Musician Gallery

Mozart and his sister playing for Empress Maria Theresa

Young Mozart and his sister play a duet for Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Johann Sebastian Bach, with scenes from his life

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach, with Thomas Church (upper left), Leipsig Observatory, and Bach Memorial.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

© Maryann Groves/North Wind Picture Archives

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Judges, lawyers, and clients on their way to court on the frontier, late 1700s or early 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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