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A gouache on paper painting titled The Louisiana Purchase 1803 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. American envoys Robert Livingston and James Monroe negotiate...

A detail of the first folio of the manuscripts of the Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, stored in Tours, France. It is part of the Constantinian Excerpts, a Byzantine encyclopedia compiled in the 10th century...

This is the first folio of the manuscripts of the Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, stored in Tours, France. It is part of the Constantinian Excerpts, a Byzantine encyclopedia compiled in the 10th...

A Veuve Clicquot champagne label. The label bears a reproduction of the signature of Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866).

Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos. Illustration in Pioneer Heroes and Daring Deeds, published by Scammell and Company, 1882.

William Barret Travis (1809-1836), sketch by Wiley Martin (1777-1842). The only known portrait of Travis in his lifetime. Later paintings, after Travis' death at the Alamo in 1836...

Frank W. Johnson, commander of the Texian Militia in 1832 during the Anahuac Disturbances, later served as a commander during the Texas Revolution. Photograph from the McArdle Notebooks. Archives...

A selection of Veuve Clicquot champagne capsules, used with a wire cage to keep the cork of the wine in place. The face is Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866), who designed the VCP and anchor logo...

A champagne cork of Veuve Clicquot. The VCP logo was designed and first placed on corks by Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866).

A gouache on paper painting titled The Revolutionary War 1775-1783 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. John Burgoyne and the artist (The artist portrays himself...