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Literary Character Collection

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Beowulf manuscript page

Beowulf manuscript page
Page from the Old English manuscript of " Beowulf" in the British Museum. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter

Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter
Tam O Shanter chased by a witch, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a John Faed illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Alexandre Dumass Three Musketeers in a sword-fight

Alexandre Dumass Three Musketeers in a sword-fight. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Transformation of Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde, a scene from Robert Louis Stevensons novel. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Death of Hector by Achilles during the Trojan War

Death of Hector by Achilles during the Trojan War
Greek hero Achilles dragging Hectors body behind his chariot in the Trojan wars. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter

Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter
Tam O Shanter about to ride, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century John Faed illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Pilgrims embarking on their journey in Chaucers Canterbury Tales

Pilgrims embarking on their journey in Chaucers Canterbury Tales. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Puss-in-Boots

Puss-in-Boots. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Odysseus returns home

Odysseus returns home
Return of Ulysses to his wife, Penelope, after ten years absence. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne

Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl, from Hawthornes " The Scarlet Letter". Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Robert Burns poem illustration

Robert Burns poem illustration
Courtship in a field of barley, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Grimms Fairy Tales illustration

Grimms Fairy Tales illustration
Death of a Chicken, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored book illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Achilles in the Trojan Wars

Achilles in the Trojan Wars
Achilles in battle in the Trojan Wars. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a Greek vase illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Hand-colored woodcut

Hand-colored woodcut
Gulliver in Lilliput, from Jonathan Swifts " Gullivers Travels." Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Stothard illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie

Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie
Farmer addressing his mare Maggie, illustration of a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Giant octopus attacking the submarine ' Nautilus' in Jules Vernes

Giant octopus attacking the submarine " Nautilus" in Jules Vernes book, " 10, 000 Leagues under the Sea, " edition of 1873, Paris

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Sinbad studying with scholars in India

Sinbad studying with scholars in India
Sinbad the Sailor in the society of the learned Indians, from the Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Tiny Tim carried in celebration

Tiny Tim carried in celebration, from Dickens " A Christmas Carol." Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Hamlet and his fathers ghost

Hamlet and his fathers ghost, a scene from Shakespeares play. Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Cover of Brothers Grimm tales from a German edition published in Berlin

Cover of Brothers Grimm tales from a German edition published in Berlin, 1865. Antique printed book cover

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Fieldings Tom Jones refused admittance by the noblemans porter

Fieldings Tom Jones refused admittance by the noblemans porter. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Evangeline, an illustration from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline, an illustration from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Scene from The Scarlet Letter

Scene from The Scarlet Letter
Reverend Dimmesdales vigil on the scafold, from Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, edition of 1874. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLiterary Character Collection: Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel

Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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