Images Dated 7th December 2011

Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution, 1789

Third Estate pledging solidarity to write a constitution, known as the Tennis Court Oath, French Revolution.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by Couder

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Phrenological model of personality traits

Phrenology model of the locations of the "various organs of mind" in the human head, c. 1890.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Smallpox treatment document, New England, 1677

"A Brief Rule, " a printed guide to the treatment of smallpox, or measles, in New England, 1677.
Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

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