Historical Letters and Manuscripts

A collection of historical documents featuring intricate script and ink writing. The pieces explore themes of art, nature, and correspondence from the 17th to 18th centuries.

1780 April 25, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

1780 April 25, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 4), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Document at the portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange, Anonymous, 1650 - 1749 paper. ink

Battle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 4). Continued from the Theater Gooden Pleust or Triomphe der Schilderbonst about the kills. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and nature consider themselves over the way death can be overcome and call in the help of painting.

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Notes about the flood of 1809 by Cornelis van Hardenbergh. Leaf with notes about the water shorts events in January 1809 in Gelderland by Cornelis van Hardenbergh. Sheet described on both sides.

Balzac, Honoré de (n.1799-05-20-D.1850-08-18), fragment of a letter from Louis Lambert to Pauline de Villenoix (dummy title), 1832-01-01. Wike paper, ink. Balzac house.

Declaration of the victory of painting over death (part three), c. 1660 Continued of the statement of the title page with the victory of painting over death (BI-1887-1463-2), in two columns. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the statement of the title page with the victory of painting over death (BI-1887-1463-2), in two columns. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

LIBRO DE LEYES Y ORDENANZAS REALES DE LAS INDIAS DEL MAR OCEANO - 1574. Author: ALONSO DE ZORITA. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Writing by Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Unknown

Letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), author

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 13), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Battle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 2). Continued from the Theater Gooden Pleust or Triomphe der Schilderbonst about the kills. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and nature consider themselves over the way death can be overcome and call in the help of painting.

Brief Aan Héloïse Bernard-Bodin, Émile Bernard, 1899 letter Letter dated 1898-1900 in a later hand. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Outward letter: Superintendent of Auckland : Page 401: Gold - Thames district, 14 August 1867, by Sir James Hector.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU (the proper of peaceful eras, transition eras, it is ...) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Letter to Unknown, Possible August Allebé, Jac van Looij, 1865 - 1930 letter Letter contains a note 'to Aug. Allebé 'and 1906 or' 6 in later hands. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). literature ~ arts Kassel

Rufus Wilmot Griswold manuscript , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Ellet, E. F. Elizabeth Fries, 1818-1877. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

1777 June 21, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

The last testament of Marie Antoinette, composed just before her execution. Date: 16 October 1793

Poem about the art of art of Gesina ter Borch; Aen the konst exercise Juffer Mee Juffer Gesina ter Borch. Poem by Anna Adriana Geerdinx about the art practice of Gesina ter Borch.

Battle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 19). Continued from the Theater Gooden Pleust or Triomphe der Schilderbonst about the kills. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and nature consider themselves over the way death can be overcome and call in the help of painting.

Chalk and feather spring draft by Domenico Mondo for a sonnette, including notes and preliminary studies, lavated 1780-1785.

bake Civilian commission of the Gosta Military Land; Civilian military commission; 1792 (1792-00-00-1792-00-00);

HUGO, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPE of God, the threshold of the abyss-the human spirit (voice III, towards 1-8; 18-20 and 29-42 ) (Faithful title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von. Berlin. To Karl Müchler., 1814-11-14., 1 page

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 10), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Poem on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have been beheaded in 1619, 1743 - 1745 manuscript Five -line verse from Balthazar Huydecoper. Part of the book with poems from the years 1743-1745 on the Zwaard with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would be beheaded in 1619. The sword was owned by Frans Greenwood. Netherlands paper. ink writing (processes)

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for Torquemada (Act III, scene 4, as we lie in the courses) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

House rent Quity from J.R. Thorbecke, Anonymous, 1824 document Quuittance house rental göttingen. Dated: Sept. 1824. Germany paper. ink printing Germany

Letter to William Heinemann with corrections for Eden versus Whistler The Baronet and the Butterfly A Valentine with a Verdict Written 1898 United States. Whistler disseminated ideas about art in his ìTen OíClockî lecture and the pamphlets that recorded it as well as The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, a compendium of his newspaper correspondence issued in book form in 1890. Eight years later he enlisted William Heinemann, publisher of the Gentle Art, to produce a booklet to broadcastóand immortalizeóthe favorable outcome of Whistlerís legal case against Sir William Eden, which vindicated his position that artists had the right to control their own work. Whistlerís scrawled corrections on this sheet of stationery from a Paris hotel are related to that publication.. Pen and brownish black ink, with graphite, on cream laid paper and etching in blue (recto); pen and brownish black ink and graphite on cream laid paper (verso) . James McNeill Whistler

Contents of composite atlas verso. Lists contents of a composite atlas titled "Collection of old maps," compiled in the first decades of the 18th century. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps."... ,

Charles Hugo (1826-1871). Letter from Charles Hugo to Victor Hugo, June 25, 1861. Ink on paper. 1861. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Correspondence, handwriting, French writer, family, French writer, journalist, letter, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Letter by Egon Schiele to Franz Hauer dated August 13, 1913, in black ink on paper, showing handwritten correspondence and textual details.

Ransätters Brokology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

Letter, reportedly, from Carl Michael Bellman to Märta Helena Reenstierna (Årstafun) signed April 4, 1794 Movitz. Nordic

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 17), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, I, I, 4 (start) (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for the voice of Guernsey (I; VII ..., you will no longer be with your fiancées ...) (dummy title ), 1867. Ink on printed paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Letter from Joost van den Vondel, Daniël Vulawaard (I), 1776 - 1851 print A reproduction of a letter from Joost van den Vondel. Amsterdam paper etching handwriting, written text

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Gemero (Capparis tomentosa); Guoneck (Dichrostachys cinerea), undated. Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, I, V, 1 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Note about the reprint in 1781 of the series of the Sleedevaart of 1776, Anonymous, 1781 manuscript Leaf with a handwritten message about the appointment with the engraver Nicolaas van der Worm to have the series of twelve plates of the Sleedevaart on January 24, 1776 organized by the Leiden Society Veniam Pro Laude in Amsterdam reprinted at Veeilwaart, dated July 25, 1781. Northern Netherlands paper writing (processes) Leiden

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for a thousand francs of reward (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Battle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 12). Continued from the Theater Gooden Pleust or Triomphe der Schilderbonst about the kills. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and nature consider themselves over the way death can be overcome and call in the help of painting.

Botanical studies and beech stem. Rear bract from a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for the poem Lesurques, posthumous collection in the fatal years (XLV, 1, revenge! ...) (Faithful title), 1869. Ink on printed paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Fresh on the death of the De Witt brothers, 1672, 1672 document. manuscript Fresh on the death of the De Witt brothers, 20 Augutsus 1672. Fresh in two columns where the anti-orangist sentiment only appears in reading the second column. Northern Netherlands paper writing (processes) The Hague

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Canet pages from January 1 to 31 Dédamebre 1876 (National Library of France, NAF 13480). From February 3 to 6 and from March 20 to 23. (Faithful title), 1876-02. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Copeau for the two finds of Gallus, Esc (Act II, Scene 4, ô Mourning! ). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cot of the legend of centuries, words in the test (the men of today who ...) (dummy title) , 1859. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Notes, 1854 - 1868 Leaf 88 Verso from a sketchbook with 88 sheets. paper. pencil

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 2), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Copeau for sea workers, I, II, 2 (daughter of sixteen charming ...) (novel) (dummy title ), 1855. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Sketch book for "Travel for Eternity" Folio 42 verso (text page) Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847). Sketch book for Travel for the Eternity Folio 42 verso (text page). Ink and pencil.

Recto: Four Hunting Scenes, designs for the Venationes print series; Verso: Plan of a Fortified City, and notes by Luigi Alamanni regarding the Nova Reperta series (verso), Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523-1605, Pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, Recto: Four scenes, upper left, hunting rabbits with leopards, lower left, hunting rabbits with dogs; upper right, fishing; lower right, trapping birds. All designs for the Venationes series. Verso: above, fifteen lines of inscription in the hand of Luigi Alamanni, relating to prints in the Nova Reperta series; below, plan of walled city., Florence, Italy, ca. 1596, albums (bound) & books, Drawing, Drawing

España. Nombramiento real por Carlos IV de María Isidra de la Cerda Guzmán (1742-1810), condesa de Paredes, como azafata de la reina María Luisa de Parma, dado en San Lorenzo del Escorial, diciembre de 1806.

Brief Aan Héloïse Bernard-Bodin, Émile Bernard, 1894 letter Letter dated//1894 in a later hand. ink writing (processes) / pen

Letter to his friend, Georg Erdmann from 28.10.1730, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Fragment of a speech delivered by Bernardin de St,Pierre at the Institute, in , Auszug aus einer Rede von Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Gehalten Am Institut de France, Unknown

ULTIMA PAGINA DEL MANUSCRITO ORIGINAL DE ESTEFANIA LA DESDICHADA- 1604. Author: LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635). Location: ACADEMIA DE LA LENGUA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Poem about friendship, c. 1660 - c. 1680 Poem entitled a saying of Jacob Cats, about changes in human relationships; Without indicated melody. The poem was conceived by Gesina's brother -in -law Sijbrant Schellinger. Netherlands (possibly) paper. ink calligraphy Poem entitled a saying of Jacob Cats, about changes in human relationships; Without indicated melody. The poem was conceived by Gesina's brother -in -law Sijbrant Schellinger. Netherlands (possibly) paper. ink calligraphy

De morbis contagiosis libri septem / Julien Le Paulmier.

Outward letter: Geological Society London : Page 624: Sending geology collection, February 1869, by Sir James Hector.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, i, vi, 2 (start) and i, vi, 3 and 4 (serk) (title dummy), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, I, VI, 2 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on yellow paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Poem about friendship; As a vintscap turns Maet in Haet / Soo Gaetse Buijten. Poem with a saying of Jacob Cats, about changes in human relationships; without indicated melody. The poem was devised by Gesina's brother-in-law Sijbrant Schellinger.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Copeau for the voice of Guernsey (II, the denier of St-Pierre ...) (dummy title), 1867. Ink on paper printed. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Leaf with handwritten descriptions of scenes from 'Keur van Medenwijkige scenes from the Patriotic History', Johan Huizinga, 1893 - 1895 text sheet. drawing Part of the folder with 18 drawings reproduced in Johan Huizinga's 'Keur van Memberswijke scenes from the Fatherland History' from 1950. With a small drawing of a landscape with figure on a horse. Netherlands paper. ink pen

ORDENANZAS DE DESCUBRIMIENTO-1573-FOL 84-. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPANIEN.

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for sea workers, I, VI, 4 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Poem on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have been beheaded in 1619, 1744 manuscript Fresh from Lambert van den Broek, aka Lambert Paludanus. Part of the book with poems from the years 1743-1745 on the Zwaard with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would be beheaded in 1619. The sword was owned by Frans Greenwood. Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes)

Sermon over Vanitastshamen (part 8). Continued from Sermon about Vanitastshamen.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), notes for a speech project on the amnesty of the communards in the Senate on February 28, 1879 (dummy title), 1879-02. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Chista-Cachemantia (Annona squamosa), undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Brief aan Andries Bonger, Émile Bernard, in or before 1909 letter Paris paper. ink writing (processes) / pen workshop, studio of the artist (in general). money. applied arts, arts and crafts; industrial design. family life Paris. Montmartre

Sermon over Vanitastshamen (part 4). Continued from Sermon about Vanitastshamen.

Letter to William Heinemann with corrections for Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1898. Dimensions: 272 x 215 mm. Pen and brownish black ink, with graphite, on cream laid paper and etching in blue (recto); pen and brownish black ink and graphite on cream laid paper (verso). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Letter to Unknown, Possible August Allebé, Jac van Looij, 1865 - 1930 letter Letter contains a note 'to Aug. Allebé 'in a later hand. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). literature ~ arts. passions, emotions, affections. printed matter. illustration ~ printed matter, book. drawing. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life). money

Image of a page with comments on the opera Euryanthe of Carl Maria von Weber, performed on March 25, 1861 in the Utrechtse Schouwburg.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, I, V, 8 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Letter to Mien Cambier van Nooten, Dick Ket, Dick Ket, 1937 letter Bennekom paper. ink writing (processes) / pen flute, aulos, tibia. container of glass: bottle, jar, vase

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Alexander Cozens, 1717-1786, British, Page 7, Notes on Methods of Drawing, 1746. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum.

Deed of property in Eastham sold to Uriah Mayo by David Ralph of Eastham ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Poem dedicated to Reinier Nooms (Zeeman), Charles Meryon, 1854 print paper etching

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for Torquemada (sketches and sketches of a banner) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Explanation of the Triumph port of Prince Maurits, 1710 - 1720 manuscript Page with written explanation on the drawing with Triumphpoort for Prince Maurits. Belonging to series of watercolors in book. Netherlands paper pen

PRUEBA DE LOS AMIGOS-TOLEDO 12/9/1604-PAGINA MANUSCRITA. Author: LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for a thousand francs of reward (Act II, Scene 2, this Puencarral ETS A Man ...) (Faithful title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Poem on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in 1619 would have been beheaded. Fresh from Anthony Hartsen. Part of the book with poems from the years 1743-1745 on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have been beheaded in 1619. The sword was owned by Frans Greenwood.

Lofzang in honor of Gesina ter Borch, 1660 Lofzang by Hendrik Wolfsen in honor of Gesina ter Borch, in two columns. The Hague (possibly) paper. ink writing (processes) Lofzang by Hendrik Wolfsen in honor of Gesina ter Borch, in two columns. The Hague (possibly) paper. ink writing (processes)

Martin Luther (1483-1546). German Theologian, figure of the Protestant Reformation. Handwritten letter of Luther (1531). Vatican Apostolic Library. Vatican City.

Poem on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in 1619 would have been beheaded. Fresh from Kornelis Boon from Englant. Part of the book with poems from the years 1743-1745 on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have been beheaded in 1619. The sword was owned by Frans Greenwood.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for sea workers, i, vi, 3 (it was two beautiful oxen ...) (novel) (title) dummy), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Poem on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have beheaded in 1619; On the sword Hardoor Mr. Johan van Oldenbarneveld has emerged, nowadays in the preservation of Mr. Frans Greenwood. Fresh from Jan van Hoven (first part). Part of the book with poems from the years 1743-1745 on the sword with which Johan van Oldenbarnevelt would have been beheaded in 1619. The sword was owned by Frans Greenwood.

HUGO, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers (USIN) (dummy title). Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Battle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 13). Continued from the Theater Gooden Pleust or Triomphe der Schilderbonst about the kills. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and nature consider themselves over the way death can be overcome and call in the help of painting.

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