Here are some of the luminaries from "Lantern City," in A Traveller's True Tale by Alfred J. Church and illustrated by C. O. Murray, 1880.

An illustration by T. W. Couldery for Cassell's, 1893.

"One day the dreary old King Death, / Inclined for some sport with the carnal; / So he took his shaft, well used to that craft, / And quietly stole from his charnel."  Color lithograph by Edward Hull, 1827.

"The proper end of royalty," from Nasby in Exile by David Ross Locke, 1882.

From Stories of India's Gods and Heroes by W. D. Monro, 1911.

From Die Muskete, 1916.

Here's a precursor to Wendy Walker's sublime novel The Secret Service, in which spies discover a Tibetan technique to transform themselves into inanimate objects.  From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1874.

Here's a precursor to the Ken doll.  By Andreas Bloch, date unknown.

"When in doubt take only a sunshade, or an umbrella."  From The Z.Z.G., or Zig Zag Guide Round and About the Bold and Beautiful Kentish Coast by Francis Cowley Burnand and illustated by Phil May, 1897.

"At the master's grave," from Der Golem, illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag.

"[continues without heeding her.]"  From Drawing-Room Plays, selected and adapted from the French by Lady Adelaide Cadogan and illustrated by E. L. Shute, 1888.