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Verse Collection

Background imageVerse Collection: The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. c1770-1820. Artist: William Blake

The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. c1770-1820. Artist: William Blake
The Lamb, illustration from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. c1770-1820

Background imageVerse Collection: A Buddha in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th-13th century (?)

A Buddha in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th-13th century (?). Creator: Unknown
A Buddha in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th-13th century (?)

Background imageVerse Collection: Power of Faith, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown

Power of Faith, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Power of Faith, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century

The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century

Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown

Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: A Bodhisattva in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 13th-14th century

A Bodhisattva in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
A Bodhisattva in a Shrine, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 13th-14th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown

Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Absolute Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown

Absolute Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Absolute Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

Background imageVerse Collection: Showing Off, New York, 1937. Creator: Unknown

Showing Off, New York, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Showing Off, New York, 1937. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers

Background imageVerse Collection: The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato, 1900/10

The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato, 1900/10. Creators: Manuel Manilla, José Guadalupe Posada
The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato, 1900/10

Background imageVerse Collection: Calavera Tapatia, n.d. Creators: Manuel Manilla, José Guadalupe Posada

Calavera Tapatia, n.d. Creators: Manuel Manilla, José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera Tapatia, n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla

La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: The Infernal Calavera, n.d. Creator: Unknown

The Infernal Calavera, n.d. Creator: Unknown
The Infernal Calavera, n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: Flood of Calaveras!, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla

Flood of Calaveras!, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Flood of Calaveras!, n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers, n.d

Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers, n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla

La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio), n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: Calavera Tapatia, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla

Calavera Tapatia, n.d. Creator: Manuel Manilla
Calavera Tapatia, n.d

Background imageVerse Collection: Allusive verses for masquerades, ca. 1860-70. Creator: Julian Mariana

Allusive verses for masquerades, ca. 1860-70. Creator: Julian Mariana
Allusive verses for masquerades, ca. 1860-70

Background imageVerse Collection: Two sheets (printed as one) with verses in Valencian for masquerades, ca. 1860-70

Two sheets (printed as one) with verses in Valencian for masquerades, ca. 1860-70. Creator: Julian Mariana
Two sheets (printed as one) with verses in Valencian for Wood engraving and letterpresss, ca. 1860-70

Background imageVerse Collection: Cabaret of Ramponaux, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown

Cabaret of Ramponaux, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Cabaret of Ramponaux, c. 1760. Formerly attributed to Benoit-Louis Prevost

Background imageVerse Collection: Lamp Stand, Iran, A. H. 1027-29 / A. D 1617-18. Creator: Unknown

Lamp Stand, Iran, A. H. 1027-29 / A. D 1617-18. Creator: Unknown
Lamp Stand, Iran, A.H. 1027-29/A.D 1617-18. Safavid lamp stand with verses in Persian nasta liq script from Sa`dis " The Moth and the Candle"

Background imageVerse Collection: Engraved Lamp Stand with Interlocking Circles, Iran, probably 16th century

Engraved Lamp Stand with Interlocking Circles, Iran, probably 16th century. Verses embody spiritual metaphors. I said to the candle: " What is this moth around your face

Background imageVerse Collection: Engraved Lamp Stand with Chevron Pattern, Iran, dated A. H. 986 / A. D. 1578-79

Engraved Lamp Stand with Chevron Pattern, Iran, dated A. H. 986 / A. D. 1578-79
Engraved Lamp Stand with Chevron Pattern, Iran, dated A.H. 986/ A.D. 1578-79. Lyrical verses from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa di

Background imageVerse Collection: Inscribed Pen Box, Iran, 15th century. Creator: Unknown

Inscribed Pen Box, Iran, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Inscribed Pen Box, Iran, 15th century. Inscriptions in thuluth and naskh scripts include poetic verses and good wishes to the owner

Background imageVerse Collection: Engraved Lamp Stand with a Cylindrical Body, Iran, second half 16th century

Engraved Lamp Stand with a Cylindrical Body, Iran, second half 16th century. Safavid lamp stand with inscriptions in Persian nasta liq script

Background imageVerse Collection: The Apostle Jean Journet Setting Out for the Conquest of Universal Harmony, 1850

The Apostle Jean Journet Setting Out for the Conquest of Universal Harmony, 1850. surrounded by verses to be sung by the reader as a moralizing call to change

Background imageVerse Collection: Double cobweb valentine with Venetian scene, 1830-50. Creator: Anon

Double cobweb valentine with Venetian scene, 1830-50. Creator: Anon
Double cobweb valentine with Venetian scene, 1830-50

Background imageVerse Collection: Valentine, 1876. Creator: Anon

Valentine, 1876. Creator: Anon
Valentine, 1876

Background imageVerse Collection: Valentine, before 1880. Creator: Anon

Valentine, before 1880. Creator: Anon
Valentine, before 1880

Background imageVerse Collection: The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus, 1880. Creator: Samuel Palmer

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus, 1880. Creator: Samuel Palmer
The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus, 1880

Background imageVerse Collection: Sheets of Verses: Priamel vom Schuldenbot, late 18th-early 19th century

Sheets of Verses: Priamel vom Schuldenbot, late 18th-early 19th century

Background imageVerse Collection: The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love, ca. 1797. Creator: Charles Meynier

The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love, ca. 1797. Creator: Charles Meynier
The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love, ca. 1797. Commissioned by Francois-Bernard Boyer-Fonfrede

Background imageVerse Collection: The people of Israel is heading to the Jordan carrying the Ark of the Covenant

The people of Israel is heading to the Jordan carrying the Ark of the Covenant

Background imageVerse Collection: Street entertainers, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby

Street entertainers, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Street entertainers, 1760. Ballad singers reciting songs or poems in the street. From Cries of London, 1760

Background imageVerse Collection: Recessional, 1907

Recessional, 1907. Poem by Rudyard Kipling, written for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D

Background imageVerse Collection: Birthday postcard, c1919

Birthday postcard, c1919. With a verse by Clifton Bingham

Background imageVerse Collection: Birthday postcard, c1911

Birthday postcard, c1911. With a verse by Clifton Bingham

Background imageVerse Collection: Hark! The Lark, 1895

Hark! The Lark, 1895. Shakespeares songs; Cymbeline, Act II scene III. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Who is Silvia?, 1895

Who is Silvia?, 1895. Shakespeares songs; from The Two Gentlemen of Verona Act IV scene I. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: It was a Lover, 1895

It was a Lover, 1895. Shakespeares songs; from As You Like It, Act V scene III. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Song from Shakespeares The Passionate Pilgrim, 1895

Song from Shakespeares The Passionate Pilgrim, 1895. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Tell Me Where is Fancy Bread, 1895

Tell Me Where is Fancy Bread, 1895. Shakespeares songs; Merchant of Venice, Act III scene II. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Freeze, Freeze, Thou Bitter Sky, 1895

Freeze, Freeze, Thou Bitter Sky, 1895. Shakespeares songs, Amiens song in As You Like It, Act II scene VII. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London

Background imageVerse Collection: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, 1895

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, 1895. Shakespeares songs; Amiens song in As You Like It, Act II scene VII. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne

Background imageVerse Collection: Where the Bee Sucks, 1895

Where the Bee Sucks, 1895. Shakespeares songs; Ariels song from The Tempest, Act V Scene 1. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Ariels song to Ferdinand, 1895

Ariels song to Ferdinand, 1895. From Shakespeares The Tempest, Act I Scene 2. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1895

Background imageVerse Collection: Virgin and Child with Saints Dominicus and Thomas Aquinas, 1424-1430. Artist: Fra Angelico

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominicus and Thomas Aquinas, 1424-1430. Artist: Fra Angelico
Virgin and Child with Saints Dominicus and Thomas Aquinas, 1424-1430. Angelico, Fra Giovanni, da Fiesole (ca. 1400-1455). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg



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