Passages from Modern English Poets

After the 9th-century Danish invasions and 10th-century reform of monasteries, the kind of decoration seen in earlier manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels becomes rare. Late...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "The Works of Robert Burns; containing his life; by John Lockhart, Esq. The poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition; biogr...

This image has been taken from scan 000065 from "Scenes in the life of the Saviour; by the poets and painters. Edited by R. W. G". The title and subject terms of this image have be...

This birds-eye view of Edinburgh shows the Royal Mile between the landmarks of Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood, which is annotated ‘the kyng of skotes palas’. English a...

Forms double page with 14135352.\n "November.\nDeutsche Moden zur Eur[opäischen Modenzeitung.]\n1. Salon Suit, \nby Mr. Georg Müller in Frankfurt a/M.\"\nSee 14135353, Figs. 5 to 1...

John Singer Sargent has gone down in history as one of the most accomplished painters of portraits of women. For much of his career, from his beginnings in Paris and following his ...

Engraving by an anonymous artist of the Fort at Bombay in Maharashtra, dated between 1700 and 1750. The print is captioned 't Engelse Fort in Bombaja; 't Engelse Fort in Bombaja aa...