Images

A portrait by Dora Stock of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Made two years before his death, it is regarded as one of the closest likenesses to the composer. (Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria)

The fortepiano played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) when he was in Prague in 1787. (Czech Museum of Music, Prague)

A c. 1781 painting by Johann Nepomuk della Croce showing Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) and his two children, Maria Anna (nicknamed ‘Nannerl’, 1751-1829) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558), line engraving on paper by Barthel Berham. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

Portrait of Bartolomäus V. Welser by an unknown Artist, c. 1550. Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum, Augsburg.

An 1819 portrait by Barbara Krafft of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of America, officially issued on 1 January 1863. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves, oil on paperboard by Eastman Johnson, c. 1862. Brooklyn Museum.

Ashton Villa, Galveston, Texas. Ashton Villas was once owned by Confederate Colonel James Moreau Brown and had briefly served as the headquarters of the Union Army when they held Galveston in 1862.

General Order No. 3, issued in Galveston, Texas, 19 June 1865.