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Background imageLiterature Collection: King Khusraw and Barbad, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500

King Khusraw and Barbad, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500. Creator: Unknown
King Khusraw and Barbad, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500

Background imageLiterature Collection: Toby Weller, 1888. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Toby Weller, 1888. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Toby Weller, 1888. A stagecoach driver relaxing and enjoying his pipe. Toby Weller was a character in Charles Dickens "The Pickwick Papers, " first published in 1836/1837

Background imageLiterature Collection: Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Taken from Aesop's Fables and demonstrates the moral that there is strength in unity: the bundle of sticks cannot be broken when they are tied together

Background imageLiterature Collection: Meeting of Two Generals, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500

Meeting of Two Generals, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of Two Generals, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1475 and 1500

Background imageLiterature Collection: Virgin Mary with saints, miniature from a Book of Hours, 1475-1500. Creator: Unknown

Virgin Mary with saints, miniature from a Book of Hours, 1475-1500. Creator: Unknown
Virgin Mary with saints, miniature from a Book of Hours, 1475-1500. Latin text: Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiabit [annunciabit?] laudem tuam'

Background imageLiterature Collection: Hermitage of Valmiki, Folio from the 'Nadaun' Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), c1820. Creator: Unknown

Hermitage of Valmiki, Folio from the "Nadaun" Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), c1820. Creator: Unknown
Hermitage of Valmiki, Folio from the "Nadaun" Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), c1820

Background imageLiterature Collection: Adventures of Two Travelling Priests, Folio from a 'Panchakhyana' (Jain Recensio... c1725)

Adventures of Two Travelling Priests, Folio from a "Panchakhyana" (Jain Recensio... c1725. Creator: Unknown)
Adventures of Two Travelling Priests, Folio from a "Panchakhyana" (Jain Recension of the Panchatantra) Series, c1725

Background imageLiterature Collection: Meeting of Warriors, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1625. Creator: Unknown

Meeting of Warriors, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1625. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of Warriors, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), between 1620 and 1625

Background imageLiterature Collection: Buddha Shakyamuni with 'Jataka' Tales, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Unknown

Buddha Shakyamuni with "Jataka" Tales, late 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni with "Jataka" Tales, late 17th-early 18th century. The Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived in the 6th-5th century BC, is shown here telling stories of his previous existences

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from 'Alice in Wonderland', 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from 'Alice in Wonderland', 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from 'Alice in Wonderland', 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from 'Alice in Wonderland', 2023. Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The Mad Hatter, from "Alice in Wonderland", 2023

Background imageLiterature Collection: Ragini Chaiti, c1775. Creator: Unknown

Ragini Chaiti, c1775. Creator: Unknown
Ragini Chaiti, c1775. The musical "mode" ("raga, ragini") is a melody reduced to its basic elements. Modes were classified and given names

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - Bram Stoker reading in a Victorian library, 1890s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

AI IMAGE - Bram Stoker reading in a Victorian library, 1890s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Bram Stoker reading in a Victorian library, 1890s, (2023). Irish author Abraham Stoker (1847-1912) wrote the Gothic horror novel Dracula which was published in 1897

Background imageLiterature Collection: Rama Destroys the Ogress Tadaka, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown

Rama Destroys the Ogress Tadaka, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown
Rama Destroys the Ogress Tadaka, 1700-1725. In the ancient Indian epic the "Ramayana, " Rama, an incarnation of the god Vishnu, restores order to the world

Background imageLiterature Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Dickens performing a public reading, c1860s, (2023)

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Dickens performing a public reading, c1860s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Charles Dickens performing a public reading, c1860s, (2023). British novelist and social critic Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Background imageLiterature Collection: Radha and Krishna, Illustration to Poems by Shribhatta, c1800. Creator: Unknown

Radha and Krishna, Illustration to Poems by Shribhatta, c1800. Creator: Unknown
Radha and Krishna, Illustration to Poems by Shribhatta, c1800

Background imageLiterature Collection: Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave... between c1700 and c1710. Creator: Unknown

Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave... between c1700 and c1710. Creator: Unknown
Monkeys and Bears Investigate the Rikshabila Cave, Folio from the "Shangri" Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), between c1700 and c1710

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Saint Andal, 14th century. Creator: Unknown

The Saint Andal, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
The Saint Andal, 14th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Captial), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Captial), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Captial), 1830-1860

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 9 (Maddi), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 9 (Maddi), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 9 (Maddi), 1830-1860

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1830-1860. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children), 1830-1860

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 4 (The Forest Edge): Vessantara, Maddi, Jali, and Kanha, 1830-1860 ()

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 4 (The Forest Edge): Vessantara, Maddi, Jali, and Kanha, 1830-1860 (). Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 4 (The Forest Edge): Vessantara, Maddi, Jali, and Kanha, 1830-1860 ()

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 5 (Jujaka), 1850-1870. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 5 (Jujaka), 1850-1870. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 5 (Jujaka), 1850-1870

Background imageLiterature Collection: Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. Creator: Unknown

Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. Creator: Unknown
Capture of Demons in Lanka, 1775-1800. With the help of his army of monkeys, Rama's invasion of Lanka is successful. Rama and his brother Lakshmana are depicted seated under a tree at left

Background imageLiterature Collection: Sugriva's Farewell, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown

Sugriva's Farewell, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown
Sugriva's Farewell, 1700-1725. In this illustration from the "Ramayana, " the god Rama, coloured blue, faces the prostrate form of the monkey Sugriva

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest), 1920-1940

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 1, 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 1, 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 1, 1920-1940

Background imageLiterature Collection: Narrative Scroll: Vessantara Jataka, 1st half 20th century. Creator: Unknown

Narrative Scroll: Vessantara Jataka, 1st half 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Narrative Scroll: Vessantara Jataka, 1st half 20th century

Background imageLiterature Collection: Babhruvahana and the Mongoose Fight the Serpents (verso).. c1850. Creator: Unknown

Babhruvahana and the Mongoose Fight the Serpents (verso).. c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana and the Mongoose Fight the Serpents (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 2 of 2), c1850

Background imageLiterature Collection: Fight of the Mongoose and the Serpent Armies (recto)... c1850. Creator: Unknown

Fight of the Mongoose and the Serpent Armies (recto)... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Fight of the Mongoose and the Serpent Armies (recto), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 1 of 2), c1850

Background imageLiterature Collection: Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso)... c1850. Creator: Unknown

Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso)... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 1 of 2), c1850

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vrishaketu Shoots Babhruvahana into the Air on a Circle of Arrows (recto)... c1850. Creator: Unknown

Vrishaketu Shoots Babhruvahana into the Air on a Circle of Arrows (recto)... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Vrishaketu Shoots Babhruvahana into the Air on a Circle of Arrows (recto), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 2 of 2), c1850

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio from a Barahmasa... between c1700 and c1725

The Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio from a Barahmasa... between c1700 and c1725. Creator: Unknown
The Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio from a Barahmasa (The Twelve Months), between c1700 and c1725

Background imageLiterature Collection: Queen holding a cross, c1290-1300. Creator: Unknown

Queen holding a cross, c1290-1300. Creator: Unknown
Queen holding a cross, c1290-1300. Detail from a Book of Hours

Background imageLiterature Collection: Scribe, from a Book of Hours, c1470. Creator: Unknown

Scribe, from a Book of Hours, c1470. Creator: Unknown
Scribe, from a Book of Hours, c1470. Monk or scribe working at a desk

Background imageLiterature Collection: Return of the Errant Lover, Folio from an Amaru-Sataka (The Hundred Stanzas of Amaru), c1660

Return of the Errant Lover, Folio from an Amaru-Sataka (The Hundred Stanzas of Amaru), c1660. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Errant Lover, Folio from an Amaru-Sataka (The Hundred Stanzas of Amaru), c1660

Background imageLiterature Collection: Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio From a Barahmasa, between c1640 and c1650

Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio From a Barahmasa, between c1640 and c1650. Creator: Unknown
Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio From a Barahmasa, between c1640 and c1650

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Annunciation, 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown

The Annunciation, 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown
The Annunciation, 1400-1410. From a Book of Hours

Background imageLiterature Collection: Priests and winged figure, mid 14th century. Creator: Unknown

Priests and winged figure, mid 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Priests and winged figure, mid 14th century. Illustration in "Le Roman de la Rose" (The Romance of the Rose), a medieval poem in Old French

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Maharajah of Benares, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The Maharajah of Benares, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Maharajah of Benares, 1876. Visit of the future King Edward VII to India. The Maharajah [Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh] is described by the "Daily Telegraph" correspondent as being a

Background imageLiterature Collection: The Reversal of Roles, Episodes from the Krishna Lila (The Play of Krishna)... c1725

The Reversal of Roles, Episodes from the Krishna Lila (The Play of Krishna)... c1725. Creator: Unknown
The Reversal of Roles, Episodes from the Krishna Lila (The Play of Krishna), Folio from a Sur Sagar (The Ocean of Sur Das) (image 2 of 11), c1725

Background imageLiterature Collection: Gospel Book, c1100. Creator: Unknown

Gospel Book, c1100. Creator: Unknown
Gospel Book, c1100. Saint with book, and decorative initial

Background imageLiterature Collection: Raja Pandu and Matakunti, c1690. Creator: Unknown

Raja Pandu and Matakunti, c1690. Creator: Unknown
Raja Pandu and Matakunti, c1690

Background imageLiterature Collection: Script on back of sculpture - Head of Hanuman, The Divine Monkey, 12th century or later

Script on back of sculpture - Head of Hanuman, The Divine Monkey, 12th century or later. Creator: Unknown
Script on back of sculpture - Head of Hanuman, The Divine Monkey, 12th century or later

Background imageLiterature Collection: Men playing a ball game, c1301. Creator: Unknown

Men playing a ball game, c1301. Creator: Unknown
Men playing a ball game, c1301. Detail of a page from the Ghistelles Calendar

Background imageLiterature Collection: Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Capital), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Capital), 1920-1940. Creator: Unknown
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 13 (The Return to the Capital), 1920-1940



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