Courtship Gallery

Dutch skaters on the Zuider Zee, 1800s

Skaters enjoying a winter Sunday on the Zuider Zee, Dutch island of Marken, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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George Washington's first meeting with Martha Custis, a widow with two children who became his wife.
Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Colonial woman serving tea to a British officer

Patriotic American woman gathering information from a British officer, American Revolution.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an engraving

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