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Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PREV2A-00045

PREV2A-00045
Title page of Benjamin Franklins " Poor Richards Almanack, " 1733. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PSOC2A-00004

PSOC2A-00004
John Locke. Hand-colored engraving of a 17th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: SOAR2A-00027

SOAR2A-00027
Performance of a Mystery Play at Coventry, England, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Rousseau

Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hand-colored engraving from portrait by Latour

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Performance of Shakespeares Julius Caesar, 1880s

Performance of Shakespeares Julius Caesar, 1880s
Stage murder of Julius Caesar, viewed from behind the scenes, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PSOC2A-00074

PSOC2A-00074
Herbert Spencer. Hand colored woodcut of an 19th century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Globe Theatre in London

Globe Theatre in London
Globe Theatre at Southwark, London, where many of Shakespeares plays were performed. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier drawing

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Itinerant actors performing in an inn yard, Elizabethan England

Itinerant actors performing in an inn yard, Elizabethan England
Theater of the Elizabethan Strollers in an inn yard. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Schoolbook page, 1870s

Schoolbook page, 1870s
Book illustration of children on their way to school, 1870s. Document containing a woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Researchers in the Library of Congress, 1890s

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

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Scribners magazine 1897

Scribners magazine 1897
Scribners Magazine cover for May 1897. Color lithograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Secondhand bookstore, 1800s

Secondhand bookstore, 1800s
Young woman at the counter of a bookstore, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: BUSN2A-00065

BUSN2A-00065
Stephen Dayes press, the first printing press in America, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1640. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: BUSN2A-00090

BUSN2A-00090
Scribes using the stylus and other means of writing in ancient times. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Printed color lithograph

Printed color lithograph
Florists delivery boy on a bicycle, Harpers Weekly cover for March 11, 1911. Printed color halftone illustrated cover

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: BUSN2A-00155

BUSN2A-00155
Writing master using a quill pen. Hand-colored engraving of an illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Old books

Old books
Antiquarian books. Digital photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Java dancers and actors

Java dancers and actors
Performers of Java in traditional costumes. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: HREC2A-00028

HREC2A-00028
Men reading newspapers in a library reading-room, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PBIB2A-00014

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

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00003

PLIT2A-00003
Alexis de Tocqueville. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PBLA2D-00010

PBLA2D-00010
Quill pen in the hand of the Phyllis Wheatley statue, Boston Womens Memorial. Digital photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Erasmus

Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus writing. Printed halftone reproduction of the portrait by Holbein

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00004

PLIT2A-00004
Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a drawing by George Richardson

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00008

PLIT2A-00008
Tiny Tim carried in celebration, from Dickens " A Christmas Carol." Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00017

PLIT2A-00017
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) in New York visiting his publishers, 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00011

PLIT2A-00011
Hamlet and his fathers ghost, a scene from Shakespeares play. Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater 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 imageLiterature & theater Collection: Erasmus Colloquies

Erasmus Colloquies
Colloquies of Erasmus, hand-bound edition published in Basel, 1537. Hand-colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00022

PLIT2A-00022
Hester Prynne wearing the Scarlet Letter A in a scene from Hawthornes novel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00025

PLIT2A-00025
Cover of Brothers Grimm tales from a German edition published in Berlin, 1865. Antique printed book cover

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00032

PLIT2A-00032
Dinner at the house of Moliere at Auteuil, France, 1600s. Photogravure reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Scene from a Moliere play

Scene from a Moliere play
Stage scene from Molieres comedy, " Les Precieuses Ridicules." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: A Moliere comedy performed

A Moliere comedy performed
Theatrical production of " Les Fourberies de Scapin, " a play by Moliere. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00039

PLIT2A-00039
Samuel Johson and James Boswell at the Literary Club, London, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00044

PLIT2A-00044
William Shakespeare, with his autograph. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00043

PLIT2A-00043
William Shakespeare. Hand-colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Dante fragment, 14th century

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

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PPRT2A-00003

PPRT2A-00003
Page of Gutenbergs 42-line Bible, printed in the 1450s, probably the first use of movable type. Color lithograph reproduction

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PANC2A-00055

PANC2A-00055
Ovid, the Roman poet. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PANC2A-00115

PANC2A-00115
Aristotle, seated. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Plato

Plato
Portrait of Plato. Hand-colored engraving from the 17th century

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PANC2A-00086

PANC2A-00086
Bust of Aristotle Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a statue

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PANC2A-00071

PANC2A-00071
Homer, the Greek poet. Hand-colored 19th-century halftone reproduction of a statue



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