European Culture Collection (#7)

Don Quixote - before the door of the cage
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. He posted himself just before the door of the cage

Don Quixote - The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey

Don Quixote - Adventure of Knight of the Mirrors
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The valorous Don Quixotes strange adventure with the Bold Knight of

Don Quixote - my most bitter sorrows
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Oh ye Tobosian urns

Don Quixote - Adventure with the knight of the wood
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The adventure with the knight of the wood continued, with the wise

Tower of London, seen from the land side

La Fontaines Fables - Alexander the Great
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Alexander the Great

La Fontaines Fables - Democritus and the Abderanians
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Democritus and the Abderanians. Democritus (460 to c)

Arrival of Don Quixote at the Wedding
Vintage engraving from Don Quixote illustrated by Gustave Dore. Arrival of Don Quixote at the Wedding of Camacho and Quiteria

Don Quixote and the Knight of the Mirrors
Vintage engraving of Don Quixote and the Knight of the Mirrors. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote Make shift to stay your stomach
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, Make shift to stay your stomach with that till dinner be ready. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote with a sober gentleman of La Mancha
Vintage engraving of what happened to Don Quixote with a sober gentleman of La Mancha. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote and the Adventure of the Lions
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, illustrated by Gustave Dore. The Adventure of the Lions

Don Quixote - Poor Basil
Vintage engraving of Don Quixote, The poor virgin, trembling and dismayed, without speaking a word, came to poor Basil. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

How Don Quixote was entertained at the castle
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, How Don Quixote was entertained at the castle or house of the Knight of the Green Coat. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Don Quixote telling a man about his adventures
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, telling a man about his adventures. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Victorian London - Westminster Stairs
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Showing the Westminster stairs with steamers leaving

Victorian London - Two Pilgrims at Highgate
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century Victorian London England. Two Pilgrims at Highgate

Victorian London - Docks and The Concordia
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century Victorian London England. Showing London Docks and the ship Concordia

Victorian London - On the road
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th century Victorian London showing a crowd of people on the road to the Derby

Victorian London - The Choir
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. The Choir of Westminster Abbey

Victorian London - Bishopgate Street
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Bishopsgate is a road and ward in the east part of the City of London

Victorian London - Amenities of the Road
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Surreal chracaters riding on a horse and cart

Victorian London - Holland House Garden Party
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A Garden Party at Holland House, one of the first great houses built in Kensington in London

Victorian Londoners
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England

Victorian London - Caught in the Branches
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A horse-drawn bus has an accident on a crowded London street

Victorian London - Sunday Promenade
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Sunday Promenade at the Zoological Gardens

Victorian London - Found in the Street
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A homeless orphan is cared for in a refuge after being found in the street circa 1870

Victorian London - Rag merchants home
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Rag merchants home Coulston Street, Whitechapel, circa 1870."

Victorian London - Wedding at the Abbey
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A wedding at Westminster Abbey

Childrens’Crusade
" The Childrens Crusade" by Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883)

Troubadors
" Troubadors sing the glory of the Crusades" by Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883)

Victorian London - The New Zealander
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Macaulays New Zealander visiting future London. Macaulays dream of the far future

Don Quixote - Poor fond Leandra
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. A party with officers is sent out

Don Quixote - We slept as soundly
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. We slept as soundly as if we had four feather beds under us

Don Quixote - Friend Sancho
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Friend Sancho, said Don Quixote

Don Quixote - In such discourses they passed the night
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. In such discourses they passed a great part of the night

Don Quixote - Sancho answered not a word
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. To all this fine expostulation Sancho answered not a word

Don Quixote and the Knight of the Wood
Vintage engraving from Don Quixote illustrated by Gustave Dore. Man in the strange mask from Chapter XIV

Don Quixote Poor Sancho followed his master
Vintage engraving of a scene from Don Quixote, Poor Sancho followed his master with a heavy heart. Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Victorian London - Home from Holland House
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. People head home through Holland Park, a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Victorian London - Match Seller
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Character sketch of an old man selling matches on the street circa 1870

messenger
bad news

Victorian London - Westminster Confirmation
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Confirmation of the Westminster Boys at Westminster Abbey

Victorian London - Newgate Prison Exercise Yard
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Prisoners walk round the exercise yard at Newgate Prison, circa 1870."

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

Victorian London - Chiswick Fete
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Chiswick Fete

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