Handcolored Gallery

MASTER AND PUPILS, c1481. Woodcut from the earliest illustrated book printed in England

MASTER AND PUPILS, c1481.
Woodcut from the earliest illustrated book printed in England, the Mirrour of the World, William Caxton's version of the famous Speculum Historiale of Vincent de Beauvais, issued about 1481

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1481, 1st, Academic, Book, Boy, Caxton, Classroom, Daily Life, England, English, Interior, Master, Medieval, Men, Mirrour Of The World, Printmaker, Pupil, Reading, Renaissance, Schoolboy, Schoolmaster, Teach, Teacher, Throne, Woodcut

(1850-1924). American legislator and author. Cartoon by Rollin Kirby from the New York World, 1 February 1920, on Lodges opposition to the Treaty of Versailles

HENRY CABOT LODGE
(1850-1924). American legislator and author. Teaching Him What to Say. Cartoon by Rollin Kirby from the New York World, 1 February 1920, on Lodge's determination to assign blame for the U.S. Senate's rejection of the Versailles Treaty on President Woodrow Wilson

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1919, 1920, America, American, Cabot, Cartoon, Chateau, Conference, Early, February, Henri, Kirby, Legislator, Lodge, Men, Moustache, New York World, Pacifist, Palace, Paris, Parrot, Progressive Era, Rollin, Senate, Senator, Thomas, Top Hat, Treaty Of Versailles, Umbrella, Versailles, Wilson, Woodrow

LUTHER ANNIVERSARY, 1617. German broadside, 1617, commemorating the 100th anniversary

LUTHER ANNIVERSARY, 1617.
German broadside, 1617, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the nailing of Martin Luther's 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, after a woodcut, 1518, commemorating the first anniversary of that event

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1517, 1617, 1st, 95 Theses, Allegory, Burning, Catholic, Door, Event, German, Handbill, Lion, Luther, Martin, Nail, Phoenix, Reformation, Rome, Swan, Wittenberg