Antique Portrait of Pope Gregory XVI, 1845

Antique portrait titled 'XLIV S. Bonifacius'. Old portrait of Pope Bonifacius / Boniface. Originates from 'Triomph der Pausen van Roomen over alle hare Benyders ende Bestryders met eene volkomen, ende overtuyghende wederlegginghe van alle de lasteringhen, en valscheden van de sectarisen (..)' published in Antwerpen. Artists and Engravers: Cornelius Hazart (1617-1690) was a Dutch Jesuit controversialist, orator, and writer of polemical history. Saint Boniface I, (born, Rome—died Sept. 4, 422, Rome; feast day September 4), pope from 418 to 422, whose reign was markedly disrupted by the faction of the antipope Eulalius. Boniface was a priest, believed to have been ordained by Pope St. Damasus I and to have served Pope St. Innocent I at Constantinople. When Boniface was chosen pope by a majority of the Roman electors, his rival Eulalius, a deacon, was simultaneously chosen by a clerical faction. The two claims and the fifth schism that resulted caused chaos in Rome. Eulalius lost the support of the West Roman emperor Flavius Honorius for violating an agreement that both claimants leave Rome pending a council’s decision. Boniface’s reentry into Rome ended the 15-week schism. Thereafter his pontificate was noted for his peaceful, yet firm, diplomacy and for his zealous support of Bishop St. Augustine of Hippo...

Antique print titled 'Général des Moines de Saint Silvestre'. Print of a Sylvestrine Monk. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and Engrav...

Antique print titled 'Augustine Portugaise Déchaussée'. Print of an Augustinian of Portugal. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and En...

Antique print titled 'Alexien'. Print of a Monk of the Alexians. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and Engravers: Author: Abbé Tiron....

Antique print titled 'Augustine en Flandre'. Print of an Augustinian of Flanders. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and Engravers: Au...

Antique map titled 'Empire of Brazil'. Original antique map of Brazil. This map originates from 'An Atlas of the World, Comprehending Separate Ma...

Charlie Hunter, golf club maker, Prestwick. Robert Cree Crawford, A fine photogravure by Annan & Sons, after the painting by R.C. Crawford, of the famo...

Great image of Lord Nelson Fine steel engraving by H.Robinson After J.Hoppner Published circa 1850 Unframed.

This fine impression of the celebrated print engraved by mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith after a painting by Henry Danloux shows the subject on the deck of a ship in the heat of the Battle Camperdown. It is framed in an ornate giltwood frame with a paper label on the reverse showing a coat of arms flanked by the inscription ‘Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan when Victorious off Camperdown, is by permission most humbly dedicated to the Hon. Miss Jane Duncan by her most obedient Servant H.P.Danloux London. Published by H. P. Danloux No 11 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital...

Presented is an elaborate engraved broadside presentation of both the preliminary and final Emancipation Proclamations, dated September 22, 1...

ST/619 - "Old Geographical Atlas of Italy - Topographic map of ex-Principality of Monaco" - ediz Vallardi - Milano - A somewhat special edition ---  

Cricket print of Joseph Guy of Nottingham. A framed, tinted and hand colored lithographic portrait of the All- England cricketer Joseph Guy (1813 - 187...