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This lithograph of Stela D at Copan was done by Frederick Catherwood and first published in 1844 in his book, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan. Like John Lloyd Stephens' works on the Maya, the book was very...

A depiction of a scene from William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in which the heroine Viola (disguised as a man) is courted by Lady Olivia. By Frederick Richard Pickersgill, 1859, from Shakespeare Illustrated.

A meeting of the monarchs of France, Russia, and Prussia during the signing of the Treaties of Tilsit. Depicted in the center of the painting, from left to right: French Emperor Napoleon I, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Queen Louise of Prussia...

Although mortally wounded, Patriot General Nicholas Herkimer continues to command his troops at the Battle of Oriskany (6 August 1777), during the Saratoga Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. While Herkimer's Patriot troops ultimately...

The Battle of Trafalgar, oil on canvas painting by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1836.

A 19th-century engraving of the astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) by Frederick Mackenzie. (Smithsonian Libraries)

Portrait of Edmund Andros (l. 1637-1714 CE), the second governor of New York. Painted by Frederick Stone Batcheller (1837-1889 CE). Collection of the Rhode Island State House.

Nude Venus of the Capitoline type. Found at Campo Iemini in 1794 CE in excavation conducted by Robert Fagan and sponsored by Prince Augustus Frederick, son of George III. Possibly restored by John Deare. Subsequently in the collection of...

Portrait of Queen Louise (l. 1776-1810), consort of King Frederick William III of Prussia. The mother of a Prussian king and a German emperor, Louise was known for her beauty and for being a shrewd politician; she met with Napoleon to plead...

This lithograph from Frederick Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan depicts the so-called `Nunnery Quadrangle' at the city of Uxmal. The exterior and interior of the quadrangle are intricately and...