Artfromthepast

From an original Engraving from the Illustrated London News 1860. Emperor of China Hien-Fou who succeeded to the throne in 1860 at the time of the second Opium war with England & France In 1860 the British and French Governments went to war with China for the third time to enforce satisfactory trading facilities. The trade was largely opium traffic, which undermined the health of the Chinese people, and which the Chinese authorities wanted to stop Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original Suffragette Bernard Partridge Punch Cartoon of 1908 depicting Asquith chained to the rocks searching for rescue from Persea. Clever play on the Perseus & Andromeda myth. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

Illustration from Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities published circa 1845. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check. Please also note that the wording artfromthepast on the image shown is just a watermark & will not appear on your final print or other product.

Illustration by Henry Marriot Paget (1857-1936) from a special edition history of England published in 1903 Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check. Please also note that the wording artfromthepast on the image shown is just a watermark & will not appear on your final print or other product. The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fou...

Illustration from Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities published circa 1845. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check. Please also note that the wording artfromthepast on the image shown is just a watermark & will not appear on your final print or other product.

From an original Suffragette Punch Cartoon of 1908 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving Punch Almanac of 1888 July to December. Father using reverse psychology to steer his daughter to a more suitable choice. Caption reads feminine perversity, but I think we're all susceptible to reactance regardless of our sex. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original Suffragette Punch Cartoon of 1908 The allusion is to the boat the WSPU used to announce to the House of Commons, from the river, their forthcoming Hyde Park demonstration. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

Illustration from an illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check. Please also note that the wording artfromthepast on the image shown is just a watermark & will not appear on your final print or other product.

From an original engraving pub Illustrated London News 1865 Ball In Honour Of President Lincoln In The Great Hall Of The Patent Office At Washington. Lincoln is the first and only President to have been awarded a patent. U.S. Patent No. 6,469 After having been re-elected President of the United Sates in 1865, the Old Patent Office was selected to host President Lincoln’s second inaugural ball. The gala event took place in the model room of the Patent Office. This marked the first time that a government building was used for the inaugural ball Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the ...

From an original Bernard Partridge Suffragette Punch Cartoon of 1908. Burglars relishing thet the London Bobbies are going to be too busy with demonstrations to worry about their nefarious activities Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original suffragette punch cartoon of 1908 depicting richard burdon haldane the secretary of state for war, who had just pushed through reforms to create the first territorial volunteer forces Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original punch cartoon of 1909 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original Suffragette Bernard Partridge Punch Cartoon of 1908. Can't quite see Corbyn & Farron on the same path! Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

Illustration from an illustrated history of England published circa 1896. After Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check. Please also note that the wording artfromthepast on the image shown is just a watermark & will not appear on your final print or other product.

From an original Punch Cartoon of 1908 by Bernard Partridge back to top Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister. Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (1863-1922), Liberal politician; MP for Rossendale and Secretary of State for the Colonies. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George (1863-1945), Prime Minister. Reginald McKenna (1863-1943), Banker and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford (1870-1949), Liberal politician; MP for Dewsbury and St Ives Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opi...

From an original Suffragette Punch Cartoon of 1908. Unsympathetic Flower lady cheesed off by the interference to her business by the suffragettes. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original Suffragette Punch Cartoon of 1908 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original suffragette punch cartoon of 1908 depicting an mp unable to go for a walk without being set upon by suffragettes Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving Cassell's history of England circa 1901 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving Cassell's history of England circa 1901 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving Cassell's history of England circa 1901 Please note some foxing upper left from original print.

From an original book illustration 1915

From an original engraving 1896 Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving 1896. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

From an original engraving 1896

From an original engraving published in the Illustrated London news 30 Dec 1876. All the images I am uploading to this profile are no longer under copyright. My aim is to make available in a variety of forms these wonderful images from Victorian & Edwardian days from great publications like the Illustrated London News, the Graphic, Punch & other periodicals or books of the time. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to your modern product. Please refer to the image shown.

From an original engraving History of England 1896. Please note there may be some age related marks from the original which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the print in my opinion.

from an original Punch Cartoon 1899 A New Year's Greeting celebrating the advent of the imperial or colonial penny post. All the images I am uploading to this profile are no longer under copyright. My aim is to make available in a variety of forms these wonderful images from Victorian & Edwardian days from great publications like the Illustrated London News, the Graphic, Punch & other periodicals or books of the time. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to your modern product. Please refer to the image shown.

From an original engraving from the London Illustrated News of December 1876. Showing fraudulent voters in New York, USA being jailed. Referred to as the fraud of the Century by bitter democrats the election of 1876 was beset with claims of voter fraud mainly in Florida drawing parallels with the Bush Gore fiasco of 2000. The 1876 compromise which put the Republican into the presidency is regarded by many as the undoing of the hard won rights for African Americans brought about by the Civil war victory of just 11 years before, paving the way for the states themselves to determine the status of their Non White electorate. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the...

From an original engraving 1896 Shows the operations of Wolfe & Montcalm in 1759

From an original John Tenniel cartoon engraving Punch Almanac of 1891 Jan to June. Sir Henry Parkes premier of New South Wales had set up conventions in 1890 & 1891 promoting the federation of the 6 colonies into what he called the commonwealth of Australia. Known as the Father of Federation he died 5 years before seeing his dream realised Please note there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any prints ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to c...

From an original Engraving after the painting by William Small from the Graphic Newspaper supplement of 1891 All the images I am uploading to this profile are no longer under copyright. My aim is to make available in a variety of forms these wonderful images from Victorian & Edwardian days from great publications like the Illustrated London News, the Graphic, Punch & other periodicals or books of the time. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the image shown.

Engraving from Chatterbox magazine of 1900. Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. Please refer to the actual image on sale. If you are interested in purchasing the original engraving or print that may be possible if I still have it, please send me a private message to check.

Risque image (au but as double entendre & also meaning I think to the point) taken from a book plate I have that was published 1894 I think the signature indicates the original was by Lucio Rossi (see below) Lucio (or L or Louis or Lucius) Rossi was born in Rome 23 January 1846, Rossi moved to Paris in 1867 to work as an illustrator gaining a reputation for his work in various journals and periodicals. However, he is best known for his genre-paintings and exquisite portraits of finely-dressed women in luxurious domestic settings. Rossi died in Paris in October 1913. All the images I am uploading to this profile are no longer under copyright. My aim is to make available in a variety of forms these wonderful images from Victorian & Ed...

Advert in Le Petit Parisien 1 July 1900 Please note with regard to scanned antique prints there may be some age related marks or faults from the originals which will show also on any print ordered. This is inevitable with prints of this age & actually lends an authentic look to the prints. With regard to Antique Newspaper & Magazine scans if there is text to reverse this may bleed through. Please refer to image shown.