Study Collection

Library of Congress, 1870s
Law library within the old Library of Congress, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Abe Lincoln as a boy reading by firelight in his familys cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chigwell Grammar School in Wanstead, Essex, where William Penn was educated. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an earlier illustration

Greenwich Observatory
Astronomers taking sightings from the old observing-room at Greenwich, England. Hand-colored engraving

Saint Jerome translating the Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate. Hand-colored engraving of a painting by Ghirlandaio

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

Researchers in the Library of Congress, 1890s
Old Library of Congress, showing its congested condition, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Writing with a quill pen
Scholar using a quill pen. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Alexandrian Library in ancient times
Scholars using the great library of Alexandria, Egypt, circa 300-200 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Ernst Haeckel teaching in his laboratory at Jena University, Germany. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

John Wycliffe translating the Bible into English, 1300s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Young blacksmith reading a newspaper, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century painting by F. B. Mayer

Writing master using a quill pen. Hand-colored engraving of an illustration

Christopher Columbus studying a map in his studio in Spain 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New College, Oxford, and its one hundred clerics, circa 1453. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 15th-century illustration

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