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Background imageManuscript Collection: Book of Kells illustration of St. Matthew

Book of Kells illustration of St. Matthew
Saint Matthew, an illuminated manuscript page from the Book of Kells, 8th or 9th century AD. Printed color reproduction of the document

Background imageManuscript Collection: Court record of testimony at the Salem witch trials, 1692

Court record of testimony at the Salem witch trials, 1692
Record of Titubas testimony at the Salem witchcraft trials, 1690s. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Lindisfarne Gospels page

Lindisfarne Gospels page
Beginning of the Book of Luke, Lindisfarne Gospels, 1100s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageManuscript Collection: Tower of London in the late Middle Ages

Tower of London in the late Middle Ages
London during the time of Henry VII (1457-1509). Color lithograph reproduction of an illuminated manuscript: Roy 16F, ii

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVNT2A-00196

EVNT2A-00196
Oliver H. Perrys note proclaiming his Lake Erie victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours." Woodcut with watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: PANC2A-00033

PANC2A-00033
A manuscript of Demosthenes copied by hand in the tenth century. Color lithograph reproduction, 19th century

Background imageManuscript Collection: Scribe copying manuscripts in the Middle Ages

Scribe copying manuscripts in the Middle Ages
Medieval scribe writing at a desk, surrounded by open manuscripts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageManuscript Collection: Part of the Magna Carta preamble

Part of the Magna Carta preamble
Portion of the Preamble to the Magna Carta. Watercolor wash on a 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an original copy in the British Museum

Background imageManuscript Collection: Medieval monks studying manuscripts

Medieval monks studying manuscripts
Benedictine monks poring over medieval manuscripts. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageManuscript Collection: Medieval monks gardening vegetables

Medieval monks gardening vegetables
Franciscan monks in their vegetable garden during the Middle Ages. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageManuscript Collection: Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a siege machine

Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a siege machine
Military machine for firing arrows with a crossbow, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a canal dredge

Leonardo da Vinci drawing of a canal dredge
Leonardo da Vincis drawing of a device for excavating a canal. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Young Franz Liszt

Young Franz Liszt
Portrait of young Franz Liszt, with a scrap of manuscript and his autograph. Digitally colored antique lithograph

Background imageManuscript Collection: Medieval monks studying geometry and copying a manuscript

Medieval monks studying geometry and copying a manuscript
Monk scholars - a mathematician studying a globe, the other copying a manuscript, 1200s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageManuscript Collection: Medieval school

Medieval school
Students in a school in the Middle Ages, 1338-1344. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a miniature illustration from MS Bodleian Misc. 264

Background imageManuscript Collection: General Lees note agreeing to a surrender, 1865

General Lees note agreeing to a surrender, 1865
Robert E. Lees letter to Ulysses S. Grant to arrange a surrender, 1865. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: PSCI2A-00080

PSCI2A-00080
Isaac Newtons handwritten solution of the brachystochrone, or curve of quickest descent. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Illuminated manuscript page of the Gospels in Latin

Illuminated manuscript page of the Gospels in Latin
Page from the Latin Gospels given by King Aethelstan to the Church of Canterbury, 900s AD. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the document

Background imageManuscript Collection: PBIB2A-00014

PBIB2A-00014
King David and his choir. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an 8th-century Anglo-Irish manuscript

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00339

EXPL2A-00339
William Clarks letter accepting Lewiss invitation to join the Corps of Discovery expedition, dated Clarksville 1803. Printed halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Monk copying a medieval manuscript

Monk copying a medieval manuscript
Medieval copyist writing a manuscript on a sheet of vellum, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an earlier illustration

Background imageManuscript Collection: Surrender of General Lee reported by General Grant, 1865

Surrender of General Lee reported by General Grant, 1865
General Grant notifying Secretary Stanton of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865. Woodcut reproduction

Background imageManuscript Collection: Manuscript of Bradfords History of Plimoth Plantation

Manuscript of Bradfords History of Plimoth Plantation
First page of Governor Bradfords manuscript, " History of Plimoth Plantation, " early 1600s. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVNT2A-00311

EVNT2A-00311
Henry Biglers diary entry marking James Marshalls gold discovery at Sutters Mill, California, 1848. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVRV2A-00035

EVRV2A-00035
George Rogers Clarks handwritten demand for the surrender of Vincennes, Indiana, by British Lt. Gov. Hamilton, 1779. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original document

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVRV2A-00084

EVRV2A-00084
Benedict Arnolds signature on a pass given to British agent Major John Andre, 1780. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVRV2A-00232

EVRV2A-00232
Capitulation document from Lord Cornwallis to General Washington at Yorktown, 1781. Woodcut reproduction of the original manuscript with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: PPRE2A-00082

PPRE2A-00082
General Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, 1815, with handwritten note. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageManuscript Collection: Arithmentic lesson of young Abe Lincoln

Arithmentic lesson of young Abe Lincoln
Page from Abraham Lincolns exercise book when he was age 17. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: Souls called to the Last Judgment

Souls called to the Last Judgment
Resurrection of the dead, and weighing of souls at the Last Judgement. Lithograph reproduction of a manuscript miniature of the 13th century

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVNT2A-00144

EVNT2A-00144
British treaty with members of the Six Nations known as the Iroquois Confederation 1769. Watercolor wash on a woodcut reproduction of the treaty document

Background imageManuscript Collection: PART2A-00063

PART2A-00063
Leonardo da Vincis backward handwriting on his design for a lamp using a globe filled with water. 19th-century woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: PLIT2A-00104

PLIT2A-00104
Part of the original manuscript of " Uncle Toms Cabin" by Harriet Beacher Stowe. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageManuscript Collection: Dante fragment, 14th century

Dante fragment, 14th century
Fragment of Dantes " Divina Commedia" manuscript, 1300s. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00168

EXPL2A-00168
William Clarks sketch of an evergreen shrub leaf in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary, 1806. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00167

EXPL2A-00167
William Clarks sketch of Flathead Indians in his diary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageManuscript Collection: William Clarks invitation from Meriwether Lewis, 1804

William Clarks invitation from Meriwether Lewis, 1804
Meriwether Lewiss letter inviting William Clark to join the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. Printed halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00117

EXPL2A-00117
Sketch by William Clark of Cock of the Plains in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century reproduction of the diary

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00116

EXPL2A-00116
Diary kept by William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804 - 1806. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century reproduction of the diary

Background imageManuscript Collection: EXPL2A-00166

EXPL2A-00166
William Clarks sketch of a trout in the Lewis and Clark expedition diary. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph of Clarks handwritten page

Background imageManuscript Collection: Final portion of the Rhode Island charter, 1640s

Final portion of the Rhode Island charter, 1640s
Signatures and closing sentences of the Narragansett Patent (Rhode Island charter), 1643. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVRV2A-00126

EVRV2A-00126
Draft of the Declaration of Independence in Jeffersons handwriting, page 1. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageManuscript Collection: EVRV2D-00043

EVRV2D-00043
General Washingtons desk at his winter camp headquarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Digital photograph of a restored National Park site


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