, from London, a Pilgrimage)

Cezanne Chauve
3835785 Cezanne Chauve by Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); (add.info.: Cezanne chauve by artist Paul Cezanne -self portrait. 1839-1906); Photo © Derek Bayes. All rights reserved 2022

Victorian horse auction, Tattersalls engraving by Gustave Dore
3780144 Victorian horse auction, Tattersalls engraving by Gustave Dore by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: A sale at Tattersall s, horse auctioneers)

Le Reveillon - vaudeville play written by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy
3779598 Le Reveillon - vaudeville play written by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy by Morin, Edmond (1824-82); (add.info.: Le Reveillon - vaudeville play written by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy)

David Copperfield
3774206 David Copperfield by Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) (1815-92); (add.info.: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Illustration by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne)

Bleak House by Charles Dickens
3752930 Bleak House by Charles Dickens by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); (add.info.: Bleak House by Charles Dickens)

Westminster Abbey in Victorian London
3779048 Westminster Abbey in Victorian London by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Westminster Abbey in Victorian London)

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The Romantic Period, spanning from the late 18th to the early 19th century, was a time of artistic and cultural revolution. It was an era that celebrated emotions, individualism, and imagination. In literature, Charles Dickens' masterpiece "Bleak House" captured the essence of this period with its intricate plot and vivid characters. In music, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky emerged as a prominent figure. His compositions like Swan Lake and The Nutcracker continue to enchant audiences worldwide even today. Gordon Ross's illustration beautifully captures the essence of Tchaikovsky's genius. Even royalty couldn't resist the allure of romanticism. Queen Victoria herself found solace in music when she watched her beloved Prince Albert play the organ for Felix Mendelssohn in 1842. This engraving immortalizes that moment when art transcended social status. Queen Victoria played a significant role in shaping this era with her patronage towards artists and musicians alike. A color lithograph depicts her regal presence as she supported creative endeavors during this transformative period. Artists like Alison Cunningham (Cummy) were also part of this movement; their photographs capturing intimate moments that evoke deep emotions within us all. Religion too found its place within romanticism as depicted by illustrations showcasing "The Death of Samson" from biblical tales - a reminder that even tragic events can be transformed into works of art filled with passion and intensity. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms were two influential composers who left an indelible mark on this period through their musical innovations. Their biographies serve as testaments to their enduring legacies. Frederick the Great's reign coincided with this era, his enlightened rule fostering intellectual growth across various fields including arts and culture. Lastly, Little Dorrit serves as another literary gem from this time - Charles Dickens' poignant tale highlighting societal injustices and the power of love amidst adversity.