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Background imageInscription Collection: Display of the Historical Rosetta Stone

Display of the Historical Rosetta Stone
(Original Caption) Chalk cast of the Rosetta Stone with scripts in egyptian hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek. This enabled the French historian Champollion to decipher the hieroglyphics

Background imageInscription Collection: Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park

Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park
An obelisk is covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics in Central Park, New York, New York. | Located in: Central Park, Manhattan

Background imageInscription Collection: Lithograph of a A Colored Preacher by Charles Stanley Reinhart

Lithograph of a A Colored Preacher by Charles Stanley Reinhart
(Original Caption) 1889- "A Colored Preacher." Lithograph, 1889

Background imageInscription Collection: Portrait of Simon Bolivar by M. N. Bate

Portrait of Simon Bolivar by M. N. Bate
(Original Caption) Portrait of Bolivian liberator Simon Bolivar. From an engraving by M. N. Bate. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Background imageInscription Collection: Engraving of Genghis Khan

Engraving of Genghis Khan
(Original Caption) Genghis Khan (1162-1227), Mongol conqueror. Head and shoulders engraving

Background imageInscription Collection: Portrait of Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture

Portrait of Francois Dominique Toussaint Louverture
(Original Caption) Francois-Dominique Toussaint-Louverture (1743-1803), Haitian General and liberator. Freed slaves (1801), then was overcome by Gen. Leclerc. He died in prison

Background imageInscription Collection: Rosetta Stone

Rosetta Stone
(Original Caption) The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. It shows text in 3 versions: Hierogyphicx, Demotic, and Greek. This enabled J.F

Background imageInscription Collection: Advertisement for Inscriptions

Advertisement for Inscriptions
An advertisement announces inscriptions for engravers on metal

Background imageInscription Collection: Setting the Capstone of the Washington Monument Magazine Illustraton after Sketch by S

Setting the Capstone of the Washington Monument Magazine Illustraton after Sketch by S
On December 6, 1884, workers placed the 3, 300 pound marble capstone on the Washington Monument, and topped it with a nine-inch pyramid of cast aluminum

Background imageInscription Collection: Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo

Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) dressed as an Italian Renaissance gentleman. Restoration of a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, circa 1485-1547

Background imageInscription Collection: Cuneiform Inscriptions From Babylonia

Cuneiform Inscriptions From Babylonia
(Original Caption) Cuneiform inscriptions from Babylonia in Sumerian language. 15th Century

Background imageInscription Collection: Lithograph Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Armenian Costume

Lithograph Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Armenian Costume
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French writer and philosopher whose works provided inspiration for the leaders of the French Revolution

Background imageInscription Collection: Lincoln/Douglas Debate Quotations

Lincoln/Douglas Debate Quotations
(Original Caption) Quincy, Il: View of the Lincoln/ Douglas debate Monument at Quincy on Oct. 13, 1858, shows close-up of the inscription of quotations from Lincoln and Douglas. Undated photograph

Background imageInscription Collection: The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum

The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum
THE ROSETTA STONE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.UNDATED WOODCUT

Background imageInscription Collection: Print of Via della Fortuna in Pompeii

Print of Via della Fortuna in Pompeii
1897, Pompeii, Italy-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Pompeii, Street near Temple of Fortuna Augusta, Rec. 1897. Illustration

Background imageInscription Collection: Engraving by Theodoor Galle After Windmills in Operation by Joannes Stradanus

Engraving by Theodoor Galle After Windmills in Operation by Joannes Stradanus
Illustration depicting windmills in operation. Shows peasants transporting bags of grain on shoulders and horseback. Seventeenth century copper engraving by Stradanus Galle

Background imageInscription Collection: Engraving of a Bust of Pericles

Engraving of a Bust of Pericles
Bust of Pericles (Ca. 495-429 B.C.), Athenian statesman. Undated engraving. BPA2# 2272

Background imageInscription Collection: Book Illustration of Paracelsus

Book Illustration of Paracelsus
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus: (1493?-1541) Alchemist and physician in Germany and Switzerland. He taught that diseases are specific entities and can be cured by specific remedies

Background imageInscription Collection: Condemned Books after a painting by Jehan Georges Vibert

Condemned Books after a painting by Jehan Georges Vibert
(Original Caption) Illustration titled "Condemned Books" after the painting by Vibert

Background imageInscription Collection: Profile Portrait of Moliere

Profile Portrait of Moliere
(Original Caption) Profile portrait of French playwright Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673). Drawn and engraved by Aug. S. Aubin after a bust done by Houdon

Background imageInscription Collection: Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign Banner

Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign Banner
(Original Caption) Election banner for the Lincoln-Hamlin Republican ticket. Shows portraits of both candidates, surrounded by a red velvet curtain. Currier and Ives illustration, 1860

Background imageInscription Collection: Engraving of George Washington Williams

Engraving of George Washington Williams
(Original Caption) Engraved portrait of George Washington Williams (1849-1891), American politician and historian. Undated illustration

Background imageInscription Collection: Portrait of Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus

Portrait of Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
(Original Caption) Portrait of Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543). Undated painting

Background imageInscription Collection: Woodrow Wilson Campaign Poster American First -- Wilson, That's All!

Woodrow Wilson Campaign Poster American First -- Wilson, That's All!
(Original Caption) Woodrow Wilson Campaign poster, with the slogan "AMERICA FIRST -- Wilson, That's All!" Undated color slide

Background imageInscription Collection: Engraving of Phillis Wheatley Writing

Engraving of Phillis Wheatley Writing
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784). Portrait of American poet seated at a desk writing with a quill pen

Background imageInscription Collection: Ancient Sumerian Tablet with Inscription

Ancient Sumerian Tablet with Inscription
(Original Caption) 9/27/1953-Philadelphia, PA-The inscription on this 4, 000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet in the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, has been translated by Dr

Background imageInscription Collection: Inscription On Trinity Site Monument

Inscription On Trinity Site Monument
(Original Caption) Alamogordo, New Mexico- Monument reads: TRINITY SITE. WHERE THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR DEVICE WAS EXPLODED ON JULY 16, 1945. Trinity Site

Background imageInscription Collection: General Reille delivers Napoleons letter to King William

General Reille delivers Napoleons letter to King William
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, character, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, documents, drawing, drawings, drawn, emperors, font, franco-prussian war, french

Background imageInscription Collection: Italian Street Vendor, Italy, Historic

Italian Street Vendor, Italy, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, attraction, attractions, bunch of, cities, close, close up, crowd, crowds of people, cultural monument, cultural monuments, cultural site, cultural sites, digital, digitally

Background imageInscription Collection: Ancient Roman Pedestal, inscription Genio Coloniae Lepcis Magnae Crescentinae

Ancient Roman Pedestal, inscription Genio Coloniae Lepcis Magnae Crescentinae, Leptis Magna, Libya

Background imageInscription Collection: Floating platform with a life ring, Sweden, Europe

Floating platform with a life ring, Sweden, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Handheld police signal, labelled Halt, Polizei, german for Stop! Police

Handheld police signal, labelled Halt, Polizei, german for Stop! Police

Background imageInscription Collection: Traffic sign, priority road, stop here at red light

Traffic sign, priority road, stop here at red light

Background imageInscription Collection: Lettering The Glorious Dead, The Cenotaph War Memorial

Lettering The Glorious Dead, The Cenotaph War Memorial, Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom

Background imageInscription Collection: Illustration of stone tablet with ancient script on it

Illustration of stone tablet with ancient script on it

Background imageInscription Collection: Illustration of runic inscription on viking sarcophagus, london, england

Illustration of runic inscription on viking sarcophagus, london, england

Background imageInscription Collection: Illustration of a tablet from Ur, Mesopotamia

Illustration of a tablet from Ur, Mesopotamia

Background imageInscription Collection: Ruins of graves, Hierapolis

Ruins of graves, Hierapolis
Pamukkale, Turkey

Background imageInscription Collection: Mailbox outside a tax office, Melsungen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Mailbox outside a tax office, Melsungen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Love, illustration, concept

Love, illustration, concept

Background imageInscription Collection: A sign Vorsicht Rutschgefahr, German for caution

A sign Vorsicht Rutschgefahr, German for caution, slip hazard at the Hamburg harbour, Germany, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Fruit stand, Altes Land region, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Fruit stand, Altes Land region, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Bath pearls

Bath pearls

Background imageInscription Collection: Hiking sign, Groeblalm mountain pastures near Mittenwald

Hiking sign, Groeblalm mountain pastures near Mittenwald, Karwendelgebirge mountains, Werdenfelser Land area, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Franzosendenkmal, French War Memorial

Franzosendenkmal, French War Memorial, Duernstein, Wachau valley, Waldviertel region, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Balcony with the inscription Hie Schweiz Grund und Boden

Balcony with the inscription Hie Schweiz Grund und Boden, here begins Swiss land, at the Town Hall of Basel, Switzerland, Europe

Background imageInscription Collection: Rusty tin rubbish bin with word rubbish, New Zealand

Rusty tin rubbish bin with word rubbish, New Zealand

Background imageInscription Collection: Rusty tin rubbish bin with word rubbish next to a gnarled tree, New Zealand

Rusty tin rubbish bin with word rubbish next to a gnarled tree, New Zealand

Background imageInscription Collection: Mani stones with Tibetan inscriptions on wall

Mani stones with Tibetan inscriptions on wall, Buddhist Mani wall at Ghami, Upper Mustang, Nepal, Asia

Background imageInscription Collection: Sign Plakatieren verboten, German for no flyposting with barbed wire

Sign Plakatieren verboten, German for no flyposting with barbed wire

Background imageInscription Collection: Peace Bell Maria Dolens, World War I Memorial

Peace Bell Maria Dolens, World War I Memorial, Rovereto region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


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