Die Collection (page 7)

Scene of Schubert's Serenade
Schubert's Serenade - Horch, horch, die Lerch.. (Hark, hark, the lark) Date: 1917

STONING OF ST STEPHEN
The stoning of Saint Stephen He was the first Christian to die for his faith

Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Louise Michaeli as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote). Date: 1865

Verses of a song by Walther von der Vogelweide
Two verses of the song Wenn die Blumen aus dem Grase dringen (When the flowers sprout through the grass) by the German poet and minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230). Date: circa 1230

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

Werther by Johann von Goethe
DIE LEIDEN DES JUNGEN WERTHERS - Werther by Johann von Goethe Date: First published: 1774

Mozart, The Magic Flute, Papageno, a wandering bird-catcher Date: first performed 1791

Meistersinger in Milano
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg at La Scala, Milan - the final scene. Date: 1890

Dame, what makes your ducks to die, ducks to die, ducks to die; Dame, what makes your ducks to die, on Christmas-day in the morning

A scene from Die Zirkus Prinzessin at the Metropol Theatre, Berlin (1926) with Lori Leux and Erik Wirl Date: 1926

A Scene from La Joueur de Viole at the Opera Comique, Paris (1926) Date: 1926

Monument Church Company fire, Santiago de Chile
Vintage 19th century photograph: monument to the victims of the the Church of the Company fire, Santiago de Chile. The Church of the Company Fire (8 December 1863)

If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. The mother, widow and little daughter of a British soldier who died early in World War One visit his

Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th century
English gentleman dispensing his medicine cabinet to beggars at Ivry-sur Seine, 18th century. He gives aerated salts to a one-armed soldier, Bruchsal elixir to an old woman, and magnetic drops

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors

English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC
Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels

English gentleman and sleeping woman in a hotel room
English gentleman with candlesticks in both hands tries to remove a bell rope from the bosom of a sleeping woman. The inn at Marseilles

English gentleman on trial in a religious tribunal in Avignon. He takes out a page with the legend of St. Clara of Falkenstein to the astonishment of an old hag and chaste Clara

A theatre company is disbanded after a charge of blasphemy. Actors, actresses and stage painters react in shock to the news. A tragic story at Avignon

English gentleman and bookseller staring at a young beauty
An English gentleman at a booksellers in Avignon, catching his first glimpse of the beauty Clara with her old aunt. First sight of Clara at Avignon

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

A gentleman and woman kiss on a bench near a town gate as a two-horse phaeton with leering man drives by. The Embrace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Woman about to fall over with her shoes caught in the mud during a walk after the rain. Miseries of the Country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Catocala pacta moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786

French red underwing and dark crimson underwing variety
French red underwing, Catocala elocata 1, 2, and dark crimson underwing variety, Catocala sponsa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Light crimson underwing moth, Catocala promissa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Erlangen, 1786

Setina aurita, dew moth and Setina roscida
Setina aurita moth 1, 2, dew moth, Setina irrorella 3-5, and Setina roscida moth 6, 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Red-necked footman, four-spotted footman and buff footman
Red-necked footman, Atolmis rubricollis 1, , four-spotted footman, Lithosia quadra 2-6, and buff footman, Katha depressa 7, 9

Miller moth and cinnabar moth
Miller moth, Acronicta leporina 1-5, and cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Fox moth, Macrothylacia rubi, male, female, larva, pupa, chrysalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Double dart, pale shoulder, four-spotted moth and druid moth
Double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 1, pale shoulder, Acontia lucida 2, 3, four-spotted moth, Tyta luctuosa 4, 5, and druid moth, Aedia funesta 6

Burnet companion moth and the Mother Shipton moth
Burnet companion moth, Euclidia glyphica 1, 2, and the Mother Shipton moth, Euclidia mi, 3-9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayer
Passenger moth, Dysgonia algira 1, dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina 2-3, double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 4, larvae 5-6

Handmaid moth and orange underwing moth
Handmaid moth, Dysauxes ancilla 1-3, and orange underwing, Archiearis parthenias 4-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Ruby tiger moth and peach blossom moth
Ruby tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa 1-5, and peach blossom moth, Thyatira batis 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Large tiger moth, Pericallia matronula
Large tiger moth, male and female, Pericallia matronula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der

Scarlet tiger moth and Jersey tiger moth
Scarlet tiger moth, Callimorpha dominula 1-4, and Jersey tiger moth, Euplagia quadripunctaria 5-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Pharmacis carna, orange swift and gold swift moths
Pharmacis carna 2-4, orange swift, Triodia sylvina 5, 6, and gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Ghost moth and gold swift
Ghost moth, Hepialus humuli 1-4, and gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 5-7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen

Common swift moth, gold swift and Pharmacis carna
Common swift moth, Korscheltellus lupulina 1-4, gold swift, Phymatopus hecta 5, and Pharmacis carna 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers

Small lappet and autumn silkworm moth
Small lappet, Phyllodesma ilicifolia, and autumn silkworm moth, Lemonia taraxaci. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge

Yellow tiger moth, white ermine larva, etc
Yellow tiger moth, Arctia flavia 1, Ptilocephala albida 2, Calliergis ramosa 3, and white ermine larva, Spilosoma lubricipeda 4. Bombyx flavia, albida, ramosa, Phalaena ermineae

Rosy footman and short-cloaked moth
Rosy footman, Miltochrista miniata 1-3, and short-cloaked moth, Nola cucullatella 4-9. Phalaena Bombyx rosea, cucullatella

Hebrew character, black-spot chestnut, small quaker
Conistra rubiginos, Hebrew character, Orthosia gothica 1, 2, setaceous Hebrew character, Xestia c-nigrum 3, black-spot chestnut, Conistra rubiginosa 4, small quaker, Orthosia cruda 5, 6

Oak hook-tip and barred hook-tip
Oak hook-tip, Drepana binaria 1-3, and barred hook-tip, Drepana cultraria 4-7. Phalaena Bombyx hamula, sicula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph

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