Illustration in watercolor and ink. Corresponds to the description of the verses of Poe's poem The Raven:
"Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never-nevermore.
James William Carling (English, 1857 - 1887)
This is a 17th-century engraving titled Allegory of Death or Death holds a scroll while standing at an open grave, likely created around 1600.
The image features a skeleton holding a banderolle with the Latin text "Vigilate quia nescitis diem nec horam". "Watch, for you do not know the day nor the hour."
This is a powerful political illustration condemning the atrocities committed during the suppression of the Bulgarian Uprising by the Ottoman Empire. A monstrous skeletal creature with bat-like wings hovers over the River Danube, symbolizing death and terror, while frightened figures gather below along the riverbanks. Through its dark imagery and dramatic composition, Nast transformed contemporary events into a haunting allegory of human suffering and the horrors of war.
Albert Lynch's iconic 1903 depiction of Joan of Arc is a widely recognized Art Nouveau-style portrait, often reproduced from a color engraving that appeared in the French magazine Le Figaro Illustré. The image shows a serene Joan in silvery armor holding a banner before Notre Dame with lilies at her feet.
Though the original oil painting remains in a private collection, the 1903 engraved version reached a wide audience and helped popularize Joan’s image in the early twentieth century France. This was a period of intense interest in national heros, and led to Joan being canonized only a few decades later in 1920.