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Literature & theater Poster Print Collection

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141 Poster Prints

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Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Beowulf manuscript page

Beowulf manuscript page
Page from the Old English manuscript of " Beowulf" in the British Museum. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Lindisfarne Gospels page

Lindisfarne Gospels page
Beginning of the Book of Luke, Lindisfarne Gospels, 1100s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Actors on stage in the days of Shakespeare

Actors on stage in the days of Shakespeare
Theatrical performance in the days of Shakespeare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter

Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter
Tam O Shanter chased by a witch, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a John Faed illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00050

PLIT2A-00050
William Shakespeare. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of the First Folio portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00051

PLIT2A-00051
Title page of Francis Bacons " Advancement of Learning, " 1633. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty, from a Berlin edition of Grimms Fairy Tales, 1865. Antique hand-colored illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00058

PLIT2A-00058
Ship in stormy seas from Coleridges " Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00068

PLIT2A-00068
William Sydney Porter, known as O. Henry. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00061

PLIT2A-00061
Henry David Thoreau at age 43. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Transformation of Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde, a scene from Robert Louis Stevensons novel. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Hand-colored woodcut

Hand-colored woodcut
Gulliver in Lilliput, from Jonathan Swifts " Gullivers Travels." Hand-colored woodcut of a Thomas Stothard illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00076

PLIT2A-00076
Mercy (Otis) Warren, American author. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Charles Dickens writing

Charles Dickens writing
Charles Dickens at his writing desk. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00079

PLIT2A-00079
Opening page of " Hamlet, " from Shakespeares First Quarto. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait, standing. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00100

PLIT2A-00100
Title page of Shakespeares " Sonnets, " London, 1609, first edition. Woodcut reproduction witih a watercolor wash

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00090

PLIT2A-00090
Noah Webster, American lexicographer, surrounded by books. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe. Engraved reproduction of a 19th-century daguerrotype

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne

Scarlet Letter protagonist Hester Prynne
Hester Prynne and her daughter Pearl, from Hawthornes " The Scarlet Letter". Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00106

PLIT2A-00106
Alexandre Dumass Three Musketeers in a sword-fight. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00109

PLIT2A-00109
Walt Whitman during the Civil War in Washington DC, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a portrait from life

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00110

PLIT2A-00110
First edition title page of Whitmans " Leaves of Grass, " 1855. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00108

PLIT2A-00108
Charles Dickens. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00107

PLIT2A-00107
Pilgrims embarking on their journey in Chaucers Canterbury Tales. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00125

PLIT2A-00125
Fieldings Tom Jones refused admittance by the noblemans porter. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00117

PLIT2A-00117
John Greenleaf Whittier in 1838. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00112

PLIT2A-00112
Evangeline, an illustration from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00111

PLIT2A-00111
Jules Verne. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott
American author Louisa May Alcott. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00197

PLIT2A-00197
Percy Bysshe Shelley. Hand-colored woodcut from a portrait by Miss Curran

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Rabelais

Rabelais
Portrait of Francois Rabelais. Hand-colored reproduction of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00162

PLIT2A-00162
Thomas Hardy. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe, author of " Robinson Crusoe." Digitally colored engraving of a portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
Portrait of author Hans Christian Andersen. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Poet Robert Burns

Poet Robert Burns
Robert Burns, with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a painting

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2A-00207

PLIT2A-00207
William Wordsworth. Hand colored engraving of a drawing from life

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie

Robert Burnss literary mare, Maggie
Farmer addressing his mare Maggie, illustration of a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Robert Burns site Tam O Shanter Tavern

Robert Burns site Tam O Shanter Tavern
Tam O Shanter Tavern of poems by Robert Burns. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Robert Burns poem illustration

Robert Burns poem illustration
Courtship in a field of barley, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter

Robert Burns character Tam O Shanter
Tam O Shanter about to ride, from a poem by Robert Burns. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century John Faed illustration

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Dante

Dante
Renaissance poet Dante Aligheri crowned with laurel. Digitally colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Erasmus

Erasmus
Portrait of the Dutch philosopher, Erasmus. Digitally colored engraving

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson. Hand-colored engraving of an 18th-century portrait

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2D-00001

PLIT2D-00001
Statue of Mercy Otis Warren in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Digital photograph

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: PLIT2C-00110

PLIT2C-00110
Walt Whitman and his first edition title page of " Leaves of Grass." Composite art of hand-colored woodcut and document

Background imageLiterature & theater Poster Print Collection: Mark Twain

Mark Twain
Portrait of Samuel Clemens, with his Mark Twain autograph. Engraved reproduction of a photograph



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