Council Collection

Aeropagus debating in ancient Athens
Gathering of the Areopagus, a deliberative court that met in the open air, ancient Athens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521
Martin Luther on trial before Cardinal Cajetanus, Diet of Worms, 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Chief Pontiac addressing a gathering of Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustrations

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Comanche and Arapaho leaders holding a council of war about white encroachment on their land, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Christopher Columbus promoting his ideas before the Council at Salamanca. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Ottawa chief Pontiac in tribal council, holding a wampum belt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Onondaga and British soldiers around a council fire, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Chief Powhatan of Virginia, father of Pocahontas, 1607. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction from John Smiths account, " The Generall Historie of Virginia..." 1624

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British General Henry Bouquets council with Native Americans during Pontiacs War, 1763. Hand-colored woodcut

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Pocahontas begs Powhatan to spare John Smiths life, in Jamestown, Virginia Colony. Hand-colored woodcut from John Smiths account, " The Generall Historie of Virginia..." published in 1624

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