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Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Bookstall on a city street, 1800s

Bookstall on a city street, 1800s
Browsers at a sidewalk bookstall, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century E.A. Abbey illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Homer reciting his epic poems to ancient Greeks

Homer reciting his epic poems to ancient Greeks
Homer recounting the deeds of ancient Greeks in the Trojan War. Hand-colored halftone illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater 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 imageLiterature & theater Collection: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne, with his autograph. Digitally colored photogravure reproduction of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Louis XIV and Moliere having breakfast

Louis XIV and Moliere having breakfast
Moliere at breakfast with Louis XIV at Versailles Palace. Hand-colored photogravure reproduction of a painting

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00031

PLIT2A-00031
William Shakespeare writing in his study. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Jane Austin

Jane Austin
Portrait of Jane Austin, English novelist. Hand-colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Grimms Fairy Tales illustration

Grimms Fairy Tales illustration
Death of a Chicken, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored book illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Assyrian or Babylonian scribes

Assyrian or Babylonian scribes using flexible media as well as clay tablets for cuneiform writing. Hand-colored 19th-century halftone reproduction of ancient artwork

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00050

PLIT2A-00050
William Shakespeare. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the First Folio portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Dickenss A Tale of Two Cities illlustration

Dickenss A Tale of Two Cities illlustration
Sydney Carton at the guillotine in Dickenss " A Tale of Two Cities." Hand-colored photogravure of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00058

PLIT2A-00058
Ship in stormy seas from Coleridges " Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00068

PLIT2A-00068
William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00061

PLIT2A-00061
Henry David Thoreau at age 43. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Hand-colored woodcut

Hand-colored woodcut
Gulliver in Lilliput, from Jonathan Swifts " Gullivers Travels." Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Stothard illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00076

PLIT2A-00076
Mercy (Otis) Warren, American author. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00079

PLIT2A-00079
Opening page of " Hamlet, " from Shakespeares First Quarto. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00100

PLIT2A-00100
Title page of Shakespeares " Sonnets, " London, 1609, first edition. Woodcut reproduction witih a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00090

PLIT2A-00090
Noah Webster, American lexicographer, surrounded by books. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00104

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

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00109

PLIT2A-00109
Walt Whitman during the Civil War in Washington DC, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a portrait from life

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00108

PLIT2A-00108
Charles Dickens. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00125

PLIT2A-00125
Fieldings Tom Jones refused admittance by the noblemans porter. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00117

PLIT2A-00117
John Greenleaf Whittier in 1838. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00112

PLIT2A-00112
Evangeline, an illustration from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00111

PLIT2A-00111
Jules Verne. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott
American author Louisa May Alcott. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00197

PLIT2A-00197
Percy Bysshe Shelley. Hand-colored woodcut from a portrait by Miss Curran

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00162

PLIT2A-00162
Thomas Hardy. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2A-00207

PLIT2A-00207
William Wordsworth. Hand colored engraving of a drawing from life

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie

Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie
Farmer addressing his mare Maggie, illustration of a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Robert Burns poem illustration

Robert Burns poem illustration
Courtship in a field of barley, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Erasmus

Erasmus
Portrait of the Dutch philosopher, Erasmus. Digitally colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2D-00001

PLIT2D-00001
Statue of Mercy Otis Warren in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2C-00110

PLIT2C-00110
Walt Whitman and his first edition title page of " Leaves of Grass." Composite art of hand-colored woodcut and document

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Mark Twain

Mark Twain
Portrait of Samuel Clemens, with his Mark Twain autograph. Engraved reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PLIT2D-00004

PLIT2D-00004
Statue of French writer Michel de Montaigne, Paris. Digital photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Dante

Dante
Statue of Dante Alighiere. 19th-century photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00037

PMYT2A-00037
Sinbads companion eaten by a giant in one of the tales in 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00035

PMYT2A-00035
Sinbad and his companions shipwrecked, from the 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00036

PMYT2A-00036
Sinbad in peril among the elephants, from the 1001 Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00065

PMYT2A-00065
Giant octopus attacking the submarine " Nautilus" in Jules Vernes book, " 10, 000 Leagues under the Sea, " edition of 1873, Paris

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00057

PMYT2A-00057
Schahriar hearing one of the 1001 Nights stories from Sheherazade. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: Sinbad studying with scholars in India

Sinbad studying with scholars in India
Sinbad the Sailor in the society of the learned Indians, from the Arabian Nights. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PMYT2A-00056

PMYT2A-00056
" Open, Sesame" password allowing Forty Thieves to stash their plunder in one of thei 1001 Arabian Nights tales. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PREV2A-00032

PREV2A-00032
Benjamin Franklins Ramage printing press. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Collection: PSCI2A-00031

PSCI2A-00031
Rene Descartes. Hand-colored engraving of the painting by Frans Hals



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