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Red Letter Days

Manuscripts where red ink leads — scarlet capitals, ruled lines and fiery flourishes.

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Saint Jerome as Scholar — El Greco

Saint Jerome as Scholar

El Greco · ca. 1610

Saint Andrew — Simone Martini

Saint Andrew

Simone Martini · ca. 1326

Madonna and Child — Filippino Lippi

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi · ca. 1483–84

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels — Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Saint Matthew and the Angel — Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

Saint Matthew and the Angel

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

Virgin and Child — Hans Memling

Virgin and Child

Hans Memling · ca. 1490–94

Portrait of a Man — Moretto da Brescia

Portrait of a Man

Moretto da Brescia · ca. 1520–25

Isabella Wolff — Thomas Lawrence

Isabella Wolff

Thomas Lawrence · 1803–15

Saints Bartholomew and Simon — Master of Saint Francis

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis · 1266–75

Madonna and Child with Saints — Ludovico Carracci

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci · 1607

The Calling of Saint Matthew — Jan Sanders van Hemessen

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Allegory of Vigilance — Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Allegory of Vigilance

Jean-Honoré Fragonard · ca. 1772

A Peep into Friar Bacon's Study — Charles James Fox · Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford · The Right Honorable Edmund Burke · George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland · William Humphrey · Thomas Rowlandson

A Peep into Friar Bacon's Study

Charles James Fox · Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford · The Right Honorable Edmund Burke · George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland · William Humphrey · Thomas Rowlandson · March 3, 1784

The Corsican Munchausen – Humming the Lads of Paris — Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt · Thomas Rowlandson · Napoléon Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Corsican Munchausen – Humming the Lads of Paris

Napoléon II, King of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt · Thomas Rowlandson · Napoléon Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London · December 4, 1813

Saint Matthias — Simone Martini

Saint Matthias

Simone Martini · ca. 1317–19

Untitled — Sharaku

Untitled

Sharaku · 1794

The thundering skeleton of the modern bells — José Guadalupe Posada

The thundering skeleton of the modern bells

José Guadalupe Posada · 1905

97% in your colours

Broadside (recto) the legitimate verses of Lino Zamora brought from Real de Zacatecas (image of toreador and bull by Manilla) and a funeral scene on verso possibly by Posada — José Guadalupe Posada · Manuel Manilla · Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadside (recto) the legitimate verses of Lino Zamora brought from Real de Zacatecas (image of toreador and bull by Manilla) and a funeral scene on verso possibly by Posada

José Guadalupe Posada · Manuel Manilla · Antonio Vanegas Arroyo · 1902 (published)

見立多以尽 - 洋行がしたい · Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai) — Yoshitoshi

見立多以尽 - 洋行がしたい · Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai)

Yoshitoshi · January, 1878

The Political Death and Last Will and Testament of Johnny Mac-Cree — Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville · Thomas Trotter · Thomas Rowlandson · William Pitt

The Political Death and Last Will and Testament of Johnny Mac-Cree

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville · Thomas Trotter · Thomas Rowlandson · William Pitt · April 28, 1805

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, Pl. 2 — J. J. Grandville · Aubert et Cie

Grand Course au Clocher Académique, Pl. 2

J. J. Grandville · Aubert et Cie · 1844

David — Lorenzo Monaco

David

Lorenzo Monaco · ca. 1408–10

Moses — Lorenzo Monaco

Moses

Lorenzo Monaco · ca. 1408–10

Noah — Lorenzo Monaco

Noah

Lorenzo Monaco · ca. 1408–10

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo) — Michelangelo Buonarroti · Jean Robert Ango

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Michelangelo Buonarroti · Jean Robert Ango · 1767

Paul Before Felix — William Hogarth

Paul Before Felix

William Hogarth · c. 1751

Untitled — Nainsukh

Untitled

Nainsukh · ca. 1745–50

This is the House in Gloucester Place, Plate 2 — Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet · Thomas Rowlandson · Thomas Tegg

This is the House in Gloucester Place, Plate 2

Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet · Thomas Rowlandson · Thomas Tegg · May 26, 1809

Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844 — William Henry Fox Talbot

Cover and Text from "The Pencil of Nature," London, 1844

William Henry Fox Talbot · 1844

Study for a Composition — Piet Mondrian

Study for a Composition

Piet Mondrian · 1940–41

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted — William Morris

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted

William Morris · 1896

Spread Three from Volume One of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka) — Utagawa Hiroshige

Spread Three from Volume One of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1857

Spread Two from Volume Two of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka) — Utagawa Hiroshige

Spread Two from Volume Two of People of Japan in Light Verse (Kyōka)

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1857

A Hard Passage, or Boney Playing Base on the Continent — Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson · G. Sauley [Farnham] · Napoléon Bonaparte

A Hard Passage, or Boney Playing Base on the Continent

Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson · G. Sauley [Farnham] · Napoléon Bonaparte · September 24, 1808

Little Dance — Kurt Schwitters

Little Dance

Kurt Schwitters · 1920

Pachuquenian Calavera — José Guadalupe Posada

Pachuquenian Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada · 1894

77% in your colours

Calaveras of Artisans — José Guadalupe Posada

Calaveras of Artisans

José Guadalupe Posada · n.d.

『妙法蓮華経』 「観世音菩薩普門品」 · “Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra — Sugawara Mitsushige

『妙法蓮華経』 「観世音菩薩普門品」 · “Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra

Sugawara Mitsushige · dated 1257

Untitled — Kubo Shunman

Untitled

Kubo Shunman · 19th century

The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night — Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night

Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād · c. 1560

The Military Tales of Han and Chu: Fan Kuai of the Han — Utagawa Toyokuni III

The Military Tales of Han and Chu: Fan Kuai of the Han

Utagawa Toyokuni III · c. late 1820s

The Young Eastern Woman — Friedrich von Amerling

The Young Eastern Woman

Friedrich von Amerling · 1838

Choir Stalls in a Spanish Cathedral — Henri Regnault

Choir Stalls in a Spanish Cathedral

Henri Regnault · c. 1868

The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects — Giulio Clovio

The Four Evangelists, within a Border of Flowers, Birds, and Insects

Giulio Clovio · 1572

Verses to the Pilot of Tonga — Charles Méryon

Verses to the Pilot of Tonga

Charles Méryon · 1856

Solar Law — Charles Méryon

Solar Law

Charles Méryon · 1855

Untitled — Unidentified artist

Untitled

Unidentified artist · late 17th–18th century

Untitled — Stipple Master · Jai Ram

Untitled

Stipple Master · Jai Ram · ca. 1712

Untitled — Mahavihara Master

Untitled

Mahavihara Master · early 12th century

The Monks — François Marius Granet

The Monks

François Marius Granet · c. 1802–30

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