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RMFF73H9–FRANCISCO PIZARRO /n(c1475-1541). Spanish conqueror of Peru. Line engraving, Spanish, 17th century.
RMFFD98Y–RUSSIA: TEA VENDOR, 1874. /nA tea vendor in the streets of Moscow. Wood engraving, English, 1874.
RMFF93A4–CARTOON: U.S. NEUTRALITY. /nSatirical American cartoon comment, c1917, on Uncle Sam's conflicting desires to encourage peace by remaining neutral in World War I and to profiteer by selling munitions to the Allies.
RMFF9J1B–LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824). /nKing of France, 1814-1824. Louis XVIII in his coronation robes. Line engraving, 19th century, by Jean Baptiste Raphael Urbain Massard, after a painting by Franτois GΘrard (1770-1837).
RMFF7AR4–COLUMBUS: LA RABIDA. /nThe convent of La Rabida at Huelva, Spain, where Christopher Columbus and his son Diego sought lodging shortly before Columbus sailed for the New World in 1492. American engraving, 1892.
RMFF761E–HMS CHALLENGER. /nThe British survey ship HMS 'Challenger' off Kerguelen Island in the south Indian Ocean, about 3,000 miles southeast from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1874. Contemporary colored engraving.
RMFF930D–CARTOON: AIRSHIP RAID 1914. /nTotal Eclipse?: American anti-war cartoon, 1914, by Luther Daniels Bradley, remarking on the potential of the airship to wreak indiscriminate destruction on humanity.
RMFFAD60–YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS. /nFrederick Douglass (1817-1895) as a young slave being taught to read by his master's wife, Mrs. Sophia Auld of Baltimore. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMFF9TWA–BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. /nView of Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 1536 by Pedro Mendoza. Line engraving for Ulrich Schmidel's account of Mendoza's expedition, Nuremberg, 1595.
RMFF757A–JOHNSON: IMPEACHMENT. /nPresident Andrew Johnson accepting the summons to his impeachment trial from Senate sergeant-at-arms George T. Brown on 7 March 1868. Wood engraving.
RMFFD7XH–CANADA: FUR TRADE, c1780. /nAgents of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North-West Company competing for trade with Native Americans in Canada, c1780. Wood engraving, American, 1879.
RMFF7A3B–MASS.: U.S. ARSENAL, 1861. /nWomen workers filling cartridges at the U.S. Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, during the Civil War. Engraving, 1861, after Winslow Homer.
RMFF76JG–NEW YORK: LYNCHING, 1863. /nThe mob lynching a black man in Clarkson Street during the New York City Draft Riots of 13-16 July 1863: contemporary colored engraving.
RMFF9YN5–BOER WAR: HOSPITAL SHIP. /nWounded British soldiers onboard a hospital-ship returning to England from South Africa during the Boer War. Line engraving, English, 1900.
RMFF790C–CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. /nGeorge Washington presiding at the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. After the painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.
RMFF75XX–VESALIUS: CRANIUM. /nDissection of the Cranium. Colored woodcut from the seventh book of Andreas Vesalius' 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica,' published in 1543 at Basel.
RMFF73YX–DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, 1770. /nThe founding of Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hampshire, by Eleazar Wheelock in 1770. Wood engraving, American, c1845.
RMFFB6KY–CIVIL WAR: BUGLER, 1863. /nA Union Army bugler during the American Civil War. Lithograph, 1863, after a painting by William Morris Hunt (1824-1879).
RMFF9D7F–SAINT MARTIN (c316-397). /nAlso known as Saint Martin of Tours. French prelate. Woodcut, c1505, by Hans Baldung Grien after Albrecht Dⁿrer.
RMFF9BFD–SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727). /nEnglish physicist and mathematician. Dispersing sunlight through a prism, c1666. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMFF73AC–STANLEY AND LIVINGSTON. /nHenry M. Stanley (center, left) and David Livingstone at Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika, on 10 November 1871. Engraving, 1872.
RMFFB6JE–GEOFFREY CHAUCER /n(c1340-1400). English poet. Line engraving after the illumination in the Ellesmere manuscript of the 'Canterbury Tales.'
RMFF9AJ3–DANCE OF DEATH, 1538. /n'Death and the Canoness.' Woodcut, French, 1547, after Hans Holbein the Younger from his 'Dance of Death,' published in 1538.
RMFFB56B–COD FISHING, 1891. /nFishermen on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland preparing their catch. Wood engraving, American, 1891.
RMFF76H0–RUMPELSTILTSKIN, 1891. /nRumpelstiltskin and the miller's daughter. Drawing, 1891, by Henry J. Ford for the fairy tale by Brothers Grimm.
RMFF77PG–JEAN LAFFITE (c1780-c1826). /nFrench pirate. Laffite and his pirates boarding a merchant ship. Wood engraving, American, 1844.
RMFF7B9N–CUBA: U.S.S. MAINE, 1898. /nThe explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, 15 February 1898. Contemporary lithograph.
RMFF9JJ9–CALIFORNIA VIGILANTES./nCalifornia vigilantes executing the orders of Judge Lynch. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMFFBNPA–EDWARD (1330-1376). /nPrince of Wales, known as 'the Black Prince.' Line and stipple engraving, 19th century.
RMFFAF0Y–PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA. Moses leading the Israelites across the Red Sea. German woodcut, c1530, by Erhard Schoen.
RMFF74F1–BIRTH OF THE FLAG. /nBetsy Ross sewing the first American flag. Painting by Henry Mosler (1841-1920).
RMFFAEHN–EXPRESS MAIL, 1840s. /nA mail carrier from Henry Wells' express service being pursued by Post Office agents wanting to arrest him. In the 1840s, Wells' much less expensive express service forced the United States government to lower the postal rates by th
RMFF8JCA–CONQUISTADORS, 1520. /nSpanish conquistadors in Mexico supervise native Indians carrying a new provision of arms along the often arduous route from Vera Cruz to Tlaxcala in 1520. Illustration from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, 1550-1564.
RMFFAGCP–GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. /nFederal troops open fire on rioters at the Halstead Street Viaduct in Chicago on the night of July 26 during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper.
RMFF7ETD–NEW YORK: GRAIN ELEVATOR. /nThe 380 foot long, 150 foot high grain elevator of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad at the Hudson River and 60th Street in New York City. Wood engraving, American, 1877.
RMFF78FH–WILLIAM III & QUEEN MARY. /nKing William III, holding the Bill (Declaration) of Rights in his hand, and Queen Mary II of England. Woodcut from an 18th century English children's history of England.
RMFF761W–STEAM THRESHER, 1851./nHornsby's steam-driven threshing machine demonstrated in the open field at the Great London Exhibition of 1851. Contemporary English engraving.
RMFF9J35–JOHN Q. ADAMS (1767-1848): /nThe Death of John Quincy Adams in the Capitol building at Washington, D.C., on 23 February 1848. Lithograph, 1848, by Nathaniel Currier.
RMFF7CP2–CARPENTER'S HALL. /nCarpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, meeting-place of the First and Second Continental Congresses of 1774 and 1775. Illustration by Howard Pyle.
RMFFA3RT–NATIVE AMERICAN WIGWAM. /nThe conical wigwam of the Ojibwa Native Americans, consisting of a framework of poles covered with sheets of birch bark. Drawing by C.W. Jefferys.
RMFF7G58–GRIMM: SNOW WHITE, c1886. /nThe evil Queen in disguise offering Snow White the poisoned apple. Drawing by Walter Crane, c1886, for the fairy tale by Brothers Grimm.
RMFF7F8K–ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 1865./nAlice and the White Rabbit. Illustration by John Tenniel from the first edition of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' 1865.
RMFFBNHY–ALGER: TELEGRAPH BOY. /nAn illustration from 'The Telegraph Boy,' 1879, one of the enormously popular books for boys written by Horatio Alger in the late 19th century.
RMFFA850–WHITE TOWER OF LONDON. /nFrom a manuscript of the poems of Charles d'Orleans, who was captured at Agincourt in 1415 and remained a prisoner in England until 1440.
RMFF974P–LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. /nLittle Red Riding Hood with the wolf, disguised as her grandmother. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), c1909.
RMFFB2NM–PARIS COMMUNE, 1871. /n'Summary executions in Paris. Shooting down communist prisoners.' Colored engraving from a contemporary American newspaper.
RMFF77RX–GEORGE ROGERS CLARK /n(1752-1818). American Revolutionary soldier and frontier leader. Stipple engraving after Matthew Harris Jouett.
RMFFBGKF–WOMAN WITH PISTOL, 1879. /nA woman repulses a thieving tramp with a pistol at Mayville, Illinois. Wood engraving, American, 1879.
RMFF791E–KING JOHN: MAGNA CARTA. /nKing John of England signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, 15 June 1215. Line engraving, 18th century.
RMFF76NM–COLONIAL TYPEFOUNDER. /nA colonial American typefounder assisted by an indentured servant: engraving, late 18th century.
RMFFA2D7–ORION, 1482. /nPersonification of Orion. Woodcut from Gaius Julius Hyginus' 'Poeticon Astronomicon,' Venice, Italy, 1482.
RMFFA23J–KING ARTHUR & KNIGHTS. /nKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Frontispiece woodcut from 'History of Prince Arthur,' 1534.
RMFF94A2–CHURCH CHOIR, 1875. /nIllustration by Randolph Caldecott for an 1875 edition of 'Old Christmas,' by Washington Irving.
RMFF730Y–JONATHAN EDWARDS /n(1703-1758). American Congregational cleric and theologian. Stipple engraving, 19th century.
RMFFA41M–ROBIN HOOD: TITLE PAGE. /nWoodcut title page of 'A Mery Geste of Robyn Hoode,' 1550, featuring Robin and Little John.
RMFFA2H7–DOR╔: LONDON, 1872. /n'The Lambeth Gas-Works.' Wood engraving after Gustave DorΘ from 'London: A Pilgrimage,' 1872.
RMFFA36A–BALLROOM, 1760. /nA ballroom in the year 1760. Wood engraving, English, 1848, after a painting by Abraham Solomon.
RMFFBH3M–SEWING, 19th CENTURY. /n'A Tranquil Hour.' Etching, late 19th century, after a painting by Wilhelm Hasemann.
RMFFB7AG–PHILADELPHIA: WINTER, 1873. /nOld Swedish Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1873.
RMFF9A2E–BOXER REBELLION, 1900. /nA 'Boxer' of the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900. Contemporary drawing by H.W. Koekkoek.
RMFF9P60–ADAM AND EVE. /nGod creating Eve from the rib of Adam as he sleeps under the Tree of Knowledge. Woodcut, 15th century.
RMFFA93K–PIONEER HOMESTEAD, 19th C. /nA pioneer homestead in a pine forest: colored engraving, 19th century.
RMFFA45K–ROMAN SLAVERY: COAL MINE. /nSlaves at work in a Roman coal mine. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMFF98KE–REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, 1860. /nThe Wigwam, site of the 1860 Republican National Convention at Chicago, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln received the party's presidential nomination. Contemporary American wood engraving.
RMFF7JJX–HELL: SEVEN DEADLY SINS. /nThe Gluttonous are forcefed on toads, rats, and snakes as infernal punishment for one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Colored woodcut from 'Le grant kalendrier et compost des Bergiers', Troyes, 1496.
RMFFDAK3–JOHANN TETZEL (1465-1519). /nGerman Dominican monk and inquisitor. Tetzel (holding cross) leading a procession through a German town in 1517, offering the sale of indulgences. Wood engraving, English, c1875.
RMFF9HDE–NAST: TWEED CARTOON, 1870. /n'The Power Behind the Throne.' An 1870 cartoon by Thomas Nast attacking 'Boss' William M. Tweed as the sinister power behind the throne of Governor John T. Hoffman of New York.
![CLEMENS: TOM SAWYER, 1876. /nThe immortal incident of whitewashing the fence: drawing by True Williams from the first edition, 1876, of the 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Samuel Langhorne Clemens [Mark Twain]. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FF931A/clemens-tom-sawyer-1876-nthe-immortal-incident-of-whitewashing-the-FF931A.jpg "CLEMENS: TOM SAWYER, 1876. /nThe immortal incident of whitewashing the fence: drawing by True Williams from the first edition, 1876, of the 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Samuel Langhorne Clemens [Mark Twain]. Stock Photo")
RMFF931A–CLEMENS: TOM SAWYER, 1876. /nThe immortal incident of whitewashing the fence: drawing by True Williams from the first edition, 1876, of the 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Samuel Langhorne Clemens [Mark Twain].
RMFF7H4A–OGLETHORPE WITH NATIVE AMERICANS. /nJames Oglethorpe's first meeting with the Yamacraw Native Americans in 1733 at present-day Savannah, Georgia. Wood engraving, American, 19th century.
RMFFBNPW–ZUKERTORT VS. STEINITZ. /nJohannes Hermann Zukertort and Wilhelm Steinitz at the time of their chess championship match in New York in 1886. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper.
RMFFAT4W–ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919). /nAmerican (Scottish-born) industrialist and humanitarian. Cartoon by C.J. Budd, 1913, on Carnegie's founding of the Carnegie Endownment for International Peace.
RMFF8M6E–WILLIAM CAREY (1761-1834). /nEnglish orientalist and missionary. Carey baptizing the first Hindu convert, a carpenter named Kristno, in the Hooghly River, India. Line engraving, American 1837.
RMFF8N7P–OTHELLO, 19th CENTURY. /nOthello, in a jealous frenzy aroused by Iago, prepares to murder his wife Desdemona in her sleep: engraving after Heinrich Hoffman (1824-1902).
RMFFT9JC–ELECTROCUTION, 1890. /nThe first execution by electrocution, of William Kemmler, for murder, at Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York, 6 August 1890. Contemporary wood engraving.
RMFF7EX5–SWITCHBACK RAILWAY, 1886. /nThe first roller coaster in the United States, located in Coney Island, offered one-minute rides for a nickel. Colored engraving, 1886.
RMFF7B86–ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 1865./nThe Pig and Pepper. Illustration by Sir John Tenniel from the first edition of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' 1865.
RMFF9A8F–GRIMM: HANSEL AND GRETEL. /nHansel drops pebbles as his mother and father lead him and Gretel into the woods. Drawing by Wanda Gag for the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, c1936.
RMFF74GK–DAVY CROCKETT (1786-1836). /nAmerican soldier and frontiersman. Davy Crockett, with the help of his dog, fighting a bear on the cover of the Crockett Almanac, Nashville, 1841.
RMFF77T1–MURDER OF JESSE JAMES, 1882. /nThe murder of outlaw Jesse James at his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, by Robert Ford on 3 April 1882. Contemporary drawing.
RMFF96W1–MEDIEVAL TOLL BRIDGE. /nA medieval party paying the toll to cross a bridge. Engraving after a 15th century stained glass window from the Cathedral of Tournay.
RMFF93AC–ANIMALS: CLEVER HANS, 1904. /nClever Hans, the German 'thinking horse', 'reading from a tablet' while being tested at Berlin in 1904: oil over a photograph.
RMFFAC67–JOHN ELIOT (1604-1690). /nJohn Eliot building the Native American church at Natick, Massachusetts, in 1651. Etching, American, late 19th century.
RMFF8D0K–GEORGE WHITEFIELD /n(1714-1770). English preacher. George Whitefiled preaching in the American colonies, 1739-41. Line engraving, American, 1832.
